Chapter 916 Down the Nine Rivers, the Red Mansion and the Tricky Boat
Just below Jiuhe River, there are three pontoon bridges and two passes at Dagukou!
It is said that Dagukou is located slightly below the Haihe River at the intersection of nine rivers. It has a rich water system, and the Grand Canal connecting the north and south passes through it to the capital. The intersection of the North-South Canal and the Haihe River system is called Sanchahekou.
The ancient land called Zhigu has three floating bridges, namely Xigu, Chaoguan and Yanguan, upstream and downstream.
Check the money guide at Chaoguan, check the salt guide at Yanguan, two ghost gates...
The boats and oars coming and going are like forests, the sails are like white clouds on the river, and the ships are flowing day and night. When the goods arrive here, they will either go straight to the capital, go overseas, or be sold to Hebei. The mouth of the Sancha River is like a meeting place for canal goods. No one relies on the waterway to make a living.
There were more than 100,000 people, and even the Xing Gang sect could not count them.
There are endless ghosts and ghosts passing by, evil spirits from the north and south, and strange things.
Boating is the most likely to cause trouble, and there are countless taboos and rules. Taking Zhigu as the key point, connecting the north and the south, the Yellow River flows into the sea, and there are many overseas ports. It can be said that it is from the north in the south, and from the ocean outside the Yellow River. All kinds of monsters and ghosts are here!
Endless strange things have happened here since the Second Era. Thousands of years ago, the Tianhou Palace was built at the mouth of the Sancha River, and these strange things were gradually suppressed.
Therefore, there is a saying that wandering travelers from north to south can be more evil than Thean Hou Temple!
This sentence has two meanings. One is that the demons and monsters traveling from the south to the north and the overseas Yellow River, no matter how evil they are, cannot pass through the Tianhou Palace. The great demons of the Yellow River have to retreat here, and the foreign evil spirits cannot enter the inland through Dagukou; the evil spirits in the south cannot
Gods, monsters, and the Great Demon Immortal Family in the north cannot cross the Tianhou Palace...
But there is another meaning that few people know - no matter how evil the group of demons traveling from north to south and beyond the Yellow River are, they can't do anything to the thing enshrined in the Temple of the Queen of Heaven!
But Qian Chen came to Tianhou Palace at the mouth of Sancha River alone.
Thean Hou Temple sits in the west and faces east. Along the central axis from east to west, there are theater tower, streamer pole, mountain gate, archway, front hall, main hall, Fengwei Hall, Sutra Pavilion and Qisheng Temple.
Qian Chen looked far away from the main hall and saw the seven-purlin roof of the verandah with single eaves, the rolling shed roof and the building in the front, and the Fengwei Hall hanging on the top of the mountain at the back. There were hidden spiritual objects in the spine, which made Qian Chen's eyes clear.
An old Taoist priest, under the guise of fortune-telling, was sleeping with his legs crossed in the small garden of Thean Hou Temple.
His eyes seemed to be closed, looking at the bright moon in the ancestral hall, but there was a shadow of a person in the moon.
"What is he doing here?" The old Taoist priest was a little puzzled. He made a hexagram and said thoughtfully: "This Xuanzhen teaching has saved the Li family and fulfilled the two-hundred-year-old dream of teaching Xuanjun's secret scriptures to the Xuanzhen.
The fate of the Xuanzhen Sect has changed! But the new leader came north to Dagukou and stopped here again, as if he wanted to peek at the capital... When the emperor was refining elixirs in the capital, most of the medicine he needed had to pass through here.
Could it be that he is eyeing those 'miracle medicines'?"
"What a troubled time!"
"If the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. As long as the precious mirror in Tianhou Palace is still there, it won't be my turn, Cui Buer, to worry so much... Go to sleep! Disturbing dreams at night!"
Before Cui Buer closed his eyes, he squinted and glanced at the moon in the ancestral hall again. This time, the figure in the aura of the treasure mirror suddenly disappeared.
His eyes suddenly widened and he looked up high, only to see Qian Chen appearing on the Wanghai Tower outside Tianhou Palace. He stood on the third floor and looked down at the entire Sancha River Estuary and Tianhou Palace.
"Under Jiuhe River, there are three pontoon bridges and two passes at Dagukou!"
Qian Chen said quietly: "There are travelers traveling from north to south who can't reach the Tianhou Palace by boat!"
"Thousands of years ago, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River broke through its mouth in Puyang and re-routed the ancient Yu River course, taking the Wei River, a tributary of the Hai River, through Dagukou and entering the sea! Few people know that the Yellow River changed its course at that time and rushed out of the ancient Yu River course.
A disciple of Chen Tuan cut off the object at the mouth of the Sancha River and built the Tianhou Palace on the spot to suppress it. From then on, there was a legend in Dagukou that the most evil thing is the Tianhou Palace!"
He did not look back, and stared at the wonderful scenery of the mouth of the Sancha River, the intersection of the North and South Canals, and multiple water systems from the Wanghai Tower.
The reflection of Wanghai Tower was swaying in the water. Cui Buer looked solemn as he slowly turned out from the stairs.
He chewed his teeth and looked like he was not to blame, and said carelessly: "I have heard of that legend too, what a Yellow Emperor's treasured mirror! According to legend, it was given to Dayu by the Yellow Emperor to control floods, but it was intercepted and killed by the Yellow River demon.
Dayu mistakenly dropped the treasured mirror into the Yellow River. Later, the river changed its course and was gradually buried. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that a flood caused the Yellow River to burst and flow through the ancient Yu River, and the treasured mirror was flushed out."
"Ancestor Chen Chuan was good at calculating, and when it came to this point, he sent his disciples to the mouth of the Sancha River to salvage the treasured mirror. When the people of Zhigu Village learned about this, they knelt down and begged the real person to keep the treasured mirror.
After crying, we built the Tianhou Palace to enshrine the treasured mirror! From then on, Dagukou became an important waterway hub. The treasured mirror suppressed the water ghosts and river monsters that came from the south to the north, ensuring the peace of the place!"
"What kind of person is the leader? He wouldn't even want to plot against this precious mirror that the people of Dagukou depend on for their survival, right?"
Cui Buyer was careless and tainted with the ruffian spirit of Dagukou Jianghu. He asked Qian Chen with a smile.
"Precious mirror..." Qian Chen smiled: "If that thing is really a treasure mirror, why not worship the owner of the mirror and name it Tianhou Palace? The latter is the mother of the tripod who saves the suffering!"
Cui Buyer shouted: "Then I don't know! The treasure mirror of Tianhou Palace hangs high, and no one can move it. There are monsters and ghosts passing by the mouth of the Sancha River, and no one can hide under it without revealing his true form.
Yes. If the leader touches it, it will be a big disaster. There is no place in the world that is more suitable for it than Thean Hou Temple!"
"There are nine dragons in the nine rivers upstream! There is also a river demon in the old course of the Yellow River. It has been waiting for more than a thousand years. The fleet of overseas foreigners transporting elixirs has entered the Bohai Sea."
"The immortals outside the pass in the north are driven southward by the old gods, but the Taoist priests in the south want to escort the corpse king to Beijing."
"The river demon, the corpse demon, the dragon demon, and a sea demon from overseas. The four demonic tools were blocked by that thing at the mouth of the three forks of the river... Mr. Cui, the little god of disaster! Either you find that thing and bring the four demons to the river."
The demons have all been collected! Or, you can just wait for the demons to gather in Dagukou and destroy all life!"
Qian Chen Shi Ran said: "I can tell you, it is a bone jue. A drinking utensil evolved from a bone jue. It is made of dragon bones and sunk in... this Sancha River!"
Cui Buer was shocked for a moment. When he came to his senses, the sky above Wanghai Tower was empty, and there was no trace of Qian Chen anywhere. But he blocked the only way downstairs, and he didn't know how Qian Chen left.
When he came to the railing, Cui Buer looked down at the mouth of the Sancha River below, and saw the shadow of Wanghai Tower rippling slightly on the river, because the moonlight tonight was so good that it almost illuminated Cui Buer's shadow.
But at this moment, he actually saw a shadow slowly going down the stairs from the reflection on the river. But when he looked back, the stairs were empty.
It was like Qian Chen walked into the shadow in the river.
