In the 24th year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Dragon appeared in Chishui, Wuyang, soaring in the sky for nine days. A temple and monument were built for this purpose.
In the first year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, two dragons, one black and one white, appeared on Longshan. King Murong Huang of Yan led his ministers to hold a grand ceremony of the country two hundred meters from the feet of the two dragons.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, a giant dragon was discovered in Yilong Lake in Shiping, Yunnan. Its beards, claws, and scales were exposed, and it was many in circumference and dozens of feet long.
During the last years of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, Qinglong fell into Tongcheng County. His throat was injured and he died on the spot. The body of the dragon was more than ten feet long, with half of its body and tail, a flat tail, fish-like scales, a double-horned head, a mouth with whiskers, and legs under its abdomen. There is a red film.
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Paragraphs of records about dragons emerged in my mind. Some of these records are official records, some are supplementary records, and some are unofficial histories. These are records about dragons that I accidentally saw when I was studying cultural relics, history and culture.
Dragon! It is the symbol of China and the label of the Chinese people, descendants of Yan and Huang, descendants of the dragon.
From ancient times to the present, the image of the dragon, the legend of the dragon, the symbol of the dragon, and the meaning of the dragon have been deeply rooted in the hearts of every Chinese. Although everyone knows about dragons, no one has ever seen a real dragon. But today , Little Master, I saw it, to be exact, I saw an extremely huge keel!
The dragon's bones were coiled around the top of the platform, and the bones of its limbs were deeply embedded in the surrounding stone walls. The dragon's body was so long that it circled the stone walls of the platform more than twice. What shocked me the most was the majestic dragon head located on the top of the platform. In the middle, looking down, in this smoky environment, it looks like a real dragon passing through the clouds and mist, visiting the mortal world.
"Ye...Ye Xiao..."
Wu Zipei was shocked by the sight in front of him: "This...this world...there are really dragons!"
"impossible!"
I said: "Dragon is a mythical creature imagined by the ancients. It is impossible to exist in reality."
Wu Zipei said: "But won't it appear now?"
"wrong!"
I took a deep breath and said, "No, there must be something wrong!"
Wu Zipei said: "What's wrong?"
I felt something was wrong, but I felt like I was stuck. I couldn't think of anything wrong for a moment, and said, "I don't know, I just feel something is wrong. This is not true. If there is a dragon, why can't we see it usually?"
Wu Zipei said: "On our way here,
, aren’t there still resurrected corpses!”
I was stunned. This ghost place cannot be judged by common sense at all. The corpses that have been dead for more than two thousand years have become mummies and can be resurrected. So there is a dragon, what is so strange about it!
There are many records about dragons in history, whether it is official history or unofficial history, some are exaggerated, some are detailed, some are obviously fantasy, and some make people feel real, but no matter which type they are, these records are real. And it was recorded in one dynasty after another.
"I thought of it!" I said suddenly.
"What comes to mind?" Wu Zipei asked.
I said, "I watched a period TV series. In it, a local official wanted to be promoted. He dyed a dog with golden scales and gave it to the emperor, saying it was a unicorn."
Wu Zipei looked at me blankly, not understanding what I meant.
I continued to explain: "I guess they are not dragon bones at all. I don't believe there really is a dragon. The image of a dragon is actually a lion's head, antlers, shrimp legs, crocodile mouth, turtle neck, snake body, fish scales, and mirage." The belly, fish spine, tiger paws, eagle claws, and goldfish tail are all combined into one. Since the image of a dragon can be pieced together based on people's imagination, why can't the dragon's bones be put together? The keel on the top of the head is most likely made of bones from other animals. Or materials, spliced together to look like a keel.”
Wu Zipei nodded in agreement.
I shivered. The keel above my head was too high. I had no way to verify it now. I shook my head and said to Wu Zipei: "It's so cold, Mr. Wu. I remember there are some wooden shelves under the steps. We
Pick some up, dry your clothes and shoes, eat something, and take a rest, I'm so tired now that my kidneys hurt."
Half of me is tired, half of me is scared. Ever since I came here and escaped death several times, my spirit has been highly tense. Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, fill my stomach first, and replenish my physical strength.
"Will those mummies come after me?" Wu Zipei asked.
I thought for a moment and said: "Probably not. I've been chasing us for a long time. Didn't you notice? The bats have their own area. As soon as we got to Jingguan, we couldn't see any of them, so I thought
, the mummies also have their own area and should not come here."
A pile of flames burned. Although the wood was a little damp, there was a lot of whale oil here. Just dig out some and apply it on the wood and put it on the wick to burn.
, and soon a raging fire broke out.
When I used to inspect ancient tombs with my uncle, I found that there were very few tombs that could use whale oil as a long-lasting lamp. Even if some tombs have them, the stocks of whale oil are not much. After all, it is too difficult to obtain this kind of thing, and the huge amount of whale oil here,
Not only did it make me marvel at the huge effort at that time!
The long-lost warmth finally returned to me. Although there was a mysterious dragon skeleton hanging above my head, at least the surroundings were no longer so oppressive and panic-inducing darkness. I screamed "wow" in comfort and took a mouthful of hot canned meat.
When it enters the mouth, although it is still the same as before, it feels like chewing wax, but suddenly I feel that the taste of wax is not that bad.
I ate the canned food indiscriminately, and my clothes were half-dry, mainly my shoes, which had absorbed too much water. Even after baking them for a long time, there was no effect.
"Bake your shoes."
I stood up and said, "I'm going to take a look at that table."
Wu Zipei nodded, took the clothes and shoes of the two people and placed them next to the fire to roast.
The table is actually a large stone platform, octagonal, with eight sides, waist-high, about the size of two ping-pong tables, located in the center of the cave platform, just below the dragon's head.
I lightly brushed the few dust on it and found a pattern, three parallel indents, which were the same as those carved on the stone wall when I came in. They represented the opening of the eight doors. I turned around and saw that these three indents corresponded to the ones I had opened.
The steps up.
I understood immediately. I came in through the door and went up to the platform through the steps. The door carved on this side of the stone platform just corresponded to my entrance. The stone platform has eight sides, and Qimen Dunjia also has eight doors. If
If so, it means that each side corresponds to a door.
With this idea in mind, I quickly wiped the remaining seven sides of the stone platform. Sure enough, the patterns representing the eight gates appeared one by one. My heart suddenly brightened. Knowing this, I have a lot more hope for finding Shen Yuan and the others. No need to
Wandering around like a headless fly.
"Hahahaha... Young Master, I am so smart, classmate Zipei, I... Zipei... Miss Wu..."
After understanding this, I laughed proudly for a few times and turned around to tell Wu Zipei the good news, but there was nothing behind me. Wu Zipei was missing. Not only was Wu Zipei missing, but the very wide entrance to the steps was also missing.
Disappeared: "I...I'll strangle it, your uncle's..."