Chapter 46: Nuwa Mends Heaven and Saves Sentient Beings (3)
Nuwa Niangniang had just come to the East China Sea in the clouds, and had already been discovered by the Yaksha patrolling the sea, and the Yaksha did not dare to slack off when she saw it, so she hurriedly reported to the Dragon Palace.
When the dragon king Ao Guang heard the news, he personally went to sea and called his dragon sons and grandsons, as well as shrimp soldiers and crabs, to line up to greet him.
Ao Guang saw Nuwa and bowed down and said, "The little god Ao Guang greets the Holy Venerable Niangniang." ”
Nuwa beckoned: "His Royal Highness the Dragon King is flat. The main palace is here today, and there is an urgent matter to see the dragon king. ”
Ao Guang got up and responded: "The Holy Venerable has something to order, please ask the Holy Venerable to enter the Cold Palace for a while." ”
Ao Guang ordered the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to open the way in front of them, and he led Nuwa into the East China Sea.
After a short time, they entered the Dragon Palace.
Nuwa Niangniang glanced around, nodded and praised: "Now this Dragon Palace is really different from what it used to be, so magnificent!"
As she spoke, she pointed and pointed, feeling fresh.
Do you know how magnificent the Dragon Palace is?
The coral is bright, the jasper is gorgeous, the sea is blue, crystal clear;
The Sendai pavilions are all made of glaze, and the carved railings and jade are all dragons flying and phoenixes dancing;
The seagrass is lush, lush, and swings with the waves;
The shrimp swims and the fish fly, leisurely, and the dotted places are like a hundred flowers blooming, purple and red......
Although the scenery of this Dragon Palace is extraordinary and beautiful, it was not the case in the beginning.
At that time, the four seas were initially formed, the wind and waves were high, the sea was directionless, turbulent, and tsunamis were frequent, ravaging the coastal people.
After learning about it, Nuwa Niangniang personally landed on the coast of the East China Sea and looked around to inspect the disaster.
So, she made up her mind to cure the plague of the four seas.
On this day, she led the golden boy and the jade girl to the coast of the East China Sea, and was inspecting the coastal situation, when she suddenly saw a crowd shouting in front of her, but she couldn't hear what she was shouting.
Nuwa was curious and came to watch it.
She climbed the high hill and looked down, and was not surprised, but saw that the shore was full of black and oppressive people, like ants moving, wisps of snakes.
They jumped in front of them, and it turned out that they were carrying earth and stones here to build a coastal embankment to prevent the sea.
People piled up rocks and soil and rammed them into a long waterproof dam.
The shouts I heard just now were the trumpets of the rammers shouted by the people, and I only heard the rammers sing:
Let's work hard to build a waterproof embankment,
Stone pressure water monster feet, earth cover kraken claws, hey, hey, hey, he
The dragon king told us to put the embankment up and work together to fight the wind and waves!
Don't let the shrimp and crab enter the village, protect my family's health, hey, hey, wow......
The people worked very hard, and they sang sonorously and beautifully.
For the first time, she heard the word "Dragon King" from people's mouths, and she was even more curious to find out.
It turned out that the two groups of people who built the waterproof embankment were also the people of the two villages.
There are two nearest villages along the coast, one is called Wangjiazhuang, and the other is Liujiacun, and almost all of them are surnamed Liu.
Due to the frequent floods, the people of both villages believed that there were monsters in the sea, so they built a house on the seashore in the middle of the village to observe the sea conditions to warn of the floods.
There is a man named Wang Xilu in Wangjiazhuang, who volunteered to live in the house, and came to stand guard for the villagers day and night, observe the sea conditions, and immediately notify the villagers to move as soon as there is a situation.
In this way, people are much more relieved, and there are people who are specially guarded, so they don't have to worry all day and night, and they don't know when the flood will hit.
Wang Xilu had nine sons under his knees, all of whom were hunters. That night, Wang Xilu's wife suddenly called all nine sons up and urged urgently: "Go to the beach, your father is fighting with the Kraken, go and help him!"
