Chapter 222 Disaster

When I saw the girl holding the lantern, there was lightning and thunder, as if all this was arranged by God. Thunder roared, rain was as fierce as a tiger, I looked out the window quietly, everything seemed so different from the past.

The old farmer hurried into the house, stood on the kang and closed the window, he said: "This God is really strong, otherwise there would be no rain, and it came so hard all of a sudden." Then he said to me: "Master, today's fish matter, I am not targeting you, you don't take it to heart, it's just that Zhou Baopi is too annoying, I get so angry when I see him."

I sat on the kang and lit a cigarette. Now it was raining so hard, I couldn't leave, so I just sat down and chatted. I handed the old farmer a cigarette, he shook his head and refused, saying that his girl didn't let him smoke.

The rural areas in Heilongjiang are the most northeastern places in the three provinces, and the old farmer's home is no exception. Corn ears are hung in front of the window, and there are big peppers piled below, which means a good harvest and prosperity. The big pit under his buttocks is covered with shiny leather, which shows that the old farmer is also a neat and tidy person.

After a brief chat, I learned that his name is Han Wu. He used to play the trumpet in the county art troupe. His wife died of illness when the child was 15 years old. He was considered a cultured person in those days and served as the village chief for a while.

I feel that Zhou Changfa is still quite popular among the people, so I asked him how Zhou Changfa offended him?

Han Wu snorted and said that they were rivals in love when they were young. Later, Han Wu defeated him and got the beauty, which led to the contradiction. He also said that when he was the village chief, his policy was to lead the people to raise fish and farm so that everyone could have enough food and clothing, but later Zhou Changfa made money by raising pigs and instigated elections, and he was driven out of the position of village chief.

Since he came to power, Zhou Changfa has carried out construction in a big way, attracting four or five factories to settle by the river. Although he has revitalized the village economy, he also took the opportunity to seize several plots of land. The people are relatively honest, and no one cares as long as it does not involve their own interests. Moreover, the factory also provides many people with opportunities to make money. After farming, basically all the women in the village can go to work in his factory.

However, the only thing that makes Han Wu depressed is that Zhou Changfa's sewage discharge is built upstream. When environmental protection was not strictly enforced for a few years, dead fish often floated on the riverside, which caused great economic losses to Han Wu.

Later, Han Wu had no choice but to dig the dead land he was allocated into a fish pond, which was considered to be able to barely maintain his life. Sometimes he would go to the river to pick up fish, and as long as they were not dead, he would feed them. Later, he went to the Environmental Protection Bureau every few days to complain, which caused Zhou Changfa's factory to stop production frequently, and the conflict between the two became deeper and deeper.

Raising fish is more profitable than farming. In order to learn more about Han Wu and his daughter, I asked a few more questions: "Why didn't you raise fish later? Farming is so tiring, and it doesn't make money."

"That's different." He waved his hand and said, "All things have spirits, and fish are also lives. I sent hundreds of kilograms of fish to the restaurant, which is too bad."

Looking at him in doubt, for a person who makes a living by raising fish, it is probably not realistic to ask him to give up his livelihood and pursue a good cause and good result. After repeated questioning, Han Wu finally told the story.

He said that one night, he had a dream. In the dream, he saw an old man with a white beard. The old man first praised him for his merit in stopping the factory, but then said that he fished out a turtle that had become a spirit in the river and was killed, so he was destined to be guilty. If he wanted to make amends, he should dive into his own fish pond. There was a pearl under the water in the middle. Han Wu was asked to take out the pearl, then dive into the river behind the Dragon King Temple, find a river clam, and put the pearl into the mouth of the river clam, and he would be able to cultivate great merit.

After Han Wu woke up, he told the girl about the matter. Her daughter was called Han Xue, and she was also a famous top student in the town. At first, the father and the daughter did not believe it, but after digging in the pond, they really found a pearl the size of a child's fist.

At that time, Han Wu was a little scared, and his daughter Han Xue also persuaded him to go to the river to find river clams. In this way, the father and the daughter took advantage of the night and went to the river with underwater flashlights. Han Wu dived into the river and really saw a river clam as big as a pot lid.

He smiled at me and said, "My child was about to take the college entrance examination, and the family had almost lost all their money in those years. I suddenly thought that I should sell the pearl to raise some money for my child's tuition."

If the pearl was the evil spirit of the river clam, then the land would naturally not be able to grow food, but after digging a pond and filling it with water, the pearl was neutralized by the water vapor and the evil spirit was eliminated, so it could raise any fish.

As for the person who sent the dream, I think it should be the Dragon King in the Dragon King Temple. He wanted Han Wu to help take the pearl and return it to the river clam, because the river clam has the ability to filter impurities in the water. Returning the pearl to the river clam naturally wanted to achieve the magical effect of purifying the river water.

However, Han Wu still had greed!

After smoking several cigarettes in a row, I could understand when he finished telling me the story. After all, he was not a saint. My grandfather could go to the Jade Rabbit Toad Palace for my tuition, so sometimes family affection can override good and evil.

