There is a small village by the Guangling River in Qingzhou, the legend is the place where Yu lived when he ruled the water during the wilderness period and got the name, it is called Dayu Village by later generations, the scale of the village is not small, there are probably hundreds of families, but compared with other rich and lively coastal villages, Dayu Village is particularly cold.

Early in the morning, the sound of the rooster in the village sounded, there was a weak woman in a cloth skirt squatting on the riverside to do laundry, the sound of gurgling water and the mallet hitting the clothes like a random humming Yao song, because of the posture, it seems that she is graceful, after washing for a while, maybe a little tired, the woman stretched out her slender hand to pick up the green silk that hung down to cover her eyebrows, looking at her reflection in the water in a daze, willow leaf-like eyebrows, peach blossoms like eyes, not dotted and red cherry mouth, not a little fat powder of the face like a hibiscus, although a radius of ten miles said that she was good-looking, but she never felt that she was really good-looking, the ripples gradually rose, and the figure was blurred。

The woman put the clothes into the basket one by one, and was about to turn away, when she suddenly saw a huge shadow floating to the shore with the tide in the depths of the river, and slowly the shadow was like duckweed getting closer and closer to her, the woman's eyes widened, and she saw a huge turtle, splitting the water and cutting the waves on the river and swimming towards her, and when she looked closely, there was a person covered in blood lying on the back of the wide turtle, she hurriedly put down the basket, turned around and ran into the village, and soon several villagers ran out with the woman.

The man who fell into the water was circling on the shore, and the woman looked around, but the big turtle was nowhere to be seen, and she hurriedly called for a few people to help.

Several people dragged the people in the water to the shore, and everyone came over, it was a man who couldn't see his age, with a large purple and red blood stain on his body, lying motionless on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, the weak woman looked at the man on the ground, clasped her hands, and hoped that he was not dead.

Soon, the village knew that there was a person who had fallen into the water by the river, and the villagers who had no work in their hands flocked to the shore to watch the excitement.

A villager probed the man's nostrils and said in surprise, "There is still gas." A villager squatted down and pressed his hands the man's chest and squeezed hard, and someone was busy pinching people on the side, and after a while the man coughed and spit out some river water, and his breathing slowly stabilized, and then he passed out again.

A short old villager on the side was squatting on the ground to observe the young man, he stood up abruptly and said coldly: " Don't be in a hurry to save people, you come over and take a closer look, this young man's wound is obviously injured by a sharp weapon, he must have fallen from a fight with someone, this origin is unknown, if there is any grudge with the bandits, save him Our village will not follow it will be terrible, the disaster in our village half a year ago has just subsided, hundreds of people in our village can no longer withstand how to toss, besides, such a serious injury, it may not be able to save life, more than one thing is better than one less thing, I think... I think it's better to leave him to fend for himself. ”

The crowd, which had been a little excited, instantly stopped, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured on it.

Several villagers shouted one after another: "Leave him alone, let him resign himself to his fate." "Throw him out. "Don't save him. More and more villagers agreed, and the short villager couldn't help but look smug when he saw that his opinion was agreed.

Some kind-hearted villagers disagreed, and they still advocated treating the man's wound first before making other plans, after all, it was a human life.

The villagers all looked different, some looked angry, some worried, and some watched coldly.

The weak woman bit her lip and did not speak, but looked at the respected village chief on the side, most of the decisions in the village were made by this old man, and it was up to him to decide whether to save or not.

The village chief squinted his eyes and looked at the villagers around him, the village has lived by the water for generations, it is said that saving people is a natural thing, but he can't refute what the short man said, half a year ago the village has just passed the catastrophe, and almost all the people in the village have become frightened birds.

The surrounding villagers saw that the village chief did not speak for a long time, and seemed to be unable to make up their minds, and the quarrel became louder.

The weak woman looked at the increasingly strange villagers in front of her, a little angry, the man was still lying on the ground and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, they still had time to talk nonsense there, she came out and said sharply: "If you don't save it, I will save it, I'm a woman who is not afraid of anyone to retaliate." ”

The chatter of the people stopped for a moment.

