Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 531 Even the Bodhisattva Comes Out

"The reason is very simple. There is a record in Qingshan Town's township annals. The old people in our village told stories, and there is also a legend about Wang Mingtang cutting a dragon with a black iron sword." Liu Junhao responded.

"That's right, "Qingshan Township Chronicles", how did I hear the name Wang Mingtang familiar?" Zhao Guangming, who was next to him, also slapped his head violently.Hearing Liu Junhao's mention, he immediately remembered that he had seen this article in the folklore recorded in the rural annals.

It is said that there used to be a dragon living in the Baitiao River, and every summer, the dragon made waves, flooding the Baitiao River, flooding countless farmland and villages along the bank, and completely cutting off water transportation.Later, when the matter was known by Wang Mingtang, the prefect of Qinghe Prefecture at that time, Wang Mingtang ordered someone to forge a black iron sword, and sent warriors to use it to kill Jiaolong.

Since then, the Baitiao River has been calm and free from floods.

This legend was not only heard by Liu Junhao when he was a child, but also by many people in Qingshan Town.But everyone listened to it as a story, and no one believed that it really happened.

"Hey, I've heard this story since I was a child. There really is such a sword." Liu Qihua, who was poking his head around the pit, praised it endlessly.

"That's right, I told my grandson some time ago." Er Mazi echoed.

The words of the two people were full of inconceivability, and it was impossible to imagine that the things in the legend would be reflected in reality.

In fact, many legends are adapted based on what happened in reality. If the veil of mystery is stripped away, a piece of historical truth may be discovered.

Witnessing history with your own hands, don't mention how cool it feels.In the big pit, more than 20 laborers took turns to dig the soil. The harder they worked, the more vigorous they became. In half an hour, they dug more than three meters deep, but still did not see the whole body of the sword.

Of course, another reason is that the upper silt layer has been dug out, and the lower layer is sandy soil, the soil is loose, and the excavation speed is naturally more than twice as fast as before.

Liu Junhao worked hard for more than 20 minutes before he was replaced.He took a breath and prepared to take a few photos and post them on the Internet when he got back.

However, he was really behind this time. The tourists watching nearby had already used their mobile phones to send photos of the excavation site to the eighteenth floor.Now there are several posts in the forum, all of which are live broadcasts by tourists.At this moment, the total number of replies has exceeded a thousand.

Digging a hole and collecting sand, the group worked hard for two hours, and dug a five-meter-deep hole on the river beach. The black iron sword finally revealed its true face.There is a picture cast on the sword grid. According to Mr. Guo, it is the picture of Yazi.

There is a folk legend that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and Yazi is the second son of the dragon.It is murderous and can swallow swords, so people engrave it on swords.
Liu Guangju ordered people to go back to the village to fetch the wire rope. Now one end of the wire rope is put on the hilt of the sword, and the other end is tied to the carriage.

Then the two walking tractors started working hard at the same time, and finally pulled the big iron mound out of the pit.

Before the sword could be stabilized, the crowd gathered around again, and the mobile phones were taking pictures.Since the sword was buried vertically, it was unrealistic to see it from the side of the big pit just now, but now I can finally feast my eyes at close range.

"Dig again to see if there is anything else." Seeing that Er Mazi and the others were about to go ashore, Mr. Guo hurriedly yelled.

There really are! !Several people had just dug more than a foot deep below when they heard another click.

"Is there anything else?" Someone yelled loudly, and the crowd put down their swords one after another, and gathered around again.

"Slow down, don't dig it up, can you afford to pay for the damage to the cultural relics?" Liu Guangju yelled at the top of his voice, looking at the frivolous behavior of the people below.

Hearing his yelling, everyone moved cautiously next.

It took ten minutes to dig that thing out.It turned out to be an iron box, the top was already covered with rust, and there were two rusted holes on the side, filled with sand.

"What is hidden here?" Er Mazi tapped with his fingers, making a dull sound.

"It would be great if it was a box of gold, and everyone who sees it will have a share and make a small fortune." Liu Qiyong responded accordingly.

"It can't be gold, look here..." Mr. Guo pointed to the iron box with a slightly excited tone and said, "It's a Buddha statue. This iron box is probably a Buddhist relic."

"What is a relic letter?" A tourist asked immediately.

Everyone pricked up their ears, waiting for the old man to answer.

"The relic letter is also called the iron letter. It is used to wrap the relic in an iron box, and it is also made of copper or gold, silver and jade. It is said that after the Buddha Sakyamuni Nirvana, his disciples used gold and jade. Wrap the relics, bury them in the ground, and then build a stupa on top, which is what we usually call a stupa.”

"Old man, what do you mean there is a bone hidden in the iron box?" Er Mazi yelled inwardly, and hurriedly moved away.

"Probably not, Buddha bone relics are very rare." Mr. Guo replied hesitantly.He doesn't specialize in this and doesn't know much about it.

"What are you thinking about so much, just open it and see if it's okay." Zhao Guangming was itching anxiously, and directly violently smashed the iron box.The iron lock had rusted so badly that he hit it lightly with a shovel, and the lock broke.

The lid of the box was opened, and everyone immediately surrounded it, wanting to see what was inside for the first time.

