In ancient mythology, there is a famous myth about Yu marrying a Tushan girl, which is recorded in the "Wuyu Biography of King Yue" in Volume 6 of "Wu Chu Chun Qiu" written by Zhao Ye of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This myth tells that Yu went to Tushan, saw a nine-tailed white fox, and heard the song of the nine-tailed white fox sung by the Tushan people. He felt that his marriage should be here, so he married a Tushan girl.
The nine-tailed white fox in myth was transformed from Tushan Girl, and the nine-tailed white fox is the spiritual beast of Tushan. If you marry Tushan Girl, you can be happy and prosperous. Therefore, when Yu saw Tushan Fox, he actually met Tushan Girl.
So he decided to marry her.
The fox fairy is a common character in Chinese legends. According to the formal saying, fox and raccoon are two animals, but people are used to calling them foxes. Only foxes have fairy spirit, and raccoons seem to be just common fox kings. They appear in the famous book "Fox King".
In "Journey to the West".
The nine-tailed fox first appeared in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". "The Classic of Mountains and Seas Nanshan Classic" records: "There is a beast in the mountains of Qingqiu. It looks like a fox and has nine tails. Its voice is like that of a baby. It can eat people and eat food."
There is no poison." "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Haiwaidong Jing" also says: "Qingqiu Country is in the north, and its fox has four legs and nine tails."
The fox has always been an image of both good and evil in traditional Chinese culture. The nine-tailed fox in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a monster that can "eat people". Later, it appeared in the stone carvings and brick paintings of the Han Dynasty.
, there are often nine-tailed foxes, white rabbits, toads, and three-legged crows next to the throne of the Queen Mother of the West to show auspiciousness. The nine-tailed fox symbolizes the prosperity of descendants. The legend of "cannibalism" gradually faded away, "for auspiciousness"
The theory gradually appeared. However, in the "Shuowen Jiezi" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiehu was "a Zoroastrian beast, which ghosts ride on". It can be seen that foxes have spiritual energy, which has been recognized thousands of years ago.
Later in the Tang and Song Dynasties, foxes were worshiped in temples and became very popular.
The most famous image of Daji among the nine-tailed fox appeared at that time, and there are countless stories of fox fairies and fox demons in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Notes from Yuewei Thatched Cottage". "Charming", "
"Evil spirit", "fairy spirit", "mysterious" and "cunning" can be said to be the most obvious feelings that Chinese people have when they think of "fox".
Ren Yonghai originally wanted to shoot the white-tailed fox that suddenly rushed out of the grave. Now when he saw the giant dog, he knew that the gun could not do anything to it, but he was still on full alert and took a good stance.
At this time, the old man who spoke earlier had already walked up from the darkness. He was wearing a bamboo hat on his head, a very ordinary gown on his body, and black cloth shoes on his feet. He was holding a cane in one hand and holding a colorful glass lamp in the other.
I watched the old man approach and asked, "Are you a villager here?"
"Huh?" The old man took off his bamboo hat and walked towards me. After sizing me up, he said, "Yes, I am from here."
"Who are you?"
"We are..." I was about to explain our origins when I suddenly felt that the old man in front of me looked familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere.
I suddenly recalled that this person seemed to be the storyteller we met when we first arrived at Shuizhai Diaojiaolou. Dunzup said that he was from Shuizhai. He often walked around several nearby villages and made a living by telling stories.
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"Have you ever been to Shuizhai, old man?"
"Huh?" The old man sniffed and said with a smile, "Looks like he's an acquaintance? My eyesight doesn't work well, but I've definitely heard your voice."
Only then did I notice that this old man had a pair of dark tricks, but there was no light in his pupils. He must have been blind.
"We met once. I listened to the book you always talked about in Shuizhai, in the restaurant on the stilted building."
At that time, I was planning to ask Dundup to introduce him on my behalf, but later I didn’t get the chance because he was busy storytelling. Unexpectedly, I met him now in a lunatic village a hundred miles away.
"There are quite a few people here, including the girl's house. It's dark and cold at night, what are you doing in this wild place?"
As soon as he smiled, the giant dog jumped up and stuck in front of me, showing its sharp teeth.
Because it had just gnawed on the carcass of an animal, its mouth was full of blood, and there was a lot of flesh on its teeth. I almost fainted from the fishy smell that hit my face.
"What do you want to do!" The others immediately raised their weapons when they saw the fierce dog getting up towards me. I said to myself that it was fine, but when you became nervous, the atmosphere immediately became deadlocked.
I cleared my throat and told me everything I had encountered before the Madman Village, especially the leak of corpse poison from the ancient tomb. The blind old man listened silently, as if he was thinking about something, and finally he whistled and said: "Jade
Son, go back to the house, these are guests."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dog swung its tail and turned away, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's getting late. If you have anything to say, let's go inside and talk." The old man hung the glass lamp on his crutches and led the rest of us toward the stilted building on the edge of the cliff.
Ren Yonghai asked me if I wanted to leave one or two people outside to guard. I said there was no need, "If he wanted to do us harm just now, with one order, the dog could at least connect two people, so why lead us in?"
Go to the house?"
Tsewang said that it is essential to be on guard against others, and it is better to be careful.
I pointed at the fainted Jianba and said: "Forget it, Jianba has fainted. If something happens, we can leave him and run away. Soldiers will stop him, water will cover him, and the earth will cover him. Isn't it just a broken bamboo building?
, what other monsters could be hidden?"