The short old man sneered and said gloomily: "I said Narcissus girl, this is a major matter related to the lives of hundreds of people in our village, you can't be careless, you say save it, what are the consequences? If he is a wanted criminal by the government, then won't we become a shield criminal? You will bear this responsibility?"

"Like, you can't get into our way. Some villagers who agreed with Lao Wu shouted.

A bloated woman said in a strange manner: "Yo, Narcissus girl, I can't bear to be lonely for a few years, so I can save this man back to be your lover." “

This was a little hurtful, and Narcissus glared at the woman fiercely, but did not speak.

The quarrel began to sound again, more heated than before, and some people even began to point the finger at the thin woman, and all kinds of bitter words came out, and the scene got out of control for a while.

People are like this, they follow the crowd, they go with the flow, and they don't even distinguish between black and white.

A faltering white-haired old man walked over with the support of a middle-aged man, the old man coughed lightly twice, and the noise quieted down, it could be seen that the old man's prestige in the village was very high, and the village chief said respectfully: "Uncle." The old man nodded lightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Just this matter, it will stump you? The village chief bent his body again, "Forgive my nephew for being stupid, please ask my uncle to make it clear and give me some pointers." ”

The old man stroked his silver beard, and said with a calm expression: "What is the content of the third article of the ancestral training of Dayu Village, do you remember?" "My nephew remembers, the third article of the ancestral training: All the villagers of Dayu Village must not be saved when they encounter those who fall into the water." The old man snorted and said calmly: "Then do you know what to do?" The village chief said respectfully: "My nephew understands, Uncle Xie and my nephew teach." ”

The short fifth man ran to the old man in a little anger and dissuaded: "Uncle, we all know the ancestral teachings, but now in extraordinary times, we can't still abide by the old rules, I don't know if it's flexible..."

The village chief showed anger on his face, and said angrily: "Shut up, old five, when do you dare to teach our uncle a lesson, our Dayu Village has been blessed by our ancestors for so many years, and the ancestral teachings must be strictly adhered to at all times." The fifth man lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Half a year ago, there were monsters on the river, and I didn't see any ancestral immortals, helping our village get out of trouble." ”

The white-haired old man didn't pay attention to him at all, but looked at the weak woman called Narcissus, who seemed to be married from another village, but unfortunately his life was not good, and his husband died soon after passing the door, and he was called Kefu's vixen by the long-tongued woman in the village, and many people asserted that this woman must have stayed in the village for a short time, and after a while she couldn't stay up and left, but who knew that this thin woman was stunned to do a lot of farm work that men were tired of, and stayed in the village to serve the elderly in-laws, so that many villagers who had a bad impression of her also changed their opinion of her a lot, and the two old people often said that this daughter-in-law was more filial than her daughter-in-law, and persuaded her to find a husband while she was young, but she never agreed, until last year, the two elders died one after another without complaints, this woman who could have married into a rich family has not remarried until now, in the village to talk about her many thumbs up, of course, there are some women who can't see the woman's good, often secretly say some stinging words on the face, and the woman never cares.

The old man smiled kindly at Narcissus and said softly: "Child, I know that you have a good heart, you can rest assured, we will definitely save people." Narcissus looked at the old man gratefully, and said softly, "Thank you, Ancestor, if you can, I hope that I can take care of him." The village chief hesitated: "How can it be done, there is a difference between men and women, and this is not good for your reputation." Narcissus insisted: "It's important to save people, and it's more reassuring if I come to take care of them." After that, he also glanced at the short old five.

The village chief sighed, there was something wrong with this etiquette, but when he saw his uncle nodding slightly, he had to agree, and several villagers lifted the young man to Narcissus's house, and everyone followed.

When the village chief rushed to the house of the narcissus with Lang Zhong of the village, several women were helping the narcissus clean and bandage the young man's wounds, Lang Zhong stretched out a dead wood-like hand and put it on the young man's wrist, and after a while, the old man hesitated: " The pulse is disordered and weak, the problem is quite serious, but fortunately, the external injuries have not hurt the internal organs, death is not death, I will prescribe herbal medicine to recuperate, if you wake up after a while, it is easy to say, if you can't wake up then I can't help it, it depends on his creation, and I will talk to him more on weekdays, which will help to wake up. ”

Narcissus stood beside the bed and breathed a sigh of relief, she was a woman who had experienced life and death, and cherished her life.

