There is a big locust tree in our village, very big, as thick as three or four people hugging each other. This locust tree has been around for a long time, but no one knows how many years it has been. According to my grandfather, this locust tree was there when he was young.
Logically, this locust tree is not a good tree. Some old people say that this locust tree can attract ghosts, and it is usually planted in graves, and cannot be planted in places where people live. But this big locust tree in our village is different.
There is a custom in our village that whenever there is a child in the village who is weak and sick, or who cries all night, the adults in the family will write the child's birthday on a red cloth strip, hang it on the branch of this big locust tree, and then put some tributes. Let the sick child kowtow to the big locust tree and recognize the big locust tree as the godfather. Not to mention, the children who recognize relatives are really good, they are not weak and sick, and they don't cry at night.
But from a certain year onward, there was a problem with this big locust tree, but the specific time is unclear. My grandfather recalled that it should have started with the child in No. 3 Middle School.
In my grandfather's mouth, I should be called Uncle according to my seniority. I still have an impression of the child in their family. He is thin and small, and I remember his name is Lang Lang.
Lang Lang, a child, has been in poor health since he was a child. He always goes to the hospital, either for injections or medicine, and is often hospitalized. Later, the old man at home said that if it really didn't work, he would let Lang Lang recognize Da Huai Shu as his godfather. But No. 3 Middle School went to college, so he doesn't quite believe this.
But when Lang Lang grew to be four or five years old, he went to the hospital a lot, his health didn't get better, and the doctor couldn't find the cause. Most importantly, Lang Lang, the child started talking nonsense, there was a sister on the roof, but there was no head. There was a grandmother under some tree, smiling at me. Or I was asleep and suddenly got up. When the child's mother asked what was going on, the child said that a child outside called me out to play. This scared the mother and almost cried.
Lao Tzu knew this and forced his son to take Lang Lang to the big locust tree, write the eight characters on the red cloth, and put a tribute. The old man asked Lang Lang to kowtow, but Lang Lang said nothing, saying he was afraid, crying, and making a fuss to go home.
The old man said, this child is used to you, and you don't think it's okay today. He hung the red cloth strip on the branch and kowtowed the child.
When the child kowtowed, he struggled and said that someone had stabbed him with a needle, but the old man did not listen to this and urged the child to kowtow.
But who would have known that the child died suddenly at home two days after they knew each other. Looking at that, the child seemed to be scared to death - his eyes were wide open and his hands were in front of his chest. And the strangest thing was that there was a small needle hole in the child's forehead, just between his eyebrows.
When the child's father saw eye of the needle, he seemed to have been stabbed by something. At that time, he thought of what the child said when he was about to kowtow, saying that someone stabbed him with a needle. At that time, the child's father got into trouble with the elderly at home, and this good family finally fell apart.
That is, after Lang Lang, as long as the child worships the big locust tree as his godfather, he is a little crazy, and the more serious one is stabbed in the forehead with a small eye and dies.
If this kind of thing happens all the time, the village will blow up. The village chief called a meeting. During the meeting, the village chief said that there must be something wrong with this big tree and cut it down for me.
When the people in the meeting heard that they were going to cut down the tree, they did not speak.
The village chief scolded him, saying that you bunch of eggs can do it when you are on the body of a woman, why is there pus now?
As soon as the village chief scolded him, a young man named Ma Dapao stood up and said to the village chief, village chief, don't beat all the poles to death, saying that they are all eggs, but my horse cannon is not.
Village Chief took a look, ouch, there are still those who dare to fight against me, and then they shouted, and I was beaten to death with one pole, and they were all eggs. Are you saying you are not eggs? Okay, you go and cut down the tree for me, and I will admit that you can do it.
Ma Dapao squinted at Village Chief. What if I cut down the tree?
The village chief patted the table and said, as long as you cut down the tree for me, you can do whatever you want.
Ma Dapao pouted, afraid that you would disagree with me.
The village chief slapped the table again, you said, as long as you say I agree.
Ma Dapao said, I cut down the tree, you let me get Xiaojuan back.
