In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Shao Yu (pronounced Tongyu), a native of Pei County, Xuzhou, could not survive in Xuzhou , so he had to follow his father-in-law and his wife to go to his wife's hometown. My wife's hometown is in Quzhou, Zhejiang. She has a lot of family resources and a certain status.
Quzhou prefectural governor is Zhang Jushan. He likes to watch the dragon boat racing performance. Therefore, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival in the local area, Zhang Jushan will ask someone to arrange the dragon boat racing. Last year, when he was the prefect, he had already made arrangements and it was very successful.
When the dragon boat race was held last year, the performance of dragon boat was very grand, much more spectacular than before. So there were many people visiting, with tens of thousands of people watching, and there were thousands on the bridge alone. Some small businessmen saw the opportunity and went to sell things, including food, play, wear and use, and made a small fortune in a few days.
This year, there will naturally be a dragon boat race, but it is not time yet.
Months passed quickly, Shao Yu followed his father-in-law to do things and his life was on the right track. Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, Zhang Jushan has already asked someone to prepare for it, and he will wait for the competition on May 5th. Shao Yu also wanted to see it, but his father-in-law saw it and allowed him to see it. Anyway, everyone will go and see it.
Dragon Boat Festival finally arrived, everyone had lunch early and then went to watch the competition. Fushi Temple There is a bridge in front of it. The bridge is very long and wide, and it is a good place to watch the game. The bridge was filled with people, and at least a thousand people were around. The best location is naturally left to Zhang Jushan.
I saw that Zhang Jushan, a long table in front was filled with food and two pots of good wine. The rest of the people watching the game on the bridge were not idle, they all held things, ate and watched the game.
Shao Yu first went to Fushi Temple with a few friends to play. After watching for a while, he went to the bridge to watch the game himself. As a result, just halfway through the walk, the iron cable of the bridge broke, the bridge board all scattered, the entire bridge collapsed, and countless people fell into the river, and everyone rushed to escape, and no one cared about each other.
Shao Yu also fell into the river, but he felt that he was not stepping on empty feet, but something was holding his feet, so he just fell into the water, and his neck was above the water so he would not choke on the water and was flooded.
At this time, Shao Yu's eyes were blurred, and he saw that the people around him had changed. Some people have turned into crab , some have turned into prawns, some have turned into fish, some have turned into old turtles, some have turned into puffer fish, some have turned into dragons, either crab-headed human bodies, or human-headed fish... In short, all kinds of strange things are different.
There were several gods under the bridge, each of them three feet tall, holding a long axe in his hands, and were checking the people under the bridge. And above the clouds in the sky, two great gods came down and said to the three gods, "It's already clicked, there are exactly three hundred people, it's OK. Those who shouldn't be punished, let them get ashore."
One of the great gods looked at Shao Yu and said, "You are not guilty, you shouldn't be punished, there will be someone to save you." After
finished speaking, Shao Yu felt that there seemed to be a force under the water, pushing him to the shore, and then the force disappeared. With his instinct, Shao Yu climbed to the shore and finally saved his life.
In that disaster, there were 300 fewer people in Quzhou, and the prefect Zhang Jushan was gone. No one knows what's going on. Everyone thinks that the bridge is of poor quality, so everyone falls into the water and the body is eaten by fish and turtles.
At the beginning, many people discussed this matter, but gradually everyone forgot about it.
The second year, Shao Yu went to Mingzhou , and passed by Yuyao. Shao Yu went to Xiangting Pavilion to wait for the tide to watch. While waiting, Shao Yu felt bored and went to see someone else's poems on the pavilion.
At this time, someone spoke from behind: "It's not easy for young people. You have escaped the flood last year. It's rare! If you weren't very good at being able to survive alone, you might have to become a member of Aquarium !"
Shao Yu looked back and saw that he was an Taoist priest . He was more than eight feet tall, wearing a blue shirt, and carrying a sword on his back. He looked quite good.
Shao Yu asked, "Sir, are you also a person who has experienced the flood last year? Otherwise, how would you know?"
Taoist priest shook his head and did not speak.
Shao Yu was suddenly curious and continued to ask the Taoist priest: "Sir, after I fell into the water that day, why did I see many people changing their appearances, some people's heads, some crab heads, some people all turned into fish, shrimps, turtles and dragons. I also saw several gods, saying that they wanted 300 people. What's going on?"
Taoist priest sighed and said, "To be honest, these are not blamed on the gods, they can only blame themselves."
Shao Yu heard something from the Taoist priest's words, asked him to sit down and let him say in detail.
"It's understandable to watch dragon boat racing on the Dragon Boat Festival, and it's also a tradition for many years. However, dragon boat racing has disturbed the Dragon Palace of the Water Palace, but the prefect still does something even more excessive. He watches the dragon boat racing himself, eats and drinks, and throws the leftovers, wine pots and tea cups into the water. It's okay for the prefect to throw things in the water alone. What's scary is that those people do the same, and those tags, debris, paper... are all thrown into the water, and it's really scary."
Shao Yu asked, "What's scary? Many people do this, and everyone seems to be used to it."
"Those things are enough to kill many creatures in the Water Mansion. A foot-long tag that falls from a high place can pierce two small fish; a piece of debris that covers the fish's eyes, or enters their gills, will make them lose their direction or die of hunger. On that bridge, thousands of people eat and drink, and the tags that are thrown away are tantamount to the creatures in the Water Mansion. Do you understand, young people?"
Shao Yu never thought about this, because he never throws things into the water, and has seen many people throw things in the river. He always thinks it is a matter of course.
"Last year on Dragon Boat Festival, these people threw things into the Shui Mansion, which caused tens of thousands of creatures to die in the past year, and the Shui Mansion was almost empty. Now, the Dragon Boat Festival is like this again, Water God . How can the Dragon King not be angry? Therefore, they reported to the Emperor of Heaven and punished those 300 people and became fish, shrimps, turtles and tortoises in the Shui Mansion."
"Why are there three hundred people? Are these three hundred people chosen casually? Why can I escape by chance? "
" These three hundred people have one thing in common. They threw things in the river last year, and they did the same thing this year. They made mistakes twice, so they were punished. There are exactly three hundred of these people. In addition, because of the lack of creatures in the last year, the Water Palace was asked to replenish the Water Palace. Simply put, this is the Water God revenge on mankind."
Shao Yu then realized and couldn't help but nodded.
Taoist priest said goodbye and left, turned around and said to Shao Yu, "In two years, you will encounter disasters, which are more serious than floods. You must do more good deeds and accumulate more merits, and you may be able to escape a disaster."
Shao Yu understood that Taoist priests were very powerful, so he kowtowed to thank him immediately. When he got up, the Taoist priest had already flew into the air, and his long beard was blowing, floating like a god, and soon disappeared.
In the past two years, Shao Yu has indeed done more good deeds and accumulated more merits. Even if he did good deeds, he would not say it out loud, and his good deeds have accumulated a lot. In addition, he studied hard and was determined to get fame and fortune. He was originally a disciple. He gave up because of his disheartened heart. Now he has rekindled hope and studied hard.
Two years later, Shao Yu took a boat to take the exam for his fame, but encountered great storms and four or five people on the boat drowned, but he was swept into the air by the strong wind. When it fell, a golden dragon caught him and sent him to the ground safely.
Shao Yu was indeed admitted to the exam, and went from the eighth-rank county magistrate to the third-rank senior.
