Chapter 224: The Legend of Temple Water
Under Leng Ai's generosity, the old Taoist priest had nothing to say, and the four learned that the old man's temple was built by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang's family was sent to the temple to be a novice, and he trusted the Bodhisattva a lot, and formed an indissoluble relationship with the temple. The war dispersed the monks in the temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang entered the barracks.
Zhu Yuanzhang established his own army and competed with Chen Youliang for Poyang Lake. Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated on the battlefield and was chased by Chen Youliang's subordinates to the shore of Poyang Lake. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the endless Poyang Lake in front of him, and the dense chasing soldiers behind him, and in desperation, he was about to throw himself into the lake. However, a miracle happened, the sky suddenly darkened, and the wind, rain, and hail hit Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang's army, so that Chen Youliang's subordinates did not dare to move forward half a step, and at the same time, the always calm Poyang Lake was flooded, and a thousand-year-old turtle appeared in the lake, which seemed to have been ordered by heaven to wait in the lake, carrying Zhu Yuanzhang to the other side quickly. Chen Youliang's subordinates had no choice but to watch Zhu Yuanzhang leave calmly. As a result, it was rumored in the army that Zhu Yuanzhang was the true son of heaven today, and there was a saying that God blessed him, and then, Chen Youliang's army was defeated and retreated. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he built a temple on the other side to commemorate the thousand-year-old turtle, which is the old man's temple.
The bald head touched the oil and said brightly: "This Zhu Yuanzhang is very good, he is actually better than me!"
Lao Dao said with a smile: "Then Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang had a vicious battle in Poyang Lake, it can be said that there were countless casualties, the bottom of this lake is full of unjust souls, and many people have seen swords emerging from the lake, I have lived here since I was a child, at that time, it was still very desolate, and every night, you can hear the sound of war." ”
Cheng Hao shook his head: "Stop, I've just experienced something like this, don't scare me, I have a shadow on such things!"
The old Taoist said solemnly: "We cultivators don't lie!"
Wang Sheng snickered in his heart, it turned out that Cheng Hao also had something to fear, but he never expected that the incident on Poville Island would actually cause a shadow on Cheng Hao's heart.
Leng Ai asked, "Dao Chief, can you still hear such a voice in the middle of the night?"
"It seems to be ten years ago, there was a super large water monster in the lake, with super large wings, and the whole body was covered with barbs, when the water monster appeared, the lake turned over the river and the sea, the sky whistled deafeningly, and the thunderstorm in the sky, since the water monster appeared, I can no longer hear the sound of those fights. ”
The monster described by Lao Dao was very similar to the monster in their mission, and Leng Ai hurriedly asked: "Then what about later, did the water monster appear again?"
Lao Dao shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, and I've only heard about it, but the sound of fighting has indeed never appeared again!"
Wang Sheng asked, "Then who has ever seen this water monster?"
Lao Dao replied: "I don't know this, everyone said so, and then there is a limerick poem circulating here, "The boat passes through the old man's temple, the ghost is calling underwater, ten ships have overturned nine boats, and it is difficult to overturn", just last month, more than ten ships sank, and the salvage team fished for more than a month, and nothing was fished, they just left a few days, and you are here!"
The bald head exclaimed: "The ship sank and can't be fished, can the ship still be eaten by monsters?"
Lao Dao smiled: "I don't know if it was eaten by monsters, but in this place of the old man's temple, it is not the first time that the shipwreck has happened, and no ship has been fished out." ”
Leng Ai asked, "Have there been many ships sunk here?"
"Yes, even the ship of Little Japan has sunk. ”
In 1945, the Japanese army invading China had reached the end of the world, and the Japanese army planned to make a fortune before surrendering, and it took several months to loot everywhere, which can be said to be fruitful and obtained mysterious treasures. According to the old man's recollection, it was said that the Japanese army had obtained the Kongtong seal, but the Japanese army did not know what the Kongtong seal was, but only thought it was a valuable antique. The Japanese military sent a large cargo ship named the Kobe Maru to transport the plundered treasures to Japan, but the Kobe Maru sank in Poyang Lake.
