Chapter 28 The Seventh King of Scales

October 29, 2008 at 22:42 According to the animal classification method in ancient China, fish belong to scale insects.The leader of such animals is the dragon.Therefore, there is such a sentence in the ancient dictionary: "Dragon, the leader of scale insects." However, the existence of the fish king prevents the power of the dragon from really penetrating into every group of swimming fish. The King Fish lives in the sea.A fish called a "sea chief" elects the strongest of them for this position.Huge stature is the most important characteristic of sea chiefs.According to those who have witnessed the appearance of the sea chief, it is unimaginably large: if you sail towards the sea chief in a boat, after seeing its head, it will take seven days to see its tail.

Sea Chief's eyes are special.Fishermen used to say that though the dead sea chief had only two eyes, there were forty alive.Before the old sea chiefs sink their bodies in the sand, they always try to dig out their eyes with the reef and give them to the begging crabs on the bottom of the sea.The configuration of forty eyes provides the best help for Sea Chief to observe the world.Their eyes are extremely sharp, the only thing that can emit a warm light in the cold and dark water.Under the shining of the magical light, no action of the fish clan can escape the sight of the sea chief. Therefore, despite his huge body, the fish king can effectively manage the people under his rule.

There are some daring and water-savvy warriors among humans who dive into the sea with daggers in an attempt to steal these exquisite eyes.They found the sea chief taking a nap on the reef, quickly cut open its lower lip with a dagger, and pulled out the eyes hidden in it.Taking advantage of the sea chief struggling in great pain, the Thieves tried their best to break through the impact of the undercurrent and surfaced. The stolen fisheye looks like a plain white ball of meat.Cui Bao mentioned the sea chief's eyes in "Gujin Notes".He said that he cut open the meat ball with a knife, and inside was a white stone bead slightly smaller than a fist.Keep it in warm water and it will emit a reddish warm glow at night.Sometimes, people call it "pearl of the night".

Another miracle of the fish king has a slight resemblance to the dragon.People who have witnessed its true colors mentioned invariably that the travel of King Fish is always accompanied by the activities of spreading clouds and rain.So people believe that, like the dragon king, begging to the fish king in the dry season can also get precipitation and alleviate the disasters in the world. In the mid-Western Han Dynasty, the belief in praying for rain from the fish king reached its peak.Liu Xin recorded in "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the largest artificial lake in history - Kunming Pool in Shanglin Garden, a royal garden.He ordered that the image of the fish king be carved with exquisite jade in the pool.Whenever there was a drought in the world, the emperor would personally go to the Kunming Lake to burn incense and pray to the jade carving.Sometimes, the jade fish king makes a low-pitched call like a cow, and shakes its head and tail slightly.This shows that it has accepted the emperor's entreaty and will soon give rain.Otherwise, it means that the drought will continue, and the emperor needs to mobilize national reserves to deal with the disasters sent by the gods.

In May of the second year of Taishi, there was a severe drought in Hejian.For this reason, the emperor stopped having sex, removed wine and fish from his diet, and entered Shanglin Garden to pray to the Jade Fish King.The next day, the attendant reported that Yushi Yuwang shook his head and tail, and sent an affirmative answer.However, after nearly a month, the drought in Hejian still shows no signs of easing.The emperor was furious, thinking that the jade fish king had broken his promise, so he ordered it to be smashed into pieces and sank to the bottom of the lake. Soon, an urgent report submitted by the prefect of Panyu City was presented to the emperor.According to the report, not long ago in Leizhou, people saw Thor fighting with a huge fish in the sea many times.There will be flames on the sea surface, and lightning strikes will occur.The locals were too scared to go out, let alone go to sea.After about seven days, the weirdness subsided, and the local sea water all turned red.

Since then, the fish king is really not so effective.