My years as a fortune teller

The teacher and I walked slowly from both sides of the monkey, as if it understood that we were going to catch it.There was a low roar in his mouth, and his two front paws were raised to stare at us.

At this moment, a colorful thing flew over with the sound of water.I don't even need to look, I know it must be the old guy "Fire Eye Dragon King".I don't know what kind of fish came out this time.

The human-faced monkey jumped up high suddenly, and caught the thing thrown by the "Fire-Eye Dragon King".With a stroke of his paw, he put the middle section into his mouth without looking at it, and began to bite.Immediately, blood flowed down its mouth slowly.

I rely on that at this time, I have clearly seen that what the "Fire-Eye Dragon King" threw up was a colorful snake.The brighter the color of the snake, the more vicious the snake is.I didn't expect the monkey face to eat it without even looking at it.

Seeing this scene, the teacher and I couldn't help but froze for a moment.At this moment, "Fire Eye Dragon King" came over, pulled the teacher and waved to me.Then I pulled the teacher back slowly step by step, and I also followed slowly.

We retreated to the fire and watched the monkey munch on the snake in its claws.The snake is not completely dead yet, the head and tail of the snake are still struggling in its claws.In an instant, a snake about one meter long was eaten by it except for its head.Then the scholar hiccupped, and let go of the snake's head, which fell to the ground.

Just when I was about to ask the teacher what to do, I saw that the snake head suddenly took a bite at the monkey's paw.The face monkey has two hind paws on the ground and two front paws on the chest.The one that will be bitten is its hind paw on the ground, and it just jumped up when it rubbed in pain.

While jumping, it kept shaking the bitten leg, and from time to time, it made a human-like moaning sound.But it jumped more and more slowly, and the sound became smaller and smaller.He stopped suddenly and looked at us, a mouthful of blood spilled from his mouth and fell to the ground with a plop.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" saw this and pulled the teacher's arm and said: "Old man, I used snake venom to control the mandrill. I will detoxify it later. As long as you can subdue it, it will follow you forever. This is a great gift." Bar!"

I opened my mouth and shouted: "This is a mandrill, is there any mistake? Why did this thing appear here?" The teacher looked at me and smiled, with a complicated expression on his face without speaking.

It is mentioned in "Shan Hai Jing? Hai Nei Jing Juan": In the south there are giants of Jiangxi, with human faces and long arms, black body with hair, back heels, who smile when they see people, cover their faces with their lips, and flee because of it.It means that there are Zhongju people in the south, with a human face and long arms and black hair all over.When meeting people, people laugh and it also laughs.And the lips are big enough to block the face.This is the interpretation of the "Shan Hai Jing" to the monkey with a human face in front of me.Its name is Mandrill.

In "Shan Hai Jing": Mandrill is a kind of monster in the mountains, with a long body and black body, and infinite strength.Legend has it that it can run faster than leopards and can tear tigers and leopards apart with its bare hands. It is the overlord of the mountains and has a very long life span, so it is regarded as a monster.

Fengshui ancestor Guo Pu noted: "Erya" cloud, brush. ...The domestic scriptures call them the giants of Jiangxi.Today's Jiaozhou and Nankang counties have this kind of thing in the deep mountains. It is about ten feet long, the heels are turned backwards, it walks vigorously, its hair is loose, and it is funny. The female can make juice.The local custom calls it Shandu.It means that in southern Jiangxi, there is this kind of monkey with a human face.

Modern explanations say that the mandrill is a type of baboon, which only appears in countries such as the Congo in Africa.But thousands of years ago our ancestors described its origin in detail.

But what is strange to me is that if this thing exists in China, it will only appear in the hot and humid areas of southern Jiangxi.But why did it appear here again today?From the fire mouse in front to the mandrill at this time.Maybe there is something behind, is it a forgotten land?

I was thinking about it, and I watched "Fire Eye Dragon King" walk to the fire and pull out a charred branch from it.Then he took out another small silver fish whose name he didn't know.

Slowly walking to the mandrill's side, he pulled out the snake's head that was still firmly biting the mandrill's claws.Holding the small silver fish, I squeezed some beige liquid with my hand, and some beige liquid flowed out.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" spread the beige liquid evenly on the mandrill's claws.Then I took two breaths on the burnt branch, and a red spot appeared on the branch.Without saying a word, the old man pressed heavily on the mandrill's wound.

A moment later, some black blood flowed from the wound.A stench of stench immediately hit the nostrils.The mandrill remained motionless, as if completely unconscious.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" took out a small silver fish from his body, squeezed out some beige juice and dripped it into the mandrill's mouth.At this time, the mandrill's claws were already bleeding red.

When the beige juice finished dripping, the mandrill let out a moan.The old man came over and grabbed the teacher's Taoist robe, and tore off half of it with a thud.Then, without saying a word, he squatted on the ground and bandaged the mandrill.

Then he motioned for us to sit down and eat, and then smiled and said to the teacher: "It's the second time I've seen this mandrill, old guy. After seeing it last time, I wondered why there is such a thing here. Hehe, this time put it If you catch him, go back and interrogate him!"

The teacher sighed and said, "Old loach, do you think I caught it for myself? No matter how old I am, I still have a little fat man by my side. But what about you? It's a lonely one. What if one day it will die in heaven? What to do? I caught the mandrill to be your companion, don't you understand what I mean?"

The teacher's words touched my heart deeply. Yes, the age of "Fire Eye Dragon King" is also listed here, plus he has been struggling in the water all year round.There's no one around, if I'm really lying on the bed...I don't dare to think about it anymore, I just stare at the "Fire-Eye Dragon King" silently.

