Chapter 10 Chapter 6 Kai Dzi Bead

We were both nervous and excited when we saw the sudden phenomenon under the Yellow River. We all marveled at this once-in-a-century spectacle. Only the old boatman squatted there smoking his dry cigarette without even looking at it. The underwater is full of light, and there seems to be a group of flowing flames under the water, which is reflected underwater.Shocked, the dried fish and shrimp rushed towards the flame like crazy, but they were staggered by the strong current, and they scrambled under the water one by one. I was shocked and said, "This is really surprising. Could it be that someone lit a fire under the water?"

Huang Xiaoli also said: "What happened under the water, how can there be light?" But the monkey looked serious, and murmured: "My God, the Yellow River is really on fire, it's really on fire!" We looked at the Yellow River again, but found that something was wrong. The big and small fish no longer rushed into the flame, but ran out desperately, as if something was chasing them. At this time, a huge black shadow flitted under the water, blocking the light, and after the object was removed, the light began to appear again.Repeated this several times, the black shadow covered the light, the Yellow River water was bubbling and bubbling, the water was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything, I don't know what happened underwater.After a while, the light appeared again, even brighter than before. The shadows of the trees on the river beach were burning, and the pebbles could be seen clearly, but the light was very unstable, appearing and disappearing from time to time, I don't know what happened.

I asked, "What happened to the fire?" Huang Xiaoli said: "It seems... It seems that something ate the fire." I was surprised: "Ah, what can swallow fire?" The monkey was sad, and said thoughtfully: "The objects under the water have lived for thousands of years, and even the small fish have become fine. Don't bully the mountains and the water. People can show their prestige on the ground. Who dares to fight in the Yellow River?" Be a hero!" Huang Xiaoli said at this time: "Then why is there an iron chain under the water?" When I looked over, the underwater light and shadow were mottled, and there was a faint white line on the black stone, which really looked like an iron chain.I rubbed my eyes, but the white line became more and more blurred, and I couldn't see it clearly.At this time, the bright light was shining brightly, and the bottom of the river was shining brightly for a while.I saw a bright iron chain stretched across a big black rock, the iron chain was shining, extending all the way to the middle of the Yellow River, I don't know how far it is.

Chains, chains again? ! Like a movie, a series of images about the Yellow River chains flashed through my mind, the thick iron chains in the abyss, the dragon-binding chains, the chains dragged under the big vat, and this time at the bottom of the Yellow River. The iron chains in the box, what are these iron chains, and who placed them? I was in a state of confusion at the time, but at this time the light gradually faded, darkness returned to the Yellow River, heavy rain fell, and there was a splashing sound.We also looked back, sighed a few times, and then sat around in the ruined temple, wanting to wait for the rain to stop before leaving.

I turned my head to look at the old boatman, and the old boatman looked at the Yellow River indifferently, as if these were extremely ordinary things. At this moment, I suddenly remembered why the old boatman suddenly disappeared on the boat, and he and the black dog suddenly came out of the water, and used that weird white bowl to push back the underwater objects, and said meaningfully that the underwater monster was actually fear me.It seems that this old boatman is a master who really hides his secrets, but it's a pity that he still refuses to reveal a word. It was raining heavily outside, and the cold wind was blowing in.Huang Xiaoli hugged her knees, shivering from the cold.I picked up some rotten wood in the ruined temple and lit a fire in the temple.It was raining white outside, and red flames danced in the ruined temple, which made the atmosphere warm, and several people talked around the fire.

The monkey asked at this time: "Huang Xiaoli, I heard you on the boat, you seem to have seen such a big tank?" Huang Xiaoli's complexion changed, and she nodded slightly. The monkey was very interested and asked: "Is that tank also in the Yellow River?" Huang Xiaoli shook her head. I saw that Huang Xiaoli seemed to have something hard to say, so I wanted to say hello and change the subject, but Huang Xiaoli talked about a strange thing she experienced when she was a child. She said: Her ancestral home is at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, and she is not Han, but she doesn't know what ethnic minority it is.Regarding the past, it is a taboo in their family, and they are not allowed to mention it.However, every ten years or so, the clansmen scattered in the Central Plains and other places have to travel thousands of miles back to worship their ancestors.

When she was very young, she once went back to Kunlun Mountain with her tribe to worship her ancestors.At that time there were hundreds of people, all riding camels, and the Gobi Desert was very windy and sandy. Everyone wore turbans on their heads, with only two eyes exposed, and no one could see clearly.They walked along the ancient road of the Yellow River. After walking for an unknown number of days, the Yellow River almost stopped flowing, and there was yellow sand everywhere. Everyone was exhausted, and a thick layer of salt mud formed on their bodies. At this time, a strong wind blew up ahead, and the shadows in the strong wind seemed to have thousands of troops and horses running.Everyone drove the camels, and ran desperately with the patriarch.But that feeling is very strange. You will feel the temperature around you fluctuate. For a while, it feels like you are being roasted in a fire, and for a while, it is like falling into a cold ice hole.In the end, after running for an unknown amount of time, white foam sprayed out from the camel's mouth and nose, and then the white foam gradually became bloody, and they fell down one by one. Everyone started to walk down and walked for another three days before arriving at a huge before the castle.

Huang Xiaoli said that she was shocked at the time, and she couldn't explain what was going on. The castle didn't look big, but it gave people a sense of majesty and solemnity, as if they suddenly saw the sacred Tiananmen Gate Tower. She recalled that there was a flat desert, but a bare stone mountain suddenly appeared in the desert, and the castle stood on the stone mountain.The castle is made of large white stones, with a few large bright red pillars erected in the middle. The red is bright red, and the white is pure white, which is particularly shocking in the pale yellow desert.They all knelt outside the white castle, and finally the women and children were left outside, and the men walked in solemnly, and did not come out for a long time.

She was young at the time, and after riding a camel for a few days, she finally got off the ground and ran wildly outside.The adult didn't stop her, and she rushed in after him.The temperature in the room was obviously much lower than outside, and she shivered as soon as she entered.Looking around, I saw that the walls of the room were all painted black, and many strange patterns were drawn on the walls with cinnabar.The feeling of black mixed with red is very bad, like... like coagulated blood. She was very scared at the time and wanted to run out, but she ran in the wrong direction and ran inside. After running for a long time, she was stunned by the scene in front of her: there were many large dark tanks lined up side by side in the house, each tank The lid was not closed tightly, and a mummy was exposed, wrapped tightly in white cloth, lying quietly in the big tank.

