Chapter 289 Collecting water from the people

Ma Ya said that in fact, the banks of the Dobkul River are quite peaceful, but tomorrow we will pass through a deep water area called Black Wind Gorge. ΡˆΡ‰Ρˆ.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast. According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, a group of gold customers found gold veins near the Black Wind Gorge under the guidance of a feng shui master, but for some reason, instead of digging up gold, this group of people gave their 'lives', and they didn't know what danger they encountered.

"Deep water? Is there a big fish that swallows people underwater? "Then I asked.

"I don't know, we have the taboo of this 'door', and the things in the water are almost never touched, which are all the housekeeping skills of the people by the water." Ma Ya said.

"Cheng Feng, what is Tanmin? Laying eggs? "Although Na Xi often walks around the rivers and lakes, but the branch of the thief' is too chaotic, only their own people can count it clearly, and even some old crafts have been on the verge of being lost, and some old crafts are now only in the written record of the "Book of Thieves", which has been lost for many years.

Ma Chengfeng told him that there is a separate branch of the thief's 'door', which is dedicated to the 'door' to do the business of green heads on the water's edge, which is actually the 'touch' of Captain Jin on the water's edge.

Tomb robbers steal the burial goods of the dead in the ancient tomb, which is called 'touching' the gold inverted bucket, and the coffin is called a Ming vessel. The terminology of each trade is different, the Tan people live on the water's edge all year round, and make a living by salvaging treasures from shipwrecks that have been underwater for thousands of years, and the underwater treasures are called Qingtou. In fact, it is the same reason as Mingqi, and the circulation is prohibited on the official face.

In addition, why is the person who fishes the green head called the Tan people? Almost all of the Tan people live on the edge of the big rivers and seas, how can there be so many ancient shipwrecks in the water for them to fish? But in the great river and sea, every fifteenth full moon night, under the surface of the water, where there is a water eye overflowing with the aura in the earth's veins, there are hundreds of years or even thousands of years of old mussels near the water eyes, and the mussel shell is the crystal clear East Pearl. Dongzhu is also the pearl in the mouth of the common people.

In the past, pearls in China were divided into two categories, the eastern pearl and the southern pearl, that is, the pearl produced in different waters of the south and the north. How to pick the East Pearl in the old mussel shell Let's not talk about it first, the people naturally have the craftsmanship of the Tan people. Let's start with the origin of the name of their profession. At the water's edge, anyone who makes a living from pearl diving has its own taboo, and it is forbidden to mention the word pearl. The pearl was round, like a small projectile, so they called themselves Tanmin.

Tan people are a general term.

In the thief 'door', there is another name for the branch of the old green head on the water's edge, also called "water collector".

There were many water collectors in the Qing Dynasty, because the big officials in the court had to bring the pearls, and these beads were the most in the east, so the supply exceeded the demand, which gave birth to this industry. "Water collectors" belong to the genus of the Outer Eight Elements in the early years. Later, when he came to the Republic of China, for some reason, his meaning was distorted by the people, and later people always thought that the water collector generally referred to the "woman" of the wind and dust. To this day, only the descendants of the thief 'door' still remember this 'door' old craft.

"Huh...... The Tan people are actually the water collectors in our 'doors', but I haven't heard of any egg harvesting in the Dobkul River. Ma Chengfeng explained to him.

"There are eggs in the Dobkul River, but my grandfather said that the water in the Dobkul River is heavy in yin, because it flows out of the earth's veins, so most of the old mussels in the water are inedible, and the egg beads in the mussel shells cannot be worn by ordinary people, as if they are ...... Is it black? Ma Ya remembered the taboo in the ancient Xing'an Mountains.

Na Xiu said curiously: "Black 'colored'? Do pearls still have a black 'color'? ”

"Yes, I have seen it, I remember a few years ago, when I followed my mother to walk the rivers and lakes, I saw an old man with a black 'colored' pearl the size of a pigeon's egg hanging around his neck." Khasilla recalled.

"What? Someone bring? Sister Cashula, do you remember the old man's name? This remark attracted Ma Ya's attention.

Ma Ya told them that this black 'colored' Dongzhu is not something that anyone can't bring, and it depends on the five elements, and people who have more than three waters in the five elements can wear it, which can be used to replenish life. Moreover, most of the people who used to be Tanmen on the water's edge would also wear a black 'colored' egg bead, because those who were Tanmen were waterborne.

"Do you suspect that the old man is the descendant of our stealing the 'door' to collect water?" Cheng Feng said.

Ma Ya said: "The water collection vein has long been extinct after a few days, and the eldest man is always looking for it on both sides of the Song'hua River, as if the descendants of the water mining vein should be surnamed Pu, and the Park family is very important to the Dong family, and they have been looking for many years." ”

"Forget it, this has nothing to do with us, let's think about the current matter first, okay, it's not too early, we're all tired, let's rest, we have to hurry tomorrow." Ma Chengfeng added a few more handfuls of firewood to the fire, then pillowed his arm, looked at the bright stars in the sky, and slowly closed his eyes.

It may be that the wind at the water's edge is a little strong, Ma Chengfeng didn't sleep comfortably at all, and when he closed his eyes, he felt out of breath, as if a big cold hand was choking his throat. 'Confused' 'confused', I don't know how long I slept in this state, and in the end I couldn't breathe, so he had to sit up.

He gasped for breath and looked up, the bright stars above him were winking at him, and his companions were already asleep. Hu Xiaoci is muttering about a delicious big 'fat' sheep. Humans can't stop her quest for good food.

The river breeze blew on people's faces very comfortably, Ma Chengfeng stretched his waist and said to himself: "I just said that it is not suitable for sleeping at night......

He helped a few friends pick up a fire, added a few dry firewood, and then sat alone on a reef on the shore in a daze. The 'waves' on the water surface are sparkling, and a curved crescent moon is reflected in the water, as if a graceful young 'girl' is smiling at him.

The water was extremely clear, and after looking at it for a while, I suddenly saw a few bubbles bubbling out of the water.

At first, Ma Chengfeng didn't care, thinking that it was a fish playing underwater, but after a closer look, he found that at some point, not a single fish in the clear river water was missing. Beneath the surface of the water is quiet, and there is no living creature except for the aquatic plants that occasionally move with the 'waves'.

Goodo...... Goodo...... Between the underwater sand and gravel, another string of bubbles gushed out.

"Shhh......hh As I was looking at it, I suddenly saw a strong whirlpool of water appear in the sediment under the surface of the water, and the whirlpool rolled up the sediment in the water, and the clear water of the river became turbid in an instant.

Before he could react, he heard a loud noise, and a person came out of the soft mud and sand under the water. The man had a hideous face, green face and fangs, and teeth and claws, just like a big dumpling in an ancient tomb.

Ma Chengfeng was watching it just now, and saw such a monster suddenly coming out from under the water, but he was not lightly frightened, and his face turned white.