Chapter Seventy-Three: Burning the River Monster

Text-only online reading, the domain name of this site, mobile phone synchronous reading, please visit

My grandfather was choked by the river before he fell into a coma, and there was no major problem, an old Chinese medicine doctor in the village pricked a few stitches in my grandfather's chest and back, and my grandfather's throat "gurgling", and he spit out a few mouthfuls of river water. The old Chinese medicine doctor said that after the water in the cavity is spit out, people can wake up quickly.

Subsequently, the old Chinese medicine doctor showed my grandfather the injury, simply this river monster only has fangs and no incisors, and the teeth are very sharp, can only bite but not tear, my grandfather's legs and arms on those injuries, all dense small eyes, similar to snake teeth bite, fortunately there is no tear off the piece of meat, it is a great luck in misfortune.

While my grandfather had not yet woken up, the old Chinese medicine doctor and a few villagers took off the wet clothes on my grandfather's body and bandaged the wounds.

Until this time, the big tail of the river monster was still pinched in my grandfather's hands, probably because the river monster's mouth and limbs were tied, it seemed to have accepted its fate at this time, and it no longer struggled, staring back and forth with a pair of scarlet eyes, and the whole thing was quite honest.

During this period, Wang Grass Carp used the village butcher's pig killing knife to cut it a few times on the head, and the king grass carp's hands were numb, and the blade was rolled, but the river monster was unscathed.

The Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword was thrown back to the shore by my grandfather when he fell into the water with the river monster. My grandfather knew that he was not good at water, and he was afraid that he would drop his sword into the river when he was fighting with the river monster in the water, and besides, the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword didn't seem to be able to do any substantial damage to the river monster, so it was the same with or without it, and at the moment of falling into the water, he threw his hand back on the shore, and then was picked up by the people who came.

Seeing that these swords couldn't cut the river monster, the village chief Wang discussed with everyone in the village, let's wait for my grandfather to wake up, this thing is copper-headed and iron-brained, it is really not easy to deal with, since my grandfather can catch it, maybe there is a way to deal with it.

At this time, Boss Wang, I was a little convinced of my grandfather, and at the same time pinched a cold sweat for my grandfather, the young man was too strong-blooded, in the past, when Wang Shoudao and my great-grandfather exorcised evil spirits and caught ghosts, I had never seen them do so hard with evil things, this is someone fished him up from the river, if there is no one next to him, is there still a little life, in case something happens, how can he Boss Wang explain to my great-grandfather.

The next day, when it was close to noon, my grandfather woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he was lying on his own bed, still holding the big tail of the river monster in his hand, and the river monster was lying on the side of his bed at this time, tied the hemp rope to death, and his eyes were closed, and he looked half-dead.

Seeing this, my grandfather exhaled violently, and the knuckles of both fingers rattled like an intricate vine unloading its power, and at the same time, ten iron hook-like fingers loosened the river monster little by little.

Then, my grandfather clenched his fists a few times, moved his hands, raised his arms, and knocked the river monster off the bed.

At the same time as the river monster fell under the bed, my grandfather was stunned to find that there were three or four young men of his age standing in the room, and Wang Caoyu was also there.

These young men were specially sent by the village chief Wang Boss to take care of my grandfather, and several people have been guarding them since the middle of the night last night.

At this time, several people were very excited when they saw my grandfather wake up, one by one, their eyes were full of admiration and admiration.

Wang Caoyu said hello to my grandfather, ran back to his house, and informed his father Wang Dahe and his grandfather Wang Laoda.

As soon as Wang Dahe heard that my grandfather woke up, he hurriedly asked his wife to make a fire to make food, and my grandfather tried his best to capture the river monster, which was a great achievement for the people of their Sanwangzhuang, and it was also a great benefactor of their Sanwangzhuang, and they couldn't be neglected.

The injuries on my grandfather's body were not serious, but the old Chinese medicine doctor explained that he had to stay in bed to recuperate. My grandfather has a twisted temper, disobedient, and refuses to admit defeat, so he is told to rest in bed to recuperate, which is similar to asking for his life, plus he is young and active, and after waking up, he runs directly on the ground, and he also pulls the tail of the river monster and falls to the ground dozens of times, and the people who are responsible for taking care of him can't persuade him.

After Wang Dahe's wife cooked the meal for my grandfather, Wang Laoda, Wang Dahe, and Wang Caoyu's ancestors and grandsons carried food boxes and came to deliver food to my grandfather.

After the food box was handed over to my grandfather, my grandfather opened the lid of the food box and saw that the millet porridge, burned, tasted, it was full of meat, millet donkey meat porridge, and the bread in the fire was also donkey meat, which reminded my grandfather of the unlucky donkey yesterday.

