After we both finished speaking, the old man murmured after a long time: "Hey, Yang Hui's judgment coincides with mine. He was indeed mentioned in the county annals. Not only was he mentioned, but surprisingly,

In the county annals that lasted for two to three hundred years, at different periods, there are anecdotes about blind men. As for whether these blind men are the same person, the county annals did not clearly say it. Of course, there are people who compile county annals and study county annals.

People have noticed this phenomenon. During this period, several people who wrote county annals tried to investigate and get close to these blind men at close range. However, these people, for unknown reasons, all died unexpectedly. One after another, people who died like this

There were six or seven of them, and it seemed like a terrible curse.

From then on, no one who compiled the county annals dared to seriously investigate these blind men. Therefore, in our county annals, there are still several books dedicated to recording the anecdotes of these blind men. The records of these "strange people and blind men" have always been

It lasted until the 1940s, that is, 1940, and since then, those mysterious blind men have never appeared again."

"1940? Could it be the time when the Japanese invaded China?" I asked curiously.

"Yes, it was when the Japanese army invaded China. During that period, there was a blind man who successively killed several top Japanese commanders stationed in our area. This was very shocking at the time..." Just as Sister Li and I were

While he was listening with great interest, the old man suddenly seemed to think of something and immediately stopped talking.

"Uncle, please go on, why did you suddenly stop talking?" Sister Li asked a little coquettishly.

The old man looked serious and explained: "Although I am not superstitious, these things about the blind man are really too bizarre and strange. Those books that record these anecdotes about the blind man will remind readers at the beginning."

If it enters the eyes, it can be memorized in the heart, but it must not come out of your own mouth and enter the ears of others." Otherwise, it will "bring disaster". In other words, it is okay to read the book yourself about these things about the blind man, but

You must not tell others. If you pass it around, you will be in danger. Looking at the seven or eight people who died, you can see that these words are not all alarmist. So I never tell others these things.

However, although rationally I ask myself not to believe these things, in my heart, I have some taboos. I am an old man, so it doesn’t matter what happens, but you are still very young, so I am afraid that something bad will happen to you.

Influence."

Although the old man's words made us feel uncomfortable, on the other hand, we wanted to hear these anecdotes about the blind man even more.

After repeated persuasion by Sister Li and I, it took a long time before the old man made up his mind to tell us all the stories he had read about the blind man. The first thing he told was about the blind man’s life in his 40s.

At that time, there was a head-on confrontation with the Japanese army.

At that time, the blind man lived in a remote mountain village, more than a hundred miles away from the county seat, deep in the mountains. At that time, he had lived in that village for many years, and his hexagram skills were among the best in the area.

The Baili area is also very famous. Many people invited him to come to the county with large sums of money, but he rejected them all. However, even though the place is remote, many people still traveled long distances to find him to tell their fortunes.

One day, the villagers vaguely heard a thunderous roar in the county town a hundred miles away. But when they looked up at the sky, the sun was shining brightly, and there were not even any dark clouds. How could there be thunder? Later, a knowledgeable old man in the village

He said, it was a war, it should be the sound of cannons.

Information at that time was extremely limited. There were no radios, TVs, or newspapers. In addition, the village was located deep in the mountains, and the villagers had very little contact with the outside world. Although occasionally outsiders came to the blind man to tell fortunes, these outsiders generally had little contact with the village.

We didn't have much communication with each other. We only asked where the blind man lived.

Therefore, almost all the villagers had never even heard of Japan's invasion of China. They did not even know that these brutal Japanese had arrived at their doorstep.

During the domestic warlord war, although the sound of cannons from the county town could sometimes be heard in the village, and occasionally very few soldiers came to the village, but in general, these had little impact on the lives of the villagers.

It sounds like, to a certain extent, this place is like a paradise. Changes in the world outside and regime changes have almost no impact here. Why is this?

The main reason is because the location of this village is so unique.

What a unique method? - The village is actually a piece of flat land on a steep cliff. In other words, the village is almost surrounded by cliffs, with only a steep path connecting it to the outside world. And on the cliff, there is an area

A very large flat land, and this village is located on this flat land. The villagers can not only build houses and live on this flat land, but also farm on this flat land. The spring water flowing down from the mountain solves the problems of drinking water and irrigation.

.This is almost a completely self-sufficient living system.

I am very interested in the geographical features of this village, and I think the terrain is really wonderful. This may be the reason why Blind Man chose this village to live.

Like the last few times, when I encounter something I am interested in or want to know more about, I will ask Yang Hui for advice via email. Therefore, I also told him by email the geographical characteristics of the village where the blind man lives. What makes me feel is

, he was still as enthusiastic as ever, and wrote a long email, making a detailed analysis of this terrain.

