Chapter Forty-Eight: The Great Turtle in the River
"Qi Wangfu ......" After I got out of the car, I looked at the Qi Wangfu not far away and wondered: "I remember that the capital of the Qi Wang's domain should be in Qingzhou Mansion, how can it be in Jinan Mansion?" ”
"Then who knows!" Chu Ying looked like she loved whoever she was: "Anyway, this is the former site of the Qi Palace, it is estimated that it may be a palace built at that time, or something else, whatever!" Let's go, I know where that old man's family lives! ”
I shrugged my shoulders and followed behind Chu Ying.
Along the way, I recalled the history of Zhu Rong, the king of Qi in the Ming Dynasty. I was originally a liberal arts student, especially interested in geography and history, and in history, I had a soft spot for the Han, Ming and Qing dynasties, so during my study and schooling, I read a lot of books on this subject, although I didn't talk about in-depth research, but it was slightly better than the skin.
In the memory of the Ming Dynasty Qi King Zhu Rong, is a proud talent, relying on military merits, when Emperor Jianwen was under house arrest by his nephew, later Zhu Lao Siming Chengzu into Beijing after the release of the throne. But within a few years, Zhu Laosi felt that Zhu Rong was not pleasing to the eye, so he was recruited into the capital again, and placed under house arrest for the second time, this time until the grandchildren's Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, he was directly "violently killed"!
This person is narrow-minded and suspicious by nature, but like Zhu Laosi, he is also a good general with great achievements, but his emotional intelligence is really not high, and he was placed under house arrest twice, and later directly with his son was "violently killed", a ridiculous and tragic life.
This person actually built his own government office in Jinan, I really don't know.
While thinking, he followed Chu Ying around the mottled wall of the Jinan Mansion and followed the river to a black alley.
The whole alley is about 20 meters long, and there are seven or eight families in the alley, and it is very dim in the alley, and a few households have built a simple shed roof in front of their doors, connected the wires, and threw out a light bulb.
Through the dim light, we found a family in the middle, Chu Ying seemed to be a little nervous, rubbed her hands, and knocked on the door gently.
"Who?!" The authentic old Jinan dialect came from inside.
"Uncle, we are from the government, I want you to know something!" Chu Ying seemed to want to say that she was something else, but when she looked down and saw that she was still wearing a police uniform under her cotton clothes, she simply told the truth.
"The government? What's the matter with me? As he spoke, the door was opened, and an old man who was not tall and in good spirits came out.
"Police?" The old man saw the police uniform on Chu Ying's body: "Alas, I have lived here all my life, and this is the first time that a police officer has knocked on my door, come in, Nizi, there is something to say in the house." ”
Well, I'm being ignored again.
followed the old man into the inner room, and found that the area of this old house is really not small, about 100 square meters, and it is estimated that it was also a large family before.
"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" The old man poured two cups of tea for the two of us and put them on the table, and asked with a grin.
"Uncle, are you alone at home?" I picked up my teacup and took a sip of tea, smiling and pulling home.
"Yes, my wife has been gone for a few years, and the children are all working in other places, so I live alone, and it is quiet!" The old man said while laughing: "You don't have to talk to me, I know, you are here for the big turtle I caught last night, right?" This little girl, I saw her around the neighborhood several times during the day today! ”
"Hey-" Chu Ying scratched her head a little embarrassedly and smiled: "Uncle, you also know what happened yesterday, we came this time, not for anything else, just to let you give us that big turtle, let's release it, it's as simple as that." ”
The old man was a little embarrassed ...... "Big Turtle Turtle," he said: "To be honest, this big turtle is really rare for me to keep in my kitchen." You also know that usually this kind of thing is something that ordinary people don't dare to touch, but I think that it is so old and can still catch my hook, which shows that we are destined! So I brought it back despite the persuasion of those people, and I didn't expect such a thing to happen in a few hours! ”
"Can we take a look at it?" I know this kind of thing can't be forced.