Huang Xiaoli finally said: "Those big vats are just like the ancient tripod on the Yellow River..." We stopped talking, the flames crackled, and occasionally a spark popped out. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, I yawned a long time and said casually, "Monkey, what happened at the bottom of the river just now, it must be on fire, right?" The monkey said: "Don't tell me, I've heard people say that some rivers buried a lot of dark oil, which can be ignited with a little fire. I wonder if it's lightning that burns the oil under the water. It's set on fire, so what's the fire?"

I grinned and said, "That's impossible. Oil is less dense than water, and if it floats on the water, there won't even be a drop of oil on the Yellow River. Besides, even if there is oil floating on the Yellow River, it will catch fire on the surface of the river." That's right, just now we can clearly see that the flame is under the water." The monkey said unconvinced: "Then tell me, what's going on?" I thought for a while and said, "I wondered if it might be the same thing. We all know that there are all kinds of stones under the Yellow River. Could it be that there happened to be a stone with the color of flames, and the lightning that reflected it was given by us? Is it a flame?" The monkey said, "According to your point of view, the stone is the reflection of lightning, and the lightning stopped afterward, so why is there still the flame under the water?" At this time, the monkey continued: "What we encountered just now reminded me of a story written in a book." As soon as I heard the story, I suddenly became energetic and asked him what the story was. He said that there are similar stories recorded in ancient books, saying that this glowing object under the water is nothing but a night pearl! I hurriedly asked him, what happened to Ye Mingzhu? The monkey said that according to ancient books, since the Ming Dynasty, a night pearl appeared in the Great Lakes of Yangzhou. When it was cloudy, the big pearl would glow under the water. .The bead not only glowed, but also ran, and later ran to Gaoyou Lake.About a hundred years ago, it suddenly disappeared and never appeared again.I'm not thinking, could the object we saw just now be a luminous pearl? At this time, the old boatman suddenly said coldly: "You guys, you don't even know about the Yellow River's Dzi Bead, and you still want to clean up the Yellow River?" Huang Xiaoli was still not convinced, and wanted to argue with the old boatman, but I stopped her with a look. I politely asked the old boatman what happened just now. The old boatman said proudly, "You guys, it's just that skinny brat said something, and he said that the Yellow River is on fire. This is clearly the Yellow River's pursuit of pearls." After that, he told us what it means to win the pearl by the Yellow River.It turns out that there are many hundred-year-old mussels growing in the Yellow River. These mussels absorb the light of the sun and the moon, and over time, a pearl of essence will form in their stomachs.After hundreds of years of accumulation, the pearl of the clam belly has gathered a lot of light from the sun and the moon. Once it is opened, it will overflow with energy, attracting big fish in the water to snatch the pearl.The old clams would close their shells tightly day and night, and wait until the Tiangou eclipses the moon, and the underwater objects are panicked, lying on the bottom of the water, not daring to move, and then dare to open the shells to let the wind out.Today coincided with the changing color of the sky and the earth, the sky was dim and the earth was dark, the old clam thought that the dog was eating the moon, so he opened the shell, and the big thing under the water snatched the essence.The reason why the essence bead didn't light up later was because the essence bead was swallowed by something underwater. The few of us suddenly realized that we didn't expect such a wicked bead snatching event to happen under the Yellow River at that moment. Huang Xiaoli asked at this time: "I saw an iron chain under the river just now. Does this have something to do with the iron chain under the vat? Could the iron chain just now be the iron chain tied under the vat?" The old boatman looked at the Yellow River outside indifferently, and ignored her. Seeing the awkward atmosphere, I hurriedly said, "I don't know what's going on with the iron chain, but the cauldron must be filled with gold dust from the Yellow River." Huang Xiaoli then asked me, what happened to the Yellow River gold rush? The monkey also asked, "How did the sand get into the vat?" I said: "If we want to talk about this matter, it will be a long story. This is about the gold diggers who walked the Yellow River." I looked, Huang Xiaoli rested her chin on her hand, and looked at me flickeringly. , flushed in the firelight.I coughed hurriedly, avoiding her eyes, and said, "This Yellow River craftsman is a craftsman who specializes in gold mining. He makes a living mining gold in the Yellow River by relying on his ability to find gold in water." The monkey said disdainfully: "What Yellow River craftsmen, aren't they gold diggers? How come they have something to do with the Yellow River? I know gold diggers, don't they just swing back and forth in the Yellow River panning for gold with a washbasin in their hands?" I said: "You