Allusions to strange stones in Wulianshan Mountain

On the hillside of the southwest slope of Wulian Mountain, there are two relatively curved stones, like two sheep reaching into the corner, which are called "sheep fossils". The story of "sheep fossils" is still circulating in the local area. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a village in front of Wulian Mountain. There is a rich man named Guisan in the village. He has a lot of money, but he is rich and heartless, and is everywhere in the village. People nicknamed him "Ghost III". This ghost has thousands of hectares of fertile land, ten thousand acres of mountain fields, and three houses and hundreds of houses. Hire long-term workers, short-term workers, cooks, wet nurses, etc. There are hundreds of people up and down. These people have been oppressed and exploited by Ghost III. Just talking about grazing, there are hundreds of cows, horses, mules and thousands of goats, and there are more than a dozen herders alone. But none of them have worked for a full year, ranging from a few days to a few months. Some have worked for a whole year without making money, and they have to pay hundreds of dollars.

None of the poor people in Fiona Fang, more than ten miles away, dared to work in his house. One spring, Ghost III posted a list of shepherds with an annual salary of 500 copper coins. There should be no one working for half a month, and I was so anxious that Ghost III caught fire at both ends. I watched the fat sheep in the fence getting thinner and thinner and turning around. One day, a 14-year-old handsome boy named "Peng Yong" came to Dongxiang to work. "Ghost III" was overjoyed after visually observing the boy, and took him in on the spot, and announced three rules for shepherding: First, eat and live on the mountain at three o'clock every day; Second, the sheep died of illness and deducted 200 yuan, and the sheep were fined 500 yuan; Third, the salary will be settled at the end of the year. Despite the curse of "Ghost Story 3", Peng Yong agreed to start construction on February 2nd without any discount. Although Peng Yong is young, he is an old hand at herding sheep. Since he was five or six years old, he has been herding sheep with his grandfather on Dongshan Mountain, and he has developed a hard skill. When he was ten years old, he heard that the work of the "Ghost Three" family was not easy to fight, and all the workers lost money. He was very surprised at this. He ran to Wulian Mountain for a few days and hid in the jungle of the pasture. He secretly observed that every day the sheep should be counted, inspected and accepted, which was very detailed.

One day is his cousin's day off after autumn. When the sheep were slaughtered, a strange sheep came to the pasture and disappeared. I didn't see a strange sheep in the circle, and one was missing a few hours later. The housekeeper fined his cousin a year's salary. My cousin worked empty-handed for a year, went home crying, was beaten by her heartless father, and died with a grudge. Peng Yong, with great resentment towards Ghost III, is determined to get rid of this evil wolf. So, he discussed with his grandfather that he would go to work in Ghost III's house to herd sheep, and he was determined to face the difficulties. Peng Yong, an aspiring young man, is good at herding, leaving early and returning late, and is cautious. By September, the old sheep are strong and the young sheep are prosperous, only fat and not fat. After nine months without a sick or injured sheep, "Ghost Three" is naturally happy, and often praises Peng's ability, saying that he will continue to use him to herd sheep in the coming year, and his salary will be doubled. The first day of the tenth lunar month is the day when the garden gate is closed, and both long-term and short-term workers have to get off work.

This morning, Peng Yong drew a little red on the horns of a thousand sheep, waiting for the housekeeper to count them. It used to be a thousand, but today it has become a thousand and one. The clever young man with golden eyes saw a sheep without red horns walking among the sheep, and he kept staring at it with a whip in his hand. As soon as he reached the deep grass, the strange sheep quickly ran into the jungle. He quickened his pace and jumped up with a hard whip. The heavy whip of hatred made the sheep's ass bleed. Peng Yong took one look at the fake sheep dressed as "Ghost III" in sheepskin for the first time, which revealed the secret of the lack of sheep. Peng flew into a rage and got up to catch the ghost three. The two of them began to roll on the court, just like two sheep reaching the corner. He stuck the skinny, weak ghost III's neck until he died. Because they fought for a long time, they suddenly turned into two sheep in the corner. Since then, there has been a legend of "sheep fossils", which has been circulated among the people to this day. At the top of Wulian Mountain in the northeast of Wanghaishan, there is a huge stone that looks like a turtle crawling eastward. This is the tortoise stone first seen by the climbers in the east, and its legend is still circulating in the local area. Legend has it that a long time ago, Wulian Mountain was a sea facing the east directly, and Wulian Mountain was just a bare island in the sea. In the northwest of Wulian Mountain in Sanguan, there is a large dock connected by land and water, adjacent to the dock town on the shore. Most of the passenger and cargo fishing boats sailing far and near are moored in this port, and a large number of maritime businessmen also come here to gather. So this unknown town gradually has inns, pubs, brothels, markets, workshops and so on. So business is booming and the market is booming. Every night, the lights are brightly lit, pedestrians are bustling and lively.

