After participating in the metaphysical variety show, I exploded

Before Le Qinian could feel the breath carefully, he fell heavily to the ground.

"Hiss..." He touched his sore tailbone and looked around.

Here is still the square of the Temple of the River, and the temple is silent in the night, only the sound of the wind whistling overhead.

The well next to me was tightly covered with barbed wire.It means that he has returned to the real world.

There were two "Oops" with different pitches from around me.Jin Piaopiao and Jin Miaomiao appeared beside him as if they had fallen from the sky.Like Le Qinian who had just returned to reality, the two fell heavily to the ground.Jin Piaopiao's scream was especially tragic, because her sister landed on her back impartially...

"Miao Miao, you are so heavy..." Jin Piaopiao moaned like hell.

"Oh, I'm sorry, sister!"

The last to appear was Vincenzo.He made a face landing directly, so that it took several minutes to prop up his upper body dizzily.

He wiped the blood from his nose, looked up at the starless night sky. "It's already so late, everyone must be very scared to find us missing. The director might want to hang himself."

He struggled to his feet with the help of his twins, shaking for a moment from dizziness.

"Should we contact the program team?"

"Come and do me a favor first." Le Qinian hooked his fingers at him, "Help me remove this layer of barbed wire."

"Are you crazy?" Vincenzo widened his eyes, "This is the real world, you can't destroy public property!"

"I know, but I always feel that there is something in this well, and I must go down and see."

"Can't we come see you tomorrow?"

Le Qinian raised his head, "Are you helping?"

Vincenzo supported his waist and gritted his teeth. "Help, of course. I came to this country to do as the Romans do. I respect the old and love the young."

He walked to Le Qinian, helped him grab the barbed wire, and pulled it out forcefully.

"But Brother Xiao Le is not old." Jin Piaopiao looked carefully at the two guys who were vandalizing public property.

"Miaomiao thinks Brother Xiaowen is older." Jin Miaomiao said seriously.

Vincenzo rolled his eyes: "We have an old saying in the West, 'you can't judge the content of a book just by its cover'. Don't look at this guy's youthful appearance, in fact, his inner... Ah! Why are you stepping on me!"

"Speak less and do more! The donkeys in the production team don't talk as much as you do!" Le Qinian gave him a gouged look.

The movement of the two men dismantling the barbed wire fence was extremely ear-piercing in the silent night, and even a sleeping deaf person might be awakened by the sound waves vibrating in the air.

The blessings of the River God Temple are no exception.After being interrogated by the police for a day, he was already exhausted and just wanted to go to bed and rest, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he was startled by the earth-shattering bang bang and jumped out of bed.

Before he even had time to put on his coat, he rushed out of the bedroom in his slippers and ran towards the place where the sound came from.

Then I saw the four reality show contestants who were identified as missing persons, stealing the manhole cover from his temple... no, the barbed wire at the mouth of the well.

Two men were in charge of dismantling the nets, while two girls were standing by to cheer them on.

This scene was so bizarre that Miao Zhu immediately thought he had a strange dream.It must be because today's encounter was too shocking that his brain would automatically produce such a weird dream, right?

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, pinched his thigh again, the corners of his mouth grinned in pain, and only then was he sure that he was in reality.

But why did these four people appear in the River God Temple?The temple has been searched twice by people from the program group and the police. Even the cracks in the wall were not spared, but not even half of their hair was found.The police could only judge that they had left Heshen Temple and expanded the search area to the entire Qinghe Town.

Miao Zhu locked the front and rear gates of the Heshen Temple before going to sleep. How did they get in?Through the wall?Well, that would explain how they left the River Temple.

……wrong!There is no wall penetration in the world!

"You four!" Miao Zhu rushed over desperately, "Where did you go! Do you know how hard we searched!"

He tried to stand on the moral high ground and accuse these four guys of wasting public resources, but Le Qinian didn't feel guilty at all, instead he laid his hands on him: "Don't worry, I will help you restore it to the original state!"

"Why do you want to tear down the barbed wire?!" Miao Zhu shouted.

"That's a long story!"

With the unremitting efforts of Le Qinian and Vincenzo, the barbed wire was finally removed.Le Qinian looked into the well.The well water is dark and deep, without even a trace of reflection, like a black hole leading to the center of the earth.

But from the endless darkness, there is indeed a familiar breath...

It's just that I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't confirm it.

Le Qinian turned over and sat on the edge of the well, about to jump into the well.Miao Zhu screamed: "Come down! It's dangerous!"

