Chapter 4551: What Strange Thing Is This?
e Fifth Brother, he has a hot temper.If you really push Third Brother too far, he might just crawl to the front yard and burn down that house in his courtyard!"Boom!"A muffled thud, as if Yang Huazhon..."Qing'er, be careful," Yang Huazhong cautioned, stepping aside.
Yang Ruqing and Luofeng Tang came to the place where they had dug earth on Jinshan. The earth wasn't very deep, about to Yang Ruqing's knee.
This soil is very compact, and you can see a lot of gravel, grass roots, tree roots...
When Yang Ruqing bent down to investigate, the smell of damp earth filled her nostrils.
She rolled up her sleeves and reached out to touch a depression about the size of an adult's hand underneath, but her wrist was grasped by Luofeng Tang.
"Don't touch it, I'll get it!" he said.
The two people immediately stood up. Luofeng Tang glanced around and then said to Yang Huazhong, "Father-in-law, can I borrow your iron shovel"
Yang Huazhong quickly handed the shovel over.
Luo Fengtang glanced around, others couldn't understand what he was looking for, then he walked three steps in the northeast direction of the hole, stopped, swung his shovel down, and directly brought out a black object, which was overturned on the ground.
The black thing was covered in dirt. When Luò Féng Táng dropped it, it made a dull thud.
It's obviously not soil, it was already crushed a long time ago.
It's not a stone either, because stones don't move, but that thing can.
“What is this” Everyone was astonished, surrounding the thing but none dared to approach.
This place is a burial ground, and anyone who dares to disturb the living things unearthed from it
Yang Huazhong took a twig, squatted down, and stretched out his arm to gently brush the thing a few times.
"He was covered in dirt, you couldn't tell what he was at all," Yang Huazhong said.
“I’m coming!”
Yang Ruqing's voice suddenly came, holding a bucket in her hand, the bucket filled with water.
This is the water that the long-term workers fished up from the river to wash their hands whenever they needed to, Yang Ruohong dove right into it.
As soon as she set the empty bucket down, someone in the crowd spotted her and cried out, "It's a turtle!"
"What Turtle"
"Are you kidding me That Wang Ba thing lives in water and mud, this is the mountains, buried in the dirt!"
“Are you kidding me You can't even tell Look at this turtle's head, it's exactly like the one I raised last time! If this isn't a turtle, I'll chop off my own head and let you use it as a stool!”
Everyone started arguing excitedly. Luofengtang crouched down, picked up something from the ground and examined it carefully: "This is a turtle. In our dialect, we also call it a tortoise. But there are some differences between turtles and tortoises in the patterns on their shells."
The foreman who first shouted "turtle" became even more excited.
"Did you hear The general said this is a turtle, who among you dares to question me"
"But the general also said, this turtle and tortoise aren't the same after all, so you were wrong."
"What's wrong We're all family, right"
Everyone was too busy to argue, and a pair of curious eyes fell on the turtle Luofengtang was holding in her hand.
"This bastard is really big, he must weigh at least ten pounds, right" someone asked.
Luo Fengtang weighed it down: "It's a bit heavy, probably about thirteen or fourteen pounds!"
The crowd gasped in astonishment.
Yang Ruqing had never seen such a large turtle hidden underground in the mountains before. She thought it was something the size of an adult's hand when she saw the hole it escaped from, but she didn't expect it to be this big when she pulled it out.
It's like...like a big, flat, fragrant scallion pancake lying at the bottom of the pan! Only this turtle's body is oval-shaped, with patches on its back, as if engraved with the passage of time and rings of age. It gives off an indescribable sense of vicissitudes.
“This turtle is probably older than Uncle Three, look at its shell, it’s as hard as a rock and black too!” someone else in the crowd said.
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“A thousand-year turtle, ten thousand-year tortoise, haven't you heard of that I bet that if we add up our ages, it wouldn't even compare to this thing!” someone else said.
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Although it was a burial ground, with the presence of the general and his wife, and the general even personally holding this large turtle in his hand, everyone's courage gradually grew. They began to discuss amongst themselves, one by one.
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Yang Huazhong couldn't help but ask Luofengtang and Yang Ruqing: "Digging out such a big ghost from the ground is too rare, what should we do next"
Before Luo Fengtang could speak, someone in the crowd shouted, “Such a large turtle, if taken to the market, would definitely sell for a lot of money. And if it were slaughtered and stewed, it's said to be a great tonic...”
“Be quiet!” Yang Ruqing suddenly shouted, cutting off the words of that long worker. Moreover, her eyes were sharp and her face was gloomy, not at all like she was joking.
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At that moment, the day laborer was frightened. He stammered a smile and quickly shut his mouth, hiding behind the crowd.
At Yang Ruqing's sudden change of face, the long workers were all scared and dared not continue playing around.
While Yang Huazhong and Luofengtang both looked at her with a hint of surprise.
Yang Ruqing told the two of them, "Father, Tang Yazai, you look closely at this turtle."
"Not only is it smaller in size than other turtles, but its claws have also developed fine scales."
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Following Yang Ruoqing's guidance, not only Yang Huazhong and Luo Fengtang, but also the others beside them discovered this.
"Not only does it have scales, but its claws are also very sharp." Luo Fengtang added.
Yang Ruqing nodded. "The Huainanzi mentions the five celestial beasts of the Heavenly Palace, who are most feared by demons and possess boundless magical power: the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, the Black Tortoise, and the Yellow Dragon!"
“Xuanwu, also known as Xuanming, is a fusion of a ghost snake. It is the water god, residing in the North Sea. Turtles are long-lived, and Xuanming has thus become a symbol of immortality.”
“Xuanwu can also be used for divination and fortune-telling, as well as understanding yin and yang. Whether it's the village diviner in Li Jia Village or Bao Bansxian in Bao Jia Village, the tools they use for divination are all made from turtle shells.”
"Xuanwu is also known as Xuan Tian Emperor, Zhenwu Great Emperor, and is a god worshipped in Taoism."
“So, my suggestion is to release it and then sprinkle chicken blood where we found it, burn incense. Dad, Tang Yazi, what do you think” Yang Ruohua asked.
Whether considering it from the perspective of life or weighing it against superstitious beliefs, Yang Ruqing didn't want to harm this giant turtle.
At this moment, Luofeng Tang had been completely captivated by Yang Ruohui's words. He was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
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Yang Huazhong looked terrified, and when he saw the large turtle in Luofengtang's hand, his eyes and eyebrows were full of respect.
The other laborers were the same, and those who had joked earlier became timid. They almost knelt down, afraid that this big turtle would suddenly come to life, transform into the True Martial Emperor, and punish them for their disrespect.
Yang Huazhong said: "Just happens to be the Taoist temple we are going to build, it's really like flooding the Dragon King Temple. What are we waiting for Hurry up and release them!"
Nine Heavenly Emperor leave this place as quickly as possible, because she had already heard Yang Yongxian's heartbreaking voice.Alas, matters of fate are in the hands of those involved. Others are truly powerless to inte...