Chapter 870 The Origin of the Legend

Author: Erzi Congzhou

Chapter 870 The Origin of the Legend

"This is the only cliff statue of Kublai Khan seen in the country today. The so-called Tartar Granny was actually originally called 'Tatar' because after the weathering of the helmet, the statue became like the image of an old granny, so it was attached to the name Granny."

"Actually, the statue of Maitreya in D'erwo in Anle Mountain is said to be the one that will give birth to a son if you hit it with mud. According to the godfather's research, it should also be a 'Tatar'. Throwing mud at it was originally a common people's act of venting their anger.

Later, it gradually evolved into the custom and legend of 'beating a son to get a son'."

"Ah?" Liang Hong said angrily: "If I hadn't told him earlier, I should have thrown him a few more dollars!"

"They are all cultural relics and should be protected." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "How can they be thrown away?"

"Then what kind of bad guy is he?" Zhang Xinyi discovered that there was a stone carving on a cliff four or five meters away from the statue of Liu Zheng Jiangyuan. The weathering was still very serious, and he could only vaguely distinguish it as a person stretching out his arm and pointing at Liu Zheng's statue.

image.

"This is called the God of Baozi." Xiang Yu introduced: "Our local rural women still come to worship. They regard the one on the left as the mother-in-law who beats children, and the one on the right as the God of Baozi, both of which are related to fertility."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "This man is not a bad guy, nor is he a child-protector, but he is a loyal minister and martyr named Xu Biaosun."

"This statue is called 'Xu Biao Sun Tuo Gu Bao Zi'."

"Xu Biaosun was the son of Xu Yi, a bachelor of Xianmo Pavilion in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the second year of Jingding, when Liu Zheng rebelled, Xu Biaosun was the staff officer of the Sichuan Zhizhi Department. Liu Zheng summoned Xu Biaosun to submit a document and designated Tongguan as the

offer."

"Xu Biaosun said to the envoy: 'This wrist can be broken, but this pen cannot be written.' He closed the door and left his youngest son alone with relatives and friends. The rest, from young to old, were all drugged to death."

"This stone statue has its shoulders hanging down and its left arm stretched out. It points its halberd at Liu Zheng and looks very angry. It holds a 'child' on its forearm, which has now fallen off. This is the scene where Xu Biaosun reprimanded Liu Zheng for his traitorous surrender."

"Did the child survive?" Jiang Shuyi asked in a low voice.

Zhou Zhi sighed: "Actually, the true record in the "History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Xu Biaosun" is that Xu Biaosun committed suicide by closing the door. The legend in the legend of Tuogu Baozi, but the people couldn't bear the death of a loyal minister, so they grafted the story of the Zhao orphan into

It’s just on him.”

Everyone was silent, only Jiang Feng was sobbing beside the cliff carvings, seeming to be writing footnotes to the stories told by Zhou Zhi.

"We want to be grateful for today's peaceful life." He Shiqing looked at the statue that had long been changed beyond recognition and said softly.

"Of course." Zhou Zhi nodded: "I would also like to thank... those who ensure our peaceful life."

Back at home in the "city" on Xiangyu Mountain, everyone sat on the open dam and chatted.

Xiang Yu's mother has already brought rice milk and is making cold cake.

Two large pots of jelly have been prepared on one side.

Jelly is a very simple summer snack. The method is also very simple. Just mix starch into a paste and pour it into boiling water to make a thick transparent paste. Put it in a basin and put it in a water tank to cool down, and then put it on the cutting board.

Go up, use the special perforated iron sheet to scrape off the vermicelli-like jelly, put it in a bowl, add seasonings, and you're ready to eat.

There are many types of starches that can be used to make jelly. Jiachuan generally likes to use pea flour and mung bean flour.

The seasoning is onion, ginger, garlic, coriander, cucumber, shredded mung bean sprouts, soy sauce, sesame oil, red oil, and sweet and sour sauce.

Have two bowls of this in summer. It's spicy, sour and refreshing. It will make you feel as comfortable as you want.

Cold cake is made by mixing rice milk into a paste in a pot, adding lime water and mixing thoroughly, then pouring it into a bowl to solidify, then soaking it in well water to remove the alkali smell, and then pouring on the brown sugar juice.

