Fang Ming did not reply immediately. No matter what the background of the City God was, whether it was a spirit or a ghost, the person who could become the City God was definitely not bad at all.
This is just like being the leader of a place. There is only one position, and only those who are more capable can sit in this position.
A city god asked him for help, and Fang Ming didn't feel that he should be happy, because what the city god asked for help must be no small matter.
Seeing that Fang Ming didn't respond, the clay figurine became a little anxious, and the scope of his arrest increased a bit.
"Let's talk about the situation first. I can help you if I can, but I don't guarantee it."
After Fang Ming said these words, the clay figurine bowed seriously to Fang Ming three times, and then jumped directly from the table, more than one meter in height. Strangely, the clay figurine was still intact and fell on the ground.
Jumping in one direction.
"Follow me first and take a look."
Seeing the surprised expressions of Zhang Yaohui and others, Fang Ming did not explain, but followed the clay figurine. Naturally, the others were curious about what kind of help a city god would ask Fang Ming for, so they also followed.
The clay figurine walked at a slow pace towards the river embankment. After a while, he arrived at the Dongting Lake, and finally stood there.
"Fang Ming, what does this clay figurine mean?" Zhang Yaohui asked curiously when he saw the clay figurine's hand pointing to the lake.
Fang Ming also frowned and asked after a while: "Do you want me to help you fish something from the lake?"
The clay figure nodded quickly, proving that Fang Ming's guess was correct.
"What are you trying to catch?"
The clay figurine pointed at himself. Fang Ming probably understood what the clay figurine meant, but it was precisely because he understood that he became even more confused.
"Your statue of the City God is under the lake? But since you are no longer the City God, the statue has nothing to do with you, so why do you still need to salvage it?"
Fang Ming understood the meaning of the clay figurine. The clay figurine used its fingers to tell Fang Ming that his statue was at the bottom of the lake. But as I said before, the position of the City God is just an official position.
Grandpa.
Now that the City God has been replaced, the sculptures made by people are useless, and most of the spirits will leave on their own initiative.
To be honest, when he found out that the City God was causing trouble, Fang Ming still had some doubts in his heart. Why didn't the City God leave?
"Uncle Zhang, find some people who are good at underwater skills and go down to see if there is anything at the bottom of the lake. It may be a statue or something."
After Fang Ming finished speaking, he suddenly denied it, "This weather is too cold, forget it, let me do it."
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, even professional salvage workers may not be able to bear it, let alone ordinary workers. Danger and accidents are easy to occur when entering the water. As for myself, with my own physical fitness, such a little cold is nothing.
"It's better to let professionals do it. It's easy to get cramps when going into the water in this weather." Zhang Yaohui persuaded.
"There's no need to go to such trouble, and we're not sure what's under the water yet. It's best if I go down, and there won't be any accidents."
Fang Ming shook his head, and Han Qiaoqiao on the side also echoed at this time: "Uncle Zhang, you don't have to worry about him. He is very timid and will never do anything that may cause harm to himself."
Only after Han Qiaoqiao's persuasion did Zhang Yaohui agree, and Fang Ming didn't hesitate and took off his coat directly by the river, then jumped into the lake and disappeared under the water.
The lake water is not particularly clear, and the water is relatively turbid and the visibility is not very high. However, this is nothing to Fang Ming. Once he dives, he can reach a depth of more than ten meters in a few seconds.
The lake water flows very slowly, but you can still see the swaying water plants at the bottom of the lake. Among these green water plants, a group of yellow things is extremely conspicuous, and Fang Ming noticed it immediately.
After Fang Ming swam over, he realized that it was a ball of yellow mud, but when Fang Ming's hands broke the mud apart, something dark green was revealed.
"Bronze?"
Fang Ming was a little surprised. There was a bronze vessel under the lake?
Thinking of this, he quickly cleaned up the mud with his hands. Soon, the bronze artifact was completely revealed. It was an ancient bronze bell. It was not particularly large, just about the height of a person.
This bell weighs about 500 kilograms. If it were anyone else, it would definitely not be possible to salvage this bronze bell. But Fang Ming was different. With the help of the power of the water flow, Fang Ming directly moved the bronze bell towards the shore.
drag.
A few minutes later, when Zhang Yaohui's expression became a little anxious, Fang Ming's head finally emerged from the water and appeared on the shore.
"There is a big object, please get out of the way."
Hearing Fang Ming say this, Zhang Yaohui and others had a look of curiosity on their faces, because they couldn't figure out what big object Fang Ming could fish out from the water. After all, a person's strength cannot be used underwater more than 30%, more than 50%.
It may be difficult to carry something weighing ten kilograms.
