Xie Yixiang didn't expect Jiang Wangcai to ask such a question, so she had to shake her head in confusion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Jiang Wangcai has said slowly: "In the ancient flood era, this vast land was still a boundless wilderness and flat river, and there was no Dongting Lake at all. Because its soil is moist and mostly plain land, it is called 'Yunmengze Land', and there are often fairies who are degraded to the world and exiled here. So later, there was a legend that said that the third princess of the Dragon King of the East China Sea accidentally broke a precious cold jade bowl when she met the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Palace, and was also exiled to the land of Yunmengze by the Jade Emperor. ”

Xie Yixiang heard Jiang Wangcai suddenly talk about the mythological story, and there was a faint curiosity in his astonishment. Only listening to Jiang Wangcai continued: "And at that time, at the behest of the Jade Emperor, the immortal who arranged for the three princesses of the Dragon King to go down to earth to suffer was the son of the White Emperor, Tai Bai Xing. So they were commensurate with their ancestors and grandchildren all the way, turned into fleeing people, and under the arrangement of Tai Bai Xing, they finally married the three princesses of the dragon king who turned into mortals and married into a big family. ”

Unexpectedly, although this big family is rich, the whole family from old to young is extremely picky, even if it is a plate of leftover bones, it is often used to boil soup three times to drink. Since the third princess married into this family, it can be said that she has endured all kinds of difficulties, and she is obviously asked to be responsible for arranging the food of the whole family, but she will not even give her a grain of rice or a mile. Fortunately, the third princess is hardworking and ingenious, and she has never forgotten the magic powers of the East China Sea, so she finally met the harsh requirements of this family. But no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't win the family's heart. ”

Xie Yixiang unconsciously began to listen attentively to Jiang Wangcai's story, and couldn't help but interject at this time and asked, "Since this family has married such a good daughter-in-law, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Jiang Wangcai showed a wry smile and sighed: "The third young lady has always been extremely smart, but now this question is a little naïve. There is a saying that 'if you are not of my race, your heart will be different', and this was the case with us Han people in the previous dynasty, and how can we Han people not be the same with our own people? As long as they are not from their own family, no matter how talented they are and how many achievements they make, they are just outsiders after all, and this fact cannot be changed under any circumstances. So a lot of times, the harder you try, the more you want to be recognized by others, the more it often backfires, because you are not their 'own family' after all. No matter how hard you try, in the end it will only attract the suspicion of others, and even I would rather get rid of you quickly than worry about continuing to keep you by my side. ”

Xie Yixiang was silent when he said this, Jiang Wangcai seemed to be holding grievances for the third princess of the Dragon King, but in fact, he was not indignant for himself? Sure enough, Jiang Wangcai's tone changed and he sneered: "Everyone in the world knows that the vast lake of my Jiang is rich and healthy, far better than the Central Plains and Kyushu under the current emperor's command. However, the imperial court wanted to give Jiang Wangcai the name of a bandit, and was bent on recovering Huguang from Jiang and sharing poverty with the states and counties of the Central Plains. Hehe, the imperial court's move, don't say that someone in my Jiang is the first to not agree, even if it is any ordinary people in Huguang, they will never agree. ”

Xie Yixiang knew that Jiang Wangcai's words were wrong, but he didn't know how to refute them for a while, so he had to whisper: "The Central Plains has been a family since ancient times. How can you divide the state because of your selfish desires......" She was infected by Jiang Wangcai's words, and her words at this moment did not have the slightest confidence, and for a while she couldn't help but have a big rebellious thought in her heart, and secretly thought: "If the imperial court really recovers Huguang, it will definitely be followed by a series of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Therefore, for the people of Huguang, it is better to continue to stay under Jiang Wangcai's rule than to return to the imperial court. ”

When Jiang Wangcai heard this, he couldn't help but smile coldly, and said: "Selfish desires? After the third lady really deserves to be a powerful person in the court, even the court's ability to 'add crimes to desires' has been fully learned. It's like the military salary allocated by the imperial court to Chengtian Mansion this time, which was obviously lost in Poyang Lake outside Huguang, but the imperial court from top to bottom, has it carefully checked the details? Hmph, they have already decided from the beginning that the loss of military salary was done by someone in our Jiang, and they insisted on planting a crime on my Dongting Lake. First, Zhuang Hao, who was in the torture room, couldn't make it clear and dark, and now he came hard, and sent the 20,000 garrisons of Chengtianfu to take my Longyue Island directly. And the person who led the soldiers was none other than your second brother, Xie Fengxuan's second son, Xie Qinghui. ”

Xie Yixiang had already known that his senior brother Xian Jingyue and his second brother Xie Qinghui had come to Huguang together, and at this moment, when he heard that the garrison of Chengtian Mansion had already sent troops to Longyue Island, and the general who led the troops was his second brother Xie Qinghui, he couldn't help but feel an indescribable discomfort in his heart. Only after listening to Jiang Wangcai did he continue: "In fact, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, no matter who controls this lake, what difference does it make? But at present, the war between the two sides is about to break out, and then it will be a scene of misery and blood, and whose fault is the source of all these evil consequences? In the final analysis, it is just a sentence, that is, I, Jiang Wangcai, am not from the imperial court!"

