The platform is made of huge square rocks, and the outside is inlaid with cyan square bricks, each square brick is about two meters long and wide, very huge, and the surface of the square bricks is chiseled with strange ornaments.

In the center of the platform is a stone staircase, and below the stone steps stands a row of stone carvings of ghost heads, which are used to park boats. When the boat is docked under the platform, in order to prevent the ship from drifting to the shore, the ship's cables can be wrapped around and tied to these stone carvings of ghost heads.

The boat slowly leaned to the shore, and I jumped onto the deck, about to reach for the cable. Suddenly, I squinted at a strange glimpse of a strange face passing under the water, pale and swollen, with a hideous and terrifying expression, which looked like a devil's face. I was stunned, quickly rubbed my eyes, and looked underwater again. This time, nothing could be seen under the water, and the strange face seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

"Mo San, what are you doing? Hurry up and tie the cable! Lian Mingche poked his head out of the cockpit.

I answered, and tied the cable to a stone statue of a ghost's head, and I didn't tell anyone about it, I shook my swollen head, thinking I must have been dazzled.

After we parked the boat, we went up the stone steps to the main entrance of the Fishbone Temple.

Standing at the main gate and looking at the fishbone temple, it feels magnificent and awe-inspiring.

This fishbone temple is almost as tall as a few floors, and it is amazing to see that the entire fishbone temple is built with real fishbones. We have never seen such a huge fish bone, the smallest one is the thickness of an adult's arm, and the largest one used as the backbone of the temple is even larger, reaching tens of meters in length.

We couldn't help but be secretly surprised, where did these fish bones come from? What kind of behemoth should a fish with such thick bones be?

In addition to the amazing appearance of these fishbones, the design of the fishbone temple is also amazing. The entire fishbone temple is built into a huge fish head shape, and the open fish mouth is the temple gate. Walking into the fishbone temple, there is no special decoration in the temple, and there is a rusty tripod in the center, which is a vessel used to burn incense and worship, it may be too old, and the wax ash in the big tripod has solidified into black.

Facing the bronze Dading stands a bluestone case, on which the stone case is carved with a three-dimensional water splash, which is enough to show the exquisite skills of the craftsmen at that time. There is a dragon king stone sculpture on the stone case, and the stone carving is wrapped with painted gilt, which makes this dragon king stone sculpture look lifelike, especially the dragon head, the dragon's whiskers are flying, and the angry eyes are round, adding a sense of majesty, as if as long as a gust of wind blows, the dragon king can break through the sky.

The storm outside could not stop for a while, and in the depths of this cave, the rolling thunder could no longer be heard, and it was as silent as an ancient world. In such a peaceful environment, the feeling of fatigue quickly set up, so we chose a corner of the temple to rest.

At this moment, a few boats came in outside the cave, and the people on each boat were wearing red and green, happily beating gongs and drums, blowing suona, at first we thought it was a fleet to send relatives, and then we reacted that someone would send relatives to take the waterway.

There were about twenty men in the flotilla, and they sat together in twos and threes, their faces full of exhaustion. Some people wiped the moisture on their faces, some people hugged their arms and shivered, and some people shook their heads and sighed, secretly scolding their bad luck.

A middle-aged man in his forties walked over and greeted us: "Pingshui is a brother, I don't know what to call it?" ”

I stepped forward and said, "We are from the Ministry of Public Security and the Municipal Bureau of Water to investigate the case." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and introduced himself: "My name is Li Dawei, and my ancestors have been fishing by this river for three generations. It is also really sad to say that my eldest daughter came home to visit her relatives a few days ago, and unfortunately fell into this section of the river and died. My eldest daughter is well-educated and well-behaved, and she is about to graduate, so she is ready to go home to see, who would have thought that ...... Hey......"

The look on Li Dawei's face was very sad, and there were faint tears flickering. However, he quickly sniffed and forced a smile: "Today is a big day, I can't cry!" ”

"What a big day?" I deliberately pretended I didn't know anything.

Li Dawei said: "According to the custom of our side, as long as the girl dies in this river, it is the sea rakshasa who has taken a fancy to us, and we will sacrifice the girl to the sea rakshasa as a wife, so that the sea rakshasa will bless our whole family safe!" This custom is called ghost kissing in our country. Originally, I was going to sink my daughter's body into the river and sacrifice it to the Sea Rakshasa today, but before I could reach the place of the sunken body, I encountered a storm. Alas, I wonder if the sea rakshasa is angry? ”

As long as Li Dawei mentions the "Sea Rakshasa", his face is full of piety. I also know a little about this sea rakshasa, as the river god in the lower end of the nine rivers, these fishermen who walk on the sea river all year round are naturally very worshipped.

