"Come on." The mountain god waved and shouted to Hongye in the air, and Hongye slowly lowered the fairy tree. The mountain gods worked together to tie the rope to the trunk. Yunkong and Hongye also found a way to fix the rope to the fairy tree.
They tried for a while, but found that the trunk was too long and would easily sway when suspended in mid-air. The trunk was also too heavy, making it difficult for the fairy tree to fly.
Seeing the delay, the mountain god became very anxious, shaking and snorting uneasily.
"Let's change the method," Yunkong suggested. "One end of the tree trunk is tied to the spacecraft, and the other end is still carried by you." He turned to the giant mountain god, "Is this lighter?" The three giant mountain gods shook their heads and thought for a while. , agreed to give it a try.
Before the sky turned dark, they finally succeeded in transporting the Dipterocarpus King to the mountain peak and placed it on the edge of the crater.
The seven mountain gods surrounded the crater and began to twist their bodies and sing low and rhyming songs, soothing the emotions of the sacred mountain like coaxing children to sleep.
They took out calamus beads, shook them, made a rhythmic rustling sound, and then chanted:
"The great Jingruo Luo Xing'an6, the creating sky is Jing Ruo Luo Xing'an,
Creator of Dragongon, Creator of Elves, Creator of Men,
You sacrificed your daughter Suga Liyong 7 so that we could have food,
Produce grain, fruit trees and vegetables,
Now I beg you to be more merciful,
Your beloved Paka 8 is about to wake up,
Please teach him peace, please teach him to sleep peacefully..."
Yun Kong waited patiently aside, not wanting to make any mistakes that would offend the mountain god, waiting for them to complete the ceremony.
Hongye held Yunkong's hand tightly and looked anxiously at King Dipterocarpa. There was a large area of semi-solidified sap on the tree trunk, which was the hollow where the white cattail was sealed.
After the mountain gods finished singing, the giant mountain god, who had been resting for a long time, stood up and prepared to push King Dipterocarpus into the crater.
Just as Yun Kong was about to make a sound, the giant mountain god had already dug into the tree hole with his big hands and pulled Bai Pu out of the slime.
Hongye and Yunkong rushed forward to clean up the sap for him, but Hongye would lose strength as soon as it touched the sap, so Yunkong told her to stay away and let him clean it up.
Hongye had no choice but to walk over to see the mountain god.
The three giant mountain gods struggled to push the dipterocarp king down the crater. The hot air caused the aroma of dipterocarp to erupt for a moment. The entire tree trunk emitted transparent smoke and fell into the red flames dragging a transparent ribbon like running water.
The mountain gods waited for a while and saw that the red flames had indeed weakened slightly. They made a sound of satisfaction and then started whispering among themselves.
They walked towards the cloud sky and muttered to him: "It took us many years to find a King Kabur, and it took several years to transport one up. It was too slow, and the volcano was about to burn."
Yun Kong raised his head and said, "I promised that we will start looking for King Kabur tomorrow morning."
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In the evening, Liang Daobin paced back and forth in the unbuilt temple.
He had been wandering here all day. Seeing that he was agitated, the Jiaoshan tiger and the female cat came over and meowed at him, as if to comfort him.
When Yun Kong opened the door, he was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where have you been?"
He was even more surprised when he saw Yun Kong helping a pale old man in, followed by a little girl.
"Don't say any more, do me a favor." Yunkong placed the old man on the ground, "Do you have any cloth?"
Liang Daobin glanced at the old man and saw that his body was covered with mucus and exuded a cool and sweet smell. He couldn't help but frowned and said, "Dipterocarps?"
"I have to wash it all off for him."
"Then, why don't you take him to the sea?" The words woke up the dreamer. Yun Kong hurriedly helped Bai Pu up again, and Liang Daobin also rushed forward: "I will help too."
They worked together to move Bai Pu to the beach, took off his coat, and let him sit in the warm sea water. Yun Kong untied his bun and slowly washed the semi-solidified tree sap on his body with sea water.
When Liang Daobin took Bai Pu's clothes, he actually began to think about how much dipterocarps could be extracted from the clothes to make borneol.
Under the starry sky, Bai Pu felt that his skin was gradually regaining consciousness. The seawater that had given birth to life since ancient times was full of energy. Bai Pu absorbed the energy eagerly, and the wrinkles on his face slowly disappeared and became flat.
As he was dying, he looked at the clouds that were helping him scrape off the sap, and tears welled up unconsciously.
He originally wanted to speak to Yun Kong, but after thinking about it, he decided not to speak.