The cattle that were bitten to death by the river monster before Sanwangzhuang were all burned and buried by the villagers because they were afraid, but since my grandfather took the lead in boiling his own horse, these villagers saw that there was nothing wrong, and they became bolder, and they were no longer willing to burn and bury the carcasses of the cattle.

It is said that the earliest "donkey meat fire" is to beat my grandfather in this experience, before my grandfather when they ate horse meat, because the horse meat is too rough, that is, the meat fiber is too thick, not very delicious, some people use their own fire to eat it, the villagers have seen it and imitated, the fire sandwiched horse meat, it tastes very good.

No, he bit the donkey to death for the river monster, donkey meat is a good thing, as the saying goes, dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground. The villagers carried the donkey back and cleaned it up overnight, and together with the horse meat that had not been eaten yesterday, each family was given a large piece, and Wang Dahe's wife used cooked donkey meat to make a few roasted donkey meat for my grandfather, which was much more delicious than the previous one with roasted horse meat.

This kind of "fire burned donkey meat" way of eating, I don't know how to spread to Baoding, Hebei, maybe someone in Sanwangzhuang moved to Baoding, because Baoding where the water and grass are abundant, donkeys are particularly many, and the meat is delicious, the famous "donkey meat burned" is also settled in Baoding, Hebei, and gradually rises.

Straight to the point. After my grandfather had dinner, the village chief, Mr. Wang, asked my grandfather, "Eldest nephew, what do you think this river monster is doing?" ”

My grandfather didn't even think about it, and directly said, "Burn it." ”

According to my grandfather's wishes, Boss Wang borrowed an iron cage from a neighboring village, which was completely handmade by a blacksmith. As for what the iron cage was used for at that time, it is no longer verifiable. According to my personal estimate, it may be used to raise large dogs such as Tibetan mastiffs, but I don't know if anyone had such large dogs at that time.

The iron cage was carried by a few strong young men to the large pile of firewood picked up in the center of the village. At this time, my grandfather dragged the river monster to the firewood pile, opened the cage door, picked up the river monster and threw it in.

Then, everyone started together, poured fire oil on the whole thing, and lit it together with the river monster and firewood. In just a short time, the central flames of Sanwangzhuang Village soared into the sky, and the raging flames engulfed the iron cage entirely.

The villagers around the cage could barely see the situation inside the cage through the firelight, and saw that at this time the hemp rope on the river monster's body was burned by the fire, and the rags in the mouth were also burned, and the river monster got up in the cage with a grunt, probably uncomfortable by the fire, and it didn't take long for the croaking monster in the cage, jumping up and down and hitting the cage with his head and tail, and hitting the iron bars on the cage with his head.

Fortunately, the iron cage is thick and strong, and no matter how much the river monster tosses in it, it will not be damaged at all, and if it is replaced with something else, it will be designated to be deformed or shattered by the river monster.

The fire doesn't know how long it burned, as the fire gradually weakened, the number of hits and the force of the river monster in the cage became less and less, weaker and weaker, and in the end, the fire was still burning, but there was no sound in the cage, it seemed that the river monster had been burned to death by the fire, at this time, including my grandfather, everyone in the place breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when the fire was completely extinguished, everyone's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, and they saw that the river monster was not only unscathed, but a pair of eyes were still dripping and turning.

This thing is so burn-resistant!

At this moment, the river monster jumped up, "Peng" sounded, and hit the iron cage hard, causing everyone's hearts to throb violently, and a few people who were a little older almost didn't pump it directly.

Then, a few young men carried the iron cage out of the ashes with wooden sticks, and at this time, the temperature of the iron bars on the iron cage could burn off a layer of skin with their hands, and the spit on it was "zez" and smoke, just like that, the river monster had nothing to do in it, how evil it was.

Seeing this, the village chief Wang Boss said to my grandfather with a sad face: "A few days ago, that gentleman said, this thing, neither human, not ghost, not demon, not god, jumped out of the Three Realms, not in the five elements, fire can't burn, gold can't be cut, big nephew, it seems, what did Mr. say wrong......

My grandfather pursed his lips and said: "Wang Daye, don't listen to that gentleman's gossip to confuse the public, I don't believe it, so many of us can't deal with a 'loach', I promise you, as long as it is alive, I have a way to kill it!" ”

At this time, Wang Grass Carp on the side hurriedly interjected: "Uncle Bingshou, the fire can't kill it, or let's drown it with water......"

Hearing this, my grandfather glanced at Wang Caoyu, I didn't know what to say, and before my grandfather could answer, Wang Dahe rushed over and slapped Wang Caoyu on the head, "You go and drown the fish and let us see!" ”

At this time, my grandfather suddenly remembered the situation of rolling on the river beach with the river monster last night, and remembered that there seemed to be a lot of black water flowing on the river monster at that time, and the black water was slimy, and it also had a fishy smell, and it felt like blood flowing from the river monster. Thinking of this, my grandfather hurriedly asked the grass carp to bring his Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword