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  With hands raised, one after another, three little prisoners of war were captured alive by an old revolutionary. This was a small bungalow with two rooms, one room had a machine that generated electricity, the sound of rushing water was loud and noisy, the other room had a bed, a simple stove and a water tank. On top of the water tank there was a shrine, on the shrine there was a statue covered with gray cloth.

  There was still half a bottle of wine in the plastic jug on the wall, and on top of the water tank were a stack of pickled vegetables and a stack of peanuts. The three of them were ordered to squat in the corner with their hands clasped behind their heads, while Old Cao sat on the bed holding the black gun barrel pointed at the front.

  Fatso raised his eyes and the old man would point the gun at him, looking like he was about to execute him at any moment. In the end, he couldn't help but say: "Old Cao, we are neither secret agents of the Plum Blossom Party nor counter-revolutionary red guards, we are just ordinary people working in the mountains. You're pointing a gun at the flowers of our motherland, does Chairman Mao know about it?"

  "Cut the nonsense. Recently there's been a severe drought, and the reservoir is a restricted area. Outsiders can't get close, and if you damage the water facilities, that's a serious crime."

  "Hey, you old man are really blind, just now a large group of gods came in with swaggering and you didn't stop them, but instead picked on us kids. I think you're a hidden agent lurking here!" The fatty said more and more fiercely, and finally stood up pointing at Old Cao's nose: "Don't think I don't know, you go down the mountain once a week, is it to send signals to the owner of the small grocery store? Let me tell you, I've been watching you for some time now, just waiting to catch you in the act. Comrades, come on! Overthrow this counter-revolutionary agent Old Cao and hand him over to the righteous people for trial!"

  Pangzi's saliva flew horizontally, making Cha Wenbin and Ye Qiu laugh. Cao Lao was stunned by the junior who could talk so much, and Pangzi took advantage of the situation to grab Cao Lao's hunting rifle and flipped it upwards. As a child from a military compound, he played with guns very smoothly. Before Cao Lao could react, the safety catch on the rifle had been turned off.

  "Come on! You again! Bring it on!" Cao Lao was no match for the young and robust man. The fatty, with a ferocious expression, snatched the gun away and said to Cha Wenbin: "Captain, what do you think we should do with this old spy? Should we interrogate him first and get a confession?"

  "Comrade Shi, that's where you're wrong. How can you be so rude to the elderly?" Cha Wenbin also followed his tone and said: "There's no need for this treatment, we are all revolutionary comrades. I believe Old Cao is just being deceived by the enemy, but at heart he is still loyal to the organization."

  The two of them sang in harmony, and Old Cao was stunned for half a day before finally saying: "You're here to catch the spy?"

  Fatso said seriously: "That's not true, there are traitors among them who are drawing military maps, we followed all the way but were blocked by you, how can this be explained?"

  "That's not right, I just saw those people saying that there were three thieves behind them who wanted to steal their offerings. What kind of special agents are they? They're just a group of people praying for rain. I think you've made a mistake."

  "Steal offerings?" The fat man pointed at himself exaggeratedly and asked: "Do I look like a thief?"

  Cao Lao Tou glanced at Pangzi and said: "Doesn't seem like a good person either."

  Fatso came down with a bang, tearing off his clothes to reveal a layer of fat, the two mounds on his chest still shaking non-stop. He pushed his belly towards Old Cao and said: "Look, look, I'm not a good person, this bloody mouth on my chest was bitten by the poisonous insect that special agent released earlier. I don't look like a good person, you're just in cahoots with them. Stop wasting words, find some rope to tie up this old special agent and send him to the police station tomorrow."

  Ye Qiu then cooperated, taking out a rope from Cha Wenbin's bag and making a gesture to bind him. Cao Lao saw that they were serious and panicked, hurriedly saying: "A few young comrades, you've misunderstood, I'm not any spy, they're just a group of people seeking rain, the leader has passed by here many times before and we're all familiar with each other."

  "So you're familiar with them, then?"

  "I've known them for over five years, they come to visit the reservoir every year. Sometimes they pass by from the village, sometimes from the mountain top. Every time they bring me something, like fabric, cigarettes and wine, or cured meat. I'm an old man, how can I accept these gifts? They just ask me to take good care of this water and this mountain, saying that as long as I do a good job, it's them who should be grateful to me. If they were really spies like you said, I would have reported them long ago. You've made a mistake."

  "A little sugar-coated bullet will send you off, this is called accepting bribes and shielding the enemy, it's a crime of the highest order! Alright, I won't say more to you, just stay here obediently, I'll confiscate this weapon first, let's go."

  Cha Wenbin also had his heart on that group of people and didn't want to wait any longer, so he said to the old man: "Old Cao, whether that group of people are secret agents or not needs further investigation, but we're not thieves. The guns will be returned later, just lend them to us for now. You just wait here for us." As he spoke, Cha Wenbin took out a stack of money from his pocket and gently placed it on the table, saying: "We've disturbed you, sir. Please go buy some cigarettes and wine with this as an apology from us juniors."