Xie Yixiang was speechless by him, and her thoughts were confused, and she couldn't think of the rights and wrongs for a while. Jiang Wangcai saw that Xie Yixiang was confused for a while, but he didn't take advantage of the situation, but eased his expression, and continued to speak in a calm voice as much as possible: "Let's go back to the story of Dongting Lake." It is said that the third princess of the dragon king was bullied in that family's house, and finally couldn't help but choose a cool night like flowing water, and hanged herself at the third watch. As for the rescue of Liu Yi's biography that circulated in the world, it was a story that was made up by a good person who held grievances for the third princess, and then made up nonsense. ”

Xie Yixiang was still reminiscing about Jiang Wangcai's previous words, but when she suddenly heard the ending of the third princess of the Dragon King, she couldn't help but be a little stunned, and blurted out, "The third princess died like this?"

Jiang Wangcai nodded solemnly and said, "Not bad." Due to the fact that the punishment period drawn up in the Jade Emperor's will has not expired, the death of the third princess will not allow her soul to return to the divine realm, so she has to live in the wilderness around Yunmengze. Later, this matter was known to Natai Bai Xing, because he personally selected the family for the third princess, so he thought that he was responsible for this matter, so he descended to the mortal world as an incarnation, and traveled all over the world with the souls of the three princesses, specifically punishing those wicked people who did not know what to do. ”

When Xie Yixiang heard this, she realized that this story was about the origin of the "Dragon Girl" and "Tai Bai Xing" in Yueyang City, which was also the source of the little girl in white and the Liujin Venerable on the flower boat at the moment, and couldn't help but say: "This is just a rural legend, how can I take it seriously?" At that moment, she looked at Jiang Wangcai and asked puzzledly: "Don't you want to talk about the origin of this Dongting Lake, how can it involve the legend of the three princesses of the Dragon King and the Tai Bai Xing?"

That Jiang Wangcai nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, although the third princess is dead, this story is not over yet." ”

He paused, then turned the oil umbrella in his hand, and let the rain on the umbrella surface rotate and fly, and then continued: "It is said that after the death of the third princess, one day when the owner of that family was exercising in the morning, he suddenly found that the water in the large water tank in the courtyard was rippling, and there were two rare things in the shape of horns in the water tank. The master was curious, so he stepped forward and reached into the tank to touch it, but in an instant, the two horn-shaped things suddenly stretched out of the water tank, and then a huge dragon jumped out of the water tank with its teeth and claws, and brought a monstrous column of water out of the tank. For a while, the sky and the earth cracked, and the water column in the water tank continued, and in a moment, the entire courtyard suddenly turned into a vast ocean......"

Xie Yixiang couldn't help but ask, "But the Dragon King has come to avenge the Third Princess?" Jiang Wangcai laughed and said: "Exactly! The Dragon King found out the reason for the death of the Third Princess, and immediately sent his royal brother Qinglong to vow to severely punish this family. After the green dragon jumped out of the water tank, on the land of Yunmengze, in addition to the Junshan Mountain and Chishan where the poor people lived, with the water tank in the courtyard as the midpoint, the plains within a radius of 800 miles all fell, forming a vast and unfathomable lake, which is today's Dongting Lake. ”

As he spoke, Jiang Wangcai suddenly removed the oil umbrella in his hand, let the raindrops fall on his head and face, and said with a smile: "That day is the second day of the second month of February, not only the day of the birth of this Dongting Lake, but also the day when the Dragon King avenges the third princess. Therefore, since ancient times, the people of Huguang have called the second day of the second month of February as 'the dragon raises its head', symbolizing the meaning of settling grievances and raising eyebrows. And this custom has been used to this day. ”

Xie Yixiang's heart jumped, and suddenly there was an inexplicable panic, and she didn't know what Jiang Wangcai's intention was when she said this.

I saw that Jiang Wangcai took a deep breath, raised his hand and threw away the oil umbrella, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Stay until tomorrow, it will be the day of the second day of the second month of February, and it will also be the day of revenge and hatred of someone in my Jiang!"