Chapter 232: The Snake Princess is in Oxbone Village
Tie Guan Li scratched his scalp: "Master, this place is not far from Lu Dongbin's Tibetan Scripture Temple, those seven may be there, why don't we brainstorm in the past, and we will always come up with a way." ”
Taishang Laojun: "But, does it have to go?" As he spoke, he tried to drive the green ox again, but he was still spinning in place.
Tie Guan Li: "This is because I am afraid that we will not come back if we leave." Simply, bring them here, and work together to figure out a way. ”
So, Taishang Laojun lit a letter incense.
The work was not big, and Lu Dongbin, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Han Xiangzi, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, and Uncle Cao Guo all came. After greeting Taishang Laojun, he stood on both sides and listened to Taishang Laojun's instructions.
After Taishang Laojun explained the meaning of the green cow, he asked everyone to think of building a cow bone bridge on the Qingliang River.
The seven of them were also stunned for a moment, and they were all worried. In the end, it was Lu Dongbin who came up with an idea.
Lu Dongbin said: "The key is how to connect the large and small beef bones, and the key is the adhesive. There is no better binder in the world than ambergris.
"It's just that this teacher has to come forward and say, let the Dragon King of the Four Seas call on their respective families, dedicate part of the saliva in their mouths, and glue the large and small cow bones together, and then the bridge can be repaired."
Everyone felt that this was a practical solution.
Taishang Laojun thinks about it, and that's the only way to do it. He asked the Eight Immortals to look at the green cow, and went to the East China Sea in person, explaining his intention to Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
Ao Guang is a warm-hearted person who is very willing to do things for the people of the world, and voted on the spot and said: "I promise strong support!" ”
Taishang Laojun: "The cow bone is very small, if you want to build a bridge, you can't use the dragon saliva, I'm afraid you have to use the dragons of the entire dragon clan." ”
Ao Guang: "No problem, isn't it just a mouthful of saliva?" What's so stingy. ”
Immediately, the paper crane was used to send Ao Ming, the Dragon King of the South China Sea, Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the West Sea, and Ao Ji, the Dragon King of the North Sea. As soon as they said this, the three dragon kings also strongly supported them, and said that they would bring shrimp soldiers and crabs to the scene to help build this cowbone bridge.
After the Dragon King of the Four Seas arrived, Taishang Laojun divided the division of labor for the people:
He himself led his subordinates to collect the bones of cattle from near and far and piled them on both sides of the Qingliang River;
The Dragon King of the Four Seas is a divine beast in the water, skilled in the water, and uses the bones of a big cow to repair the pillars in the water;
The Eight Immortals are convenient to operate on land, and the bridge deck is repaired with calf bones.
Then, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, used his housekeeping skills to spit out a thick fog and block this section of the river. Mortals go in and don't see their fingers, and there is a boiling river flowing, and people are afraid of danger, and none of them dare to approach.
Taishang Laojun, also known as "moral Tianzun", is one of the highest gods of Taoism "Sanqing" gods, and there are no less than 1,000 yellow turban wharves under his hands, all of whom are like red jade and mustache like soap velvet. It seems to have a figure, and there is a thousand catties of strength in both vertical and horizontal directions. No matter how deep or small the bones are buried, they can be unearthed.
The shrimp soldiers and crabs will each carry a small bucket with ambergris, glue the beef bones picked up by the yellow turban wrestlers as required, and deliver them to everyone.
Due to the timely supply of materials, the cadres were willing to work hard, and after seven days and seven nights, a cowbone bridge was finally built:
The bridge deck is flat, and there are sidewalks and horse lanes. A railing made of cow ribs, with eight oxen heads arranged on each side.
The bull's head is lifelike, and from a distance, it looks like sixteen cows are lined up and lined up there, forming a cow bridge for the people.
The ox bone bridge was repaired, Taishang Laojun, the Dragon King of the Four Seas, and the Eight Immortals were drinking to celebrate, and his sacred cow knelt down again.
Taishang Laojun was drinking happily, so he said: "You have followed me for so many years, and now according to your requirements, you have not only left a memorial for your kind, but also done a great thing for the people of this side, and I will also let you speak!" ”
Taishang Laojun stood up, recited a mantra, patted the green ox on the head three times, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!" ”
Qingniu opened his mouth and really spoke: "The plague has not passed, and the cows are still dead, please show mercy to the ancestors and stick a talisman on the bridge, so that all the living cattle can pass through the bridge, and there will be no plague." ”
Lao Tzu was very moved when he heard this, sighed and said, "Oh, why didn't I think of it!" It seems that people are not as good as cattle, so do as you say. ”
Immediately wrote a talisman and asked Lu Dongbin to stick it on the bridge.
After the banquet was dispersed, the dragon king Ao Guang put away the dense fog, the clouds on the Qingliang River opened the sunrise, and a silver shining ox bone bridge stood proudly on the Qingliang River.
The Dragon King of the Four Seas and the Eight Immortals all disappeared. Taishang Laojun stayed alone because he still had something to say.
After a while, the old man came. When he saw that there was a bridge here, the old man was stunned. I thought: This is not a dream!
Taishang Laojun went over and said: "My mount Qingniu wants to do something good for the people on this side, so I picked up the cow bones with my eight apprentices and the Dragon King of the Four Seas and built this cow bone bridge.
"Go and lead the undead oxen to this bridge, for those who are sick will be cured, and those who are not sick will no longer be plagued."
The old man knew that he had met the immortals, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you to the gods for the benefit of our side." ”
Taishang Laojun waved his hand and rode away on a green ox.
The old man went back and told the people in the village about it, and the people spread it ten, ten, and hundred, and soon spread in the four villages and eight townships. There is an endless stream of people who come to see the cow bone bridge and people who come here with the cow to treat the cow from illness, and the bridge is crowded every day.
It is also very effective: as long as the sick cow walks from the bridge, it will immediately be refreshed, eat what should be eaten, drink what should be drunk, and have the strength to work;
The farmer's ox was ventilating and told some men to carry it to the bridge, and in a few moments the ox got up and ran home.
As soon as this matter spread, people from far and near 100 miles led the cow to cross the bridge to get sick, and the cow bone bridge was as lively as catching up with the big market every day.
With the Oxbone Bridge, it is convenient for people to cross the Qingliang River back and forth; The cow bone bridge cured the rinderpest and saved the farming cattle of the farmer's family, and the people were very grateful to Taishang Laojun and his apprentices and the Dragon King of the Four Seas.
Later, in order to commemorate the Taishang Laojun, the Eight Immortals, and the Dragon King of the Four Seas, the villages donated money to build a temple of the Eight Immortals in the east of the bridge, and the temple was molded with the statue of the Taishang Laojun and the Eight Immortals, and the pavilion was repaired at the door, and a statue of the sacred cow was molded inside.
In the west of the temple, a dragon king temple was built, and the statue of the dragon king of the four seas was sculpted.
Both temples are thriving with incense.
In order to commemorate the Niugu Bridge, the five villages in Qingliang Jiangxi were renamed Niugu Village together. As a result, there were five cow bone villages, namely the front cow bone, the back cow bone, the Yao cow bone, the Yan cow bone, and the east cow bone.
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"I didn't expect that there is also the credit of the Long Yi family in this!"
After listening to the story, Qi Xiaoting said happily.
Dongsheng: "That is, if it weren't for the saliva of the Dragon King of the Four Seas, the Oxbone Bridge would not have been built." After arriving, let's cross the bridge to worship the statue of the Dragon King, if the Dragon King of the East China Sea doesn't go, it would be great for him to see his honor among the people. ”
A group of four people were talking and laughing, and unconsciously came to the edge of Dongniugu Village.
Qi Xiaoting went to the space to change into a daughter's outfit, and from now on, she will face everyone as a woman.
Li Hong used paper cranes to send Scuds.
"What about the Serpent Princess? Where is it? Li Hong couldn't wait to ask.
Scud: "I knew they were dressed up as an old Taoist priest and a young Taoist priest, so I walked all the way and inquired all the way. When I inquired about this village, someone said that I saw an old and a young Taoist priest go to a Guandi temple in the east of this village.
"I hurried over, just in time to see the old Taoist priest coming out of the temple and going to a house at the edge of the village. When I got in, he seemed to be invisible or peeping outside, because I didn't hear the sound of talking, and when I came out, I didn't see anyone sending him out of the door. ”
Qi Xiaoting: "The snake demon went alone?" ”
Scud nodded.
Qi Xiaoting: "How long did he stay in that house?" ”
Scud: "It's very short, so I just worked hard to shake it up, and when I came out, I ran to the Guandi Temple in the east of the village." The door was closed, and there was no movement. I went over and pushed, but the temple door bolted from the inside and couldn't be opened. I was afraid of alarming them, so I hid and passed the paper crane to you. ”
"Latching the temple door in broad daylight, do they know that we are chasing them behind, or are they doing some ulterior things inside?" Li Hong said suspiciously.
Qi Xiaoting: "I must have known that we were chasing them, but I didn't know that it would come so quickly." ”
Qi Xiaoting hurriedly transmitted this situation to Long Yi in the space.
"Let Ah Mei take a look in two places!" Long Yi passed the sound.
Qi Xiaoting asked Scud to take them, recognized the Guandi Temple and the mansion on the edge of the village, and then released Ah Mei and pointed it out to the place to observe.
"There is no one in the Guandi Temple. It seems that there is a dark room, so don't act rashly. After Long Yi saw it clearly through Ah Mei, he transmitted the voice to Qi Xiaoting: "There is a sick child in the family where the snake demon is old, and he has reached the end of his life. But it's weird, it's important that you go and save the child first. ”
Qi Xiaoting told everyone about the situation, and said worriedly: "Long Yi asked us to save the child, but we are all from other villages, and we don't know anyone, how can we enter this door?" ”
"I have a way." Dongsheng hurriedly said: "This is only ten miles away from our buckwheat village, and there is an aunt in our village who married into this village, and I asked her to introduce us to us." ”
Qi Xiaoting: "This is the best." We ourselves have a lot to say. ”
Soon, Dongsheng called a middle-aged woman and introduced to everyone: "This is Aunt Xia, who is a nurse in the hospital, and she is a midwife, and she knows the situation of that family very well. ”
Aunt Xia is also a fast-talking person, and said to Qi Xiaoting: "You are going, I think, they must be very welcome."
"Their family is a rich family in our village, and they have things and money. It is three generations of single transmission, only this one son, the baby is not good, it has reached the level of going to the doctor when he is sick. ”
"Is it serious?" Qi Xiaoting asked.
Aunt Xia: "It's serious. I had persuaded them to give up, but his father did not give up, and borrowed a necklace from an old man, saying that he could restore his soul. I didn't think it was really improving. Ahem, ahem, I can't tell, it's weird anyway!
"Well, I'll give them a cough and get their opinion. If you want to let him see it, you can show it to him, and if you don't want to, forget it. Anyway, I'm not optimistic about this child. ”