Vincenzo didn't seem to think the move was at all dangerous.He just looked at Le Qinian with great interest, and asked, "Do you want to hang a rope for you?"

"No need."

"What if you never come back?"

"Then look for me by the Qing River."

After speaking, Le Qinian jumped into the well.

Miao Zhu opened his mouth wide, and now he couldn't even scream.It seemed that it had been a long time before the "plop" sound of heavy objects falling into the water came from a distant place underground.The sound echoed in the wall of the well, and it sounded as if thousands of Le Qinian fell into the water at the same time.

The twins clawed at the edge of the well.After Le Qinian's figure submerged in the water, he couldn't see anything, and there was still only darkness in the well.

"Brother Xiaowen, why did brother Xiaole jump into the well? King Gu said he was looking for something. What is it?" Jin Piaopiao looked at the blond exorcist.

"It must be something very important to him." Vincenzo smiled enigmatically.

Le Qinian is indeed a false act of a Taoist priest.Although he refused to admit it, Vincenzo was convinced by his actions and the information revealed in a few words.

Heh, he guessed this a long time ago, as expected of him.

"Brother Xiaowen, what are we going to do next?" Jin Miaomiao blinked.

"Then... call the police."

The cold water wrapped Le Qinian's body.The moment he fell into the water, he silently recited the "Water Avoidance Curse", and the surrounding air gathered to form a transparent bubble, which enveloped him.

Inside the blister is air for him to breathe, as long as he gets off the bottom before the air is exhausted.

This well leads directly to an underground river, which in turn connects to the Qinghe River.There is no light in the dark water, but Le Qinian does not need light.The natural yin and yang eyes are enough for him to see the "Qi" underwater.At the bottom of the water right below the wellhead, there was something exuding an incomparably clear and cold aura.In the field of vision of yin and yang eyes, it looks like a burning sun.

Le Qinian swam towards that dazzling thing.It was buried under several stones, and water plants grew around it.It took him a while to remove the stones and carefully lift out the buried treasure.

I don't know if it's because the Eight Diagrams mirror itself has divine protection, or because it was buried to isolate the air, but the mirror surface is not rusted, and it is still smooth and new, as if it has just been polished.The crack behind the mirror is there too.Recalling the origin of the crack, Le Qinian couldn't help laughing, but the smile disappeared immediately.

He felt something sealed in the gossip mirror.

The thing clamored to leave, the bronze mirror vibrated slightly, and his fingers felt a little numb.

The well was built in the shape of the eight trigrams, it should be to suppress some kind of evil.The gossip mirror can subdue demons, so naturally it is not the object of suppression by the gossip mirror.There is only one reason why it appeared here—it is the same as this well, and it is also a prop used to suppress that evil spirit.One well, one mirror can be described as double insurance.

So what exactly is being suppressed?I can figure out the answer with my toes.

——Qinghe River God, or in other words, Qinghe Water Demon.

No matter in "Qinghe Youqing" or in the real folklore, the God of Qinghe River is an evil god who bullies men and women, and being sealed is purely his own fault.

But there are too many doubts about the legend.Why does the river god, who is a woman, ask the townspeople for maiden sacrifices?And why let Xiaoqin, who turned into a water ghost, absorb her own power?

As long as the river god is willing, he can give Xiaoqin not a single bit of spiritual power.But He gave Xiaoqin almost free spiritual power to help her grow.

Xiaoqin's purpose is to help the victimized women and take revenge on the hateful travel company.Isn't the river god doing this to uphold justice?

Could the legend be simply false?Just like people mistakenly think that "water monkeys" are attacking passers-by, in fact "water monkeys" are saving them in their own way.

The river god...could he also be a good god, but was sealed because of a misunderstanding?

The spirit body in the bronze mirror seemed to have sensed Le Qinian's question, which made the mirror vibrate even more violently.

"You want to come out?" Le Qinian asked.

The gossip mirror shook.

"I can release you, but if you endanger the people, I will seal you again." Le Qinian paused, "No, I am not as soft-hearted as that Taoist priest back then. I will not seal you. You beat your soul out of your wits. Do you still want to come out like this?"

The gossip mirror shook again.

"Well, I'll just trust you for now." Le Qinian moved his fingers across the mirror, drawing a spell to unlock the seal, "Let me see what your real body is!"

The gossip mirror burst out dazzling golden light, illuminating the bottom of the water.

Le Qinian looked around in surprise.

