White Bone Monkey King

Thinking of the imperial water talisman, Jin An quietly approached several village elders in Huangzishan Village, explained his purpose of coming, and continued: "If these village elders are willing to trust me, let's go back to the village now and try my method to see if it works. Effect."

Jin'an didn't know how effective Erlang Zhenjun's water talisman was in this wilderness. There was ready-made well water in the village and ready-made underground rivers flowing through it, which could minimize the risk of failure.

That's why I proposed to return to the village.

"This..." Several village elders hesitated, looking embarrassed.

Li Zheng stood up and said, "Taoist Master Jin'an, we already regard you as one of our own, how can we not trust you? If we didn't trust you, we wouldn't send water."

Li Zheng said with a look of disbelief: "We have been busy all day. We haven't driven the piles, we haven't found any water, and we have been tired and thirsty all day. How can we just go home empty-handed and let the folks who came out with us go back to the village?" It's a bit unnatural to explain to the elderly, children, and women waiting at home eagerly."

"Nan, what is Nan Chang?" Jin An was a little confused.

"I'm sorry, I speak a little too fast in such a hurry." Li Zheng showed an embarrassed and honest smile, and then explained that Nanchang is a local dialect, which means difficult and difficult to handle.

Jin An turned to look at the villagers, who had chapped lips after being exposed to the sun all day, and were standing listlessly waiting to give orders to the village elder. He subconsciously whispered: "This is indeed a bit difficult to handle."

"What did you say, Taoist Master Jin An?" Several elderly people had poor hearing and did not hear Jin An's voice clearly.

Jin An's gaze was called back by Li Zheng: "Ah, oh, it's nothing, Li Zheng, what do you think if it's not like this? Everyone treats me badly, and I can't just watch and do nothing. I have a trick here. You see if it can be done, if it can be done, then a few old people will call the fellow villagers over."

"Taoist Master Jin'an, just say that you are bigger than the market we have seen, and you are smarter than us country folk. You definitely have more solutions than us."

Jin An was so praised by Li Zheng that he quickly waved his hands and said that he didn't dare to take it seriously. These old gentlemen will always be my elders, and the elders are my father. Then he said his own solution: "I see that the sun in the sky is getting lower and lower, and the time is changing. It's getting late and it's going to be dark soon. I'm sure it won't rain today because I can't drive the dry bone stakes. If you keep searching like this, you're just wasting a small amount of fresh water. So, I'll try to see if I can find a new one for you nearby. The water source. In order to avoid trouble later, I have to ask Li Zheng and several village elders to gather everyone and stop everyone from running around. "

"The sun is about to set anyway, why don't you take a gamble?"

Although Li Zheng and the others have not read any big books and do not understand any big principles, they understand one thing. Jin An is sincerely looking for water sources for their whole village. This alone is enough. Jin An He will always be their distinguished guest in the northwest, and he has the same heart as the 21 households in Huangzishan Village.

Immediately, Li Zheng, several village elders, and old herdsman Sun Tugen began to call everyone together to tell everyone what happened. Instead of causing trouble, these villagers were very interested in how Jin'an could get water by himself. , they will listen to whatever Li Zheng says and promise not to cause trouble around them.

In particular, Sun Tugen, an old herdsman who personally brought Jin An into the village, became the focus of everyone. The villagers gathered around to inquire about Jin An, asking them how they met and whether Taoist Jin An could really find the water source... This person Although the expression on the old man's face was serious, he was very proud of himself in his invisible heart.

"My friendship with Taoist Master Jin An began when we drank a sip of goat's milk wine on a dark and stormy night..."

While the old herdsman Sun Tugen was bragging to the villagers, Jin'an also started looking for water sources.

In order to greatly increase the chance of success in finding water sources, he went down the mountain and found a clump of splendens splendens that was a little yellow due to drought.

When it comes to survivability on the Gobi Desert, humans can never compare to these tough and drought-tolerant weeds.

Where grass can grow, it means that there must be moist soil in the sand under the grass roots. Jin An asked for a shovel and quickly dug out a pit. It seemed that the drought for half a year had indeed had a great impact on Xizhou Prefecture. He After digging down for more than ten feet, I finally found some wet soil.

But this was not enough. He had to continue digging to increase the success rate of the Imperial Water Talisman as much as possible. After all, this was Erlang Zhenjun's first battle in the Northwest, and he could not hold back.

