On this piece of yellow paper, someone has circled a short paragraph. Read it carefully, but it is as follows:
explain:
At the age of Ding Chou, Zhenyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Li Gongzuo of Longxi went to Xiaoxiang and Cangwu. He happened to meet Yang Heng, who was engaged in agricultural work in Zhengnan, and parked his boat on the ancient bank. He left a Buddhist temple in the water and the moon floated in the sky over the river. He told strange stories about Zhengnan.
Yang Gaogong Zuo said: In the middle of Yongtai, when Li Tang was serving as the governor of Chuzhou, there were fishermen fishing at night under Turtle Mountain. The fish was caught by the fish and could not come back. The fisherman was strong in the water and sank fifty feet below.
He saw a big iron lock coiling around the foot of the mountain, but he couldn't find the end. So he told Tang, who ordered dozens of fishermen and people who could swim to catch the lock, but he couldn't stop it. He added more than fifty oxen, and the lock vibrated, and it stopped a little.
shore.
There was no wind and waves, and the waves were rolling, and the onlookers were horrified. At the end of the lock, they saw a beast, which looked like an ape, with a white head and a long whisker, snow teeth and golden claws. It rushed ashore and was about five feet high. It crouched like an ape.
But his eyes could not be opened, and he seemed to be in a daze. His eyes and nose had water flowing like springs, and his saliva was fishy and foul, and no one could approach him.
After a long time, he stretched his neck and crouched, his eyes suddenly opened, and the light was as bright as lightning. He looked at the person and was about to get angry. The spectators ran away. The beast also slowly led the chain and dragged the cow into the water, but did not come back. At that time, there were many famous people in Chu.
He and Tang looked at each other in astonishment and didn't know the reason.
At that time, the fisherman knew where the lock was, and the beast was no longer seen.
In the winter of the eighth year of Emperor Yuanhe's reign, Gongzuo sent a farewell gift from Changzhou to Meng Rui who was about to arrive at Zhu Fang. Lian envoy Xue Gongping's pavilion received the gift. At that time, Fufeng Ma Zhi, Fan Yang, Lu Jianneng, and Hedong Pei Yu were all in the same pavilion, surrounding the furnace.
At the end of the meeting, Gong Zuo resumed his previous affairs, just as Yang said.
In the spring of the ninth year, Gongzuo visited ancient Soochow. He went to Xifan Dongting from the prefect Yuan Gong, climbed Mount Bao, stayed at the Taoist Zhou Jiaojun's house, entered the Ling Cave, explored immortal books, and found the eighth volume of the ancient "Yuedu Jing" in the cave.
The writing is odd, the ordering has been corrupted, and it cannot be deciphered.
Gong Zuo and Jiao Jun read it in detail: "Yu managed the water, and on the third day he reached Tongbai Mountain, there was a trembling wind and thunder, the rocks and trees rang, Kui Long Tu Bo supported the river, the old man suppressed the troops, and his achievements could not be achieved. Yu was angry and summoned
Bai Ling, ordered Genglong, Tongbai and other mountain kings to ask for orders. Yu imprisoned the Hongmeng family, Zhang Shang family, Doulu family and Lilou family. He was named Wuzhi Qi, the god of the Huaiwo River. He was good at speaking and distinguishing between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.
Shallow and deep, the original hei is far and near, shaped like an ape, with a shrunken nose and a high forehead, a green body and a white head, golden eyes and snowy teeth, a neck stretched a hundred feet, with more strength than nine elephants, fighting, leaping and running, light and sudden, hearing and seeing cannot last long.
Yu taught children's laws, which cannot be controlled; he taught ebony, which cannot be controlled; he taught Gengchen, which can be controlled.
Drive away, with a big rope tied around your neck, a golden bell pierced through your nose, and move to the foot of Turtle Mountain in Huaiyin, so that the Huaihe River can flow into the sea forever. After Gengchen, all those who follow this pattern will avoid the wind and rain of the Huaiyin River."
This ancient text is quite simple, and its general meaning is that there was a fisherman fishing on the river, and the fishhook got stuck underwater and could not come out. So, the man took advantage of his good water quality and directly sank into the water, diving in in one breath.