Lang Zhong waved his hand: "It's all gone, the patient needs to recuperate, if you want to see it, it's not too late to come and visit this young baby when his injuries are better." As soon as everyone saw that Lang Zhong had spoken, they all left.

The short fifth man whispered to Narcissus when he left: "Narcissus, I was a little confused just now, don't blame your fifth uncle, I am also thinking about our whole village, you are also aware of what happened on the river some time ago, now that we have saved people, there is no reason not to be good at the beginning and the end, I still have a good ginseng, I will bring it to you later, you can make soup for this young man." Narcissus said earnestly: "Fifth Uncle, you think too much, I know that you are an honest man with a good heart, how can I blame the Fifth Uncle, as for the ginseng, forget it, that is the treasure of your family, you have a bad body, or you keep it, if you really need supplements, I will find a way." The short villager smiled reluctantly, said no more, and left alone.

Narcissus and two women were left in the room, and a petite woman was wiping the man's hair with a towel, when suddenly there was a noise, and Narcissus and another woman hurried over to ask what was wrong.

The woman pointed to the man's face and smiled, "I didn't expect this kid to be quite handsome." Narcissus had not had time to take a closer look at the young man's appearance because he was too nervous, and now he had time to take a closer look, the long hair that had covered the man's face had been turned to the side, revealing an angular face, with delicate facial features, but there was no trace of femininity, but now his eyes were closed, and his whole face was sickly pale.

The petite woman looked at the two of them and said proudly, "What's the matter, isn't it good?" We used to have so many tourists in the past, and I haven't seen a few such good-looking ones, if I had met this kid a few years ago, maybe I would have eloped with him." Before Narcissus could speak, the older woman laughed and scolded, "It's like I've never seen a man?" The petite woman looked disappreciative and responded: "If you like to say it, just say it, I see what the big tiger can do, and besides, I just think this man is a good match for our narcissus girl, I can look down on others, but people don't look down on me." The latter snorted softly, not silently. Narcissus said with a grudge on her face: "Sister Xiaolian, you are making fun of me again." "What's the matter, I really think that men are talented and beautiful, or wait for this kid to heal his injuries, you will... Well, what do you think?" said the woman named Xiaolian with a smile on her face.

Narcissus was very thin-skinned, and hurriedly said: "I suddenly remembered that I forgot my clothes by the river, you two look at it first, I'll go get the clothes basket." With that, he hurried out.

When the woman's figure disappeared outside the door, the older woman complained: "You are joking a little too much, you don't know what kind of woman Narcissus is, she is already miserable enough, are you not messy enough?" Xiaolian sneered: "What kind of woman is Narcissus girl, I know better than you, then do you say that a woman like her deserves to be a widow for the rest of her life?" Find a man who is good to her earlier, and live a comfortable and good life for a few years is the right thing, but the fat woman just now didn't hide what she said, she was completely pouring dirty water on Narcissus, Narcissus was embarrassed to say anything about the blind date, I will teach her a good lesson one day. The old woman sighed, also a little irrefutable, Narcissus is a miserable woman.

Narcissus came to the river, and when he saw the village chief and the white-haired old man standing next to him and seemed to be saying something, he greeted her from a distance, and the village chief saw Narcissus and beckoned her to come over.

The village chief looked at the woman in front of him and asked, "Narcissus, have you ever found that the young man has pendants and jade pendants and other objects on him?" Narcissus shook his head, "I didn't find anything." "Is there any birthmark then?" Narcissus said shyly: "I'm embarrassed to look closely, it was Sister Xiaolian who wiped his body, but I haven't seen Sister Xiaolian mention it, it shouldn't be." “

The village chief pondered for a while, and continued: "What the fifth said also has some truth, the origin of this identity still needs to be clarified, we must not be caught off guard by any change at that time, did you find anything strange when the young man was found? Since there was a monster on the river half a year ago, no living creature has ever been able to cross the waters of our Dayu Village, this young man appeared so suddenly, a little strange." Narcissus naturally knew about the monster in the village chief's mouth, and his heart was in a trance.

