Chapter 43: Cangshan and Yuan Bird's Egg

In the myths and legends that prevail in Dali, Cangshan is transformed by Canglong.

It is said that the Jade Emperor let Canglong preside over the wind and rain of Dali, but it was greedy for fun, drought and flood, which made the people's livelihood difficult and complained.

The Jade Emperor warned Canglong many times, asking it to change from evil to good, but Canglong ignored the warning of the Jade Emperor and still went his own way, wandering around every day, regardless of the folk wind and rain.

Under the fury of the Jade Emperor, he punished Canglong to descend into the world and turned into a point of Cangshan. Canglong was beaten into Dali from the sky, the head is facing north, the tail is in the south, the head is the dragon's head pass (Shangguan), and the tail is the dragon's tail pass (Xiaguan); the ribs are turned into the nineteen peaks of Cangshan, and the intercostal area becomes the eighteen streams of Cangshan.

Cangshan is also known as Cangshan, and its nineteen peaks - Yunlong, Canglang, Wutai, and Malong... Wait, from Eryuan Dengchuan in the north to Xiaguan Tiansheng Bridge in the south, stretching for about 50 kilometers. Each peak is above 3,500 meters above sea level, with the highest peak at 4,122 meters. Due to the high altitude, it is unusually cold at the summit, and the snow is covered all year round, and it is crystal white in the sun, which is spectacular.

It is said that it is not only Diancang Mountain, but also nineteen peaks and eighteen streams, and each peak and each stream will have a moving legend.

There are many kinds of plants on the mountain, including swaying broad-leaved forests, tall and majestic fir trees, and the most famous is the forest of thousands of rhododendrons near the peak.

Every year, when the flowers are in full bloom, people who come to Cangshan will first fix their eyes on those azaleas swaying like fairies.

Therefore, it is a must to play Cangshan and enjoy the snow with a product of azaleas.

It is said that on that day, Peony Yong and Ula Quaqua followed the two Mongolian princesses to travel off the table and return in the evening.

Liang Wang Boyan is not surprised. He didn't know that children at this age were in the period of being playful and noisy. The Mongol's boldness, his desire to fly freely, and his preference for the two boys and the princesses, made him unable to even say a word of reproach. And that night, when night fell, he took them to the prince's camp as scheduled, and held a grand bonfire party for them in front of the white yurt, allowing them to play freely.

Dali according to the convention, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month is the period of the Jizu Mountain pilgrimage, not only Yunnan locals will go to the Jizu Mountain to worship, pray for blessings, even Southeast Asian countries, will also send delegations to pray for their own country for a year of national peace and security, wind and rain. And from tomorrow, it will be the day when the envoys of various countries will come one after another, and Boyan, as the king of Liang who guarded Yunnan in the imperial dynasty, must also be personally received by him and ushered in.

Peony Yong and Ula Quaqua are the immortals who descended from the flower fairy world to the mortal world, and naturally they are not very interested in the things of mortals in the mortal world worshipping Buddha and seeking immortals;

。 Therefore, they still followed the previous plan, preparing to visit Cangshan on the second day, and then by the way, they saw the situation of the cottage men and women singing and singing.

After eating early in the morning, they set off.

In this group, in addition to Peony Yong, Ula Qua and the two princesses, there is also an additional team of guards. This was specially ordered by King Liang, and no one could stop it. Let's put it aside for the time being.

But it is said that there is a family surnamed Yuan living in the depths of this Cangshan Mountain, which is a middle-aged couple who make a living by hunting. Seven or eight years ago, my husband went down to sell hides, and on the way back, he picked up an infant boy and brought it home to raise him, and he is now seven years old.

It's just that this child was born without a right arm and is a disabled person. However, for the Huang family and his wife, who have no heirs for many years, this disabled child is also a rare treasure, they do not have the slightest dislike, but have raised the child with love for so many years, and never let him suffer the slightest grievance. In order to hope that when the child grows up, he can hatch wings like a bird and fly freely, so he specially named it Bird Egg.

This one-armed boy Yuan Birdan grew up carefree in the deep mountains and became a happy and well-behaved and naughty little boy. No one had ever seen him agonizing over the loss of an arm, but he had a very compassionate heart. Whenever he saw a bird, a rabbit or even a small insect injured, he would be very sad and beg his father and mother for help. Seeing that the child's heart was so soft, he was so scared that Father Yuan didn't dare to take the prey home in front of the child anymore.

A year ago, when the little bird egg was playing in the woods, he found an injured little green snake, and when he saw it dying, he immediately felt pity. But he knew that his mother was most afraid of this animal, so he quietly brought the little green snake home and hid it in a small clay pot in the firewood room.

Every day, he would follow the example of his father and mother, wash the wounds of the little green snake and give him some food. Slowly, the little green snake's injury really healed.

