Dharma Mountain, sacrificial cliff, impermanence.

It turned out to be a nunnery. "Impermanence" is a common Buddhist phrase, but it does not bode well.

Legend has it that in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Dharma Mountain became a pirate den, and a famous prostitute was taken to the island in Lin'an, the capital. Not wanting to be insulted by pirates, she jumped off a cliff at the eastern end of the island. After the pirates were pacified, the place was renamed Sheshen Cliff and a nunnery was built. Anna explained to them, "The incense on the island is not prosperous, it is intermittent, and when I was a child, there were two old nuns, both of whom have passed away. ”

Qin Beiyang drilled into the nunnery, carefully observed the heavy eaves of the mountain-style roof, as well as the structure of the dougong and the beams, after 800 years but still do not fade the color painting, each petal of the lotus flower is clearly recognizable.

"It is indeed the architecture of the Southern Song Dynasty!"

To build a mausoleum, it is indispensable to learn to build a house, after all, the imperial tomb is not only an underground palace, but also a large ground building such as the Len Palace. Over the years, every time Qin Beiyang passed by the ancient temples and famous temples, he would carefully study and judge the characteristics of the previous dynasties, and had the sharp eyes of the dynasties.

The impermanence nunnery is really impermanent, deserted and dilapidated, and it can't withstand the ravages of time. The cobwebs in the Buddhist hall are dense, and the statue of Guanyin sleeps by itself. The wings on either side were probably the bedrooms of the nuns, with rows of rudimentary brick beds and nests of seabirds and rats. Jiu Cai's eyes were a little strange, Qin Beiyang was flustered for a while, and a chill faintly rose in this abandoned nunnery.

He rushed out as if fleeing, and under the cliff was the roaring sea, and the stormy waves crashed against the reef, and anyone who fell down had no chance of survival.

"Look, what's that?"

Standing on the cliff and looking into the distance, a steamship appeared on the sea. The ship's chimney did not spew black smoke, indicating that the boiler was shut down.

"Why did the ship stop moving? What kind of flag is it hanging? ”

Ye Kenan took out his telescope and observed: "The red, white, and red strips, if I remember correctly, should be the Republic of Peru." ”

As he spoke, there was another sound of gongs and drums behind him, and Qin Beiyang was surprised that this barren and dangerous cliff top could be so lively? Looking at it again, many islanders climbed the cliff, all dressed in red and green, carrying two shelves, tied to children, a man and a woman, both of whom were no more than seven or eight years old.

Seeing this, Ouyang Anna's delicate face turned pale, and she bit her lip and said, "Evil Dragon Sacrifice!" ”

Almost all the islanders of Dharma Mountain have come to the cliff. Even Ouyang Sicong's little lover Hai Mai dragged one in her hand and one in her arms, and climbed up to watch the excitement with everyone.

Anna ran to the ama and asked, "I have been away from Dharma Mountain for five years, and now it is the Republic of China, and this terrible old custom has not been abolished?" ”

The sea girl hugged Ouyang Sicong's young son tightly: "The evil dragon comes out to harm people every year, and last month another fishing boat sank, drowning seven men. ”

Qin Beiyang couldn't help but ask, "What does this mean?" Aren't the tied children a boy or a girl? ”

"Yes!" Anna's originally fair face flushed, and she said ashamedly, "I'm sorry to let you see this barbaric ritual." In the past, there were frequent shipwrecks near Damo Mountain, in addition to the reefs, but also because there were evil dragons in this sea area. ”

"Dragons?"

"Well, legend has it that many shipwrecks were caused by evil dragons. I don't know how many years ago, there was this kind of dragon sacrifice on the island, to throw a pair of boys and girls into the sea. As for which family the child is, in the past, it was decided by the islanders by drawing lots. Before I was born, the dragon disappeared for a while, and the rituals were interrupted for about ten years. In the year of Gengzi, the year I was born, the evil dragons reappeared, and the islanders began to pay tribute to the sea again. ”

Qin Beiyang looked at the seemingly calm sea: "It's all some ignorant nonsense." ”

"No, I've seen dragons with my own eyes!" The ama did not shy away from the man next to her, unbuttoned the corners of her clothes to reveal her full nipples, and stuffed them into the baby's mouth, "Three years ago, I dived to the bottom of the sea east of Tamo, where the reef was dangerous, but there were fine scallops and pearls, and I saw the dragon swimming past me. ”

Qin Beiyang turned his head away from seeing the woman breastfeeding, and regarded the sea lady as an ignorant rural young woman, and he did not believe in any supernatural legends outside the ancient cemetery palace. He thought to himself that the so-called "evil dragons" were mostly people's illusions or conjectures, at most they were underwater creatures such as large octopuses, which made him sound Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

"Ama don't lie."

Anna replied on behalf of her father's lover, and Qin Beiyang and Ye Kenan looked at each other.

"Don't talk about your dragons! Why do Chinese like boys and girls so much? Because of the word 'good'? "Eight years ago, he saved Ah You in the underground secret room, otherwise she would have been buried by the old eunuch to Emperor Guangxu, "Where did the two children come from?" ”

"After the Year of Gengzi, the islanders no longer give out their children by drawing lots, they are all bought from outside the island."

"I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world."

Ye Kenan sighed helplessly, he could solve countless murder cases, but he couldn't stop China's human life from being as cheap as a mustard.

With the sound of firecrackers, the "evil dragon festival" of Dharma Mountain began, and the islanders recited the half-literate and half-white bullshit sacrifice text, and were about to throw the boy and girl into the sea. When the two children saw the turbid waves under the cliff, they cried for help.

At this time, a man rushed to the side of the boy and the girl, and knocked down several of the islanders who were about to throw them down.

"Qin Beiyang!"

Ouyang Anna screamed, Qin Beiyang was besieged by the islanders. He untied the two children who were tied up, and slumped into a wrestling position to fight to the death on the cliff of sacrifice.

Seeing that he was alone, Ye Kenan and Ah You broke through the crowd, and the nine colors all gathered around Qin Beiyang.

The islanders are menacing, and they all say that this time of winter is the season of evil dragons. And the "Evil Dragon Festival" protects the safety of Dharma Mountain, otherwise no one dares to go into the sea to fish, and everyone will be trapped on the island to death.

"I see, although you are tall, you are also a child." The islander pointed to the fourteen-year-old Ah You and said, "Together with the little girl next to you, you can just make a pair of boys and girls and throw you off the cliff, just in time to pay tribute to the evil dragon." ”

The dialect here is really difficult to understand, and some people have taken a fancy to the nine colors: "Mom, this animal looks too strange, let's throw it into the sea and sacrifice it to the evil dragon!" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Qin Beiyang decided to fight to the death, he wrestled and tripped three men in a row, but more people poured up. Ah Yu hugged Jiu Se and told it not to act rashly.

A gunshot rang out in the air.

Ye Kenan pulled out a pistol, and the smoke of gunpowder drifted out of the muzzle, and the bullet had penetrated deep into the clouds.

"I am a commissioner of the Ministry of the Interior, and I have been ordered by the Inspector General of Police to go to the island and abolish all ignorance and bad customs. The Republic of China is a civilized and civilized country, and the so-called 'Evil Dragon Sacrifice' is extremely barbaric and violates the teachings of the Master and the Sage. ”

With that, he fired a second shot into the sky.