Chapter 21 Introduction (Two)
Jishui County, February dragon raises its head
Liu Tong said in "A Brief Scenery of the Emperor's Capital": "On February 2nd, the dragon raised his head and fryed the New Year's Day to celebrate the rest of the cakes, smoked the bed and kang, and said, "Fumigation insects," it means that the dragon will not come out."
The dragon does not raise its head and does not rain. The dragon is auspicious and the master of weathering and rain.
Spring rain is as precious as oil. People pray that the dragon raises its head and makes clouds come into rain to nourish all things.
At the same time, February 2 is around the corner of the Waking of Insects, all insects are movable and epidemics are easy to arise. People also pray that the dragon will raise its head and calm the poisonous insects and reduce disasters.
Although the land has not been officially distributed, after more than half a year, thousands of households in the county, except for the bandits who were taken, have been obeyed. After half a year of sufficient food, they have also removed their hunger.
The dragon raised its head was originally a ceremony to worship the Dragon God. In front of the Dragon Girl Temple, a large group of people lined up to burn incense to the Dragon Girl and sacrificed it with date cake.
"Please let the dragon girl show her spirit and rain here!"
"Dragon Girl, please show your spirit! Please rain down to protect our crops from surviving!"
"Dragon Girl, my child and I have been separated for more than half a year. His father and I miss him very much. Please ask Goddess Dragon to bless him to come back alive!"
In the Dragon Girl Temple, incense was lingering, and people were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing in front of the Dragon Girl, and there were people who cried, those who silently recited their wishes, those who begged for rain, and those who vented their dissatisfaction and pain. The scene was really lively.
Xue Yuan stood on a high place with a few civil servants and even medical officials, watching. He used to be simple in his clothes, but now he is very particular in his clothes. Although it is not luxurious, his clothes were washed clean, ironed flat, and had a quiet expression. He looked down at the bottom for a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief.
For more than half a year, everything has just begun to flourish. Xue Yuan has presided over it. He is basically healthy and has put in countless efforts and has gained a lot of talents.
"The country's major events are only sacrifices and wars!" Xue Yuan looked at the scene in front of him and said with emotion.
"There are so many people coming. Is this dragon girl really so respected?" Behind, the bench also came out today. He used his initial medical skills and became a single doctor, which was equivalent to the status of a singular doctor. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but look shocked.
"This is just a kind of spiritual sustenance for people. If they are truly respected, they will not have stopped the incense for so long." A civil servant approaching him chuckled and revealed the truth.
"Yes, but is it really useful to ask for it like this?" asked the bench. He was young and didn't know about it.
"Don't talk nonsense, gods should not be blasphemed, you can not worship, you can not talk nonsense." His parents patted and said.
The father of the bench once closed the mountain and almost died of starvation when he was frozen and hungry. Later, he ran to a mountain temple to hide for a night. At that time, looking at the old statue of the god, he cried bitterly, kowtowed to the gods, and cried loudly. Later, he survived the heavy snow, so he was in awe of the gods.
"May this Dragon Jurchen protect us!" said the bench, the incense scent floating in the air was very strong. After standing here for a long time, several people couldn't stand it anymore.
Whether you believe in the existence of the Dragon God or not, at least you have to admit that with this dragon girl, the people seem to have spiritual sustenance, and as if they have a little hope for the future, as if they suddenly grasp a life-saving straw in the sea.
Don’t worry about whether this straw can really lift people up, but it is enough to inspire people’s hope.
Xue Yuan listened to the discussion behind him, without saying a word, and showed a smile.
At this moment, suddenly, dark clouds were shrouded in the air. After a moment, the drizzle fell down and suddenly, the people were in a state of uproar.
"The dragon girl has appeared!"
"The dragon girl has appeared!"
Xue Yuan and others looked at the people who were worshiping God more and more sincerely, and couldn't help but look at each other.
"It's really raining!" The bench murmured.
Everyone was laughed when they said this. Xue Yuan looked at it for a while before he couldn't help but laugh: "Spring rain is as expensive as oil. This is a good thing, but the spring rain is very cold, so let's go to drink!"
Lai Tongyu also said with a smile: "Yes, the spring rain is very cold. Today, the yamen is on holiday, so we invite everyone to have a drink together."
The leaders of the two county government offices said this, and everyone agreed.
After walking for a while, I arrived at a hotel. The hotel was undoubtedly newly opened. The restaurant was very small. If you look carefully, there was a table below and a kitchen on the east side.
Everyone sat down and saw a middle-aged man coming up and said with a smile: "Everyone is here, what dish do you want to order?"
"What kind of dishes do you have here?"
"Hey, there are only some pork liver, carp, and fresh meat. I'll make do with you a table and get some wine." There are only a dozen people with civil servants. Everyone sat in three tables.