don't understand this. The craftsmen of the Yellow River all have unique skills. They know the ancient method of diverting water from the Yellow River to find gold. They can find the golden veins hidden in the Yellow River from the surging Yellow River. I can tell You, these Yellow River craftsmen are all mysterious, those ancient methods of gold mining are passed down from generation to generation, not from male to female, from inside to outside." The monkey asked: "The descendants of the gold diggers in the Yellow River must mine gold on the Yellow River?" I said, "That's natural. They have to produce a craftsman every generation to mine gold on the Yellow River." The monkey curled his lips and said, "Don't blow it up. If this craftsman is so good, he would have become Shen Wansan long ago, and he still needs to let his descendants bask in the wind and sun on the Yellow River and drink the northwest wind?" I was taken aback, what the monkey said was indeed true. It is said that since this Yellow River craftsman can find the golden veins in the Yellow River, he is naturally rich, so why not let his descendants enjoy it, and work hard on the Yellow River? At this time, Huang Xiaoli also asked me, why are the gold miners called Yellow River Craftsmen?What is the relationship between gold mining and the Yellow River? I also asked my grandfather this question, and my grandfather said, "Thousands of stones and thousands of water condense into one gold", this gold is the essence of mountains and rivers, and gold can only be condensed in mountains and rivers.There are many mountains and great rivers in China, but the most gold-producing one is the torrential Yellow River that flows through most of China.The Yellow River has nine turns and eighteen bends, and countless treasures of gold and jade have been bred. So in the end, when talking about gold mining, the first thing that comes to mind is the Yellow River. The Yellow River and gold mining have gradually become one, and they are inseparable. . I pretended to be emotional, as if I understood it very well, but in fact, most of it was what my grandfather said back then, and I didn't understand it half-understood, and copied it mechanically, Mengmeng Huang Xiaoli was more than enough! Huang Xiaoli really got excited: "Old Bai, no, Bai, Brother Bai, do you know the art of gold mining in the Yellow River?" I casually said: "My ancestors of the Bai family were originally craftsmen of the Yellow River. Although I have never learned it, I still know a little bit." This statement is half true and half false, but it's not entirely my own. I told her that my surname is Bai, and my ancestral Baigong’s surname is Bai Mingying. I was born in Wenshang, Shandong. White King of the Yellow River. This is not nonsense. The Yellow River King’s statement is included in the book "The Records of the King and General". Our Bai family has been engaged in two professions for generations, one is a river worker, and the other is a gold digger. I have heard my grandfather tell the story of gold mining in the Yellow River since I was a child. How can I not know this? After all, I have always had doubts in my heart. It is clearly written in the family tree that my Bai family has been a hero in water control for many generations since the Ming Dynasty.Could it be that there is something hidden about our Bai family mining gold on the Yellow River? But I said that I was proud of myself at the time, and I showed off to Huang Xiaoli about the gold mining of the Bai family. The speaker had no intentions, but the listener had intentions, but the old boatman suddenly stood up and stared at me: "My son, your surname is Bai? Shandong Wen On the descendants of 'Yongji Xianying Zhaofu' Baiying Baigong?" I remember that it seemed to be mentioned in the notes that Baigong was awarded many titles such as "Inspiration", "Xianying", and "Zhaofu", so he vaguely agreed. Unexpectedly, the old boatman was excited, he held my hand tightly, his eyes were wide open, his voice was trembling, and he asked me: "My son, are you really a descendant of Duke Bai?" I was a little puzzled and said, "I have been a descendant of Duke Bai for more than 20 years, and I still go back to Wenshang, Shandong Province every Qingming Festival to worship my ancestors!" The old boatman's lips were trembling, and his two hands holding me trembled visibly.After trembling for a while, he suddenly knelt down facing the Yellow River, kowtowed three times, and when he got up again, he was already in tears, sobbing: "God, I didn't expect that I have been incognito on the Yellow River for more than forty years. I have met the descendants of King Bai!" I didn't know what was going on for a while, neither persuading nor pulling, Huang Xiaoli hurried over to help the old man, the old man wiped his tears vigorously with his cuff, but couldn't wipe it clean, it took a while to calm down. He pondered for a while, and said: "My son, my surname is Huang. I am a descendant of the Huang family among the six kings of the Yellow River - Huang, Song, Li, Bai, Xie, and Zhu". To save face, call me Huang Qiye. Our Huang family and your Bai family are family friends, and your grandfather Bai Erge and I are also lifelong friends. When we were young, we used to drink and have fun by the Yellow River." After hearing what he said, I realized that this old boatman had