Chapter 48: Sacrifice to the Gods
Zhou Xing is not a reckless person, if you want to catch a ghost, drive away an evil, and put on a figure, it is a hand to catch, and he will not shirk, but the flood on both sides of the Yellow River is so big, and the water of the Yellow River is still churning and surging, I know that the fierce Jiao's anger has not disappeared, it is not easy to deal with, there is no thousand-year road, and it is impossible to cause such a big disaster.
Feng Tisi's eyes lit up, and he said with a sigh: "Why didn't I think that yes, that's right, it's a sacrifice to the gods, so I'll go to the county to ask him to worship the gods and worship the sky, maybe he can calm the flood." ”
Chen Youliang glanced at Feng Tisi coldly, and scolded secretly: It's really a pig's brain, no wonder he can't be promoted, he is still a small seven-rank Tisi, Zhou Xing is next to him, just helped you except Guan Pozi, naturally I want to ask him to surrender the fierce Jiao. Sacrifice to the gods? What is the use of sacrificing to the gods? It really works if I have the same surname as you. This stupid man has ruined Lao Tzu's good deeds.
Feng Tisi didn't know that the two people around him had so many ideas, and if they had ideas, they couldn't hold it back, pulled Zhou Xing, got into the car and went to the county office, watching the two leave, Chen Youliang's face flashed a trace of coldness.
Zhou Xing was pulled into the carriage by Feng Tisi, and secretly complained in his heart, and couldn't help complaining: "Tisi is looking for the county commander to discuss things, and he will go by himself, what will he do with me?" Feng Tisi said confidently: "The Taoist is a capable person, and he is a disciple of the Zhengyi Sect, with you, there is also a charter for worshipping God." ”
Zhou Xing was speechless when he heard this, and now that he is on the thief ship, he can only follow.
The two arrived at the county government and saw the county order, the county order was also worried about the flood, Jiyin County was crowded with refugees, if something happened, but it was very bad, but there was no good way, was anxious, Feng Tisi came with Zhou Xing, the two were of the same grade, and they were not polite when they met, so they said about the sacrifice to the gods.
The county commander's eyes lit up, he couldn't do anything, just waiting for the court to provide disaster relief, but if he really didn't do anything, it didn't sound good to say, it was a good idea to worship the gods, it was better to do something than to stare at it, and it also showed that he loved the people like a son, as for the effect, what about the of the county lord?
The two hit it off, and asked Zhou Xing to help choose a son, Zhou Xing had a headache, and he didn't want to join in at all, but he couldn't shirk it at this time, pinched his fingers, and today was an auspicious day, and there was no good thing to say in the future.
The county lord gave an order, and the officials began to get busy, killing pigs and sheep, buying tribute, and when they were ready, they immediately gathered the people, the official gentry, and went straight to the local fishbone temple.
The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, there are river temples in each section, some temples are dedicated to the Dragon King, some are Guanyin Bodhisattva, and worship the giant spirit and the river Bo, Dayu's, all kinds, but in general, there are still many dragon kings, the local fish bone temple is related to the dragon king, this temple is very peculiar, all the structures of Liang Dong purlin ridge are made of fish bones.
There is also a story here, it is said that a hundred years ago, the people on the banks of this section of the Yellow River went to the river to fish, and often did not return, and died at the bottom of the river. The common people began to worship the dragon king and pray for blessings, and on this day, as usual, people went to the river to fish, and suddenly found a large fish dead on the shore. I saw that the scales of this fish were as big as a gong, and there were red hairs all over it, and its eyes were pearls of the night, and the waves were thunderous and the foam was like rain, almost like a hill.
Ordinary people are wondering: How did this big fish die? Who has the power to kill such a big fish? This thing is so weird, naturally no one dares to eat this fish, nor dare to approach, the day is long, the weather is hot, the big fish rots into mud, only fish bones remain, and there are a few baskets of clothing buckles hidden in the stomach.
That night, almost everyone on the banks of the Yellow River had the same dream, in which the dragon king told everyone that the big fish often made waves and ate the fishermen, so he violated the rules of heaven, and cleaned him up according to the law, so that everyone should not be afraid.
Early the next morning, the people rushed to tell each other in disbelief, and at last they had the courage to rush to the shore and drag the remaining bones ashore. In order to repay the kindness of the dragon king, the local people built a temple with fish bones on the shore where the big fish was stranded, and the dragon king was enshrined in the temple, and it was named the fish bone temple.
Let's say that after the county order was completed, the people who were affected by the sea, carrying food boxes, beating gongs and drums, poured to the temple. Zhou Xing raised his eyes to see, and saw that this temple belongs to the second hall, divided into the front hall, the back hall and the west front hall, the palace room is three rooms each, the front and rear halls are about two zhang or so wide, and the whole temple has no courtyard wall. There is a statue of the dragon king in the middle of the front hall. On the left and right sides of the dragon king statue are the thunderbolt general, the lightning lady, the wind god, the rain god, the yaksha and other eight god statues. All the statues are molded according to the characteristics of each god, and the molding is exquisite, lifelike, shocking, and terrifying.