The old man burst into laughter when he heard it: "I don't know how many evil spirits and fishes I have killed in the Yellow River these years. Hehe, if it really fails, I will just hug the stone and sink into the Yellow River. Where did it come from?" , just go back there!" After speaking, there was another burst of hearty laughter.

Although the old man smiled very boldly, but I felt very uncomfortable in my heart.The same is true for the teacher, a friend I have known since childhood!Even if the elderly see it very openly, even this is in line with the theory of cause and effect.But who would want their friends to be buried in the belly of a fish in the future?

The teacher suddenly laughed and said, "Old Niqian, you are not as experienced as you are! I never thought that you would take life and death so lightly. I never thought that you would take this stinky skin more lightly than I do. My Dao these years, It's white!" After speaking, he shook his head and laughed.

In fact, the teacher had already taken all this lightly, but he said this to comfort the "Fire Eye Dragon King".But does he need our comfort?Maybe he already knew, his own life and death!

At this moment, the mandrill groaned again.Then he kept tossing and turning on the ground, and finally sat up with a whirring sound from his mouth.He tried to lift his bitten paw, and then looked at us wheezing.

"Fire Eye Dragon King" was just about to speak, when the teacher said: "You bastard ran here to hide, and you don't know how many lives you lost. Today you were bitten by a poisonous snake, and I originally used this to get you out. But God has the virtue of being good." , I’ll let you go this time. I hope you can make up your mind and be good.”

I fainted, the teacher's stinking problem came again.It is such a teaching to people, but now it is the same to a beast.It doesn't matter whether it can understand or not, it's just this routine.

Unexpectedly, the mandrill knelt down suddenly, panting heavily.While kowtowing to the teacher non-stop, as if he understood what the teacher said.An expression of regret expressing one's mistakes and wanting to repent.

The teacher snorted, but did not turn his body and crossed his hands.A few thunderbolts were set off with a bang, and a burst of spray was scattered on the surface of the blasted water.A tree over there was blown up and flew up.

Then the teacher smiled contemptuously, turned to the mandrill and said, "You are an elf in the mountains, you can understand our words, and you can also know the spells on us, so you can kill you easily. So you'd better be honest , I will serve this Dragon Lord from now on. After a hundred years, you will be free. There is still some merit, are you willing?"

The mandrill lowered its head and thought for a long time, then let out a few oohs.Then he knelt and walked in front of the "Fire Eye Dragon King", huffing and wheezing, not knowing what to say.Then he bent down and kowtowed to the old man a few times.

"Hey!" "Fire Eye Dragon King" sighed and said: "You old thing, it's not good for you to accept it. If you insist on giving it to me, I'll go into the water every day. Do you still want me to take it? You see It's not too much!"

The teacher smiled slightly and said, "Look at what you've done to Xiao Liu during this period of time. From now on, you can torment this mandrill for me. Both of you like to eat raw, so you just happen to be a pair!" Ha ha burst out laughing.

The old man shook his head with a smile and said: "This little fat man is lazy, and he gave him mouse soup to nourish his body. He secretly poured it for me. Do you think it is easy for me to catch those? So let him suffer a little bit, knowing that food is hard to come by. "

Fatty Liu looked at me with a bitter face when he heard this.I smiled and pretended not to see it, who told him to make the old man angry.I don't think it's a big deal to suffer a little bit, at least he's much stronger after being hacked!

"Fire Eye Dragon King" looked at the mandrill and said, "Little bastard, since this old guy wants you to stay, then you can stay and serve me. Anyway, you are indispensable for three meals a day. If you dare to be a little bit bad Xin, even if I don’t take care of you, have you seen that they will use magic to take you away. Do you understand?” Mandrill nodded with a wheeze.

The old man took a long breath and stood up, and suddenly said: "By the way, I saw a few things under the water just now, you wait for me to get them up and you can have a look." After speaking, he got into the water again.

His speed is so fast that not only we are dumbfounded.Even the mandrill was taken aback. It is estimated that no one can swim at such a speed in the water.It wasn't until later that I realized that mandrills weren't dumbfounded for speed.But because of something else, this is the wisdom of the mountain elves.

In a blink of an eye, with the sound of splashing water, the old man walked ashore with a few things in his hand.After he put these things on the ground, we were completely dumbfounded.This is no ordinary thing, except for a rusty knife.There are also several pieces of jade of different shapes, and a piece of copper.

The teacher picked up the copper piece and looked at it for a long time, then handed it to Fatty Liu and said, "See if there is anything wrong with this piece of copper, why does it look wrong to me?" He took out a piece of copper for comparison and shook his head.

I took two pieces of copper from Fatty Liu, compared them with each other and said: "The piece that Lord Gou took out from the bottom of the river has no writing on it, but the pattern is very similar to the one that Fatty Liu took. Maybe this is a The ones on the tripod may also be on different tripods in the same period."

The teacher looked at it and nodded, and then listened to the mandrill dancing and squeaking gestures for a long time. "Fire Eye Dragon King" smiled and said: "This little bastard said he knew about this thing, and there are many of them not far ahead. But there are guards there, it's dangerous, don't go there." The mandrill nodded hastily upon hearing this.

I believe there are many ahead, otherwise there would be no debris in the underground river.But I don't believe it because some people keep it. Based on the time on the copper plate, it is estimated that it has been thousands of years.How could someone still hold hands, unless... Thinking of this, I shudder!