such a deep friendship with my deceased grandfather. I quickly got up and met the old man of the Huang family as a junior, and respectfully called: "Master Huang Qi!" Huang Qiye nodded, turned his hands over, motioned for me to sit down, stroked his beard, and asked kindly: "My son, is your grandfather in good health? He was a good drinker when he was young, and he liked to use the Yellow River carp the most." Wine, the two of us once sat by the Yellow River, drank three large jars of Fenjiu, ate a nineteen-jin Yellow River carp, and later took advantage of the wine to swim in the Yellow River at night, thinking about it to this day, it is still a great pleasure in our lives!" I also remembered how kind my grandfather was to me back then, so I choked up and said, "Master Huang Qi, my grandfather has passed away!" Huang Qiye was taken aback, stood up suddenly, and said, "Passed? How old is he, why did he pass away?" I sighed and said: "Since my grandfather came back from a trip for a year, he had a serious illness, and his health has been bad since then, and then..." Huang Qiye asked: "Did he leave any last words?" I said, "He had one last word." Huang Qiye asked, "What are you talking about?" I said, "The naked body sinks in the river." Huang Qiye didn't speak for a while, his brows were tightly frowned, and he sighed slightly after a long time, saying: "Brother Bai, he still can't let go of that matter, oh..." He turned his head and asked me, "Baby, what's your name?" I said, "White Stone." Huang Qiye pondered: "Bai Shitou, Bai Shitou... Well, yes, yes!" Seeing him say this, and thinking of my grandfather's strange way of death, I felt that there must be something wrong, so I hurriedly asked Huang Qiye what was going on with my grandfather.But no matter how much I begged him, he still refused to say anything, just sighed to the Yellow River. I knelt down on the ground again and told him that after my grandfather died, my father also disappeared in the Yellow River. It is probably here that he disappeared. Let Huang Qiye must help me for the sake of my grandfather. Huang Qiye helped me up, finally sighed, and said, boy, these are our fates!That's all, that's all, you are a descendant of the Bai family, and your grandfather is gone, let me tell you something about your Bai family.He said, looking at me now, you would never have imagined that I was a well-known craftsman on the Yellow River, a descendant of the Jinmen Qianyuan School, and I was looking for cave gold in caves and water caves, because I was mostly in ancient caves. Walking in China, so the rivers and lakes gave me a name, called "Water-piercing Golden Eyed Beast Huang Qiye". When Huang Qiye mentioned this, he seemed to be a different person, his eyes were full of vigor, and he said to us: There are thirty-six categories and seventy-two lines of craftsmanship handed down by the Chinese ancestors. , There are also eight outer elements that cannot be seen. The eight outer elements include gold points, beggars, thieves, thieves, inverted buckets, walking mountains, leading fires, and collecting water, collectively known as the "five elements and three families".Here, the gold point is fortune-telling, the thieves are robbers who eat mountain goods, and the Dao Dou is grave-digging and grave-robbing. The largest of the eight outer elements is the Robbery Gate, thieves, local thieves, robbers, rogues, and alchemists digging graves can all be classified as Robbery Gate.In addition, the weird ones are the Gu Gate, the Trick Gate, the Thousand Gate, the Orchid Gate, the Divine Tune Gate, the Red Handkerchief Gate, and the Life Suffering Gate. These outsiders are getting weirder and weirder than the other: Gumen is proficient in the technique of releasing Gu and repelling corpses; the mechanism door is devoted to the research of traps, bows and crossbows and other mechanisms; the Qianmen is engaged in divination and deception; the Lanhuamen is prostitutes. The so-called "Phoenix Tower" is the unique signboard of Lanhuamen; Shentunmen and red handkerchiefs tend to be witchcraft; Suomingmen is actually a killer.Everyone thinks that these three teachings and nine streams are the only ones. In fact, apart from the other eight elements, there is one of the most mysterious crafts that has not been counted, which is our Yellow River Gold-picking Gate. Since Caijinmen claims to be a craftsman, it is natural to abide by the rules of a craftsman and worship the ancestors. Ma Xiaosan is a born gold digger, and he uses the method of finding the pulse of gold with one hand. Whether it is a gold digger or an ordinary gold digger, everyone respects Master Ma.In the gold pits and gold mines in Huadian and Huinan, you can see the plaques of "Ma Xiaosan Lingbit" everywhere. There are many rules in the Yellow River, and there are more rules for gold diggers living on the Yellow River. When mining gold, you are not allowed to say unlucky words such as "fall" and "death". The holes you dig when searching for gold are called "troughs". In the "trough", bricks should be used to build the "Master's Mansion" and the "Ma Xiaosan Spirit Table" is enshrined. In addition, gold miners also have a set of professional terminology, which is the same as the slang words of the rivers and lakes, and outsiders often don't know what to say.For example, the hole made when looking for gold is called "Caozi", the man who drilled the hole is called "Maweizi", the axe is called "Kaishanzi", the stone is called "Jingala", and the gold dug is called "Dig Red". Black is called "night", fallen soil is called "hair loss", landslide is called "tear shed", water is called "ash", oil lamp is called "red bowl", urine is called "hanging thread", and stool is called "draining meat". , more gold is called "Hongtan" or "Hongle" for short, less gold is called "mouth thin", and no gold is called "male", "drag beach" and "beating the old bird".When a craftsman mines gold on the Yellow River, he must speak according to these incisions, otherwise he will violate a taboo. After breaking a taboo, the light one will set off firecrackers to apologize, and the serious one will be expelled from Jinmen.Of course, if these things are discussed, it will be a long story. My eyes were straightened when I heard it, and I remembered that Song Yuanyuan asked me which family I belonged to when I was driving to Sanmenxia. Zhu Yeyan talked about the Song family, the Bai family, and the Su family. The descendants of the six great kings, the six masters of "Huang, Song, Li, Bai, Xie, and Zhu".I also remembered that Zhu Yan said to me at that time, "Everyone will work together to make a great cause." This "everyone" naturally refers to the "Bai family", "Song family", "Zhu family", What is the "big cause" that the four descendants of the "Su family" accomplished together? Also, in the ghost cave, Dead Face said, "The six of you have joined forces to seal the Yellow River eye." What's going on?These things kept flashing in my mind, and one after another, I realized that the last time I went to Shanghe Village was really not that simple. That village might not be as simple as raising dragons. Everyone's secret.It's just that I can't figure out what the secret is. I guess Huang Qiye should know about this secret on the Yellow River, but since Huang Xiaoli and the monkey were by his side, he didn't dare to ask random questions, so he could only listen to Huang Qiye patiently. Huang Qiye sat in the temple, smoking dry cigarettes, squinting at the surging Yellow River, and told me about the origin of Kinmen. He said that at the beginning of Kinmen, there were gold miners recruited by the government from the people. In ancient times, gold and silver were used as currency, so it is natural to be cautious about this matter of gold mining, and many experts have been recruited among the people to carry out exploration and mining.However, the government was very afraid that the gold diggers would carry them with them for private possession, so they sent a large number of soldiers to work as supervisors, and treated the gold miners extremely harshly.When mining gold, gold miners have to be naked, and after they come out of the gold mine, they have to be checked repeatedly, including their hair, mouth, toenails, and even the anus. Therefore, although Kinmen collects a lot of gold every day, in the end, it can't even keep a grain of gold sand, and finally dies in poverty and hatred. The people of Jinmen went through untold hardships to mine the gold sand, and were exploited by the government, so they tried their best to hide the gold.Some people knock out the molars and insert a golden melon seed in between the teeth; some people use a very thin ox hair rope to tie one end of the dog's head gold and the other end to the molars, and swallow the dog's head gold into their stomachs. .The dog's head gold is raw gold, which weighs quite a lot. Once the ox hair rope breaks and the gold falls into the intestines, the intestines will be broken, and people will die of pain. Over time, the gold people gathered together in secret, each of them took out a lifetime of gold mining experience, and after generations of supplements, they left behind a method of finding gold and determining pulse, which was passed on to future generations in secret, hoping that future generations can learn by themselves. Searching for gold will no longer be squeezed by the government. In the end, Kinmen was divided into four veins in the folk, namely "dividing water", "viewing mountains", "diving into abyss", and "lingyun". Yuan Duojin", "Lingyun Rush for Gold". It can be said that this method of finding gold and determining the pulse can turn stone into gold, once it is leaked, it will inevitably cause disputes in the world, so the Kinmen faction acts in a low-key and mysterious way, and most outsiders don't know about it. Our Huang family belongs to the "Qianyuan" lineage of Kinmen, and your Bai family belongs to the "Fenshui" lineage. It's very close. He squinted his eyes to look at the water of the Yellow River, and said, do you know that back then, your grandfather and I were good brothers who made friends with each other eight times, and we were all-powerful on the Yellow River, so we were so happy.It's a pity that Brother Bai's fate is unlucky, so he took a step ahead, and I was also trapped by the Yellow River, and I have been living in seclusion for decades! But no matter how much I asked, Huang Qiye refused to talk about the incident back then. I saw that Huang Qiye didn't want to talk about it, and I couldn't ask any more, so I asked him why he said that the things under the boat were afraid of me? Huang Qiye said that the underwater is dark, so the underwater things like gold jewels and gems