Chapter 15 Jade Dragon Chang'e returns to the West Sea, and there are many interesting anecdotes about the cycle of life and death

Section 18 The Jade Dragon escaped and crossed the (Liao) River

[Narrator] It is said that after the marriage between the Heavenly Court Oiran Chang'e and the Marshal of the Jade Dragon, they chose to travel on their honeymoon, and the queen mother asked for leave to take the opportunity of the honeymoon to visit the West Sea to visit the parents of the Jade Dragon and the subordinates of the Jade Dragon when he was in charge of Dongting Lake.

How can you see a rainbow without wind and rain! How can you produce a jade dragon without tempering! There is a dragon king temple, where there is a Guanyin Pavilion!

Chang'e's mother-in-law and Jade Dragon's mother-Lulu, in the 'Commander Suite' of the Xihai Dragon Palace Guest House, told Chang'e about the two reincarnations of life and death before the Jade Dragon was tempered in Tianzigang!

In order to silence the upright and kind people from speaking ill of him, Di Xin specially set up a kind of torture called 'cannon branding' to punish his courtiers who dared to oppose him. This kind of 'cannon branding' is to grease a copper pillar and grill it on a charcoal fire, so that the living people (who oppose the king of the Zhou and are condemned as sinners by the king of the Zhou) walk on it barefoot until they are roasted to death and become jerky. Later, Emperor Xin also came up with the ingenuity of sometimes roasting whole wild boars, whole bison, whole wild horses, and whole goats he had hunted on a 'cannon brand' and roasted them into jerky, which was then used as a delicacy for drinking! In a sense, Di Xin (纣王) actually became the originator of the invention of 'barbecue jerky'!

Bi Fujian's wife, Wang Lihua, based on the principle of 'cannon branding' barbecue jerky, later used nails to drill dense holes in the copper sheet to make a 'copper sieve', and put the 'copper sieve' on the stove to barbecue small pieces of beef (mutton) meat that had been flooded as dishes! Later, Bi Fujian fled to the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe north of the Liao River because of the tragic murder of his parents. When his wife Wang Lihua defected to him from Nanyue Hengshan. Because she has a hobby of carrying seeds and small 'household utensils' with her. The 'copper sieve' followed Wang Lihua from the south to the north, and brought it to the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe north of the Liao River. The personnel of the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe have inherited this food culture. Today, this "method" of grilling beef (mutton) meat with a 'copper sieve' has become a traditional feature of the Gaogou (sentence) Li (tribal) nation! That's a story for later, so leave it at that!

Bi Gan had a big housekeeper named Tao Yanhong, who escaped when the king of Xuan ordered the killing of Bi Gan's family, men, women and children. Tao Yanhong later heard that the king of Xuan was going to kill Bi Fu and eradicate the grass and roots, so he quickly left Chaoge and ran south. Prepare to intercept Bi Yulong on the way! Tao Yanhong thought to himself, I must tell Bi Fujian the truth about the killing of his parents, sons, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, and the whole family, and tell him not to go back to the court to mourn! Bi Fujian's return to the court and the song of mourning will definitely be a dead end! In which era, horses were the fastest means of transportation. On the main traffic arteries, there are post stations along the way for horses to replenish forage! Of course, if you have money, you can buy good horses for transportation! Tao Yanhong thought to himself, King Xuan wants to kill Bi Fu and eradicate the grass with a sword, I can't sit back and watch him die! Master Bi has had a lot of friendship with us in recent years! I want to rush to the post station before Bi Fujian returns to the capital city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) to intercept him! I want to tell Bi Fujian not to go back to Mocheng! His return to Kyoto awaits him a dead end!

Bi Fujian rode a war horse. All the way to the north, I came to the Xinyang Post Station at the junction of Henan and Hubei non-stop!

Tao Yanhong rode his own fast horse. All the way to the south, I came to the Xinyang Post Station on the border of Henan and Hubei non-stop!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) is all in charge, I finally met you!" After Tao Yanhong (the housekeeper) saw Bi Fujian, he was both excited and sad and angry!

"Butler Tao (Yanhong), why did you run to this place where Henan and Hubei meet? Are you here to tell me about my funeral? Are my brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews okay? When Bi Fujian saw Tao Yanhong's housekeeper, he asked three questions in one breath! Bi Fujian's mood when he saw Tao Yanhong's housekeeper was more excited than sad! Many of the mysteries in his heart can finally be solved!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) Dutong, I made a special trip to inform you before you entered Beijing: Your parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and children have all been killed by the king! The king of Xuan sent you to Beijing for funeral, the purpose is to kill you too! This is the whole intention of the king to implement the plan of 'eradicating the grass and eradicating the roots'! Butler Tao Yanhong said to Bi Fujian very sadly!

