Chapter 14 Suzhan Mingzun

Aged Sozhan Naruto ① Akutagawa Ryunosuke one ① Suzhan Naruto is a hero in Japanese mythology. He is a brave and brutal son of God. He disobeyed the orders of his father, Izanno, and quarreled with his sister Amaterasu. In the Gaozhi area of ​​Guofeihe, he killed snakes and eliminated harm, married the daughter of a local famous character, and lived in Suga.According to the myth, the novel has made a creative development, writing about Su Zhanming in his old age. The myth comes from the two Japanese books "Kojiki" and "Nihon Shoki". The former has Zhou Qiming's translation, and the latter is originally in Chinese.

Su Zhanming killed Takashi Orochi, married Kushi Nada Hime as his wife, and became the head of the tribe governed by Ashina Shi. For their husband and wife, Zuinazhui built a Hachiko Hall in the place of Izumo Suga.The scale of the palace is huge, like a jungle hidden in the clouds. He and his new wife began to live a peaceful life, with the sound of wind and waves, and the night sky full of stars, now there would be nothing to lure him to wander in the vast ancient world.He is about to become a father.Under the big pillars of the palace, on the four walls painted with red and white hunting pictures, I happily found a comfortable fireside life that I couldn't get in Gao Tianyuan.

At the dinner table, they discussed their plans for future life, and they often walked together in the cypress forest outside the palace, trampling the fallen leaves all over the ground, and listening to the singing of birds like a dream.He loved his wife, and changed his character. From then on, in the voice of speech, the gesture of action, and the look of eyes, there was no such rough accent as before. But occasionally in his sleep, he dreamed of dark monsters and swords and swords wielding by invisible hands, again tempting him to commit himself to a life of killing.But when he woke up from the dream, he still thought about his wife and the tribe and forgot about the dream.

Before long, they became parents.He named the newborn boy Yashima Shinomi.Soma Yashima was more like his mother, a beautiful baby. Time flies.He married several more wives and became the father of several children.The children were all grown up, and according to his order, they led the soldiers and set off to the various tribes. With the prosperity of his children and grandchildren, his reputation gradually spread far and wide.Many tribes are now under his command and pay tribute to him.Those tribute ships were loaded with silk, fur, pearls and jade, and there were also tribal people who came to the court of Suga.

One day, among the people who came to see him, he saw three young people from Gaotian.They were the same as he was back then, each of them was described as a burly man. He invited them into the palace and poured wine for them himself.This is how the heroic tribal leader has never been treated.The youth began to feel bewildered, and somewhat in awe.But when the wine was hot, he became presumptuous, obeyed his request, and began to knock on the bottom of the urn and sing Gao Tianyuan's national anthem. When they left the palace, he took out a sword and said, "This is the sword I got from the tail of the big snake when I cut it. Now I give it to you. Please dedicate it to the queen of the motherland."

The youths took the sword and knelt before him, vowing to deliver it and never disobeying his order. Afterwards, he walked to the seaside alone, watching their sails gradually go away in the rushing waves.The sails of the ship reflected the sunlight leaking from the clouds, and disappeared in a flash as if floating in the air. two But death did not spare Su Zhanming and his wife. When Yashima Shinumi became a beautiful young man, Kushinada Hime suddenly fell ill, and died sadly about a month later.Although he had several wives, she was the only one he loved with all his heart.Therefore, when setting up the mourning hall in the palace, he watched for seven days and nights in front of the beautiful wife's body, weeping silently.

At this time, the palace was filled with the sound of crying, especially the young girl Sushirihime, who cried so much that passers-by outside the palace also wept.She is the only sister of Yashima Shinomi, her brother is like a mother, but she is more like a passionate father, a masculine girl. Soon, the body of Kushina Tianji, together with the jewels, mirrors, and clothes she used during her lifetime, was buried on the hillside not far from Suka Palace. Eleven female slaves were killed and buried.When those female slaves were dressing up to die, the elders of the tribe didn't take it seriously when they saw it, and privately criticized Su Zhanming's expertise.

