Maoshan ghost hunter

"No." The boss, a middle-aged man in his forties, said simply.

Xiao Ma said: "Then what drink?"

The boss glanced at him and pointed to the two bottles of mineral water on the freezer, "This is the only one, eight yuan a bottle."

"Eight yuan?" Xiao Ma called out, "Damn it, this is a black shop."

"Young man, be careful what you say. I don't want to sell it for eight yuan. If I don't buy it, I will leave. See if there is any one in this town that is cheaper than mine."

Ye Shaoyang sensed something was wrong, stepped forward and said in local dialect: "Uncle, I just came home and don't know why a bottle of mineral water is so expensive?"

Hearing his local dialect, the boss had a better attitude, looked him up and down and said, "College student, didn't your family call you to tell you? The water in the town is about to run out, and only Ali Reservoir still has a little water.

If you go further south, there is no water at all. Now water is more expensive than oil, and mineral water is almost out of reach. If you are really thirsty, take a bottle and drink it. There is no money, but I can only give you a bottle. "

"Thank you Uncle, ask me, why is the water cut off in the town?"

The boss spread his hands, "Ghost knows what's going on. Since last month, the water level in the well has dropped again and again. Last month, no water came out of any deep well. There hasn't been a single drop of rain in three months. The river is completely dry, and the drinking water in the town is now all brought in from the county, so you can tell how expensive it is."

Ye Shaoyang remembered the scene he saw in the car, and finally understood that those passengers bought water to drink at home, so he asked, "Have you found the cause of the drought?"

The boss sighed, "I also contacted the media and the government. An investigation team came down from the city. After a few days of investigation, there was no clue. They said it was due to the once-in-a-century drought. Two water trucks are sent to deliver water every day, but there is only enough water for everyone to drink, not enough for daily use..."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Ma was surprised and asked, "Is there no running water in the town?"

"No, our town is hundreds of miles away from the nearest county seat, and there are many mountains, so the cost of laying water pipes is too high. Besides, we used to have no shortage of water. Every family has wells, and there are reservoirs in the mountains. No one drinks tap water. .

After the drought happened, the city was actively trying to lay water pipes, but it couldn't be done in a day or two, and it couldn't quench the thirst. Besides, the drought was not only in the town, but also in the small villages in the south. The situation was much more serious. "

Ye Shaoyang asked a few more words, thanked him, and left the shop with Xiao Ma to find a hotel.

The pony on the road asked: "What's the matter, did you often have droughts in the past?"

Ye Shaoyang shook his head, "There has never been a real drought in the Central Plains. This is very unusual."

Xiao Ma said disapprovingly: "What's unusual, whether it's raining or not, God's business, who cares."

Ye Shaoyang snorted and said, "It can be said that there is no rain for three months, but why is the water in the well dry?"

Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment and said: "It's not raining, let's dry it out."

Ye Shaoyang was speechless for a moment, "The water in your well was accumulated in the rain. Didn't you take a nature class in elementary school?"

"Uh... isn't it?" The pony chased after him, "Then tell me, what else can cause drought?"

Ye Shaoyang said: "There is at least one reason... the drought."

(Today’s birthday, I’m happy to be with you all. Salute to everyone! The song "Be Your Leaf" was written by me in a very short time. It may not be good, but it is absolutely original. The story has entered a new chapter, and it will be even better .Thank you all.)

Chapter 427

The pony blinked, "What is Hanba?"

Ye Shaoyang just put forward a hypothesis, and didn't bother to explain too much, he murmured: "I hope it's not Hanba, otherwise it will be a big trouble."

I found a hotel, checked in, and found a small bucket of purified water in the bathroom. The waiter told them that this was their daily water use, and they drove to the county to pick it up, and it was gone within a day.

There was no other way, so the two had to take turns washing their face and feet with the wooden basin, and then went to bed. After a day of driving, both of them were so tired that they fell asleep shortly after going to bed.

As a result, the next morning, I was woken up by the sound of gongs and drums.

Ye Shaoyang got up and came to the bedside, and saw a group of people in red and green walking downstairs, with drums beating and suona playing in front of them.