  With guns, the fat man became spirited. The path continued inward with a fork in the road, and they were headed to a place called the Rain Prayer Platform inside. The Rain Prayer Platform was cleverly formed, with nine levels of waterfalls, each level having a pool below it. The third, sixth, and ninth pools were the largest. No matter how dry the weather, the water here flowed year-round without stopping. What's more, the upstream of the pools couldn't be found, as if they appeared out of thin air. It was said that in the earliest times, this place had a road, which disappeared along with the village at the foot of the mountain. However, the stone foundation for the road remained, and later, people who came to pick herbs and chop firewood built a new narrow path on top of the original foundation. The path was no wider than one person, steep and treacherous, with flying rocks and cliffs on both sides, and some climbing tiger vines and tree creepers hanging upside down.

  Nine waterfalls cascaded upwards, with nine white veils below each one having a bright green pool. Zhang Wenbin and the others crouched on top of the highest rock, while those people below stood in formation, three steps to a post, five steps to a sentry, as for the rest, they had no idea where they went.

  For the first time, he saw such a wonderful waterfall group. Cha Wenbin immediately thought of similar Feng Shui formations recorded in ancient books. He said: "Nine Dragons Linked Beads, this place has good Feng Shui." These nine dragons are: Qingtiao, Jiangliang, Baiying, Xuanying, Huangpan, Kuiwei, Yinglong, Zhuoyin, and Xiangliu. As the saying goes, "Dragons give birth to nine sons but not a dragon", each has its own preferences. This Nine Dragons Feng Shui formation is unique in the world. Although ancient books have depicted it, they also noted that this Feng Shui formation cannot be found intentionally, and can only rely on coincidence and luck, depending on whether heaven gives an opportunity.

  "Are there really dragons in this world?" asked the fatty.

  "According to the 'Yang Erzong Quanshu - Longshuo', it is written: 'The movement and stillness of the earth's veins, rising and falling, are called dragon'. The dragon here does not refer to the dragons in paintings, those are just ancient people's totems. We're talking about feng shui. Dragon vein is also known as ancestral mountain, which refers to the origin of mountains, where groups of mountains originate from. Parent mountain is the starting point of a mountain range, for example, Kunlun is the parent mountain of our Huaxia descendants."

  "Hey, look at what they're doing over there." The fat man was pointing to the fifth waterfall. Several figures were lurking around the rocks, their positions just being blocked by those huge stones. If not for the fat man's sharp eyes, it would have been hard to notice them.

  "One, two, three, four, five" Wen Bin counted and said: "The ninth and fifth are respected, they chose a good place, no wonder it's said that you can pray for rain here, this is taking back the dragon's blood, let's change places as we go."

  Fatso suddenly squatted down again: "Ahh, my stomach hurts, I must have eaten something bad at lunch. You guys go ahead first, I'll just stay here and take a dump..."

  Cha Wenbin looked at him with some concern and asked Ye Qiu: "Isn't that worm still inside?"

  Ye Qiu rubbed a handful of Pangzi's belly, inside "gurgling" straight to the sky, "Let's go first, he really has a stomachache."

  It's all because that fatty didn't hold up at this critical moment, and Cha Wenbin couldn't do anything about it. He could only signal to Ye Qiuxian to move to the left side of the mountain ridge, climb over a few large rocks on top, and then look down to get a clear view of the fifth Dragon Pool. The two of them crouched down, not daring to be careless, staring at the guards below while slowly moving their feet. On the mountaintop, there was a huge stone in the shape of a turtle, and as soon as Cha Wenbin flipped over the turtle's back, he was shocked. Ye Qiuxian had two long spears pressed tightly against his neck, presumably because he had just passed by and fallen into someone else's hands.

  This time, Cha Wenbin was captured again, and the four of them took out ropes to tie up his hands and feet without any courtesy. The several big men who held Ye Qiu's Frost Moon also wanted to take him down together, but Ye Qiu's strength was unusually great, and they couldn't succeed even after trying several times, so they simply tied him up with Cha Wenbin.

  The four men pressed the two of them to walk down the mountain, and that old man came walking towards them with a smile, saying: "Young people, we meet again. What is the point of you repeatedly pressing us? We are just travelers who have come from afar seeking rain, our crops in the fields are our lifeblood, and we can only rely on this bit of rain to go back and save our lives."

  "Rain-seeking person? Then how can you explain the worm in my friend's stomach?"

  That old man said with great confidence: "I have already given the antidote to the old man who takes care of the reservoir. If you hadn't been unreasonable, he would have definitely given the medicine to your friend. Now it seems that your friend will have to suffer a bit more. As long as you stay here honestly and quietly, I will take out another pill for you when you leave."

  "What if it isn't?"

  "That's a tough one," said the old man, spreading his hands. "Those bitten by the sacred insect won't die within seven days, but they'll have to endure the pain of their bones being gnawed away. If there's no antidote after seven days, the sacred insect will pierce their heart and liver, and that's the end."

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