It’s not surprising to feel trance-like.
After all, asking Erlang to worship Erlang God always made him feel a little confused in time and space.
This Erwang Temple still looks majestic despite repairs by successive dynasties. In the temple, the stairs turn back and forth, the pavilions and halls are intertwined, and the red eaves are flying on the pavilions.
Water control mottos such as "Deep the beach and build a weir low"; "When you meet the bay and cut off the corners, extend the straight and draw the heart" are carved into the walls of the Erwang Temple.
The old man said that the temple fair to commemorate Erlang would involve singing for a while, and when it was over, he would take him to the current Dujiangyan Scenic Area for a walk.
Erlang simply took off his conspicuous silver armor and gave it to the old man.
A man walked slowly in the temple that was now full of Taoist atmosphere, looking at this place that was very special to him.
After a while, he plunged into the main hall with clear goals.
The main hall consists of Li Bing Hall and Erlang Hall, one in front and one behind. The eaves of the building are full of famous quotes about water control.
The statue of his father Li Bing is located among them.
Erlang looked at it for a few times, then shook his head and left.
I felt a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.
The statue of his father Li Bing is beautifully carved, but unfortunately it looks nothing like his real appearance.
Although Erlang was a little disappointed that he could not meet again across the distance of time and space, he understood this situation.
The next target is naturally Erlang Palace.
Opposite the Erlang Hall is a stage, and the old man is directing a group of opera troupes to perform on the stage.
Erlang subconsciously stopped and looked at the drama being sung on the stage.
A tourist group nearby also stopped, and the leading tour guide began to preach: "In front is the Erlang Hall, where the Erlang God is enshrined."
"The performance on this stage is to commemorate Erlang's Christmas, which is today, the 24th of the sixth lunar month."
"Everyone knows Erlang Shen, right? He was the one who bit the Monkey King like a dog."
As the tour guide began to explain, the tourists around him subconsciously became quiet, and then started chattering about Erlang Shen.
Only Erlang himself, who was standing aside, couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Why did the old man refer to Erlang Shen as a dog that bites people, and the tour guide also said that he unleashed a dog to bite people when he mentioned Erlang Shen.
He is obviously so tall, mighty, handsome and handsome. What kind of god did later generations turn him into in various sung songs? Can Yongzhou take care of it in the future?
The memory of controlling the water, the memory of Yong Zhou, and the memory forced upon him by the myth are all somewhat fragmented.
He really has no memory of the fact that he let the dog bite people.
However, the vague mythological beliefs did have many magical effects on him in a higher spiritual state.
Not only did it cause strange changes in many of the spells he had learned from Yong Zhou, it also made him actually have a thin dog made of paper in his arms at the moment, which he could throw out at any time and turn into a divine dog.
Therefore, although Erlang had no choice but to completely refute the matter of letting dogs bite people.
In silence, Erlang decided that when the contemporary leaders came to take him home, he must ask what the so-called Erlang God looked like.
In addition, the notes that the little girls stuffed into him also made him more curious about what the strange symbols on them meant. He would also ask the contemporary leaders about it when the time comes.
While Erlang was deep in thought, the tour guide spoke again: "Of course, those are all further adaptations of the myths and legends sung by later generations."
"There are more myths and legends about Erlang near Dujiangyan."
"There is a classical building complex at the northern end of Dujiangyan called Fulong Temple. Baopingkou, the water diversion point of the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, is right below Fulong Temple."
"According to legend, that's where God Erlang surrendered the evil dragon, and the evil dragon was locked in the deep pool below..."
When the tour guide saw that the tourists had almost finished their discussion, he decisively told another story, successfully making the tourists around him quiet down and listen to his story.
After Erlang listened for a while, he chuckled, shook his head, and slowly left here towards the Erlang Palace not far away.
The story of Erlang Shen subduing the evil dragon is indeed true, although the process that the tour guide later vividly recounted was far from the truth.
The truth of the story is that not long after he finished water control and joined Yongzhi, an abyss monster that looked like an evil dragon wreaked havoc on the world.
The one who was ordered to capture was an entire Yongju combat team, not just him.
However, he was extremely talented in his training and performed extremely well in that battle. He jumped into the river with a knife and fought with the evil dragon for seventy-seven or forty-nine rounds.
The monster was not sealed, but was directly dealt with on the spot.
Later, after everything is over.
The Yongju members who acted together at that time followed their usual practice and blurred the memories of nearby people who witnessed the scene.
Since then, this myth has been passed down in history.
It has gone through various compilations and magical changes over the years, and the vague memories of these people may also be the origin of the myth of Erlang Shen.
Recalling the part about slaying the dragon that was rarely clear in the fragmented memories, Erlang's thoughts couldn't help but wander a little.
Today is still an era of peace and prosperity.
The fireworks coming all the way can tell that the people are still living and working in peace and contentment.
But since he has a hidden background, he is recalled by contemporary leaders.
This means that now the abyss has begun its coveting and erosion again, and the new generation Yong Zhou needs him at this moment.
Thinking about it, Erlang came to Erlang Hall.
Let’s not talk about the statue of the roaring dog at the entrance of the temple.
Just looking at the strangely tilted statue in the center of the hall, Erlang had a thousand things to say in his heart, but he didn't know how to speak.
It seems that just like the old priest of Erwang Temple who was so unruly that he dared to take off the clothes of the statue, the statue of Erlang God in Erlang Temple also has a strange and unorthodox style of painting.
He didn't know that this was because Dayu damaged one of his legs because of his concentration on water control, so he made the statue with his right leg resting on his left leg, intending to compare Li Erzi's achievements with Dayu's.
Erlang only knew that this strange sitting posture was really strange and should not appear on the statue.
What kind of ruffian god is this?
This indecent gesture will not be named after him in the future, right? Erlang legs?
That's too shameful, right? !
This feeling of traveling to a thousand years later and finding out that you are enshrined as a god, but the statue of the god is your ultimate ugly photo, is simply too shameful.
He didn't understand social death, but he knew that he had a very strange feeling now.
In silence, Erlang didn't know what to say.
It wasn't until a dark, profound yet strangely familiar aura came from his spiritual perception that Erlang finally came back to his senses.
Breath of the abyss? !
First shocked, then calmed down.
Yes, that's not surprising.
If the abyss had not eroded again, why would the contemporary leader recall him as a heroic spirit?
“It’s almost time to revisit the old place.”
"It's time to do what you should do."
Erlang looked seriously in the direction of the Minjiang River facing the Erwang Temple, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the walls of the Erwang Temple.
(End of chapter)