"Steward Tao, why did Di Xin kill my parents? Emperor Xin killed my parents, why should he harm my family? Bi Fujian said to the Tao (Yanhong) housekeeper with tears in his eyes!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) is the capital, and now the king of Xu, completely obeys the greedy words of the fox spirit Daji, and has become a debauchery and cruel murderer! The king often said that his heart was in pain at the end of his life, and he needed to drink the soup of the sage's 'seven orifices' to be cured! The king asked Daji, who is a saint in the world! Daji said that the young master of the court (the official who tutored the prince) was a saint. The king said that now the young master of the court (the official who tutors the prince) is my own uncle, and I can't take my uncle's heart to make soup for you! What is it, have I become a demon king who is shamed by the world! Daji said, "Your uncle is old, how many years can he live with you?" I am your favorite concubine, and I can accompany you for decades. In life, only your wife can share the joys and sorrows with you for a lifetime! Do you want your uncle, or do you want your concubine, the two ends of this burden, which one is light and which one is heavy, you can't be so stupid that you can't tell the difference! Daji used her 'charming fox' QQ method in bed, and made the king fox charming! The king said to Master Bi that day: I heard that the heart of the saint has seven holes. Since Uncle is a saint, let me see if your heart really has seven holes! After speaking, he immediately ordered the left and right to take out Master Bi's heart from his abdomen. At that time, the king pretended to hold Master Bi's heart and watched it carefully, and said to his subordinates on the left and right that this saint's heart was really different, and all seven orifices were bleeding. Later, the king ordered his left and right henchmen to take Master Bi's heart to make soup for Daji! Butler Tao Yanhong said to Bi Fujian with great grief and indignation!

"Daji, this vixen, should really be cut with a thousand cuts! If Emperor Xin killed my father, why did he harm my mother and family? Bi Fujian's eyes breathed fire, and he said to Tao (Yanhong) housekeeper with grief!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) is all unified, or Daji, the vixen's gluttonous words! After King Bi killed Master Bi, Daji was afraid that Master Bi's children and grandchildren would take revenge. As for the fox and the king, the king killed the saint to eradicate the grass and eradicate the roots. Leave no trouble! The king was so charming by Daji, a vixen, that he obeyed his words. So you will have your mother killed. He also killed your brother and sister-in-law and the men, women, and children who lived in the capital city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province). Tao Yanhong's housekeeper couldn't cry, and said to Bi Fujian with grief and indignation!

"Daji, the vixen, owes my family a blood debt, and I must repay it twice!" Bi Fujian's eyes breathed fire, his hands clenched into fists, and he gritted his teeth and said to Tao (Yanhong) butler!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) is all in charge, Daji, the fox spirit fox and the king of the fox, killed the men, women and children of your family Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) The city is not enough, she also wants to kill you and your relatives. Daji said to the king, "Husband, since you have killed 'Lao Tzu'. Of course, he can't keep his sons and grandsons, they all want to avenge their father's death! The king said, I have ordered all the men, women, and children of Uncle Bi's family in the capital Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) to be killed! Daji said to the king, husband, do you know that his second son Bi Fujian is a 'capital commander' who is both civil and military. With your henchmen, none of them are his opponents. The king said to Daji, pet concubine, soldiers are not tired of cheating, do you understand! If you can't kill Bifu Jianming, you will make it dark! If force doesn't work, use poison! If the scheme doesn't work, use the conspiracy! In order to carry out Daji's greedy promise to kill the saints, he must 'eradicate the grass and eradicate the roots'. So he sent army signal soldiers to inform you (Bi Fujian), who served as the 'capital commander' (equivalent to the commander of the military region in the modern army) in Liangguang (Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) and Lianghu (Hunan Province and Hubei Province), to return to the capital city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) to mourn. And pre-arrange for the axe to ambush you on the side of the mourning hall and kill you. Then, order the military to kill all your family! Butler Tao Yanhong said to Bi Fujian with grief!

"Daji, a vicious vixen, will definitely be retributed by God's 'electric shock and five thunders'!" Bi Fujian's eyes breathed fire, gritted his teeth, and slammed a big tree beside him with both hands into fists, and said to Tao (Yanhong) butler angrily!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) Dutong, I'm afraid that you don't know the auspicious feelings, and really go back to the city of Chao Ge (now Qi County, Henan Province) to mourn, and mistakenly fall into Daji's trap and be victimized, so he secretly ran out of the capital Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) City, and ran south quickly, and came to intercept you along the road! Today I finally got my wish and stopped you! I'm relieved too! I didn't stop you some time ago, and I was so anxious that I didn't eat, drink, or sleep. Bi Dutong, you see, I am full of bubbles, and I am in a hurry! If I don't see you again today, I'll probably die on the way! Tao Yanhong's housekeeper was overjoyed and said to Bi Fujian!

