Chapter 54 Legends

I thought to myself, the three of us are new to the area, we are not familiar with the area, we want to collect some antiques around the county, how easy it is. This old Liu head in the Gutian lived for decades, listen to his words, the local situation as well known, why not let him give us some more local things, such as unearthed what tomb antiques and so on, this information is very useful for us to say.

So first did not let the old Liu head to continue to speak, said it is still early, let the fat man go out to sell a few bottles of wine, and then get some dishes, please the old Liu head to our room to drink and chat about the local scenery.

Old Liu is a person who is addicted to wine, and like to make a scene, heard that there is a drink, immediately respectfully obeyed.

Fatty see again to run errands, extremely reluctant, but also crave wine to drink, they changed a set of clean clothes, to the outside of the store to buy back two bottles of white wine and some canned goods back.

Outside the rain sparse leaking, not stopped, all the people in the room closed the door to the bed as a table, sitting together to drink, the old Liu head words would have been more, these two cups of white wine under the belly, the nose head will be red, the box opened on the words can not be closed.

Dajinya asked the old Liu head: “Liu master, just now you said we encountered in the Yellow River, you have seen, what is it? Is it a Wang Bark that has become a spirit?”

Old Liu head shook his head: “not Wang Bajing, in fact, is a big fish ah, what is the scientific name of this fish I’m not sure, a lot of people have seen the local, called this fish Iron Head Dragon King, boat runners are superstitious, said it is the river god changed, usually can not be seen, only when the water is out of the big time.”

Fatty said: “You can really say enough suspense ah, that fish have to be how big ah?”

Old Liu Tou said: “How big? I tell you so, I saw a time in the river that year, the water came fast, retreat fast, coupled with the shallow Gutian River, a half-sized iron head of the Dragon King stranded, that time has not been liberated, a lot of superstitious people, want to go back to the Dragon King in the river, but not waiting for action, the iron head of the Dragon King on the life of the West, people are in the river to burn incense and prayers, it is really a sea of people ah, the spectacle of the past, I am following the I just followed the hilarious sight.”

I asked: “Master Liu, you say what this fish looks like?”

Old Liu said, “This big fish has seven layers of green scales on its body, and its head is black and harder than an iron plate, and the head alone is as big as the front of a Liberty truck.”

Fatty and I and the others were astonished, that’s not similar to a small whale, how could there be such a big fish in the river? This world is really what strange and weird things have. Then asked what happened later? This iron head dragon king buried? Or eaten?

The old Liu head laughed: “not a whale, but such a big fish is very rare, usually there is no, every few decades can not see a time, simply almost into the essence, there are superstitious that it is the Dragon King changed, or how to give up such a name, I heard that even if it is to be captured are to be released, that the meat and hard, old, who dares to eat ah. At that time this iron head dragon king died on the shore, those days are just in time for the heat, with the fire like, not a day to start rotting, the stench, how many miles away can smell that stench, this situation is very easy to let the people in the vicinity of the plague, the results of the group a discussion, the fish meat cut down, burned with fire, the remaining skeleton of the fish put down on the river bank.”

Hearing this, Dajinya sighed: “Alas, it’s a pity, if we can now get the bones of this strange fish to the museum, made into a specimen, must be a lot of people visit.”

Old Liu Tou said, “I can’t say that it is, but no one had the guts at that time, for fear that the Dragon King would smite them, and it would inevitably be another big flood.”

I asked: “Master Liu, you just told us that there is a place to see the Iron Head Dragon King fish, referring to this one? Is it possible that after so many years, the bones of this fish are still preserved? It is still on the bank of the river?”

Old Liu said: “Yes, but not on the river bank, when the people nearby in order to prevent the plague, the fish meat and entrails are burned to sacrifice the river god, and then was about to discuss how to deal with the fish bones, this time came a foreigner, this person is a businessman, the businessman is also a very superstitious people, he put up some money in the not far away from us in the Dragon Ridge, to repair a fish bone temple. a fishbone temple.”

Dajinya asked, “Fishbone Temple? This is in Tianjin ground also had, is not it with fish bones as a beam, fish head as a door, tribute to the river god with?”

Old Liu said: “Tianjin also? That I have not heard of, but it is true that you said almost, the provincial businessman claimed to be often out to sea across the river, it is inevitable that often by boat, so the money to repair the fish bone temple, the temple is not large, not even a yard, and the ordinary temple of the Dragon King is no difference between taking the fish bones as a frame, the skull of the fish is the door of the temple, a temple, tribute to the clay statue of the Dragon King, just repaired when some people When first repaired, some people get sick or catch the drought, all go to the fish bone temple incense wish, to say or funny, really evil, once did not work, if you go to the fish bone temple to seek rain, that is not good, the more you seek the more drought, so not long, it broke the incense, the businessman who financed the repair of the temple, but also from now on did not appear again.”