Every day, people come here to have a rest, drink tea, set up stalls and open hotels in an endless stream. But one of them is tall, with dark skin and black face. He doesn't fish or do business. He comes every night, eating wine like water and swallowing wine like a strong cow. Spend the night in a brothel every day, but the rooster leaves as soon as it announces dawn. People who are often in town know him, but they don't know his name. Someone asked him that he claimed to be a sailor on a big ship, surnamed Wu Guigui, a native of the East China Sea. Then there was a loud noise in the ocean and he was punished. Only then did he know his true origin. It turns out that this Wu Gui is a pseudonym. His origin is a turtle, a sea patrol general under the Dragon King of the East China Sea. He is responsible for the safety inspection of the northern waters of the west coast of the East China Sea. Because I haven't been promoted for many years, I have become more and more passive and lazy. Every night, he takes a quick trip to the north and south, then goes to this pub in Wutou town to drink excessively, then goes to a brothel to play with a woman as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and returns to the sea before the cock crows, that is, lies in his own nest to sleep.

One day, he drank more than ten bowls of fine old wine in a restaurant and stumbled to a brothel. Seeing that she was another frequent visitor, the procuress called five beautiful women for him to enjoy the sunrise in the East China Sea. As soon as the delivery date arrived, he broke away from the arms of women and ran to the dock naked, ignoring the ridicule of pedestrians, diving into the sea and swimming towards the abyss. His deeds have long been reported to the Dragon King. When I swam to the stone shore near Wulianshan Island, I was caught by the duty hag sent by the Dragon King, put on the top of the island, and showed my true colors on the ground, waiting for the Dragon King's mercy. When I was in Pai Cheng, I heard an earth-shattering noise. A burning fireball exploded at the top of the island, turning the greedy bastard into a naked hard turtle stone. Since then, there has been a legend about turtle stone here. At the southern foot of Fengmen Mountain in Wulian Mountain, east of Melaleuca Pagoda, there is a boulder about 20 meters high and a few meters around. Seen from the southwest, it looks like an old man in a gown with a cane in his hand. Seen from a distance, he has regular facial features and a vivid image. This is the "Five Manshi" in the scene of 1 18 on Wulian Mountain. Legend has it that in the early years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor issued a letter to expand the Guangming Temple in Wulianshan, and sent the repair department of the Ministry of Industry to take charge of this matter. This Wu is a native of Zhejiang, and the official residence is third-rate. After he took the task, he always thought it was a good job to make a fortune. But another thought, making such a large sum of extra money, doing it yourself will make colleagues jealous and bring disaster.

So he thought of his son-in-law, Buzheng, and he was appointed as the magistrate of Qibin County, Henan Province. This monk is a tricky man, bent on climbing, worshiping the door every year, spending money everywhere, and his taste is just not up. The expansion of Wulianshan Temple is a good opportunity to attract a good husband. Why not transfer your son-in-law to the Ministry of Industry and appoint him as the general manager of temple expansion? After the idea is made up, it will be repaired and the silver ticket will be sent to the official department. A few days later, the imperial edict arrived, and Buzheng was promoted to the head of the repair department of the Ministry of Industry of Five Products and served as the chief engineer of the expansion project of Guangming Temple in Wulianshan. After bowing to the imperial edict, Buzheng set off for Shandong. When he came to the foot of Wulian Mountain, local officials, large and small, were already standing on both sides of the mountain road, respectfully welcoming the imperial envoys. Cloth is climbing Wulian Mountain, surrounded by officials. The next day, he held a big banquet and invited local officials.

At the banquet, he talked about the great significance of expanding the army in Zhejiang dialect, and then divided the assessed money into the account books that should be paid in various places, and ordered it to be paid within a time limit, otherwise it would be punished as disobedience. After more than a month, the local government sent the found silver silks up the mountain. Bu Zhengyi calculated that the money, together with the internal funds allocated by the court, was enough to rebuild a new temple. This BuZheng is too arrogant, writing books all night and reporting his gains to his father-in-law. Later, in the process of the expansion project, Buzheng made a lot of money by purchasing materials to lower prices, kickbacks and wages. After the completion of the expansion project, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent personnel to settle accounts, but it overspent10 million yuan. It was reported to the court that the local officials secretly typed a book about the people's wealth plundered by the political envoys. The emperor was furious and sent an imperial envoy from Duchayuan to inspect the mountain. After investigation, it was found that Buzheng had a huge amount of corruption and profligacy, and there were other acts that did not conform to the king's law, such as extortion and disorderly distribution. The emperor sentenced Bu Zheng to a summary execution. Later, I traced the responsibility, and I found out Wu Yong. The emperor read Wu Yong's meritorious service as a minister, rebelled and placed Wulianshan under house arrest to reflect on himself. Wu Yong was placed under house arrest on Wulian Mountain and was extremely ashamed. A year later, he committed suicide next to a boulder that looked like a man. Since then, the local people have removed Wu Yong's surname from the side of "mountain people" and called this stone "Wu Zhang Ren Shi".