Village Chief was stunned when he heard that, but this time he really hesitated, because this Xiaojuan was not someone else, but a teacher from the village primary school, with tender water and a college student. This Xiaojuan has an affair with the village chief, and the whole village knows it. Now that Ma Dapao has proposed this condition, can Village Chief not be stunned?
Ma Dapao was stunned when he saw the village chief and said, I knew you couldn't do it. Hey, he also said that we are the eggs, but I think you are the eggs. When Ma Dapao said this, the people in the meeting laughed.
When the village chief saw the big guy laughing, he was not happy. He slapped the table, okay, as long as you cut down the tree, I will let you do it, but you can only do it once.
Ma Dapao stood up and said with a wide smile.
After saying this, Ma Dapao went home to get the axe. When everyone saw it, they all said that Ma Dapao was stupid and bold, and it really wasn't a lie.
Why is Ma Dapao called Ma Dapao? First, he is bold, and second, he is tall and has endless strength. And this kid dares to say anything, and he is not afraid of offending people, so he is called Ma Dapao. People in the village knew that Ma Dapao was going to cut down the locust tree and rushed to see it.
Ma Dapao carried the big axe and came to the bottom of the big locust tree in high spirits. When the onlookers were almost gathered, Ma Dapao cleared his throat and said to the big guy, Young and old, this big locust tree has become a spirit and harmed the lives of our children. Today, I will come to kill everyone with Ma Dapao. Village Chief said that if I cut down the big locust tree, he will make Xiaojuan for me for one night, and everyone will testify to me.
After Ma Dapao finished shouting, the onlookers all cheered and some shouted to testify. Xiaojuan was also in the crowd. Hearing Ma Dapao shouting, she gave the village chief a ruthless look and frowned with joy.
After Ma Dapao finished shouting, he spat twice in the palm of his hand, rubbed it, raised the big axe and chopped it down at the big locust tree. When the big guy saw Ma Dapao lift the big axe, the crowd instantly quieted down, and there was no sound of panting.
When the big axe in Ma Dapao's hand hit the big locust tree, everyone shook with a pong. After the axe went down, the axe in Ma Dapao's hand didn't stop, lifted it up again, and landed on the big locust tree with a pong sound. Just as Ma Dapao was about to drop the third axe, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Ouch, the big tree is bleeding.
When the big guy looked at it, two dark red blood trickled out along the traces of Ma Dapao's chop and flowed down the tree trunk. Ma Dapao also saw blood, but Ma Dapao didn't care and slashed a third time with his big axe. Coincidentally, Ma Dapao's third axe was in the axe mark cut by the first axe.
Originally, it was nothing, but the moment Ma Dapao pulled out the axe, someone with sharp eyes saw that as Ma Dapao's axe was pulled out, a stream of bright red blood rushed out with the axe and sputtered on Ma Dapao's face. Before Ma Dapao's axe was raised, the axe in his hand was thrown, and he squatted on the ground with his face covered.
The big guy saw it, hurriedly surrounded and helped Ma Dapao up, and even asked what was wrong. Ma Dapao said, my eyes.
When he was sent to the hospital, Ma Dapao's eyes could no longer be saved. The doctor asked what was going on, and the person who sent him told the whole story. It was said that Ma Dapao cut down the big locust tree, and the big locust tree bled, and the blood splashed into Ma Dapao's eyes.
The doctor doesn't believe it at all, this big locust tree can bleed? Oh, the big locust tree is bleeding, is it hydrochloric acid?
When everyone heard that, strong hydrochloric acid? When these people knew what strong hydrochloric acid was, they stopped talking.
Back in the village, everyone knew that this big locust tree couldn't be cut down. If you cut it, you will go blind. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that the blood of this big locust tree didn't splatter there, but it splattered into Ma Dapao's eyes? But what scared everyone was still behind, this Ma Dapao died on the third day after being blind, and there was a small hole between his forehead and his eyebrows.
The village chief was very happy that the horse cannon did not turn into Xiaojuan. But the matter of the big locust tree has not been resolved, what should I do?
At that moment, someone suggested looking for my grandfather.
My grandfather is responsible for things, and he is also blessed by Xianjia. According to my grandfather, the one who blessed him was the Hui family, yes, it was the mouse.
