Chapter 41 fish king

According to the animal classification method in ancient China, fish belong to scales, and 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 all swimming fish.  The king of 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 people who have witnessed the appearance of the sea chief, it is so big that it is unimaginable: if you are on a boat and sailing towards the sea chief, after seeing its head, it will take seven days to see its tail.

   Sea Chief's eyes are a bit special.Fishermen often say that although the dead sea chief has only two eyes, the living have four.For before the old sea-chiefs sink their bodies in the sand, they always try to scoop out their eyes with the rocks and stuff them in the cleft of their children's lower lips.The configuration of four eyes provides the best help for Sea Chief to observe the world.Their eyes are exceptionally sharp, the only thing that glows warmly in the cold, dark water.Under the shining of the magical light, no movement of the fish family can escape its vision. Therefore, despite its huge body, the fish king can effectively manage the people under his rule.

 Among the human beings, there are some bold and water-like warriors 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.While the sea chief was busy struggling after the great pain, the Thief Eyes tried their best to break through the impact of the undercurrent and surfaced.  The stolen fisheye looks like a white ball of meat.Cui Bao mentioned the sea chief's eyes in "An Annotation to Ancient and Modern Times". He explained 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 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 all mentioned that the king of fish is always accompanied by the activities of spreading clouds and rain when he travels.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. 