Four hundred and seventieth chapters old tree smoking
After saying goodbye to Liu Dongsheng, Xiao Li talked to Su Xun about the rumors he heard.
It turned out that there was a Dragon God Temple not far from this small county town. A few days ago, a few ancient trees in front of the temple began to smoke strangely. At the beginning, a few children discovered this incident accidentally. When they went home, they told the adults that the adults didn't believe it at first, but later a child forced his adults to see the adults. When they saw it, the adults were also very surprised. At this moment, one spread to ten, ten, and ten, and in just a few days, it was a hot topic. There were more than one person who went to see the strange and lively people.
However, the information in the small county towns in the mountainous areas is still relatively closed. In addition, local people summarized this type of matter as feudal superstitions such as "gods", and there was no major problem, so no one interfered.
Surprisingly, Su Xun did not swear at others this time, but sat aside and closed his eyes to rest. After Xiao Li finished analyzing according to his opinion, Su Xun opened his eyes and asked Zhang Can, "What do you think?"
Zhang Can pondered for a moment, "I know that Dragon God Temple, anyway, I'll just go and see what's going on." After saying that, he looked at Su Xun with some inquisitiveness.
"Well, since it's a side note, let's go and have a look," Su Xun certainly wouldn't believe in things like ghosts and gods. Seeing what others say is magical, he would have the intention to see if it would be even more magical than the places he had seen.
The Dragon God Temple is built in a valley, and the environment is beautiful. Due to its disrepair and no one manages it, it does not look very desolate. It is just a few big trees next to the temple, which look particularly green.
It was obvious that someone had come to pick up garbage outside the temple. Except for the occasional mineral water bottle caps, they were still there, and the rest were cigarette butts, small pieces of paper and balls of paper left.
Zhang Can took Su Xun and others to carefully look at the big trees that would "smoke". At this time, the clear sky was clear and the breeze passed by the treetops. The treetops were shaking, and nothing strange things like smoking happened. It seemed that it was indeed a rural rumor, not all the truth, but just a good person, just a jealous person.
Just when Zhang Can and the others were a little disappointed, an old man passing by was carrying a hoe. Seeing that Zhang Can and the others were here to see something strange, he smiled and took the initiative to say hello, "A few guys, are they here to worship the Dragon God? It's very effective,"
"Yes, old man," Zhang Can replied, "I heard that the dragon god appears here, and even the trees will smoke. So, I came here to burn incense and ask the dragon god to keep you safe."
The old man smiled, "It's fake to come and burn incense, but it's true that you want to see the smoke from the ancient trees, right?"
The lie was exposed by the old man, and Zhang Can couldn't help but blush, "The old man has such a good eye. We are indeed passing by here. I heard something strange happened here, so I came and take a look."
"Haha, it's not surprising. I'm looking at you. Although there are many people, none of them hold paper candles and firecrackers for burning incense. They are obviously here to watch the fun. Young people like you, who would believe this now? However, it's still early, you have to wait until six or seven o'clock in the evening. However, it's still up to your fate. It's been a day before yesterday. It's been a few days ago. It's been a few days since the rains these days, and it's sometimes gone." The old man was already open-minded and was familiar with anyone. He talked to Zhang Can, and saw him bringing a cigarette from Su Xun to worship, and he was even more enthusiastic: "Or, go to my house first to rest, and come to see him when the time comes."
Zhang Can politely declined: "Thank you for your kindness, I'll wait here to see the wonders. You have to be sincere in your heart!" After that, he laughed loudly.
The old man took Zhang Canjing's cigarette and laughed "haha" for a while. Then he told the story of the Dragon God Temple: "According to legend, hundreds of years ago, the dragon in the sky came down to earth and came here. He met a kind-hearted person who offered it with the only pig in his family. The dragon was grateful and swept it with his tail and appeared in this treasure land...... Of course, this is a legend, but there must be a reason for this temple to be built here."
Su Xun smiled and interrupted: "In your opinion, what's the reason?"
"I don't know too much about this," the old man smiled funnyly, "For us, what kind of towers are built to suppress snake spirits, and the altars are built to suppress cat spirits. There are many strange things. Excluding the elements of feudal superstition, those towers and altars look like foiling scenery, but there is some reason."
Su Xun and others nodded repeatedly and said, even if Leifeng Pagoda is so famous, is it really under Bai Suzhen? It is just a folk legend. However, without Leifeng Pagoda, there is a missing view in West Lake.
Everyone chatted for a while again, and the old man said goodbye to Zhang Can and the others, saying that he would do his job.
Su Xun, Xiao Li and others returned to the car for a while. Because it was too stuffy, they simply came out to hide under the shade of trees to cool off. Several people scrambled for a while. Xiao Yang looked up and screamed suddenly: "Look, look, it's smoking, it's smoking."
As everyone looked up, sure enough, one of the big trees was slightly above. A stream of milky white smoke appeared, floating and curling, like a ignited fragrance of letters. The smoke became straight, and gradually the smoke became bigger and bigger. Although the color was a little lighter, it could definitely be seen that it was smoke.
