Chapter 5 Chapter 4 The Yin-Yang Sacrifice

When I was still in college, I read all of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, and I stayed up all night to read them, so I developed a pair of piercing eyes that are hard to read.Although the water surface in the detection hole is more than ten meters from the ground, I can still see that the thing is actually a sacrificial dipper.I am very familiar with this thing. When I was still in Malaysia, there were several at home. I often used it to play house with little girls, and even dug the toilet. It is recorded in the original "The Classic of Tea" written by Lu Yu: The ladle, one is called the sacrificial ladle, it is made by dissection, or it is made by publishing techniques.The so-called sacrificial dipper is actually a ladle commonly known as a scoop, which is made by cutting open gourds, and also made of pear wood.The sacrificial dipper is an utensil for taking or dividing tea when cooking tea in ancient times. After several generations of changes, there have been many types of this thing, and there are few sacrificial dippers made of gourds.

A sacrificial ladle popped out of the detection hole for no reason. No one could figure out what was going on. In short, it couldn't be the workers' belongings.Not to mention the workers, even the managers only like to drink and find women on weekdays, who would drink tea in an arty manner.At first I was a little confused, but after a while I remembered that there was a part of the legend about the sacrificial dipper in the fragmented "The Classic of Tea". The second volume of the fragmentary scriptures mentions that sacrificial ladles are used to measure tea and draw water. In Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province, someone dug soil and dug wells, and soon a sacrificial ladle surfaced in the erupting well water.The well digger felt strange, so he jumped into the well water, but the well water suddenly turned red.Sacrificial dippers are made from gourds, so there is a theory of a pair of yin and yang, the color of yin is blue, and the color of yang is yellow.The sacrificial dipper that came out belonged to Yin and was green. The onlookers said that there was a dragon king in the well, and the yin sacrificial dipper belonged to the dragon king. It must be returned, otherwise clean water would never be dug out.

But the sacrificial bowl is like a boat, unable to sink, and it has been floating on the well water after losing it several times.Later, someone offered a plan to stick a male sacrificial ladle to a female sacrificial ladle to make a gourd, and then pour water into it to sink the sacrificial ladle to the bottom of the water.Strange to say, when people threw the sticky sacrificial ladles into the well water, after a while, the well water became clearer and brighter than before. This incident is not the first to be recorded in the fragmented scriptures. This legend is marked, saying that it is a reference to an ancient geography book called "Huaiyin Tujing". "Huaiyin Tujing" was written in the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible to prove who the author was. This character was quoted in the original "Tea Classic" written by Lu Yu, so it was preserved.Huaiyin, Jiangsu, used to be called Shanyang, which was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Before the Republic of China, "Shanyang" was used as a place name several times.

I have always been skeptical about the records of the remnants of the Tea Classics, and now I feel strange. Could it be that the records in the scriptures are not nothingness?Of course, it is not uncommon for well water to change color. Many of the discolorations are caused by the melting of minerals dug out.This discoloration sometimes lasts for an hour, sometimes for a few days, and most of it will disappear on its own, regardless of whether you throw the dipper or not.As for the sacrificial ladle floating out, it may be that the tomb of a tea addict was dug, or it was just an exaggeration in ancient books.

Seeing that things were getting more and more weird, and there was no longer any delay, Master Li discussed with us again, whether we should go down and have a look.Anyway, there can't be a dragon king in the well water, there are at most a few water snakes, so I didn't make any excuses.Zhao Shuai and I looked at each other, we both knew that we had to suffer again, this is the last chance to seize the opportunity and reduce the punishment. Just like that, Zhao Shuai and I were let down again. When we looked up, our eyes were dazzled by the searchlight.I unconsciously rubbed my eyes, and when I opened them again, I had fallen into the bright red water.The water at the bottom of the cave is full of stench, I don't think so, just now I was lucky enough to wonder if it might be special mineral water, but I didn't expect it to be blood water.Zhao Shuai and I were a little scared at first, but when the ducks are really on the shelves, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Grabbing the sacrificial dipper floating on the water, I took a look at it immediately. It was shiny black and had been around for some years. It was difficult for a kid like me to distinguish its yin and yang characteristics.Holding the sacrificial dipper, I knew that this object might have nothing to do with the legend, but I still felt a little uneasy when I witnessed the disappearance of the workers and the detection of the cave.Master Li urged on the ground, if you can't find it, come up, so as not to lose someone again, the gain is not worth the loss. I thought to myself, why didn't I say this earlier, everyone has come down, wouldn't it be embarrassing to return empty-handed.Deciding to fight it out, we held our breath and entered the water. This time, it was different from the last time. There were changes in the water.We found a hole in the corner, oddly enough the last time we found nothing.There was a lot of sand and stones deposited in the stagnant water, most of which were large stones, but I didn't find any of them just now.Presumably these things blocked the hole, it must be man-made, but since Xiao Wu can disappear without a trace, then he must have got out of the hole, if so, who blocked the hole.Immediately, I became curious, wondering what kind of world was behind the hole.

