They entered the temple gate, and inside the gate was the courtyard of the small temple, and there was nothing left except for two ancient fish and dings. It is estimated that there must have been other large objects when they were first built, but they were all washed away by the river. The dead fish and shrimp under their feet were still jumping desperately, and in front of the temple, a familiar figure holding a torch had been waiting for a long time.

"You guys seem to be late?" It's the water mother-in-law.

"I encountered a little trouble at the west pier of the city just now, but I solved it." Park Laofu said.

"You Kanto man, you have a murderous aura, you should kill less, be forgiving and forgiving, and do more good deeds!" Granny Shui said with compassion on her face.

"Huh...... Mother-in-law is really good at laughing, are there any people who are involved in the rivers and lakes who have killed? If you don't kill them, they will kill you. ”

"Granny Shui, why are you here?" Ma Chengfeng asked her.

Granny Water said that I can't do it if I don't come to the old body? If I don't come, this Northeast man may break the rules of our Hanshui River.

"Haha...... My mother-in-law still understands me. Mother-in-law, the ...... inside Dried up? Park asked her with a smile.

Granny Shui shook her head and said that although I am a craftsman by the water, I am not worshipping the Xuanwu God at home, but the iron-headed Dragon King, and I can't enter according to the ceremony! At least you can't be the first to enter, after you are a mermaid, it is estimated that your Park family has already signed a contract with the river god, and you have to do it.

Chang Xiaoman and Ma Chengfeng were a little confused when they heard it, why did they both seem to understand what was going on, but they kept them in the dark?

"Okay, mother-in-law, then it's better to be respectful and obey your fate, please......" Pu Laofu nodded his head, and was the first to raise his feet and walked up the stone steps, behind him was Granny Shui, and finally Ma Chengfeng and Chang Xiaoman.

Xiao Man asked Ma Chengfeng in a low voice, didn't he say that only people with water lives can enter this Xuanwu Temple? Aren't we? Cheng Feng said that I am a person of destiny and should not be among them, and you still have the qi of Yuehua in your body, so you should be able to enter it. It is said that the reason why those mussels can produce pearl eggs in their bodies is because they absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.

In the temple, I don't know what Park Laofu and Granny Shui saw, and the two were pointing and whispering.

The general temple must be dedicated to the Dharma statue of the immortal Buddha and the immortal all the way, and the natural enshrinement in this Xuanwu temple must be the Xuanwu statue. Could it be the carving of this Xuanwu and its exquisiteness? The two of them were so amazed.

Ma Chengfeng and Chang Xiaoman raised their legs and stepped into the threshold to take a look, as expected, this ancient Xuanwu temple is enshrined in a Xuanwu statue, no matter how exquisite the carving of the Xuanwu statue was, soaked in the river water all the year round, the surface has long been eaten by fish, shrimp and aquatic creatures, and it can only be recognized as the shape of a big king. The two old men were both old craftsmen in the water, and when they saw the Xuanwu statue, it was like a Buddhist believer in the temple, so they first knelt down and bowed down devoutly.

As soon as the two of them took a look at this posture, then they followed the customs, and quickly followed others to kneel, but unexpectedly, Park Laofu said that you can't kneel, this Xuanwu God is not as good as the immortal Buddha, you are not eating this meal in the water, and you are not considered a craftsman on the water's edge, even if you worship the Xuanwu God, you will not bless you.

This basalt statue must have been magnificent when it was just carved out, it weighed more than ten tons, it was a complete piece of giant pebbles carved out, the pebbles were relatively brittle, although beautiful, but few craftsmen carved it into anything. Such a large piece of pebbles is skillfully carved out of the sky, and it seems that the craftsmanship of this old craftsman is also one of the few in the local area. However, due to its age, it is estimated that this old craft has long been lost.

The entire body of the basalt statue is almost attached to a layer of water creatures, and the snake on its back is covered with green aquatic plants. However, only the mouth of the basalt is relatively clean, not only does it not have the shadow of small crustacean aquatic organisms, but it also seems to be not too eroded by the river water, and it is basically well preserved.

In addition to its large size, this Xuanwu statue also has a feature, his head is a little different from the statues that Ma Chengfeng has seen on other watersides before. This is also normal, it is said that the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin are so close to each other, and the shape of the Xuanwu God in the hearts of the common people is not the same, but the body must be holding a snake, not other animals.

But no matter where the Xuanwu statue is, it is basically the Great Wang Ba looking back at the snake he is holding, and there will be no other shapes. But the head of this Xuanwu statue is facing directly ahead, that is, the direction in which the main entrance of the temple enters. There were also rows of sharp teeth up and down the big mouth, as if they might come alive at any moment and pounce on the intruder to kill it.

"Senior, this statue seems to be a little ......" Ma Chengfeng is not a person on the water's edge, although he saw that this Xuanwu statue was a little strange, but he couldn't say that something was wrong.

"What, did you mean that the Xuanwu God opened his mouth?"

"Ah, I've seen Xuanwu before, but none of them have their mouths facing forward? What's the point of that? ”

Pu Laofu said that this should be a unique local characteristic of Lingzhou, and the Xuanwu in our Yalu River and Songhua River basins is not like this. But at that time, the old craftsman must have been so particular about carving, and I guess that the Xuanwu God must have something in his mouth, beads or ...... Aqua treasure or something.

Granny Shui nodded as she listened. "Well, you know the culture of the waterside very well in your later life, you are right, the Xuanwu God used to have something in his mouth. Can you tell what kind of treasure it is? ”

Park Lao shook his head, if it was the north, he could figure it out with his eyes closed. In the early years, when the pious fishermen hired craftsmen to carve the Xuanwu statue, they would put a huge Dongzhu into the Xuanwu mouth. This East Pearl is a priceless treasure, but it will not be lost for hundreds of years, until this East Pearl is corroded by the air and discolored, and the outside is no longer so shiny, and the fishermen will find another one to replace it.

However, neither the East Pearl nor the South Pearl are produced in the southern waters, and the South Pearl is produced in the coastal areas, but not in the rivers, because the water quality and water temperature in the south do not allow this large mussel to survive.

"It's holding a mouthful of water!" Granny Water turned back to them and said.

"Huh? Water??? You're not kidding, are you? Chang Xiaoman was a little surprised.

When the fishermen on both sides of the Hanshui River built this Xuanwu Temple, they should have understood that the mystery of this Xuanwu Island lies in the fact that it rises and falls with the tides, rather than acting like a fixed island. Not to mention that Xuanwu has water in his mouth, even if he really has an East Pearl in his mouth, when he sinks under the river, the East Pearl will be washed away by the water?

(End of chapter)