The sons were at a loss, and the eldest asked, "Mother, tell me slowly, what is going on?"
The king's wife said, "Your father gave me a dream, saying that he was dueling with the Kraken, and asked his sons to come and help in the battle, and the one with the red scarf on his head is your father, and the one with the green scarf on his head is the Kraken." Hurry up, the sooner the better!"
Without much thought, the nine sons came straight to the seashore with bows, arrows, knives and forks.
When they saw that there was no father in the temple, they went to the seashore to look for it. Sure enough, they found two snake-like creatures in the sea, and they were fighting desperately, one with red on his head and the other with green on his head.
They fired a flurry of indiscriminate shots at the green head, as described by their mother.
After being shot and wounded, the green head fled to the cliff by the sea.
Wang Xilu led the nine sons to chase and kill, and finally killed the green-headed kraken on the cliff platform.
It turned out that this demon was actually a green-headed sea turtle, and it was the one who often did evil here and harmed the coastal people.
Since then, most of the sea disasters have been eliminated, but the true body of the dragon king on Wangxi Road has also been exposed, and the house where he lived was later called "Dragon King Temple".
Coincidentally, there is a man named Liu Jixiang in Liujia Village, a nearby village, who also has nine sons under his knees.
On this day, he came to the "Dragon King Temple" to see Wang Xilu, and he said: "If you live in this house, you will become the Dragon King, and if I live, I will also be the Dragon King." ”
Wang Xilu smiled and said: "This dragon is not something that anyone who wants to be, you have to have real roots and real skills." ”
Liu Jixiang said: "What kind of ability do you have? Isn't it that you rely on nine sons? I also have nine sons, just to compare with you, I don't accept it, you can become a dragon, I can also become a dragon." ”
Wang Xilu smiled again and said, "Okay, you are the Dragon King, I don't want to argue with you." ”
Liu Jixiang said reluctantly: "We have to compare, see if you are older or I am older." ”
Wang Xilu was not annoyed in his heart, and said secretly: This guy really has to make inches, obviously bullying people!
So, he turned his face and asked, "How do you say to compete?"
Liu Jixiang said: "You can compare how you say, you will choose the civil and military affairs, and you will never be afraid of you!"
"In my opinion, let's compete this time, neither use literature nor use force, let's try to organize the villagers to build a causeway, compete who can cure the sea disaster, and then divide the competition after a year, whoever cures the sea disaster, who is the real dragon king, what do you think?"
Liu Jixiang laughed when he heard this: "Okay! It's up to you, it's decided!"
The two went back to the village to gather the villagers to build an embankment and repair the dam.
Besides, when Nuwa Niangniang saw the scene of ramming the embankment, it was these two people who organized it, and they all called themselves "Dragon Kings".
However, this reminds this Supreme Being, now that the sea is overflowing, and there is no direction, it is because of the lack of control, there is no god in charge in these four seas, so they are used by demons and evil spirits to abuse the coastal people.
Nuwa decided to divide the gods of the four seas, and she thought: since Wang Xilu and Liu Jixiang both claim to be the dragon kings, they will be fulfilled now.
Therefore, she named Wang Xilu as the Dragon King of the East China Sea, in charge of the affairs of the four seas, and Liu Jixiang as the Dragon King of the rivers, in charge of the water affairs of the major rivers.
Speaking of Wang Xilu alone, he was personally sealed by Nuwa Niangniang, and since then he has become the lord of the four seas, with the road name: King Ao Guang.
At that time, Ao Guang's residence could only be called the Dragon House, and it was definitely not the Dragon Palace.
At that time, there was a shortage of East and West, and he hurriedly took office. How can the nest made of broken bricks and tiles in the past be compared with today's splendid palace?
Today's "Crystal Palace", golden, shining, jade railings, the court is magnificent, depicting dragons and phoenixes, so magnificent, this is truly worthy of the luxurious and gorgeous Dragon Palace of the East China Sea!
