Chapter 530: Folklore
Because Du Bai himself only wanted to go for two people, he did not ask Xu Zhiyan, Su Zhirou and others to join him. He just hired a carriage and asked the coachman to go to the vicinity of the big lake as a local tour guide.
"Hey, this young master, this is our West Lake. The scenery is amazing. I don't know how many foreign merchants have arrived in Lin'an, and the first thing they do is to see this West Lake!"
The coachman seemed to have been in this industry for several years, and there were many things that asked him to lead the way and introduce local scenery. While driving the carriage slowly, he enthusiastically introduced the characteristics of the scenery here.
"It's indeed West Lake..."
Du Bai looked through the window at the endless shimmering lake outside, feeling a little moved.
In my previous life, I had no time because I was busy with work, so although I worked near Hangzhou, I had never visited West Lake. I just saw a few scenic pictures on the Internet. At that time, I felt that the snow scenery in West Lake was really awesome and I yearned for it very much!
Now, I have come to this parallel world by chance. I really have to say that things in the world are impermanent...
However, I don’t know if there is any difference between West Lake in this world and those in my previous life. At least it seems that there is no Leifeng Pagoda on the mountain on the shore of West Lake.
"Leifeng Pagoda? I haven't heard of this little guy..." After hearing this, the coachman shook his head and thought in confusion, "The little guy has lived here for decades. He has seen temples and pagodas of all sizes, but he has never seen a Leifeng Pagoda."
Since this local said so, it should be no more.
Du Bai thought about it and felt that it was right. Leifeng Pagoda was used to suppress Bai Snake. Bai Snake hadn't had any movement yet, and Leifeng Pagoda might not have been built so early.
Even Fahai did not build Jinshan Temple...
"Then did you come early?"
He was not surprised by this time difference, after all, Nie Xiaoqian had already made him mentally prepared.
However, the story of the Ghost Story of the Chinese Ghost Story is that he came too late. Not only did he not see Yan Chixia, but he even had only a bunch of remains of Ning Caichen. He only got the ending of the story from Nie Xiaoqian.
However, it seems that the opposite is true now, it is too early.
He shook his head secretly, no longer obsessed with this matter, turned to look at the lake, and asked casually: "By the way, I heard that there is a scene here called Broken Bridge? Why is there no trace?"
There isn't even a broken bridge, right?
"Broken bridge? That bridge is all!"
The coachman pointed to the bridge across the lake in the distance, which seemed to be integrated with the water, connecting the sky and the earth, which was particularly beautiful.
"But the bridge is not broken!" Du Bai looked at the complete bridge deck and couldn't help but wonder. Beautiful is beautiful, not quite the same as what he imagined.
"The broken bridge is not a broken bridge." The coachman replied with a smile. He seemed to have seen similar problems.
The original name of the Broken Bridge is Duanjiaqiao, which is homophonic with a pseudonym. Many people who come from other places who are not clear about it will be confused and think it is really a broken bridge.
After figuring out this misunderstanding, Du Bai suddenly realized and looked at the broken bridge again. Unfortunately, it was not snowing now, and he could not see the most beautiful "breaking snow".
However, the scenery is still very beautiful now, at least Su Wanmiao beside her likes it very much, which is enough.
While watching the scenery, Du Bai remembered what the flower spirit mentioned before and asked inadvertently: "By the way, I wonder if there are any interesting rumors here?"
"rumor?"
The coachman thought about it carefully, then clapped his hands and replied, "There are some stories that are actually myths passed down from our ancestors. They are about the origin of the West Lake. I will talk about it."
"It was said that it was a thousand years ago. This place was still a dry land. It happened to be a severe drought that happened once in a century. The people suffered all the sufferings and dug hundreds or thousands of wells underground. But they really couldn't squeeze out a drop of water. Not only were the crops and trees all withered, but even people were thirsty! If this continued, I'm afraid the entire city would turn into a dead body..."
Speaking of the tragic situation at that time, the coachman said it was very heartbroken and very sad. It was like he had personally experienced the scene at that time. From this, it can be seen that the other party had told this story countless times and was extremely skillful.
Next, the other party changed his mind and seemed to finally see hope.
"At this time, the Queen Mother in the sky saw that we were extremely pitiful and couldn't bear it, so she sent an immortal to check the cause of the drought. Later, she found out that it was an immortal named Chiyu Immortal who was responsible for the rain here and was sleeping lazy. After sleeping for three years, it would cause no drop of rain here, and countless casualties!"
"This is a serious crime! Although the gods in the sky are free, they are also worshipped by the incense of our mortal world. After so many innocent people died, Queen Mother was furious and punished the immortal with the rules of immortality. After slashing her head and her body, she was thrown into the mortal world and turned into mountains on both sides. Then she gave a pearl of immortality and fell to the ground!"
"It's also magical. As soon as the pearl fell to the ground, it turned into a big lake, which is now the West Lake. The water inside is inexhaustible, and the drought in the entire city was immediately solved. Countless people were grateful and worshipped, and they also cherished the water of the West Lake very much. Slowly, it became a major feature of our city, and countless people once came to see it..."
"There are also such stories..." The coachman told the story vividly, and Su Wanmiao also listened with relish. "The immortal in charge of the rain killed so many people, it is indeed damn!"
Du Bai nodded from the side, but what he thought was not very similar to hers.
He had also heard the legend of West Lake in the original world before, which was obviously completely different from this coachman's. However, there were no immortals and gods in his previous life, so he just listened to it, but in this world it made people think deeply.
"The Pearl of Queen Mother..."
His eyes fell on the West Lake and fell into deep thought.
Although you may not be able to take folk legends completely seriously, if there is a very small possibility that it is true, it is also an extremely amazing treasure!
In some myths and legends, Queen Mother was in charge of the Heavenly Court with the Jade Emperor and was the lord of all the immortals. Her strength must be extraordinary. Compared with the ordinary immortals and Buddhas I saw in the past, the strength of them is definitely even stronger, so powerful that it is unimaginable.
It is hard to say how powerful the pearl in her hand is, but it is not easy to see how powerful it can turn into such a big lake with just one bead.
"Sure enough, should I explore it..."
The West Lake has a large range, and at least it did not make him feel anything unusual from the shore where the carriage drove.
But he believed that the little flower spirit dared not deceive him, and there must be something very scary under the lake!
Chapter completed!