At this time, it was the third month of Mengchun, and the floodwaters on both sides of the Yellow River had receded. The www.biquge.info sun is shining, the east wind is blowing, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the flowers are red and willow green. It's full of life.

Dayu led four heavenly generals, four generals, five little brothers and Tu Jiao's mother and son, along the Yellow River all the way to the north. Everyone was in a good mood and was in high spirits, watching flowers and enjoying the scenery along the way, talking and laughing. The little brothers were even more elated, singing and laughing, bouncing and jumping, and did not forget to quarrel while walking.

After laughing for a while, Bo Yi asked Pythagorean and Jiuzhang: "What do you all want to do after Brother Dayu's success in controlling the water?"

Pythagorean thought for a while and said: "There are many things I want to do, but what I want to do the most is to build a decent big house for Di Shun and Brother Dayu to use as a court." The house should be made big, tall, and magnificent, grand and majestic. It is necessary to demonstrate the dignity of our Chinese nation. In addition, I have to deduce more digits after the integer of pi. Contribute to mathematics to. ”

Jiuzhang thought for a while and said: "After the success of water control, I still have to follow Brother Dayu and help him calculate tribute, calculate money and grain, manage income and expenditure and cashier. Be a bookkeeper for him. When I have time, I will continue to study "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and become an arithmetic. ”

Shennongzai said: "After Brother Dayu's success in controlling the water, I carried a medicine box on my back, traveled around the world, treated the people of the world, and treated the disease without charging money. However, if Boyi asks me for treatment, I will ask for more money, knock on his bamboo pole, and take out all the money in Boyi's pocket, and there will be no one left. Hee-hee, hahaha. ”

Boyi said: "Brother Dayu and I treat the water, and the physical exercise is great, but you don't get sick, so you can't make money, and you are angry with the farmer." Hee-hee-hee. Hahaha. ”

Everyone giggled. Boyi asked Xiao Yu again: "Brother Xiao Yu, what do you want to do at that time?"

Xiaoyu said: "My ideal is to be a stonemason, and after the success of the water control, I will return to my hometown, find a mountain that produces good stones, open the mountain to quarry, be a stonemason, chisel stone grinding for the common people, chisel stone grinding, chisel stone grinding." Let the common people use the stone mill to grind the noodles to eat, and use the stone mill plate to grind the rice to eat, which is labor-saving and delicious. No more stone mortars, stone pestles, these stupid things. ”

Boyi praised: "It's better to be a little foolish brother, not to take credit, not to forget the roots, to maintain the true character of the working people, to always think about the people, and to seek well-being for the people, which is rare!"

Shennongzi asked Boyi: "Boyi, let me ask you, what do you want to do after the water control is successful?"

Boyi said: "First of all, I want to finish writing my "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and then I also want to write out the experience of Brother Dayu's water control. The title of the book is called "Yu Gong". If Brother Dayu still needs me, I will also help Brother Dayu unite all the vassal states on the land of China to form a unified national alliance and develop together. Realize that 'under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the guest of the land is not the king's minister'. The formation of the whole of China's great unification. ”

Shennongzi said: "Bo Yiguang said big things, but unfortunately his ambition is big and his talent is sparse, and it is difficult to achieve, hahaha." ”

While everyone was talking, Xiao Yu suddenly found that there were several big carps swimming in the Yellow River, all of which were several feet long, and the longest one was about one zhang long. And as agreed, they swam upstream from the downstream direction of the Yellow River. He hurriedly beckoned to everyone, "Look, there is a school of big fish in the river. As he spoke, he pointed to the center of the Yellow River.

Everyone looked in the direction of Xiao Yu's finger. Sure enough, I saw a group of big golden carp, swimming upward in the middle of the Yellow River. After a while, another group of golden carp swam behind, all of which were also a foot long.

Boyi suddenly remembered what He Bo said: every year in Mengchun and March, carp swim from the middle and lower reaches of the Luohe, Weihe, Fenshui and the Yellow River, and they come to Longmen one after another to try their luck and jump from Longmen. If you are lucky, you can jump over the dragon gate, and there will be a heavenly fire to burn off its tail. Thus he turned into a celestial dragon and flew into the sky. And the carp that failed to jump over the dragon gate knocked out a gray scar on the melon gate, and returned to the old place with injuries. Wait until you come to see Meng Chun in March, and then come to Longmen to try your luck.

Thinking of this, Bo Yi said, "These carp must be going to jump the dragon gate." It's really time for us this time, it's Meng Chun March, and we can open our eyes. I was able to see the carp jump over the dragon gate with my own eyes. ”

In addition to Xiao Yu, the other four little brothers and Tu Jiao all heard the story of the carp jumping over the dragon gate with their own ears, but they didn't expect that they would be able to catch up with this grand occasion. Immediately, they were all excited, and they followed these big fish along the shore and walked with the big fish. While pointing and pointing, commenting on the head, talking and laughing.