Let them down, not to mention gold, silver and jewelry, not even a copper coin.

It was still an iron plate, wet and covered with rust.Two lines of writing are carved on the front, barely legible.

Mr. Guo and Liu Junhao pondered for a few minutes and only recognized the word "Wei Tuo".Guo Zhenhua's analysis is correct, this is indeed a Buddhist thing.

Wei Tuo is the guardian deity of Buddhism, and many temples enshrine it. He is called Wei Tuo Bodhisattva.He often stands behind the Maitreya Buddha statue, facing the Daxiong Hall, protecting the Dharma and helping monks.
It seems that Wang Mingtang not only forged a Zhenhe sword, but also asked Wei Tuo Bodhisattva to sit here.

"Keep digging, there may be something left." Someone shouted again.

This time it was really gone, and I dug down two feet deep, but I couldn't go down.

This place is close to the Baitiao River, and the groundwater is rich in resources. At this moment, the groundwater is constantly rising, and it has almost overflowed the back of the feet.

While everyone was busy there, Liu Junhao took out his mobile phone and called reporter Guo.Reporter Guo is an old acquaintance of Liujiagou, so this kind of news is naturally indispensable.After answering the phone, the other party heard that a giant black iron sword was dug in Liujiagou, and immediately said to come in the afternoon.In addition, it is important to explain that the on-site materials are well preserved, and he may use them when he reports.

At this moment, anxious tourists have measured the length of the black iron sword, which is 5.3 meters, which is a very astonishing figure.Some people began to worry about how to transport them back.

Someone at the scene soon came up with an idea to lay a few thick wooden strips inside the carriage to increase the stress-bearing area.Then everyone tied up the sword with steel wires, and then went up to twenty or thirty laborers to lift the black iron sword, and slowly put the sword into the carriage.

Before the walking tractor entered the village, other people in the village had already received the news and stood on the side of the road to greet him, even Zhang Qian was no exception.

After taking off the sword, he threw it directly at the door of Liu Guangju's house.There is no need to consider the safety of cultural relics. Even if someone wants to steal a big iron lump, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get rid of it.

At this time, tourists who did not find the opportunity gathered around to take pictures again.

Liu Junhao didn't join in the fun, he checked the time on his phone, it was almost 11:30.It was time to go home and make lunch, so he turned his head and called Zhao Guangming.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Guangming remembered that Zhou Yueer was still waiting at home.He went to Liu Junhao's place to load the egg cartons, and hurriedly left on his motorcycle.

Zhang Qian cooks at noon, and the task of taking care of the children is naturally given to Liu Junhao.

Taking advantage of coaxing the children, he turned on the computer and took a look. As he had guessed, the discussion on the [-]th floor was very hot now, and many netizens expressed that they would visit Liujiagou to see the sword.

"Husband, our soy sauce is gone, hurry up and ask Wukong to go to the village to buy a bottle." After putting the vegetables in the pot, Zhang Qian realized that the soy sauce bottle was already empty.Her husband has to take care of the children, so she calls the monkey.

But Liu Junhao shook his head, "Let Xiaopi go, Wukong is very playful, don't delay cooking. Besides, he will definitely spend the change left over from shopping for you."

"Yes" Zhang Qian nodded straightly.

Now they can be said to be quite worried about the monkey, this guy will make some troubles every now and then.Doesn't it condone crime to let it take money to do things?

Liu Junhao took out the vegetable basket, put a piece of RMB and a note in it, then patted the guy on the head and let him go to the village.

To paraphrase a great man's words, "I don't worry if you do things!" Xiaopi is definitely the master of reassurance, and he ran all the way to the door of Liu Qihua's small shop with a basket of vegetables in his hands.

Now it can't be called a small shop, it should be called "Qihua Supermarket".With the increasing number of tourists in Liujiagou, Liu Qihua also changed the gun, redecorated his small shop and renamed it Supermarket.Opening a supermarket in a small village with only a few hundred people sounds like nonsense, but anyone who visits Liujiagou knows that this supermarket is definitely making money.

Now Liujiagou is well-known, and there is an endless stream of guests visiting the village every day. According to simple statistics, the number of people is more than that of Liujiagou villagers.Especially on Saturdays and Sundays, the farmhouses in the village are full.

With so many people, there are naturally various needs.It takes more than ten miles to go to the town to buy, although this distance is not a big deal for people with cars, it only takes half an hour to go back and forth.But it's not about running errands after all.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Qihua upgraded the small shop.

Xiaopi ran all the way to the door of the supermarket and found that the door was locked, so he turned his head and followed the smell to find it.

Liu Qihua hadn't eaten yet, and was explaining the story of Wang Mingtang's sword slaying a dragon with a few tourists around the sword.Xiaopi rushed to him and immediately yelled at him a few times.

"Wait, I'll get you soy sauce as soon as I'm finished." He was talking vigorously, and he couldn't give up halfway.

Xiaopi didn't care so much, seeing the other party lingering on the seat, he immediately put down the food basket, stretched out his head and grabbed Liu Qihua's clothes.

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." Liu Qihua got up depressed and went back, took a bottle of soy sauce, and gave change to the RMB.After watching Xiaopi go away, he sat back down again.

(End of this chapter)