He found himself in a square underwater cave. The walls of the cave were obviously artificially carved, not only carved with patterns, but even imitated the houses on the ground, with pillars and eaves built, as if a house sunk into the cave due to a disaster. Ancient buildings under water.

No, it is more like a ruined dragon palace than a human building.

The surrounding water swirled and turned into a huge vortex, and the center of the vortex was the Bagua mirror.

The golden light shot straight into the depths of the water, and soon turned into an unreachable spot of light in the darkness.

The water bubbles created by Le Qinian were also engulfed by the current, leading him to drift deep into the bottom of the water.

"Where are you taking me?" Le Qinian asked loudly.

Jin Guang didn't answer.There was only a string of strange singing voices floating in front of me.

The voice is sweet, but the melody is out of tune.It's like a ditty that a singer with a beautiful voice hums casually, not asking others to appreciate it, but just enjoying himself.

The bubbles floated into the underground river, and then rose slowly with the turbulent current.Le Qinian raised his head, and found that above was the water surface with a faint light.He has left the underground river, and he is probably in the Qing River now, right?

He swam up, then popped out of the water.The blister burst, and his body was soaked in the river water in an instant.

Under the night, the Qinghe River should be quiet and quiet, but at this moment, there is no wind and there are turbulent waves.The huge waves are like thousands of troops, rushing towards a lonely and luxurious cruise ship on the river.

"It's bad! The cabin is flooded!"

Following this scream, the water rushed through all the doors in the hall with a bang, pouring into the hall like a bank bursting.People jumped on couches and tables in panic, trying to avoid the water and not want to get their expensive leather shoes wet.

But the place where they were was instantly turned into an isolated island in the vast ocean.The water level was getting higher and higher, and it had already submerged Jun Xiuyan's thigh.

Those nearer the gate rushed out screaming.The people standing on the sofa, tables and chairs realized that something was wrong, so they could only reluctantly jump into the water, and followed in the direction of the door.

If you don't escape now, you will die when the water level overflows your head!

The bodyguards who besieged Jun Xiuyan no longer cared about this suspicious young man.Save your life!The salaries paid by the Lubo company are not high enough to make them willing to lose their lives!

Jun Xiuyan also hurriedly waded through the water towards the gate.But the water level rose far faster than he could escape.Before he and many others approached the door, another wave of flood water rushed in, and the water level immediately rose to the chin.

Several short girls disappeared under the water in an instant, not even having time to scream.A few swimmers kicked off their shoes and swam towards the door in a messy breaststroke.But they didn't take two strokes before they hit the chandelier on the ceiling with their backs.

The weight of the human body is slightly lighter than water, and when the whole body is relaxed, it will naturally float on the water.In the rising water, people will also continue to float upwards, as if being "topped" by buoyancy.Once the water level is higher than the gate, it will be difficult for people to dive into the water and escape!

Why is the water level rising so fast?With the size of this cruise ship, even if the bilge leaks, it may take several hours before it completely sinks.Now the speed of the water entering the cabin is completely unreasonable, it's almost as if someone deliberately poured river water into the cabin!

Jun Xiuyan took a deep breath and plunged into the water.

Now I can't control that much anymore, escape is the most important thing!

Holding his breath, he swam towards the door.Beside him was a girl in red who also swam in that direction.Her long skirt fluttered in the water like a gorgeous goldfish tail.Beauty is beauty, but it always hinders her actions.

Suddenly, the skirt hung on the chandelier.The girl became anxious, and a series of bubbles came out of her mouth and nose.She bowed her body and tried to tear off the hem of the skirt, but failed several times.

Jun Xiuyan cursed secretly, swam to the girl, and untied the skirt for her.The girl gave him a grateful glance and swam to the gate.

The oxygen in the lungs is running out.Jun Xiuyan floated upwards, wanting to show his head to catch his breath first.However, he didn't catch his breath until his head hit the ceiling.

The hall is completely submerged underwater.

Jun Xiuyan was in a hurry, and immediately jumped towards the door.But the strength of the limbs is getting weaker and weaker, as if filled with lead.His lungs were about to explode, and he desperately told himself that he must never open his mouth to breathe, but his body's instincts were resisting his will...

Cold water poured into his nose and nose, occupying his brain.

Is this the end of Jun Xiuyan's life?he thought sadly.

He hasn't even finished college yet, and he hasn't even held a girl's hand.He hasn't had time to be filial to his grandfather, and he hasn't become the independent Taoist child that his grandfather expected.He hasn't revealed Le Qinian's true face yet...Damn it, they might cry at his funeral, Le Qinian, Vincenzo, misty...

