Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 26

We sat in the temple for several hours, during which Yu Guangwei gave us a roast goose.

Seeing that I had some doubts, Yu Guangwei said: "Don't worry, eat it, this is not a roast goose for sacrifices, this is originally a dinner for the boatman!"

We couldn't refuse Yu Guangwei's kindness. After thanking him, we ate the roast goose on the spot.

Grandpa said: "This storm won't stop for a while. Even if it stops, it will be late at night. It seems that we have to sleep in this temple tonight and go out until dawn tomorrow!"

The temperature in the temple was very low and the humidity was heavy. Everyone was shivering from the cold.We found some wood from the boat and threw it into the bronze cauldron, and lit a raging fire. More than [-] people gathered around the big cauldron with the burning bonfire, and immediately felt that the chill had subsided a lot.

The flames were crackling, and Yu Guangwei told us the mythical story about the King of the Yellow River with great interest while drinking soju.

The legendary King of the Yellow River is a giant god with the sky above his head and the ground under his feet. He wears a golden scale armor made of dragon scales and holds a pair of sky-opening axes. With one swing of the axe, he can cut mountains and rivers into two pieces.The King of the Yellow River is the patron saint of the Yellow River. He usually lives in the palace at the bottom of the Yellow River. Once there are monsters and beasts in the ancient Yellow River Road, the King of the Yellow River will show his real body from the bottom of the river and use his magical powers to suppress the monsters. Disaster the Yellow River.

Among the many myths and legends about the King of the Yellow River, the most famous battle is the battle between the King of the Yellow River and the Hydra.The nine-headed demon snake was originally a monster that was suppressed by the gods on the snowy mountain. Later, the nine-headed demon snake escaped when the sky collapsed and the earth changed and the sea changed, and hid in the Yellow River. world.

This nine-headed demon snake is very terrifying. It goes to the sky to hide from the earth, tosses rivers and seas, and is omnipotent.The snake's body was a hundred feet long, and its whole body was black and shiny, wrapped in hard scales.The strangest thing about the monster snake is that it has nine heads, each of which has its own magic power, which can swallow flames, floods, lightning, storms, poisonous smoke and so on.Since the appearance of the nine-headed demon snake on the ancient Yellow River road, it can be said that the people on the ancient Yellow River road have lost their lives and lived in dire straits.The bustling and busy Yellow River ancient road in the past has now become a daunting death channel.

The incident of the Hydra's chaos spread to the ears of the King of the Yellow River. The Yellow River King was extremely furious, and rushed out of the water with the sky-opening axe, trying to suppress the arrogant Hydra again.Facing the menacing King of the Yellow River, the nine-headed demon snake had already prepared for the battle, and did not pay attention to the King of the Yellow River at all.

This battle between gods and monsters lasted for nine days and nine nights. Relying on the magical weapon of the sky-opening axe, the King of the Yellow River finally defeated the nine-headed demon snake, beheaded all nine heads of the nine-headed demon snake, and sealed them in the The nine bends of the Yellow River Ancient Road.Then he set a real fire of samadhi and burned the bones of the nine-headed demon snake.Because the bones of the Hydra were huge, it took a full three days and three nights to burn the bones into fly ash and throw them into the Yellow River.

Since then, the Yellow River ancient road has returned to its former prosperity, the number of boats going back and forth has gradually increased, and people on both sides of the strait live and work in peace and contentment.The heroic deeds of the King of the Yellow River fighting the nine-headed demon snake are also widely praised on both sides of the Yellow River.

After listening to Yu Guangwei's narration, sleepiness surged up, and we didn't know when we fell asleep.

I had a dream, dreaming that I became the king of the Yellow River, wearing a golden scale armor, holding a giant axe in my hand, and fighting the nine-headed demon snake in the Yellow River until the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dark.Just when I was about to cut off the last head of the Hydra, a terrified scream woke me up from my dream.I opened my eyes suddenly, what happened?
Accompanied by that scream, people ran to the outside of the Fishbone Temple, followed by more screams.

When I was still wondering what happened outside, Gu Mei Di had already pulled me up from the ground: "Go! Go out and see what happened!"

I yawned and followed Gu Meidi out of the Fishbone Temple in a daze. People gathered on the platform and pointed at the water pool in front of me.Gu Meidi pulled me to the front of the crowd, and then I saw a terrifying picture, and my sleepiness disappeared immediately, replaced by deep fear.

On the cold pool, there were hundreds of dead bodies, large and small.Those dead bodies were all swollen, covered with a layer of white frost, like huge white chrysalis, floating and sinking on the water surface, looking around, the water surface was covered with white flowers, which looked disgusting. And scary.

There was a faint rancid smell in the air, and many people covered their noses with disgusted expressions on their faces.

Yu Guangwei asked the old man with a goatee solemnly, "Mr. Goat, why are there so many scumbags here?"

