Chapter 36: Travels to the Great Zhou 1, The Legend of the Dragon God
Traveling far away is a pleasant thing for both body and mind, and it is like a dream place in your mind.
In the past.
Before becoming a mage, Tang Shidao could only rely on 'games' and 'novels' to complete his imagination. Use your own brain to imagine how ancient societies worked, to imagine how ancient people lived. Due to the constant revision of history, sometimes I would rather believe in the wild history than the new arguments of the brick family.
Of course, I don't watch TV series and movies.
Hehe, those are just a group of little fresh meat performing their own stage, they can't substitute for the role, and the script has nothing to do with the real history.
When he met the wolf poisoner, Tang Shidao once wanted to take a walk around his world.
But.
Because it was the first time to visit ancient times, Tang Shidao refused to start from foreign ancient times.
There is always some innocence in the human heart.
The first time he visited the Ancient Dynasty, Tang Shidao felt that he had to start with an ancient dynasty similar to the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom...... This is my own obsession, and it is also the persistence of being a member of the ancestral dragon country. The history of the mind is the purest of all, and does not like to let anyone and anything ruin its perfection.
"Little brother, where are you going? Here in the wilderness, do you want the old man to give you a ride? β
Dilapidated bullock carts.
Yellow straw.
Kind old farmer.
When people are in a good mood, they see that everything is so beautiful. Tang Shidao turned his head, and not far from him was an old man with a wide skeleton but a thin and fleshless body. He held a bullwhip in one hand and a cloth bag around his waist in the other, which seemed to be something very important. The old man's hands were full of calluses, blood and tendons, and he had a strong sense of strength.
"Uncle, aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?" Tang Shidao smiled.
secretly lost a life detective, and immediately found out that it was just an ordinary person...... A malnourished farmer.
Looks powerful.
Because he himself is tall, and he has done a lot of farm work, and he has trained his strength.
"Little brother said and laughed, how can you be a bad person in good clothes." The old man looked old and sophisticated, beckoned and said: "If you are not afraid of dirty, come up, this place is not safe, and there are often wild wolves and thieves." Little brother, are you lost, do you want to go to the city to report to the official? β
"I didn't get lost, I just came out to play." Tang Shidao easily flipped onto the ox cart.
I found that there was nothing under the straw, so I simply lay down and looked at the blue sky.
This era.
The sky is so blue that it softens people's hearts.
The old man smiled and whipped the old cow, not willing to whip the old cow, but just whipped out of thin air. When the old cow heard the whip, he slowly began to move: "The child ran away from home well, is it awkward with the family?" β
"Nope."
"Hahahaha, yes, it's okay. Take advantage of your youth to walk more, and you won't be able to walk when you're old. When the old man was young, he also wanted to go away to the side and resist Beidi. It's a pity that at that time, I couldn't make up the cost of the road. After a few years, when I have a family and children, I can't do without it. The rise and fall of the country when I was young can no longer compare to the health and well-being of my family now. β
"Hmm." Tang Shidao listened quietly.
It's very tasteful.
No matter ancient or modern, people will always have endless enthusiasm, and there will always be dreams that cannot be realized.
"Which way is the little brother going? The old man wanted to rush to Qingtan Village to return the gift, so he didn't enter Dahuang City. If the little brother doesn't follow the way, go to Shilipo and tell you, you can go east all the way to Dahuang City. The old man asked as he hurried.
"I wander around. Do you mind, I'll follow my husband around? β
"Yes. It's good to come out for a walk, and see a lot. The old man regarded Tang Shidao as a rich boy who ran away from home, and said: "It just so happens that in two days it will be the wedding day of my eldest son." If you don't mind, stay and have a glass of wine? β
"My husband is so polite. I'm a stranger, why does my husband take such good care? Tang Shidao asked with a smile.
"Hehe, because of your bird."
"Birds?"
"That's right. Before leaving the village, the fortune teller said: When you go out on the day of the rabbit, you will be lucky when it is red, and fierce when it is dark. Your bird happens to have a piece of fiery red, it must be the good fortune of the old man. Since it is a noble person, it is right for the old man to entertain him. "The old man is very honest, honest to the point of being a little naΓ―ve.
"I see, then I'm disrespectful." Tang Shidao was very curious about this fortune teller.
I was sure he wasn't a mage.
However, such characters are either liars or very knowledgeable liars. Either way, it's worth seeing in ancient times.
Gossip all the way.
Tang Shidao lay comfortably and listened to the old man nagging about his daily affairs.
The old man's surname is Yang, and he has three sons, all of whom are veterans of the army. Unfortunately, none of the three sons have much success, and at most they are only mixed with a captain; Fortunately, the three sons were injured in several major battles, and they came back completely.
The eldest son's daughter-in-law was a flood victim.
The family is all gone, and she is left with a hard life. Originally, this kind of woman was not likable, because she had big tits and big buttocks, and Yang Laohan was not opposed to marrying into the door.
When Tang Shidao heard it, he felt that the ancients were still honest.
According to Yang Laohan's idea, a woman with a big butt is easy to give birth to, and she is not afraid of starving her children when she has a big milk...... You see, the so-called marriage is nothing more than finding a mating and breeding partner, and what kind of love and love is simply a self-inflicted sin. Compared with modern hypocrisy, the ancients were so honest that they were a mess. Choosing a mate for the sake of superior reproduction, proper animal instinct.
