I thought to myself, the three of us first came and said that they were not familiar with the place, so it was not easy to collect some antiques near this county town. Old Liu has lived in Gutian for decades. He heard his words and talks and knew the local situation well. Why not let him tell us more about the local affairs, such as some ancient tombs and antiques unearthed. This information is very useful to us.

So I didn't ask Lao Liu to continue talking, saying that it was still early now, so I asked the fat man to go out to sell a few bottles of wine and then get some food to eat. I asked Lao Liu to drink and chat in our room and talk about the local scenery.

Lao Liu is a person who is addicted to alcohol and likes to join in the fun. When he heard that there is alcohol, he immediately became respectful rather than obedient.

Seeing that the fat man was going to run errands again, he was extremely reluctant, but he was greedy for drinking, so he changed into clean clothes and went to a small shop outside to buy two bottles of white wine and some canned food.

The rain outside was sparse and it was still not stopping. Everyone closed the door in the room, took the bed as the table, and sat together to drink. Lao Liu said a lot. After drinking these two glasses of white wine, his nose turned red and he couldn't close the conversation when he opened it.

Dajinya asked Lao Liu: "Master Liu, you just said that you have seen what we encountered in the Yellow River with your own eyes. What exactly is it? Is it a turtle spirit?"

Old Liu shook his head and said, "It's not a turtle spirit, but it's actually a big fish. I don't know what the scientific name of this fish is. Many people in the local area have seen it. They call this fish the Iron Head Dragon King. Those who run the boat are superstitious and say it is transformed by the River God and cannot be seen in normal times. They only come out when the flood is coming."

The fat man said, "What you said is so silly. How big is this fish?"

Old Liu said, "How big? Let me tell you this. I saw it once by the river. That year, the water came and retreated quickly. In addition, the river in Gutian was shallow, and a half-large iron-headed dragon king was stranded. Before he could liberate, many superstitious people wanted to send the Dragon King back to the river. Before he could do it, the iron-headed dragon king returned to the west. People burned incense and prayed by the river. It was so crowded with people. The grand occasion was unprecedented. I just saw it."

I asked, "Master Liu, tell me what this fish looks like?"

Old Liu said: "This big fish has seven layers of green scales on its body. The fish head is black and harder than iron plates. The fish head alone is as big as the front of the Jiefang Truck."

Fatty and I even claimed to be strange. It's not like a small whaler, how could there be such a big fish in the river? There are really strange things in this world. So I asked what happened later? Was the iron-headed dragon king buried? Or did he eat it?

Old Liu smiled and said, "It's not a whale, but such a big fish is very rare. Usually there are no fish. It may not be seen once a few decades. It's almost a sperm. Those who have superstition say that it was changed by the Dragon Prince. Otherwise, why would you give it such a name? I heard that even if you catch it, you will release it. The meat is hard and old. Who dares to eat it? At that time, the iron-headed dragon king died on the shore. Those days were getting hot and like a fire. It started rotting in a day. The smell was so stinking that smell was so bad that it could smell the stench from many miles away. This situation could easily cause plagues in the nearby people. As a result, everyone discussed it and cut off the fish meat and burned it with fire. The remaining fish skeleton was left on the river bank."

When Da Jinya heard this, she sighed: "Oh, it's a pity. If the bones of this strange fish can be brought into the museum and made into specimens, many people will definitely visit it."

Old Liu said, "Isn't it true? But at that time, no one was so brave. I was afraid that the Dragon Prince would be punished and there would be another major flood."

I asked, "Master Liu, you just told us that there is a place where you can see the iron-headed dragon king fish. Is it the one that refers to this? After so many years, the bone frame of this fish is still preserved? Is it still hanging on the river bank?"

Lao Liu said, "That's right, but it's not on the river bank. At that time, people nearby burned the fish and internal organs to sacrifice to the river god in order to prevent the plague. Then they were about to discuss how to deal with this fish bone, and a foreigner came. This man was a businessman who was a businessman, and the businessman was also a very superstitious person. He spent some money to build a fish bone temple in Longling, not far from us."

Dajinya asked: "Fish Bone Temple? This has been found on the ground in Tianjin. Is it just a fish bone as a beam, a fish head as a door, and a tribute to the river god?"

Old Liu said, "There are also in Tianjin? I haven't heard of it, but it's really similar to what you said. The businessman from another province claimed that he often went to sea and crossed the river, and he couldn't avoid taking a boat frequently, so he paid for such a fish bone temple. This temple is not large in size and does not even have a yard, and is no different from the ordinary Dragon King Temple. He uses fish bones as a shelf. The skull of the big fish is the temple gate, and there is only a temple that pays for the mud statue of the Dragon King. When it was first repaired, some people got sick or caught a drought, so they all went to the Fish Bone Temple to burn incense and make wishes. It's funny. It's really weird and hasn't worked once. If you go to the Fish Bone Temple to ask for rain, it's okay if you don't ask for it. The more you ask for it, the drought is getting worse, so soon the incense is cut off. The businessman who invested in the temple has never appeared again."

