Chapter 223 The Turtle Clan (1)
At this time, Zhu Yuanliang was chatting with another man with a turtle shell next to the Xianying Palace not far away.
Seeing Pu Zixuan coming up along the stone steps with the two of them, Zhu Yuanliang looked overjoyed and said, "Yo, you look good!" ”
Pu Zixuan threw a sad smile at Zhu Yuanliang, and his eyes fell on this building complex. I saw that this Xianying Palace covers an area of about one acre square, and the six buildings of different heights are all black tiles and white walls, showing a typical Ganhui style, and the Poyang Lake on the side is picturesque.
The building facing the stone steps is the main temple of Xianying Palace, which is divided into two floors, and other ancillary buildings are located on both sides of the main temple, there are temples and residences, and Zhu Yuanliang is standing in front of the main temple with a man at this time, greeting the three of them.
When the man saw the three of them coming up, he stepped forward and said, "Elder, Laby, you are here." ”
At this time, the woman officially introduced to Pu Zixuan: "Okay, let me introduce you, this is our elder Tabu, my name is Laby, and this brother is called Getige, we are all family." Your friend Zhu Yuanliang was rescued by this Getieg. ”
"Wait, wait, what's that name? Are you all aliens? "The second monk Pu Zixuan was confused.
Laby replied, "Well...... We're aliens, but don't worry, we're definitely not bad people, and you'll understand better when you spend some time with us. ”
"What? Still want to spend some time with you? Pu Zixuan frowned and asked.
At this time, Zhu Yuanliang couldn't help it, and asked Getige: "That's it, you just said that when the elders come, they will explain everything to us, and now that they have come, you can start, right?" ”
It seems that although Zhu Yuanliang chatted with Getieg for a long time, he never got to the point.
"Hehe, young man, don't be in a hurry." Tabu repeated his tune, sat down in the top row of the stone steps, and said slowly, "Didn't I just arrive, when I rested, I will come with you one by one." ”
"What's the hurry?" Pu Zixuan couldn't help but say, "I still have important companions who don't know where to go, and my heart is already dying!" You let us not be in a hurry, but we have been grinding there, how can you make me feel at ease? ”
Getig shouted, "Presumptuous, how can you talk to Elder Tabu like that? ”
Tabu waved his hand and said with a pleasant face: "Hehe, it's okay, it's okay, we also have a request for others." Then, he pulled up his trouser leg and said to Pu Zixuan: "Come, young man, come and help me beat my legs." ”
Pu Zixuan was stunned and said, "Old man, isn't this a bit excessive?" ”
Getieg shouted again: "Pu Zixuan, not to mention that people are elders, even if you are your savior, it is not too much to let you beat your legs, right?" ”
Zhu Yuanliang saw that Getiege's tone was getting harder, and he couldn't help but argue for Pu Zixuan: "What life-saving benefactor?" I'm amazed, we capsized in the devil's waters, why did you happen to show up? I still suspect that the vortex is the demon method you made, look at you two strange kings and eight shells, not monsters, my surname is written backwards! ”
"You ......" Getieg couldn't help it, raised his hand, and wanted to beat Zhu Yuanliang.
Zhu Yuanliang straightened his waist and said-for-tat: "What's the matter, you want to fight, right?" Come on, I just held back my anger, and I don't know who to vent to! ”
"Hey, hey, hey......" Seeing the smell of gunpowder coming up from the two, Laby hurriedly dissuaded, "It was good just now, why did it get up?" If you want me to say, you two men, you want to fight, wait for the elder to finish speaking, and fight slowly! Now, let's get down to business. The elder also said to the mud: "Okay, okay, Getige, don't be rude." Two little brothers, I asked you to beat your feet, not to send you to be inferior to live, but not to start here, there is no way to talk about it. Come on, Pu Zixuan, you come and take a look. ”
"Okay, pound it, what are you afraid of?" Pu Zixuan bent down and slapped Tabu's calf with his right hand, and immediately there was a sound of "knock" and "knock", as if hitting a hard object, and suddenly wondered, "This...... Elder, why are your legs so hard? ”
Ta Bao said: "Well, this can begin to talk about it, since you are a purification messenger, you must also be a person who is accustomed to all kinds of strange events, and then, no matter what you hear, there is no need to make a fuss. ”
In this regard, Pu Zixuan and Zhu Yuanliang were both mentally prepared, so they nodded and agreed.
Tabu sighed and said, "As you can see, we are indeed all monsters, a group of turtles who have lived in Poyang Lake since ancient times. ”
Pu Zixuan was stunned and said, "What, ape clan? What do you think, it doesn't look like a monkey, does it? ”
Taber said, "Hehe, it's not the ape's 'ape', it's a turtle." In this Poyang Lake, since ancient times, there have been two major races, in addition to our turtle tribe, there are also dragon tribes, no matter before or after the demonization, our two major races are fed on the fish and shrimp in the lake, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and even, there are some friendships. But since the earth-shattering battle of Poyang Lake five hundred years ago, the ghosts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed by Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang have been wandering near this old man's temple to continue their battles, and this place has become extremely weird, becoming the famous 'devil's waters'......"