Say as you go.
Speaking strongly, Yang Laohan also sang loudly, roaring unknown folk songs.
He didn't sing well, but everyone could hear his joy. His son is about to get married, and Yang Laohan can't wait to share his joy with everyone.
"Uncle Yang is old this year?"
"Don't dare to be, it's almost forty-eight." Yang Laohan replied.
Tang Shidao was shocked when he heard this.
I thought you were eighty-four, but I didn't expect you to be in your forties. Anyway, you're a little unscientific in looking old. In our place, the bald apes who stay up late every day are more tender than you.
"Uncle Yang, are there any strange legends in this area?"
Idle all the way.
Tang Shidao only occasionally said.
"Gonzo? Oh, that's true. I heard my grandfather say that there used to be an old dragon god in Longjiang Village, who was the protector of the wind and rain that blessed us. Later, because of the war, the thieves filled in the soil and intercepted the river, and the old dragon god got angry and jumped out to massacre the rebels, and then disappeared. Now there is a dragon shrine in our village, which is sacrificed once a year at the beginning of summer. β
"Uncle Yang, this is made up, right?" Tang Shidao smiled.
"My grandfather has seen it with his own eyes, and everyone in our village has seen it. By the way, I still have three dragon scales at home. Yang Laohan looked serious.
"And dragon scales?" Hearing this, Tang Shidao was surprised.
If you have a physical object, it's not like making it up.
According to the prince of Zhou.
It is certain that the Great Zhou Kingdom has a mage secret room. Is there any Warcraft? Well, that's hard to say.
"Uncle Yang, can you let me take a look at the dragon scales. Don't worry, I won't ask for you, just take a look at the long insight. "Tang Shidao is very interested, real dragons and fake dragons are good, it must be able to explain some problems.
"Okay, it's a big deal, every family in our village has two or three yuan." Yang Laohan agreed, not caring at all.
Half a day's journey.
Yang Laohan took the gift to return it to relatives and friends, and at this time Xiao Jin spoke: "Master, this place has a very weak magic reaction. β
Tang Shidao had already heard it: "Well, I just felt it." Xiao Jin, do you say that the dragon god is true? β
Xiao Jin replied: "I don't know. If they were, they weren't dragons, they didn't live in water, and they wouldn't be provoked by a horde of humans. Master, I think it might be some kind of demonic creature, but I just don't know where the source of the magic is. β
Tang Shidao didn't speak.
Looking at the surrounding buildings, there are many places with the pattern of 'dragon'. It's not a Western dragon, it's in the form of a long snake. Strangely, this 'dragon' only has two front claws, not four legs. There are double horns, which are very short and have no forks.
At first glance, it looks more like a snake, and its appearance is very similar to the legendary 'Jiao' in the ancestral dragon country.
"Let's go, little brother, I've kept you waiting."
"It's okay, I'm idle. Uncle Yang, is this what the old dragon god looks like? Tang Shidao pointed to the 'dragon' pattern on the building.
"Yes. But this is not the old dragon god, just the son of the old dragon god. The old dragon god has a much larger body and longer horns. The one over there who was wrapped around the pillar was the old dragon god, and it was the sons of the old dragon god who were guarding the door and the house. Yang Laohan replied.
Tang Shidao frowned when he heard this.
There is not only one dragon, but a large group?
It is shocking that these carved patterns are not imagination, but the restoration of physical descriptions.
Gossip all the way.
Tang Shidao kept asking about the legend of the 'old dragon god'. The more you listen, the more you find that this existence is real. The truest description is that Yang Laohan's village once 'fed' the old dragon god...... Well, he called it a sacrifice himself. At a certain time, usually before the rainy season, the villagers will kill the cattle, sheep and pigs alive, beat gongs and drums, and throw them into the river to sacrifice the old dragon god.
Such sacrifices lasted for hundreds of years.
Held every year.
Everyone participates.
The most important thing is that everyone has seen the 'old dragon god' out of the water and food sacrifice, and it is not a family story. This kind of dragon god festival is fully participated, and the elderly and children have seen it with their own eyes. If it weren't for the thieves filling the river, the old dragon god left the river in anger, and this kind of festival has not stopped to this day.
"A year after the war, we sacrifice again. Throwing food into the river, the old dragon god did not show up. If it is three years, the dragon god festival will be discontinued. β
Yang Laohan has not seen it with his own eyes, but he has collected dragon scales, so he has always believed in it.
The same goes for the villagers.
The older generation has said that they have seen it, and it is impossible for everyone to lie together. In this era, ploughing cattle is more important than human life, who dares to kill them for no reason and throw them into the river to feed the fish.
Again.
If it's fake, where do the dragon scales come from?
Half a day later.
Tang Shidao followed Yang Laohan to Longjiang Village and immediately introduced his family and relatives and friends. These villagers are very enthusiastic, and they may see Tang Shidao's extraordinary clothes, and see that Xiao Jin's macaw is too eye-catching, and everyone thinks that he is a great nobleman from somewhere.
"Here, these are dragon scales." Yang Laohan quickly took out three scales.
Tang Shidao took a look.
Regardless of what kind of scales it is, the weak magic it contains cannot fool people, it must be the scales possessed by 'abnormal creatures'.
Sensing the surroundings, every household in this village has something similar.
Tang Shidao spreads magic.
Soon.
Found in the mountains not far from the village: there was an even stronger wave of magical energy there.