At this time, Jin'an's confusing behavior was completely confusing to everyone. They knew that Taoist priests could cast down demons and eliminate evil, and draw talismans to suppress evil. They originally thought that Taoist Jin'an was setting up an altar, and then making talismans and praying to the Dragon King. rain.

As a result, Taoist priest Jin'an didn't look like a Taoist priest at all. He wore a Taoist robe tied around his waist. After picking up the shovel, he quickly dug the soil with his hands and feet, without blushing or breathing.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, what are you doing?" Several village elders were also a little confused.

"We know that there are places where weeds grow. If we dig down, we will find some water. But if we don't see moist soil after a few shovels, we will definitely not be able to dig out any water if we continue digging for a long time."

"Yes, especially since it is still the dry season. Even the most drought-tolerant Achnatherum splendens has yellow leaves. Even if the whole village digs together, no one can get water out of it."

Several village elders persuaded Jin An to stop working in vain. It wasn't that they didn't believe in Jin An, but that this was their experience gained from living in the wasteland of the Northwest for generations.

Hou'erge means "the day after tomorrow" in the local dialect, which means that everyone can't dig out water until the day after tomorrow.

Several village elders saw that Jin An was still digging loess tenaciously, and they were about to call a few young and strong young people to help dig the hole. When those young people came over, Jin An had already dug the hole. When they saw Jin An... People dug a pit as deep as one person in such a short time. They couldn't help but marvel: "Jin, Taoist Master Jin'an, are you a Taoist priest or a crop farmer?"

Even planting crops doesn’t require so much effort.

Seeing that several young people in the village couldn't speak, several village elders immediately lowered their faces and yelled in displeasure. Jin Anle said it was okay. When he first came to Xizhou Gobi Desert, he wanted to dig a sand pit for fun, and this time he finally satisfied him. A sense of novelty.

Jin An took out a water talisman from Zhenjun Erlang that had been sealed four times from his arms. When he carried the statue of the Patriarch on his back to suppress the mountain god, the water talisman was not completely burned out. At this time, the water talisman on this water talisman The spirituality is once again complemented by the concentric golden lock.

He put his index finger and middle finger together and clamped the water talisman of True Lord Erlang. The fingertips felt cool, sweeping away the distractions on the loess soil of the plateau, making people feel peaceful physically and mentally, as if even the strong sunlight above their heads was no longer so intense.

As expected, it was the imperial water talisman that had been sealed four times. With the help of Erlang Zhenjun's divine power on the yellow talisman, he could clearly feel the invisible water vapor floating in the hot air that could make people peel off. Those weak water vapors began to move towards him. His fingertips gathered together, gradually forming a drop of water the size of a sesame seed, a drop of water the size of a grain of rice, a drop of water the size of a teardrop...

But this process of gathering water vapor was too slow. He gave up on getting water from the surrounding air and instead used the power of Shinto to "see" the underground water veins. He "saw" a magnificent underground river with well-developed water veins.

Some of those underground rivers are shallow from the surface, and some are very deep.

On the underground river shallow above the ground, drought-tolerant plants in the northwest grow, such as the most common splendens grass.

But most underground rivers are very deep from the surface.

The settlement location of the people in Xizhou Prefecture happens to be at the shallowest point of the underground river from the surface of the earth. This is the experience of searching for water sources summed up by the people on the Gobi Desert for generations. People are always migrating with the water sources.

But now is the dry season, the water level of the underground river has dropped, and the underground river that was originally shallow from the surface has become deeper. No wonder even the drought-tolerant splendens with deep roots is showing signs of withering and turning yellow.

In fact, it was not just Jin An who felt the coolness from the imperial water talisman. Several other people standing near the pit also felt this rare coolness in the northwest. They all looked at Jin An's doubtful eyes at the cold water between his two fingertips. Yellow Talisman.

Every stroke of the talisman on the yellow talisman is filled with spiritual energy, especially the most important word "Edict" on the talisman. It shines brightly, and even ordinary people can see that this talisman paper is extraordinary.

Wow——

Hua Hua Hua——

When you get closer and listen carefully, you seem to hear the sound of tidal water from the yellow talisman, and the ripples of the water become clearer and clearer.

"water!"

"Water...water...water!"

