My years as a fortune teller

This petroglyph is as tall as two people, and it shows a typical woman, but it has a patterned tail like a tiger and leopard.Although the hair is fluffy and scattered, there is a golden crown of five phoenixes on his head.Next to her were two bird-like figures standing on either side of her body.There was a cloud of auspiciousness under his feet, and his eyes were slightly slanted.

Su Hui'er looked at it, and said without frowning: "What is this? The painting is so scary. It is obviously a woman, and she has a tail. There are two birdmen standing beside them, and they don't know what this is for!"

I patted her on the head and said, "You can't talk nonsense. This is the image of the Queen Mother of the West in ancient times. There was such an image of the Queen Mother of the West in a cave painting that was published in the Mogao Grottoes."

"Ah? No way!" Gao Shengwen and Su Huier shouted together in surprise.I know that for ordinary people, it is really difficult to understand.The Queen Mother of the West in our minds is either a graceful lady, or the same as in the TV series "Journey to the West".Few people have seen such a thing, and few people can understand it.

I said to them: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Classic of Western Mountains records: The Queen Mother of the West lives on the mountain of Yushan. It means that the Queen Mother of the West is roughly like a person, with a mighty shape, a monster in charge of disasters (plague) and punishment. Because the Kunlun Mountain where she lives is in the west, she is called the Queen Mother of the West. In fact, the official name of Taoism is Baiyuguitai Jiulingtai True Jinmu Yuanjun, or White Jade Guitai Jiufeng Taizhen West Queen Mother is also called Tailing Jiuguang Guitai Jinmu Yuanjun."

Su Hui'er was stunned for a long time and said: "But even if it is the Queen Mother of the West, she should live in Kunlun Mountain! Why did she appear here? Can this one also travel through?"

I glared at her and said: "Can you be polite, even if she is not a god. She is also an ancient ancestor, which needs our respect. You are so small, you don't look like a Taoist child at all." .”

Su Hui'er stuck out her tongue and quietly hid behind me.I continued to say to them: "Now there is an explanation, that is, the ancient Kunlun Mountain. This ancient time is also the pre-Qin period! The ancient Kunlun Mountain may be the modern Kongtong Mountain. Archaeologists can explain this issue. We You don’t need to know anything about it. But when you went back to the mountain in Jingchuan, Gansu, you did find the first temple dedicated to the Queen Mother of the West in ancient China. It’s not far from Jingchuan, so it’s reasonable to see a portrait of the Queen Mother here.”

Gao Shengwen suddenly said to me: "Since the Queen Mother of the West has appeared, Huzi, will the portrait of the Jade Emperor appear when he walks in for a while? It seems that there are many great gods hidden in this hill!"

I rolled his eyes at him and said: "Please, don't pretend to be educated if you don't have culture, okay? This Queen Mother of the West is the orthodox god in Taoist classics, and her status is only second to Sanqing. She is the head of the female immortals. She is the head of the heaven, the world, the three worlds and ten directions. All the women who attain Taoism and become immortals are under her jurisdiction. Moreover, they are the orthodox gods in charge of disasters and punishments. Zeng Jiutian Xuannv's empress was able to help the Yellow Emperor because she was appointed by the Queen Mother of the West. This is mentioned in "Shan Hai Jing" It's recorded, go home and read the book carefully. But she and Dong Huanggong are opposites, a female fairy who is in charge of the world, and a male fairy who is in charge of the world. It is said in "Divine Collection" that when he first ascended to immortality, You have to see the Golden Mother first, and then pay homage to the Mugong. After that, you have to ascend to the Nine Heavens and join the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty. In the early Han Dynasty, there was a children's song saying: "Wear a green skirt, enter the gate of heaven, bow to the Golden Mother, and worship Mugong. This Mugong , refers to the Eastern Prince.”

Gao Shengwen nodded, and said to me: "It seems that the Queen Mother of the West and the Prince of the East have high positions, without their permission. Even if they are promoted to immortals, they can't visit Sanqing. But why, they are separated when offering sacrifices. .And the Queen Mother of the West has also become the Queen Mother.”

I scratched my head and said helplessly, "This is because of a great Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West", which turned the Queen Mother of the West into the Queen Mother. She was also eaten by a monkey grandson and was so angry that she was half dead. In the pre-Qin period, There are records of offering sacrifices to these two great gods. A mirror with an inscription was recently unearthed, which said that the world was amnesty, and then prayed for these two gods to bless the longevity."

Lord Gou came over and patted me, and said to me: "Have you finished showing off your knowledge? If you are showing off, let's go! There is nothing to see here, go back and see if the three little cows find anything. "

I glared at him and said, "Since we're here, let's say goodbye when we see the ancient portrait. This time we broke into her old man's territory, no matter what, we offended Tianwei." Saying this, we bowed three times to the rock painting , and then kowtowed a few times in a proper manner.Lord Gou would definitely not object, even the mandrill knelt down and kowtowed.Although Su Huier was not very happy in her heart, she still knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gao Shengwen.

Then we stood up and walked up.I asked Lord Gou: "Old man, don't say that you didn't find anything this time. Based on your knowledge of the dragon clan, what kind of snake is it?"

The old man looked back at me and said, "Fat boy, you really asked the wrong person this time. Just now I saw the traces of the snake crawling and the traces of its venom. But I still can't see it. , What kind of snake is this?"

I stared at the old man and said, "Master Gou, you old man, just pretend to be me! I know you can see everything, but you just don't want to tell me, right? Okay, I'll wait and see what you can't help it before you give it to me." Say." He didn't say anything but smiled.

I was a little unhappy on the way back, and it was almost time to reach the camp.All three calves stood up and greeted me, suddenly I wanted to understand one thing.Immediately, he patted his thigh and shouted: "I see, it turned out to be like this."

This sound scared everyone to look at me, and I smiled a little embarrassedly.Then he quickly walked to Niu Bao and the others, they were pretty good.I found a lot of things, including things that Professor He and the others had used, and some manuscript paper.

I was about to read these things, when Su Huier ran over and stopped me and said, "Fatty, what did you explain just now? Don't be surprised, and then don't say a word. Hurry up and give me what you want to understand." Let's all talk."

I smiled and said to them: "Didn't I just say that the Queen Mother of the West is the god in charge of disasters and punishments. If you think about it, if someone invades her territory and disrespects her, she will be severely punished." , what we saw last night was one of punishment."

Gao Shengwen frowned, and said to me: "Huzi can't, why is it a punishment? Is there such an excuse?" Looking at Gao Shengwen's incoherent speech, I knew it was difficult for him to accept it.

I smiled and said to him: "In fact, such things often appear in some ancient legend notes. It's just that we jumped over it and didn't pay attention to it. For example, there was a book "Yueyi Pickup" in the Tang Dynasty. It has been recorded that a gentleman on the beam stole the finances in the Taoist temple. As a result, for several months, he dreamed of being hanged up and beaten every night by the messenger. When he woke up the next morning, there were obvious bruises on his thighs and buttocks. So I just It suddenly occurred to me that these people might be the ones who came to steal Queen Mother Xi's treasures. The end result is endless coolies."

Lord Gou nodded and said to everyone: "Little Fatty is right. I saw a lot of things in the Yellow River that you think are strange. In fact, these things happen around you, but you don't want to understand it this way. Okay, everyone Let’s pack up first, and we’re going to continue on our way. If it’s later, maybe the rest of us will become coolies.”

What the old man said is not bad at all, if we continue on our way now.Might be able to get them back before they drive out of their folly.Otherwise, they might not even see each other face to face.Thinking of this, I immediately ordered to leave immediately after breakfast...