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July 9th. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tao Xiaozhi and the others originally planned to leave today, but it is very unfortunate that today is not an ordinary day Shenlong Day! In addition to having a lot to do with its topography, another more important reason for the naming of the Hailong Peninsula is that according to legend, on July 9 every year, Shenlong goes out to sea and lands on the island to bless and bless one side. Therefore, in order to pray for good weather and good fortune throughout the year, a grand event is held on this day every year to attract the dragons! And this year's Dragon Day is already 999 times, and it may be that this day was born almost at the same time as the history of this peninsula!

On such a grand day, the streets and alleys must be crowded with people, even if it is a time of war! Therefore, it is impossible for them to go today, and they are not fully prepared, because they have not yet found a good guide except for the coils, dry food, maps and compasses, which is their greatest headache!

Since you can't walk, why not go out on the street and see what this Dragon Day is all about?

But it is impossible for them to go out with a swagger, because their deeds have spread on this island, especially Tao Xiaozhi is the focus of people's attention. Therefore, there are many people who "come here" in Meifu every day, wanting to meet the character who can pull out the unicorn fire, and inquire about his whereabouts by the way, etc., in fact, these are some nosy people, and most of them are officials, because ordinary people can't enter Meifu casually. Once a person is famous, he is always very different from others, at least when walking on the street, others will want to look at you as if you are not wearing clothes, huddle, point fingers and comment on something, etc., all kinds of troubles will follow. In the face of these, Tao Xiaozhi could only hide, and he never dared to go out of Meifu, even if he was a person who visited Meifu, he would not come out to socialize.

So, if they want to go out and have some fun, they have to think of a way. The braided brother flicked his eyebrows and found a disguise master for them. This master of disguise is to make up for the dead, that is, the undertaker, and he is an amateur, although the makeup is scary, but the effect they want is achieved!

"Wouldn't it be too cool to go out like this?" Amu looked at the miserable white dead face in the mirror with a surprised expression, as if he had seen his dead self!

The iron bucket screamed: "I'm scared myself to death, will I kill others too!"

The braided brother smiled: "No, it's broad daylight now, and today is the Divine Dragon Day, and many of the people who travel to the gods are wearing all kinds of strange makeup, and many of them are also very scary!"

Tao Xiaozhi said with a smile: "We can't even recognize ourselves, and others won't recognize it!"

The iron bucket sighed and said, "I just hope that I don't have the same nightmare every night in the future. ”

Sure enough, the streets were crowded with people and noisy, and they lined up from the streets to the alleys, like a long dragon! The streets were lit up with lights, and the flags of the dragons were hung everywhere, and the people were also dressed up and processed, carrying statues of the dragons, holding the banners of the dragons, carrying the sacrifices of the dragons (chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, sheep, etc.), beating gongs, drums, and firecrackers, and they were bustling and lively! Sure enough, the people also came out in makeup, and they did not recognize the three of them! And as soon as they walked into the street, they were surrounded by the flow of people, like three drops of water falling into a gurgling river, and then they were pushed forward by the crowd, and it was difficult to get out!

Where is the crowd going? Of course, the Dragon Temple, a sacred place to summon dragons and pray for blessings!

The three of them spun around like spinning tops in the crowd for half an hour, and then the world spun around, and even they themselves did not know where they had come, or even find each other!

Tao Xiaozhi finally got out of the crowd, and then looked around, trying to find Amu and the iron bucket. Surrounded by mountains and filled with smoke, the highest mountain on the peninsula, Hailong Mountain, towers into the clouds right in front of it, like a dragon rising up and breaking through the clouds! They actually came to Hailong Mountain! But it's normal to think about it, and it is most suitable for the Dragon Day to be held on Hailong Mountain. And according to legend, Hailong Mountain is the place where Shenlong landed on the island!

Soon, Tao Xiaozhi found Amu and Iron Bucket, because because of their weird makeup, it was not difficult to find. Then, they followed tens of thousands of locals as they began to climb the mountain, up endless stone steps!

