Jiang Yongming took a puff of cigarette before telling everyone.

"Then let's talk about the old man's temple first.

In the vast, treacherous Poyang Lake, there is a magical water, that is, the waters of the old man's temple known as the devil's waters, which are often haunted. So which lord is enshrined in this old man's temple?

We have to start with the past. It turned out that in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, all the candidates rose up one after another, and they each occupied an area as kings. Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Xiaoming, was outstanding, he successively exterminated some local separatist forces, and after eliminating Zhang Shicheng, he finally launched a desperate battle with Chen Youliang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, on Poyang Lake.

This battle lasted for a full eighteen years, and this story has to start from the eighteenth year of Zhu Yuanzhang's battle against Poyang Lake.

Legend has it that in the autumn of that year, the two armies of Zhu and Chen faced each other on the water surface of Shang'anzhou in Sanshankou. But I saw that the ships on the lake were lined with masts, the generals were like clouds, and the sergeants on the ships were all brightly armored and ready to fight. The two armies of the Ming and Han dynasties were sluggish, tense and ready to go.

I could only hear the sound of the three drums in their respective armies, and in an instant, on the vast Poyang Lake, there was a bloody rain and murderous atmosphere. This vicious fight was fought until the sky was dark, and the night was dark. In the end, because most of Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming troops were northerners, they did not know how to fight water warfare, and Chen Youliang's Han army were all southerners, so they took advantage of the geographical advantage, and only beat Zhu Ming's army to cry wolf, lose their armor, and flee in embarrassment.

This defeat was like a mountain, and everyone fled for their lives. Zhu Yuanzhang also abandoned the ship and landed in embarrassment, riding away on horseback. Chen Youliang led the Han army in hot pursuit. In the end, only Zhu Yuanzhang was left alone and came to the falling star pier. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the wind and waves were high on Poyang Lake in front of him, and the vast lake blocked the escape route, and there were no boats around, and the iron hooves of Chen Youliang's pursuers behind him could already be heard clearly.

King Xiao Ming looked up to the sky and sighed: "God doesn't bless me Daming, I never thought that I, Zhu Yuanzhang, would die in this lake." ”

Seeing that the Han army was approaching, King Ming had no choice but to pull out his sword and want to kill himself.

At this critical juncture, a giant turtle suddenly appeared in the lake, and it shouted:

"Don't panic, Ming Gong, I'll cross the lake for you."

When King Zhu Ming saw this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly abandoned the Ma Deng turtle, and crossed the lake safely on the back of the turtle. Chen Youliang then chased after him, and when he saw this situation, he hated it.

Crossing the lake and landing on the shore, King Zhu Ming bowed to the giant turtle and said: "If it is said to be the world, you will be named the king of Dingjiang and the general." ”

Hearing this, the giant tortoise nodded three times and sank into the lake and swam away. ”

A few years later, in the next battle of Xiaogu Mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang completely eliminated Chen Youliang, unified the world, and established the country as the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who ascended the throne and became the emperor, really did not forget the promise of the year, so he sent a decree to crown the giant turtle as the general of Mingshenwu, give the title of "King of Dingjiang", and build a temple to worship. In fact, the lord enshrined in this temple is the giant tortoise that rescued Emperor Hongwu back then. ”

Everyone laughed after hearing this, and felt that there was nothing to be afraid of. Jiang Yongming went on to say:

"You don't think it's much, do you? It's some weird things that come later.

The puzzling waters of Lao Ye Temple are located in Duchang County, which is bordered by the Yangtze River in the north and Lushan Mountain in the west, which is the only waterway connecting Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River. The lake water in the territory is clear, the mountains are wonderful, and the trees are lush. The Lao Ye Temple stands on the shore, and it lives on the slope of the lakeshore Zhoutou about ten miles southeast of Luoxing Mountain in Duchang County. The temple sits in the north and faces south, covers a small area, and is triangular.

The old man's temple leans against the green mountains and faces the Poyang Lake, standing impressively. What is astonishing is that whether it is the fishermen who go down to the lake to fish or the boatmen who pass by, within a radius of more than ten miles, no matter from which angle on the lake, you can clearly see the Lao Ye Temple, and the direction of the temple is always face to face with them. The temple is like a beacon in the sea, a beacon that guides fishermen and passing boats.

The northern part of the water area of Lao Ye Temple is a long and narrow waterway connected to the Yangtze River, which is more than 80 li long and about 6 to 10 li wide. To the northwest is the rolling peaks of Lushan Mountain, which run parallel to the waterway, and to the southeast is the desolate sand dunes.

The waters of Lao Ye Temple are windy all year round, and they can blow from September to May of the following year. Especially every year when the weather suddenly becomes colder, the northwest wind is particularly strong, and the lake near the Lao Ye Temple is often windy and rough, and people are afraid to sail at that time.

