Chapter 67 The Gargoyle Monkey
Gao Yimu continued:
"That was 20 years ago, there was a group outside the ditch and a second group inside the ditch. There is no disharmony between the two groups, and they are basically related to each other. Then one day, a well was being dug in the village, and the earth was dug at our feet. People dug and dug out the Phoenix Temple. ”
"Although everyone doesn't leak the news, it is still known by people outside the ditch."
"Everyone went in to dig the Phoenix Temple, thinking of looking for some treasures to exchange for money. Twenty years ago, a group leader outside the ditch was grandpa, grandpa had read a few years of books, when digging out the Phoenix Temple, people did not dare to go down, it was black and steaming, at that time, only reform and opening up, and did not believe in any cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, grandpa followed a few people down together, first explored. The two groups of people discussed on the ground, dug up something, and the two groups of people were divided, and everyone had a share. ”
Gao Yimu paused, "Didn't anyone bring a bottle of water, it's weird and tiring." ”
Chu Ye threw away a bottle of water, Gao Yimu took two sips and continued:
"Grandpa Tai, they went down to the temple, and there was no gold and silver treasure at all, and there was a pair of golden phoenixes and black phoenixes in the temple. Outside the hall is this mouth. ”
Gao Yimu pointed to the well.
"What is surprising is that this well, there is still a fire below, and there is a circle of words on the side of the Ding, which is the text of Nanyue."
"Everyone else is illiterate, this grandfather happens to have some ancient books of South Vietnam, and my grandfather often read with his grandfather when he was a child, and he also understands some South Vietnamese characters."
"The rest of the people asked, what is written on this tripod, in fact, this tripod is a small story, about the period of King Shuyang of Nanyue, the Han Dynasty and the country of Nanyue were at war. The 100,000-strong army sent by Emperor Wu of Han attacked the Nanyue Kingdom in four directions. The Nanyue Kingdom was about to be destroyed, and when the King of Shuyang ordered someone to dig up the mausoleum, he dug up this pair of black and gold phoenixes, as well as this big ding. ”
"The workers, curious, entered the Phoenix Temple, rioted and wanted to move the phoenix, but as soon as the phoenix was separated, the workers were like crazy, cut out each other's hearts, threw them into the big ding, used human oil as fuel, and burned it."
Gao Yimu swallowed a few mouthfuls of water and continued:
"The king of Nanyue, King Shuyang, knew about this, so he spread out to worship the phoenix god, and drank the soup of Dading to live forever, in an attempt to deceive Liu Che, the rich Emperor of the Han Dynasty, after the death of the country. After the destruction of Nanyue, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che learned of this and was preparing to come to Nanyue to drink this soup of immortality. After all, the former Qin Shi Huang spent his whole life searching for the elixir of immortality, but he failed to do so. ”
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty often served Lang Dongfang Shuo, saw that this matter was strange, and risked his life to report to Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han saw the soldiers enter the Phoenix Temple and died of losing their hearts, so he gave up. Ordered Dongfang Shuo to settle the matter. ”
"Dongfang Shuo searched for forty-nine monks, sealed this temple with blood, and ordered someone to record this incident on the Ding in Nanyue script to warn future generations."
"Grandpa Tai told this story honestly, but the other people who came with him didn't believe it, they thought that this was Grandpa Tai's desire to swallow their wealth alone."
"A few people went out of the temple, spreading the news, whoever wants to grab something is counted, a group of people began to crowd frantically and desperately ran into the temple, only some timid people, watching outside the temple, did not dare to enter."
The rest of the people ordered someone to tie a rope to the phoenix in a vain attempt to pull the phoenix statue out. The phoenix statue had just moved out of the palace gate, and the people who were still robbing inside had turned into heartless skeletons, and they all dug their hearts and jumped into the ding. ”
"Later, the cave and the mountain shook, the Phoenix Temple escaped into the ground, only a few people survived, and there was a phoenix statue that was moved out of it."
"This place has become so terrifying, naturally it is impossible to continue living, people have moved out of the ditch, and the two groups of people have come together to form the current Phoenix Village, build a Phoenix Temple in the village, and worship the golden phoenix to this day."
"Since then, after serving as the village head, Grandpa Tai has retired, looking for ancient books of Nanyue every day, eager to find the past and present life of the Phoenix Temple."
"In the book, he found a sentence, the phoenix temple is down, and the phoenix temple is now."
"Therefore, no matter who becomes the village chief later, Grandpa Tai has only one request, to strengthen the Phoenix Temple every year."
After Gao Yimu's story was finished, everyone was silent.
"And how did you know about it?" I asked Takachiki.
"Hehe, Lao Yu and I were about to go into Huang Village to rescue the two of you, and we saw that they happened to be funeral grandpa on the side of the road, and they detained grandpa's soul here." Gao Yimu looked proud, and wanted to stand up in front of Chu Ye's people.
"Insect carving skills." Chu Ye snorted.
"Then what do we do now, can we enter the temple?" I asked.
Gao Yimu winked, "Of course you can just don't move the statue." ”
Chu Ye glared at Gao Yimu, if it weren't for the fact that there were many of us, I am afraid that Gao Yimu would have died a few times earlier.
Walking into the temple, the black phoenix was still standing on the altar, covered with dust, but it still couldn't cover the black gold light inside.
There was nothing on the ground except for some dead wood and branches, and the remains of bones.
"Hey, come and see." Chu Ye shouted.
This black phoenix only occupies half of the table, and the other half is naturally the position of this golden phoenix. The base of the golden phoenix and the black phoenix are all a semicircular pedestal, which is put together in the shape of a bagua.
"Could it be that there is something under this temple?" Chu Ye pointed to the pedestal of this gossip, could it be the key to unlock it.
Gao Yimu Says:
"However, according to historical records, there were a lot of treasures in the mausoleum before the death of the king of Nanyue, could it be that this is the key to open the mausoleum?"
"Even if it is, we don't have the sculpture of the golden phoenix, and the phoenix statue is honestly guarded in Phoenix Village."
Gao Yimu and Chu Ye stood opposite each other, neither of them spoke, but everyone knew each other's intentions. That is, the share of the treasure after it is found.
"Boom, boom"
The monkeys with stone masks that I had beaten had reappeared, and this time it was not one, but a group.
Hooked up one by one, didn't come at us, you fought for me and buried your head in the door of Dading to drink soup.
Lao Yu has always said little, and at this time he said a word.
"You haven't thought about why this soup has been there for twenty years, and it hasn't dried up."
We watched the monkeys scrambling to drink the soup, some of the monkeys were too short to reach the soup in Dingli, and were pushed into the pot by other sturdy monkeys, and instantly became someone else's meal.
"It's been twenty years, why hasn't this fire been extinguished, and who put the mask on the monkeys." I looked at the distorted monkey and thought to myself.
The beginning of a question is a succession of countless questions.
Although there are a lot of people on both sides now, standing in front of the black phoenix, staring at the gargoyle monkeys drinking broth, everyone stays in place, and cold sweat breaks out on their heads.