Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 84|Larious talk ancient and modern
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He Shilang of the Ministry of Rites heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the Sixth Prince had returned.
This is the first errand of the year that is so terrible.
He Shilang slandered. He didn’t wait to see Liu Dan, a martial artist. He also had opinions on the six princes running around, but what could he do? He is not the Taifu, and the emperor’s son cannot be beaten or scolded. Even if he makes a big mistake, it is not his turn to teach him.
He Shilang sternly bowed his face to the young man in Jinyi, and stubbornly persuaded: “His Royal Highness, this neighborhood is a bit remote. Recently, some strong men and bandits have swarmed into the county town, and the officials and others met on the road. There have been several fights and fights, and His Royal Highness has also seen it. The daughter of the daughter can’t sit down in the hall. If Your Royal Highness is injured by these lawless people, how will the subordinates return to Beijing to reply to your Majesty?”
“He Shilang is too worried. If the gangsters arrest me, the most is to ask for some money. Even if you leave it alone, it will be fine.” The sixth prince’s tone is harder than him, and the corners of his mouth are even more stern. With a sarcastic smile.
The atmosphere became more subtle.
Liu Dan looked at the six princes, and then at the pale-faced He Shilang, he felt that there was something he didn’t know about.
The sacrifice in the ancestral temple continued. The six princes took the incense and bowed to the grandfather’s tablet according to the etiquette. Under the guidance of several Taoist priests who lowered their heads and did not raise their heads, they burned the paper with sacrificial words to heaven.
Then I asked for rain.
Of course, there is no goddess jumping on the side of the imperial mausoleum. Taoist priests dance with mahogany swords, but they still have to go through the process of praying for rain.
There is a golden toad and a jar of well water in front of the incense burner.
Use paper to pierce the shapes of tigers and dragons, depicting ocher, azurite, and garcinia. The paintings are very bright.
Then he made a battle between the dragons and the tigers. He was lifted up and walked slowly around the altar table. After walking seven full circles, he was thrown into the fire.
Then hold the big urn. Inside is the four-legged snake (lizard) grabbed beforehand. After taking it out, give it to the person who presided over the rain prayer ceremony with a whip to flog the four-legged snake.
The last item is called the whip dragon.
Because there is a saying that the dragon is too lazy if it doesn’t rain.
When praying for rain, in addition to going to rivers and other water sources to “please the dragon”, we also need to “start the dragon”, which is to draw the dragon out and let it compete with the tiger.
Naturally, there are no tigers. Even the price of tiger bones and skins is very high, so people kill domestic animals instead, and then slowly turn into paper to make dragons and tigers to fight each other. Folk dragon dances grab the beads, and the big festival has special ritual music with “stunning the dragon”.
The place where it doesn’t rain is that it doesn’t rain, and it’s useless to do this, so I don’t know when it will start, and there is an extra whip dragon when praying for rain. The so-called please do not move, can not lead, then fight! Use a whip!
Even the dragons have been beaten, and there will be no more rain if it doesn’t rain.
You may not be able to find a tiger. Where can I find a dragon? Besides, the significance of dragons is extraordinary, and they are not casually hit.
No one dared to slap dragon stone sculptures, even dragon-shaped objects, snakes are generally used, and four-legged snakes are used for more demanding ones. Someone in the past wrote a poem saying that the dragon will turn the rain into the rain, and this is the case.
Liu Dan has seen praying for rain many times, and I don’t know why he always feels a bit cold in his back today.
It shouldn’t be! The money bags are given away, and the evil star is also sent away!
In the middle of the sacrifice, General Liu couldn’t look around, so he could only glance around with the corner of his eye, and then wink his guards to make them pay more attention.
Qiaoxian County is located in the southeast of Yongzhou. It can be said that it is the hinterland of the dynasty. It can’t touch the enemies in the south, and there is no troubled people.
What can happen? Liu Dan was puzzled.
On the roof ridge behind the ancestral temple, Moli looked at the “Whip Dragon” below with a calm face.
He has good ears and can understand all the local dialects, and he can hear all the words of the Taoist priests.
There has been no drought in Zhushan County in the past two decades, but there have been mountain floods. There is no shortage of water in the local area. The Rain Praying Festival has become a temple fair. Everyone also worships the Dragon King and eats spring cakes. Even Jinglong can’t use it, let alone draw a whip.
It’s the first time that Moli has seen it.
Those alchemists hold the talisman, let the gods and gods obey orders to store the wind and move the rain, and also be a fun watch; burn the talisman sternly to reprimand the Dragon King for rain, because it is not the Dragon King of the Four Seas and can’t move clouds and rain, so listen It’s nothing too much; if you tell a four-legged snake that you want to whip the dragon, it won’t rain if you don’t beat it, and Dragon Mai is very upset.
“This is the sacrifice set by Qi Chao?” Mo Li frowned and asked.
“…No, it is found in many places. This custom has been around for hundreds of years.”
Meng Qi used to think that this was because the alchemist failed to ask for rain, and he was shamelessly smashing the jar.
——Even dragons dare to fight, don’t you scare people?
In this way, the alchemist who has defrauded the money without asking for rain can successfully slip away.
I don’t know why, this practice has spread, and it has spread more and more widely, so that it has become a fixed custom.
Meng Qi is also a little unhappy, but he doesn’t mind like Moli, Meng Guoshi considers himself a mountain spirit. Shan Ling is what people say about dragon veins, but he is not a real dragon, so he should turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.