Just when his consciousness was about to leave Jun Xiuyan, his body was suddenly engulfed by a stream of water, and he quickly drifted towards the gate.

He passed through the gate with ease and floated out of the cabin again, all the way to the surface.

There are many people around who were "sent out" by the current like him.Among them are girls in red clothes, guests in black clothes, and even bodyguards who are tall and thick... They are either landlubbers, or have not been able to swim out of the hall in time. At this moment, they are all in a coma due to lack of oxygen, and their bodies are like broken wires. Limp like a puppet.

But the water is as gentle as a mother's hand, protecting them in it.When they finally surfaced, the waves on the Qing River pushed their bodies again, pushing them onto the river bank.

Jun Xiuyan opened his eyes wide, watching this scene in disbelief.

This is no force of nature.Someone is obviously manipulating the water flow!

He seemed to see a faint shadow in the waves...

"Chairman, the river is very dangerous now! Come back quickly! Oh, slow down!"

The female secretary was yelling while chasing after the old woman covered in frost and snow.She was obviously over eighty years old and was still on crutches, but she was faster than the young female secretary at this moment, as if she had returned to her youth overnight.

Just now, the female secretary was accompanying her boss, Chairman Yu Xintang, having dinner with a manager of Donghai Construction and discussing cooperation plans.

The topic they discussed was how to develop the land where the river temple was located.

The female secretary always wondered why the chairman had a soft spot for that piece of land?In terms of building a commercial center, the location of the River Temple is indeed good, but there are not no more suitable locations than it.If you insist on buying the land, you will also have conflicts with the staff of the Heshen Temple and local believers, which is not worth the loss.

But Yu Xintang was determined to want that place, so much so that the female secretary once doubted whether the feng shui of that place was particularly good, so the chairman would rather pay a higher price and spend more effort to get it.

Yu Xintang was chatting speculatively with the manager of Donghai Construction, when suddenly her face changed drastically.She got up suddenly, knocked over the dishes on the table, and looked out the window in horror.

"Did you hear that?" she asked ecstatically.

The female secretary and the manager looked at each other, confused.

"You mean... the plan that the manager just mentioned?" The female secretary asked tentatively.

"No! It's singing!" Yu Xintang trembled, "He's back!"

Leaving this sentence behind, the old woman grabbed her crutches and ran out of the hotel box in three steps at a time.

The female secretary has been working beside her for almost ten years, and this is the first time she has seen the chairman look so flustered.

She apologized to the manager of Donghai Construction and hurried to catch up with Yu Xintang.

"Boss, where are you going?"

"Qing Ho!" said the old woman.

The two took a taxi at the entrance of the hotel and went straight to Qinghe Wharf.The radio on the taxi is broadcasting a case of disappearance. It seems that a contestant of a reality show group disappeared inexplicably during the live broadcast. The police are notifying the whole town, hoping that the residents can provide clues.

When the taxi arrived on the embankment, Yu Xintang got out of the car straight away.The female secretary hurriedly scanned the QR code to pay, and caught up with the old woman.

The sight in front of her made her involuntarily slow down.

The waves on the Qinghe River were turbulent, one after another huge waves rushed towards the embankment, smashed against the stones, the white waves turned into countless foams, and the rumbling noise was like rolling thunder, piercing the clouds and cracking rocks, resounding through the sky, shaking people's eardrums with pain.

The female secretary is from the inland, and she has only seen streams and ponds before.It was the first time for her to witness the strong wind and waves on the river, and she was a little startled.

It wasn't until this time that she really understood the poem written by Su Shi in the middle school textbook: The rocks pierced through the sky, the stormy waves hit the shore, and a thousand piles of snow were rolled up.

"Chairman, let's go back, go back!" The female secretary stammered, "It's too dangerous here!"

Yu Xintang acted as if she had never heard of it, and walked towards Qinghe a few more steps.

The female secretary noticed that her face was wet.At first, she thought it was spray splashed on her face, but after looking at it for a while, she realized that it was Yu Xintang's tears.

The old woman's neatly tied bun was blown by the raging river wind, and her hair danced wildly in the wind.

She stared at the undulating Qinghe, and said softly: "Sister Longnv, is that you?"

As if responding to her question, a huge wave surged towards the shore and shattered on the embankment.

The female secretary crouched down in fright, but Yu Xintang stood proudly.

She leaned on a cane, held her head high, and her back was like a sharp javelin.