There was a sound of exclamation. The young people pointed at the pit in surprise. They looked at Jin An in stunned silence. They looked at the imperial water talisman in Jin An's hand in stunned silence. They looked at the village elders in stunned silence. Then they looked at the pit in stunned silence. Look at Jin An...

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It turned out that the sound of tidal water did not come from the water talisman issued by Lord Erlang, but from the groundwater that was rapidly rising in the pit. Li Zheng, the village elder, and the old herdsman Sun Tugen were all shocked at this moment, and looked at the scene in front of them in a daze.

Plop!

Plop!

Plop!

These old people, who have been rooted in the barren land of the Northwest all their lives and have a deep love for their hometown, cried with joy and knelt down at the puddle, spreading their arms to embrace the native land at their feet. Only those who grew up in this loess land can understand the beauty of water. Hard-earned, and deep feelings for my homeland.

"It's holy! It's holy!"

"It's really water!"

There were more and more cheers here, and the other villagers who were standing on the outside could no longer suppress the curiosity. They all gathered around desperately. When they saw the water still pouring out of the puddle, they burst out in surprise. Like the shout.

Jin'an at this moment is a holy manifestation to the people on this piece of Gobi land!

Some people couldn't wait to run to the puddle, scoop water directly with their hands and drink it. They didn't care about the rough sand in their mouths, but they only loved the water from their hearts.

"The water here is enough for everyone to drink. Don't be impatient. Wait for the yellow sand in the water to settle before drinking. The water is still full of muddy water and sand when it comes up."

Jin An fully understood the love and value of water among the people who grew up here. He tried hard to persuade the Huangzishan villagers one by one to avoid drinking too much.

In fact, this was entirely because he was over-worrying.

Those who grew up in the northwest are all strong and strong. Drinking water with sand in them is already commonplace for them. They are not afraid of sand in the water. What they are afraid of is that there is no water and the children at home have no water to drink.

"Yes, yes, Taoist Jin'an should drink the first water. Have you forgotten who helped us find this water? Don't forget the well digger when drinking water. How do you make Taoist Jin'an look at us Huang Zi?" People from mountain villages!”

"Li Zheng is right. Although we are poor, we must be ambitious. Taoist Jin'an helped us find water during the drought season. We must first thank Taoist Jin'an. Taoist Jin'an is the savior of our whole village!" "

Li Zheng and several village elders have a high status in the village. The originally chaotic crowd suddenly became quiet, with honest and smiling faces wearing sweat towels, holding hoes, poles, and shovels, with tanned skin. Looking at Jin An, who was wearing a five-color Taoist robe, he shouted: "Thank you, Taoist Priest Jin An!"

"Thank you, Taoist Master Jin'an!"

"Taoist Master Jin'an, you are a living god!"

Although everyone shouted in unison, the sincerity and gratitude were all written on their faces. Even the few half-grown men among the adults looked at Jin An sensibly at this moment.

What!

Just when the atmosphere was serious, the goat shamelessly nuzzled up to Jin An. It wanted to have what Jin An had, which made the villagers of Huangzishan burst into laughter.

After the muddy water became clear, everyone began to take out their water bags, gourds, and wooden buckets, and began to collect water in an orderly manner. During this period, some people had already returned to the village to report the good news. Almost everyone in the village went out carrying large and small buckets. It's more lively than the holidays.

At this time, Li Zheng came to Jin An with joy from ear to ear and said, "Taoist Master Jin An, do you think it would be suitable for us to dig a well here?"

When it came to digging water wells, Li Zheng began to worry again. The village would have to be moved here. He was happy and worried at the same time.

Facing Li Zheng's expectant gaze, Jin An shook his head and said: "It's the dry season now, and the water level of the underground river has dropped seriously. The underground river here is too deep from the surface. Even if you dig a well for 30 to 40 feet, you may not be able to get water."

Jin An looked at the villagers happily queuing up to get water. He was also very happy for these hospitable and simple villagers. He said to Li Zheng who looked disappointed: "Go to the village and have a look. There is a well in the village." The water hasn’t dried up yet, maybe it can come out, and maybe things will turn around in the village.”

When Jin An said this, Li Zheng hurriedly said okay, okay, the sadness on his face disappeared and he became happy again, automatically ignoring the words "maybe" and "maybe".

Jin An looked at the smile on Li Zheng's face and did not explain too much to dampen the opponent's enthusiasm.