“Doctor, the more water is scarce, the more patterns there will be to pray for rain.”
Praying for rain is a long process. The two of them were in Qiong County before, and the people were still inviting the dragon to start the dragon. They won’t whip the dragon until after noon, so Moli didn’t realize that it was right until then.
“What kind of trick is this? Fighting dragons if it doesn’t rain, and they won’t be able to beat the soil if the field is not harvested?”
Moli almost wanted to turn around and left, and there was no clue to the imperial mausoleum. The thick smoke made him dizzy.
At this moment something happened below.
The Taoist priest originally wanted to give the whip to Shi Lang He, but the Sixth Prince came back, so the whip was in the hands of the young man.
According to etiquette, tap the ground with a whip and hit the four-legged snake.
But the six prince raised his hand, and the four-legged snake flew straight out, lying on the hem of He Shilang’s robe.
He Shilang was caught off guard. He saw an object flying, and then there was something crawling on his robe. He was so frightened that he shook his clothes quickly, but in a panic, he stepped on the four-legged snake to death.
“…”
The Taoist priest was so startled that the dust fell off.
The “Dragon” is dead, how can we fight this?
This is not a sacrifice, it’s just a symbol of a dragon. Isn’t it bad for you to die? What more rain?
Several Taoist priests stared at each other, while He Shilang stared at the sixth prince, almost fainting.
If this is not Qiong County, but the capital city, if something like this happened during the sacrifice, it would be a mess. In any case, it was an ominous omen. He Shilang had to kneel down and plead guilty immediately, and then write a confession and go home and wait for the emperor to send him back.
He Shilang trembling hands, pointed at the sixth prince like a stroke, his lips trembled for a long time, and he couldn’t make a sound.
Just when Liu Tan thought he was going to stand upright, He Shilang suddenly howled.
“Your Majesty!”
The voice was high, floating, and terrible. Liu Dan, who was idly watching a show next to him, almost bit his tongue.
The expressions of the six princes also froze on their faces, watching He Shilang plop at the entrance of the ancestral temple, and talked about etiquette and morality, Confucius and Mencius.
“He Shilang, don’t you say these are inappropriate now? I don’t talk strangely, we are all praying for rain, what else do you invite Sage Kong.” Liu Dan reminded.
Then he received the praise of the six princes, and the different look of Moli and Meng Qi on the roof.
“Liu Qiandai’s head is pretty good.” Meng Qi casually played with a small piece of silver in his hand.
This is the chestnut money that Moli specially took out from the purse and threw it to Meng Guoshi to buy chestnuts.
Doctor Mo believes that if he doesn’t care about the living money, when he arrives in Taijing, all the money will unknowingly turn into fragrant sugar-fried chestnuts, and then all will disappear.
Liu Dan didn’t get promoted so quickly, and he couldn’t push the sheep too tightly even with the wool.
Forget it, let’s be optimistic about the purse!
“I think this sixth prince is a bit strange.”
The whip of the young man in Jinyihua clothing just now was clearly directed at Shi Lang He, he did it deliberately.
The whip was still ingenious, and it rolled the four-legged snake without hurting it at all, so the four-legged snake would not get up until it fell.
He Shilang was pushed by Liu Dan, his face was blue and white, and he couldn’t get off the stage immediately.
He gritted his teeth and said: “You are not a scholar, how dare you mention Kong Shengren?”
The Taoist priest originally wanted to rack his brains to think of an excuse to obscure the “dragon” dead.
But the four-legged snake is commonly known as the dragon son. He Shilang trampled it to death in front of the prince. The six princes can use the question to account for He Shilang.
None of these Taoist priests are idiots, knowing that they can’t speak at this moment, and they may offend anyone if they want to make a round of it.
Mo Li stared at them for a long while, and had to be sure that these Taoist priests had no martial arts at all.
“It’s weird.” Doctor Mo said to himself.
Zangfengguan really gave up the treasure of Fengshui, the Huangling Tomb in Qiong County? Why is no one here like the confidant of the ancestor Qingwu?
Do you really want Meng Qi to appear among the people of the rivers and lakes as the national teacher of the Chu Dynasty, to attract the attention of the Qingwu ancestors?
Even if this is a good way, Doctor Mo is not happy.
Can’t take care of the patient, but also follow the patient to clean up the mess-is it fair?
“Since ancient times, emperors have called themselves dragons. I don’t understand how this dragon can fight as long as it is said. Since He Shilang told me about Confucius and Mencius, how do I remember that Yasheng Mencius also said a word,’ Wen Zhu is a husband, but he has never heard of killing the king’. He Shilang, you see, Mencius has never heard of such a thing as the killing of the king. I only heard that people killed a man named Zhang. If this dragon refuses to kill it. Rain, can you just whip it casually? Anyway, it’s not a dragon, but a lazy and useless four-legged snake.”
The six princes said with a smile, and deliberately glanced at Liu Dan.
General Liu’s heart jumped, and finally realized what was wrong with the Sixth Prince.
This prince always seems to be making troubles. He seems to be stubborn, but in fact there is a strong dissatisfaction in his heart, and he can’t suppress it.
I don’t know if this sharp hostility is directed at courtiers or his father. In short, the six princes are like hedgehogs.
Because it won’t rain, the ink carp who was inexplicably labeled as a four-legged snake: “…”