Song Siyuan looked at him and said, "Then why don't we go to the Rat Immortal Temple to have a look? Maybe we can find out what they are hiding?"
Yue Qingshan banged his pipe and nodded and said: "Daughter, if you go to the Mouse Fairy Temple now, people may be waiting for you. This time is just like trying to scare the snake. The Bainuo Dragon King Festival is coming soon. If something goes wrong, there will be complications again. Why not, for the time being? Just wait for the Dragon King Festival and see what they are going to do?"
"That's okay." Then, Song Siyuan looked at Zhu Fushun and his wife: "Brother Zhu, Sister Ma, I want to ask you one more thing. Find out for us why the Dongting water bandits have not touched the jade hook for three hundred years. island."
"Sister? Do you suspect there is something hidden under Yugou Island?"
Ma Yanghua pondered the meaning of her words and spoke.
Song Siyuan nodded seriously and said: "Yes, I think these two things are too strange. There are so many islands in Broken Island, why did the Rat Immortal Temple build this place? Is it just because this island is the center of Broken Island? I can't see it either. , the most important thing is that the strange things in this temple are obviously caused by people from the Golden Rat Society, so it is too coincidental that the Rat Immortal Temple is located on Yugou Island."
"You're saying that the Golden Rat Society is probably colluding with the Dongting Water Bandits?"
Yue Guanchao smelled the meaning of Song Siyuan's words, figured out the deep meaning, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Zhu Fushun's face was full of disbelief: "This is impossible. It has been fifty or sixty years since the Dongting water bandits came ashore. Who would still do such a business? What is the purpose of walking together with the Golden Rat?"
"The picture is probably what's under Yugou Island."
Song Siyuan looked at everyone: "It's rare that no one has touched the ground on Yugou Island for three hundred years. Going a little further, I don't know who built this island. He can conquer the heavens and create it for his own use. It shows that he is a powerful person. Maybe , this island itself is the biggest secret, if some water bandits also realize this, guess what they will do?"
Mentioning this point, everyone seemed to have flashes of lightning in their minds, exploding with fireworks, and said in unison: "The Golden Rat Society is good at digging graves. If the water bandit camp covets the secrets of Yugou Island, they will definitely cooperate with the Golden Rat Society."
Song Siyuan continued to guess: "Yes, the Water Bandits Camp has not excavated Yugou Island for three hundred years, probably just because they did not have the technology. If they had the technology, they would have excavated Yugou Island long ago. Now, the Golden Rat Club and the Water Bandits The battalion hooked up and found a helper. It is completely logical that the water bandit battalion really wants to move Yugou Island."
She paused and gradually explained her understanding of the situation: "Looking at it this way, we can also understand why the Golden Rats would play tricks in the Rat Fairy Temple. The purpose is to cover up their behavior of digging graves. At the same time, it can also Relying on the Rat Fairy to worship the moon to hide people's eyes and ears, so as to continue to create the terrifying legend of the Rat Fairy seeking his life."
"It's just that all this is my speculation. There is no evidence to prove my speculation. I want Brother Zhu to find the rumors about Yugou Island for us. I just want to deduce the behavior of these people from the results level. No. I know, Brother Zhu, is it inconvenient for you?"
Zhu Fushun did not hesitate, nodded to her and said: "I'll check these things for you. There's no problem. I also want to see if there are still those Dongting water bandits who are still evil."
"But I still don't understand. If they just wanted to keep it a secret, couldn't they just dig up Yugou Island behind their backs? Why would they kill innocent people? Isn't there three hundred taels of silver in this place?" Xu Xiake interjected.
"We really can't understand this at the moment. Maybe there will be a conclusion after the Bainuo Dragon King Festival."
Song Siyuan's words made everyone understand that the Golden Rat Club and the Dongting Water Bandits were in cahoots. They were already on the same page. Maybe there were other secrets hidden under Yugou Island. They couldn't come up with any results from their discussion at the moment, so they had to first Return to the inn.
For the next three or four days, they became quiet, waiting for the Bainuo Dragon King Festival to arrive.
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During Grain Rain season, the sun is warm and the wind is gentle.
The Bainuo Dragon King Festival arrived as scheduled, and the Longjun Temple accepted the people's sacrifice. Not only it was a big event in Yueyang City, but also along the Dongting Lake, it was considered a great temple gathering.
On this day, the people of Yueyang City and the villagers near Dongting Lake got up early and picked up their dragon flags, paper bundles, and ingots and rushed to Longjun Island. During this period, various means of transportation such as horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, sedan chairs, etc. They all set out on the road and blocked the west side of the city.
If there are well-established rural gentry, most of them will go directly to Longjun Island by Dongting Waterway, and sail across the lake with thousands of sails on a painted boat, marching mightily on the spring lake.
At this time, the red sun shines thinly, reflecting on the rivers and lakes, making the water surface float with golden and silent shadows, like gold and silver broken into pieces, flowing quietly towards the line connecting the paddy fields.
If you stand on the cabin and look to the northwest, you can see Junshan Town and Longwang Town spread out near Junshan, each stretching out bustling towns. Longjun Tower is towering, set among the green tents and shrubs, with birds passing over the top of the tower, and the blue sky. High and broad without clouds.
At this moment, the town is noisy with gongs and drums, firecrackers are blasting, lanterns are decorated, and carriages and horses are noisy. Even the area around Longjun Temple is bustling with activity. Three religions, nine streams, and hundreds of businesses gather nearby, and the jugglers and vendors walking in the streets are busy. The soldiers each shouted loudly, which was very lively.
Of course, anyone who wanders aimlessly outside to attend the temple fair is considered a general public. In addition to the spontaneous participation of the people in such a grand event, people from the government will also come to deliver speeches at the temple fair, pretending to be in compliance with the people's wishes.
In the huge square in front of Longjun Temple, you can see that among the crowded people, there is always an open space where no one walks. This is the main venue of Longjun Folk Temple Fair, which is also the place of worship.
As early as the night before yesterday, even the Dragon King Temple was completely emptied here. No common people were allowed to stay or vendors to set up stalls. Such a strict inspection was of course because the dignitaries were coming to participate in the Dragon King Ceremony. It also had another important purpose, that is Prevent someone from ambushing the temple in advance to cause damage.
After all, the Dragon King Festival is a grand event in Yueyang. Even if you don't think about the common people, you still have to think about the dignitaries who are participating. If they suffer disaster near Junshan, it will be considered a dereliction of duty by Junshan Town.
On the day of the Dragon King Festival, only this area was surrounded by yellow tape. The Yueyang Political Yuan was afraid of problems, so they directly sent a group of rural warriors to surround the area with a fence, completely separating the crowd from the ceremony venue.
At this moment, the floor of the spacious square in front of Longjun Temple was clean and covered with bluestone slabs. White-curtained arbors had been erected on the left and right sides, each of which was more than ten meters tall. It was filled with tables, chairs, sofas, tea and snacks.
If you go to the front gate of Longjun Temple and walk to the end of the lake, you can see a temporary "T" shaped pallet. At the end of this pallet, there is a huge 15-meter-long and 8-meter-wide wooden platform made of thin wooden boards. I don’t know what the treasure ship is used for.
Some people died, but not completely...