Not far away, a middle-aged woman suddenly cried: "My daughter, you died so miserably! ”

The cry broke the silence of the fishbone temple, and an old man with a goatee on the boat walked quickly to the middle-aged woman, and hurriedly admonished: "Erniu, mother, you can't cry, you will be unhappy with this crying sea rakshasa!" ”

The middle-aged woman cried even more: "Sea Rakshasa, why do you fall in love with my second girl?" We finally raised the second girl into a college student, you ...... Why did you take our two girls away! ”

The old man with the goatee said: "Mother of the second girl, you can be careful to speak, you can be the girl who is favored by the sea rakshasas, that is very lucky." As long as you sink the body of Dahua, your family will definitely be able to adjust the wind and rain in the future, and everything will be prosperous! ”

The middle-aged woman whimpered and cried non-stop, Li Dawei's face changed, and he hugged his fist at me and said, "That's my daughter-in-law, I'm sorry, I'll go over and have a look first!" ”

As he spoke, Yu Guangwei turned around, took three steps and two steps to the middle-aged woman, raised his slap and slapped her face, and scolded angrily: "Cry, cry, cry, you unlucky dead old woman knows how to cry!" Didn't the old boss tell you that you can't cry at this time, otherwise the sea rakshasa will be angry. Don't you see the storm outside? It was you who made the Sea Rakshasa angry by crying, so the sky changed! Fuck it, if you cry again, I'll have to smash your mouth! ”

The middle-aged woman was stunned by Li Dawei, looking at her man with a frightened face, wanting to cry but not daring to cry out loud, how ugly her depressed look was.

This scene in front of us makes us laugh and angry, laughing at the ignorance of these people, and angry at a big man beating and scolding his daughter-in-law. I couldn't stand it anymore, and just wanted to say something, Lian Mingche hurriedly waved his hand at me, signaled me to shut up, and then lowered his voice and said: "It's important to investigate the case, don't talk too much at this time." ”

We sat in the temple for several hours, during which time Li Dawei gave us a roast goose. I had some doubts, Li Dawei said: "Eat with confidence, this is not a roast goose for sacrifice, this is originally a dinner prepared for the villagers who came to see off their relatives!" ”

We couldn't refuse his kindness, and after thanking him, we ate the roast goose on the spot.

Lian Mingche said: "This storm can't stop for a while, and even if it stops, I'm afraid it's late at night, it seems that we have to sleep in this temple tonight, and then go out until dawn!" ”

The temperature in the temple was very low, and the humidity was very heavy, and everyone was shivering with the cold. We found some wood on the boat and threw it into the bronze tripod, lit a raging fire, and more than 20 people gathered around the bonfire, and immediately felt that the chill subsided a lot.

The flames crackled and burned, and Li Dawei drank soju and told us with great interest about the legend of the sea rakshasa.

According to the old generation, the sea rakshasa is a giant god with the sky above his head and the earth under his feet, he is wearing golden scale armor and holding a pair of mountain opening knives, and he can cut the mountains and rivers into two with a swing of the knife. The sea rakshasa is the patron saint of the river, usually lives in the palace under the water, once there is a demon beast chaos on the sea river, the sea rakshasa will appear from the bottom of the river, exerting magical powers, not letting these monsters trouble the Yellow River.

Among the many stories about the Sea Rakshasas, the most famous is the Sea Rakshasa versus the Hydra. The nine-headed demon snake was originally a demon beast that was suppressed in the mountains, but later escaped when the sky collapsed and the sea changed, and hid in the Haihe River.

This beast is very terrifying, it goes to the heavens and the earth, overturns the rivers and seas, and can do anything. The body is a hundred feet long, black and shiny, wrapped in hard scale armor. The most peculiar thing is that there are nine heads, which cannot be killed at all. Since the nine-headed demon snake appeared in Haihe, it can be said that the lives of the people are miserable and the people are struggling to make a living. The once bustling and hectic lower reaches of the Nine Rivers have now become a formidable passage of death.

The matter of the nine-headed demon snake chaos reached the ears of the Sea Rakshasa and the Sea Rakshasa was extremely angry, and rushed out of the water with a big knife, wanting to suppress the demon beast snake again.

This battle lasted for nine days and nine nights, and the Sea Rakshasa finally defeated the Hydra, cutting off all nine of its heads and sealing them at the nine bends of the Haihe River. Since then, the Haihe River has regained its former prosperity, the number of boats coming and going has gradually increased, and the people on both sides of the river have lived and worked in peace and contentment. And this legend has also been passed down by the people.

Listening and listening, sleepiness came over us, and we didn't know when we fell asleep, and I don't know how long it was, a frightened scream woke me up from my dream.

I sat up, what happened?