"When does your daughter call you? What do you talk about recently?" I asked.

"It's usually around 11 or 12 o'clock. I don't know what's wrong with my girlfriend. She persuades me to go to the city every day. Even if I go, I have no place to stay. When I ask her where she is, she won't tell me." After saying that, he sighed heavily.

For this reason, I said again: "You call her and I'll talk to her. Maybe we are still alumni?"

"Alumni?" Han Wu looked me up and down and said in surprise: "Aren't you a Taoist priest?"

I said that I changed my job halfway and was considered a Taoist priest with high academic achievement. Then he went back to the room to get the phone, dialed his girlfriend's mobile phone in front of me, and said while calling: "My girlfriend reminded me not to call him during the day to disturb her."

I smiled and said it was okay. When Han Wu dialed the phone, I grabbed the phone and pushed Han Wu away with my hand. He said excitedly: "What are you doing!" But I kept pushing him and let him stay one step away from me.

Making a gesture to silence him, Han Wu glared at him: "How can you be so rude, Taoist priest? You just rob without asking."

I ignored him and just listened to the phone quietly. There was a beep on the other end of the phone, and then it was connected. However, apart from the sound of waves, no one spoke.

Everything was as I thought, and I smiled bitterly in my heart. It was really hard to tell who was right and who was wrong.

After hanging up the phone, I knocked the phone on my hand a few times, and some mud and sand actually fell out of it. At this time, I hurriedly said to Han Wu: "Do you have a raincoat? Find me one, I want to go out."

"What a joke, it's raining so hard and there's wind, you're going to die." Han Wu said kindly.

My tone was a little impatient: "If you don't want the village to be flooded, find me a piece of clothing quickly, it will be too late if you're late." He also saw that I was really anxious, and hurriedly found a raincoat and rain hat for me in the box, and then he changed into boots and wanted to go with me.

"Then hurry up." After saying that, I pushed open the door, and the two of us went out in the storm that covered the sky.

The torrential rain was so strong that I couldn't open my eyes. The fierce wind even blew down several poplar trees. For a while, the power in the village was cut off, but the heavy dark clouds turned the day into night. Everything in front of me looked like the end of the world.

Running on the muddy road, I finally reached the river. The reason why I felt that something big was going to happen in the village was because I went over everything in my mind. First of all, the Dragon King didn't give rain the first time I prayed for rain, the witch was rushed by the evil spirit after touching the statue, and the big fat pig should have been caused by the river clams!

The second time, the Tibetan mastiff barked and was afraid, not at the grave, but at the Heilongjiang River behind him.

The third time, when I prayed for rain, the catfish bit me. That was because there must be evil spirits before the disaster. The fish had teeth and ate human flesh. The main reason was unknown.

There was also the mud and sand in the phone call this time. It was the work of Han Xue, who had become a ghost, that made the phone have the function of talking to water ghosts. She repeatedly asked Han Wu to leave quickly, which means that Han Xue's soul did not enter the underworld. Considering that her corpse turned into a bone girl, my only explanation now is that she is in the mouth of the river clam at this moment.

That was because Han Wu sold the pearls of the Dragon King, so naturally he needed his daughter to pay off the debt. Han Xue was accidentally raped in front of the Dragon King Temple, so the Dragon King took the opportunity to let her return to the bottom of the river to pay off her father's debt.

With the nourishment of the main soul's yin energy, coupled with the resentment and rape, the corpse turned into a bone girl, so all of this is inevitably connected.

When Han Wu talked to his daughter and chatted about family matters, he couldn't help but talk about his unhappiness. For a wronged soul in the mouth of a river clam, she felt resentment and wanted to destroy this place, so the water in Anping became smelly.

Besides, the sewage discharge of Zhou Changfa and other factories has already angered the Dragon King, so he acquiesced to Han Xue's approach, so that Zhenjiang Village will face a disaster now. The few thunders just now also announced that there will be a flood irrigation this time. The village here is named Zhenjiang because of its low terrain. The river will go south to the Songhua River after bypassing. If the two rivers irrigate at the same time, it will not be as simple as one or two people dying.

The rain in front of me hit my face like a knife. I gritted my teeth and insisted in front of the Dragon King Temple, but saw that the temple collapsed. The black river water in the distance was like a raging dragon hitting the shore. Looking at the factory workshops in the distance, they were collapsing one after another with the sound of thunder.

If the river water really flows back, many people behind me will lose their homes.

"What's wrong with this, little master!" Han Wu asked me loudly.

I frowned, thinking about how to do this. Looking at Han Wu who was confused beside me, I thought for a moment and said, "Cooperate, or the whole village will be finished."

"What's finished? I can't hear you clearly!" He shouted loudly.

I didn't care about that anymore. I kicked him down, then took out the Seven Star Sword, grabbed his hair with my left hand, and put the sword against his neck with my right hand. I stared at the surging river in the distance and shouted, "Get the hell out of here! If you don't come out, I'll kill your father today!"