Turtle climber
The old Taoist priest Shui Ding called Big
Elvis "old man", which made Big Elvis a little unhappy. However, Big
Cat King's close servant, the guardian Ding, supported the old Taoist priest
Shui Ding and deceived Big Cat King together, saying: "Old man" means
old longevity star, leader, son of heaven.
Why does the guardian of the house speak for
the old Taoist priest Shui Ding? Crow Betty told Agudengba and coachman Azhuo
that the wife of the housekeeper and the wife of the old Taoist priest Shuiding
were both turtle-climbing women. So what is a "turtle-climbing
woman"?
Crow Betty said to Agudumba to the coachman
Adhuo:
Since ancient times, Chinese history and
culture have been full of various folk sayings, such as "The human heart
is unpredictable", "The human heart is separated from the
belly", "Only women and villains are difficult to raise", etc.
Among them, a well-known saying is "The needle behind the wasp's tail is
the most poisonous to a woman's heart."
Crow Betty said: The source of this sentence
is in the ancient masterpiece "The Romance of the Gods". Jiang Ziya
felt deeply saddened by his wife's infidelity, so he sighed like this:
"Green Bamboo Snake'er" Mouth, a needle in the tail of a wasp, there
are two kinds of freedom, but the most poisonous woman's heart." There is
another saying from ancient Chinese, that is, "Although women can be
poisonous in all kinds of ways, the most poisonous thing is the woman who
crawls on a tortoise." So, what is this "turtle-climbing woman"?
According to historical records, the
"Turtle Climbing Woman" was originally a rural woman from Yiwu and
Dongyang, Zhejiang. During their leisure time, they would get together and
study how to make money to supplement their family income. They started out as
goddesses and told people's fortunes, but as time went by, their behavior
gradually became worse and worse, and finally they even turned into charlatans.
Whenever these "turtle-climbing
women" spot a house, they will first pretend to be gods and ghosts to
scare people, and then make up some stories of "revenge of gods and
ghosts" to deceive the family. They will continue to deceive the family
until all their wealth is drained by them, and then leave to find the next
target. Their intelligence network is very large and can even be connected to
various provinces and abroad, which makes their behavior more covert and harder
to be discovered.
The evil deeds of the "Turtle Climbing
Women" don't stop there. After they defrauded people of all their wealth
and kidnapped their children, they would also abduct and sell the women in the
family when the men were not at home. In this way, an originally happy and
happy family was completely destroyed by them. The family was ruined and all
property was lost. This kind of behavior is simply unscrupulous and outrageous.
After Big Elvis came to the throne, he ordered
a group of turtle-climbing women to be sentenced to death, that is, to be cut
into pieces by a thousand cuts. These turtle-climbing women were punished by
Lingchi, but they did not gain sympathy from the common people. Instead, the
common people applauded.
Why does the guardian of the house speak for
the old Taoist priest Shui Ding? Crow Betty told Agudengba and coachman Azhuo
that the wife of the housekeeper and the wife of the old Taoist priest Shuiding
were both turtle-climbing women. So what is a "turtle-climbing
woman"?
Crow Betty said to Agudemba and coachman
Adhuo:
The old Taoist priest Shui Ding was originally
a cunning villain who relied on the art of witchcraft to harm the people of the
world. His wife Feng Taini is a bit similar to what we often call witches and
witches. Feng Taini initially relied on self-developed herbal medicine to
practice medicine. She once developed a medicinal powder that could anesthetize
people during tooth extraction. This ability to treat toothaches made her
famous, and many patients would choose to see Feng Taini. Ni goes to the dental
clinic.
Later, Feng Taini discovered that it was too
slow to make money by treating toothache! Relying on the reputation she
accumulated through her medical practice, she began to publicize among the
people that her medical skills were learned from gods, and that she had the
ability to ward off evil spirits and predict the future. Because her husband
was the old Taoist priest Shui Ding, in order to enhance her persuasion, Feng
Taini got some turtle shells, burned them, carved some strange symbols on them,
and asked the old Taoist priest Shui Ding to carry these turtle shells
everywhere At this time, many honest people were deceived and handed their
money into the hands of the old Taoist priest and his wife, asking them to
avoid disasters.
At that time, the guardian was the attendant
of the feudal king, the tabby cat. When the taboo ascended the throne and
became the great cat king, the guardian also transformed from an attendant to a
close minister. Yan Poting, the wife of the housekeeper, was Feng Taini's best
friend. The two of them used turtle shells to cheat and cheat everywhere, which
is why people later called them "turtle-climbing women".
