Chapter 20: The Gossip Panlong
Although it is already March, the temperature in Jilin City is still around freezing, and the snow has not yet melted in many places. However, the air in the Tohoku region is really good, the blue sky is reflected against the white clouds, and the warm sunlight shines softly on the face, making people feel comfortable.
In Shandong, you can't see such a natural sky several times a year.
Liang Ruoyi plans to step on the spot tonight, and if it goes well, he can go into the water tonight.
At six o'clock in the evening, we had dinner, packed up our things, and walked directly into Longtan Mountain. At this time, the sky was dark, and there was a very bright red group of lights on the ridge of Longtan Mountain, which looked like a giant dragon from a distance.
Because of the cold night, no one came in Longtan Mountain. A group of six of us went up the mountain along the mountain road, Longtan Mountain is not high, a few hundred meters high, the water prison is halfway up the mountain, and soon arrived, go down to the water prison along the mountain road, and look at this rectangular waterhole from afar.
It's really beautiful. Although I have been in Jilin City for several years, this is the first time I have come to Longtan Mountain at night, and the "Longtan Printing Moon", which is one of the "Eight Views of Jilin", is also the first time to see it.
The whole water prison is in a basin halfway up the mountainside, the lush trees surround the waterhole, the waterhole is about 50 meters long, about 30 meters wide, the bluestone is stacked as an embankment, the pool water is clear and quiet, the bright moon on the night sky is reflected in the pool water, like a smart and beautiful picture, which makes people intoxicated.
We didn't meet a single person along the way, and the only sound of our footsteps in the silent valley was.
"Right here." Walking to a birch tree, the seventh master stopped and looked at Liang Ruoyi.
Liang Ruoyi nodded: "It should be here." ”
This ancient birch tree does not know how many years of history, the three of them can not hug, when Qianlong had come here during his eastern tour, and was named "Divine Tree" after seeing this tree. At this time, on the trunk of this sacred tree, there was an iron chain the thickness of a wrist, and the other end directly poked into the pool water.
When I came when I was a student, a few of us used to pull this very thick iron chain, it was very heavy, and a few big boys struggled to pull it for a long time, but it only pulled out two or three meters, and the water seemed to be dragging something, very heavy. Later, I saw the park management office drain the water from the pool, but the part of the chain seemed to be concave, and it was still flooded by the pool, and I couldn't see what was underneath.
"Seventh Master, why don't you do this place all year round?" I asked thoughtfully.
"It is said that there is a spring down there." The Seventh Master didn't seem to know much about it: "But looking at the topography of this place, it's like a natural water storage pool." The surrounding terrain is high, and all the rain and snow water flows directly here. ”
"Clean up, we can't leave anything outside, just go into the water!" Liang Ruoyi observed the surrounding environment and decided to go directly into the water without ropes.
This water dungeon was originally a pool of stagnant water, and there was no undercurrent or anything like that in it, so there was no danger.
According to the detection of the old clams, the water depth is about seven meters, and we put on waterproof suits, with a searchlight on our heads, and we hold the embankment, and the fish penetrate the water.
The temperature in the northeast is already low, and although the water in this pool is not frozen, it is definitely icy and biting. Wearing a waterproof suit, and wearing a cotton coat inside, as soon as I entered the water, I instantly felt the tightening of my pores, and then a chill hit.
It was dark in the pool, and the searchlight threw a circular beam forward, illuminating the somewhat gray water.
Soon, we followed the chain down to the bottom of the pool. At the bottom of the pool was a cloud of silt, and when we settled, it was stinging and splashing black mist.
The seventh master took a look and beckoned the old clam to pick up the dirt deep in the chain. I also went up to help, and to be honest, I was very interested in what was under the chain, and I studied in Jilin City for four years, which is the secret I always wanted to get answers to. I've seen the management drain the pool before, but only the chain is left with a puddle of water, and I can't see what is underneath.
Suddenly the mud splashed all around, and the clam and I were like two old-fashioned excavators, more like two giant marmots.
After about ten minutes, I was out of breath with my oxygen tank hanging, but a huge rock was exposed in a large pit that had been dug up!
