Ghost Blows Out the Light

I thought, the three of us are newcomers and unfamiliar with the place, so it is not easy to collect some antiques near this county.This old Liu Tou has lived in Gutian for decades, and he knows the local situation well from what he said. Why don't you let him tell us more about the local things, such as what ancient tombs and antiques have been unearthed? Information is very useful to us.

So I didn't ask Old Liu to continue talking, saying that it's still early, let the fat man go out to sell a few bottles of wine, and then get some appetizers, and invite Old Liu to come to our room for a drink and chat, and talk about the local scenery.

Old Liu Tou is a drunkard, and he likes to join in the fun. Hearing that there is wine to drink, he immediately becomes respectful rather than obedient.

Seeing that he had to run errands again, the fat man was extremely reluctant, but he was also greedy for alcohol, so he changed into a set of clean clothes and went to a small shop outside to buy two bottles of liquor and some canned food.

The rain outside was thin and dripping, and it didn't stop. Everyone closed the door in the room, using the bed as a table, and sat drinking together. Old Liu talked a lot. After drinking these two glasses of white wine, his nose turned red , The chatterbox cannot be closed once it is opened.

Da Jinya asked the old head Liu: "Master Liu, just now you said that you saw the things we met in the Yellow River with your own eyes. What is it? Is it Wang Bacheng?"

Old Liu shook his head and said: "It's not Wang Bajing, it's actually a big fish. I don't know what the scientific name of this fish is. Many people in the local area have seen it. They call this fish the Iron-headed Dragon King. Those who run boats are superstitious and say It was changed by the god of the river, and it is not usually seen, and only comes out when there is a flood."

The fat man said: "What you said is really suspenseful, how big is this fish?"

Old Liu said: "How big is it? Let me tell you this. I saw it once by the river. That year, the water came in quickly and receded quickly. In addition, the river in Gutian was shallow, and a half-sized iron The Dragon King was stranded. At that time, it was not liberated. Many superstitious people wanted to send the Dragon King back to the river. There are huge crowds of people, and the grand occasion is unprecedented, I just watched the excitement and saw it."

I asked, "Master Liu, tell me what this fish looks like?"

Old Liu Tou said: "This big fish has seven layers of green scales on its body. The head of the fish is black and harder than iron plates. The head alone is as big as the front of a Jiefang truck."

Fatty and I and others repeatedly claimed that it was not the same as a small whale. How could there be such a big fish in the river?There are so many weird things in this world.Then I asked what happened afterwards?Is this iron-headed dragon king buried?Still eat?

Old Liu Tou smiled and said: "It's not a whale, but such a big fish is very rare. It doesn't exist at all, and you don't see it once every few decades. It's almost mature. Those who are superstitious say it's a dragon." The prince has changed, why not give it such a name, I heard that even if it is caught, it will be released. The meat is hard and old, who dares to eat it. At that time, the iron-headed dragon king died on the shore. Catch up with the hot weather, it's like a fire, it starts to rot within a day, and the stench is so bad that you can smell the stench no matter how many miles away, this kind of situation can easily cause the plague in the nearby people, as a result, everyone discussed it , cut off the fish meat, burned it with fire, and left a fish skeleton on the river bank."

When Da Jinya heard this, he sighed and said, "Oh, what a pity, if the bones of this strange fish can be brought into the museum and made into specimens, many people will definitely visit it."

Old Liu Tou said: "Don't say it, but at that time, no one had the guts. They were afraid that the Dragon King would come down and there would be another big flood."

I asked: "Master Liu, you told us just now that there is a place where we can see the iron-headed dragon king fish. Did you mean this one? Could it be that after so many years, the skeleton of this fish is still preserved? What about the river bank? What about leaving it on?"

Old Liu Tou said: "That's right, but it's not on the river bank. In order to prevent the plague, the people nearby burned the fish meat and internal organs to sacrifice to the river god, and then they were discussing how to deal with the fish bone. A man from other provinces, this man is a businessman, this businessman is also a very superstitious person, he contributed some money, and built a fish bone temple in Longling not far from us."

Da Jinya asked: "Fishbone Temple? This once existed on the ground in Tianjin. Is it just to use fishbone as beams and fishheads as doors to worship the god of the river?"