A man wearing a hideous mask ran around in the crowd, looking like a monster, pretending to run away in fear.

"Is this a performance?" Pony came up and said.

"The water is gone, who has the time to perform."

Ye Shaoyang quickly put on his clothes and ran downstairs, just as the store owner and his family were standing at the door watching what happened on the street, Ye Shaoyang came to the proprietress who had received him last night, and asked in local dialect: "Auntie, what is this?" What's going on?"

"It's going out of Nuo." The landlady said, "Going out of Nuo to pray for rain."

Ye Shaoyang was stunned for a moment, at this time Xiaoma also rushed down, and the two came to the side of the street together, looking at the marching team.

"What does it mean to go out of Nuo?" Xiao Ma asked.

"A kind of witchcraft." Ye Shaoyang pouted at a person sitting on a sedan chair in the team. This guy was dressed in brightly colored clothes and painted on his face. He couldn't even distinguish between men and women. He sat on the sedan chair and shook his head. Beside the sedan chair, several disciples in Tsing Yi waited on them.

"This is Nuo God, a kind of folk wizard." Ye Shaoyang said in a low voice.

"Looking at this virtue, he is also a magic stick." Xiao Ma said in a low voice.

"Don't talk nonsense, that's what Nuo is like." Ye Shaoyang asked Xiao Ma to go upstairs to take off his backpack, lock the door, and go to see Nuo Qiuyu together.When you encounter such a thing, of course you have to go and see it clearly.There is no rush at all.

Wherever the Nuo God team passed by, local residents continued to join in, and some people set off cannons on the side of the road. Some local young people had never seen this battle before. They wanted to take pictures with their mobile phones and were scolded by the people around them.

After leaving the town, a green-robed man at the front of the line kept fiddling with the compass, as if looking for a certain direction, and whispered a few words to a leader-like man next to him, who immediately ran to the end of the line and announced loudly Except for Nuo God Model, no one else is allowed to follow.

Then there were several plainclothes people lined up on the corner of the street. Ye Shaoyang guessed that they were public officials, but it was inconvenient to wear work clothes for such things involving superstition.

Ye Shaoyang was also blocked in the middle of the crowd, and watched the Nuo crowd keep walking towards the south. When they walked a few hundred meters away, the young people in the crowd shouted about illegal restrictions on freedom, so the plainclothes retreated, but Blocked the exorcism team and blocked them at a distance of 200 meters.

At the beginning, there were still young people from the brigade following enthusiastically, but as a result, the Nuo team went farther and farther, and some people kept falling behind halfway, and they walked for more than ten miles... The young people were basically exhausted. Short of water to drink, they fell behind one after another, and returned to the town angrily.

Xiao Ma drank a bottle of mineral water in one gulp, looked at the group of tireless people in front of him, and complained: "Are these people begging for water or draining water? Two bottles of water, eight yuan a bottle, too extravagant."

Ye Shaoyang also drank half a bottle of water, beckoning the pony to continue to follow.

Under the leadership of the green-robed man, the team turned left and right, and finally stopped at a place. There happened to be a mound nearby. Ye Shaoyang climbed up panting with the pony, and looked down from the height.

The green-robed man was maintaining order, making all the selected people form a long line, all strong and strong men, taking off their shirts and standing shirtless.

"What do these people do?" Pony asked.

"The selected Nuo God model is for the upper body." Ye Shaoyang explained, although it was the first time he had seen such a scene, but these common folk witchcraft were included in the classics of Maoshan Shu. Read it, and remember the general procedure.

"Who is that green-robed man?"

"The wizard's assistant is similar to the wizard's boy."

"Boy, I'm on the same level as me," Xiao Ma murmured, looking at the wizard, "I'll have to get some pretentious clothes later."

Wu Zhu took out a broom-shaped thing from the sedan chair, dipped it in a bucket with red paint, and painted a square on the ground, then ordered several men to take out the shovel and dig up at the place he designated.

Hold the compass in your hand, continue to walk forward until you reach a distance of several hundred meters, and then choose a location for someone to dig a hole.

"Which song is this song from?" Pony asked curiously.