About half a year ago, at that time Dayu Village was still very lively, the villagers rely on fishing all the year round for a living, live and work in peace and contentment, the boats on the river like to stop the boat in Dayu Village to rest, taste the famous delicious fish, suddenly there is a day when the sky is dark, the river is turbulent, several fishing boats and several pleasure boats that went out to fish were overturned by the huge waves and fell into the water, the people who fell into the water are missing, ordinary tourists do not say, those fishermen who are familiar with the water have not been able to come back is very strange.

Dayu Village quickly organized boats to search and rescue, who knew that those boats were also inexplicably turned into the water, the rescuers were nowhere to be found, Dayu Village knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately reported to the official, Qingzhou officials knew that the world was serious and did not dare to use ordinary officers and soldiers, but invited the sailors of the Qingzhou Naval Division to come forward, but which Cheng thought that the monster in the water even the entire warship was hit by a smash, which can make the Qingzhou Sailor lose face, the general in charge of the Qingzhou Sailor is not a reckless man, he knows that those ordinary soldiers are unable to fight against this monster that violates common sense, and personally went to Qingzhou Jianshan to invite an old worshipper down the mountain, that is a master of the second grade, and he is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes, The old worship heard that there are such monsters in the Guangling River, and immediately went down the mountain to eliminate the harm for the people, it is strange to say, the old worship looked in the water for a few days, and did not even see the shadow of a monster, and finally could only return in vain, and sighed when leaving: "This beast is spermatological, I am afraid that I can feel the changes in the breath of heaven and earth, it knows that I came and hid under the river and did not come out, and there are countless dark holes under the river, and I can't help it, so don't come to the river to provoke him for the time being, and it will probably leave after a while."

The top masters of the second grade of the little master have no way, and finally catch the monster in the strong suppression of the government can not be done, and then the government posted a notice, blocking the waters around Dayu Village, prohibiting anyone from going into the water, for a time Dayu Village is dozens of miles away from people are panicked, passing ships have changed the course, for fear of accidentally provoking the monster in the river and losing his life, Dayu Village has a blind old man said that it is because some fishermen are too unscrupulous in the past to fish, fishing with a net regardless of the size of the limit, angering the dragon king in the water, this is the punishment of their Dayu Village, people are skeptical, but people really dare not go into the water to fish anymore, life still has to go onAs the saying goes, the village has no tourists and can't go to the river to fish, and there is a lot of economic resources, and some villagers are thinking about moving to other places.

Narcissus hesitated, but decided to tell the two old men, "When I saw the young man in the morning, he seemed to be lying on the back of a big turtle, and when I went to the village to call for help, he disappeared. ”

The village chief raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Oh?" The white-haired old man's squinted eyes also opened, and the village chief asked, "How big is the tortoise?" The tortoise shell was about two zhang wide, and he was too flustered to look carefully. The village chief and the white-haired old man looked at each other and remained silent.

After a while, the white-haired old man said softly: "If Narcissus is not mistaken, it is most likely the big turtle recorded in our village chronicle, it is not an ordinary turtle, but the big turtle has not appeared for a hundred years." The village chief looked at the narcissus with some doubts, and smiled, "According to legend, the big turtle is the Zhenhai divine beast when Dayu ruled the water, according to records, this big turtle is sleepy, and it does not come out of the water in troubled times, and I have only seen it in the village chronicles." Narcissus was speechless, these ghostly and strange things were a little far away from her, and she was still a little shocked when they suddenly appeared.

The village chief suddenly said: "In this way, it was the big turtle that saved the young man, then it makes sense, it seems that the young man's life should not be extinguished." The white-haired old man's waist straightened, and the whole person was full of energy, and he said in a deep voice: "The big turtle is in the world, and that young man may be the savior of our Dayu Village." The old man then waved his hand: "Then there is no need to report to the official, since it was the big turtle who rescued him ashore, then he is a guest of our Dayu Village, and we must do our best to cure him." The village chief seemed to respect the old man, who was older than him, and nodded yes, and Narcissus gave a salute, lifted the basket and left.

After Narcissus left, the white-haired old man looked into the depths of the river and said, "I estimate that someone will come to the door soon to ask for someone, you go and deal with this matter." ”

The old man said calmly: "My nephew knows." ”

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The first book written by Chu Xiao, I hope that all readers will support it.