Dayu and the four heavenly generals and the four mortal generals saw these big carp and knew that they were going to jump the dragon gate, and they were also very emotional, and they all shifted the topic to these big fish. While talking about the Yellow River, we talked about Longmen. Talking and walking, before I knew it, the day had passed.

At night, camp on the banks of the Yellow River. The next day, after breakfast, I went on the road, only to see that there were many more big carp in the Yellow River than yesterday. Chopping the waves one by one, swimming against the waves. From time to time, some carp leap out of the river, jump into the air to draw an arc, and then burrow into the water to continue walking. Some chased each other, frolicked, and made ripples on the water.

The little brothers were very envious of the carp swimming freely in the water. I can't wait to jump into the Yellow River and go with the big carp.

On the third day, there were many more carp in the Yellow River than the day before. There are golden, silver, red, gray, black, and grass green. There are people who jump out of the river all the time, some only jump three or five feet high, some jump seven or eight feet high, and some can jump more than a foot high. I think they are practicing their skills and warming up for the dragon gate.

Shen Nongzi said: "It would be great if I could become a big carp, and I would also go into the Yellow River and swim with these big fish, and listen to what they have to say." ”

Xiao Yu said: "I can swim, but I can't understand the carp, besides, I jumped into the Yellow River, and didn't scare these big fish away?"

Boyi said: "I think Ying Long should be able to understand what the carp say, dragons and fish belong to the water tribe, they are both of the same kind, they belong to the same kind, and the language should also be the same." Besides, Ying Long is still good at changing, if he can turn into a big carp and burrow into the Yellow River to ask the carp in the river, wouldn't it be okay?"

At this time, I only heard the voice of Ying Long in the air and said, "Boyi, are you talking about me?"

Bo Yi replied: "You really deserve to be Yinglong, and you are called Bingying." By the way, we're talking about you. ”

Ying Long said: "Don't hide it from Boyi, not only can I become a carp, but I can also understand what the carp say." But without Xia Bo's words, I didn't dare to act on my own, I only listened to Xia Bo's orders. ”

In fact, what Boyi, Ying Long and the little brothers said, Dayu had already heard. So he smiled and said, "Ying Long, there is nothing important at the moment, you can fulfill the wishes of the little brothers." ”

Ying Long replied in the air: "Xia Bo commanded, Ying Long understood, and this is the way." After that, he flew to the sky above the Yellow River, turned a somersault, and immediately turned into a big carp one foot and two feet long, covered with fiery red scale armor, a pair of fiery red dragon eyes, a pair of fiery red dragon whiskers, and a pair of fins like wings, the fins and tail are fiery red, which looks very handsome and eye-catching.

When the big red carp just got into the water, the other carp were surprised to see it, and it was the first time they had seen such a magnificent red carp.

When a golden carp next to him saw it, he was very envious, so he came forward and said, "Brother, you are a carp from that river, why is it fiery red, it is the first time I have seen a fiery red carp." So handsome. ”

Ying Long replied, "I'm from the East China Sea. Brother, your golden color is also beautiful, I wonder from which river you came from?"

The golden carp was very happy when Ying Long praised himself, and said angrily: "Have you heard of the Luo River? ”

Ying Long asked again: "Luo River, that's a beautiful river. How many days have you been walking from Luohe here?"

The golden carp replied, "Hey, I've been gone for more than ten days." I don't know how many days it will take to get to the Dragon Gate. ”

Ying Long asked again: "Did my brother also come to the Yellow River to jump the dragon gate?"

The golden carp said: "Yes, if you don't jump the dragon gate, who is here for what, the water in the Yellow River is yellow and muddy, how can we be good in the Luo River." ”

At this time, a few more carp came over. Ying Long asked them again, "Which river did your brothers come from?"

One of the larger ones said, "I'm from the Wei River." ”

Another said, "I'm from the Jing River." Another said, "I'm from the Fen River." ”

Ying Long asked again: "Are the brothers all here to jump the dragon gate?"

The carp said in unison, "Of course they are all here to jump the dragon gate." ”

Ying Long asked again: "Are the brothers jumping the dragon gate for the first time?"

The golden carp said, "I've jumped twice." The first time I couldn't jump over, I fell down and broke my head. I went back to rest for a year, recuperated, and jumped again for the second time, only a little short, but I still fell short, and I threw my head out of a big bag. I went back and rested for another year, during which I repeatedly studied the timing of the jump, the technique of jumping, and the full set of movements in the jump. Confidence is already in hand, so this year is here again. This time we must succeed and we must not fail. With that, he had enough strength to jump up from the water, jumping more than three feet high, and then drew a beautiful lone line, and fell back into the water.