"Steward Tao, I can't go back to the capital city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) now, let alone the army stationed in Nanyue Hengshan. Where will I go next? Bi Fujian said angrily to the Tao (Yanhong) housekeeper!

"Bi (Bi Fujian) is all in charge, and now you can't live anywhere in the Central Plains! You'd better go north, the farther you go, the better! You go to the east of the Guandong and get out of the Shanhaiguan, which tribes will have your use! "Tao Yanhong's housekeeper said to Bi Fujian's like 'old horses know the way'!

"Good! I'm going to Kanto! Steward Tao, you can't go back to the city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province)! While Emperor Xin still thinks that I am on the way to the funeral, and they can't kill my wife, you should go to the army camp stationed in Nanyue Hengshan, and together with my adjutant, take my wife and children, together with your family, and go to the east of the Guandong to find me outside Shanhaiguan! Bi Fujian said worriedly to the Tao (Yanhong) housekeeper!

"Good! Bi (Bi Fujian) is all unified, and this place can't stay for a long time! We went our separate ways right away. I'm going south, you're going north! The adjutant and I are leading the wives and children of the three families, and we must go to Kanto to find you as soon as possible! ”

"Good!" After Bi Fujian finished speaking, he stepped on the war horse, raised the whip to urge the change, detoured to the city of Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province), all the way to the north, and galloped away!

Chang'e's mother-in-law and Jade Dragon's mother-Lulu, in the 'Commander Suite' of the Xihai Dragon Palace Guest House, told Chang'e about the two reincarnations of life and death before the Jade Dragon was tempered in Tianzigang!

"This time, the second cycle of life and death of the jade dragon has truly entered the state of 'fog, uncertain life and death, worrying about the stomach, and confusing'!" Lulu suddenly interjected and said to Chang'e and Guanyin Bodhisattva!

"The jade dragon is rushing north this way, and a lot of bizarre and strange stories have happened!" 'Envoy of the God of Beauty', it's already deep tonight. We'll wait until tomorrow to find out. Don't delay your mother-in-law's rest! Guanyin Bodhisattva said to Chang'e with a smile!

"Chang'e. If you want, let the Bodhisattva keep talking! I wasn't drowsy at all. Lulu said to Chang'e and Guanyin with great interest!

"Bodhisattva, the second reincarnation of life and death of the Jade Dragon has just begun, why don't I want to hear it! Since your mother-in-law is not sleepy, you can continue to talk. At the next stop, I want to hear the story of Yulong Dongting Lake when it was in power! Chang'e said to Guanyin Bodhisattva with great interest!

"Alright! Yulong went north, crossed the Yellow River, crossed the Shanhaiguan, and came to the Liao River、、、、、、"

Guanyin Bodhisattva spoke softly and eloquently to Chang'e about the little-known story of the Jade Dragon's entry into the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe north of the Liao River!

[Narrator] Bi Fujian tied a white cotton cloth around his waist that day. The head is wrapped in a piece of white cotton cloth that sways back and forth, which is to go back to the capital Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) city to run for the funeral of his parents, and then meet the housekeeper (Tao Yanhong) to inform his parents that he was killed by the king of Zhou, and according to the housekeeper's instructions, all the way to the north to escape through the east of Shanhaiguan. Bi Fujian wore this unique costume and came to the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe north of the Liao River. Bi Fujian was thrown by the daughter (princess) of the leader of the Li tribe (princess) Park Mingzhu when she was selected as her husband by the hydrangea and also wore this unique costume! Therefore, the people of the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe all feel that Bi Fujian's unique costume is a man's mascot. Later, the young man of the Gao Gou (sentence) Li tribe. The school imitations who came came wore the unique costume that Bi Fujian wore back then, and courted (married) the girl he liked. Later, Bi Fujian wore this unique costume. It is interpreted by the young men of this tribe as a unique national costume for dancing the festival!

It is said that Bi Fujian wore a "mourning and filial piety dress" and rode a horse to the rolling Liao River! At this time, the Liao River is the boundary river of the two tribes! On the south bank of the Liao River is the QQ tribe; On the north bank of the Liao River is the Gaogou (sentence) Li tribe. The Liao River stretches for hundreds of kilometers and there is not a single bridge that can pass! In order to spy on each other's intelligence, the special intelligence personnel of the armed forces on both sides of the strait occasionally use wooden boats to carry out smuggling. That will run the risk of being captured and eliminated by the other party at any time!