"Eleven people, my lord completely ignores the old customs of the tribe. When a Yuan concubine died, only eleven people were buried. Is there such a rule? There are only eleven people!" After the funeral, Su Zhanming decided to pass on the throne to Yashima Shinumi, and he took Sushirihime to emigrate to the distant overseas Genjianzhou country. It was his favorite scenic place when he was wandering, an uninhabited island surrounded by the sea.He built a thatched-roof palace on the hill at the southern end of the island and spent his later years in peace. He has gray hair.Although he is old, he is still full of energy and his eyes are piercing.Sometimes, unlike when he was in Suka Palace, his complexion inevitably took on a rough color.Ever since he moved to the island, he has unconsciously awakened the wildness lurking in him.

He and his daughter Sushirihime raised bees and poisonous snakes.Bees are used to extract honey, and snakes are used to extract venom to refine arrows.In the spare time of fishing and hunting, he imparted martial arts and magic to Sushi Rihime.In such a living environment, Sushirihime has grown into a vigorous female husband who is not weaker than a man.Only the appearance still retains Kushinada Hime's face, which can be regarded as a beautiful beauty. The hackberry trees outside the palace grow new green every year and are filled with fallen leaves.Every time he changed to a new green, some wrinkles were added to his bearded face.There was also a layer of stern brilliance in Xu Shirihime's always smiling eyes.

three One day, Suzhanming was skinning a big stag under the hackberry tree in front of the palace. Sushirihime, who came back from bathing in the sea, brought a strange young man with her. "Father, I just met this one, and I brought him here." Xu Shili Ji introduced the young man from afar to Su Zhanming who stood up. This young man has a picturesque face, a burly figure, a red and blue necklace, and a thick Goryeo sword. His appearance is just like that of Su Chanming in his youth. Su Zhanming accepted the young man's respectful audience and asked coldly, "What's your name?"