I asked, “The Fishbone Temple is still there now?”

Old Liu head nodded: “Yes, but are deserted for a long time, the clay statue of the Dragon King did not two years on the collapse, some people say that the money to repair the temple of the businessman’s heart is not sincere, or do what lack of virtue, the Dragon King is not willing to accept his incense, plus the fishbone temple built in the Dragon Ridge concave in the head of the mountain, the road is difficult, and one by one no one to go to the fishbone temple, and a number of people even This is forgotten in the back of the mind, back then *, even the Red Guards did not think up to smash the Fishbone Temple, in fact, even if you go to smash, there is nothing to smash. But the pattern of this temple and the fish bones are still there, you guys can go and take a look when you have the chance.”

Fatty laughed and cursed, “What the fuck is there to see, all three of us almost became fish food today, don’t look at it.”

Dajinya but another plan, he discussed with me, decided to rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, go to Longling to see the fish bone temple, maybe such a big rack of fish bones can be sold for money, at least can be sold to the Museum of Nature, the us this road money reimbursement.

We again and again to the old Liu head to persuade wine, asked him whether the neighborhood has been unearthed what antique tomb.

Old Liu head drunk eyes hazy, speak tongue are a little big, but after the wine spit out the truth, really spit out some of the local secrets.

Gutian some time ago by the water washed out a few ancient tombs, are the Song Dynasty, but are not what the aristocrats buried, in addition to a few fast rotten bones, only some broken bottles and rotten jars.

The most valuable thing unearthed here, is a year of drought, this section of the Yellow River are almost to the bottom, dredging time, from the mud dug out three large iron monkeys, each weighing hundreds of pounds, the rust on the top off, found that the iron monkeys carved on the body of the beautiful and smooth pattern, the outside of all the slipped gold, so far it seems that there is no proof out, these iron casting monkeys is what to do.

Some people say it is the Tang Dynasty to suppress the demon, some people say it is sacrificed to the river, and then it is pulled to which museum, or iron to melt, it is not known.

The most evil is, from the silt found three cast iron monkeys before, there are a lot of people are dreaming of three white-bearded old man, crying and begging to let them go, the more this is rumored the more suspenseful, a lot of people say that these three old man is the river of iron monkey spirit.

Spring Festival that year, the family has a monkey people, are wearing red pants, tie red belt, for fear of being the three iron monkey spirit retaliation, the results of the last near this is not a big deal, of course, there are also a few go back word down the bad luck, but that’s all they asked for.

The Yellow River inside the sink a lot of weird things, these things we have heard, Hedong Museum of the Yellow River Iron Bull, is the shock of the river with the end of the Yuan Dynasty, but also the legend of the Yellow River fished a one-eyed stone man, that time is making a peasant uprising, there are nursery rhymes that what is a stone man with one eye, stirring the Yellow River the world against that thing is just a legend, and not enough to be believed, but still can witness the Yellow River’s ancient mystery! But still, it can witness the ancient mystery of the Yellow River, and I don’t know how many secrets are covered in the diluted river mud.

However, we are not interested in what iron wait, iron cattle, stone people and other things, so repeatedly asked, where there are ancient tombs and relics nearby, who have antiques in hand want to sell.

The old Liu head thought and said, so you are pouring antiques, if you are a few years earlier to come, can have a great harvest, and now have been collected almost more, not only folk antique dealers to collect, the government also collects, collects more than a dozen times a year, and then more things can not hold so collect ah.

A few years ago, Gutian near the successive emergence of the situation of grave robbers, many locals are also involved in the fall of a gale, you can see, the ground is full of robber holes, walking not to worry about it is easy to fall in, outside the city of ancient tombs are concentrated in the place, are fast digging into a sieve.

Old Liu said, let’s talk about here, I suddenly remembered to hear people say, I just say, you just listen, I have heard a local old man said, Longling head of an ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty, rumored to be very large, the past two years, many grave robbers want to go to look for, and no one has ever been able to find, Longling that piece of the mountain range is too dense, and that the tomb is hidden very deep, and even if there are no two say, after all, this kind of thing are all After all, this kind of thing is how many years ago, left by word of mouth, may not be true.

This kind of ancient tomb legend, in our local very much, and almost a person a say, no fixed, some people say that the Dragon Ridge is the tomb of the Tang Dynasty, there are also said to be other dynasties. Anyway, they are all legends, and no one has ever seen them.