Every time the little bird egg let it out and tried to let it go, the little green snake would look up at him, and then he would go back into the crockpot and refuse to leave. A year has passed in a flash.

One day, Yuan's father went up the mountain to hunt and was injured, but he didn't expect to die a few days after returning home and lying in bed. The bird egg mother cried and cried sadly, and soon her eyes couldn't see clearly.

The good days of the little bird egg are over, and the burden of life at home is all on the bird egg, which is just eight years old.

He began to go up the mountain every day to dig wild vegetables, pick bird eggs, and pick wild fruits for his mother and himself to fill their stomachs. Small, one-armed, he was often bumped by trees and stones, and his legs were bruised and purple. But he was afraid that his mother would worry, so he didn't say anything when he came back.

But one day, he suddenly found that he had a sack of grain in his house, and after a few days, he found that there were many clothes, raw meat, and other items. Although he was a little scared and worried, his fear and need for hunger finally overcame his fear of mysterious unknown objects, and he and his mother had food and clothing, so what else did he care?

Sometimes he thinks like this when he lies next to his mother, maybe it's his father's soul who sees him and his mother suffering, so he secretly helps them.

Since then, as long as there is nothing to eat at home, what is needed will mysteriously appear.

Now it is said that our protagonist and his party of four people rode all the way on horseback, and Princess Ala Tenghua saw the scene and fell in love with it, and told them one beautiful legend after another. Only when he heard the origin of Erhai Yue, Ula sneered and laughed on the side

。

Seeing him like this, Princess Mu Yizhen couldn't help but ask, "Ula, what are you laughing at? Is it that funny?"

Princess Alatten also stopped at this time, and watched Ula quack, not knowing where she had said the wrong thing, causing him to laugh like this.

Questioned by the princesses in person, Ula didn't know how to explain it for a while, and he said, "Hey... No... This, that... No, no, no, that, that, that... ”

He wanted to say that the princess in our heavenly palace was not as ridiculous as you mortal stories! But at this moment, he knew that he could never say this.

It turns out that the legend about Erhai Lake told by Princess Alatenghua is like this:

A long, long time ago, there was a princess in the Heavenly Palace who envied the happy life in the world, and went down to a small fishing village on the shore of Erhai Lake to marry a fisherman. In order to help the fishermen live a good life, the princess sank her treasure mirror to the bottom of the sea to make sure that the fishermen could catch more fish. Since then, the treasure mirror has become a golden moon at the bottom of the sea, shining with light, shining on generations of fishermen, so it has become the "Erhai Moon", for people to watch to this day.

At that time, although Peony Yong also felt far-fetched, he understood that mortals did not understand the affairs of the fairy world, just as immortals also did not know the causes of the mortal world, it was the same reason. Listen to it, why show it in a bad way? This is also what he sometimes dislikes Ullah.

Seeing that Ula couldn't hand over the report for a long time, he had to relieve the siege and say: "Ula has a giggle disease." I finally came to play with you, and everything I watched and listened to was fresh, but I fell ill, and I committed a lot of crimes. ”

Peony Yong's words made everyone happy, and Ula Quack weakly shot back: "You are sick." And he laughed.

Princess Alatenghua cleverly said: "If you are sick or not, let me tell you a riddle and guess it, whoever can't guess is sick." Ha ha. ”

When Ula heard this, he hurriedly objected, "Don't, don't! I don't like to play this the most." ”

"It's easy to guess! It's understandable that Sister Zhenzhen is hard to guess, because she is not a local. You are from Yunnan, you must have guessed. Alatenghua smiled and said without saying anything: "Listen! The riddle is: the worm enters the phoenix's nest and no bird is seen, and grass grows on the heads of seven people; the drizzle falls on the mountain, and half of the friends are missingβ€”type four words." ”

Before Ula Quaqua could finish listening to her, she had already hid behind Peony Yong, so that Princess Alatenghua could not see his shadow.

Mu Yizhen looked funny, and couldn't help laughing, laughing so much that tears were about to come out.

Princess Aratan also giggled, "No, can you hide it?" ”

Peony Yong said: "I guessed, what about you?"

Princess Mu Yizhen forcibly stopped laughing, gestured with her hand and said, "To tell the truth, I only guessed two words, but they all came out." Hehe. ”

Ala Tenghua praised: "Young Master Ayong is amazing!

Peony Yong said: "This riddle is very good and vivid, so it is not difficult to guess." ”

Princess Mu Yizhen also said: "In the past few days here, I have heard and seen everything like this, so if you know one thing, you will know the other." It's not hard to guess, it's not hard to guess. ”

"What are you talking about, what the hell is it?" Ula Quack, who was left aside, didn't understand what he heard, and he couldn't help but ask when they said that they were laughing and laughing.

Then the three of them shouted in unison to him, "Wind, flowers, snow, moon!" and then they all laughed and galloped away.

Ulla croaked angrily and "snorted" with her nose and chased after her with a flick of the reins.