In fact, my grandfather had known about this for a long time, but he had never come up with a solution. Now that the villagers came to find him, my grandfather thought about it and said that this matter was not difficult, but first I had to know what this deadly thing was.
The village chief said, "How do you know that?
My grandfather said that this is easy, just find a child and try it.
When Village Chief heard what my grandfather said, he was stumped. Because this kind of thing is nothing else, if it doesn't go well, you will die. Whose child is not a favorite, and no one is willing to let the child at home go out for experiments.
My grandfather knew that the village chief had misunderstood what he meant, so he heard the village chief say, I don't want the child to come forward directly, I will find a paper man to replace him. I write the birth date of the child on the paper man, and then let the child hide, but the child can't go out these two days, and must not see the sun and moon.
But even so, no one was willing to contribute their children. In the end, the village took some money and gave it to a pair of grandchildren in the village who depended on each other for survival. Only then did Grandma agree with her granddaughter to try it.
It was actually quite smooth. My grandfather asked the town's craftsman Zhang to tie a paper figure of equal height, and then wrote the girl's birthday eight characters on the paper figure. After the paper figure was tied, almost all the villagers were dispatched and brought the paper figure to the big locust tree.
After everyone put the paper figure under the tree, it was the same as before. The reality wrote the eight characters on the red cloth and hung it on the branch, then paid tribute and kowtowed. After finishing, everyone carried the paper figure back.
When everyone lifted the paper man, no one saw him. There was a big red eye on the big locust tree that kept watching all this.
Where did this paper man go? Carried to the village headquarters.
When carrying the paper man, my grandfather specially found a few young men who were older than the zodiac, such as dragons, tigers, and oxen. After the young men carried the paper man to a room in the village department and put it away, my grandfather hid in a tin cabinet in this room.
But after waiting all night, nothing happened. This made my grandfather feel dizzy. He slept until the afternoon and ate a hasty meal. Finally, at night, my grandfather hid in the tin cabinet again.
This time, he hid in the tin cabinet. After waiting for a while, my grandfather suddenly heard a voice saying, You can't control this matter. Just take a look and don't do anything.
As soon as my grandfather heard what his family immortal said, he naturally knew what to do. He just needed to find out the news tonight, and he couldn't do it.
My grandfather waited in the tin cabinet for more than two hours, and at about eleven o'clock he saw the locked door blown open by a gust of wind. After the door opened, the wind did not stop, and it blew all the way to the bed of the paper man. This time my grandfather could see clearly that the strange wind was an old man.
The old man was ferocious, not big, chubby, covered in white hair, and his eyes were red. The old man came to the bed, bent over, holding a spike in his hand, and was stabbing the paper man's forehead. While stabbing, he laughed and said something.
But after pricking for a while, the old man seemed to feel that something was wrong - nothing came out. The old man looked at the spike in his hand, then looked at the paper man, took out another spike, and pricked the paper man's forehead for a while. This time, nothing came out, and the old man seemed a little unhappy, but nothing happened, and he turned into a gust of wind and left.
Now my grandfather knew it was a big hedgehog.
That night, my grandfather took his family protective fairy to the big locust tree. It was midnight, and there was no one under the big locust tree. My grandfather called his family-protecting fairy, Third Master Hui, out.
Third Master Gray came under the big locust tree and blew at the big locust tree. After blowing for a while, an old man in white clothes came out of the big locust tree. When my grandfather saw it, this old man was the fierce old man who stabbed the villain with a sharp thorn.
As soon as the old man in white came out, he started a fight with the third master of gray without indiscriminately asking.
The two little old men were fighting each other, and at first they were even. After a while, I saw the old man in gray clothes lying on the ground and didn't let the old man in white beat him to death with a mace. Thanks to the old man in white being tired and taking a breath, the old man in gray clothes ran away. When my grandfather saw that the family fairy had run away, he didn't dare to stay and ran away.
My grandfather returned home, and Third Master Gray had already returned. At a glance, he was beaten very lightly by the old man in white, his hair was covered, his clothes were torn, and his face was swollen.
Seeing my grandfather come back, Third Master Gray said, "This old man Bai is too powerful, I can't do it.
