Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 289 The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Mystery: The River Pig!

After fighting all night, although we were a little tired, we didn't know if it was because our nerves were still in a state of excitement after the battle, so we didn't feel sleepy yet.

Anyway, I have nothing to do when I'm free, so I asked Li Yifeng to tell me about the strange things they encountered in the six doors.

Li Yifeng turned his head to Yu Wenjin and raised his chin: "Tell them about the fact that you beheaded a river pig in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal!"

Yu Wenjin smiled: "It was all a few years ago!"

"It's okay, we are willing to listen!" I said, "Maybe because of my previous work relationship, I like hearing these weird things from people the most!"

"By the way! Before the story begins, can I intervene? What the hell is a river pig?" Xiao Guoguo blinked her eyes, her face full of confusion.

Yu Wenjin said: "A strange creature! I don't know what species it is! It looks black and looks like a pig, but it lives in a big river! So it is called a 'river pig' in historical documents. !"

"A pig living in the river?! Haha, it sounds really interesting!" Xiao Guoguo also became interested. In fact, this little girl is just like me. .

Yu Wenjin put down the can: "Tuoba Gu, you are a student of archaeology, so you shouldn't be unfamiliar with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?"

I nodded: "The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal or the Grand Canal for short, is the longest ancient canal in China and the world. Together with the Great Wall and Karez, it is also known as the three great projects of ancient China. A great project created by the working people in ancient China, it is also one of the symbols of China's cultural status.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from BJ in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south, flows through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and one city, and connects the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, with a total length of 1794 kilometers.

Historically, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been extended and widened to varying degrees in the Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. This is largely due to the continuous strengthening of the Jiangnan area in the national agricultural development and the increasing logistics demand. caused by.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government also dredged the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal many times.The canal has played a huge role in the economic and cultural development and exchanges between the north and south of China, especially in the development of the industrial and agricultural economy in the areas along the route! "

Yu Wenjin smiled slightly: "As expected of a student of archaeology, historical knowledge is easy to come by! Well, back to the matter of the river pig. Since the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a strange monster appeared in the Grand Canal at some point , looks very similar to a pig, and people call it a river pig.

From ancient times to the present, there are three records of river pigs rebelling.

The first time the river pig rebelled was in the Sui Dynasty, when a royal fleet was loaded with tribute.When the royal fleet arrived in Yangzhou, a cloud of black mist suddenly floated on the river. The fog came thick and fast. In a short period of time, it turned into a huge black cloth, covering the sky and the sun. Shroud this fleet in it.

The strange thing is that the waters outside the black mist are calm and peaceful, as if nothing happened.

The cloud of black mist came so strangely that the nearby fishing boats did not dare to approach it.

I couldn't hear any sound coming from the black mist, anyway, it was dead silent, only seeing the black mist surging.

This strange black mist lasted for about an hour or two before gradually dissipating.

When the black mist dissipated, the nearby fishermen were surprised to find that the royal fleet full of tribute disappeared without a trace.The fleet consisted of at least five ships, all of which were large ships with extraordinary majesty, but they disappeared on the water for no reason.What's even more strange is that the hundreds of guards on the five big boats also disappeared, as if they had sunk into the bottom of the dead water, without even a ripple on the river surface.

This incident shocked the fishermen on both sides of the strait, and quickly spread it back to the capital and to the ears of Emperor Sui Yang.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was furious when he heard this, thinking that someone had deliberately robbed the tribute, so he boarded the ship himself and led the army to Yangzhou.

But what is very strange is that thousands of elite soldiers searched the accident river for three days and three nights, but they did not find any clues, not even the bodies of the missing guards.Emperor Sui Yang also specially sent soldiers with extremely high water quality to dive into the water, but nothing was found.

At that time, the soldiers all praised him, saying that Emperor Sui Yang was the supreme emperor in the world, and that he was the incarnation of a dragon. All monsters and monsters would actively avoid him when they saw Emperor Sui Yang.

But on the way back, something terrible happened.

On the way, one floating corpse after another suddenly appeared on the surface of the water. Those floating corpses were swollen from soaking, like big white radishes.Judging from the clothing of these floating corpses, they are the guards who disappeared a few days ago.

At this time, it was hundreds of kilometers away from the accident site that day. Why did those floating corpses emerge from the water hundreds of kilometers away?No one could explain the strange phenomenon. Those floating corpses were like human-shaped silkworm chrysalis floating on the water, circling around Emperor Sui Yang's fleet.