"Panlong Stone?!" The small but startled voice of the seventh master came to my ears, and I and the old clam hurriedly sped up, and the huge coiling dragon stone slowly revealed its full appearance.
This is a blue-white round stone, the diameter is about one zhang, the height is about half a zhang, the cylindrical surface has a giant dragon, the whole dragon body spiral coil on the stone pillar, the dragon tail is below, the dragon head is on the top, the carving is exquisite, lifelike, it is the dragon stone in the mouth of the seven masters.
"The entrance is down there?" Liang Ruoyi asked in a humming voice.
The seventh master nodded: "It should be!" However, just a few of us, even if we try our best, we can't move it away! ”
I was stunned, beckoned the old clam to swim to the side and pushed down together, yes, the line did not move, this boulder is estimated to weigh several tons, and several of us are underwater, so we can't use our strength at all, and we want to move it away, which is fantastic.
"Look again, I think, there should be some mechanism nearby!" The seventh master said.
We answered, and we scattered to the side, but there was nothing at the bottom of the pool.
I sighed, and it seemed that I would have to go out first and think about it in the long run. Thinking about it, he stood at the bottom of the pool, but felt that there seemed to be something hard under his feet, so he hurriedly swam up and reached out to grab it, and soon dug out a miniature version of the Panlong Stone!
"Seventh Master! Come and see! I hurriedly beckoned.
The Panlong stone in front of me was only about two feet in diameter and less than four feet in height, and the lower half of my body was buried in the mud.
The seventh master whispered to the Budai monk on the side, and then nodded: "Let's look for it again, there should be more nearby!" ”
A few minutes later, the scene of eight small dragonstones in a circle surrounding the large dragonstones appeared in front of us.
"What kind of mechanism is this?" I began to get excited in my heart, I never thought that there was such a mysterious scene under this Longtan mountain and water prison.
The seventh master didn't speak, but walked to one of the small Panlongshi, stretched out his hand and touched the dragon's mouth, and then swam to the front of the big Panlongshi, beckoning the old clam and said: "Old clam, the dry Panlongshi, the dragon's mouth is inward, turn to the dry position!" ”
The old clam nodded, swam over, and rotated the coiling dragon stone dragon mouth of the dry position to the inner dry position.
"Exchange the dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to exchange the position!"
"Leaving the dragon stone, the dragon's mouth turns inward to the disposition!"
"The seismic position coils the dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to the seismic position!"
"Xun position coils dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to Xun position!"
"The kan position coils the dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to the kan position!"
"Gen position coils dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to Gen position!"
"In the end, the Kun position coils the dragon stone, and the dragon's mouth turns inward to the Kun position!"
Cow! I watched with my mouth open as the old clam turned the Panlong Stone and the Dragon Mouth to the position corresponding to the gossip under the command of the Seventh Master, and then, a wonderful scene appeared!
After the eight dragon mouths formed an inward gossip position, they slowly spewed out one undercurrent after another, and after more than ten seconds, these eight undercurrents converged together, forming a strong undercurrent like a tornado, surrounding the huge coiling dragon stone.
"Toad! Xiao Gu! The old clam suddenly called out to me and the toad: "Rope, tie it around your waist, I want to enter the undercurrent and pull the chain!" ”
Time was urgent, and the oxygen cylinders on our bodies were not available for long, so I didn't say anything to the toad, and hurriedly took the rope and wrapped it around my waist first, and then tied it around the toad's waist.
The other end, tied to the old clam's body, he tugged at it, thought it was okay, nodded at the two of us, kicked his feet, and swam towards the tornado undercurrent.
We are all outside the undercurrent, when the old clam entered the eight coiled dragon stones, I and the toad felt a lot of pulling force coming, hurriedly stabilized our bodies, and watched the old clam swim towards the large coil dragon stone with some difficulty.
After a few breaths, the old clam finally reached into the tornado undercurrent and grabbed the iron chain tied to the large plate dragon stone!
At this moment, the old clam was suddenly swept into the powerful tornado undercurrent, and the whole person turned up with the width of the undercurrent, and by the way, I and the toad were also like kites in the wind, flying in the pool water!