Yu Guangwei's "Shui Piaozi" refers to these floating corpses, which is a colloquial name for floating corpses by local people.

Mr. Goat stroked his goatee, stretched out his hands and pinched his fingers to calculate, then shook his head, and said in a heavy tone: "Not good! Not good! I have been with so many fleets sending ghost relatives, but I have never seen such a strange scene like today. This must be the Yellow River King getting angry, blaming you for not handing over the bride to him at the auspicious time!"

Yu Guangwei was sweating profusely nervously, walking back and forth impatiently: "What can we do? What can we do? We didn't intend to breach the contract!" At this point, Yu Guangwei gave a sharp look at Qin Mei scolded her and said, "It's all your fault, old woman. If you hadn't cried and cried when you sent off the ghost relative yesterday, you wouldn't have offended the King of the Yellow River, and the sky has changed. If the sky hadn't changed, we wouldn't have I would hide here, but I missed the auspicious time, and made the King of the Yellow River even more unhappy, all this is your fault!"

Xiang Qinmei drooped her head, clutching her sleeves tightly with both hands, not daring to make a sound, as if the word "sinner" was written on her face.

Yu Guangwei bowed to Mr. Goat and said, "Mr. Goat, do you have any solution?"

Mr. Goat looked at the water floater in the pool, then at Yu Guangwei, and said hesitantly, "There is a way, but..."

"But what?" Yu Guangwei asked eagerly.

"We need a blood lead!" said Mr. Goat.

"What is Xueyin?" Yu Guangwei asked suspiciously.

Mr. Goat leaned against Guangwei's ear and whispered like this for a while.

Yu Guangwei's expression changed: "Is there no other way?"

Mr. Goat shook his head silently.

Yu Guangwei sighed and nodded as if he had made up his mind: "Okay, let's do as you said! Guys, pack up and get ready to leave here!"

The people who sent off ghost relatives turned and went back to the temple to pack up their things. I asked Gu Meidi, "Do you know what the Xueyin Mr. Goat said just now?"

Gu Meidi shook his head.

I said, "Don't you call yourself an encyclopedia?"

Gu Meidi glared at me: "Although I don't know what Xueyin is, I know how you died!" Gu Meidi clenched his fists as he said this.

I shivered, and quickly said with a smile on my face, "The heroine, calm down! The heroine, calm down! But seriously, why are there so many floating corpses here overnight?"

Gu Meidi said: "I don't know, we didn't see it when we entered the cave yesterday!"

Looking at the hundreds of white floating corpses on the water, my heart was beating uncomfortably, and my mind was full of doubts.

Why are there so many floating corpses here?
Where did these floating corpses come from?
Is there any connection between these floating corpses and this fish bone temple?

Who built such a magnificent fish bone temple in this hidden water cave?

Is this Fishbone Temple really a place where people worship the Water Dragon King?
It stands to reason that the Fishbone Temple used for sacrifices should be a sacred place, but why are there so many filthy things here?
Too many questions are like bubbles on the surface of the water, popping up in my mind, and then bursting again and again.

At some point, grandpa came up behind us, stared at the floating corpses on the water and said, "Last night, I talked with some local boatmen for a while, and they told me that there is actually a name of this section of the river called 'Huixuantuo'. '. I don't know if it's because of this cave. After the Yellow River rushes here from the upper reaches, it will form a roundabout in the nearby waters. It will be very difficult to sail, and ships often wreck here.

Based on this, I speculate that there are many corpses floating down the upstream, and when they pass through Huo Tuo Tuo, they will all be sucked into this cave.Over time, more and more dead bodies were sucked into this cave, forming a natural cave for hiding corpses.On weekdays, these dead bodies may be hidden under the pool, or stuck in the crevices of the rocks, and the light here is dim, so we didn't find it when we came in yesterday.But after a night of stormy weather and the river's high tide, these floating corpses emerged from the water! "

After listening to grandpa's narration, we all felt very reasonable.We leaned over to look at the water level below the platform, and found that the water level had risen a lot. The row of fish head stone sculptures under the platform were submerged underwater, and only the cables were left pulling the boat to float on the water.

I suddenly remembered the blurred face I saw underwater when I entered the cave yesterday, presumably what I saw was a water drifter hidden under the water.This matter is like a thorn in my heart, and now that the thorn is pulled out, I can't help but feel relieved.

Professor Ye said: "Let's go, let's get on the boat too, the storm outside should have stopped, I don't want to stay in this cave full of floating corpses for a long time!"

After Yu Guangwei said goodbye to us briefly, the three fishing boats to send ghost relatives slowly started.

We also boarded the iron boat, followed the fishing boat, and slowly drove out of the cave.

This cave is too evil, no one wants to stay here for a long time, the sooner you leave, the better.

(End of this chapter)