Looking around, the water surface is full of white floating corpses, densely packed, like disgusting big bugs.

At that time, under these dead white floating corpses, there was a huge black shadow circling around underwater.

Sharp-eyed soldiers saw that the black shadow was like a huge black pig!
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was so frightened that his face turned pale with fright, he quickly ordered the fleet to increase their horsepower, and rushed out from the pile of corpses.

After Emperor Sui Yang went back, the more he thought about it, the more weird he became, and later he fell ill.

Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty told the documentaries not to record this matter, some people still quietly recorded this matter, so that it has been passed down to this day.

The second river pig rebellion occurred during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. This time it was a disaster relief fleet full of grain and grass, and the place where the incident occurred was in Hebei.

At that time, the fleet consisted of six large ships connected back and forth. It was mid-afternoon, the sky was brightly sunny, and the water was calm. Many soldiers were napping against the sides of the ships, a peaceful scene.

As a result, while walking, the first grain ship suddenly sank into the water without any warning.Very suddenly, it sank all at once, as if something was pulling under the water.

Many soldiers fell into the water and floated on the water in panic.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared under the water.

Immediately afterwards, the screams of those soldiers were heard. Soldiers were constantly being dragged into the water. The surface of the water was soon stained red with blood, and there were still many broken limbs floating. The originally calm river seemed to have exploded. As if the soldiers who fell into the water seemed to have seen a ghost, they swam desperately to the shore, but they didn't swim far before being dragged into the water and torn into pieces of human flesh.

The soldiers on the boat behind were frightened, and the general who was in charge of escorting the food and grass immediately sent out archers. Hundreds of archers stood on the side of the boat and frantically attacked the black shadow in the river.The rain of arrows swished into the water, splashing circles and ripples on the water surface. Under the attack of the arrow rain that covered the sky and the sun, the black shadow only showed half of its head, and then quickly sank into the water and disappeared without a trace.

All the hundreds of soldiers could see clearly that the black shadow in the river turned out to be a big black pig, chubby and over ten meters long.But what is strange is that on both sides of this big fat pig's head, there are fish gills that can breathe underwater.

After this incident, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was quiet for many, many years, until seven years ago, another strange incident happened on the Grand Canal, this time in Cangzhou, Hebei.

First, a couple disappeared while they were dating by the river. The police inspected the scene and found that there were only footprints of the two on the river beach, but there was a strange puddle of mucus left on the river beach, and there was a long drag mark on the river beach , has been submerged in the water.Later, the police searched in the water along the drag marks, went 30 meters deep into the middle of the river, and then disappeared.

While this case was pending, another tragedy occurred, two half-grown children were swimming in the river.Suddenly, a child was calling for help, and he looked very panicked.There happened to be a fishing boat nearby. Hearing the cry for help, he went to save the child. Before he could get there, the child sank.The other child swam towards the fishing boat, calling for help as he swam, but unfortunately he didn't swim very far. The second child seemed to be dragged into the water by something, and then there was bloody foam on the surface of the water. The surface of the water was dyed red, and the two fishermen on the fishing boat were scared silly! "

"What happened later? What happened later?" I couldn't wait to ask.

Yuwen Jin paused, and continued: "At that time I was in college in SJZ, and I happened to be playing in Cangzhou for a few days. After hearing these two strange incidents, I decided to find out. I squatted by the river for five days Wuye finally waited until that evildoer made trouble again.

That night, the river pig ran onto the river beach, trying to sneak up on a pair of high school students who were in love.Although tragedies happened one after another by the river, high school students who were dazzled by youth hormones still came to the river regardless of safety, wanting to taste the forbidden fruit.When the river pig jumped out of the water, I ran over immediately, raised my hand and unleashed the Twelve Nether Sword Formation, and nailed the river pig to the river beach. The two high school students were frightened and fainted on the spot.

The evildoer was trapped by the Nether Sword Formation, unable to escape, howled and struggled on the river beach all night, and finally died of exhaustion at dawn.Later, the police came to seal off the scene and used heavy trucks to smuggle away the body of the river pig.

Many fishermen on both sides witnessed this scene with their own eyes. They regarded me as a living god and bowed down to me along both sides of the river.I walked on the waves on the water and disappeared from everyone's sight! "

(End of this chapter)