Yang Hui said in the email that Chen Yinke, a master of Chinese traditional culture, once summed up the characteristics of a "safe terrain" that is most suitable for civilians to take shelter in troubled times - flat land on the top of a dangerous mountain, and there should be water sources on this flat land. ("

For anyone who wants to gather in a fortress and want to live for a long time, the most ideal place is a place that is both dangerous and can be cultivated, and has water springs for irrigation. The place that can meet these two conditions must be a mountaintop plain and a place with streams and water sources.")

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The terrain is dangerous to ensure that it can easily resist intrusions, and the flat land with water sources on the top of the mountain allows people to cultivate food and solves people's problem of eating.

The village where the blind man lives conforms to the standards mentioned by Chen Yinge. However, Yang Hui also mentioned in the email that historically, the place that best suited this terrain feature was a place called Qiuchi. He also analyzed it in detail.

Why can Qiuchi become a "paradise" in reality?

Qiu Chi is located at the intersection of the three provinces of Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi today. "It is fought on all sides, more than 20 miles away from Gaoping, and there are thirty-six loops of Yangchangpan Road. There are abundant springs on the mountain, and the boiled earth turns into salt."

The mountains are dangerous and remote - it is easy to resist external force invasion;

The abundant springs on the mountain provide an environmental foundation for survival;

And "cooking soil to make salt" - this point is very important. Salt is a necessity for people's lives. People can't live without eating salt.

In ancient times, countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden stipulated that those who violated criminal laws were not allowed to eat salt for a period of time as a punishment. They even stipulated that prisoners sentenced to death could be released if they did not eat salt for four weeks.

But it is said that no prisoner was released in this way. Prisoners who did not eat salt had a loss of appetite and sweated profusely for the first three or four days; then they gradually became weak and could barely live for more than three days. Their hands and feet were sore and weak, and their muscles could not function.

Autonomous, powerless; if it continues, the prisoner will be in a trance, have difficulty falling asleep, have muscle twitches, and cannot stand, until he collapses, becomes comatose, and is on the verge of death. Therefore, the prisoner really has no salt for four weeks.

, not only will he die, but he will die miserably.

In modern times, wars can be launched to seize resources such as oil, but in ancient times there were many wars over salt. For example, Qin and Chu fought for salt spring resources and launched repeated tug-of-wars.

Some historians have found that the territorial boundaries of the Three Kingdoms are almost consistent with the distribution areas of salt resources. This shows how important salt is.

With these geographical advantages, Qiu Chi Kingdom enjoyed a rare tranquility in the extremely turbulent Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties eras. An excellent geographical location is like a mother's body, nurturing and protecting.

Those who have no sense of security, all living beings in troubled times.

The village where the blind man lives is actually a miniature version of Qiu Chi Country. But it is precisely because of the natural barrier here that the villagers ignore the approaching danger.

On the third day after the sound of cannons, the blind man suddenly took the initiative to see the village chief - this was the first time he took the initiative to find someone else - and said that the Japanese pirates would come to the village in the next two days and asked the chief to lead everyone to the mountains.

Taking shelter in the deep forest. The seventy-year-old patriarch, pouting his goatee, squinting his eyes, his old voice mixed with gasping and trembling, asked the blind man: "What are Japanese pirates? I have never heard of them in my life."

, just because of the terrain of the village, no matter what kind of bandit he is, he is not afraid of him."

The blind man just snorted contemptuously from his nose, and without saying another word, he came out of the patriarch's house and went straight to his residence.

Soon, a villager saw a blind man, holding a blind stick and groping his way deep into the mountain alone. In the eyes of the villagers, this blind man was definitely a strange person. Although he could not see, he could not see anything.

What makes people curious is why he can come and go freely in the extremely steep terrain around him? Not to mention a blind man, all the young people in the village with sound limbs and dexterous movements have fallen into the mountain stream and died.

On the second day after the blind man entered the mountain, more than ten strangers suddenly came to the village. These people were all wearing strange clothes - the hats on their heads, the shoes on their feet, and their clothes were all very strange.

, which the villagers had never seen before, and each of them had an "iron knot" on their body. In addition, they also carried a roll of rope on their shoulders. These more than ten people were not tall, but each one was more mature than the other.

Spirit.

When they first saw these dozen strangers, the people in the village were very curious, including a few old men. The old ladies gathered around and asked questions, but these strangers were all gibbering when they spoke, and could not understand a word they said.

It seemed that only one of them could barely understand what he was saying. After a difficult exchange, the villagers finally understood what that person meant, that he wanted to see the clan leader or something like that, so some kind-hearted villagers led these dozen people.
Chapter completed!