"Yes, come on." The old man got up and led the two of us into the kitchen, and in a large iron basin on the floor, I saw a big turtle lying there napping.
This turtle is not smaller than the big turtle in Zhonghu in Huimin County, with a diameter of about three feet, and it looks like it is not much smaller than the manhole cover, but the turtle shell is black, shiny and shiny, just like a layer of black paint, no matter how you look at it, it feels a little weird.
When the big turtle saw us looking at it, it turned around slowly, stuck its head out and looked at us.
"Uncle, do you see the age of the turtle?" I asked.
"This, I just know that you can look at the concentric lines on the back, or look at the age and tenderness of the turtle shell." The old man smiled bitterly and said, "But look, this big turtle can't do anything no matter what you look at!" ”
Indeed, looking at the concentric lines, the shell of this big turtle is all black, and it is extremely smooth, and there is not even a single concentric pattern at all. Looking at the old and tender turtle shell, it is even more difficult to see.
"Anyway, I hope you can give us this big turtle, and we will go outside to the creek and release it." Chu Ying said that she was afraid that the old man would suspect us, so she took out her documents.
"Oh, Nizi, I don't believe you!" The old man hurriedly explained: "I really can't bear it!" ”
I was happy, reached out and took out the wallet from his arms, after coming back from Jinsu Mountain, Liang Ruoyi gave me another sum of money, most of which I saved, I still had a little bit on my body, and took out a thousand yuan from the wallet and handed it over: "Uncle, do you think these are enough?" ”
"Oh, you kid, how can you ......" The old man saw that I took the money directly, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, but before he finished speaking, he saw that I added another thousand yuan, so he took it with some hesitation: "Then that, then you can take it!" It's fate, alas, ......."
I turned my head and smiled at Chu Ying, beckoning her to help me move the iron basin out with me.
I don't know when, it snowed outside, and the bean-sized snowflakes fell gently one by one, reflecting the difference between this old city and its taste.
"Brother Gu Rui, look!" Chu Ying suddenly whispered at me.
I hurriedly lowered my head and looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw that the big turtle that had come to the river and crawled out of the iron basin was lazily lying on the bank, and the snowflakes fell on its shell, and it melted in an instant.
"Its body temperature is so high?!" I couldn't help but be a little stunned: "The turtle should still be hibernating this season, and it probably just woke up from hibernation, but this body temperature is a little too scary." ”
As I spoke, I cautiously reached over my hand and touched the shell a few times, and sure enough, I felt a burst of warmth from my hand, which was amazing.
"Nature is amazing......" I couldn't help but sigh.
The big turtle turned around slowly, facing the Qi Wangfu a zhang away, tilting his head and stretching his neck to watch, as if he had a lot of feelings for this place. I thought to myself, could it be that this big turtle has something to do with King Qi? That's almost 600 years old, and if it really matters, it means that the age of this big turtle is about 600 years old, which is really a long life.
After looking at it for a while, the big turtle turned his head to look at me and Chu Ying, nodded at us, and turned around and walked towards the small river.
I stood up and stood side by side with Chu Ying, facing the snowflakes and watching the big turtle go home.
When we reached the dirt by the river, the big turtle suddenly stopped, and turned itself over like a coquette, with the turtle shell facing down, and the short legs kicked around in the air, not looking like pain, nor like happiness, and the two of us did not dare to rush forward.
"What is it doing?" Chu Ying asked me suspiciously.
I shook my head, "I don't know, I don't know much about turtles. However, I heard that they have a habit of grinding shells, but they are still grinding at such an age, and I don't know how to explain it. ”
In the dimness, the big turtle rolled on the ground for about two minutes, and with some difficulty to get itself back to its normal appearance, the dark turtle shell was covered with gray soil, and it seemed to be a little confused, and it was stunned for a while before finding its right direction, turning around and walking towards us again.