When the carp in the river saw this, they all applauded: "Good! Good job! Jumping too high! Too much at stake!" When the golden carp heard these words of praise, his heart was full of joy, and he swam forward vigorously.

Ying Long caught up with a group of big carp and chatted with them: "Where did the brothers come from?"

One of them, a big black carp, said, "I'm from the Nine Rivers." The other silver-gray said, "I'm from the Yi River." Excuse me, brother, where are you from?"

Ying Long replied, "My brother is from the East China Sea. ”

The silver carp asked, "Why did the carp in the East China Sea come here to jump the dragon gate?"

Ying Long replied: "There is no dragon gate in the East China Sea, only here in the Yellow River there is a dragon gate, so the carp in the East China Sea can only jump the dragon gate in the Yellow River." ”

The silver carp asked again, "How many times has my brother jumped?"

Ying Long replied: "This is the first time, I have no experience, and I ask you to take care of me." ”

The silver carp said: "I have already jumped three times, and each time it is only a little short, so I am not reconciled, so this year it is here again." ”

Ying Long asked, "Do you have any skills to jump the dragon gate?"

The silver carp said: "Skill is a must, how can you jump high without a certain amount of skill." Secondly, there must be skill. ”

Ying Long asked again: "Are there any requirements for the length and strength of the body?"

The silver carp said: "First of all, you must have a long enough stature and solid muscles. If you don't have a few decades of growth, you will definitely not grow big enough, as the saying goes, 'body strength is not lost'. If you don't have a strong body, how can you jump over such a high dragon gate? Only a figure like you and me, brothers, can give it a try. ”

Ying Long asked, "Is the dragon gate easy to jump?"

The silver carp said: "It is as difficult as climbing the dragon gate to the sky! Think about the carp that come here from all the rivers in the world to jump the dragon gate at this time of year, not to mention thousands of carp, which one does not come to jump the dragon gate? Who does not want to jump over the dragon gate and become a heavenly dragon? But the dragon gate is too high, too difficult to jump, only seventy-two lucky people can jump over and become a heavenly dragon every year, and most of the remaining carp are not unable to jump the dragon gate and fall down, knock on the melon door, and return to their hometown to recuperate. ”

A large grass-green carp next to him said, "I've been dancing for more than ten years." I jumped from my twenties to my forties, and I haven't jumped yet, and I don't know if I can jump this year, and if I can't jump this year, I won't come back next year. ”

Ying Long asked again: "Brother, this is the first time I have come to jump the dragon gate this year, I have never seen the world, and I don't know the rules. Dude, can you tell me about it?"

The big grass-green carp said, "Okay! I'll tell my brother what I know, don't look at the fact that it takes us many days to swim from our respective rivers to Longmen, some for more than ten days, some for half a month, and some for more than half a year. But there is only one day to jump the dragon gate, and that is the day of looking at the moon in March of Mengchun every year. This day is the day of the tide before and after the sting, and the sky and fish are one, and it is the day that can jump the highest. And there are only seventy-two places that can skip the dragon gate and turn into a heavenly dragon every year. After these seventy-two places are full, those who jump over them will not be able to turn into dragons. I have to wait until next year to jump. ”

At this time, a group of carp came from behind, and they all came over to listen to Ying Long's lively conversation. The carps gathered together, squeezed their forks, and talked as they walked against the current. Forget the tiredness, forget the tiredness, just move towards a common goal, that is, the Yellow River Longmen.

Ying Long was swimming and talking with the carp in the Yellow River, talking about this and that. I've been talking for a while, and I've almost said it, and I've asked everything I should ask. Hear everything you should have heard. So he said to the carp around him: "There are still three or five days before the day of Mochizuki, I can't wait, let me jump first and warm up." After that, he first plunged headlong into the bottom of the river, then turned around, slapped his tail vigorously, and rushed to the surface of the river, and finally jumped vigorously, and with a "splash" sound, he rushed out of the water, and flew into the sky with his teeth and claws. Then the prototype was restored and flew back to Dayu's side.

All the carps looked up at the sky, only to see that the red carp just now had turned into a red dragon and flew into the sky, and they were all taken aback, opened their mouths wide, and couldn't close them for a long time. I don't know what strange things happened: Why didn't I reach the dragon gate, and why didn't I get to the date of jumping the dragon gate, how could this red carp turn into a heavenly dragon when I jumped today? Could it be that the emperor was mistaken, so some carp also wanted to try their luck, so they jumped into the sky with a crackle.

Ying Longfei returned to the middle of the little brothers, and told him what he had just heard and seen, causing the little brothers to laugh.