At this time, Yan Poting and Feng Taini were
still just charlatans, and they were far from being completely conscientious.
But things changed later. Yan Poting's husband became a close associate of the
Big Cat King, and Feng Taini's husband, the Taoist Shuiding, was also deeply
favored by the Big Cat King. So they were no longer satisfied with making money
by cheating, but engaged in The business of human trafficking started; because
these two tortoise-climbing women advertised their superior skills everywhere,
many poor families gave their children to them as apprentices, but they sold
them for money; in addition to abducting children, these people also abducted
children. Women, they use drugs to confuse women and then sell them; what is
even more outrageous is that for money, they actually start to commit murder.
In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a
medicine called Ziheche, which has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and
replenishing qi. In fact, this medicine is a powder made from placenta. Due to
the rarity of placenta, the price of Zihe Cart was also very expensive at that
time, and turtle-climbing women Yan Poting and Feng Taini focused on this. They
use their status as doctors or get close to pregnant women on the pretext of
divining the gender of the fetus. When the pregnant woman lets down her guard,
they will charm the pregnant woman, then remove the fetus, take away the
placenta, and finally destroy the body and eliminate traces. Later, incidents
of abduction and the killing of pregnant women occurred in many places, which
aroused the vigilance of the government. However, during the investigation, the
government learned that the matter involved Big Cat King's close minister Hu
Jia Ding and the old Taoist priest Shui Ding, so they lost their conscience and
let it go. Therefore, Yan Poting and Feng Taini, who were angry with both
humans and gods, continued to do many evil things, and the tortoise woman did
not disappear.
Where there are clouds, there is the world,
where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers
and lakes, there will be good and evil. Tortoise climbing is a profession that
has been practiced since ancient times, or it is called a trade, which means
cheating. A turtle-climbing woman refers to a woman who cheats.
The old Taoist priest Shui Ding said to Big
Elvis:
As we all know, the turtle is the northern
Xuanwu among the four mythical beasts. It was named Zhenwu Emperor during the
Tang Dynasty. The turtle has a long lifespan and is a very spiritual animal, so
the turtle shell left behind after it dies will be regarded as a spiritual
object by people. The structure of the turtle's skeleton is very unique, and
there are tortoise patterns on the back of the turtle. There are three grids in
the middle, which represent the three talents of heaven, earth, and man. There
are ten grids around it that represent the heavenly stems. Some turtle shells
also have twenty-four grids, which represent the twenty. There are four solar
terms; there are twelve grids on the bottom of the turtle shell, representing
the twelve earthly branches. Because of these characteristics, using the turtle
shell as a divination tool is perfect.
The old Taoist priest Shui Ding said:
Nowadays, when some people scold the "turtle-climbing woman", it is
disrespectful to the divine turtle. Dear Elvis, Your Majesty will never allow
anyone to attribute evil to the mythical beast Xuanwu.
The ignorant Elvis ordered her to be silenced
and not allowed to say the word "Turtle Woman" again. From then on,
"Turtle Woman" was cleared of any crime.
The crow Betty flapped her wings and sang the
ballad "The Turtle Woman" to Agudemba and the coachman Adhuo:
The
green bamboo hides the snake's mouth,
The
wasp hurts people with needles on their tails.
The
most poisonous person in human nature is the tortoise-crawling woman.
Evil-hearted
and practicing witchcraft.
Divination
and fortune telling, Feng Shui,
Pretending
to steal money.
Kill
pregnant women and steal their placenta,
Doing
many evil things makes people panic.
Even
if a woman is poisonous in all kinds of ways,
The
most poisonous one is the emperor.
The
emperor is ignorant, the court is black,
Corrupt
officials ruin everything.
Witches
and Taoist priests cast demonic barriers,
Using
ghosts and gods to deceive people.
The
powerful collude to exert lustful power;
The
people are helpless amid the bloody storm.
Pour
the copper coins into the turtle shell,
Look
at the number of positive and negative tests.
Heaven
knows and earth knows that people are ignorant,
Good
luck, bad luck, good fortune and misfortune are determined by destiny.
Taking the legendary wise Agu Demba as the protagonist, I started to create the Chinese-English version of "Snow Land Fable" using the traditional fable creation method that combines poetry and prose. Writing fableskes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s di masease.
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