Poyang Lake was originally 500 li wide, but the width of the water surface of the Lao Ye Temple was reduced to 30 li, and the narrowest point was less than six li. The local people say that the area around the Lao Ye Temple is the place where the five dragons make trouble, and the old turtle is the guardian god sent here by the dragon kings. Because the five major rivers such as the Gan River, the Fu River, the Rao River, the Xinjiang River, and the Xiu River all converge here, the dragon kings of the five rivers are vying to go to the Yangtze River. However, due to the narrow road here, the dragon kings are long and big, and several people can't walk together, so they are scrambling here. Therefore, the lake surface of the Lao Ye Temple is often windless and three-foot waves, which is the dragon kings to make trouble, and the sky is clear elsewhere, but here it will suddenly become windy, the sky is dark, and the lightning and thunder roar. Do you say it's horrifying? ”

Everyone listened attentively, Wang Yantai saw that the cigarette gun in Jiang Yongming's hand had already been extinguished, so he hurriedly took it, loaded a pot of cigarettes, lit the fire and handed it to Jiang Yongming, urging:

"Hurry up and say it."

"There is a rule for boating in Poyang Lake, all boats passing through here must face the old man's temple to burn incense and kowtow, set off firecrackers, and throw sacrifices into the lake, to worship the gods in the lake. If you don't respect the gods, you may die at the bottom of the lake. ”

Jiang Yongming said with fear on his face.

"No way, how can there be such a thing." After listening to Jiang Yongming's narration, Wang Xiaofei, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, pursed his lips and said disdainfully.

"Don't believe it, we especially believe in these when we sail on the sea, and we have to pay homage to the dragon king every time we go to sea."

Wang Yantai nodded vigorously and echoed Jiang Yongming's words.

Jiang Yongming took a puff of cigarette and continued:

"Don't worry, listen to me again. Here's what I've experienced firsthand.

It was when I was 12 years old, and my father and I once went to Songmen Mountain in Yongxiu as a guest. When we returned, we got on the boat and got ready to go home. There was a big boat going to Duchang that set off for us first. There were more than 20 people sitting on the boat. The boat was only two or three miles away from us, and the people on board were still talking and singing.

Suddenly, it was a sunny day, but there was a huge wave more than a foot high on the lake where the boat had sailed, and the wind suddenly raged on the lake. The people on the boat cried for their fathers and mothers, desperately shouting for help. But who would dare to go? In a moment, a boat, estimated to weigh thirty or forty tons, broke into two in the blink of an eye, and the people who were seeing off on the shore and preparing to take the boat watched as the boat and dozens of people were swallowed up by the waves and sank into the lake.

Strange or not, you say, soon after the ship sank, the sky became clear again, and the wind and waves were calm again. By the time we rowed to look for the man overboard, there was nothing there, as if nothing had happened. ”

After hearing this, everyone thought it was incredible, it was really a ghost in broad daylight.

"There are so many strange things going on in this area. From ancient times to the present, there are at least thousands of ships that sank near the Lao Ye Temple. ”

"So many?" Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

"It's not just that, the year before the devil came, the lake had dropped to a very low level, and the water surface was not large. Some people with good surnames wanted to go to the bottom of the lake to salvage treasures, but at least seven or eight out of ten people who went down at that time couldn't come up. Even when they came up, they were half frightened to death, and they just said that they didn't see anything at the bottom of the lake, let alone the whole boat, not even a single tile. You say, 'Where did the thousands of boats go?'

Later, there was a man with a particularly good water surname, who was said to be a diver in the navy. When he heard about this, he was very unconvinced, and felt that what everyone said was not credible, so he dived into the lake again by himself, and decided to search again by himself to see what was going on. However, this time there was no news. But the strange thing is that three days later, people found his body in the Changba Mountain Lake, 30 miles away from the Lao Ye Temple. Changba Mountain Lake is a small inland lake, surrounded by mountains, and it is not connected to Poyang Lake at all, and it is four or five feet higher than Poyang Lake, who do you say killed this diver and sent his body to another inland lake 30 miles away? ”

The more you listen to it, the more you think it's incredible, but it's a real thing.

"Yongming, what do you have to do with our actions after you said so much?"

Xiao Xiong, who came back to his senses, asked with a smile.

"Well, that really matters."

Jiang Yongming knocked on the table with the cigarette gun in his hand and said.

"In March and April every spring, the weather in Poyang Lake is capricious, and the lake near the Lao Ye Temple is also flooded with spring water because of the five major rivers, the water is wide and the water is turbulent, and the wind and waves are high all day long. This creates a good opportunity for our actions. When the time comes, whether it is the devil's transport ship or the patrol boat escorting them, they will definitely have to take care of themselves when they get there, and we will have a chance to get close to them and then blow them up and sink them. ”

Wang Yantai hurriedly took the cigarette gun in Jiang Yongming's hand, and then asked:

"What do you think we should do?"

"We will ambush part of the boats on the shore of the Lao Ye Temple, and the other part will be hidden at the mouth of the old pond on the other side of the Lao Ye Temple, and as soon as the devil's transport fleet comes, we will attack and attack on both sides, so that we will definitely be able to send all the devils to the bottom of Poyang Lake to feed the fish."

"Good! That's it. Yantai, you can go and make a good sum up with Yongming, formulate a specific plan, and discuss it with you later. ”

Xiao Xiong was very happy, he clapped his hands, and said excitedly:

"I hope that the gods of Poyang Lake will bless us all, destroy all those beast-like devils, send them all to the bottom of the lake, and treat the fish and shrimp in Poyang Lake. Okay, that's the end of the battle plan. Today is a good day for work, everyone goes to get together with the brothers, drinks together, cheers everyone up, and we are ready to do it tomorrow. I ordered, drink now and go! ”