After everyone queued up to get water and listened to Li Zheng and Jin An's explanations, Jin An's status in the hearts of the villagers in Huangzishan Village was now as high as that of Li Zheng and the eldest village elders. They didn't care what Jin An said. Simple and honest, a large group of people rushed to the village while it was still dark.

The main problem with the only well in the village is that the water level in the underground river has dropped, causing the water in the well that just sits on the underground river to dry up.

Although he can use the Imperial Water Talisman to suck it up, this can only be temporary. Sooner or later, the water in the well will dry up.

Unless it rains again, replenish the groundwater.

The Imperial Water Talisman is not a rain-praying talisman and cannot produce water out of thin air. Even if it is a rain-praying talisman, there must be cumulonimbus clouds nearby.

After listening to Jin An's words, Li Zheng's old face with wrinkles like ravines, instead of being disappointed, showed a smile from the heart: "This is enough, this is enough, every household saves a few flowers, a well of water It’s enough for our whole village.”

"The water in this well is not completely dry. It will slowly rise a little more every day."

"We have encountered several droughts before, but everyone has survived. This time, Taoist Jin'an has helped our village. No matter how difficult the life is, how can it be as difficult as before? We are grateful to Taoist Jin'an before it is too late, so how can we dislike him?"

The people of Xizhou, who have grown up on this barren loess for generations, have both a desire for water and a very simple sense of satisfaction.

On this night, Huangzishan Village was happier than the Chinese New Year. A blazing bonfire was lit in the village. Everyone sang and danced around the bonfire, bringing the warm hospitality of the northwest people. Tiaozi... special delicacies that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year. They are all warmly served to Jin An tonight, but his tongue is numb from jealousy.

Northwest people like sour vinegar and spicy food.

Taking advantage of the wine mood, even the goats were tied up with several beautiful young ewes, hoping to leave more goats in the land of the northwest.

The special delicacy of Xizhou is roasted whole sheep. Originally, the villagers wanted to kill a few sheep to add to the fun. Jin An quickly stopped him because of a guilty conscience. The goats were staring at him. He was trying to save the villagers of Huangzishan Village. One life for us.

The night was filled with singing and dancing, and the singing and bonfires in the wilderness gradually stopped until late at night.

The next day.

The plan for the day was in the morning. Jin An walked out of the house, jumped on the roof to breathe life, and after eating a few steamed buns cooked by Sun Tugen and his wife, he said goodbye and prepared to leave Huangzishan Village and continue his journey to the Western Regions. .

Jin'an temporarily stayed at the home of Sun Tugen, an old herdsman.

As soon as he heard that Jin An was leaving, Sun Tugen became anxious, but Jin An had already decided to leave and thanked him for his kindness.

When Jin An packed his bags and asked the goats to carry plenty of water, and was about to leave the village, he found Li Zheng, several village elders, and the whole village waiting outside.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, do you really want to leave so soon?" Li Zheng said reluctantly.

Jin An watched the whole village put down their work to wait for him early in the morning, and bowed solemnly with clasped fists: "There is always a banquet in the world. I have a reason to go to the Western Regions this time. If what I want to do goes well, When I return to Xizhou Mansion, we can meet again by chance."

"Actually, old man, I understand that Taoist Jin'an is a big man with real abilities. Our Huangzishan Village is too small, and Taoist Jin'an will leave sooner or later. I just didn't expect this day to come so quickly." Li Zheng sighed.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, can we ask which Taoist sect, sect, and temple your master came from?"

"I studied the Five Zang Taoism, and the Taoist temple is the Five Zang Taoist Temple in Fucheng, Wuzhou." Although he was curious, Jin An still answered truthfully.

He had promised his ancestor that he would let the Five Zang Taoist Temple flourish and spread in his hands, so he did not hide his origins.

Li Zheng was deeply afraid that he would remember it wrong, so he asked someone to get pen and ink for Jin An to write down. Then he looked at Jin An seriously and said: "Lao Tugen just met Taoist Jin An, and the next morning there was a manifestation of the heaven and earth." Miraculously, Taoist Master Jin'an really led all of us in the village to find water. After discussing it all night, we all agreed that this saint from the west must be you, Taoist Master Jin'an!"

