Chapter 52: The Origin of the Great River

After Ying Xu and the others fought in Surabaya County and Jiujiang County, they spent most of their time talking about the peculiarities of Baiyue's customs and customs, the bad strategy of the terrain environment, and the Qin army's conquest of Baiyue several times in recent years. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As we walked, the water network became denser and denser, and the swamps were everywhere, and everyone could only walk along a dirt road that was not wide.

Suddenly, there is a big river not far ahead, the river surface is about more than 30 zhang (Qin Zhang) wide, the river water is clear and clear, all kinds of birds and fish on the bank of the river either go into the water or go up to the sky when they hear or see the cavalry coming over, scramble to be the first, lest they fall, the sound of birds singing and fish swimming, and after a while, the birds and fish on the shore are gone, and the fish are gone.

Wang Xin, who returned from Malaysia, said: "This is the big river, we have a small ferry along the river, and we can barely cross it by finding more boats!" ”

"What a wide river, is this the longest river in the south that Senior Brother said?" Xian Xuan sighed on the slowly flowing river while riding on his horse. Without finishing speaking, he whipped along the dirt road and headed towards the river.

"Dajiang, I don't know where this river originates?" Ying Xu looked at the river surface of nearly seventy meters and asked suspiciously, because in his memory of his previous life, there was no "big river" with the name of Dajiang.

In the former Wei people's book "Shangshu-Yu Gong", there is a saying that "Minshan guides the river". There is also a description of "Minjiang River, the river flows out of Yan, flows northeast, and is injected into the sea" in the posthumous book of the former Chu state. Han replied on horseback.

"Minshan Daojiang?" Ying Xu shook his head, and repeated unclearly or uncertainly.

"There is indeed this record in the books, but I don't know if it's true or not, my elders once said that the source of the Great River may be in the Yueshi area in the south of Kunlun Mountain, west of Longxi County, but there is no evidence!" Bai Lin said to Ying Xu, who was sitting in front of the carriage.

"How long is this river?" Ying Xu had a guess in his heart, looked at a fishing boat that kept spinning on the river, and asked again.

"Childe, this big river can be long, from east to west, from Bashu to the sea, just like the "big river". Zhang Hu said on the side, looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, he laughed to himself.

Seeing Zhang Hu like this, Han Sui hurriedly pulled his sleeve.

"Of course my old Zhang doesn't know, that's what Lord Xiao, the county magistrate, said just now."

Ying Xu then remembered that he was in a hurry all the way south, either hurrying, eating and sleeping, and snubbed this talent.

Xiao He heard Wang Xin's words in the car, put his head out of the car window and looked at the foggy river outside, listening to the discussion between Yingxu and Wang Xin and others about Dajiang, and began to wonder more and more. also has its own assessment of the current general trend of the world. I never thought that in the past few days since I went south, every time I heard the little boy in front of me and his subordinates discussing the situation in the world, the battle of Baiyue, many opinions are very novel and wise, whenever everyone is in dispute over some issues, he will jump out of the circle of dispute, and once again guide to solve the problem from other angles, thinking is very special. At the same time, Xiao He also found that this son would do his best to help the poor people he met on the galloping road, food, water, and even medicinal herbs. Occasionally, Xiao He found that at night, this prince would fall into a state of compassion and solitude, sitting in front of the stars and the night for an hour or two, and his guards had already fallen asleep or dutifully guarded him, except for the vigilant ones, and the guards never disturbed him. I can't see through it, I can't see through it.

"What kind of person are you, why do you want to take me with such a little official?" Xiao He began to doubt his vision, and he became more and more worried about his future and fate.

"Invite Lord Xiao over, I have something to ask," Ying Xu instructed Zhang Feng on the side.

Xiao He was invited to Yingxu and the others with apprehension, and Yingxu slowly determined that this river may be the Yangtze River in the previous life from Xiao He and everyone's sentences, stories, and even legends about the river.

At this time, I heard Zhang Hu say:

"In ancient times, the flood was big, from time to time a family woke up and was washed away by the flood, at that time Dayu was sent by Emperor Shun to treat the flood, although Dayu got up early to control the flood, but just can't control the flood, often he came to cure the flood, he went the second year The flood still came, and it became more and more severe, the flood broke the embankment, rushed into the village A village was washed away overnight, and the ancestors suffered unspeakably for the flood.

"What about that?" Ying Xu asked worriedly when he heard Xian Xuan returning. Ying Xu was also a little curious about what story Zhang Hu could tell.