The shattered waves turned into countless white foams, and then the foams coalesced into a strange shape.

A person with a dragon tail and long hair fluttering.

"Monster..." The female secretary gasped.

"I'm really ignorant, Xiao Li." Yu Xintang smiled, "That's not a monster, it's our river god of Qinghe!"

The female secretary looked at the chairman tremblingly.

The waves on the Qing River gradually calmed down, and the turbulent river just now suddenly became quiet.

The silhouettes of two women are reflected on the water.

One of them was the frightened female secretary, while the other was not the chicken-skinned and white-haired Yu Xintang.

It was a 12-year-old girl in a red wedding dress.

75 years ago.

Yu Xintang secretly looked out from the crack of the door.

It was the first time that so many people came to her house, and the small and dilapidated house was packed to the brim.The most influential people in the town gathered at her house, and she recognized the mayor, the three richest landowners in the town, the master of the bank, the young master of the pawn shop, and the matchmaker who was the best at talking about marriage.

The only few stools in the house were taken by these people, and father and mother could only stand.They clasped their hands uneasily, as if they had made a mistake and were bowing their heads to listen to the lessons of the adults.

"Old Yu, the bride who will be given to the River God this time is decided to be your daughter." The mayor said in an unquestionable tone.

Dad shuddered. "But that child is only 12 years old, isn't it too young?"

The mayor looked at the matchmaker.The matchmaker said while eating melon seeds: "I heard that your daughter has come to the sunflower water, isn't it? Then she is a big girl and can get married."

"But……"

"Old Yu, didn't the town discuss long ago to draw lots to choose the bride? You won the lottery yourself, who can be blamed?"

Other bigwigs joined in.

"That's right, it's God's will!"

"Being the bride of the River God is the child's blessing. Going to the Dragon Palace to enjoy blessings is better than marrying a farmer?"

"If you refuse, the God of the River will be angry. How many people in Qinghe Town rely on running boats to live? Do you know how many people will starve when a boat capsizes?"

"Lao Hu won the lottery last time, didn't he just send his daughter out without saying a word? You're not the only one..."

"That's right, Lao Yu, you can't be so selfish!"

This group of big shots played both soft and hard ways, leaving the parents speechless, they could only nod their heads and wipe away their tears.

Yu Xintang didn't understand the twists and turns of big shots.All she knew was that the town would send a bride to the river god every few months.Ordinary brides who marry out always go back to their natal homes, but the bride of the River God never came back once.No matter how stupid Yu Xintang was, she understood what was going on.

This time the chosen bride is her.

If she doesn't get married, the river god will overturn all the boats on the Qinghe River, and many people will die at that time.

Their family lives by fishing.Every time the boat goes out on a stormy day, the family members are not only worried, but also shed tears—the boatmen who returned safely, their wives and children smiled and cried; while those who did not return safely, the family members shed sorrow. tears.

Every time Yu Xintang shed tears of joy.But her friends were not so lucky.

No one knows better than Yu Xintang the consequences of angering Lord River God.

For the safety of the whole town, she could only admit that she was unlucky.

A few days later, she put on a red wedding dress, and was sent to a big boat amidst the beating of gongs and drums by the whole town.The boat belongs to the boat owner in the town, and every time the river god gets married, he is always the one who "sends the marriage".He will use his most luxurious boat to send the bride to the lower reaches of the Qinghe River and hand it over to the Lord River God.

This time it was the parents who cried for Yu Xintang.

On board the boat, the matchmaker took her to the cabin and told her to be good.There were no beds, just a few mattresses on the floor.

To Yu Xintang's surprise, there were actually two girls in wedding clothes there.They are all older than her, one is about 15 years old, and the other looks seventeen or eighteen.

Yu Xintang had never met the two of them, presumably they were from other towns?Will other towns also give brides to the river god?

The two brides were not as calm as she was. One was crying, and the other was cowering in a corner, staring at the floor with sinister eyes.

"Hello, two sisters." Yu Xintang said timidly, "Aren't you from Qinghe Town? Are you from another town? Will your town also marry the River God?"

"Bride?" The girl sitting in the corner raised the corners of her lips and smiled coldly, "Did they tell you so?"

"Yes." Yu Xintang nodded, "I want to marry Lord River God, otherwise River God will be angry..."

The girl laughed loudly, interrupting Yu Xintang's narration.

"What river god! There is no river god at all!" She thumped the floor heavily, "We have been deceived! We have all been deceived! We are not going to marry the river god, but to be sold!"