Chapter 66 The Goddess of Matsue
Qin Mu was puzzled, how could he be unlucky when he touched the sweat towel, and he would be unlucky for three years?
However, this "sweat towel" is soft in texture, very smooth to the touch, and naturally scented. It is really good for wiping sweat. It should be woven from a different species of silk, and it is very valuable. It is rare to see such a high-quality fabric in Daxu. .
Qin Mu put the sweat towel into his arms and played with Shaobao's sword and scabbard. He was very happy.
The upper half of the scabbard of the Shaobao Sword is golden, decorated with jade and beads.
The lower half of the scabbard is silver-gray without any decoration or carving, and the scabbard tail is a carved fish-dragon tail, which is also golden.
Ding.
Qin Mu returned the sword to its sheath, his vitality poured into the scabbard, and Shaobao's sword was unsheathed again. When unsheathed, a huge fish and dragon emerged from the scabbard, jumped over his head, and spit out the sword.
Qin Mu raised his hand and drew his sword from the fish's mouth, feeling relieved.
"This scabbard is really a good thing, it can actually manifest the ichthyosaur!"
He returned the sword to its scabbard, and the fish dragon swallowed Shaobao's sword and disappeared into the scabbard.
Qin Mu's heart was overjoyed, and then his vitality poured into the scabbard again, the fish and dragon reappeared, and he spat out the Shaobao sword, he drew the sword and inserted the Shaobao sword into the fish's mouth, and the fish and dragon merged with the scabbard.
He played it over and over again, and the blind man on the side couldn't help but said: "Mu'er, stop playing, your mother-in-law has brought some more animals and asked you to herd the cattle. These cattle will be brought to Xianglong in the morning. The city is sold."
Qin Mu responded and hurried back to the village, taking six steers out of the village for grazing, wondering: "Mother-in-law sold the village's livestock some time ago, why are there six more cows now? Where do these cows come from? come?"
When he walked out of the village, he saw the village chief, the pharmacist, the mute and others gathered together, discussing something. The lame man sat aside and dismantled one of the black flags, and threw the flag's face to Ma Ye to make a door curtain for the carpenter's shop, and the black flag's pole was thrown to Granny Si to drive the chickens.
The next day, Qin Mu set up the ox cart, and Granny Si said with a smile, "Mu'er, you will come with me when you enter the city this time."
Qin Mu was both surprised and delighted, so he quickly put the Shaobao sword on his back, brought along the pig-killing knife, bamboo stick, hammer, etc., and jumped into the ox cart. The blind man walked slowly behind him and sat on the left and right with Granny Si. on the bullock cart.
The car was loaded with some iron tools made by dumb people, as well as several stacks of animal skins from hunting by Ma, the lame and Qin Mu, as well as two sheep with their hooves tied and placed in the cargo.
There were three big oxen in front of the ox cart, which were very strong, and three oxen were tied to the back of the cart.
The boy waved his whip, and the big yellow ox blinked innocently and walked out of the village.
This was his first time entering the city, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited, so excited that his body seemed to be flying, but he didn't notice the innocent eyes of the big ox and the goats.
Inlaid Dragon City is far away from Lao Can Village, thousands of miles away, so entering the city is a big deal. However, the Daxu is desolate, and the land road is not easy to walk. It is necessary to travel by water first, and then travel more than ten miles by land to get to Xianglong City.
Qin Mu drove to the edge of the Yongjiang River, and saw that the lame man had tied a big bamboo raft by the river. He carefully drove the ox cart to the bamboo raft, and the lame man untied the cable, and the bamboo raft drifted down the river, the speed getting faster and faster. .
Even at this speed, it would take four or five days to reach Xianglong City.
This journey floated for more than 40 miles. The blind man tapped the water with his bamboo stick, and the bamboo raft suddenly floated towards the shore.
Qin Mu was puzzled and looked up at the bank, but saw that it was in the direction of the Grandma's Temple. There were already many people from various villages on the bank, and most of them were waiting by the river in ox carts and carriages.
The Yongjiang River is dangerous and the current is fast, and there are many water monsters and ferocious big fish in the river. Therefore, the villagers of various villages often choose to go to Xianglong City on the same day, so that many people can easily take care of each other.
Bamboo rafts were parked on the riverside, and there were still bamboo rafts approaching in the distance. After a while, hundreds of bamboo rafts gathered here.
The blind man took out a few incense sticks, ignited them in the wind, and inserted them by the riverside. Other villagers stepped forward and put a stick of incense sticks by the riverside.
Suddenly, someone shouted loudly and loudly, and then more people sang aloud by the river together. This is a song of the river, and it sang the sacrifice to the god of the river.
"Walking with the girl in the nine rivers, the wind blows and the water rises;
"Ride a waterwheel with a lid, and ride two dragons with a chi;
"When you climb the Kunlun Mountains, look around, your heart is soaring and mighty;
"The sun is about to end and I forgot to return, but I am very happy;
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The ancient tones revolved in the nose and throat, and many villagers sang together, their voices melodious and heroic, Qin Mu was inexplicably moved by this scene.
