The county annals not only record the passage of Lai Buyi suppressing the Rat King on the Xijiang Bridge, but also explain the reason by peeling off the threads and cocoons.

The Rat King's demonic energy is extremely strong. Only living water can wash away the Rat King's demonic energy. Even so, it will take thousands of years of erosion to allow the Rat King's demonic energy to be completely taken away and the troubles of the Rat King's demon can be completely eliminated.

As for why pear blossom trees are used as statues, the county annals also explain the reason. The rat king's five elements belong to earth, and wood overcomes earth. Only by using the power of wood virtue can the earth virtue power of the rat king's whole body be able to restrain the power of earth virtue.

The power of earth virtue?

Seeing the county annals saying that the Rat King belongs to the earth, I remembered what the big and big corpse boy said. The big and big corpse boy told me that Dong'er felt that a powerful force of earth virtue was rising in this city. Let me quickly subdue the power of earth virtue and deal with the banner master!

Could it be that the power of the earth virtue that Dong'er mentioned is, this rat king?

It must be!

Just when I was extremely shocked, Zhao Caiman, who was looking at the county chronicles, raised his head, looked at me with confusion, and asked, "Pi Jianqing, I don't understand one thing very well. Master Lai used Huanghuali to make a cat to suppress this mouse. This belongs to wood and soil, right?"

I nodded and said, "Yes!"

Zhao Caiman said, "Then it's strange. Earth can defeat water. Logically, Master Lai shouldn't suppress the Rat King on the bridge. After all, will the water of the West River be defeated by the power of the Rat King's earth virtue?"

Looking at Zhao Caiman with a curiosity-seeking face, I pondered for a moment, looked at Zhao Caiman and asked, "Do you know an idiom about water and soil?"

"Idioms about water and soil?" Zhao Caiman frowned and thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I can't remember it!"

"A drip of water wears away a stone!" I said.

"Dripping water wears through the stone?" Hearing my words, Zhao Caiman seemed to understand something.

I continued to explain: "Although earth can overcome water, it is a temporary situation.

If you look at it over time, you will find that although soil overcomes water, as long as the water is large enough, the soil will sooner or later be washed away by water!"

Everything has only relatives and no absolutes. Earth can overcome water, but as long as the time is long enough, water can also destroy earth; water can overcome fire, but as long as the flame is large enough, fire can also dispel water!

"I understand!"

After hearing what I said, Zhao Caiman nodded and then continued to ask: "Why did Master Lai build a layer of brass outside the bronze sculpture? Do you think Huanghuali wood is not qualified to stand on the bridge?"

"First, because Huanghuali wood is extremely precious, if it is known that the statue is made of Huanghuali wood, it will inevitably be missed; second, although Huanghuali wood is not prone to rot, it is not as good as copper and iron after all. Putting a circle of copper and iron outside can better protect the cat sculpture from being corroded by the air for thousands of years!"

When I turned to the last page, my brows frowned. On the last page of the county annals, the county annals read in a large font: "Once the Rat King destroyed the cat sculpture before it was destroyed, the Xijiang River will face a cat disaster again!"

Seeing these two lines of words, I turned to look at Li Jingran...


Chapter completed!