My years as a fortune teller

I whispered to the teacher: "Teacher, I remember that the fire mouse recorded in the "Shenyijing" is in the south, why did it appear here? And the record in "Taiping Yulan" should be Rinan County, which is the current Vietnam area!"

The teacher shook his head, stared ahead and didn't answer me.But I remember very clearly that the "Shen Yi Jing" says: There is a volcano in the south, forty miles long, with endless trees, burning day and night. ... There is a mouse in the fire, weighing a hundred catties, and its hair is more than two feet long... Take the hair, weave it to make cloth, use it like dirt, burn it with fire, and it will be clean.This rat is also called Huoguang Beast, and its hair is cloth, also known as Huotan cloth.

This not only explains clearly that the fire rat is in the southern volcano, but also shows that its fur is a typical fire raccoon.But why did fire rats appear again here in Gansu?

Besides, it is clearly recorded in Volume [-] of "Taiping Yulan": "There is a fire rat in Bijing County in Nichinan County, which takes hair as cloth and burns it to refine it. The area established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is in the central part of Vietnam, including the narrow coastal strip south of Hengshan, Vietnam, that is, from Quang Binh Province to Binh Dinh Province.

But I am now in Gansu, located in the northwest of the motherland.The difference between the south and the north is too far, how could there be fire rats here?Moreover, Shen Zibin, the historian of Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong, had a son named Shen Defu who once wrote a book.The book once mentioned Qi Jiguang's use of fire rats to resist foreign aggression.

While I was wondering, I saw the black snake was covered with balls of fire.Although it was hard to burn, it didn't relax its vigilance at all.The Fire Rat still went over to spit fire in an orderly manner, but there was nothing he could do with the black snake for a while.

At this moment, a strange cry came, and the fire rats were separated from the middle in unison.As if to welcome guests, it is divided into two parts and looks at the T-junction.

There was a thumping sound, and then a thing that was covered in flames quickly slid across the face.This thing is really not small, about the same size as a full-grown cat.

I saw it just across the water, and the black snake sprayed a mouthful of venom at it.Unexpectedly, it immediately curled up into a ball, and the venom just touched its furry body.

After the black snake spewed out this mouthful of venom, it was already the second mouthful.So I reckon it is already hard to spit out another mouthful of venom, and it should be eaten by this thing next.

But I was wrong, when the curled up thing showed its head.The jet-black poisonous snake spewed out another mouthful of venom, which just hit its face.It probably entered the eye, and it squeaked in pain.A ball of fire kept spewing out of its mouth, and wherever it touched the fire, even the water was ablaze.

Seeing this scene, I was in a daze for a while.What kind of thing is this? Not to mention the huge size, the fire it releases is also so overbearing.It can even burn in water, if it is sprayed with such a mouthful, it will not be turned into ashes.

Although it sprayed a few mouthfuls randomly, two of them still sprayed on the snake.I saw the snake rolling all over the ground in pain, and a group of fire rats jumped on the snake like crazy and began to bite.While biting, it kept emitting a little bit of flame from the snake's body.

The snake rolled all over the ground in pain, but at this time, there were more fire rats pounced on it.After a while, the snake lay on the ground, motionless.The Fire Rats quietly ran to both sides and stood where they were looking for.

A bigger fire mouse went over and accurately opened the snake's belly.Then he took out something and ran to the thing that was touched by the venom just now.Putting it on the ground, the thing smelled it and slowly ate it into the stomach.

After a quarter of an hour or so, it turned around abruptly and paddled the water and ran back the way it came from.At this moment, I saw that it was also a mouse.It's just that there is a pale golden beard growing under its mouth, and its fleshy body doesn't look like a mouse from a distance.

It ran past us without looking back, just watching the group of fire rats pick up the corpses of their own kind.Form a circle as if praying, slowly turning the circle.At the same time, they stopped together and squeaked at the corpses of the same kind.

Then they swarmed up and quickly finished eating a black snake.Only in the opposite direction of the cave entrance, a neat team ran towards the dead bodies of the same kind.There are only a few torches left on the ground, and some unextinguished fires.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" took a look, and ran to the other side of the river in a few leaps, and the torches ran back again.Then we distributed it to us, wiped our sweat and said, "Fortunately, there was this little snake just now, otherwise, my old dragon would have become a delicacy in their mouths." He laughed.

The teacher gave him a blank look and said: "You are just an old loach, and the most you can get roasted by these fire rats is grilled loach. The taste is definitely not as good as that of a small snake. Besides, there are two little fat people around us. If you are eaten, They are also in front of us." After speaking, he and the "Fire Eye Dragon King" laughed loudly.

I looked back at Fatty Liu, and he also looked at me helplessly.I hastily stepped forward to pull the teacher and asked: "Teacher, this fire mouse is from the south. Why did it come to Gansu, and it seems that it has not been found for such a long time."

The teacher looked at me and said, "You ask me, who should I ask? It's also the first time I've seen the fire mouse, and I only saw it in the notes of my predecessors. But how do I look at it? It's just like a fight!"

When I heard it, I was stunned. The "Shan Hai Jing" recorded in "Shan Hai Jing" looks like a dog!The mouse is there except for the flying mouse, which is the fire mouse.I don’t remember any other records, maybe I missed it.Although under the biggest mouth, there is a yellow beard.This is somewhat similar to the "Fau Dou" recorded in the book, but it is a mouse after all, which is very different from the record in the book.

