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We descended the mountain along a path made up of stone steps. Er'er walked in front, and his slightly curved back was so broad.

He turned around and waved at us, "Hurry up, watch your step." ”

I groaned, then looked at the stone steps beneath my feet, raised my head and trotted forward.

Huzi and I followed closely behind Erzhu'er, and we had to trot to keep up with him.

Only now do I realize how naïve Huzi and I are, if Huzi and I go into the mountains, I guess we won't be able to get here, and we will die somewhere on the way.

All the way to this point, my legs were swollen and numb, and the bones all over my body were about to fall apart.

Seeing that the destination was in front of him, he seemed to find relief, and said like a decadent sentence: "It's finally here." ”

Huzi said: "Yes, I didn't expect it to be so difficult. ”

Er'er stopped, turned around, smiled and said, "Is it difficult?" Now the weather is neither hot nor cold, and the mountain breeze is refreshing, so you can be content. If it's a dog day, it's hot and humid, the surrounding forests are dense, and the weather without wind will cause miasma, which can be poisonous in any way, some of which make you weak, some of which make your eyes tingle, some of which will make you vomit and diarrhea, and some of which will make you hallucinate, and all you see are dead people in the village. ”

Huzi said: "Second father, when you say this, I'm a little scared." If Lao Chen and I come in, wouldn't it be more auspicious! ”

Er Zhu'er said: "If you break into the Black Dragon Valley without any experience, that is to send Yin soldiers to the Black Dragon Prince." ”

Huzi cut off disdainfully at this time and said, "Second Dad, you are here again." ”

Er Zhu'er tilted his head and looked at Huzi, snorted and scolded loudly: "You have already arrived at the Black Dragon Prince Temple, you still dare to talk like this." Huzi, you have to be in awe, you know? ”

Huzi said unconvinced: "Second father, what are you anxious about!" ”

As we spoke, we had walked up to a square square of stone bricks, and weeds had grown through the cracks in the stone bricks to cover the whole square.

Passing through this square, there is a row of nine steps in front, and on the steps is the Temple of the Black Dragon Prince.

As we were walking forward, Erzhu'er suddenly stopped and whispered: "Longzi Longsun make a way, we are just here to burn incense." ”

I looked up and saw a black king cobra lying in the middle of the road.

Frightened, Huzi and I immediately retreated, and Huzi began to look for stones around. Not to mention, he really found a piece and copied it into his hand.

However, this king cobra is as thick as an arm, and even if this stone hits seven inches of the snake, it may not be able to kill it, but it will make it angry. I grabbed Huzi's wrist, shook my head and said, "Don't." ”

Erzhu'er was not in a hurry, he folded his hands, lowered his head and said, "Longzi Longsun make a way, we are just here to burn incense." ”

Huzi said: "Second father, it's just a snake, can you understand?" ”

Erzhu'er didn't pay attention to Huzi at all, and still muttered there by himself.

I don't know if it was the second pick-up muttering like a spell that worked, or if the snake was tired of it, put its head up and spat out the letter at us, and crawled away.

Er'er straightened up, turned around and shouted at us, "Let's go, don't rub." ”

With this experience, Huzi and I walked cautiously, and we dared to take every step before we dared to take a step. This big snake is still easy to see, but if there is a small snake hidden here and it is accidentally bitten, it will be a big trouble.

Huzi kept stirring the weeds in front of him with a stick, and said, "Old Chen, this is called beating the grass and startling the snake, and if there is a snake, just run away first." To put it bluntly, we are afraid of snakes, and this snake is even more afraid of people. ”

The second picker said, "Don't talk loudly, follow me." ”

At this time, the sun had set, and a wisp of residual light pierced the Black Dragon Prince Temple from the gap in the mountain like a sword.

This scene made Er Zhu'er very frightened, and he directly stretched out his hands, knelt on his knees, and then knocked his head to the end, lying on the ground and praying.

Huzi said: "Lao Chen, my second father is quite superstitious. ”

I looked up at the gap in the mountain and sighed at the wisdom of my ancestors in architecture. The temple and the mountain are so well integrated, this is the so-called feng shui.

Soon, the sun went down, and the afterglow quickly disappeared.

Huzi said: "Second father, get up, the sun is setting." ”

Only then did Erzhu'er get up, and after standing up, he turned the gun on his body and said: "Let's go quickly, after the sun sets, those poisonous mirages and poisonous insects will come out to move, and as soon as the single poisonous insects come out, then the frogs and lizards will also come out, and the poisonous snakes will also come out." ”

His pace quickened a lot, almost up the nine steps in front of him, and then he reached the gate of the main hall, turned to us and shouted, "If you don't want to die, hurry up." ”

At this time, I fully understood why Erzhu'er kept not letting us rest halfway, and kept urging us to hurry.

Along the way, there really wasn't much to rest.

After Huzi and I went up the stairs, the stones here were so tightly jointed that there were no weeds here. Without the weeds, there is no threat from those poisonous insects and mirages, and I immediately breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking up, this is a front hall with a couplet on the two large/large doorposts.

Shanglian: The dragon returns to the sea, the wind and rain are smooth;

Downlink: Wang Endeze, Furun, Ping'an, Ganlin.

Further on, you will enter the gate and there is the front hall, which is dedicated to the Dragon King of the South China Sea. A statue four or five meters high sits in the center, with a human body, a dragon head, and the color of the painting is still faintly recognizable.

There is an incense burner in front of this dragon king, this incense burner is cast iron, the material is average, the workmanship is average, but the body is huge/large. This is also the fundamental reason why it has not been stolen.

Huzi and I wanted to kowtow, but unexpectedly, Er Zhu'er said, "Don't kowtow when you see everyone." ”

Huzi whispered: "I can also see that my second father doesn't believe in everyone, he believes in the fox fairy and the black dragon prince." ”

In addition to the sculpture of the Dragon King of the South China Sea in the main hall, there are also sculptures of the Dragon Prince and the Dragon Maiden next to it. These sculptures are much smaller than the Dragon King of the South China Sea, and they are the size of our life-size. At the same time, their body shape is no different from that of a human being, not the manifestation of a human dragon head.

Er Zhu'er said: "This South China Sea Dragon King is just showing the Black Dragon Prince the gate, what are you kneeling to do with him." ”

Huzi said: "How do we know that he is just a doorman. Second father, you have to tell us in advance in the future. ”

We passed through the front hall, and as soon as we came out, we saw a square much smaller than the outside of the hall, because of the age, although these paving stone slabs were tightly spliced, but they were weathered by the sun and rain, and some grass grew out of the cracks in these weathered stones.

There is a road in the middle of the square between the front hall and the main hall, which is paved with bluestone slabs, which are softer and easier to carve.

A large number of yang-carved dragons are carved on these bluestones. After polishing, these bluestones glow with a faint blue light, and these dragons seem to be alive.

We walked cautiously down the road, walking on either side of these carvings. Since Erzhuer stepped on this bluestone road, he had to knock to the end after taking three steps, and he would get up and continue walking after the five bodies were thrown to the ground. This part of the road was very slow, and by the time we reached the entrance of the main hall, the sky was already a little blurry.

The second pick-up finally finished kowtowing all the way, and when he arrived in front of the main hall, he whispered, "Don't talk loudly, follow me in." ”

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