the most. When encountering rare things, they will make waves and capsize the ship. The object was peeped and made fish food.Just now, the underwater thing was following the blood vat all the way, but it was suppressed by the evil spirit object on the boat, and it didn't dare to show its head, so I wanted to make a big wave and knock that thing away. Fortunately, there was no danger , he rushed over in time and scared the thing away with a bone bowl. I asked, isn't the underwater thing afraid of the bone bowl? Huang Qiye shook his head and said, "Although the bone bowl is a good thing, it must contain water from the Yellow River. Once the Yellow River dries up, it will be useless." Only then did I understand why Huang Qiye used a white bowl to scoop water in the water and pour it under the water, so that the thing in the water ran away. However, what is the evil thing on the boat mentioned by Huang Qiye? The monkey said at this time: "Old Bai, is that your jade pendant Huang Qiye is talking about?" What the monkey was talking about was the jade pendant that Jin Zihan gave me before leaving. The jade pendant is not made of jade or stone, and it is cold all over. The cold air rushed straight to his forehead, and his whole body felt indescribably comfortable.I studied it with the monkey for a long time, but I didn't understand it, and I kept wearing it on my body. I took off the jade pendant and gave it to Huang Qiye, he only took one look, then his eyes fixed on the jade pendant, and after looking carefully for a while, both hands trembled.His lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but he was depressed again, and sighed: "This is really not as good as God's calculation. Brother Bai tried every means to get you out of the Jinmen faction, but you put Jiangzhu on yourself." I heard something in his words, thought it was an ominous thing, and wanted to take it off, but Huang Qiye waved his hand, indicating that I should still wear it, and said: "My son, the old saying is good, sometimes there must be a fate, There is no time to force your fate, it seems that you are destined to be a craftsman floating on the Yellow River, no matter how you run, you will not be able to escape. Boy, do you know what you are wearing around your neck?" I said: "It's an ancient jade pendant, but the quality of the jade is very special. Don't it be an ancient jade?" The monkey also said: "We studied it for a long time, but we still haven't figured out what it is." Huang Qiye laughed loudly and said: "This is much more valuable than ancient jade. You know, this is the Jiangzhu that our gold diggers must have. This is something more important than life. A family heirloom that has been passed down from generation to generation. Once you wear this river pearl, you will be worshiped by the King of the Yellow River, and you will never be able to take it off again in this lifetime!" I was taken aback at the time, I didn't expect this humble little jade pendant to be so famous, I couldn't help holding it in my hand and looking at it carefully, but I only felt that there was no difference between that piece of ancient jade except that the material was a bit soft! At this time, Huang Qiye saw that I was curious, so he asked the monkey to take a ladle of water and pour it into the bone bowl.The few of us didn't know what he was going to do, so we all stared at the bone bowl.At this time, a miracle happened. There was only half a bowl of water in the bone bowl, but the water in the bowl gradually increased by itself. In a blink of an eye, the bowl was full, but the water was still increasing.Later, the water in the bowl was higher than the edge of the bowl, but not a drop flowed out. We looked at this ancient bowl in disbelief, and the monkey rubbed his hair vigorously, as if he had encountered a ghost.We all know this bowl is weird, but we didn't expect it to be so weird. Huang Qiye asked, "What do you think is so special about this bowl?" The monkey was stunned at the time. He thought the bowl was a magic weapon, and even wanted to snatch it and put it in his arms, but then he said awkwardly, "Why can't the water come out?" Huang Qiye said, "Try the water." The monkey carefully reached out his hand to touch the water overflowing from the mouth of the bowl, and suddenly his eyes widened, staring at Huang Qiye in disbelief. I saw his strange expression, so I quickly asked him: "What's wrong? Is the water hot?" The monkey said, "No, no, no... Well, there is no water in this bowl at all!" I was so confused by the monkey, it was obviously a bowl of water that was almost overflowing, why did the grandson insist that there was no water.I simply pushed him away and reached out to touch the bowl, but my body froze all of a sudden. I finally understood what the monkey meant. As soon as I put my hand in, I immediately felt that the bowl was empty, not even a drop of water.But we watched Huang Qiye scoop up half a bowl of Yellow River water in it, and the water was even about to overflow, why suddenly it disappeared! The monkey and I stared wide-eyed for a while, neither of us could speak.At this time, Huang Qiye laughed. He picked up the bowl, tilted his hand, and the water in the bowl was poured out. It was still half a bowl.He put the white bowl back, and said: "You guys understand this time, I didn't just bring this bowl casually, you will know