Bo Yi pinched his fingers and counted, there were still three days left before the day of looking at the moon in March. We were able to get to Longmen in these three days. As soon as he said this, the little brothers were excited for a while, and they led to a lot of words, chattering non-stop.

The day before the moon in March, before dark, Dayu and his party happened to come to the Longmen of the Yellow River. Set up camp on the river bank in front of the dragon gate, preparing to dig the dragon gate and guide the Yellow River. However, before chiseling the dragon gate, we must first take a look at how the carp jumps the dragon gate.

Dayu led four heavenly generals, four generals, five little brothers and Tu Jiao's mother and son, and came to the bottom of the dragon gate together. Come and enjoy this scenic spot on the Yellow River. I saw that the dragon gate is facing each other across the Yellow River, both sides are broken mountain cliffs, the rock wall is like cutting, relatively like the door, the water of the Yellow River flows here, the yellow water rushes and roars, breaks out of the door, goes straight down a thousand thousands, the water waves rise and fall, such as the mountain is boiling, the yellow waves are rolling, a thousand miles, it is really a windless three-foot wave, a thunder on the flat ground. Later generations have a poem: "The Yellow River came west to break Kunlun, roaring thousands of miles to touch the dragon gate." ”

Looking into the Yellow River at my feet, I saw that the river was already crowded with all kinds of carp from all over the world, ready to jump the dragon gate tomorrow. There are golden-yellow, silver-white, fiery red, silver-gray, and blue-black, among these carps, the small ones are three or five feet long, and the large ones are one zhang long, all of them are gathered under the dragon gate, and a pair of eyes are staring straight at the dragon gate, measuring the height of the dragon gate, estimating their abilities, and some of them begin to warm up, jump out of the river, and jump into the air.

After dark, the people went back to their tents to eat and sleep. After the little brothers had finished dinner, they lay down and talked about it again before they went to sleep.

At dawn the next day, everyone got up early, and they didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so they came to the bank of the Yellow River, anxious to see the carp jumping over the dragon gate.

As soon as the hour came, the carp that had been holding back their strength began to jump towards the dragon gate, and saw a big golden carp jumping first. After jumping out of the river with a "pop", he flapped his tail vigorously and twisted his body vigorously, his golden fins spreading. Under the morning sun, like a golden feather arrow, it shot towards the dragon gate. Fly higher and higher. It's a pity that it is still two or three feet away from the dragon gate, but it can't go up again. No matter how much he twisted his body and flapped his tail, it didn't work. In the blink of an eye, he fell down with his head down, and with a bang, he fell back into the Yellow River, hitting his head at that time. Dejected, he turned around and swam back to his hometown.

With a leader, there is a follower. Although the first carp did not jump over the gate, it played a leading role, and the other carp jumped up as if they had heard the order.

The second one jumped up was a large silvery-white carp with a silver glow all over its body. After jumping, under the reflection of the sun, it dazzles people's eyes, and the fins of the fish are opened like a blooming white lotus. I saw him flap his tail vigorously, and the fins flapped like wings, twisting his body, and shooting high into the air like a silver arrow off the string. Flying higher and higher, and finally at a height of more than three feet from the dragon gate, he tried the last bit of strength of his body, slapped his tail again, and finally jumped over the dragon gate.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed, a thunderbolt exploded, and the heavenly fire burned the fish's tail from behind. Immediately, a rain cloud rose around him, and the carp instantly turned into a celestial dragon, opened its teeth and claws, and flew up to the sky with the wind and rain. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the clouds.

Dayu and everyone witnessed this scene. It's astounding. The little brothers all looked straight, opened their mouths wide, held their breath, and only then did they come to their senses when they saw Tianlong burrowed into the clouds. Clapping his hands again, stomping his feet again, and shouting with joy, "Okay!

For a while, the river under the dragon gate was boiling, and hundreds of carp jumped towards the dragon gate one after another. But most of them fell back into the Yellow River with a crackle, bruised their brains, stumbled their gills, and fell off their scales. Only a few of them were lucky enough to skip the dragon gate and turn into a celestial dragon.

In the three hours from the hour to the noon, a total of 72 thunders sounded in the sky, 72 fish tails were burned in the sky, and a total of 72 carp jumped over the dragon gate and turned into heavenly dragons.

The big golden carp that was talking to Ying Long the day before yesterday was also lucky to jump over this year. When he jumped the dragon gate, Ying Long also specially pointed out to the little brothers, and the little brothers cheered for him.

As soon as noon passed, there were no more carp jumping the dragon gate, and this year's seventy-two places were full, and it was useless to jump again. The carp that failed to jump had to turn around and swim home, recuperate and wait for next year's jump.