I walked to the place where the giant dog was pouncing on its food, trying to see the true face of the white-tailed fox. Unexpectedly, there was only a mess of rotten fur on the ground that had been disemboweled, and I couldn't see the original appearance of the beast. The beast had not had time to attack me.
I made an attack, but became a meal for others, and thought about it, my death was quite miserable. I sighed, turned around and led everyone into the stilted building.
As soon as we entered the door, we saw a giant dog parked under the eaves. It was half lying on the walkway, staring straight at us. Its shiny fur flashed an ominous signal in the dim light. We stood at the door and looked at each other.
Time doesn't know whether to advance or retreat.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly? If you don't bite, just come in." The old man's voice came from the house, and I had no choice but to bite the bullet and step over the giant dog carefully.
His bamboo house was much simpler than expected. When he entered the door, he only saw a four-legged table and a small bed in the corner. The old man stood by the table, pointed to the tea on the table and said, "I haven't had any guests for many years."
, you have to drink water and pour it yourself, there is only one cup."
After saying that, he sat on the edge of the bed. His room was only seven or eight square meters, and it seemed extremely crowded after the few of us rushed in together.
"Why hasn't Jianba woke up yet? Could it be that he lost his soul?" Ciwang laid Jianba flat on the ground and pinched his penis hard.
Jianba took a deep breath and finally opened his eyes. As soon as he saw us, he shouted: "Monsters, there are monsters, monsters as big as elephants, they scared me to death."
I patted his shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay. It's just a dog."
He looked around in panic, and when he saw Yu'er who kept raising her head outside the house, he jumped up and said, "What kind of dog is this? How can there be such a big dog?"
"Hehehe, Yu'er is the only Miaomiao who came out of the Madman Village. If he had been back then, he would have been the king of dogs!" The old man touched his goatee and asked, "Young man, my old bones are different from those outside.
We've already broken off contact with each other a long time ago, why did you come to the door?"
I saw that the old man was straight to the point, so I didn’t intend to hide anything. I started from the encounter with the thousand-year-old corpse in the ancient tomb, to the search all the way to Heiyun Village, including Tenzin going crazy on the way, etc. It’s best to add
I asked him to give me some advice.
The old man's face darkened and he said, "Since you were able to find this place, you must have done a lot of homework.
, it’s just that you came to the wrong place.”
"What do you mean by this?"
"Do you know why this place is called Madman Village?"
Several of us shook our heads.
"Please give me your instructions."
The old man touched a glass bottle beside the bed, unscrewed the lid, and tipped it over, only to see a round worm fall out of the bottle.
"What is this?"
Before I could ask, I saw him put the poured worm into his palm and opened his mouth. I thought he was going to speak, but unexpectedly the old man raised his head and swallowed the worm. We were all shocked.
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"How do you eat bugs?"
The old man didn't answer me. He chewed quickly, making a loud crunching sound in his mouth, just like chewing broad beans. After a long time, he said: "I have been accustomed to it for many years. Only this insect can restrain the poison in the body."
"poison?"
"Yes, poison!"
Hearing his tone, which seemed crazy and evil, I felt a little nervous in my heart. I stepped forward and asked, "What kind of poison have you been poisoned by?"
"A curse that is inherent in one's body!" The old man's eyes glared. Although they were dull, they revealed a frightening energy.
I hurriedly asked: "What is this curse you are talking about?"
Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly felt like a rubber ball that had been stabbed. His expression suddenly became decadent. While talking to himself, he hit his head with both hands: "It's all fate. No one can escape this fate."
None of us expected that the old man would suddenly become so nervous.
Ren Yonghai was speechless and said: "Did you eat bugs and get food poisoning?"
I was afraid that the old man would slap his head on his head, so I hurriedly stepped forward to hold him. The big dog named Yu'er was lying down in the corridor. When it saw that something was wrong with its owner, it immediately roared. The voice was fierce.
Wow, I wish I could burst everyone’s eardrums.
Strange to say, I couldn't hold the old man back no matter how hard I tried before, but when Yu'er yelled, the old man slowly calmed down. We were startled by this master and servant, and we didn't understand why he was acting abnormally.
After finally waiting for the old man to calm down, I didn't dare to provoke him with the curse anymore. Judging from the old man's expression, he must have a secret.
Xu Yaxian didn't want to give up. She poured a glass of water and whispered: "Have you thought of something unpleasant? We came to you this time to ask for help. To be honest, because the person in the ancient tomb
We all suffered a lot from the corpse poison, and some friends died because of it. If you know anything, please give me some advice."
The old man did not answer her question directly. He sat alone by the bed in a daze. It took a long time before he spoke: "I know the ancient tombs you are talking about."
As soon as I heard this, I immediately became energetic. I squatted down in front of the old man, held his hand, and asked: "What did you say? Do you know that ancient tomb? What is the origin of that ancient tomb? What is in the ancient tomb?"
What’s going on with the corpse poison?”
"I don't remember. I don't remember." The old man shook his head and said, "I'm too old and I don't remember anything. He came to our village thirty years ago? Forty years ago? Oops, I don't remember.
Oh, hey, what’s the name of our village? I can’t remember it.”
Xu Yaxian and I looked at each other in confusion, unable to tell whether he really didn't remember or was deliberately being stupid. Ren Yonghai came over and said, "Looking at his age, he might be really demented."
"It shouldn't be. Not to mention how energetic the old man is when he tells stories. He ran through three or four paragraphs in one breath without taking a breath. Why can't he remember anything when he mentions the past?"
"I speculate that he may have been stimulated by something in the past, otherwise he would have gone crazy just now."
Chapter completed!