Mystery Leaks

Chapter 96 Huang Quan
"Why doesn't this iron chain rust?" Cao Nan knelt down and touched the big iron chain that came up from the well with his hand. It was as thick as a small bowl.

I also find it strange that the iron chain is shady and cool, as if it was taken out of the refrigerator. like New.

"This is made of cold iron. It is a very ancient skill that has been lost." Hu Lai said, adding: "It is said that it began in the era of Dayu's flood control. From time to time, there were demon dragons making trouble, the Yellow River flooded, and the seawater flooded the Central Plains. The land is full of marshes, and the people are in great distress. Dayu asked the sky for the law of suppressing water. In order to relieve the suffering of all living beings, the sky sent down the two irons of fire and cold. Dayu used cold iron to make iron chains and designed to bind the evil dragon. Then use flame iron to make magic needles, nail and kill the monster dragon on the shore of the East Sea, and the disaster will be stopped."

"Isn't this a myth and legend? It's not the same as the history textbook." I was dumbfounded. The story of Dayu's flood control was introduced in the history book. It is the Yellow River, the mother river of China. It has a bad temper and floods every year. , People at that time didn't know how to control the water, so they went to block the Yellow River and used the method of "covering it with water and soil", and the result can be imagined.

Later Dayu became a water control officer and switched to the method of dredging to let the water of the Yellow River flow into the sea smoothly, which stopped the flood.

"History textbooks are unbelievable, the world's operating rules are not as described in the textbooks." Huang Mao said seriously, and said: "We have relatively credible records in the law firm, and there is no chronology, which is much more true than the official history. .”

I nodded, thinking about it too, how low was the IQ of the ancients before they used the method of blocking the Yellow River to control it?Manpower is not worth mentioning in front of the roaring Yellow River, not to mention blocking it, it is just a way of dredging, and it was only after the invention of reinforced concrete in later generations that the flood was completely eliminated.

At most, the ancients lacked more knowledge than today's people, but their IQ would not be low. A three-year-old child can understand that people go to high places and water flows to low places.

The records in the history books are not people, a group of monkeys, right?

"The magic needle made of flame iron, can't it be the Dinghai magic needle?" Cao Nan asked very curiously.

I was also aroused interest, Dinghaishenzhen, is the big stick that Monkey King held in Journey to the West, known as Ruyi Golden Cudgel, that is a complete myth.

"Isn't it normal for a novel to draw on the history of the mythological era? This just proves the existence of Yantie?" Hu Lai said disapprovingly.

Huang Mao also said: "That period of history must have mythology, but it will not be fabricated out of thin air. There must be a prototype, but it is not as exaggerated as recorded in historical records. Personally, I think that demon dragons should exist, and the prototype may be the one in the legend. The dragon or the big guy who can make wind and rain, Dayu should be a wizard or tribal leader at that time, tied that big guy with iron chains, and then nailed him to death with flame nails."

I nodded. This explanation seems to be somewhat reliable. Fairy tales are generally exaggerated and mythological about people and things in reality. They have prototypes and are not made up indiscriminately.

"This kind of cold iron has the effect of restraining water." Hu Lai said, after speaking, he knelt down and shook the iron chain, saying: "Let's work together to see if we can pull it up a bit."

"Ah, didn't you say you can't pull it just now?" I asked strangely.

"That's because I didn't study it clearly. Now pull it out and see what's underneath. If you don't study it now, it's time for them to study it at night." Hu Lai said.

My scalp is numb, and it seems to be the same. Those ghosts are working together to force me to dig a well. There will definitely be actions in the future, and it is impossible to do nothing. It will be quite lively at night.

So the four of us grabbed the iron chain and pulled it on the net with all our strength. In the end, we only pulled it less than three meters before we couldn't pull it anymore.

"It's more than 2000 meters below, it's too heavy to pull!" Cao Nan gritted his back teeth.

"Tighten it up, don't let it go!" Huang Mao greeted, and immediately pulled up a crowbar next to it, inserted it into the iron buckle, and pushed it against the bluestone to form a lever. After breaking it hard, the iron chain finally moved, and it went up more than half a foot.

Seeing this, Cao Nan also took an iron rod as a crowbar, alternated with Huangmao's crowbar, and pried up the iron chain bit by bit.