I asked, "The Fishbone Temple is still there?"

Old Liu nodded and said, "Yes, but it has been abandoned for a long time. The mud statue of the Dragon Prince collapsed in less than two years. Some people say that the merchant who paid for the temple was dishonest, or had done something that lacked great virtue. The Dragon Prince was unwilling to accept his incense. In addition, the Fish Bone Temple was built in the Longling Mountains. The road was difficult. After a while, no one went to the Fish Bone Temple again. Many people even forgot about this matter. Back then, even the Red Guards didn't think of smashing the Fish Bone Temple. In fact, even if they were smashed, there was nothing to smash. But the layout and fish bones of this temple are still there, so you can go and have a chance to go and have a look."

The fat man laughed and scolded: "What's the fucking good looking? Today, the three of us almost became fish food, so it's better not to watch it."

But Da Jinya had another plan. He discussed with me and decided to have a rest tomorrow and the next day. He went to Longling to see the Fish Bone Temple. Maybe a fish bone of this big can be sold for money, or at least it can be sold to the Natural Museum to reimburse our money for the trip.

We repeatedly advised Lao Liu to drink and asked him if any antique tombs had been unearthed nearby.

Old Liu was drunk and his eyes were blurred, and his tongue was a little big, but he spoke the truth after drinking, and he really spit out some local secrets.

Some time ago, Gutian was washed out of several ancient tombs by water. They were all from the Song Dynasty, but they were not noble tombs. Apart from a few bones that were almost rotten, there were only some broken bottles and jars.

The most expensive thing unearthed here was a drought one year, and this section of the Yellow River was almost at its bottom. During the dredging, three large iron monkeys were dug out of the mud, each weighing hundreds of kilograms. Removed the rust on it and found that the carved patterns on the iron monkeys were beautiful and smooth, and the outside was covered with gold. It seems that they have not been verified yet. What are these iron-cast monkeys used for?

Some people say it was a demon-controlling demon in the Tang Dynasty, and some people say it was a river sacrifice. It is unknown which museum was brought to or the steel making it melted.

The most evil thing is that before I found three iron-cast monkeys from the mud, many people dreamed of three white-bearded old men crying and begging them to let them go. The more this matter spread, many people said that these three old men were the iron monkey spirits in the river.

During the Spring Festival that year, there were people born in the Year of the Monkey at home wearing red pants and red belts, afraid of being retaliated by the three iron monkey spirits. In the end, nothing big happened nearby. Of course, there were also a few people who were unlucky to write a word, but they were all asking for it.

There are many strange things in the Yellow River. We have all heard of these things. The iron cows on the Yellow River displayed in the Hedong Museum were used for the shaking river. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was a legend that a one-eyed stone man was caught in the Yellow River. At that time, there was a peasant uprising. There was a nursery rhyme saying that it was not a stone man with one eye to provoke the Yellow River to rebel the world. That incident was just a legend and not trustworthy, but it could still witness the ancient mystery of the Yellow River. There were countless secrets covered in the sparse river mud.

However, we were not interested in things like iron faces, iron cows, stone people, etc., so we repeatedly asked, "Where are ancient tombs and relics nearby, and who has antiques in his hands and wants to take action."

Old Liu thought about it and said, "It turns out that you are buying antiques. If you had gained a lot in the past few years, you would have been collected almost the same amount now. Not only are the private antique dealers, but the government also collected them. They collect them more than ten times a year, and no matter how many things you have, they can't resist the collection like this."

Starting a few years ago, tomb robberies occurred one after another near Gutian, and many local people also participated. When the wind blows in autumn, you can see that the ground is full of robbery holes, and you can easily fall into it if you can't walk. The places where the ancient tombs are concentrated outside the city are almost dug into sieves.

Old Liu said, "We are talking so hard, and I suddenly remembered that I heard someone say it. Let me just say it. Let me hear it. I once heard an old man in the local area talk about it. There is an ancient tomb in the Tang Dynasty in Longling. It is said that the scale is very large. In the past two years, many tomb robbers have wanted to find it, but no one can find it. The mountain in Longling is too dense, and the ancient tomb is hidden very deeply, and even whether it is said or not. After all, this kind of thing is left by word of mouth many years ago, and it may not be true.
Chapter completed!