Entered the temple, the people under the leadership of the county order, each on the table to put the pig's head, chicken, duck, fish, sheep and five-color fruits, and then while burning incense paper while setting off firecrackers, after the excitement, the county order began to recite the sacrificial text, the crepe of the crepe does not know whether he wrote it or the master ghostwriting, anyway, Zhou Xing was stunned did not understand a word, and the people around knelt in front of the statue and kowtowed silently. He also secretly prayed to the Dragon King, begging him to bless the local people and accept the fierce Jiao.
Finally, when the county order was finished reading the sacrificial text and stood up, he saw a white-bearded old man come forward, clapped his hands, and shouted loudly: "Twelve widows, please......" This voice was loud, and the sound was dragged, shouting Zhou Xing was stunned, how could he not understand what happened to the widow of the dragon king?
Seeing twelve women wearing red and green clothes into the temple, holding a dustpan in their left hand and a willow branch in their right hand, they circled around the statue of the dragon king, turned around and walked out of the temple, Zhou Xing looked strange, followed out of the temple, and saw the twelve widows walking to the side of the small mountain stream behind the temple, and chanted while brushing the dustpan: "Black dragon head, white dragon tail, twelve widows came to fetch water, and the dragon king's grandfather was compassionate...... As soon as I went to Dao'ergan, I came back to the bay, and the twelve widows brushed the dustpan, and the dragon lord collected the Jiao. ”
The twelve widows prayed by the spring, but they did not say a word, nor did they look back, and none of them looked around, but went straight back to the fishbone temple to worship again, and the ceremony was over. Zhou Xing looked surprised, turned his head to look at Feng Tisi, Feng Tisi saw him looking at himself with a puzzled face, and whispered to him proudly: "This is a local custom, take willow branches to brush the dustpan, the dustpan is the wind, and then brush some spring water to bring the wind and rain." Praying for rain every year is like this, and it has been a miracle for decades. ”
Zhou Xing was surprised and asked, "Now that the flood is going on, what kind of rain do you want?" ”
Feng Tisi said: "Isn't that a change of words, the original words are black dragon head, white dragon tail, twelve widows came to fetch water, and the dragon king's grandfather was merciful...... As soon as he went to Dao'ergan, he came back to the bay, and the twelve widows brushed the dustpan, and the dragon girl brought the water again. The last sentence was changed to the dragon lord to collect Jiaolai, which was still the official's idea. ”
After Feng Tisi finished speaking, he smiled very reservedly, but the smugness on his face could not be erased. Zhou Xing couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, so he asked Feng Tisi: "What did the twelve widows say?" ”
Zhou Xing asked, Feng Tisi looked around carefully, and whispered: "Legend has it that the dragon surname is the most silver, the dirty cow gives birth to the dragon, the dirty horse gives birth to the dragon foal, the dirty donkey gives birth to the spring dragon, the dirty sheep gives birth to the rampant dragon, the dirty pig gives birth to the debt dragon, if the pheasant is dirty, lays eggs, walks one foot in the ground a year, and the mosquito starts in forty years, as soon as it comes out, it can make the mountain collapse and crack the ground, and bring out forty zhang of water around, and bring twelve widows, this is the ...... to bribe the dragon king."
"What's more, in this world, who doesn't know the good of a widow." After Feng Tisi finished speaking, he also winked at Zhou Xing, looking like everyone understood.
Zhou Xing's face changed greatly when he heard this, whether this dragon king is the river dragon king, the river dragon king, or the sea dragon king, but they are all righteous gods, so worship the gods, so is it such a worship? Pingyu said that the dragon lord is not as knowledgeable as your ordinary people, but now he is walking and causing floods, in such a trouble, he is going to offend the gods, and he is afraid that he will cause trouble.
Zhou Xing knew how powerful it was, and hurriedly shouted loudly to everyone: "Don't mess around, worship God who has this worship?" This is to offend the Dragon King, usually he did not have the same knowledge as you, but now the evil Jiao is murderous, and then offend the Dragon King, there is still a good there, don't hurry up and retreat, the poor way to give you a way to worship the Dragon King......"
He shouted loudly, Feng Tisi was a little at a loss, the county order was on the rise, seeing him jump out and shout, he was angry, so he glanced at the official next to him, and the official immediately said: "It's been such a worship all these years, you know what a foreigner knows, go out quickly, don't stop the county worship." ”
While shouting, while pushing and shoving Zhou Xing out of the door with a few officials, Feng Tisi hurriedly stepped forward to persuade, and also followed to the outside of the temple, at this time the sacrifice to the god has not ended, just the last item, to incense kowtow, and then the head of the sheep wrapped in red silk to the front of the table, with hot wine to pour the sheep body, if the wine when the sheep body shakes, it means that the dragon lord has "led the sheep". The first time the sheep is sprinkled without moving, it is necessary to pray again, prostrate and pour hot wine on the sheep until the sheep trembles. Then they take the sheep home and slaughter it, and it's done.
Seeing that Zhou Xing was pushed out, the county order snorted, brought the white sheep, and the people immediately sang in unison, and the county order picked up the bowl to pour hot wine on the sheep, and before it fell, he heard a sudden roar outside the temple, which was deafening, and he couldn't help but turn around and look, and saw a shocking wave across the sky, overwhelmingly smashing down.
At this moment, the county commander's face was colorless, and he was so shocked that he couldn't move, and there was only one thought in his heart, could it be that the sky had fallen?
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