Sanjiang Dragon King

Sanjiang Lake is famous for bringing together Linjiang, Shejiang and Qingjiang rivers, with a radius of thousands of miles. The surrounding fishermen worship the Dragon King of the Three Rivers because he moves clouds and rains at the right time to ensure smooth weather in the Three Rivers. Over time, the people nearby believed in the Dragon King of Sanjiang. The Dragon King Temple stands by the river. The temple is full of incense all year round. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, good men and women from nearby villages come to worship the Dragon King. As time went by, it gradually turned into the famous Dragon King Temple Fair on the first day of each month.

? Today is the day of the Dragon King Temple Fair again. I saw lights everywhere, huge crowds of people, and it was very lively. The climax of the temple fair: in the morning, famous benefactors from all over the country presented tributes to the Dragon King of Sanjiang, including livestock, fruits, incense and other items.

Suddenly, a few people squeezed into the crowd, and upon closer inspection, they saw four men carrying a wooden board, with a child wearing a bellyband lying on it. He looked like he was only one year old. At this time, a kind man became very unhappy and blamed this group of people. The leading man cried and said that there was a severe drought in Liulin Village this year, the harvest was not good, and the villagers were hungry, and most of them fled the village and fled. The remaining people almost ate up all the edible food nearby. They knew that the Dragon King of Sanjiang was the most efficacious, and they wanted to come and ask for help from the Dragon King, but there was no food left in the village, and the only sacrifices they could offer were children.

There was a buzz of discussion among the people around them. Some pitied their situation, some accused them of cruelly using human beings to worship, some agreed that they had no solution, some were silent, and some watched. What a joke...

This is the child of our village chief! The village chief did a lot of things to raise food and maintain the livelihood of the whole village, but unfortunately there were so many people in the village that it was still not enough, and he suffered a lot. In desperation, after hearing that the Dragon King of Sanjiang was benevolent, he thought that he had no sacrificial objects, so he had no choice but to offer his only flesh and blood to the Dragon King, hoping that the Dragon King would save Liulin Village.

After hearing this, the good man praised the village chief for his righteousness. People around him clapped their hands and applauded. Then the ceremony continued, but this time the doll was in the front, and the sacrifices were listed behind. The doll looked around from time to time, looking around with his eyes, not shy at all. It's a pity that he doesn't understand the sadness, pity, indifference, etc. expressions of the people around him.

? The auspicious time has arrived. From the rippling blue waves of Sanjiang Lake, a water column reaching into the sky appears, and there is a loud roar. In the blur, I saw a giant red dragon about ten feet long inside the water column. It opened its bloody mouth, and the sacrifice flew into its mouth as if it had wings. Then it settled down and hung in the air, with a thoughtful look in its huge eyes. Then its tail was seen flicking gently, and the lying child looked like a feather, floating and flying into the arms of the leading man. He raised his head and looked at the Dragon King. It was discovered that the Dragon King was speeding towards Liulin Village. The man is happy, the Dragon King of Sanjiang is doing great kindness! Afterwards, it rained in Liulin Village and the drought crisis passed.

Since then, the legend of the benevolence of the Dragon King of Sanjiang has become even more miraculous.

Twenty years later, the local county magistrate was replaced by a young man in his twenties. This person is the child who was not eaten at the beginning. He returned from school and became a local official.

One day, he went to the Dragon King Temple and found that there was a statue of a child next to the statue of the Dragon King. He found that it was exactly the same as when he was a child. He asked the person next to him what was going on. Passers-by answered one after another that this was a sacrifice to the Dragon King, used to worship the Dragon King. After hearing this, he became furious and ordered his men to break it into pieces. The people tried to dissuade him one after another, and his men were in a difficult position and could not take action. Finally, he stepped forward to show his identity as an adult, and said personally that the Dragon King was a fake and was poisoning the people. Ignoring everyone's dissuasion, he stepped forward and personally smashed the statue of the Dragon King, the statue of the child, and the temple fair. The Dragon King Temple was eventually demolished into ruins.

At night, the young county magistrate had a dream. He saw a man pushing the door in and asked if he would destroy his home while he was out today? He said no. In the morning, they only smashed the Dragon King Temple, which tortured the people. I heard the man say angrily, "It's really a waste of time to let you live twenty more years." After saying that, he saw a bloody mouth coming towards his face.

The next day, people found the young county magistrate dead tragically on his bed, but his head was missing.

People cannot be ungrateful.

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