Chapter 194 There is also great righteousness in the endless hell
There are fewer and fewer people on the gate.
Under the gate, there are more and more people in the water.
Young and strong men kept coming out of the crowd, silently following the people in front of them, and jumping off the dam.
The "semi-circular" duct area that was originally washed away by the previous waves was gradually filled up again.
On the dam, only women, children, old and young, as well as officials and villagers who really couldn't swim were left.
On the water surface below the dam, people who jumped into the water crowded together to resist the raging waves.
Some men grabbed the wooden piles and bamboo poles under the water that had not been washed away, and some men stayed close to the dam wall to prevent them from being washed away by the wind and waves.
Finally, the people floating in the water formed human walls similar to barriers, with one layer inside and one outside layer stacked on top of each other, seemingly forming a relatively stable balance.
Ouyang Rong, who jumped into the water first, floated at the front of the human wall.
The function of this human wall is not to block water, but to slow down the impact of water flow.
People used their bodies as sandbag fillers to suppress the water flow and block the gushing pipes in the gaps in the dam walls.
Buy time for the dam to survive disintegration and collapse.
There were several frightened Dragon King Temple priests on the gate. The scene where Ouyang Rong just beheaded the middle-aged priest in public broke their psychological defenses.
But Ouyang Rong didn't have time to deal with them.
But at this moment, the villagers who stayed on the dam spontaneously and angrily surrounded them, lifted up these pretentious priests, and threw them into the water, regardless of whether they could swim or not.
Since we keep saying that there is a Dragon King, then go down and look for it, and see if a spirit will appear to save you. We can’t just have the warriors at the front, filling up the water with their bodies, while you are shamefully hiding behind...
Ouyang Rong did not know the simple emotions of these common people. He, like most people in the audience, tensed his heart and was constantly paying attention to the situation of the gate and dam.
I saw that the water surface between the cracks in the gate and dam wall was no longer covered with flowers and sand.
It seems that the flow of water is hindered by the human walls in front of us, and the speed of the water slows down.
The duct surge was suppressed.
Up and down the gate, everyone was relieved.
However, Ouyang Rong, who was floating on the water at the moment, knew in his heart that this was only a temporary relief from the crisis. As long as the heavy rain in Yunmengze continued, the crisis would not be resolved...
Time passes minute by minute.
On the water surface below the dam, the "human wall" led by Ouyang Rong has been soaked in water for most of the day.
Heavy rains continued during this period, and the water waves in Yunmengze were sometimes turbulent and sometimes soothing.
And every turbulent wave hit the "human wall" in front of the crack in the wall.
Sometimes some brave men could not hold on, escaped from the human wall, almost sank to the bottom of the water, or were carried away by a wave, but in the end they were rescued on the dam, and the villagers rushed to take care of them.
As for those who were still in the water, their bodies were soaked in water and turned white and wrinkled, just like the white bread Ouyang Rong had eaten in his previous life.
"Tanlang."
On the dam, Ye Weilai knelt and sat on the edge of the water, holding the knife tightly, with tears on her cheeks. Every once in a while, she worriedly shouted Ouyang Rong's name downwards to make sure he was still there.
Behind her, among the crowd of villagers delivering food and taking care of the wounded, there was a figure of a slender and delicate girl standing silently.
The embroiderer stared blankly at the sky above the wall of people headed by Ouyang Rong.
Obviously at this moment, the sky above Yunmengze, including Digong Gate, was covered with dense clouds, covering the sky and the sun, making it difficult to distinguish between day and night.
But the embroiderer still stared at the sky above, her face dazed, as if she had seen some kind of spectacular scene.
The delicate mute girl from Yunmengze opened her mouth and couldn't help but say "Ah" twice... Apart from the congenital defects, who said that my Tan Lang is not suitable for Qi training?
However, the next second, the embroiderer who looked up suddenly frowned.
She looked around, and her figure suddenly disappeared from where she was. After three breaths, she returned to where she was.
No trace of movement could be seen clearly throughout the process.
In the eyes of the sect senior sisters, this well-behaved little junior sister, who is quiet, gentle and always has a good temper, has a look of confusion and doubt on her delicate little face.
There seems to be...a little bit of life in the beautiful, clear lacquered eyes.
In an instant, the pale-faced Ouyang Rong was floating on the water below, and all the waves higher than half a foot a hundred meters away were shattered.
It exploded into mist flying all over the sky.
The wooden debris swept up in the waves were all cut into thin paper by some invisible sharp object, losing their harm to her Tanlang.
However, these strange scenes were all obscured by the thick fog with extremely low visibility on Yunmengze.
Ouyang Rong and others, who formed a human wall at the pipe swell, could only find that the fog in the distance seemed to be stirred by some kind of strong wind, but the thick fog still could not be blown away.
In addition, Ouyang Rong and others were nervous about this for a while, thinking that it was the precursor of another angry wave. However, the water waves rolling in from the thick fog in the distance were surprisingly gentle, filled with white foam and harmless wood chips.
Slag, which surprised them for a while.
What people don't know is.
A certain mute cook named Xiu Niang was extremely angry... Even if Ouyang Rong and the junior sister named Xie had a tryst at night and were intimate in person, she would not be so angry.