Bi Fujian did not return to the capital Mo (Chaoge, now Qi County, Henan Province) to mourn, and after the king found out, he knew that it was too late to send someone to chase and kill, so he gave up the attempt to send someone to chase and kill! Bi Fujian fled north along the way, and he didn't encounter much danger! The Kanto Mountains are densely forested and have a cold climate, with a 5 to 6 months of ice cover each year. Therefore, the Kanto region is sparsely populated, and the tribes implement closed rule! This period was the thriving period of the survival mode of the mortal nomads on both sides of the Liao River. Bi Fujian looked at the rolling waters of the Liao River, thinking about how to get through this difficulty! Both sides of the Liaohe River are mountainous areas, larch, red pine, white pine, birch, oak and other trees are towering, the rattan is dense, and the primitive rattan resources are extremely rich! After careful consideration, Bi Fujian decided to cut down trees and cross the river with a rattan raft! Bi Fujian has been in the army for more than ten years and has developed the habit of carrying self-defense weapons with him! What Bi Fujian was carrying with him was a nine-inch-long double-edged dagger! At that time, the smelting technology of the Central Plains was quite advanced, and the Han people were already able to smelt steel, copper and tin. The double-edged dagger that Bi Fujian carried with him was extremely sharp. Back then, he was the best blacksmith master in Chaoge, and he specially cast and gave away the defense weapons that took office as the capital of "Liangguang and Two Lakes"! Bi Fujian first used a dagger to cut a rattan with a diameter of about one centimeter for several hundred meters, and let the wind shade dry and water for later use! Later, when he used a dagger to cut down trees, he had a problem! Bi Fujian used a lot of force every time, and the depth of the dagger into the trees was very limited! The diameter of the trees should be at least 15 cm. It takes at least one to two days for Bi Fujian to cut down a tree with a dagger. It takes at least 5 trees to make a raft and 5 to 8 days to cut down trees! How to speed up the cutting down of trees has become a practical problem for a metropolitan commander who can command thousands of troops! Bi Fujian's mind was spent on how to speed up the cutting down of trees! In this nearly 100-kilometer deserted mountainous area, it is unrealistic to borrow an axe or a saw! As the saying goes: the East is not bright, the West is bright! If you can't use iron, you can use fire! Bi Fujian suddenly thought of using fire to burn the roots of trees, and was convinced that it would only take 2 to 3 days to burn a pile of more than 10 trees needed to make a raft!

Bi Fu's sword heart is to the eyes, to the hands and feet! Bi Fujian carried a "fire sickle" with him. To prevent the flames from spreading, he chose an isolated hill with a total of thirteen trees. He collected the pine leaves that had been piled up at the roots of the pine trees on the periphery of this isolated hill and gathered them at the roots of six pine trees. After Bi Fujian lit the pine leaves with a "fire sickle", he went to other woodlands to collect the pine leaves. And bundles of pine leaves, at intervals, are scattered into the fire that has already burned! Although the Liao River was swollen that day, it was only due to a heavy rain upstream! The section of the Liao River where Bi Fujian is located is just a light rain! The dense pine leaves of the towering larch trees block all the rain from the treetops, and the pine leaves on the ground still keep the autumn breeze dry! Bi Fujian sprinkled bundles of pine leaves into the burning fire at intervals, so that the fire at the roots of the six pine trees was always burning. After more than ten hours of burning, the roots of the six larch trees that were always burning could not withstand the burning fire, and finally fell to the ground.

Bi Fujian used a dagger to cut down larch branches, very easy! The larches of Kanto grow upwards as they squeeze each other, with only a few tiny branches at the top of the treetops. Bi Fujian only needed to use a dagger to cut off the branches and forks of the top tips of the larch, and then dragged the six larch trees one by one to the beach on the south bank of the Liao River. Later, it only took Bi Fujian half a day to tie a raft 15 meters long and 1 or 2 meters wide with air-dried rattan! Bi Fujian used a dagger to cut a "small and straight" birch tree more than 5 meters long as a wooden paddle to support the raft!

On the third day when Bi Fujian rode alone to the south bank of the Liao River, he officially launched a raft made of trees and rattans! Bi Fujian also tied the remaining two rattan sticks tens of meters long with two stones with a diameter of about 10 centimeters and a length of 30 to 40 centimeters with one end of the rattan. When the raft approaches the opposite bank, he will throw rattan tied to the shore with stones. When the rattan tied to the stone was attached to the trees on the shore, Bi Fujian, who was standing on the raft, would pull the rattan hard, causing the raft to flow sideways and quickly approach the shore.

To find out what happened next, please continue reading VIP Chapter 15, Section 19 (to be continued......