Therefore, when they saw Fang Ming dragging a copper bell up, Zhang Yaohui and others opened their mouths in surprise. One person could drag hundreds of kilograms of stuff up from the water. How much strength does it take?
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Among the people at the scene, Han Qiaoqiao was the only one who didn't have much surprised expression, because in her heart, no matter how different Fang Ming behaved, she could accept it.
The bronze bell was fished out of the water. The clay figurine was very excited and jumped up to the bronze bell, looking like it wanted to get closer but didn't dare to.
"Is there anything related to you in the bronze bell?"
Fang Ming glanced at the clay figure, then put on his coat, and then looked at the bronze bell carefully.
The surface of the bronze bell is very simple. There are no patterns on it, just some simple lines. The mouth of the bell is stuffed with yellow mud. It is not the silt in the water that has accumulated in it, but the kind of specially fired pottery clay.
, just like the clay figurines are made of the same material.
"The soul is sealed in clay, is your true body in it?"
Fang Ming had a judgment in his mind, but Zhang Xiaolong on the side asked curiously: "Brother Ming, what is soul sealing in clay?"
"Everyone knows that clay can be used to make sculptures and some porcelain, but clay also has another function, which is the function of sealing. This seal has two meanings. One is a physical seal. A physical seal is such as
When making a beggar's chicken, it is sealed with soil to prevent the fragrance from escaping. When a jar of wine is buried on the ground, the mouth of the jar is sealed with yellow mud to prevent the smell of wine from escaping. These are all physical."
"But in addition to the physical seal, there is also a seal from the soul. Clay has a sealing effect on all souls and the like. If you have a stove made of clay at home,
If one day you find that you often have nightmares or feel that your child is often in a daze, you can get some soil from the stove and apply it on your child's face or belly button."
Fang Ming explained in detail that someone could obviously get the yellow clay on this bronze bell in order to seal the contents inside the bronze bell. Only this kind of specially fired yellow clay could survive being underwater for so long.
fall off.
Lao Jia took a hammer from the construction site according to Fang Ming's instructions. Under Fang Ming's guidance, he slowly began to smash the yellow mud. The yellow mud was very thick, almost more than a foot thick. Lao Jia hammered it for ten times.
It took a few minutes to break up the yellow mud.
The yellow mud fell into pieces, and the true contents of the bronze bell were revealed. There was a tuft of white hair inside. When he saw this tuft of hair, Fang Ming finally knew why the City God asked for help.
Likewise, he also knew the identity of the City God.
This City God is indeed a spirit, and he is one of the rare rabbits to become a spirit through cultivation.
Even if a spirit is a cultivating city spirit, it still retains some of its most basic characteristics. One of rabbit's instincts is to be afraid of water, and this is still the case even after cultivating into a spirit.
This rabbit spirit cannot be immersed in water for a long time, and the bronze bell contains the rabbit spirit's hair. These hairs are suppressed underwater by the bronze bell, making it impossible for the rabbit spirit to leave this area.
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He cannot leave this area, and the position of the City God has been robbed by others. When the catastrophe comes, the rabbit spirit will definitely not be able to survive it. The final result will be to disappear in smoke, unless he chooses to cultivate himself and become an ordinary rabbit.
Therefore, the rabbit spirit had to use other people's hands to salvage the bronze bell, but the rabbit spirit was just a spirit after all, unable to communicate with people, and ordinary people simply could not understand what he meant.
Fang Ming stepped aside, and the clay figure immediately jumped into the bronze bell, and then held the tuft of hair in her hands. This tuft of hair was not ordinary hair, but the only hair left on her body after surviving the catastrophe.
, of course Fang Ming also guessed these.
The clay figurine held the hair and patted Fang Ming a few times before leaving, but Fang Ming blocked the clay figurine's path.
"I helped you, and maybe I offended someone. Don't you think I should give you something in return?"
Fang Ming didn't think he was a good person, not to mention that this spirit was not a good spirit either. If it was really a kind spirit, it wouldn't harm people like this just because the workers accidentally destroyed the statue.
So Fang Ming's attitude is very simple. If I help you, then you have to give me a corresponding reward. If you can't give me a reward, I'm sorry, I may put the rabbit fur back into the bell and sink it to the bottom of the water.
The clay figure looked at Fang Ming's serious expression, and he could feel that Fang Ming's tone was not joking.
After a while, the clay figurine finally made a decision, pointed at Han Qiaoqiao, and then drew a circle, but Fang Ming frowned and said, "You are not qualified for this."
After hearing Fang Ming's words, the clay figurine pointed at Zhang Yaohui again, this time drawing a square.
"Okay, deal."
Han Qiaoqiao and others looked at each other in shock at the exchange between Fang Ming and the clay figurine, because they had no idea what agreement Fang Ming and the clay figurine had reached.