"My name is Ashihara Ugly Man." "What's the matter with coming to the island?" "I came by boat, looking for water and food!" The young man didn't hesitate, and he answered clearly. "That's right, then please go inside and eat as much as you can, Suserihime, take him there." The two went into the palace, and Su Zhanming picked up a knife under the hackberry tree to peel the deerskin again. He couldn't help feeling strange fluctuations in his heart. In the life that had always been as quiet as a clear sea, a cloud began to rise to herald a storm. After he finished peeling the deerskin and returned to the palace, it was dusk.He walked up the wide steps, opened the white curtain of the palace gate as usual, and immediately saw Suserihime and Ashihara Ugly, like a pair of intimate birds hiding in a nest, panicking from the mat. Stand up on the ground.He frowned, and walked slowly towards the inner room, then glanced unhappily at Ugly Ashihara, and said semi-commandatively: "You can stay here tonight, and get rid of the fatigue on the boat!" Ashihara Ugly accepted the invitation happily, but couldn't hide the embarrassment on his face. "Then ask him to go to the room over there and rest as he pleases, Suiserihime..." Su Zhanming said, glanced at her daughter, and suddenly said in a sarcastic tone: "Take him to the hive!" Sushiri Hime was taken aback. "Not yet!" When her father saw her hesitate, he let out a roar like a wild bear. "Yes, please come up here!" Ashihara Ugly Man saluted Su Zhanming again, and hurried out of the hall with Sushirihime. Four After leaving the hall, Sushirihime took off the shawl from her shoulders, handed it to Ashihara Ugly Man, and said in a low voice, "When you enter the beehive, wave this shawl three times, and the bees won't bite you." Ugly Ashihara didn't understand, and he didn't have time to ask, Sushirihime had already opened the small door and invited him in. The room was already very dark, Weiyuan Ugly Man went in and stretched out his hand to pull her, but his fingers only touched her braids, when he heard the sound of the door closing hurriedly. While touching the shawl, he stood blankly in the room, his eyes gradually got used to the darkness, and he saw some vague shadows. From the faint light, I could see several barrel-like honeycombs hanging on the roof, and around the nests, there were swarms of bees thicker than the Goryeo sword at his waist, wriggling around. Startled, he quickly retreated to the door and pushed it hard, but the door was tightly closed and motionless.At this time, a big bee flew to the ground, spread its wings, and gradually crawled towards him. He immediately panicked, and before the bee could crawl to his feet, he stepped on it with his feet.But the bee had already flown up and landed on his head.At the same time, many bees seemed to get angry when they saw the stranger, and they fell on him one after another like fire in the wind. Sushirihime returned to the hall, lit the pine light on the wall, and the flames shone on Suzhanming lying on the mat. "Did you take him into the hive?" Su Zhanming looked at her daughter and asked unhappily. "I never disobey my father's orders." Sushirihime avoided her father's gaze and fell asleep in the corner of the hall. "That's right, you are not allowed to disobey your father's orders from now on!" There was sarcasm in Su Zhanming's tone, Xu Shili Ji kept silent, and packed her necklace by herself. "If you don't speak, are you going to violate it?" "No, why did Dad say such things?" "If you are not going to violate it, you have to agree. I don't agree with you being the young man's wife. Su Zhanming's daughter has to find a son-in-law that Su Zhanming likes. Don't you forget, right?" Late at night, Su Zhanming was already snoring.Sushirihime quietly leaned on the window of the living room alone, watching the red moon sinking silently towards the sea. Fives The next morning, Su Zhanming went to swim in the rocky seaside as usual, and Wei Yuan ugly ran over from the palace full of energy and caught up with him. Seeing Su Zhanming, he greeted happily: "Morning!" "How, did you sleep well at night?" Su Zhanming stood by the rock and looked at him suspiciously.Sure enough, how could a young man in good spirits not be stung to death by bees?This was beyond his expectation. "Okay, TOEFL TOEFL, I slept soundly!" Ugly Ashihara answered, picked up a piece of stone from the ground, and threw it vigorously into the sea.The stone flake drew a long arc and flew towards the red-lit sea, and landed in the sea far away. Element Zhanming could not throw it so far by himself. Su Zhanming bit her lip, silently looking at the stone flakes that fell into the sea. The two came back from the sea.While eating breakfast, Su Zhanming bit a deer leg with a sad face, and said to Wei Yuan ugly man sitting opposite: "You like our place, please stay for a few more days." Sushirihime, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Ashihara Ugly, asking him to decline this malicious invitation.But