"At that time, in a heavenly palace lived the twenty-third daughter of the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens, named Yao Ji. She lived in a very warm and very large and beautiful house, and learned the endless variety of fairy arts from an immortal monarch, and was named a lady, specializing in teaching fairy children and jade girls to work. Yao Ji is active by nature and can't be idle, where she can stand the lonely and boring life in the fairy palace.

One day, Yao Ji finally couldn't help it, so she took the servants out for a walk, secretly left the fairy palace, and flew to play in the East China Sea. However, when she saw that she was in the sea, causing storms and rough seas, causing serious disasters to the fishermen, she went out to the east and west. Along the way, the fairies flew over thousands of peaks and mountains, reading all the wonders of the world, so happy.

Unexpectedly, on this day, when I came to the sky above a vast area of clouds and rain, I saw a dragon making waves and endangering our world. Yaoji was particularly angry, and she was determined to protect the world by removing the dragon for the world.

"I saw her holding down the head of the cloud and pointing lightly with her hand, only to see the thunder rolling and the earth shaking." While talking about Zhang Hu, he learned in a good way, and his voice increased suddenly.

"Is the dragon dead, Uncle Zhang" Xian Xuan asked Zhang Hu with a light in his eyes.

"When the wind and waves were calm, the corpse of the dragon had turned into a great river, rushing down, but all the towns and villages were submerged and washed away by the river. Our Bashu area has become a vast ocean. Zhang Hu shook his head in regret, as if he had seen it with his own eyes at the time.

In order to control the flood, the water control hero Dayu immediately came to Bashu from the big hippo. However, the water is so rapid that it is not easy to build a dam. Whenever Dayu led people to build a dike, the flood would suddenly break the dike. But even so, Dayu has been indomitable and has been leading the ancestors to build embankments and dams. In this way, when the last embankment was about to be washed away by the flood, Yao Ji was moved by Dayu's indomitable spirit, and called Huang Mo, Tong Jin and other six courtiers to perform immortal magic together, helping Dayu to channel the waterway and let the flood flow eastward. Zhang Hu touched his forehead and said as if he was very worried.

At that time, Dayu learned that the goddess was secretly helping, so he knelt down to thank Yaoji. The enchantress looked at Dayu's hard work in controlling the water, and the white clouds supported Dayu to the sky, and Dayu who was entrusted to the sky saw a piece of bluestone standing in front of him; After a while, the bluestone turned into a wisp of green smoke, which rose in a curling manner; Then it forms a group of green clouds, a thin drizzle, a swimming dragon, a colorful phoenix, and a white crane flying among the green clouds...... Dayu was wondering, and the beautiful and moving Yaoji suddenly appeared in front of him. Yao Ji Says:

"Dayu, you have merit in controlling the water, but you also need to understand the truth of the changes in heaven and earth in order to cure the flood." As he spoke, he took out a yellow silk treasure scroll for water control and gave it to Dayu. Zhang Hu learned Yaoji's tone and said eloquently, Yingxu almost laughed, this guy can be eloquent.

Since then, Dayu has been invincible in controlling the water, and the world has been blessed by Dayu to control the water, and Dayu has made meritorious efforts to govern the rivers and rivers??, and has been given the throne by Shun Chan. Under the support of the princes, King Dayu officially ascended the throne, so later generations also called him Xia Yu. ”

Zhang Hu gushed about the big river but the main deeds are the legend of Dayu, the people around him have long since dispersed, only Xian Xuan rode a horse and followed Zhang Hu's horse and listened intently, asking questions from time to time, Zhang Hu wanted to protect Yingxu so that Yingxu was also close, these words jumped into Yingxu's ears one by one, but Zhang Hu told mythological stories like a storyteller and let the childlike Yingxu unconsciously go deep into it. Reminiscing about the story told by Zhang Hu. makes Yingxu feel a little like this is how the Yangtze River came, just like the Queen Mother and her twenty-third daughter Yaoji really exist, Zhang Hu's story is really well told.

But Ying Xu is also worried about the Queen Mother and her old man, and her daughter gave birth to twenty-three, "The Queen Mother of the West is in good health!" Ying Xu sighed silently in his heart, and got into the car.

As this is a small port, there are not many boats. When Ying Xu and the others came to the ferry, the sky began to darken, and the boats on the river gradually returned to the ferry, leaving only one boat that was still spinning and drifting along the river.