"After many years of separation, it feels like a lifetime ago. I wanted to see all my brothers and sisters again, but unexpectedly, the world was so rough that it was hard for us to meet even half of them. To be honest, they were all sins caused by the Golden Rat Society. I wish all my brothers and sisters a happy life. "Yue Qingshan picked up a stick of incense and bowed his head forward. The saddest thing in the world is nothing more than giving away black and white in vain. The living have long been in mourning. These people are much younger than him, but they died thirty or forty years ago. When he passed away, the five memorial tablets were lined up, making it even more tragic.
Even a rough person like Yue Qingshan couldn't help but shed tears at the scene. Luo Shiniang had been holding back her tears until now, and her eyelids finally burst and tears rolled down her face.
When they were about to leave, there was a loud banging on the stairs, and the waiter walked into the hall impatiently: "Master, there are a lot of black-hatted dogs outside." Black-hatted dogs are what people in the world call the officers and soldiers of the Public Security Department. Most of the people were dressed in black cloth uniforms, hats, and leggings, with long poles and muzzles slung behind their backs, just like running dogs wearing black hats.
Luo Shiniang walked to the window and saw the security guards coming from the street to the teahouse. Her calm expression suddenly returned to the coldness of the blade.
"Second brother, third brother, did you recruit these people?"... Two flowers bloomed in Yueyang City, Dongting Lake, and Yueyang Tower, one on each side. When Yue Guanchao and the others were listening to Kunqu opera in Huihe Hall, Song Siyuan was also taken by Zhu Fushun. Go to Yueyang Tower.
As mentioned earlier, the Yueyang Tower is a thousand-year-old building. Not only has it been burned down in the past dynasties, but it has also been rebuilt near the original site. The current Yueyang Tower was also destroyed three years ago, and then funds were allocated to rebuild it and restore it to its current appearance.
Qingtong Inn is not far from Dongting Lake, but it still has to be walked for a while. When you see the cornices high up, you are already near Dongting Lake.
The Yueyang Tower is located on the west gate of Yueyang City. Beyond it is the vast expanse of Dongting Lake. Approaching this pavilion, you can see the symmetry of the central axis and the ingenious workmanship. The top of the helmet slowly extends from top to bottom, with auspicious clouds lingering and dragons and phoenixes appearing. , four beams running through the top, contrasting with the landscape and towers in the distance.
Climb the tower and look into the distance. The pavilions are surrounded by lush green plants and the mansions are neatly arranged. You can see the Dongting below and Junshan in front. You can see the vastness in all directions, with thousands of sails racing across the river and the roar of giant ships.
"Sister-in-law Yanghua, since this building is so easy to burn down, isn't it a bit too dangerous to preserve local chronicles here?" Song Siyuan walked to the front of the building, visible to the left and right.
"The water and the sky are the same color, the wind and the moon are boundless", few people came in and out, only a few scholars with gold-rimmed glasses in gray and black civilized clothes came in and out.
"I don't know. Anyway, we probably thought about this when we were chatting. I feel like it's for town building?"
"Suppression of the building?" Yue Erpao became curious, and even Xu Xiake became more energetic, saying that suppression must be accompanied by evil spirits.
Ma Yanghua's face became mysterious: "Yes, didn't I tell you about that jingle before? The river monster is suppressed under the White Fish Tower, the Dragon King sleeps in Dongting Lake, tall buildings rise in Yueyang City, the prince is buried on Kamakura Mountain, nearby Many people believe that there are water monsters in Dongting Lake, and the Yueyang Tower was built in the past dynasties to suppress the water monsters and prevent them from causing harm to the people."
"But, have you really seen a water monster?" Xu Xiake looked at Dongting Lake. If the water monster is real, it would make sense. This is the largest lake in the southwest.
Zhu Fushun interjected and said: "I have never seen it, but some fishermen have seen dragon turtles appearing in the lake!"