later, this bowl is very useful." The monkey and I nodded vigorously, and there was no doubt at all. Huang Qiye is worthy of being an expert who crossed the Yellow River back then. Let's open our eyes. Huang Qiye said slowly at this time: "Do you know what this bowl is made of?" The monkey said, "This bowl of porcelain doesn't look like ivory to the touch, but it looks like it's made of bone." I also wondered: "I heard that in ancient times, lama skulls were popular in Tibet to make human bone bowls. Could this be carved from human skulls?" Huang Qiye said: "This is indeed a bone bowl, but it is not an ordinary bone, it is carved out of keel. The keel can gather water. You saw the water overflowing just now. In fact, the keel condensed the half bowl of water into a bowl. It looks like the water is full, but it's still the half bowl of water." The monkey cried out: "Dragon?! You said this bowl was carved out of a dragon's bone?!" Huang Qiye nodded and said: "In folklore, snakes are big snakes. Jiao is a big snake with scales. In ancient times, candle dragons, chi dragons, horned dragons, and Kui dragons were all hornless dragons. A giant snake covered with huge scales. This keel bowl is carved from the skull of the Yellow River flood dragon. "When craftsmen mine gold on the Yellow River, they have to pour half a bowl of Yellow River water into the bowl and put it on the boat. The strange objects in the Yellow River will not dare to get close. Although this keel is rare, it is not rare. Zhibao, huge keel skeletons have been found in many ancient roads or deep pools of the Yellow River, and many sailors who run boats carry gadgets carved from keel bones. However, those keel bones are not real keel bones. It can only be regarded as the skin of a dragon. "The ancients said 'snakes shed their skins, and dragons shed their bones', which means that snakes will shed their skins and dragons will shed their bones. The keel is a good tonic. If the skin is broken and bleeding, just grind the dragon bone into powder and apply it to the wound. , the bleeding will stop immediately without leaving scars. Put keel powder on the edge of the bowl and pour water into the bowl. Even if the water poured in is several inches higher than the mouth of the bowl, the water will not flow out , just like what you saw just now. What’s more, this dragon is the king of the water, as long as you have an inch of keel on your body, nothing underwater will dare to get close to you.” I also nodded secretly, thinking that my grandfather once said that he went to Xishuangbanna in Yunnan one year, where there are tropical rainforests and many snakes in the bushes.The locals killed a python, soaked it in a huge wine vat, and took some snake wine to rub on their bodies when they went to the wild.The group of snakes in the bushes smelled it as if they had seen the King Snake in person, and fled after hearing the wind. Some even collapsed on the ground in fright. Even if you stepped on them, they would not dare to move.It seems that the keel bowl of the craftsman somewhat borrowed the power of the dragon, pretending to be a tiger. The monkey also came to his senses at this time, and said, "You mean, Lao Bai's jade pendant is also carved from the bones of Jiaolong?" Huang Qiye said: "The object worn by Bai Yazi is indeed from the dragon's body, but it is different from the bowl carved from this dragon bone. Do you know the herring pillow in the Yellow River?" Both the monkey and I shook our heads. Huang Qiye said that this herring pillow is not a pillow embroidered with fish-shaped patterns, but a wild herring in a big river. If it grows to more than tens of catties, a piece of cartilage will grow in its head, and that piece of cartilage will It's called a herring pillow.这个青鱼枕在古代也算是一味药材，《开宝本草》中说：“蒸取干，代琥珀用之，摩服主心腹痛。”在黄河两边，常有渔民剥出青鱼枕，给孩子挂在脖子上，孩子晚上就会睡得踏实，不会做噩梦。 明朝时，还有人将它和鸡子同煮，冒充琥珀骗钱。其实它和琥珀区别很简单，只要你用手搓搓它，热的就是琥珀，冷的就是青鱼枕。甚至还有人将它磨成鳞片大小，放在太阳下晒得焦干，但入水后即会变得翠色喜人，就有人说它是龙鳞，高价兜售给南洋跑船的商人。 我疑惑着：“难道我戴的这个就是青鱼枕？” 猴子也有三分丧气，想着这青鱼谁没见过，还不如是蛟龙骨头雕成的呢，又能聚云拢水，云山雾罩的，准能折腾出个好价钱，没想到弄了半天，却是一片鱼骨头！ 黄七爷却说：“这种宝物怎么可能是青鱼枕呢。你们且听我说，咱们中国人崇拜龙，但是我先前也说了，龙也分好多种，不仅分有角无角，还分成五色龙，中国自古以来最崇拜的就是黄龙，所以龙袍也都是金黄色。你戴的这个物件，不是别的，就是黄龙脑子凝结出的一块软骨！” 我和猴子彻底呆住了，你看看我，我看看你，两个人满脸通红，手里滑溜溜的，简直都要拿不住那块玉佩了。 黄七爷这时候却咳嗽了一声，正色道：“当年我和你爷爷平辈相交，我们黄家和你们白家也同为金门一脉，所以有几句话我不得不说。” 我见他说得郑重，忙恭敬答道：“我有什么做得不对的地方，黄七爷您尽管说。” 黄七爷点点头，说道：“这江珠不是凡物，我们采金之人，行走在黄河之上，最忌讳的就是黄河下的古怪物件，所以在采金之时，一定要有辟邪的物件。水下辟邪之物，最好的就是龙骨，就像是我身上这种骨碗，都是祖上一辈辈传下来的。所以但凡有新的采金人出师，一定是上一辈退下来了，将自己的龙骨传给了他。本来我打算这次进了黄河古洞后，了结了前事，便不再漂在黄河上，也将这只骨碗传给你，没想到你得了这般造化，竟然得到了江珠这种宝贝，也是上天注定。 “不过你一定要牢牢记住，咱们金门的规矩是，一旦戴上龙骨，这辈子就再也不能摘下来，不管到了什么时候，这只江珠也不能丢了或者卖掉，否则就要像你爷爷一样裸尸沉河，献给黄河大王。” 我当时心中一惊，想到我爷爷古怪的死法，难道说，他是为了不将骨碗传下来，不想让我做黄河采金人，才故意毁了骨碗，最后落得个裸尸沉河的下场吗？ 黄七爷按住我的肩膀，让我坐下去，叹了口气，缓缓说道：“当年你爷爷是放不下那桩事情，倒是也和你无关，你不用想太多了。不过这件事情，你必须要答应我，规矩就是规矩，只要金门还剩下一个人在，规矩就不能变。” 猴子在一旁使劲给我使眼色，意思是我千万不能答应，即便是答应了，也要攥紧左手，偷偷往地下吐口唾沫，意思发的誓就是放屁，不作数的。 我没有理他，俯下身子对着黄七爷磕了一个头，说道：“黄七爷，您放心，我就是豁出性命来，也不会丢了卖了这物件，人在物在，物丢人亡！” 黄七爷眼睛一亮，扶我起来，估计又想起了当年旧事，欷歔不已，眼角都湿润了。 我们四人顺着黄河走着，黄七爷吸着旱烟，不时问我一些我爷爷的事情，也跟我说了些他们当年在黄河上翻江倒海的旧事，听得我们瞠目结舌，简直不敢相信。 我也跟黄七爷说，我在上河村时，经历过小船突然升高的事情，和这次差不多，这是怎么回事呢？ 黄七爷说，在黄河破冰时，常会有这样的事情，潜伏在水底下的大鱼饿了一冬，也憋了一冬，在破冰时就会浮出水面，因为鱼实在太大，往往能将船托上来，这叫做“大鱼负舟”。能负舟的多是几百斤的大青鱼，也有上百斤的鲤鱼，这些大鱼一般不会伤人，只要在水中撒些鸡血，扔几只红公鸡，那大鱼就自己沉下去了。 黄晓丽也问黄七爷，当时在船上，我们突然发现他和那只黑狗不见了，他们去了哪里呢？ 黄七爷指着黑狗说，船行到半路，这黑狗示警，说水底下有东西，我就和它便潜入水中，也发现了那只大缸下的铁链子。 猴子也追问着：“那水底下的铁链子到底是怎么回事呢？” 黄七爷眼神黯淡了，他叹息道：“这个事情说来话长了。