My grandfather was surprised and said, Don't you still have a helper? Can't the three of you get hurt together?
It turned out that at that time, there was not only another family fairy in our family, but also Huang Erye and Hu San grandma in addition to the third master of gray.
Third Master Gray shook his head and said that was not the case. The old man Bai had two inner alchemy in his body, and the three of us together were no match for him.
My grandfather promised Third Master Gray to let Third Master Gray have a good rest, and then gave Third Master Gray incense and full of wine. At this time, it was dawn, and my grandfather found the village chief and asked the village chief to surround the big locust tree and not let people pass. The village chief agreed at that time, and the big locust tree was also surrounded. Grandpa saw that, okay, the village chief was quite obedient, so he went home to rest.
When he got home, he slept, and when he woke up, he saw Third Master Gray sitting in front of his bed with a sad look on his face. Seeing Grandpa wake up, Third Master Gray said, "Mr. Liu is here, and we have discussed it. Mr. Liu said that the old man Bai happened to overcome him and was his natural enemy. The three of us are not Old Man Bai's opponents, and he can't do it either.
After my grandfather heard this, he also became sad and asked Third Master Hui, what should I do? The existence of this old man Bai will be a disaster for a day.
Third Master Gray stood up and walked around. He pondered for a while and said, We can only wait for our old Bai Xian'er to come back. After adding him, the five of us will join forces, so there should be no problem.
After listening to Third Master Hui's words, my grandfather thought about it in his heart and got up. He felt the need to emphasize to the village chief again. If anyone approaches the big locust tree again in the next two days, it will be troublesome.
But as soon as my grandfather went out, he knew that something had happened. It turned out that the village chief had found a blaster who said that he could remotely blow up the big locust tree. But when a group of people surrounded the big locust tree and arranged explosives, the big locust tree shook and everyone fainted. Now these people have just been rescued and are lying there.
When my grandfather heard it, he thought something bad had happened. He trotted to the big locust tree and took a look. He saw that together with the village chief, the big locust tree was lying there.
I finally managed to treat these people, and my grandfather asked, "How did you faint?"
The village chief said, oh my god, we were setting up explosives, and I saw a red-eyed bead staring at me in the tree, and I fainted.
Ask others, and so do others.
After these people were rescued, my grandfather told the village chief that until this matter is resolved, no one can approach this big locust tree. Do you understand?
Village Chief nodded as if he was messing with garlic.
My grandfather said, Okay, let's keep it safe, and within three days, I will handle this matter.
But after that day, a few of those who fainted still died. The cause of death was the same as that of the children before, all of them had a small hole in their forehead. Village Chief was terrified and followed my grandfather every day to ask when things could be done.
In fact, at that time, my grandfather had no idea. He was also waiting for news. Third Master Gray couldn't give him news, and he couldn't give the village chief news either.
After two days, Third Master Gray told my grandfather that Old Immortal Bai had returned.
I actually saw this Old White Immortal when I was a child. It was a hedgehog the size of a big dog, covered in white hair, and looked like a big white bear when it stood up. My grandfather said that this old white immortal was called Bai Tianlong, the top immortal in the Bai family.
After Old Immortal Bai came back, he heard Third Master Gray's description and scratched his forehead melancholy. This matter was really not easy to handle.
Looking for Old Bai's explanation, it turned out that there was not only Old Man Bai in the big locust tree, but also a big lizard. The two of them practiced together, and they both cultivated very good Taoism, and the two of them have been protecting the village, and they have accumulated a lot of virtue. But one day, the old man Bai in the big locust tree didn't know what happened, as if he was possessed, killed the big lizard, ate his meat, drank his blood, swallowed his inner alchemy, and cultivated into the devil.
Some time ago, didn't he eat a lot of the child's soul? This child's soul was greatly replenished. If it were given more time, this old man Bai would be able to enter the Dao.
When Bai Laoxian said this, he thought for a while and said, "Listen to me, the five of us will start together tomorrow, but we need to prepare some means before we start.
Bai Laoxian said this and told my grandfather to prepare a big net first. This big net must be strong. Bells should be tied around the net, one at each of the four corners, and eight on each side, which is thirty-six bells.
