Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 20 Fishbone Temple (2)
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 the scariest picture I have ever seen, 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 terrifying .

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

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

The "water drifters" Mao Chengke refers to are these floating corpses, which is a local name for floating corpses.

Mr. Goat stroked the goatee, stretched out his hand to count, then shook his head, and said in a heavy tone: "It's not good! It's not good! I've been with so many fleets that send ghost relatives, but I never I have never seen such a strange scene like today. This must be the king of the Yellow River getting angry and blaming you for not handing over the bride to him at the auspicious time!"

Mao Chengke was so nervous that he was sweating profusely, walking around impatiently, "What can we do? What can we do? We didn't mean to break the contract!" At this point, Mao Chengke gave Qin Mei a hard look and scolded He said, "It's all your fault, old woman. If you hadn't been crying yesterday, you wouldn't have upset the King of the Yellow River, and the sky had changed. If it hadn't been for the sky, we wouldn't have hid here, and missed a good time." It made the King of the Yellow River even more unhappy, all this is your fault!"

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

Mao Chengke 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 Mao Chengke, hesitantly said: "There is a way, but..."

"But what?" Mao Chengke asked eagerly.

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

"What is Xueyin?" Mao Chengke asked suspiciously.

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

Mao Chengke's face changed, "Is there no other way?"

Mr. Goat shook his head silently.

Mao Chengke let out a long sigh, 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 person who sent the ghost relatives turned around and went back to the temple to pack up his 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, how could there be so many floating corpses here overnight?"

Gu Meidi said: "I don't know either. We didn't see it when we entered the cave yesterday. If I had known this was a cave for hiding corpses, I wouldn't have come in if I was killed!"

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, constantly 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 for 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 for boats, and ships often wreck here.”

"Based on this, I speculate that there are many corpses floating down from the upper reaches, and they will be sucked into this cave when they pass through Huantuo. Over time, this cave sucks in more and more dead bodies, 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 them when we came in yesterday. But after a night of storms, the river rose, and these floating bodies came out of the water. popped out."

After listening to Grandpa's narration, we all felt very reasonable.We leaned over to look at the water level below the platform, and indeed found that the water level had risen a lot. The row of stone carvings below the platform even the fish heads were submerged under the water, 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 has been pulled out, I 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 Mao Chengke said goodbye to us briefly, the three fishing boats to send ghost relatives started slowly.We also boarded the iron boat, followed the fishing boat, and slowly drove out of the cave.

I don't know what happened, but when our boat passed through the pile of corpses, those floating corpses floated over one by one, surrounding our boat, making it impossible for the boat to move forward.In desperation, I had no choice but to jump onto the deck and use a penny to push away the floating corpses beside the boat.But those floating corpses gathered more and more, so much that they almost blocked the entire water area, and I couldn't prop it up with a penny.The snow-white and swollen corpses floated around us. Although we studied archaeology, we still felt a little numb in the face of these piles of corpses.

At this time, Mr. Goat’s voice was heard from the fishing boat in front, “Dead bodies block the way, and there is nowhere to go! I beg the King of the Yellow River to forgive us and let us live!” After saying that, Mr. Goat knelt down on the deck.

Seeing this, the others followed Mr. Goat and knelt down one after another, clasped their fists together, and kowtowed like pounding garlic, "I beg the King of the Yellow River to be merciful and let us live!"

Mr. Goat threw a wad of paper money into the air, and the paper money fluttered in the air like yellow butterflies circling and flying.Then Mr. Goat stood up tremblingly, and shouted at Mao Chengke on the third fishing boat: "Be a blood guide! Quick! Be a blood guide!"

Mao Chengke stomped his feet violently and pushed his wife onto the boat.

Screaming to Qinmei: "Why are you hitting me again?"

Without saying a word, Mao Chengke grabbed Xiang Qinmei's hair and dragged her to the edge of the deck.

Everyone looked at Mao Chengke in bewilderment, not understanding what he was going to do to Xiang Qinmei.

Mao Chengke pressed Xiang Qinmei's arm, and took out a sharp dagger from the back of his waist, "Old woman, don't blame me, I have no choice but to hold back! Hold on, the only way to save everyone's lives!"