The huge green dragon, composed of more than 50 people, came out left and right, first rushing to the top of the mountain, followed by the people of the honor guard and the people behind. After two hours of arduous trekking, the bustling people used the mountain one after another, that is, they reached the "dragon head", and it was already afternoon. Originally, Tao Xiaozhi was worried that the mountain would not accommodate so many people, but after arriving at the top, he realized that it was so vast: the gathering place was of course the place on the "back of the head" of the "dragon's head", and there were two long and sharp peaks on the left and right in front of it, just like the two horns of the dragon, and the place where the crowd stood was just below the back of the "dragon horn", which happened to be a large slightly undulating flat land, just like the neatly blown hairs on the dragon's head, just formed a large platform, so big that it could accommodate tens of thousands of people!" There is a magnificent temple between the dragon horns, which is made of stone, and it still stands after almost a thousand years of wind and rain, it is magnificent, majestic and sacred, it is called "Shenlong Temple", of course, it is enshrined in the dragon, it is a place where people lay the foundation and pray, needless to say that the dragon day is mainly held here. The platform in front of the Shenlong Temple is also the Shenlong Temple, there is also a very large Shenlong statue in the center of the temple, circling and preparing to rush to the sky, of course, it is very majestic and domineering up close, but it looks like a from a distance (of course, the words of such a blasphemous Shenlong must not be said in front of the local people, otherwise it will bring unnecessary trouble, and even lose your life because of this)! Of course, there are guardrails around the temple field, and safety is the most important, otherwise it is not good for a gust of wind to blow people down.

First of all, the two dancing dragons danced several times around the central dragon statue, beating gongs and drums and setting off firecrackers, and then people carried the statue of the dragon head weighing thousands of pounds into the temple (this dragon head statue was originally in the dragon temple, according to custom, before the dragon day by a hundred people carried down the mountain, and then lifted up, symbolizing a certain meaning), respectfully invite the dragon to take a seat. Then, the dragon dance starts again, beats gongs and drums, sets off firecrackers, sends sacrifices, worships sincerely, engages in various special ceremonies, and so on.

"Do you think they will send a maiden as a sacrifice every year and summon a dragon to pray for a year of peace?" Amu said thoughtfully, "There are many mysterious religious ceremonies that do such immoral things. ”

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "Shenlong is not necessarily interested in girls"

"And what is it interested in?"

"It depends on whether the dragon is male or female."

"What if it's male?"

"Then it might be more interested in 'Little Dragon Girl'"

"Dragons shouldn't be so dirty. ”

"But you'd be so filthy, otherwise how would you think of giving a flower girl as a sacrifice?"

“。。 ”

The iron bucket also sighed and said, "In this way, isn't there nothing to see on the Divine Dragon Day? ”

Amu patted his big belly and smiled: "At least I can help you lose weight~"

Tao Xiaozhi also smiled: "However, Shenlong should be more interested in eating the same as you, there are so many chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep to serve." ”

Amu smiled: "In my opinion, it should also be of interest to fatter people, and it just so happens that there is a perfect tribute here!"

The iron bucket said angrily: "You are the tribute, the dragon loves to eat orangutans the most!"

Saying that, the two of them had an endless war of words, if it weren't for the fact that this was a sacred place, they might have fought a long time ago.

Just when they felt bored and decided to leave, the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers rang out again, and the dragon danced more vigorously around the stone carving of the dragon in the center! Tao Xiaozhi asked a villager, and he said that he was ready to summon the dragon now, and the place of the dragon day was coming! No matter how boring the whole dragon day was, they shouldn't miss the part, otherwise they would really come for nothing!

Now, the brilliance of the sunset is still very fierce, especially on such a high peak, the eyes of the light can't be opened, but torches have been lit around the Shenlong Temple. Tao Xiaozhi thought, maybe the eyes of the dragon are not very useful, I'm afraid it can't find this temple!