"Brother Liang," Yunkong said to Liang Daobin, "I will be away for a while, and the affairs of the Mazu Temple will have to be delayed for some time. Please forgive me, Brother Liang."
"Where are you going?" Liang Daobin came back from all the calculations in his mind.
"It's hard to explain in words," Yun Kong said with a bitter smile, "Brother Liang just watches the Holy Mountain at night," Liang Daobin looked towards the Holy Mountain unconsciously, "When the Holy Mountain no longer has firelight at night, that's when I return."
After hearing this, Liang Daobin felt even more confused.
"Also, brother Liang, please take care of him." Yun Kong pointed at Bai Pu, and Liang Daobin was shocked to realize that Bai Pu was no longer the old man who came in just now. Under the dim sunset, Bai Pu's face and body became younger. . "Just let him live in the temple temporarily." Yun Kong said.
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After a night's rest, at dawn, the clouds and red leaves disappeared from Mazu Temple again.
As promised, they went to search for King Dipterocarps above the rainforest. It would be easier to search from high altitude than on the ground, because the oldest trees would stand out from the crowd, and their crowns would protrude in a sea of trees.
Every time he found a dipterocarp tree, Yun Kong would cut the tree open to release its strong aroma, allowing the mountain gods and giants to follow the scent to find it.
For the next month, the air ten miles around the Holy Mountain was filled with a strange fragrance.
People also noticed that at night, the red light on the top of the holy mountain became weaker and weaker.
Until one night, the red light disappeared completely.
The dragon that breathed fire at night has since become a legend and has appeared in several versions in later generations.
One version says that a brother and sister stole the dragon balls to cure their mother's illness.
One version says that a clever young man stole the dragon balls and sold them to merchants.
One version is also related to the Chinese emperor.
The mountain gods used dipterocarps king to sacrifice to the volcano god, and used the coolness of dipterocarps to suppress the volcano. They threw several thousand-year-old dipterocarp plants into the volcano in exchange for the calmness of the volcano.
Since then, the volcano has been silent for a long time.
On a rainy afternoon, the clouds around the sacred mountain will slowly pile up, making it look like the mountain is wearing a big hat.
After the holy mountain had been quiet for hundreds of years, the surrounding dipterocarp forest was gradually invaded by humans. The big trees disappeared and the forest shrank. Even the mountain gods were unable to stop these changes.
They were worried that the volcano god would wake up sooner or later.
At least in recent years, I have heard that today, thousands of years later, the volcano god has slowly turned over.
If you write a medical record for a country, then the ten years of the Huangchao Rebellion are equivalent to beating the dying Tang Dynasty. In addition, the court officials (foreign officials) and eunuchs (internal officials) fought against each other. The so-called internal and external pressure: external to external When evil invades, the internal energy and blood will be disordered, and the disease will become terminal. It is only a matter of time before the country will be destroyed.
Huang Chao's general Zhu Wen surrendered to the Tang army and was reused by the court and named Quanzhong.
The Tang Dynasty's emphasis on surrendering generals has been a habit since the founding of the country, because based on past experience, surrendering generals often made great achievements, and it is a good medicine to give the right medicine at the right time. However, things are not permanent, diseases will change, and there is no fixed prescription. Today is different from the past. Zhu Wen began to gain power, and instead became the last strong medicine to push the Tang Dynasty to destruction.
In order to control the emperor, Zhu Quanzhong kept petitioning to move the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang in the east.
Before the situation changed, some sensitive people sensed that the atmosphere was not right and that Chang'an, the capital of the country, was no longer a safe place, so they tried to find a way to leave.
Basically, after people set up household registration, they are not allowed to move at will. However, the system has been corrupted at this time. After spending money to deal with it, Li Youba got a pass for leaving the city. When the city gate asked him why his family left the city, he replied. Said: "There is Daqing in Luoyang, and we are asked to perform. The car is full of performance instruments and props."
The city gate inspection found that it was true, so they let him go. Li Youba took the ox cart and drove the family eastward.
Their household registration is Lehu, that is, performing workers, and their status is particularly low. Unlike civilian households, which can be changed to military households, and military households, which can be changed to civilian households, Lehu are untouchables inherited from generation to generation and are not allowed to change their household registration for life.
The previously smooth road was now in disrepair due to frequent wars. The ox cart was bumpy along the way. After walking for a while, Li Youba had to let his wife and daughter rest, so he turned the ox cart into the woods beside the road and hid in the forest to rest. , so as to avoid the attention of cars and horses on the road.