Xiang Qinmei yelled in horror, tears bursting out, "What are you going to do? Let me go! Bastard! What are you going to do to me? Ah——"

Mao Chengke used a dagger to cut a deep gash in each of Xiang Qinmei's palms, blood flowed out instantly, and Xiang Qinmei struggled while screaming in pain.

Mao Chengke held Xiang Qinmei tightly, put her hands outside the boat, and let the blood in her palms drip into the water.

"It's so cruel! This is so cruel! How could he treat his wife like this?!" Gu Meidi said through gritted teeth, his eyes were about to burst into flames.

I asked suspiciously, "Could this be what they call Xueyin?"

Gu Meidi said: "What blood quotation? This is simply a manifestation of ignorance! What age is this, I didn't expect such stupid people to exist!"

I said, "My aunt, please keep your voice down!"

Gu Meidi said: "What? Are you afraid that they won't be able to hear? I want to be louder, I just want to wake up these ignorant idiots!"

"Hey! Hey! Stop scolding, look quickly! Look quickly!" I looked at the nearby water surface in amazement.

There are really many things in this world that we cannot explain with science. Mao Chengke's approach seems absurd and ignorant, but everyone was surprised to find that after the blood dripped into the water, those floating corpses seemed to be stimulated by some kind of stimulation. As the water waves slowly drift away, the road is no longer blocked.

Gu Meidi opened his mouth wide and stared at this scene dumbfounded, unable to swear the following words any more.

Xiang Qinmei also stopped crying, she got up from the ground, pointed at Mao Chengke's nose and cursed: "Why didn't you cut your palm? Are you still a man?"

Mao Chengke explained: "This is what Mr. Goat ordered. Mr. Goat said that these disasters were caused by you, a dead old woman. You offended the King of the Yellow River, so I have to use your blood to make amends to the King of the Yellow River and ask the King of the Yellow River Forgive us!"

The fleet was finally able to set sail again, and I secretly marveled in my heart, "I didn't expect there to be so many weird things on this ancient Yellow River road. This time I came out and it really opened my eyes!"

When I was young, I often heard from my grandfather that there are many taboos and rules for walking on the ancient Yellow River road, and there are also many strange customs and bizarre myths and legends. These add a lot of mystery to the ancient Yellow River and are an important part of the Yellow River culture. component.Of course, although I had heard a little about these customs and taboos before walking the Yellow River Ancient Road, I never thought that these ancient customs and taboos would be so magical.It wasn't until I saw it with my own eyes in the past few days that I realized that these customs and taboos on the Yellow River were not groundless, and their spread was justified, which made me a little more in awe of the Yellow River.

Just as the fleet was about to enter the cave outside, there were screams of panic from people ahead.

I put down the penny, stood on tiptoe, and looked at the water in front of me suspiciously, "What the hell happened again?"

The searchlights on the boat swept across the water. Under the illumination of the searchlights, we were horrified to find that hundreds of strange mice suddenly appeared in the surrounding waters.Those mice were about the size of piglets, and their bodies were snow white. The white hairs of the mice were wet and sticky together, which was very ugly.The eyes of those mice turned out to be a strange scarlet, and the long fangs pierced the lips, exposed like a scimitar, shining with a frightening cold light.There was a constant sound of popping on the water, and these terrifying white giant rats emerged from the water like mushrooms after a spring rain, and rushed towards the floating corpses floating on the water.

I opened my eyes wide in disbelief, "Gu Meidi, tell me, are... are these really mice?"

Gu Meidi was also shocked by the scene in front of him, he opened his mouth, but didn't make a sound.

The people on the boat were going crazy, and someone couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! What the hell is this place?"

Looking at the swarm of white rats surging around like a tide, my heart trembled crazily.What is the origin of these giant white rats?Where is this cave?Why is there such a huge group of rats besides countless water drifters?All this is really weird, I desperately want to leave here with my grandpa, far away from here.

The next scene made us even more disgusted and frightened. We saw those giant white rats crazily pounced on the floating corpses on the water. In his eyes, those floating corpses are the most delicious food.

(End of this chapter)