Who is secretly stealing Tanlang's "qi"?!
…
Longcheng County.
The streets are empty.
Penglang Ferry was also in a mess, with no boats.
Looking around, on the west bank of Butterfly Creek, the sword furnaces that stood in the forest have all turned off, and the craftsmen have completely withdrawn.
Xiaogushan, compared with the crowded and noisy Liu family mansion on the mountain at the moment, a secluded lawn halfway up the mountain is particularly quiet.
A certain old swordsmith stood alone on the lawn, carrying a wine jar.
The raindrops wet the gray linen clothes on his body, changing it to a darker color.
The old man ignored it, raised his head to drink, and glanced south from time to time.
His eyes ignored the deserted Longcheng County and the longing Dagushan Mountain in the distance, and cast their eyes in the direction of Yuenv Gorge in the upper reaches of Butterfly Creek.
Behind Mu Yu, the old swordsmith who was drinking, there was a sword furnace that had been out for many years, and the door was wide open.
The mountain wind and rain poured into the sword furnace room.
There is a sword-making furnace in the furnace room. The circular iron door is open and swaying in the howling wind and rain that breaks into the furnace room.
There was a sharp sound of iron bolts rubbing against rust, which was a bit ear-piercing.
The sword-making furnace with the door open was as empty as it had been several times before.
On the lawn outside the house, the old swordsmith looked south, sipping wine from time to time.
At a certain moment, the old man put down his wine bottle and nodded gently in the direction of Duke Di:
“Little guy, you’ve had enough to drink, and you’re even more greedy than me.
"Oh, this is the first time that a monk who has been a lifelong monk breaks the precepts and eats too much vegetarian food. Is this the first time he eats big fish and meat with oily stars on it?
"Speaking of which, since you like eating and drinking so much, what name should I give you... Our school has to be a bit particular... Hiccup... The first sword is called Immortality Medicine... The second sword is called Lu Lu
, later changed his name to Red Emperor... The third sword is facing the second sword..."
The old swordsmith knew all his treasures, lowered his head and whispered:
"These are all good names, but they are too elegant. They are too elegant. At first glance, they are dedicated to princes, generals and ministers.
"There was once a sword named Hanshi, but in the end, Hanshi was still not enough...Hanshi eventually became a prince and general...
"What should I call you?"
The old swordsmith had a little drink in his mouth and muttered like an old drunkard.
For a while, it was a bit nerve-wracking.
The three Liu brothers had never troubled him so much before.
But it is also true that among the people, older people are very fond of having children when they are older. Naturally, choosing a good name is a labor of love, and one would like to devote all his life's efforts to it.
What's more, is this the work of an old craftsman who has been waiting for a sword for most of his life?
…
The other end of Longcheng County.
Dagushan is crowded with people from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the world is full of fireworks.
However, there is an underground palace somewhere on the mountain, just like the name, it is indeed a pure land on this busy and chaotic Dagushan Mountain.
Although this Pure Earth Palace has been abandoned, there is a well exit on the ceiling in the center of the underground palace.
But even though it's raining outside right now, it doesn't rain or seep in.
The wellhead outside the Gein Underground Palace is built in a pavilion and surrounded by stone railings.
But at this moment, in the underground palace, there was a young monk with a withered face, standing directly under the well mouth, looking up.
The young monk was wearing a worn cassock, his body was dirty, and there was some cake residue at the corner of his mouth. They were cakes given to him by a pretty mute woman who visited the underground palace that night and revisited her old place.
The young monk hiding in the Pure Land only twists one piece every day and tastes it carefully.
I live my life quite carefully.
As for the daily vegetarian meal in the temple sent by Xiu Hair, Xiu Du and other junior disciples, the young monk did not like to eat it, but the pastries made by the mythical and spiritual mute girl were delicious.
We’ve all come to the Pure Land, so we have to eat something good, right? We’re not still trapped in the endless hell.
By the way, I forgot to mention that his Dharma name is Xiuzhen, and a young county magistrate once mistakenly called him "Master Ignorant".
Although everyone laughs at him, only the "Ignorance Master" knows clearly that there is really an endless hell outside.
This is the pure land of lotus.
At this moment, there was obviously no rain falling from the wellhead above the head, but Xiuzhen, who was standing under the wellhead and in front of the lotus pedestal in the center of the underground palace, leaned back slightly and took a step away, as if he was hiding from something.
He raised his head and opened his mouth, looking at the mouth of the well.
The young monk seemed to be staring at something, a little lost in thought.
"Hey, it's obviously an endless hell, how can there be 'qi' like a sword thrust into the sky? Weird, weird..."
Xiu Zhen shook her head and marveled.
He stared at the spot for a while, and at a certain moment, the expression on his dirty face suddenly changed from confusion to surprise.
Xiuzhen twisted her skinny body and trotted towards the edge of the underground palace, arriving in front of the mural of "Quick Eyes and Wangshe Eyes" on the west side.
He leaned forward with his bare head and looked at the mural.
"this is not."
