Volume 3 The Strange Tales of the Women's Courtyard Chapter 100 The Legend of the Sword Pond (Part 2)

"Hey, what's wrong?" The bespectacled squad leader patted me on the shoulder, and the old squad stood beside her, "Why are you two so bad?" ”

I shook my body and smiled bitterly, "It's nothing"

"It's nothing, are you and Ge Hong too tired lately, and ...... appeared" Zhang Qi was halfway through his words, and Gao Yanlan shrewdly continued, "There is insomnia, so your face is so bad, you have to rest well."

"Hmm" Under the concerned gaze of the old class, I nodded helplessly

Ge Hong said nothing with a white face

"Insomnia at a young age? This is not good for your health" Old man Fan walked over, "The study task should not be too heavy, you two should pay attention to relaxing"

"Uh, yes, yes" I secretly pulled Ge Hong, "Anyway, it's not class, then let's go back to the dormitory to rest"

"It's okay," the old class nodded and instructed us, "Take a nap at noon, you will have energy in the afternoon, don't think too much, and sleep soundly at night"

Ge Hong and I obediently said yes, and then ran out of the classroom under the worried eyes of the other four people in the dormitory

"Shen Jun, is there that tall and thin man by the water?" Ge Hong asked, holding my hand tightly

"I don't know, but we can go and find out," I replied as I pulled her as I ran

In front is the side gate of the dormitory building, behind which there is a small stone arch bridge that spans the river and is connected to the mountain road behind Tiger Hill

The door was locked

But this did not bother us, Ge Hong immediately took out a key from her pocket, the spare key that the barerner gave her last time, and opened the lock

We opened the door, and a cacophony of voices came in

The procession has already passed, and the originally bustling crowds on both sides of the mountain road have dispersed a lot

The rest are uncles, aunts and the like, strolling and walking, reminiscing and talking about the excitement just now

We raced through the crowd and ran to the side of the mountain road

Directly opposite the school building was a meadow at the water's edge, which was empty at this time, and there was no one in sight

"Shen Jun, that tall and thin man...... It's gone," Ge Hong's face turned white

"If he's still here, it's terrible," I breathed a sigh of relief

"I'd rather he's still around," Ge Hong looked around, "so that at least there's a chance to determine if he's human...... Ghosts"

I sighed secretly, if it's just an ordinary ghost, it doesn't matter, I'm most afraid of some kind of evil monster

"Hey, what are you looking for?" A neutral voice exploded in my ears

Ge Hong and I turned our heads together, and not far away stood a short and fat aunt with a tongs and a dustpan, judging from her dress, she should be a staff member of Tiger Hill

"No, nothing," I quickly shook my head in denial

"I know what's going on by looking at the two of you," the aunt was surprisingly enthusiastic, "Lost something?" Is it valuable? ”

"No," Ge Hong asked with the mentality of giving it a try, "Have you seen a tall and thin man here just now?" ”

"Scared, it turns out that you two are looking for someone," she shouted, "If not tens of thousands of people come to see the temple fair today, at least one or two thousand, who will pay attention to any thin and tall men?"

Her answer was exactly what we expected

"Oh, thank you," Ge Hong replied

"Hey, do you two still want to find it? Then go up to the Sword Pond," she said loudly when she saw us turn around and want to leave, "There are a lot of people over there now, and there will be a show in front of the Thousand People Stone."

"Shen Jun, should we go?"

"Well, go check it out"

The most fascinating place of interest in the Tiger Hill Scenic Area is the Sword Pond, which is said to be the tomb of King Wu

Looking north from the stone of a thousand people, next to the round cave door of "Don't have a cave", there are 4 big characters of "Tiger Hill Sword Pool", which is strong and vigorous, and was originally inscribed by Yan Yan, the only son of Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty

The stone wall in the round cave is carved with the four characters of "wind gully cloud spring", the penmanship is chic, the legend is that Mi Fu is one of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty

The left wall of the cliff is engraved with the word "Sword Pond" in seal inscription, and the legend is left by the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi

Tiger Hill Sword Pond is about 50 meters wide, about 10 meters deep, the water in the pool is continuous, it is not dry all the year round, the deep and unfathomable pool water can be drunk before, Li Xiuqing in the Tang Dynasty once tasted it as "the fifth spring in the world"

Legend has it that the sword pond is not a natural thing, but is made of artificial axes, according to the local annals, under this sword pond is the place where the corpse and treasures of King Wu Lu are buried, and the reason why it is called the sword pond is because when he was buried, he used many golden swords such as "Bian Zhu" and "fish intestines" that he loved during his life as burial objects, and buried them in the tomb at the same time

Because of this legend, the sword pond has become a mysterious place

It is said that Qin Shi Huang said that in order to find the tomb of Helu and dig out the treasures and swords that he was buried with, he dispatched troops and sent troops from Xianyang to the foot of Huqiu Mountain to camp at the foot of Huqiu Mountain

When Chu and Han fought, the king of Chu heard the legend about the sword pool out of nowhere, and also had a strong interest in it, he brought people to the sword pool, mobilized the people, and excavated vigorously, as a result, just like what happened to Qin Shi Huang, he didn't even see a trace of the sword, let alone the tomb of Helu

During the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu also dreamed of finding the tomb of Helu, and he personally led the soldiers and horses to the Tiger Hill Sword Pond to excavate, but he still found nothing

In order to find the legendary treasure buried under the sword pond, Situ Wang Xun and his younger brother Sikong Wang Min of the Jin Dynasty actually built their own pavilion to Tiger Hill, but they were still disappointed

Later, in 1955, the Suzhou Municipal Government carried out a large-scale dredging and excavation of the Sword Pond, hoping to further verify this legend

As a result, after draining the water of the sword pond and finding an underground cave, after encountering three standing stone slabs at the end of the cave, the excavation work was forced to stop, these stone slabs are nearly 1 meter high and about 1 meter thick, and it is extremely difficult to move

Therefore, despite thousands of years, the mystery of the sword pool has not been revealed

At this moment, in the open space in front of the sword pond, stepping on stilts, top cylinders, turntables, dragon dances, and lion dances...... A folklore show is in full swing

Ge Hong and I huddled in the crowd, looking left and right, looking for the tall and thin man

There are noisy gongs and drums and boiling human voices in our ears, and there are interesting faces shaking in front of us, but there is no person we are looking for

Seeing that it was almost noon, I had no choice but to say to Ge Hong, "It's time to eat, let's go back first"

Ge Hong looked ahead in a daze, deaf to my words

What's going on?

I turned my head to look and noticed that the style of the performance on stage had suddenly changed

The monotonous and desolate drums replaced the lively gongs and drums, the black and white cloth clothes replaced the colorful dresses, and the many performers looked solemn and showed a kind of pathos in their gestures, as if they were playing out a tragedy with a plot

Strange, folklore performances also include stage plays?

"It's like they're putting on a show...... The story of the cadre Mo Xie," Ge Hong came over and said

Cadre Mo Ye, this is a well-known story in our place, Tiger Hill still has the legendary Wu Wang Lu got the "Gan General", "Mo Evil" sword after the sword test caused by the "sword test stone"

But when I saw these people on the stage, some of them empty-handed, gathered together in groups of three or five, looking sad and indignant; Some of them dance heavily with cold and shining swords, the movements are strange, how to look, it doesn't look like a scene of casting a sword () Reading and downloading are all in the bubble book Chinese network fast more:///