All 288 Japanese officers and men on board sank to the bottom, and none of them were spared. When the Japanese learned that the ship was missing in the waters of Lao Ye Temple, they ordered the Japanese Navy stationed in Jiujiang to send people to salvage it. But only one of the divers who went down made it back to shore, and the diver was terrified when he came ashore, and he didn't say a word, and he went insane.
Wang Sheng's brows furrowed, he suddenly remembered those stone saucers, in Wang Sheng's memory, the Japanese army put the stone saucers on the cargo ship and wanted to transport them away, but they sank in Poyang Lake, and the wreck with the stone saucers seemed to be the Kobe Maru mentioned by the Taoist, but it has been too long, and Wang Sheng can't remember it clearly.
Wang Sheng said: "This is too unbelievable, isn't it, there is no such a big ship?"
Lao Dao sighed lightly: "The Japanese devils have made evil, and the shipwreck deserves it, but the water here has not been peaceful since then." ”
In the early 60s of the 20th century, a boat departed from Songmen Mountain to go north to Lao Ye Temple, and the boat suddenly disappeared not far away.
On 15 March 1985, a 250-tonne vessel numbered Rao Ji 41838 sank at about 6:30 a.m. in a turbid wave about 3 kilometers south of Lao Ye Temple. On August 3 of the same year, two ships of the Jiangxi Jinxian County Shipping Company of 20 tons each were also buried at the bottom of the lake at the Lao Ye Temple. On the same day, twelve other ships were killed here. So far, more than two dozen ships have sunk here.
Wang Sheng asked in surprise: "None of the so many ships have been fished up?"
Lao Dao replied: "I heard from the older generation that an American came to fish with a diving team, and after several months of fishing, nothing was fished out, and the divers disappeared mysteriously, and only the team leader survived." People asked him what he saw, and he didn't say anything. ”
Leng Ai said, "Dao Chief, do you have an introduction or a map of Luopoyang Lake?"
"Yes, wait a minute, I'll get it for you. ”
A few minutes later, Lao Dao brought a color map, which he asked for before the salvage team left, which recorded detailed information about Poyang Lake.
Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China, with an average depth of 8.4 meters and a maximum depth of 30 meters. Located between Duchang County and Xingzi County in Jiangxi Province, the waters of the Lao Ye Temple are 24 kilometers long and are the narrow waters connecting Poyang Lake to the outlet of the Yangtze River. Since ancient times, it has been the most dangerous place of Poyang Lake, with turbulent water and rolling waves, and is known as "China's Bermuda" and "Poyang Lake's Devil's Triangle".
Poyang Lake Lao Ye Temple is located on the 30th parallel of north latitude, 30 degrees north latitude has a lot of incredible miracles, anecdotes and wonders gather in the focus area, if you follow the third lower parallel of north latitude, there are not only wonderful natural landscapes, but also the location of many civilizations in the world, such as the Bermuda Triangle, the Himalayas, the pyramids built in the center of the continent, the hanging gardens of ancient Babylon, the breathtaking ruins of the Mayan civilization and so on.
The bald head touched his shiny head and asked, "What is Bermuda?"
Wang Sheng said: "It is a mysterious sea, where countless planes and ships have disappeared, and thousands of rescuers have been sent by various countries, but these thousands have not returned." ”
The bald head exclaimed: "I'm going, where is that place, take me to see it one day." ”
Wang Sheng smiled: "If you want to go by yourself, if you don't want to live, don't drag me, I still want to live for two more days." ”
The bald head said disdainfully: "I really don't believe in evil, the deepest part of this old man's temple is only thirty meters, I want to see what Bermuda is." ”
Although the sun was about to set, the sky was still very bright, and Leng Ai said, "Dao Chief, can you get a boat for us to look around?"
Wang Sheng's motorcycle can cross the ocean, and naturally it can also drive on this small lake, but that will definitely attract the attention of the fishermen, whether they are wanted or not is unknown, if this matter spreads, such a high-profile approach will bring inconvenience to the progress of their mission.