he was picking up the fish on the plate with his chopsticks, so he didn't pay attention to her eyes, but happily accepted it: "Thank you, I will disturb you for a few more days!" Fortunately, in the afternoon, Su Zhanming took a nap, and the two lovers slipped out of the palace and spent a happy time in the secluded seaside rocks tied to the canoe.Sushirihime was lying on the fragrant seaweed, looking up at the face of the ugly Ashihara like a dream, gently pushed his arm away, and told him worriedly: "If you live here again tonight, your life will be in danger." .Don't miss me, run away!" But Wei Yuan ugly man smiled and shook his head like a child: "With you here, I will never leave." "If you have any good or bad..." "Then let's escape from this island together!" Sushiriji hesitated. "If you don't come with me, I'll be here forever." Ugly Ashihara hugged her again, she pushed him away with one hand, got up suddenly from the seaweed, said anxiously: "Daddy is calling me." Immediately, he jumped out of the cave like a deer and ran towards the palace . The ugly man in Weiyuan, who stayed behind, looked at her back with a smile, and dropped a shawl like the one given to him last night where she had been lying. six That night, Su Zhanming personally sent Wei Yuan ugly man to another room opposite the hive. This room was as pitch-black as yesterday's room, except that there was one thing different from yesterday. On the dark ground, there seemed to be piles of precious stones everywhere, shining brightly. Ugly Ashihara thought this flash was a bit strange, and after his eyes gradually got used to the darkness, he saw these star-like flashes around him. It turned out to be the eyes of a big snake that could swallow even a horse.There were many big snakes, some were coiled around the beams of the house, some were coiled in the corners of the house, and some were coiled on the ground. The whole room was full of snakes, emitting an unpleasant smell. He was taken aback, and stretched out his hand to grab the handles of his swords, and if he had drawn out his sword and killed one, the other would have hanged him at once.At this time, there was a big snake looking at his face from the ground, and a bigger one, with its tail hanging from the roof beam, was stretching down from above, and its head was straight at his shoulder. Of course the door of the house cannot be opened, and the white-haired Su Zhanming is listening to the movement inside the door with a grin on his face.Ugly man Weiyuan grabbed the handle of his sword tightly, and stood staring blankly, not knowing what to do. At that time, the big snake coiled up like a hill at his feet gradually loosened its body, and raised its head high, as if It was about to hit his throat. At this time, he had an idea, remembering that last night in the beehive, when the bees pounced on him, he saved his life by waving the shawl that Sushirihime had given him.Well, maybe the shawl that Suserihime left at the seaside today would have the same effect—with this thought, he immediately took out the shawl he picked up and waved it in the air three times. The next morning, Su Zhanming met the heroic ugly Ashihara on the rocky seaside again. "How, did you sleep well last night?" "Okay, thanks to your old friend, I slept well!" Su Zhanming's face darkened, he stared at the other party, thought for a while, changed into a calm tone, and said without seeming to mind: "Yes, this is good, now swim with me." The two took off their clothes and swam far away into the rough sea.When Su Zhanming was in Gaotianyuan, he was one of the best swimmers, but Weiyuan ugly man was taller than him. He was like a dolphin, tossing freely in the waves.Two heads floating on the water, like two seagulls, one black and one white, looking from the rocks by the sea, the distance gradually widens. seven The tide kept coming up, and the two of them were covered with foam like snowflakes.Su Zhanming turned around from time to time and cast malicious glances at Wei Yuan ugly man.But the other party is still leisurely heading towards the rolling waves, crossing one wave after another. Wei Yuan's ugly man has gradually swam to the front of Su Zhanming.Su Zhanming gritted his teeth, not even a foot behind, but when the two or three big waves dispersed, the opponent had already easily surpassed Su Zhanming, and at some point, he disappeared in the overlapping waves. "This time, we must deal with this annoying guy and bury him in the bottom of the sea." Su Zhanming secretly made up his mind, feeling that he would not be reconciled not to kill him. "To hell with him, let the crocodile swallow this bad guy!" But after a while, the ugly man Wei Yuan swam back like a crocodile. "Let's swim a little longer!" While swimming in the sea, he still greeted Su Zhanming from a distance with a smile on his face.Even though Su Zhanming still wants to be brave, she has no interest in swimming anymore... In the afternoon of that day, Su Zhanming took Weiyuan ugly man to the western wilderness