"Magic! So amazing." Su Xun and others witnessed this magical scene with their own eyes, and they were very impressed. If Emei Buddha's light is grand and wonderful, and it is unparalleled in the world, then the smoke of the tree in the small Dragon God Temple is no less than that. It is so amazing. Until the head hurts and the eyes are sore, they lower their heads to take a break.
Zhang Can didn't expect that there was such a strange scene in his hometown. He couldn't help but dance and shouted: "Do you have a telescope? Take a look with a telescope!"
The fourth brother immediately ran into the car quickly, picked up a high-power telescope, and shouted, "Yes, why didn't I remember it? Look with a telescope?" He ran and observed it with the telescope. He felt extremely excited at first, and ran a few steps to take a look. But the closer he got, the more strange he felt. Later, he stopped running, so he simply stood there and observed it carefully, and his face became strange.
"Lao Lao, what do you mean? You have taken it. Let the brothers take a look. Don't take any good things by yourself." Lao Xiao Yang kept calling out, for fear of a negligence and a wonderful scene.
Xiao Li's face was strange and handed the telescope to Su Xun. Su Xun, who looked surprised, held the telescope and looked at it for a moment, his face became weird.
Zhang Can saw that Su Xun looked weird like Xiao Li. He took the telescope and didn't use the telescope to see it. But he saw it inexplicably.
This ancient tree is only about 30 meters high. The naked eyes of ordinary people look at the smoke on the treetops, which makes it a bit vague. But in the high-power telescope, there is no smoke there, it is obviously a group of mosquitoes flying up and down!
A group of people were fooled by a group of mosquitoes! Several people couldn't help but feel a little funny, but at the same time they sincerely admired the wonders of nature. Only after knowing the mystery, they lost a lot of interest.
Seeing that it was still three or four hours before dark, Zhang Can discussed with Su Xun for a while. Seeing that they were a little sleepy, they hadn't had a good sleep for several days, so he asked them to go back to the car to rest, but he was wandering around a few ancient trees alone.
During this turn, Zhang Can actually discovered something more interesting. Under his perspective, the ancient tree was hollow and the ancient tree was hollow. This was normal. What was interesting was that the heart of the tree had been empty all the time on the treetops, and a cauliflower snake with an arm-thick arm inside was stuck inside. Not far from its mouth, a mouse was also stuck on it.
Snakes are animals that can only move forward but not retreat. But the hollowness of the tree is getting smaller and smaller as the hollowness goes up. The rat and snake are like crawling into the horns of cows and are stuck inside. The hollowness of the treetops is filled with tiny mosquitoes.
So that's how it was. Zhang Can couldn't help laughing. It was the snake who was desperate to chase the mouse. He never thought that it would be stuck inside. As time goes by, the stench attracted the tiny mosquitoes. Mosquitoes sometimes fly on the treetops, which is naturally very normal.
But the ancient trees are too tall, and people look on the ground, and the mosquitoes look blurry, just like waves of light smoke. Of course, people who don’t know about this matter find it strange. After processing by a treacherous person, it will naturally be extremely magical.
However, logically speaking, snakes will not usually starve to death, so how did this snake die?
Zhang Can was interested and searched down the snake's tail with his perspective eyes inch by inch. He saw that the more the tree went down, the bigger the hole. The hole went down two or three meters into the ground, then turned around and extended to the side of the ruined temple.
Zhang Can followed the hole underground step by step. Su Xun saw Zhang Can lower his head and walked slowly towards the other side step by step. He thought Zhang Can had lost something, so he followed him and helped to check everywhere.
The fourth brother ran over and smiled mysteriously, "Boss, what are you looking for? Is it because someone else lost money, or is there any gold digging?"
"How do I know what I'm looking for? Don't stand there, call them all over and help find them." It's not that the fourth brother was running fast, Su Xun's saliva would definitely spit him all over.
"Hey, I said, brother, what are you looking for? Is it important? Say it, brothers, come and help find it." Su Xun was not sure what to do.
Zhang Can raised his fingers, put them beside his mouth, let out a soft "shhh" and continued to walk forward step by step.
Seeing that Zhang Can suddenly became mysterious, Su Xun felt something unexpected happened, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He quickly turned to greet the others: "Fifth, pay attention to the side of Xiao Li and Xiao Yang, and the fourth brother came over." The posture seemed to have seen an enemy, and he almost took out his gun.
When Zhang Can saw this formation, he couldn't help but laugh and cry, "I said, brother, don't do this. I just want to uncover the secret of the smoke from the ancient tree. There is no need for such a large formation, right?"
"What?" Su Xun suddenly widened his eyes and said, "There are a few mosquitoes emerging on the tree. Haven't you seen it clearly for a long time? What's the secret?"
Zhang Can shook his hand and said with a smile: "That's just the appearance you see. Don't you find it strange? Why are there such a group of mosquitoes flying in the treetops from time to time?"
"Then what's going on?" Su Xun asked curiously.
Chapter completed!