"Taoist Master Jin'an, you have been very kind to our village. We don't understand the nice words, but we, the 21 households in Huangzishan Village, still understand the four words of "repaying the kindness"! So we all feel that we should be here Build a temple for you, Taoist Priest Jin'an, in the village, offer a tablet of longevity, and offer incense every day to pray for your benefactor!"

Jin An was startled when he heard this.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Li Zheng, this gift is too big, I can't afford it."

"If you really want to thank Erlang Zhenjun, just thank Erlang Zhenjun. Yesterday I used the water that Erlang Zhenjun ordered to find water for you. All the credit goes to Erlang Zhenjun. I will paint a statue of Erlang Zhenjun for the village. Everyone If you want to worship, then worship the true god Erlang Zhenjun."

When he saw the portrait of the Erlang God, who was handsome in yellow clothes, with mighty supernatural powers, three eyes, and holding a three-pointed two-edged sword, Li Zheng had a serious expression on his face: "Is this what Erlang Zhenjun looks like? At first glance, he looks brave, good at fighting, and powerful. God."

"When we build the temple and enshrine the statue of Erlang Zhenjun and the statue of Taoist Jin'an in the temple, we will definitely be able to ensure peace in the village and search the mountains to ward off demons."

Looking at these simple villagers, Jin An felt that he deserved it. The other party treated him sincerely, so he couldn't seem too stingy at this time.

"Come here silly sheep."

Jin An shouted to the goat who was idly eating splendens.

Not to mention carrots in this great northwest, it’s good if you don’t die of thirst. After this greedy sheep came to Xizhou Mansion, he was cured of his delicate disease. When he was hungry, he would find weeds to eat, which can be regarded as reducing his burden. .

Jin An took out Zhenjun Zhang Erlang's water talisman from the bag carried on the sheep's back. He had more than 3,000 water talismans left of the more than 3,000 water talismans the old Taoist had painted before, and he brought them all with him this time.

Before leaving, he used a thousand yin virtues to seal a water talisman issued by True Lord Erlang.

"Li Zheng, this water talisman posted in the well by Lord Erlang can protect the well water in the village from drying up. Unless the entire underground river dries up, the water level in this well will never be lower than this water talisman."

"Erlang God is not only the God of Water, but also the God of War who protects the border towns. He can ward off evil spirits and exorcise evil spirits in the village. In the future, you will lead everyone to offer more incense to True Monarch Erlang and offer more incense so that he can bless the village with peace and good weather forever."

Jin An warned Li Zheng and several village elders before leaving.

The newly sealed imperial water talisman was pasted on the wall of the well. Once it touched the water, the spirituality on the surface of the talisman disappeared and appeared under the water of the well, just like the movement of the tide, which continuously condensed the water vapor in the air and the water vapor in the underground river. , replenish the well water level, and purify the well water, which is clear and sweet, and has the effect of strengthening the body.

If the villagers drink more water from the well, the spiritual energy emanating from the yellow talisman will subtly improve the health of the villagers.

In fact, Jin An still had something to say. In addition to being the god of water and war, Erlang Zhenjun was also the god of delivering children. He was worried that after the villagers knew that Erlang God could deliver children, Huangzishan Village, which lacked nightlife, would never have peace. ah.

"Li Zheng, Mr. Sun, and everyone, please send us here. We must say goodbye after a long journey." The morning light is like fire, like golden light, like a road, shining on the road ahead, illuminating a person and a goat. Fading away in the boundless desert.

"Taoist Master Jin'an! When you come back from the Western Regions and pass by Xizhou Mansion, remember to come and see us all again!" The villagers stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the retreating figures, with sad farewells lingering in their hearts.

When there were no more figures on the desert plain, the villagers, led by Li Zheng, began to carry wood and pick up saws. With the enthusiasm of the villagers, a temple was built in the village within a few days. Although the temple was Made of loess, it is not majestic or magnificent, but it was built brick by brick by the villagers.

There are three idols of gods enshrined in the temple.

Erlang Zhenjun,

A young Taoist priest dressed in five-color Taoist robes has a plaque above his head that reads "Taoist Master Jin'an of Wu Zang Taoist Temple in Wuzhou Prefecture\

,"and a goat as strong as a calf.

After all, the goat did not touch the ewe in the village and did not leave a seed in the ewe's belly, so the villagers could only set up a statue to pray that the new lambs born in the village would look like this sheep.

What has the most in the Northwest?

Sheep of course!