During the Qing Dynasty, there was a black fish in Poyang Lake that committed misdeeds and injured people's lives many times, causing people to panic and worry. A tourist surnamed Xu passed by by a boat from Poyang Lake, and suddenly a black wind blew up, and several inches of high waves rushed to the cruise ship one after another, and the black fish's large mouth continued to spit waves into the sky, and the cruise ship overturned for a moment, and none of them survived.
When the news came, the Xu family was in a state of mourning. The son surnamed Xu secretly swore: not to kill the black fish spirit to avenge his father, and to swear not to be a man. He had worked hard for several years in the business and had saved a lot of money, which was enough to invite a master with high magic skills. He took the money and went to Dragon Tiger Mountain to ask the Heavenly Master to come forward to eliminate the demon.
The old Master tianshi was old and incompetent, and he said to his son surnamed Xu: "It is my duty to kill demons and exorcise demons, and I should go there, but the demon removal needs pure qi to calm down, I am already old, and I am still sick, I am afraid I can't help you." You can see that you are a great filial piety, and I have no reason to refuse, even if I die, I will let my son subdue it. Not long after he said that, the Celestial Master actually died.
The son surnamed Xu felt that the old Heavenly Master's son, "Little Heavenly Master", was still a little shallow, so he planned to come back to him in a year to lower the demon, and the Little Heavenly Master also agreed with his mouth.
A year passed, and Xiao Tianshi also took over the position of Tianshi for a year, and the son surnamed Xu did come to see him and ask him to go down to the demon.
The little celestial master said, "How dare I forget my father's last will!" This goblin is a big black fish, which has been occupying Poyang Lake for five hundred years, and it is very powerful and difficult for ordinary people to deal with. Although I know some spells, I still can't resist it, and I have to find someone to help. ”
Saying, he took out a small bronze mirror and handed it to his son surnamed Xu, saying: "You take this mirror to look at people, if you find people with three shadows, hurry back and tell me, only this person can help us lower the demon, hurry up and find it!" ”
The son surnamed Xu took this bronze mirror and walked all over the country, looking for several months in the open, and did not find anyone with three shadows, just when he was pessimistic and depressed, in a village in Jiangxi, he suddenly found that a child surnamed Yang had three shadows, and he rushed back to tell Xiao Tianshi.
Xiao Tianshi sent someone to the village, gave the child's parents a large amount of money, and then took the child to Poyang Lake, built a Dharma altar by the lake, chanted incantations, waited for the auspicious day, and prepared to exorcise the demon.
On this day, Xiao Tianshi put on a robe for the child surnamed Yang, put on a sword, chanted incantations and cast spells on the lake. After tossing and turning for half a day, there was no movement at all, and the crowd somehow felt bored.
At this time, Xiao Tianshi suddenly ordered someone to throw this child into the lake with a sword. Everyone was stunned, and they did not return to God for half a day, and the parents of the children cried loudly at the Poyang Lake. They cried and dragged the little celestial master and told him to pay for his life.
Xiao Tianshi smiled and said, "Mo Qian, please rest assured!" It's going to be fine! ”
After a moment's effort, I saw the black clouds rolling above the lake, and suddenly there was a loud thunderclap in the lake, as if it had exploded, and everyone saw the child holding the head of the big black fish in his hand, standing on the top of the wave, looking proud, like a fairy general. Xiao Tianshi hurriedly sent someone to row a boat to pick up the child back, at this time, Poyang Lake had been stained red by xue.
After the child returned, everyone rushed to ask him what strange things had happened, but the child said, "Nothing!" After I fell into the water, I felt confused and asleep, as if lying in the water, very comfortable, and it was not long before I saw a general in gold armor carrying a fish head on my hand, and I stepped out of the water. ”
Since then, Poyang Lake has returned to calm, and there are no more monsters here, and it is said that the child surnamed Yang later became the governor of Caoyun.
References 《夜谭隨錄》
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