Under the auspices of a young master of ceremonies wearing a blue Taoist robe, a group of Taoist priests held dragon flags and recited sermons around the dragon stone carving several times, and then all gathered to the dragon's tail, worshipped, and put their hands on the dragon's tail, as if they wanted to grab the dragon's tail to keep the dragon soaring up! Then the whole audience prostrated on the ground, like a dragon raised their hands, chanting an unknown language, trying their best to keep the dragon that wanted to take off!

Then, a miraculous phenomenon happened: the clouds began to close together, obscuring the sunset, the sky began to darken, and there was only the light of the torches pulled by the wind on the mountain, and then there was a thunderclap in the dark sky, and in the thunderbolt, a huge blue light flew out, surrounded the sky, coiled around people's heads, and the light resembled a dragon!

Tao Xiaozhi thought that he would smash the Shenlong stone carving to pieces, but the light seemed to have penetrated into the body of the Shenlong stone carving: Is this the "dragon possessed"? Is this the soul of the dragon? In any case, the light and the stone carving are perfectly combined, and the dragon has been summoned!

But that's not the end of it: the blue light suddenly erupted from the mouth of the stone dragon and circled in the sky, as if they had been complacent about the crowd! Then the people hurriedly put their heads on the ground, chanted the birds, and raised their hands high, and it seemed that if the blue light did not come down again, the people on the ground would cry!

This trick really worked, the blue dragon was really moved, and swooped down again, but instead of the dragon stone carving, he rushed into the dragon temple and attached to the huge stone sculpture where there was only the dragon dragon's head!

After a short period of anticipation, there was silence, only the sound of the whirring wind, and then the sky opened and the sunset sprinkled on the mountain again, dyeing this place into a festive color, and people immediately cheered, continued to worship, and then sang songs in praise of the dragon!

Sure enough, the presiding master of ceremonies affirmed this statement in form, and said some words that were appropriate for the occasion, most of them were singing the praises of the dragon, and the people below cheered again, and the dragon danced again, and the whole audience danced hand in hand, celebrating with great enthusiasm, pushing this sacred day to another.

During the dance, the host of ceremonies interrupted the dance steps of the people again, trying to use his own strength to push this to the height of the record, "Representatives of the counties of the Hailong Peninsula, folks, today we gathered together to welcome the arrival of the dragon for the dragon, and today we did it as usual!"

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"But today someone who thought that the guest of honor had also come, and someone with gossip must have known that he was coming, and I think he had to come on such an important day, right?"

"Let's shout his name and get our new Dragoon out, okay?"

Is it a person with the same title as the Qilin Knight? Tao Xiaozhi thought, it is indeed very interesting to invite such a guest to participate in the Dragon Day, because the real dragon is about to appear!

"I'll count one, two, three, and everyone shout his name together, okay?"

"One, two, three!"

"Song Shangyi!Song Shangyi!Song Shangyi"

Song Shangyi, Tao Xiaozhi, Amu and Tie Bucket were stunned: Could it be Song Shangyi, the son of Song Li, the owner of Stone Mountain Villa in Stone Village, who they have known for many years, although they are not close friends with him, they are still friends after all. How could he become a dragoon Anyway, Tao Xiaozhi thought, there are so many people with the same name in the world! Although it is unbelievable, he has a strong feeling, hoping that the person who comes is really that person!

There was a roar in the sky, like thunder, and then a golden dragon broke through the clouds, and the dragon roared again, and a huge stream of fire crossed the sky! A dragon that breathed fire! This stream of fire, the effect of the brilliant fireworks was even greater, and the excited hearts of the people in the audience were ignited, and they kept cheering and shouting! And Tao Xiaozhi's mood was even more difficult to calm down, as if they had fallen into a whirlpool!

The yellow dragon swooped down and flew towards this direction!

And behind the dragon horns on the dragon's head, there was a person: tall and thin, snow-white pants, snow-white top, snow-white makeup, and even his face was snow-white from a distance!

Is it really Song Shangyi who came?