First, they put on the small red mud stove, and everyone poured three pots and put them on the fire to warm them. After a while, they gushes and swelled endlessly, and the faint fragrance of wine filled the room.
With the wine, the crowd immediately became jubilant. Someone first served the wine for Xue Yuan and Lai Tongyu, and then poured everyone a bowl. At this time, the store served three kilograms of cooked meat slices, made three large plates, and placed them on three tables.
In the kitchen, the aroma of meat and fish spread, making everyone drool. After a while, the carp, pork liver, and some roasted goods were brought up. Everyone was overjoyed, but they all respected Xue Yuan first and then Lai Tongyu.
"Everyone, come and have a drink!" Huai looked around, and everyone hugged him, and he shouted and responded. Xue Yuan sighed, raised his glass and drank it all, and said, "Our grace has made everyone have this day. Let's have a drink for you!"
Lai Tongyu smiled and raised his glass, saying, "What I mean is that it is all the grace of the adults. The adults are not from Jiuliu County. We must do our best to protect this foundation!"
As soon as he said this, Lai Tongyu smiled and said, "Look at my mouth, come on, don't ask more."
After saying that, I couldn't help but smile.
Everyone was ordering, drinking wine, listening to the drizzle outside, and drinking until two o'clock in the afternoon before it gradually dissipated.
In a blink of an eye, the dusk was shrouded in it, and it seemed extremely quiet.
Except for the patrol soldiers, people were already asleep, and there were darkness everywhere.
In the Longnu Temple in the east of the city, a large-scale public sacrifice had just been held during the day. At this time, the incense smelled extremely strong in the air.
In the hall, the incense in the incense burner was almost burning out, and the three incense heads were shining light, jumping one by one, and in the darkness, it looked a little weird.
This temple, which has been silent for many years, was once again revitalized by this rare opportunity.
The beautiful dragon girl on the platform looked into the distance, as if she was waiting for something.
However, even though it is vividly portrayed by people, it is a mud-shaped body. The smile on its face is somewhat stiffer and its eyes are even more empty. However, when the people sacrifice it, they don’t care about these things. After all, what they want is just a spiritual comfort.
On this night, unlike the peaceful Dragon Girl Temple, the Jishui River located between the county and the capital city, has something unusual.
Jishui River used to have many names. After thousands of years of transformation, its original name has long been forgotten by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Now, its name is Jishui River.
From the beginning to now, in people's impression, Jishui River has been flowing like this. Because of the rapid river, even if there are those familiar with the water nature, no one dares to sneak into the bottom of the river to find out what's going on.
At this moment, when the night is late and people are quiet and everything is lonely, waves are beginning to roll on the river surface of the Jishui River.
From the beginning to the big waves more than one meter high, there was no wind or wave. This happened on the river covered by night, showing some weirdness.
At this moment, the originally bright moon was suddenly blocked by a dark cloud, and then, between heaven and earth, it fell into a brief darkness.
However, at this time, the water of Jishui River slowly calmed down.
When the bright moon poked out from the dark clouds again, a moonlight suddenly shot straight into the river from the sky, and the landing point was the center of the river.
It seemed like a passage of light. This light penetrated from the river surface to the bottom of the water. The other end of the light was blocked by a large shadow at the bottom of the river.
When the moonlight touched the shadow for a few seconds, the shadow suddenly burst out with dazzling light, showing its true appearance.
If any man can reach the bottom of the river and watch it, he will be surprised.
This is a space. If it is real, it is not like it. The water flows through it and is not blocked. If it is a phantom, the building is similar to crystal, glowing slightly, and at this time, thousands of fish are queuing for worship.
This building is not big, if you look closely, you will find that it is actually very destructive.
There is only one room in the entire building, one very huge room.
The room is extremely simple to arrange, but there are no tables, chairs, benches, etc. in extremely smooth materials.
If it is just like this, it would be pretty good. I don’t know if it’s because it hasn’t been cleaned for too long, or if a hard object hits the building. There are several large holes near the door, destroying the overall beauty of the palace.
The many dirt in the corners make people feel like they are covered with dust.
Although this dilapidated hall is huge, the room does not appear empty because of the existence of an object. On the contrary, the entire body of the object is almost filled with half of the hall, which is still under the premise that it is plated without stretching.
A huge head was placed in the middle of the curled body at this time. It was obvious that it was covered with scales and had beards. Because it was curled up, it could not see how many claws it had. However, it was obviously a dragon.
Like the main hall, it always feels that it is not a physical body, and it is looming. It is curled up on the ground, and its body is also slightly undulating with rhythm. The light on the scales is a little weak and looks very weak.
Chapter completed!