"Long Ao?" Everyone's curiosity was piqued by this couple. What is Longao? No matter all over the world, there are tens of millions of aquatic people, and all of them are the sons and grandsons of the Dragon King. However, these aquatic people are too inferior and ordinary to be called dragons for the time being.
There is a saying that golden scales are not like things in the pond. They turn into dragons when encountering storms. As long as the prefix of dragon can be added to the name, most of them already have it.
"Dragon elephant", the so-called dragon elephant, does not mean that it is really like a dragon with eagle eyes, snake belly, bull ears and crocodile nose, but that it is a monster of its own kind, and its appearance is completely different from the same kind.
Just like a carp grows golden scales, a water snake grows horns, and a loach grows dragon whiskers. This turtle refers to the big turtle or turtle in the water, and its dragon elephant grows a dragon head and a carp tail.
It is said that dragon turtles come in different sizes, the largest can be as large as an island, and the smallest can be as large as a carriage. The huge turtle shell is covered with star patterns. It can be seen that the plesiosaur head protrudes from the turtle shell, probably like a horned dragon, with fangs gathered together and horns. Standing on its head, its eyes are like eagle eyes, its head is covered with thorns and pimples, and its body is covered with scales from sharp claws and limbs to a carp tail several meters long.
Rumor has it that Long Ao can float on water not by swimming, but by walking directly on the water similar to Lingbo Weibu. Even if it is floating on water, it can carry thousands of pounds and drag thousands of pounds, as if walking on flat ground effortlessly.
Baxia, also known as Bixi, among the nine sons of the dragon, is based on the dragon Ao. Even Xuanwu, one of the four mythical beasts, also incorporates part of its long-tailed image.
"This has to be said several generations ago. The river monster under the White Fish Tower is talking about this thousand-year-old dragon." Everyone has heard the two of them mention this legend, but since the White Fish Tower on Zhongzhou has been established The fishermen they mentioned just now saw the dragon turtle, which probably only appeared in the past few years. Song Siyuan asked: "Hasn't the dragon turtle been suppressed, can it still escape?" Ma Yanghua retorted: "It is true that the Dragon King suppressed the Dragon Turtle, but the Dragon Turtle has lived for thousands of years, and it is also a right thing to do. It will not die just because of being suppressed. If it encounters the Dragon King sleeping, it will He will still drag the chain out to make trouble, but he will never be able to leave Zhongzhou Island."
"If there are fishermen approaching Zhongzhou Island, they will indeed see a huge black shadow lurking under the water near Zhongzhou Island. If they are lucky, they can also see the dragon's roar." Afterwards, everyone went up to Dongting Lake and detoured to the Yueyang Tower to overlook Dongting Lake.
Ma Yanghua continued: "Look at Suiye Island and Yueyang Tower, is there a Zhongzhou Island? There was a White Fish Tower on this island originally. It was swallowed up by the flood three years ago. It has not been found yet, and it has not been found yet. It was at that time that a fishing boat saw the dragon's turtle emerging from the water, and it was said that its head alone was bigger than the water tank, which was very scary."
"People say that the flood in Dongting Lake was the result of a battle between the Dragon Prince and Long Ao. In the end, both failed to win and ended in a disastrous defeat. Of course, Long Ao broke free from the dragon's horns and escaped."
"Fortunately, with the Yueyang Tower in charge, Long Ao couldn't get to the shore and could only sneak in the lake. Without this Yueyang Tower, it would be hard to say." She paused and her tone became more mysterious: "I'm not talking nonsense. Rebuilding The Yueyang Tower happened to be flooded not long ago, and the suppression inscription in the Yueyang Tower was written by Taoist Jin and Monk Hua using Buddhist and Taoist scriptures. After writing, the water in Dongting Lake receded again."
"Really?" Song Siyuan was extremely curious.
"You will know if you take a look. They are all upstairs in Yueyang Tower anyway."