Xiu Zhen shook his head in disappointment, but without stopping, he walked around the edge of the underground palace wall, ran to another mural, and came closer to take a look.
"This isn't...this isn't...hey! It's this!"
Xiuzhen passed by three Buddha Jataka murals one after another, including "Kuaimu Wangsheyan", "King Shibi cutting meat and trading pigeons" and "Moonlight King giving his head". They all shook their heads in frustration, but in the end, he was at the last place on the east side.
I stopped in front of the mural of Buddha Jataka!
Prince Satao sacrificed his life to feed tigers.
The young monk suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed directly at the dimly painted Buddha on the dark wall. He jumped from the cliff and was lying on the ground feeding a tiger. He laughed:
"That's it! Exactly the same, interesting, interesting!"
In the empty underground palace, there were crazy monks dancing, sometimes running to the lotus pedestal in the center of the underground palace, and sometimes running to the mural of Buddha Jataka on the east side of the underground palace.
He runs back and forth between the two.
Sometimes he looked up at the mouth of the well, and sometimes he leaned closer to the mural to take a closer look. He seemed to have discovered something, compared it with something, and confirmed something.
"Amitabha."
Until a certain moment, Xiu Zhen's expression of crazy joy subsided.
He has a solemn face as a monk, standing in the center of the underground palace, with his hands clasped together, his head raised to look at his breath, and his eyes full of confusion:
"But there is an endless hell above. How can there be such 'qi'? Where is the Lotus Pure Land..."
Monk Wangqi looked left and right.
It's a pity that the doubtful voice only echoed in the underground palace, and no one answered.
After all, you just have to ask yourself.
No one knew about this strange scene in the abandoned underground palace.
…
In Yunmengze, the heavy rain keeps coming.
Somewhere below Dickong Lock, on the surging water.
The human wall remains the same.
Ouyang Rong, Liu Ashan and others could no longer tell what time it was or how much time had passed since the dive.
I only remember intermittently that the people around me seemed to change one after another. Those who were knocked unconscious by the waves, those who were exhausted and hungry, and those who fell sick from fatigue were all lifted up to the dam by the villagers one by one. Then they woke up and recovered.
Went into the water again to change shifts.
Ouyang Rong at the front, wearing only his underpants, was soaking in dirty water filled with debris.
Occasionally, he looked a little dazed, and felt that the whole world around him was filled with water, surrounded by water.
And above the head of the dam, the people walking around looked down at their faces.
Ouyang Rong couldn't see clearly. His vision was obscured by light, water droplets, sand, gravel and sawdust.
Among them, there seems to be a little white-haired head of Ye Weilai... This is quite recognizable.
Until a certain moment.
Rumble——
Another dull and loud sound came from the thick fog in the distance.
The familiar sound... was the same as the roaring waves just now. It should be the mountains along the Yunmengze coast not far away. Amidst the continuous heavy rain, another mudslide occurred, tilting into the Yunmengze Lake.
The sound is not too far away, so another wave of waves is coming.
Some desperate exclamations sounded from the dam.
Ouyang Rong, who was standing at the front of the human wall, was suddenly awakened from his trance.
Facing the thick fog that was billowing violently in front of him like a prelude, he took a breath.
But in the thick fog, the first roar of the lake that swept away the tree fragments was not even a hundred meters away from the human wall headed by Ouyang Rong.
The next moment, a flash of snow-white sword light flew from the dam directly above Ouyang Rong's head.
The first raging wave was split open and exploded into a huge cloud of water mist and debris.
The second angry wave is like this.
The same is true for the third raging wave...
If you dare to attack as many times as you dare, just chop as many times as you dare.
On the dam, there is a female sword constantly coming out.
Qi practitioner?
This is... the junior sister is back?
Ouyang Rong's bloodless face was stunned, and he thought to himself.
In a daze, he swallowed, stretched out his hand to wipe his face, balanced his body, raised his head hard, and looked towards the dam above his head.
But the vision was still blurry, and all he could hear was the same exclamations from above.
And this movement of raising his head with all his strength seemed to have exhausted the last strength of Ouyang Rong, who was already weak due to the cold air entering his body.
Suddenly, I felt dizzy and couldn't tell where I was.
No matter how hard it is to persist.
As Ouyang Rong's consciousness gradually blurred, the calls of many people began to ring in his ears one after another.
"Mingfu fainted! Someone is coming, send him up quickly!"
"Someone come quickly!"
"Tanlang..."
"Ah...ah..."
Ouyang Rong vaguely seemed to hear two voices calling from different women.
A white-haired maid who belongs to his family, and the one at the back... is a little strange, but also a little familiar. It seems that he has heard it in a dream deep in his memory when he was young. It seems to be the memory of this life, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't find it.
recall.
It's like you forgot the name of a childhood friend, and one night you remembered her figure in your memory, but you couldn't blurt out the name that should have been said so smoothly.
It's this feeling of finality.
Ouyang Rong, whose consciousness was gradually sinking, had no energy to think...wait, could it be an auditory hallucination that occurred before his death?
He didn't forget to complain at the end.
Ouyang Rong felt that the sounds in his ears gradually became distant.
Until a gentle dream like cotton candy enveloped him.