"Now?" said the Taoist in surprise, "It's getting dark, or tomorrow!"
Leng Ai smiled and said, "It's okay, let's just look around and be back soon!"
Lao Dao pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, you must come back before dark." ”
Lao Dao led the four of them to a wooden boat, which was very dilapidated, the wood had lost its original color, and the power was all to shake the pulp with both hands.
Cheng Hao smiled bitterly: "Thank you, Dao Chief, I think we should find other ships!"
Lao Dao said unhappily: "This is the only boat here, if you don't use it, then please take care of it!"
Leng Ai bowed to the Daoist with her hands folded and said, "Thank you Daoist for your kindness, it's just that none of us can row." We can only use our own ships. ”
Lao Daohu looked at the four people suspiciously, he did not find any boats moored on this coastline, the four of them walked to the motorcycle, put on wetsuits, and drove the motorcycle into the water. Although he had seen a large ferry, it was the first time he had seen a motorcycle floating on the water like this.
The two motorcycles floated slowly on the calm water, the calm lake, there was no trace of weirdness, suddenly, a strong wind blew in the face, almost blowing Cheng Hao into the water, and in less than half a minute, the wind suddenly stopped.
Cheng Hao scolded: "What kind of demon style is this, it's such an evil sect!"
Wang Sheng sneered: "You are a frightened bird, you are afraid of even a little wind!"
Leng Ai looked back and said in surprise: "We are actually facing the Old Man Temple, it's so strange!"
Wang Sheng looked sideways and looked back, and suddenly a strong wind blew him off the motorcycle, and with a pop, it caused a large wave.
Wang Sheng wiped the water from his face: "his uncle, this wind is too amazing!"
Back on the motorcycle, Cheng Hao sneered: "Is the water delicious?"
Wang Sheng replied while patting the water on his hair: "It's delicious, do you want to go down and taste it?"
Cheng Hao scolded with a smile: "It's so good, why don't you drink more!"
After drifting on the lake for a distance, the four of them found that the wind in the waters of the Lao Ye Temple was very strange, the wind blew and stopped, and the wind direction was uncertain. And no matter what angle you are at in the waters of the Lao Ye Temple, it is always facing the Lao Ye Temple. Not only that, the four of them also found that there are still many whirlpools on the water surface of the water area of the Lao Ye Temple, whether these whirlpools are caused by water monsters, it is still uncertain, now that the sky is dark, and the situation is not clear, the four of them can only try to avoid these whirlpools, and wait for tomorrow dawn to find out.
Back in the temple, the first thing the old Taoist chief did was to ask them about the motorcycle, Leng Ai only made a vague explanation, claiming that the four of them were state secret personnel, and the motorcycle they drove was a high-tech product of the state, and it was better not to ask about other things.
As soon as he heard that the four people were state personnel, the old Taoist chief didn't dare to ask in a dead heart, Leng Ai asked the old Taoist about some strange things they had just encountered, and the old Taoist explained that the whirlpool in the lake was because this was the confluence of the river, and the collision of the two currents would naturally produce this whirlpool.
Wang Sheng asked: "The wind in this place is also quite evil, it will blow and stop for a while, was it like this before?"
Lao Dao replied: "When I was young, the wind here was like this, I heard the experts of the salvage team say that the Lao Ye Temple is close to Lushan, when the wind blows, when it meets Lushan, the wind is blocked back, the wind suddenly concentrates on the narrow lake from a large range, and the narrow Lao Ye Temple becomes a tuyere, and the wind and speed are particularly strong." He also told the villagers that there was a strong wind recently, and the wind speed could reach 23 meters, which is equivalent to a force 11 gale, and the force of 11 is equivalent to the power of a typhoon, so there are fewer fishermen to fish. ”
The bald head touched his shiny head and said suspiciously: "That's not right, it's normal for the water surface to be windy, but the wind here is too chaotic, one will be northwest and the other will be southeast, so what's going on?"