Fifty "zhang" (that is, more than 160 meters), he saw a very thick iron chain coiled at the foot of the mountain under the water. The man was surprised, so he went back and told the chief executive at the time.
, I asked a group of people to come over and have a look. As a result, dozens of people couldn’t pull up the iron chain even though they tried their best. Later, they took fifty more twists to fish the iron chain out of the water, but as the iron chain
The chain stretched longer and longer, and there was no wind or waves on the water. Everyone felt a little bottomless when they saw it. It was scary and scary. When it was pulled up, a little monster was pulled out from the bottom of the water.
This monster looks like an ape, with a white head, a long beard, snow-white tusks and golden claws. As soon as he was pulled to the shore, he was over five feet tall (that is, sixteen to seven meters tall)
, he squatted like a monkey, but after soaking in the water for a long time, he could not open his eyes. There was a stream of water in his mouth and nose, and the fishy smell was so offensive that it was difficult for ordinary people to get close to him.
After a long while, this guy gradually woke up. When he opened his eyes, they shined like light bulbs. When he saw everyone, he looked like he was about to get angry. When everyone saw them, they ran away quickly.
, but no one took care of those wild bulls in the hurry, and they were all dragged into the water by the monster. After that, the beast seemed to disappear and never came out again.
This matter happened for a long time, and I still had no clue. Until one time, someone found an ancient book called "Yuedu Jing" in a cave. The words in this book were obscure and difficult to decipher. At first glance, they were left over from ancient times.
Things, and after a long time, the writing on it was not clear. I put it together and studied it carefully for a long time before I realized that it turned out that there was a very interesting story recorded on it.
The protagonist of the story is called Dayu. When Dayu was ordered to control the floods, he visited Tongbai Mountain three times. However, every time in Tongbai Mountain, there were strong winds, lightning and thunder, and there was an invisible violent force in the dark.
Prevent Dayu from starting work to control floods.
Dayu was a man who had seen the world and was considered a demigod himself (more on that later). He knew that in this situation he must have encountered a monster, so he was very angry and summoned all kinds of god generals who could give orders.
I held a meeting with various tribal leaders, and after some discussions, everyone felt that Kui Long should be allowed to eliminate the evildoers. However, what is strange is that at this time, the tribal leaders of Tongbai Mountain and nearby mountains were afraid of fighting between the two sides.
When the war started and harmed themselves, they all showed fear and begged Yu to take back the order to eliminate the demons.
Seeing that the Hongmeng clan, Shangzhang clan, Doulu clan, Lilou clan and other tribal leaders were timid in the face of the battle and unwilling to contribute, Yu knew that these people must know the details of the monsters. Seeing that they did not dare to tell them, he directly sent these people to
They were all locked up. After a long time of using both soft and hard tactics, they finally found out: It turned out that the monster they were protecting was the Huaiwo water monster - Wuzhi Qi.
Wuzhiqi is eloquent and knows the depth of the rivers and Huaihe Rivers, as well as the height and distance of the terrain. He looks like an ape, with a pinched nose and a high forehead, a green body and a white head, golden eyes and snowy teeth. When he stretches his neck, he seems to have a hundred
He is feet long and stronger than a nine-headed elephant. Whether fighting, jumping or running fast, he is very agile and often disappears in the blink of an eye.
In order to deal with it, Yu successively sent two heavenly generals, Tong Lu and Wu Mu, to fight. However, the other side had great magical powers and neither of the two generals were opponents. Yu had no choice but to send the most powerful Gengchen to fight. After many hardships,
Only then did Ku capture Wuzhi Qi. At this time, thousands of monsters such as Oupipi, Huan Hu, Mu Mei, Shui Ling, mountain monsters, stone monsters, etc., saw Wuzhi Qi being captured and rushed up with shouts.
, want to snatch Wuzhi Qi away.
When Gengchen saw it, he waved his Square Heavenly Halberd and together with the gods dispersed the little demons, he locked Wuzhiqi's neck with a large iron chain, put copper bells through his nostrils, and pressed him to the turtle south of the Huaihe River.
After reflecting carefully at the foot of the mountain, and after everything was done, Yu's flood control work in Tongbai Mountain was able to proceed smoothly.