Getieg interjected: "Zhu Yuanliang, now you understand, right?" That whirlpool is the soul of the soldier, it's our business! ”
Zhu Yuanliang blushed and said, "I know, won't I just talk about it?" You're all good people, no, you're all good monsters, okay? ”
Laby glared at the two of them and said, "Don't interject, listen to the elder continue." ”
Tabu asked the two, "Do you know why this temple is called 'Dingjiang Wang Temple' and that tower is called 'Dingjiang Pagoda'?" ”
"I don't know, elder, please speak."
"When Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought on land, because Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was far inferior to Chen Youliang, they were defeated and retreated. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang retreated to this point, blocked by Poyang Lake, and there were no boats available in the lake, and he was about to end up with the overlord of Western Chu. And the giant turtle that saved him was none other than my father, Kem. ”
Pu Zixuan looked at his feet unconsciously, and exclaimed, "What? It turned out that the place where we were standing was where Zhu Yuanzhang was rescued by the giant turtle back then, and that giant turtle was the father of the elder? ”
"Not bad." Tabu pointed to the Xianying Palace behind him, "After Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he did not forget my father's life-saving grace, so he named him 'General Yuan', and built this Dingjiang Wang Temple and Dingjiang Pagoda by the lake to commemorate his exploits, and sent the descendants of the Zhu family to guard it for a long time." The common people like to call the prince 'old man', so later generations have always called this temple 'old man's temple'. My father was very happy, but after Daming was overthrown by Li Zicheng, he was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick, and he died two years later. Now, his statue is still standing in that temple, and we turtle people have to come up to worship every important day. ”
"Really? That's amazing! Pu Zixuan patted Zhu Yuanliang's shoulder and said, "Let's go, go and have a look." ”
The two walked to the main temple, and sure enough, they saw that the top of the gate was engraved with four cursive characters of "Dingjiang Wang Temple", and there was a pair of stone lions on both sides of the temple, and there was a stone tablet embedded on the wall.
Walk into the temple, a stone giant turtle lying on the ground, four toes stretched, carrying a large stone tablet with a height of more than a zhang, three feet wide and one foot thick, and the book "Seal the General Yingyuan" seven golden characters, shining.
At this time, the three people of the turtle clan also came behind the two, only to hear Tabu introduce with a little pride: "These seven words are written by Ming Taizu himself. ”
Pu Zixuan and Zhu Yuanliang looked back and saw a living giant turtle lying behind them, opening their mouths and asking, "Look, am I like my father?" I didn't react for a moment, and instinctively tightened my body in fright.
"Hehe, sorry to scare you. I'm doing this just to prove that what I'm saying is true. The giant turtle apologized, and then changed back to its previous appearance as an elder.
Pu Zixuan stabilized his emotions and said: "I understand, because of that war, you have formed a deep friendship with Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants, but why do you want to be an enemy of the Dragon's Clan?" ”
Ta Bu said: "The waters of Poyang Lake, not always the same size, the Tang Dynasty, Poyang Lake blue waves, boundless, this led to the famous poet Wang Bo wrote 'Luoxia and lonely birds fly together, autumn water together the sky is the same color' of the ancient sentence, but since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the waters of Poyang Lake have shrunk sharply, and the population of our two ethnic groups has been increasing, there has been a shortage of food, so there are often people who cross the devil's waters to forage. Although it doesn't hurt to find some food, however, because of their deep friendship with Chen Youliang, they gradually clashed with us, and even hoped to exterminate our turtle clan and monopolize the entire Poyang Lake! ”
Pu Zixuan said indignantly: "Really? That's a bit too much! ”
Laby gritted her teeth and said, "It's true! And one of them is a demon demon, which is particularly powerful, and will use a demon method to stiffen the opponent's body, and in the past year, we have more than a dozen clansmen who have been killed by its pits. About two months ago, the dragon demon jumped over the devil's waters again and came here to feed, and Elder Tabu personally stepped forward to reason with him, but he didn't want to, but he cast a demon spell, and his body became stiff! ”
Pu Zixuan asked: "So, what will be the consequences of falling into this demon law?" ”
Getieg raised his eyebrows and said: "The people of this demon law clan will start to stiffen from under their feet, and after nine hundred and eighty-one days, the stiffness will reach the head, and at that time, the whole person will turn into a piece of wood and die!" ”
Pu Zixuan exclaimed: "In this way, there are only about twenty days left for the elders, and we must find that demon and let him lift the demon law!" ”
Ta Bu said: "Yes, but our Turtle Clan and Turtle Foot are evenly matched, once the war starts, we are not sure of victory, so we thought of asking for help from the Purification Messenger, and you appear at this time, you must have been sent by the heavens to help us!" ”
After speaking, Tabu bowed deeply to Pu Zixuan.
"What, you want me to help you attack the Ringworm?" Pu Zixuan panicked, "But, but...... I have important business to do, and I must find my companion as soon as possible, so I don't have time for your business! ”
"No, Purification Emissary, you will definitely help us!" "Because those two of your companions, after falling into the water, were taken away by the Dragons!" They are a very xenophobic race, and if I guessed correctly, your companion's body has begun to stiffen now! ”
"What? Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shu fell into the hands of the Dragons? ”
At this time, a raging anger burned in Pu Zixuan's heart.