of the island to hunt foxes and rabbits. The two climbed onto a half-height stone rock at the end of the wilderness. Looking at it at a glance, the strong wind blowing on the two of them had blown a piece of weeds on the wilderness like waves.Su Zhanming was silent for a moment, put the arrow on the string, turned around and said to Wei Yuan ugly man: "It's a coincidence, there is such a strong wind, let's compare arrows and see who can shoot farther." "Okay, let's compare." Ugly Ashihara also raised his bow and arrow, expressing his confidence. "Okay, let's shoot at the same time!" The two stood side by side, drew their bows together, and the two arrows flew away from the string at the same time. On the turbulent grassland, they advanced one word at a time, neither first nor later, and the two arrow feathers shone in the sunlight. Under a blustery sky, all of a sudden it was gone. "Is there a winner or loser?" "No, do it again!" Su Zhanming frowned and shook his head unhappily. "It's the same if you shoot again. Please run over and find my arrow. My arrow was brought back by Gao Tianyuan. It is painted with vermilion lacquer. It is a precious arrow." Ugly Ashihara ran to the windy grassland as instructed.Su Zhanming stared at his back, before he disappeared in the grass, took out the sickle stone for lighting from the bag, and lit the weeds under the rock. Eight The white-hot flame suddenly raised thick black smoke.Under the black smoke, there was a crackling sound of burning grass and weeds. "This time, this guy must be cleaned up." Su Zhanming stood on the top of the rock, holding a longbow in his hand, with a grin on his face. The fire spread vigorously, and the birds wailed and flew up into the red-black sky. They were immediately engulfed in thick smoke and fell into the fire one after another, like a strong wind blowing away fruits from afar, constantly flying in the air. "This time, I really cleaned up this guy." Su Zhanming exuded a complacent look from his heart, and felt an unspeakable sense of loneliness. That evening, he folded his hands triumphantly, standing at the gate of the palace, looking at the sky above the still smoking wilderness.At that time, Xu Shili Ji came and told him quietly that dinner was ready.In the shadow of dusk, she had already put on white clothes as if she were paying filial piety to her relatives. Su Zhanming looked at her daughter's expression, and said teasingly: "Look at the sky, this time, the ugly Weiyuan..." "I know." Sushirihime looked at the ground and interrupted her father's words. "Then you are sad?" "Of course I'm sad. If Papa died, I wouldn't be so sad." Su Zhanming raised her eyebrows and looked at Sushirihime's face, but she couldn't punish her either. "If you are sad, you can cry as much as you want." He carried his daughter on his back, strode towards the door, and said angrily: "If it is normal, I don't need to talk, I will beat you..." After her father left, Sushirihime stood at the door for a while, raised her tearful eyes, and looked at the dark sky illuminated by the fire, then lowered her head and walked into the palace silently. That night, Su Zhanming couldn't sleep, and murdered Wei Yuan ugly man, leaving a lump in his heart. "I tried to murder him several times, but I never thought about it as much as tonight..." Thinking like this, he tossed and turned on the straw mat emitting a burst of fragrance, unable to fall asleep for a long time. During this period, the lonely morning light has revealed a faint coldness from the dark overseas. Nine The next day, when the morning sun was shining all over the sea, Su Zhanming, who had not slept well, walked slowly to the gate of the palace with sleepy eyes; unexpectedly, on the steps of the palace gate, he saw Wei Yuanchou sitting there. The man and Suseri Hime were talking happily. When the two saw Su Zhanming, they were taken aback. Weiyuan ugly man was still happy, and immediately stood up, took a vermilion lacquer arrow and said, "I finally found the arrow." Su Zhanming was still in doubt, and was relieved to see that the young man was safe and sound. "Are you hurt?" "Fortunately, I finally escaped. When the fire was burning, I was picking up this arrow. I was surrounded by fire and tried my best to escape to a place where there was no fire. No matter how fast I ran, it couldn't be faster than the wind and fire... ..." The ugly man Weiyuan paused for a while, and smiled at the father and daughter who were listening: "I reckon I'll be burned to death this time, while I was running, there was a hole under my feet, a piece of soil on the ground collapsed, fell Enter a big hole. It was pitch black at first, and you couldn’t see anything. Later, the wild grass at the entrance of the hole was also on fire, and the fire shone into the hole. Only then did you see that the bottom of the hole was densely covered with hundreds of voles, and even the soil It's all covered..." "Oh, luckily it's a wild rat, if it's a poisonous snake..." In Sushirihime's eyes, there