Suddenly, the water surface in front of them separated, and one after another huge monsters poked their heads from the bottom of the water.
Emerging from the bottom of the water was a giant underwater beast with a cyan back and four huge webs, like fish fins. Their heads were similar to fish heads, but they had long noses, like spears.
The heads of the giant beasts in the water were raised, like a small hill, their noses were in front of the incense on the river bank, and they inhaled hard.
These giant beasts closed their eyes, and after a while, they opened their mouths and exhaled a large smoke ring, which seemed to be enjoying themselves.
The villagers on the bank took the opportunity to drive the ox cart onto the long green back of the giant beast. Seeing this, Qin Mu also drove to the back of a giant beast. Granny Si took out a large piece of meat that had been prepared a long time ago and threw it into the water. , The giant beast ate the piece of meat, let out a long cry, and then swam with four webs, carrying the ox cart and the three people in it and went downstream.
Behind them, the blue-backed giant beasts made long calls, and the sound of the river came one after another. Accompanied by the ups and downs of the villagers' chants, the giant beasts carried them and drove upstream.
"This is a unique beast in Yongjiang, called Negative River."
Granny Si said: "Negative River is the god of the river in the hearts of the villagers who live along the river. He likes the fragrant smoke and beef, and his favorite is listening to songs and praising their songs. People who live by the river only need to light a few sticks. Fragrant can attract them, offer beef, and let Negative River take us down the river. If Negative River is hungry on the way, you have to throw in some more beef, otherwise they will dry up and throw us into the water inside."
Qin Mu was amazed.
The Negative River behemoth swims very fast, coupled with the fact that it travels downstream, breaking the waves all the way, and the strong wind blows, even much faster than the galloping horse on the shore.
Qin Mu calculated that with the speed of the Negative River Beast, he was afraid that he would be able to come to Xianglong City, thousands of miles away, before it got dark!
In the gushing river, the cries of the giant beasts on the negative river fluctuated, and the green hills on both sides of the river also fluctuated.
Qin Mu looked into the distance, and suddenly felt that his body and mind were extremely broad, as if this golden river, green mountains, blue sky and canyons were all hidden in his chest.
This is a magical land, magical people, and magical river beasts. Although to the people outside the Daxu, there are poor mountains, bad waters, shrewish women, and mischievous people everywhere, for Qin Mu, this is his hometown!
In the evening, when the sun went down, Qin Mu saw a small dock appear on the bank of the river, and the river beasts gradually slowed down and swam towards the dock.
Granny Si got up and said with a smile: "Inlaid Dragon City is coming soon, Mu'er, drive down, let's enter the city as soon as possible."
Qin Mu parked the bamboo raft and drove ashore. Looking back, he saw that other river-negative beasts had also docked, and the people from other villages in the Daxu also drove off the ox-cart and horse-drawn carriage and walked in one direction.
The ox cart traveled for two or three miles, and climbed up a small hillside. There was a downhill road ahead. Qin Mu jumped out of the ox cart and tried to stabilize the big ox to prevent it from slipping.
Under this hillside, there is an avenue in front of it. There is a simple and majestic city. The four corners of the city wall have stone pillars that are more than 30 feet thick and about 167 feet high. The dragon is coiled, it should be carved, and it is inlaid with gold foil, so it is golden!
And the tower of this city was also made into the shape of a dragon head, the gate of the city is the dragon's mouth, and the eaves of the tower are like dragon horns, which are both ferocious and domineering!
Inlaid Dragon City.
There are few prosperous places in Daxu.
Resources are scarce in Daxu. Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are precious things that need to be purchased from the outside world, and not everyone can go to the outside world. Only in a prosperous place like Xianglong City, there are outside merchants who come to bring The goods from the outside world also buy and sell the rare things in Daxu to the outside world.
"The dragon pillars here are much bigger than the stone statues in our village."
Qin Mu said with sincere admiration, "If you can grab it, it will definitely be prestige at the entrance of our village!"
Granny Si rolled her eyes at him: "If you can grab it, the mother-in-law will have taken it away long ago. Unless you can get all the old guys in the village out, it will be possible to grab it! Hurry up, it's getting dark, get into the city early!"
The wheels were turning, Qin Mu drove the ox cart into the city, looking around curiously, everything in the inlaid dragon city made him feel fresh.
The city was full of traffic and people, and he hadn't seen so many people since he was born.
And there are many girls, dressed in fancy dress, standing in the buildings with great enthusiasm, pushing open the window lattice and waving at him, constantly calling him to come up and play.
"The people in the city are so warm."
Qin Mu was very excited, he waved at the girls, and said loudly, "When I'm done selling things, I'll find my sisters to play!"
The blind man didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mu'er, the girls upstairs are all girls who have lost their footing. They don't really want to play with you. If you go up, you will be knocked and skinned, and even the marrow can be sucked out of you!"
Qin Mu was taken aback: "Slip? Grandpa Blind, they all stood firm and didn't seem to have slipped. Are they all goblins like Wu Nv? Wu Nv said they wanted to play some shameful things with me. , I didn't agree."