Next, you need to find seven coffins, and then you must find the four or nine year old coffin nails, and then nail the seven coffins around the big tree in the order of the Big Dipper. After nailing the coffin, then put the big net with the bell on it in the big hole of the big locust tree.
Bai Laoxian said after drinking a mouthful of water, but as long as he comes out, the five of us will make a move together. After subduing him, I will lure Tianlei out to chop him to death.
The next day, my grandfather called the village chief to start preparing things. After the things were ready, they were arranged according to Bai Laoxian's instructions. It took three days just to prepare the things and set up the venue.
Three days later, all the middle-aged men in the village gathered under the big locust tree, including the village chief's family, as well as the few people who were still alive after arranging the explosives, all stood far under the locust tree.
When these people arrived under the big locust tree, they could only hear a crackling sound in their ears. Because they couldn't see the Xianjia family, they didn't know what happened. But my grandfather can see it.
According to my grandfather, after the five Immortals arrived, they started fighting with the old man in white.
My grandfather's description is not very detailed, just that there are six whirlwinds flying around the field, but they all fly around the big locust tree, and they can't fly far. In the midst of these six whirlwinds, the five immortals and the old man in white on my grandfather's side showed their figures from time to time. After a while, my grandfather's white immortal took the upper hand and hit the old man in white into the big net.
The old man in white entered the big net and wanted to struggle out, so he heard the bells ring around the big net. When the old man in white heard the sound, he trembled all over and couldn't move.
Seeing that the old man in white was trapped, Old Immortal Bai, together with the other four immortals, started to guide out Tianlei. At this time, Village Chief and the others saw the wind and clouds surging, a black cloud flew over from the north, and then a bucket-sized lightning flew out of the black cloud, and then a thunderbolt exploded, splitting the big locust tree into ashes.
The sound of thunder was so loud that everyone's ears buzzed and it took them a long time to recover.
After Hei Yun left, Village Chief took a look and asked my grandfather, is this matter resolved?
My grandfather nodded and said, "It's over, you can peel open the tree ash to see what it is.
The village chief asked someone to open the tree ash. Everyone was almost scared to death when they saw that there was a hedgehog as big as a bear in the middle of the tree ash. At this time, the hedgehog was burning like coke.
Next to the hedgehog was the corpse of a large lizard, the size of a pony, but already dry.
My grandfather told the village chief to bring these parents who have worshipped their godfathers and children, and ask them to pull out two hedgehogs from that big hedgehog and go back to grind them into powder for the children to take.
After listening to my grandfather's words, the village chief sent someone to call, and after a while, several people came one after another. According to my grandfather's words, they pulled two thorns out of the charred hedgehog and left.
Later, the village chief asked my grandfather, what should I do with this hedgehog?
My grandfather didn't speak, so he took out a knife and opened the big hedgehog's belly. The village chief took a look and saw two big beads in the hedgehog's belly, one white and one green. In fact, Old White Xian was by my grandfather's side at this time, and Village Chief couldn't see it.
Old White Xian said, This is the inner elixir of this big hedgehog, you give this thing to me. We have attracted thunder in order to help you solve this matter. If we let Black Mom and Third Grandfather Hu know, it will be difficult. We have to give this inner elixir and the body of this big hedgehog to these two old immortals to let them know that we are doing the right thing for heaven.
My grandfather obeyed Old White's words and gave Old White the corpses of the two inner elixirs and the big hedgehog. Old White took the four immortals and left. A few days later, Old White gave my grandfather a dream, saying that Black Mama and Third Grandfather Hu knew about this and were very satisfied, but Third Grandfather Hu said that you should check the reason why this old man went bad.
After my grandfather woke up, he thought about how to investigate this, but he still told the village chief about it. The village chief was also at a loss, and he found a few people, but he didn't know how to investigate.
But after a while, the city TV station reported something that said that the local paper mill had discharged sewage into the ground, causing groundwater to be polluted and many crops to exceed the standard due to heavy metals.
After the news was broadcast, the village chief found my grandfather and said that the paper mill was not far from us.