Old Liu said: "Tianjin also has it? I haven't heard of it, but it is similar to what you said. The businessman from other provinces claimed that he often goes to sea and crosses rivers, so he often takes boats, so he spent money to repair this fish. Bone Temple, this temple is not big, it doesn’t even have a courtyard, it’s no different from the ordinary Dragon King Temple, it uses fish bones as the frame of the house, the skull of the big fish is the temple gate, it’s just a temple, and it’s a tribute to the dragon king’s mud For example, when the cultivation was just completed, some people would go to the Fish Bone Temple to offer incense and make wishes when they got sick or caught up with drought. It’s okay if you don’t ask for it, the more you ask for it, the more dry it becomes, so the incense burner was cut off after a while, and the businessman who funded the construction of the temple has never appeared since then.”

I asked, "The Fishbone Temple is still there?"

Old Liu nodded and said: "Yes, but it has been abandoned for a long time. The statue of the Dragon Lord collapsed within two years. Some people say that the businessman who paid for the temple was not sincere, or he did something lacking in virtue. In addition, the Dragon King is unwilling to accept his incense, and the Fish Bone Temple is built in the valley of Longling Mountain, the road is difficult, no one goes to the Fish Bone Temple again, and many people even put this I forgot about it. At that time, even the Red Guards didn’t even think of smashing the Fishbone Temple. In fact, even if they went, there was nothing to smash. But the pattern and fishbone of this temple are still there. If you have the opportunity, you can Go and see."

The fat man scolded with a smile: "What the hell is there to see, the three of us almost became fish food today, so don't worry about it."

Da Jinya had other plans. He discussed it with me and decided to rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and go to Longling to see the Fishbone Temple. Maybe such a big fishbone can be sold for money, at least to The Museum of Natural History reimbursed our travel expenses.

We persuaded old Liu to drink again and again, and asked him if any antique tombs had been unearthed nearby.

Old Liu was so drunk that his eyes were hazy, and his tongue was a bit loud when he spoke, but he uttered the truth after drinking, and he really spit out some local secrets.

Some time ago, Gutian was washed out of several ancient tombs by water, all from the Song Dynasty, but they were not noble tombs, except for a few bones that were about to rot, there were only some broken bottles and jars.

The most valuable thing unearthed here is that there was a year of drought, and this section of the Yellow River was almost bottomed out. During dredging, three big iron monkeys were dug out from the mud, each weighing hundreds of catties, and the upper part was removed. After removing the rust, I found that the patterns carved on the iron monkeys are beautiful and smooth, and the outside is covered with gold. So far, it seems that I have not found out what these iron monkeys are for.

Some people say that it was used to suppress demons in the Tang Dynasty, while others said it was used to sacrifice rivers. It is not known whether it was taken to a museum or melted by a large-scale steel smelting.

The most evil thing is that before the three iron monkeys were found in the mud, many people dreamed of three old men with white beards, begging to let them go. This old man is the iron monkey spirit in the river.

During the Spring Festival that year, there were monkeys in the family, and they all wore red trousers and red belts, for fear of being retaliated by the three iron monkeys. In the end, nothing major happened in the neighborhood, and of course there were a few bad luck. Yes, but that's what they asked for.

There are many strange things in the Yellow River. We have all heard of these things. The Yellow River Iron Bull displayed in the Hedong Museum was used to shake the river. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was said that a one-eyed man was caught in the Yellow River. At that time, there was a peasant uprising, and there was a nursery rhyme saying that it was Mo Daoshi who had one eye and stirred up the Yellow River. , I don't know how many secrets are covered.

However, we were not interested in such things as iron lords, iron oxen, stone men, etc., so we kept asking whether there were ancient tombs and ruins nearby, and who had antiques in their hands and wanted to sell them.

Old Liu thought for a while and said, it turns out that you are a lot of antiques. If you had made a lot of money in the past few years, you would have been collected almost as much by now. Not only the private antique dealers came to collect it, but the government also collected it. It is collected more than ten times a year, no matter how many things can be collected like this.

A few years ago, tomb robbery occurred one after another near Gutian, and many local people also participated. When the wind blows in autumn, you can see that the ground is full of robbery holes, and it is easy to fall into it if you don’t walk carefully. The places where the tombs are concentrated are almost dug into sieves.

Old Liu Tou said, let’s hurry up to this point, I suddenly remembered that I heard someone say it, let me say it, you just listen, I once heard a local old man say that there is an ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Longling According to legend, the scale is huge. In the past two years, many tomb robbers have wanted to find it, but no one has been able to find it. The mountains in Longling are too dense, and the ancient tomb is hidden very deep. After all, this kind of thing was passed down by word of mouth many years ago, so it may not be true.

There are many legends about this kind of ancient tomb in our local area, and they are almost one person's own version, not fixed. Some people say that Longlingzhong is the tomb of the Tang Dynasty, and some say it belongs to other dynasties.Anyway, it's all legends, and no one has seen it.