This guy Zhao Shuai only has the skills of a three-legged cat, but he is faster than me, and he passed through the hole in one fell swoop.The two workers and Xiao Wu both disappeared in the stagnant water, and suddenly there was blood and blood. I was worried that it would be life-threatening, so I didn't have time to say hello to Master Li on the ground, so I hurriedly followed. Not a small hole.I thought there was an endless ocean behind the hole, or an underground water vein, but I bumped into a furry thing instead. The water is cloudy and there is no extra light, so it is impossible to see the situation in the water.The thing that bumped into me was full of hair, similar to the hair when I washed it, smooth and smooth.At first I scolded Zhao Shuai, when did this kid take off his clothes, and he didn't even shave with so much body hair on his body.However, I was quickly taken aback, even monkeys don't have that much body hair, let alone Zhao Shuai.

Instinctively, I dived and swam forward, touched the thing with my left hand along the current, and only vaguely felt that it had limbs, but the head was gone!At this moment, I, who had never seen a big snake sucking shit, was scared to death, and wished I could yell in the water.Holding the sacrificial ladle in my hand, I thought in my heart that I must have entered Jinglong King's Crystal Palace, and if I return the things to the old man later, maybe I can save my life. But the things in the water were driven by the current and kept blocking me. I thought it was a ghost, and I kicked my legs in fright, but I didn't want to but suddenly surfaced.It turned out that the water behind the hole was not deep, only higher than the shoulders of adults.I struggled in the water for a while, only to realize that Zhao Shuai was also beside me, and he stared blankly at the surrounding environment.There was a dim light of fire around, and I don't know who left it behind. In short, it couldn't be a good thing done by the people on the construction site.

I was frightened by something in the water just now, and I was trying to figure out what the thing in the water was.I saw that the situation had eased a little, and I also found that the thing in the water was dead, so I fished it to the surface.There is buoyancy in the water, so I easily picked up something in the water, only to find that it was not a person, but a dog's body.The dog's head had been cut off, and a cut was made from the neck to the abdomen, and the death condition was horrific.The dog's body was still warm, so it must have died not long ago. It's strange that there are dogs in this kind of place, and it's even more strange who killed the dog.

This piece of water is not big, almost like a swimming pool, and Zhao Shuai and I swam to the shore soon.When I got to the shore, I found that there was a dog's head, blood splattered all around, and it looked extremely scary in the dark.After finally getting used to the darkness, we realized that there was a row of narrow rooms on both sides of the pool, stretching long, with no end in sight. I don’t know how many rooms there are. Zhao Shuai crawled out of the water cursingly, yelling that he wanted to beat Xiao Wu until his grandma didn't even recognize him. He was so angry that he spit in the water.When I saw this, I dissuaded me, because I had to get back out of the water later. God knows if there is another exit here, or where I came from, and it would be safer to go back there.As soon as I spoke, I saw two people floating in the pool. Most of the bodies of these two people were submerged in the water, only their heads were still floating on the water.I wanted to ask a question, but felt something was wrong, and then I saw that it was the two workers who disappeared in the detection hole just now.

"Fuck, they're dead!" Zhao Shuai shouted in shock, "So the blood in the water belongs to them!" "No, the blood in the water should have been from the dog at first, and the water turned red before the two workers entered the water." I corrected. "It's a critical point, and you still argue with me about right and wrong?" Zhao Shuai snorted and said, "Let's go back quickly, I'm afraid the detection hole has been dug into the underworld." I secretly groaned, and said to Zhao Shuai: "No, think about it, the dog and the two workers died in the water, there may be danger in the water, I am afraid that Xiao Wu also sank in some corner. We were lucky just now , nothing happened, maybe next time it will be bad luck." "Then Master Li must be in a hurry!" Zhao Shuai was a little worried, and he said, "Are we just wasting time here?" "Master Li will definitely not leave us alone. He sees that we can't get out of the water, so he will definitely let others come down to find someone." I said guiltily, but I thought it was strange that they would come down, obviously because they wanted to see a good show.Master Li has the heart of a bodhisattva, but unfortunately he is a clay bodhisattva, how can he get into the water. Zhao Shuai is very smart, he saw through my thoughts at a glance, so he comforted me: "There must be an exit nearby, why not build so many rooms, it can't be an underground prostitute, right?" "When is it, are you still thinking about finding a woman?" I couldn't laugh or cry, but most of the anger and panic in my heart disappeared at once. Zhao Shuai saw the sacrificial dipper in my hand, and asked in bewilderment: "Why are you still holding on to this thing, throw it away quickly! How much money is this thing worth?" "This is Xi Piao, what do you know, it might be useful to keep it." I still refused to let go, holding the Xi Piao tightly. Zhao Shuai shrugged, he didn't want to talk about me anymore, as soon as he closed his mouth, he wanted to go to the room next to the sink.I hurriedly called Zhao Shuai to stop, and said that this place is too evil, I am afraid that nine lives are not enough to fill it.Let’s not talk about what the long pool is for. The rooms on both sides can’t possibly be for people to live in. This kind of environment is not suitable for humans to live in, but it’s too low-grade for pigs to live in.Zhao Shuai didn't think so, he thought that since it wasn't for people, maybe it was for pigs. Like Zhao Shuai, I used to live the life of a young master. I only ate pork, and I didn't know how pigs were raised.Later, when my family was in trouble, I suffered a lot, and only then did I see what the pigsty looked like.The two rows of houses next to the pool are definitely not pigpens. After I said it for sure, Zhao Shuai was still not vigilant and wanted to walk towards the room with the fire. The fire in that room flickered, but unfortunately it couldn't illuminate the end of the two rows of houses. I even suspected that the two rows of houses were 100 meters long.Just when we were hesitating and didn't know what to do, a familiar scent wafted from the darkness—it was the smell of tea!