were tears and laughter, all bursting out. "Well, the voles are powerful enough. You see, they ate off all the feathers on the tails of the arrows. Fortunately, the fire didn't enter the hole, and burned through the hole." Su Zhanming listened, and aroused hatred for this lucky young man again. Since he wanted to kill him wholeheartedly, but his goal was not achieved, he could not be reconciled. "That's right, luck is so good. Luck is a thing of the past... Now that the matter is over, I finally got a life. Well, you two come in and catch the lice in my hair. " Ugly Ashihara and Suseri Hime had no choice but to walk behind him and lift the white curtain on the palace gate facing the sun. Su Zhanming sat in the middle of the hall, yawned unhappily, and started to untie the knots on his head. His dry, hemp-like long hair spread out like a small river. "My lice are terrible!" Hearing what he said, Ugly Ashihara started to part his white hair, intending to twirl his hair when he saw a lice, but unexpectedly, it was not a small lice crawling on the root of his hair, but a scary copper-colored one. centipede. ten Ashihara Ugly Man panicked and didn't know what to do when Sushirihime who was next to him had already secretly brought a handful of hackberry and loess and handed them to him.He crushed the nut in his mouth, mixed it with loess, and spit it out on the ground as if he had caught a centipede. At this time, Su Zhanming was already sleepy because he didn't sleep well last night, and fell asleep without knowing it. ...Su Zhanming was expelled from Gaotianyuan and had his toenails pulled out.He lay on the hillside and climbed the rugged mountain road.The hillsides were covered with ferns, the crows were calling, and the bronze-colored sky was overhead... all he saw was a desolate landscape. "What crime did I commit? I am better than them, is it my crime? They are the ones who committed the crime, and they are the sinister characters full of jealousy." He walked a hard way with resentment.The road was broken, and on the top of the turtle-like mountain, there were six bells and a bronze mirror. He stood down in front of the mountain and looked at the bronze mirror inadvertently.On the shiny mirror surface, the young face was vividly reflected. This was not his face, but the face of the ugly Ashihara that he wanted to kill several times... At this thought, he woke up from his dream. He opened his eyes and looked around the hall. The hall was faintly illuminated by the morning sun. Ugly Ashihara and Suserihime had disappeared, and when he looked up, his long hair had been divided into three strands, tall and tall. The ground is tied to the roof rafters. "asshole!" He immediately understood everything, raised his voice, and shook his head vigorously, and there was a thunderous sound from the top of the palace.The hair that had been tied to the rafters pulled down three rafters at once with a terrible noise.But Su Zhanming didn't listen. First, he stretched out his right hand to grab the thick Tianlu bow, and stretched out his left hand to pick up the quiver of Tianyu arrows.Then he kicked his feet, stood up all at once, dragged the three rafters, and rushed out of the palace proudly like a landslide. In the hackwood forest outside the palace, the sound of his footsteps resounded, and even the squirrels hiding in the trees fell to the ground in fright.He went through the woods like a storm. Outside the forest is a seawall, and under the embankment is the sea.He stood on the embankment, built a shade with his hands, and looked towards the vast sea. The white waves in the sea were so white that even the sun in the sky turned pale.In the rolling waves, the familiar canoe was heading towards the sea in a hurry. Su Zhanming used the bow as a walking stick, staring at the boat going away.The small boat seemed to be playing tricks on him on purpose, the small sails shone in the sun, and sailed smoothly through the wind and waves, and he could clearly see Ashihara Ugly on the bow and Suzerihime on the stern. Su Zhanming raised the Tianlu bow, put on the Tianyu arrow, tightened the bowstring, and aimed the arrow at the boat, but the arrow was still on the string and did not shoot out for a long time.At this time, there was a smile in his eyes, and at the same time, tears that looked like tears were shed. He loosened his shoulders, threw the bow and arrow away, and then let out a long-suffering sound like a waterfall. laughing out loud. "I bless you!" He waved to the two from a distance on the embankment. "May you be stronger than me, may you be wiser than me..." Su Zhanming paused again, and made a bigger blessing: "I wish you all happier than me!" His congratulations echoed across the sea with the sound of the wind.At this time, Su Zhanming showed the mighty spirit of the god of heaven more than when he quarreled with Dainichi Linggui, than when he was expelled from Gao Tianyuan, and than when Gao Zhi slashed the big snake. Made in May 1920 Translated by Lou Shiyi March 1976