Or maybe at that moment, the Wanghai Tower in the river and the Wanghai Tower where Cui Buer was were turned upside down, and the scenery changed!
Not far from the mouth of the Sancha River, in front of the Chaoguan Floating Bridge, there are many ships coming and going even at night. The tax collectors have to inspect the tax bills one by one before they can let the ships into the customs.
There are two major checkpoints in the world, one is the Chongwen Gate of the Capital, and the other is the Canal Checkpoint at Dagukou.
Although it was already past midnight, the eyes of tax collector Zhang Laosi were as bright as light bulbs, just because paying taxes was like going through the gate of hell. The tax collector of Chongwen Sect is the most powerful envoy in the world, a third-grade official.
Regardless of whether they are Bailihou or Shizhong, no official below will be harassed when they pass through Chongwenmen. Even a small piece of luggage must be searched three times.
If you are impatient to wait, or if you have relatives or women passing through, you will have to spend enough money.
The same goes for the Dagukou Banknote Pass. There are many government ships and military ships passing through during the day, so even merchant ships cannot get stuck, otherwise the impatient people waiting behind will tear him apart from a small tax collector!
But at night, there are fewer ships passing through the customs, and most of them are small businessmen, and many of them carry private goods.
It's a good time to extort money.
At this moment, a big red boat floated in the distance on the waterway. It looked like a southern building boat. The carved beams and paintings were extremely gorgeous. The boat was also covered with red lanterns, and the lanterns were connected with red gauze.
Zhang Laosi’s eyes widened!
I’ve seen a lot of merchant ships going south and north, but when have I seen this? This is the Grand Canal! It’s not the Qinhuai River in Nanjing...
He immediately thought: "Could it be that there is a wedding in the capital and a flower boat is invited from the south? But why bother? The boat can't pass Tongzhou! Tongzhou...is Tongzhou considered the capital? Even if the emperor is watching the flower boat, he
I won’t go to Tongzhou either!”
When the boat floated down from the middle of the river, the taxman felt something was wrong. The flower boat and boat were not built for sailing, so it had no sails or oars and relied on towing. But at this time, the boat was getting closer. Mr. Zhang
Si then discovered that there was not a single person on the boat, and it just floated down.
A strange boat on the Hanjiang River. There is no one on board, but this boat is painted with red paint, hung with red lights, and surrounded by red curtains.
The small merchant ships queuing up to pass the customs on both sides noticed something was wrong. Ships continued to go far away, or sailed towards the South Canal again. The large customs ships on both sides also noticed something was wrong. The officers above shouted loudly and drove the soldiers away.
Drive the boat forward and intercept the red boat.
However, Zhang Laosi heard a melodious female voice singing quietly on the empty canal: "I have a love, I want you to sing it for all the gentlemen to listen to, gentlemen, please be quiet and calm your hearts..."
"Let me come and sing a song about Wuxi Scenery. I will sing it carefully until the end for all the gentlemen to listen to."
At both ends of the pontoon, two large fireballs floated, slowly swaying with the quiet singing...
Zhang Laosi was heartbroken and took a closer look to see where the fireballs were. They were clearly several big red lanterns, floating at both ends of the pontoon, lined up in a row, and walking slowly along the pontoon.
At this time, white hands stretched out from behind the red ship's lantern.
Women dressed in white, holding lanterns, lined up in two rows and stood on the side of the red boat...
Cui Buer took the boat from the place where Qian Chen disappeared and slowly sailed towards the middle of the river.
He looked at the red lanterns lighting up above the bank from a distance, and couldn't help but stop the oar.
Standing on the bow of the ship, I gazed deeply at the warships that were gradually filled with chaoguan, making the entire chaoguan pontoon look like a lantern tower in a bustling market.
Countless women smiled coquettishly, walking under their favorite lanterns, shouting, shouting, and making noises, children playing and playing on the bridge passing by, hawkers carrying burdens, literati in long gowns, and wealthy people covered in silk and satin.
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Just like a noisy night market...
But Cui Buer was just chilling in his bones and whispered: "The red light shines, the white lotus arrives! The red light shines, the white lotus arrives..."
Chapter completed!