Xiang Yu's home still has rammed earth walls, which are warm in winter and cool in summer. Everyone sits in a row and leans against the wall, eating jelly, plums and grapes that have been treated with well water, and they don't feel the heat at all.

Looking at the river flowing at the foot of the mountain, Fang Wenyu said: "The pattern of the Song Dynasty has not been opened up after all. If we compare it with the Great Wall, starting from the Yangtze River side, connecting the city wall here, and then connecting it from the other side to the Tuojiang River, we can get a stable city."

The big city.”

"Commander, you are very talented in military affairs. What you are talking about has been thought of by the ancients and practiced."

"Really?" Fang Wenyu was a little proud. Meeting the ancients was always a pleasant thing.

Zhou Zhi held the bowl of jelly and squinted down the mountain: "In the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the attack of the peasant army, another outer layer was built on Longto Mountain in the south of Songcheng - Longtouguan."

"Longtou Pass is seven miles away from the Song City Pool at our feet. The pass wall starts from the Yangtze River in the south, winds up through the top of Longtou Mountain, and then goes down the mountain to the north until it reaches the Tuojiang River. It is almost in line with the plan you mentioned, Marshal."

"The gate wall is close to the Yangtze River and Tuojiang River. There are small gates respectively, and a large gate in the middle, which is today's Longtou Gate."

"The city wall controls the only land passage in the southwest of the peninsula. It runs across Longtou Mountain and is about five kilometers long. It is actually a small Great Wall."

"According to what my godfather found at the foot of the mountain, the "Inscription of the New God's Arm Pass" erected in the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen said: "Longtouguan is the throat of Zhongshan Mountain, and there is no foothold, and only one line can lead to it." The situation is extremely dangerous.

, easy to defend but difficult to attack.”

"The project was presided over by Wu Dengqi, the official in charge of the Sichuan Jingcha Division at the time, who was involved in the political affairs of Xianan Dao. He quoted the records of Guangyu Ji and also provided an important information, that is, the plan was launched when Zhuge Wuhou was established in the world.

'It was newly built on the old site."

"If this legend is true, then the history of Longtouguan can even be pushed back to the Three Kingdoms period."

"Later, Longtouguan collapsed over time. In the second year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhou Xiling, the pastor of Luzhou Department, presided over the reconstruction, and it remains today."

"Since the Ming Dynasty, Longtouguan in the south of Manzhou City, together with Yuchanguan seventy miles north of Manzhou City, have become the choke points of the ancient Changuan Road, the transportation channel between Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

The north and south of Manzhou have an important strategic position."

"The wall is still there? How about we go and have a look?" Fang Wenyu was a little moved.

"Seven miles away from here, there is just a collapsed stone wall, not much to see." Dad Xiang brought cold cakes to everyone. When Fang Wenyu wanted to see the wall, he said, "The sun is so strong in summer, so don't

Let’s go.”

"It's an easy road to follow the ridge." Xiang Yu said, "We boys will go there later and find some good food on the way."

Wei Fei waved his hand: "I'm going to go to you guys. I'm not interested in closing the wall. By the way, since you said so well here, why did Manzhou City move out in the end?"

"It's interesting to talk about this." Zhou Zhi said: "Manzhou was called Sanlu in ancient times, and the state's governance has always changed in three places."

"Yang Shen, a famous scholar in Sichuan, was the one who wrote "The Rolling Water of the Yangtze River Passes East", and he also left a saying that "the name of Sanlu has been falsified through the ages"."

"Yang Sheng'an also wrote about our Manzhou?" Zhang Lu was very interested.

"Well, the name of the poem is "Remembering Autumn in Sickness", 'The green grass in front of Nanding Tower is spring, and there is little dust under the lychee forest. The name of Sanlu has been wronged through the ages, and the two rivers and Tuomin meet the two Tianjins. The merchant ships gather in Qingruo Sea.

, the new orchestra of prostitutes in the red makeup camp. Don’t regret the number of passionate people. Why not hold a candle in the cold night.'"

"Eh? This seems to be for our place."
Chapter completed!