白家小子，其实你爷爷当时古怪的死法，包括我隐姓埋名在这黄河上做了几十年的水鬼，都和这件事情有关。” 经不住我们的再三请求，黄七爷终于给我们讲了当年的一段故事，听得我们心惊肉跳，没有想到在五十年前，老黄河上竟然出过这样一段怪事。 黄七爷说，人生在世，求的无非就是名利二字。名就不说了，那利便是黄白之物。所以自打古时候起，那民间寻金之人就没断过。不过寻金之事，谋事在人，成事在天，凭的也是一分眼力，九分运气。这运气之说也太过虚无缥缈，当不了真，所以这寻金之说也渐渐成为了笑谈。但是自打金门消息一出，江湖上立刻掀起了轩然大波。所谓技高一筹，钱不压手艺人，采金人靠着寻金的手艺，一旦寻到金线、金脉，即可腰缠万贯，富可敌国，那拦路的强盗，绿林的响马，甚至是民间的游侠，又岂有不眼红之理。所以各大门派都备下重礼，礼贤下士，秘密邀请金门一派为其指点金脉，便是官府之人也都礼让三分。 那时候黄河水患连年，民不聊生，官家对黄河大王的崇拜已经到了疯狂的程度。黄河口子老堵不住，便有手下献上一计，说黄河大王定是对恶人不满，得把恶人填到黄河眼里，这黄河口才能合龙。 就这样，在每次合龙关口时，官家就会专门派河兵捉来一些活人，将他们填进关口中，主要填的是当地的贪官，还有一些作恶多端的江洋大盗。后来人不够了，也红了眼，也有胡乱捉了老百姓填进去。那黄河合龙之时，百姓血染黄河口，那黄河水伴着血水奔腾而去，染红了官家的帽子，也染红了老百姓的眼。 且说有一年，黄河在开封决口，黄河水一泻千里。官家将开封监狱中的犯人全扔进了黄河中，可是口子还是堵不住，沙石一下去就没了影，好像那口子下面是一个无底洞一般。官家杀红了眼，当时便让士兵去捉几十个百姓过来，填入关口中看看。这时候旁边走来了一个云游道士，拦下了士兵，对那官家说了一番话。 那年轻道士上言，大人，此事无关百姓，只是这黄河口子下趴着一只巨龟，那沙石都堆在了巨龟背上，表面上看着口子堵住了，其实它只要身子晃一晃，这堤就破了。 官家自然不信，这黄河水患自古有之，怎能妄信这道士之言，轻者被人耻笑，重者更是误国大事，当时便挥挥手想让士兵将他赶走。那道士却朗声说了一句：大人且听我一言，这河底下确实伏着一只千年巨龟，小道若赶不走它，愿请大人将小道封入河堤中！ 官家听他如此说，便也让他继续说下去。那道士说要想将这个大堤筑好，倒也不难，只需要将那巨龟赶走即可。要怎么才能将巨龟赶走呢，说起来也容易，龟怕狗尿，闻到狗尿味就会四肢发软，尤其是黑狗尿。官家只要找到几桶狗尿泼在沙石上，那水下的巨龟闻到狗尿味就会逃跑了。 那官家听他说得煞有介事，想这黑狗尿也不是什么稀罕物，索性听这道士一言，便让人弄了一桶狗尿，浇在了沙石上，往水下一倒。那狗尿倒下去没多久，就见那水下冒出来一串串葡萄般的大水泡。这时候年轻道士让人将备好的生石灰投入水中，那水中顿时炸锅了一般，石灰水伴着水底下的污泥，呼啦哗啦翻着巨大的水花，过不了多久，那河堤处的水全部变黑了，大家立刻退到外面，就见那水面渐渐升高了，最后竟然浮上来一只巨龟，黑背铁甲，仿佛一个小山包那么大，朝着人群探头探脑看了一会儿，便径直奔水中央去了。 那官家这回才知道遇上了高人，原来河堤一直堵不住，竟是这腌臜鳖精作怪，当时便拜谢了年轻道士，命令河兵全力合龙河口。那巨龟被赶走后，一时间士气大振，军民一起努力，堆起泥沙、树枝，一次便将口子给牢牢堵住了。那年轻道士又在大堤处指点了四处方位，让工匠雕了四尊巨狮沉入黄河大堤处，四尊巨狮摆出一个震天吼的阵法，可保巨龟永不会再来犯。 官家大喜，当晚在黄河边上设宴招待那年轻道士，酒席上大家各自欢喜，就问起道士生平来历等，才知道那道士竟然就是赫赫有名的金门一脉“潜渊多金”一脉的渊金传人。这真是踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫。原来这官家张贴了榜文，正重金邀请金门中人前来相助。只因这开封城中出现了一桩古怪至极之事，黄河中出了一件邪乎物事，伤人无数，弄得开封城中人人自危，满城风雨。各位看官要问这开封城中到底出了一件什么事情，就要从上个月月末说起来。 且说在酒宴上，官家就给年轻道士讲了那桩怪事。 就说当时黄河边上来了一个老锡匠，带着一个童子，在黄河滩上搭了个草棚，里面放了几个草甸子，支起一架铁锅，锅里撒了半把盐巴，一捧茶叶，就在黄河边上做起了生意。那时候沿河人家爱用锡器，锡软，不容易摔坏，就算摔坏了，还可以熔化了重新铸一个，旧锡器用砂纸打磨后，白得发亮，就像新的一样。那老锡匠做活快，收钱少，待人又热情，一张嘴中说不完的天南海北、奇风异俗，所以很快成了当地闲汉的聚会场所。 大家收工后，就蹲在那里喝着盐茶水，呼噜呼噜吸了水烟，扯些黄河中的怪事。有一天有个叫王大咋呼的人就说到某某河滩出了桩怪事，河滩上水鸟死了一地，唯独野鸭子没事，还在那活蹦乱跳的，他不敢多待，就赶紧划船走了。大家就奚落着他，说这个王大咋呼真是越活越回去了，连个鸭子都不如！ 那老锡匠却颇感兴趣，问了一下那河滩的位置，又问了那些野鸭子的样子。待第二日老乡收工后，却发现老锡匠的棚子空荡荡的，那口支起的大锅还在，人却没了，老锡匠就这样神不知鬼不觉地消失了。 这老锡匠人没了，倒也没引起多大风波，这手艺人走街串巷，本来就是随遇而安，凭着手艺吃饭，除了几个锡器还留在老锡匠那里的人家骂了几句外，大家很快就将这件事情给淡忘了。让大家想象不到的是，他们会又一次遇到老锡匠，而且是在那样诡异的地方。 且说当时是黄河枯水季，村长便披着羊皮袄，挨家挨户通知大家去挖河，每家出一个壮劳力，不然就要交钱。大家骂骂咧咧扛着铁锨去挖河，谁承想这挖河不要紧，一挖竟挖出了古怪。 怪事发生在挖河的第七天，那天正好挖到死了好多水鸟的地方。因为王大咋呼到处说这里闹鬼，弄得没人来挖这块，气得村长将王大咋呼臭骂了一顿，让他自己将这段给挖完。王大咋呼待村长走远了，狠狠啐了一口唾沫，极不情愿地抡起镐头朝地下砸了下去。这河滩很难挖，淤泥里裹着好多细小的沙石，就像是烧过的炭渣一般，铁锨根本挖不动，只能用镐头先破开了，然后再用铁锨挖。只见他抡起镐头往下一砸，只听哐当一声，淤泥中有什么东西给砸碎了。王大咋呼将那河泥清理后发现，被镐头敲破的是个老式瓦罐，差不多有咸菜缸那么大，那瓦罐中全是生了绿铜锈的铜钱，铜钱上“元宝”、“通宝”都有。王大咋呼立刻咋呼起来，说挖到宝贝了，让大家都过来看。 他这一嚷嚷不要紧，大家全扔了铁锨镐头，过来看热闹。大伙儿七嘴八舌说起来，这河滩下肯定有好东西，说不定就埋了金元宝，大伙儿分了算了。大家计议既定，便都在手心里啐了唾沫，甩开膀子挖起来。挖不了多久，又挖出来了一个陶罐，但这陶罐中却没有铜钱，更不要说是金元宝了，只有一罐黄澄澄的东西，就像是玉米面一样，大家搞不明白，也就先放在一边，继续往下挖。 再往下挖，便又有人叫了起来，原来那人挖着挖着，下面就出现了一个大洞，他还以为挖到了宝贝，加倍使劲挖，挖到头却发现最里面伏着一个脸盆般大小的癞蛤蟆。 这癞蛤蟆很常见，但是脸盆那么大小的癞蛤蟆就少见了，大家也都围过去看，那癞蛤蟆周身赤红，连眼睛都是赤红色，见众人围着它，竟然趴在那里一动也不动。 有人就咂吧着嘴，说邪乎了，这怪事年年有，今年特别多，你说这癞蛤蟆都不怕人了！也有人说这癞蛤蟆浑身赤红，人说动物经过百年修炼后，眼睛就会变得赤红，想来这蛤蟆也不是凡种，不如给弄黄河中放生了吧。 大家本有三分心怯，这时便找了个大背篓，将蛤蟆弄到背篓中，背到黄河中放生了。那蛤蟆走后，大家才发现，那蛤蟆身下竟然有一堆不知什么动物的蛋，那蛋浑圆，有差不多两个鹅蛋大小，周身洁白，大家数了数，一共有九个。大家虽经年在黄河上打鱼，经历的奇闻怪事多了，但是见到这样的巨蛋，还是生平头一回，当时也没了主意，到最后谁也不敢动那些巨蛋，众人将大洞用土掩上，换个地方继续挖。 再挖，那些泥土就越来越黏，成了一块块胶泥，那胶泥的颜色也渐渐变深，最后就成了一种古怪的暗红色，看起来就像是凝固的血块一般。大家觉得事情古怪，继续往下挖，就挖出来了一大一小两具尸体，这尸体不是别人，就是那个失踪的老锡匠和小童子。 大家大吃一惊，这老锡匠怎么会被埋到了这黄河滩上？ 他们觉得事情太过蹊跷，就继续往下挖，最后就在血块般的胶泥中挖出了七具人形玉棺，棺材下压着一面铜锣。 那棺材遍体用上等美玉打造，晶莹剔透，洁白无瑕，能看出棺材中躺着一个浑身赤裸的女人，棺壁内隐隐有一层血色，最古怪的是这棺材竟是一副人形棺，有胳膊有脚有头有耳朵，看起来就像是用美玉做的大号衣服，牢牢套在了人身上。这人形棺如此古怪，村民就害怕了，怀疑这七具玉棺不是凡人所造，这会不会是黄河娘娘的灵柩，这样贸然冲撞黄河娘娘，到时候惹得黄河大王动怒，要发大水淹了整个村子的。 这些村民也觉得这个事情越来越古怪，不如选一个黄道吉日，请一个道士过来看看风水，指点一下再来挖的好。大家一致赞同，当时便将那罐子里的铜钱分了，那装着棒子面的陶罐没人要，依然丢在了河滩上。 结果在当天晚上，大家就听到外面北风一阵紧过一阵，然后就传来一阵阵的咳嗽声，最后便听到仿佛有万马奔腾的声音，仿佛打雷一般，轰隆隆地响。有人被这声音惊得睡不着，便披了衣服推门出去看看究竟，结果被眼前一幕给吓呆了。 原来那原本干涸的黄河古道上，不知道什么时候竟然充满了水，原来晚上那千军万马的奔腾声，竟然是黄河涨水的水声。 那人觉得这滚滚黄河水有些古怪，这时候又不是雨季，这黄河中怎么会突然涨水，便小心摸过去偷偷看了一眼。那时正是深秋季节，草尖上蒙了白茫茫一层露水，明晃晃的月亮照在水面上，只见那月色下一片刺眼的猩红色，黄河上翻腾着暗红色的血水，他当时吓得差点尿湿了裤子。 常听老辈人讲古，说当年纣王无道，天怒人怨，最后晨露带血，黄河流血，这可是大凶之兆，轻者大旱，庄稼颗粒无收，重者黄河决堤，淹没村庄。他两腿发软，只觉得脑袋里嗡嗡直响，走也走不动了。这时候黏稠的血水中缓缓漂过来了几个白点，他壮着胆一看，那白点并不是别的，就是他们昨天在黄河古道中挖出来的七具白玉棺材，吓得他当时便大叫一声，回去后就大病了一场。 说到这里，那官家便一抱拳，说道：“下官无能，黄河中出了这档事后，当地百姓议论纷纷，说黄河大王要降灾，整日聚集在黄河大王庙处祭祀跪拜，不事生产，更有举家搬迁者，我连发几道命令都没用。所谓'防民之口，甚于防川'，所以这次还望高人相助，能找出黄河带血原因，平息了这次谣言。” 那年轻道士听了当时便明白了三分，那老锡匠一准是南方憋宝的蛮子，化装成手艺人走街串巷，表面上是听大家讲乡村怪事，其实是从中找线索，想在民间寻宝。那脸盆一般大的蛤蟆可是大不寻常，这黄河上的大蛤蟆有个专门的名号，叫做“虎头将军”，也非凡物，那人形玉棺更是闻所未闻。 他想着自己虽为金门传人，从小游历四方，颇负盛名，生平所见奇闻怪事可谓多也，但这黄河上的稀罕事还真没听说过，这次若是这样放过，那岂不可惜，当时便满饮了一杯素酒，提出要去那黄河古道上看看。 那官家当时大喜，忙传令下去，命人第二日清晨备马洗轿，亲点了三百精兵，每人赏了二斤熟牛肉，一碗老酒，由他自己亲自陪着这年轻道士去黄河滩上捉妖。待这些人马杀到黄河畔，饶是年轻道士已听过关于黄河古怪的描述，还是忍不住吃了一惊。 都说黄河黄河，又黄又浊，那水中裹挟的泥沙仿佛泥浆一般，在黄河边捧一捧水，手里能留下半捧泥浆。可是现在这条黄河上却翻腾着猩红色的河水，河道中仿佛流淌的是人血一般，水上漂着星星点点的白点，都是漂浮在水上的死鱼臭龟，腥臭难闻。这哪还是黄河，分明是一条血河！ 那年轻道士摸了摸黄河边的泥土，发现那泥土也变成了暗红色，红得发紫，摸起来细腻光滑，看起来并不像是黄河上常见的黑色淤泥。那年轻道士看了一会儿，问跟在一旁的村长，这黄河变色后，可有什么异常？那村长支支吾吾还想搪塞过去，官家一瞪眼，说：“老老实实回话！”那村长忙哈下腰，说：“这位道爷真会说笑，你说这黄河大王都降灾了，哪个还敢吃这黄河中的水哎，乡亲们吃的都是三十里外的井水，连那鸡鸭都绑得严严实实的，生怕到这黄河边上来！” 道士问：“那黄河中的鱼虾有没有什么异常？”村长叹息着：“从那天涨水开始，黄河就翻了坑，大鱼小鱼都浮了头，好多大鱼疯了一样往岸上蹦，水里也爬出来了大甲鱼，眼睛都是通红的。开始还有乌鸦、野狗在河边叼死鱼吃，后来连野狗、乌鸦都死在了黄河边上，这可真是造了八辈子的孽呀！” 那年轻道士左右看了看，一时间也看不出门道，就让人驾起一只小船，去黄河中将那七具人形玉棺拖上岸来。却见七具棺材下各有一条铁链，铁链外也裹了一层玉，已玉化成了一根根玉链。那七根玉链最后牢牢绑在了一个铜锣之上。 那人形玉棺原本周身洁白、晶莹剔透，现在白玉上却凝结了一道道血丝，仿佛黄河中的血水渗入了玉棺一般，滋润美艳，看起来分外诡异。那村长就有点害怕了，说：“道士爷爷明鉴，这七具玉棺恐怕是黄河娘娘，这次黄河出血会不会是因为村民动了这黄河娘娘的灵柩，才惹得它发怒。我想咱们是不是在黄河大王庙前做一场法事，化掉黄河大王的怨气，再请一个喇叭班子吹吹打打，将黄河娘娘风风光光请回去，这个事情就可以了结了。” 那道士看了人形棺和玉链后，心中已有了定数，这时说道：“尔等不必惊慌，这七具人形玉棺虽然古怪，但我