However, Nuwa Niangniang was not interested in enjoying the scenery of the Dragon Palace.
Ao Guang speculated about the purpose of Nuwa Niangniang's visit from the beginning, and he decided that if Niangniang was not in a hurry, she would never come here to hang out.
Nuwa finally explained her intention to Ao Guang, and said: "Now we can only refine the five-colored stone to make up for the heavenly cave, so as to avoid the closure of heaven and earth." At the moment, there is only blue stone left in the five-color stone, as far as I know, there are blue-colored stones in the Dragon Palace, can they be harvested to make up for the needs of the sky?"
Ao Guang heard this, with a look of embarrassment, he bowed and said: "Our Lady of Qi, there are indeed blue stones in my Dragon Palace, but they are all gathered on the spring, and the springs of the four seas are protected by blue stones. ”
After listening to Ao Guang's report, Nuwa felt that this matter was not trivial, and although it was important to mend the sky, if it damaged the spring, it would lead to the drying up of the four seas, and in the end it would still outweigh the losses, and it would inevitably be a disaster.
However, if you don't get the blue stone, this matter of mending the sky will not be able to be lightened.
For a moment, the Holy Mother didn't know what to do, she frowned, and she had no idea.
Our Lady was anxious, Ao Guang saw it in his eyes, and he said with a heart: "Our Lady is not in a hurry, according to the opinion of the little god, it is important to make up the sky, it is better to take the blue stone first, and then make plans later as for the spring in the sea......
"No!" Nuwa interrupted Ao Guang's words and said, "If the spring is damaged to make up for the sky, won't we take care of one thing and lose the other? This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and it is necessary to think of a foolproof strategy, and we must not act hastily. ”
Let's say that just when Nuwa Niangniang and the Dragon King Ao Guang were worried, suddenly a Yaksha said: "Your Highness, the Dragon King of the West Sea has arrived." ”
Later, Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea, entered the palace, and when he saw Nuwa Niangniang here, he saluted and said, "Ao Run sees Our Lady." ”
Nuwa said: "You came just in time, Bengong and Ao Guangzheng are worried about mending the sky." ”
Ao Run bowed and said: "The Holy Mother, the Jade Emperor issued a decree to ask all the gods to find the colorful stones, so I made a special trip to see the Holy Mother." I have prepared the blue stone, just waiting for the Virgin to mend the heavens to fetch it. ”
Nuwa was overjoyed when she heard this, and asked, "Where is the blue stone?"
Ao Run replied: "It's in the Little God's West Sea Dragon Palace." ”
Ao Guang asked: "There is no spring in the West Sea, where does the blue stone come from?"
Ao Run smiled: "Big brother is really forgetful, I think back then, my West Sea Spring is more vigorous than your East China Sea Spring, that year only because of the fight with the black dragon, the black dragon did evil, destroyed my spring, I almost lost my life, and then Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and the Nine Heavens Xuannu Holy Mother came to help, only to subdue the black dragon, so that you and my lives can be saved." Today, there are springs in the four seas, but my West Sea relies on your brothers to supply water, so there are many blue stones in the springs of my West Sea, and the springs are destroyed, and they do not need the protection of blue stones, and they are enough to make up for the sky. ”
Nuwa breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two dragon kings, "Thank you two dragon kings for your help. Now that the five-colored stone is available, it can be raised to fire and refine the stone. I should not stay long, so I will take my leave. ”
Ao Run said: "Although the Holy Mother is raising the stove, the little god will immediately send the blue stone. ”
"Then there is King Laolong, and I will thank him in the future. Nuwa finished speaking, moved out of the Dragon Palace, stepped on the auspicious clouds, and ran straight to Taihang Mountain.
Precisely:
Our Lady has cultivated to the Immortals,
The furnace refines the five-colored sky.
The world does not remember the thousand-year-old technique,
Build peace forever for generations.