Although this method is slow, it is the only way to pull the chain.In this way, we alternated back and forth for more than ten minutes, and pulled up nearly 30 meters.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Suddenly, there was a strange sound from the iron chain, as if it was being dragged, and a very strong back pulling force came from the crowbar, like a fish hook caught in a fish, and the fish was struggling.

"Stop, hold on!"

Hu Lai immediately raised his hand as a signal, then lay down on the ground and stuck his head into the well, sticking tightly to the water surface to listen to the movement.

My heart beat violently, the sound reminded me of the sound of iron chains under the abyss of the tomb in the belly of Wuming Mountain.

Almost exactly the same, it is the sound of the iron chain being dragged, the difference is that it sounds dull in the mountainside, and it feels like the iron chain is very thick.

It was dragged by us here, so the noise is understandable, but what about inside the mountain belly, is there really a big guy tied up inside?

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle!

We stopped, and the sound of the chains slowly died down.

Hu Lai listened for a while, then said, "Continue!"

We continued to pull as promised, and pulled it out for another dozen meters, and found that it became more and more difficult to pull. The iron chain seemed to be stretched straight, and it was extremely difficult.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a very big bubble popped out of the well, and then the second, third... Hu Lai hurriedly raised his head.

"Hoo hoo hoo!" The next moment, the water in the well began to churn, which was small at first, and then quickly became high and violent, as if the water was boiling.

At the same time, the chain suddenly loosened without any warning, and the three of us couldn't catch it.

The well water surged up and drenched us all.

"The well is gushing!" Huang Mao's expression changed drastically.

Hu Lai was also taken aback, and exclaimed, "Throw the chain back into the well!"

My liver was trembling with fright. This scene is probably because the thing tied up by the dragon rope is climbing up, otherwise how could it be well and the chain is still loose?

Grandma Qiu said that on the night when the Japanese pulled the iron chain, they disappeared with eight cows, and they heard the sound of the iron chain rattling.

"Quick!"

Hu Lai and Huang Mao stood against the water and immediately threw the chain into the well. The chain was sinking, but the speed was too slow. Cao Nan and I also went up to help.

But the amount of water was too large, and it was up to the waist in one fell swoop, and it was still climbing rapidly. The iron chain soon disappeared. There was a big pile of more than fifty meters, and only half of it was thrown back.

To make matters worse, the well water suddenly became smelly, and a thick yellow water rushed up, like dung soup, so smelly that it made people dizzy.

"Yellow Spring!"

Huang Mao turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Go up!!"

"Let's go, let's go!" Hu Lai also changed his face in shock, and Huang Mao dragged me and Cao Nan out of the pit in embarrassment.

After we stepped back, Hu Lai and Huang Mao's expressions were extremely serious.

"What is Huangquan?" I asked in surprise. Isn't this something from the legendary underworld? Huangquan River is also called Naihe River. There is a bridge on the river called Naihe Bridge.

"It's the dead spring, the place this waterway leads to is incredible!" Huang Mao frowned deeply.

I held my nose and felt chills all over my body. How could such a thing come out of such an inconspicuous well? No wonder those things wanted to dig this well, and the things below were scary.

In this short time, the water had already filled the pit, and was flowing into the rice field along the drainage ditch dug just now, and the stench was overwhelming.

What made me feel a little bit at ease was that the Yellow Spring stopped after only a while, and what came up from behind was still clear well water.It's as if someone dumped a cesspool of water into the water.

"Crash..."

Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of the iron chain being dragged, and the spouting of the well water slowed down and gradually stopped.

Hu Lai breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, the dragon-tying rope fell down."

Huang Mao also wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Fortunately, there are not many Huangquan, otherwise it will be troublesome."

"Is this Huangquan dangerous?" I asked in shock.

"The Yellow Spring contains a very strong death energy. If you accidentally drink it, the three souls and seven souls will be washed away by the death energy immediately, and you will die, and even the gods will not be able to save you." Huang Mao said.

I was terrified, looked at the water flowing towards the rice fields, and asked again: "Then this water will not harm the rice fields and the villagers?"

"No, this stuff is not the real underworld. Once it is diluted, it will be no different from ordinary corpse water." Huang Mao said, and then: "The only trouble is that dead air can easily attract some dirty things. At night, this peach blossom forest, I’m afraid it’s going to be temporarily broken.”

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(End of this chapter)