"Fire-Eyed Dragon King" looked at us and said, "Both of you master and apprentice are talking about a bird. If you like, I will take you to its hole later. After killing it and grabbing it, don't you know what it is?" Hearing this, he glared at him with the teacher.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" smiled and led us on our way.After walking for a while, he pointed to a place with light in front and said, "Did you see the light over there? We went to the mountain I told you about, and we were resting there. Where are the fish It’s delicious, fat man, if you’re not a vegetarian, you’ll try it later.” She said and winked at me.

Then led us to continue to move forward, suddenly I had a strange feeling.I always felt that besides Fatty Liu, there was another person following us.But every time I look back, there is no one except Fatty Liu.

I quietly pulled down the teacher's sleeve and told him how I felt.I didn't expect that the teacher seemed to know it a long time ago, and nodded at me.Then made a silent movement, and then continued to move forward.

It seems that the teacher has discovered that something is wrong, but he didn't say it.When I arrived at the place with bright light, I took a closer look and found that this is the place where the two mountains meet.So there is light shining through the gap between the two mountains, and there are trees on both sides here.

The teacher and I took Fatty Liu to the side of the tree, took some branches and said: "There is something behind, you both pay attention. I will walk slowly later, and Xiao Liu will follow behind the old loach. Do you understand? "

I hurriedly said to the teacher: "Let me do it, I will go last. After all, I am young, so I am the best in this respect." The teacher shook his head, but told us to do as he said.

As soon as we started the fire with the branches, we heard a splashing sound in the water.Fatty Liu and I jumped up in fright, looked into the water, and saw a snow-white snake hanging on the body of the "Fire Eye Dragon King", and several unknown fish coming up from its waist.

I looked at the white snake, and blurted out: "White snake, it's actually a white snake. There is a rare species of white snake here, oops! Why did you kill me, Lord Gou? If you take it out, it will be worth a lot of money."

"Fire Eye Dragon King" glared at me and said, "Your boy is a money fanatic. Look at whether it's white or a river eel. The eyes are not small, so how can you only vent your anger?" After speaking, he sat down beside the fire.Since master master Sanyang cured his scales, he got him many kinds of herbs.Slowly, the "Fire Eye Dragon King" was not only not afraid of fire, but also began to use fire.But at most, it is to use fire when you are with others, and generally you still don't know how to use it by yourself.

While poking the eels proficiently, he looked at the way we came from time to time.Turning back to the teacher, he whispered: "Old guy, the tail behind us has been following us, what do you think we should do?"

The teacher said with a smile: "This is your dragon king's territory, how to deal with it is still up to you. But it's best to show me later, what is this tail?" After the teacher finished speaking, the two smiled again .

Fatty Liu and I glanced at each other. It turned out that the two old men had spotted something behind us.It's just that no one said anything, just waiting for a suitable time.

After a while, the "Fire Eye Dragon King" packed up the eels and gave them to Fatty Liu to roast the eels.I took out a few river crabs myself, took a few bites and threw them on the road when we came.I peeked out of the corner of my eye, only to see that the river crab that was thrown in the blink of an eye disappeared.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" looked at me and the teacher, blinked and made a surrounding movement.Then put the last crab in my hand, turned around and dived into the water with a plop.

The teacher pretended to be looking for some branches, and walked there slowly.I kept playing with the river crab in my hand. Fatty Liu looked at it and said, "Big fat man, why don't you just roast it. You're dangling in your hand, it makes me uncomfortable to watch."

As soon as I heard that I was holding a river crab, I hit Fatty Liu on the head.In fact, we wanted to hit it with our hands, but we accidentally forgot the river crab we were holding.I took the pliers of the river crab and hit Fatty Liu on the head twice in a row.

Just when I was about to strike for the third time, suddenly a black shadow snatched the river crab from my hand with lightning speed.Then he jumped three times and hid in the darkness again.Then there was a sound of clicking, chewing and chewing the crab.

At this moment, two figures jumped from the water and the shore into the darkness together.Especially the figure in the water, you can see a splash of water soon.Dazed to see no figure, he rushed into the darkness.

No matter how fast the two of them were, the shadow in the darkness still easily dodged.It flashed in front of my eyes quickly, and jumped from Fatty Liu's shoulder to the other side.Then he looked at us with disdain.

"Damn it! A monkey with a human face?" I blinked my eyes and shouted: "I rely on a monkey with a human face, where did this come from?" Who knows that the monkey heard my words and opened its mouth, "Hehe "Laughed twice.The voice was exactly like a human's.

I was completely dumbfounded by this, and I have seen a lot of monkeys.It was the first time I saw a monkey with a human face and smiled at me.Isn't this a joke?At the same time, it can also make the same laughter as a human voice.

At this time, the teacher came over gently and said to me: "What are you yelling about? This is no ordinary monkey, this is a monkey that gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth." Then he said to "Fire Eye Dragon King": "Old loach, go again Get some shrimp and crab. I want to live it!"

When I heard what the teacher said, I suddenly thought of an animal.No way, is this the thing?Thinking of this, I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and walked towards the monkey with a human face just like my teacher.Whether it's something I said or not, grab it before you say it!If yes, then I can make a fortune! …