"Quick—get that lantern away!" One of the people standing next to him immediately lost his voice and shouted, "There is a ghost in that lantern!" ”

The man carrying the lantern shook his body when he heard this, and subconsciously threw the lantern out in his hand.

Unexpectedly, the ghost in the lantern was very agile, and he flew up with the lantern before falling into the river.

The group was so frightened that they could only scream and push indiscriminately.

The ferry began to shake violently due to the great movement of the people, and the river, which was not very calm, suddenly became turbulent.

"Ahh

Wang Defu turned his head in shock, and saw at a glance countless thin arms clinging to the hull of the ferry, and looking at their movements, there was a tendency to climb onto the boat. If it weren't for the ferryman who kept knocking down those ghost hands with a pole, I am afraid that the boat would have been crawling with ghosts in the river at this time?

"Second Brother Wang, Second Brother Wang—leave them alone—" The more timid men in the caravan begged, "Let's go!" Ah, let's go first, and if we go on like this, we won't be able to go—"

"Please, Second Brother Wang, I don't want to die yet!"

"Let's get out of the boat—let's get out of the boat—"

Looking at the noisy companions, Wang Defu only felt that his head was buzzing. He stood there sweating profusely, looking around blankly, and all he saw was ghosts. And the strange lantern swirled around the air a few times, as if it was cheering.

Wang Defu doesn't want to leave, but he has to be moral! Leave his companions alone at this time, he can't do it! It's just that if you want to have both, you can't.

In addition, he has always felt that the living are more important than the dead, so at such a moment of crisis, it is just a moment, and he has a decision.

can only abandon Qian Wang's body!

"Mother-in-law!" He gritted his teeth and quietly put the ghost fire bead back, and turned his head to the old woman and said, "Since there can only be seventeen people, then seventeen people are alive!" We don't count the corpse and the ghost of unknown origin! ”

"Wait-" The iron pillar on the side hurriedly stopped, "Second Brother Wang can't-"

The old woman was busy checking the ghost that was about to get on the boat, and when she heard this, she threw out a dry sentence: "It's too late, the ghost has already come on board." ”

When Tie Zhu heard this, he cried, for while Wang Defu was talking to the old woman, he did see the strange lantern swishing and flew aboard.

Fortunately, the people on the boat did not want the broken lantern to come on board, and when two of them saw the lantern flying in their direction, they were immediately frightened, and they did not think much about it at the moment, and threw away whatever they caught.

The lantern was struck by one of the burdens, and the people heard a pop, and saw the lantern turn into a black lantern and fall straight into the river.

"The lantern didn't get on board, it didn't get on board!" Everyone hurriedly shouted happily, "Let's beat it down, Second Brother Wang, Tiezhu, come up quickly!"

Wang Defu's heart was relieved, and he immediately let go of his shelf to pull the iron pillar onto the ship.

Although Qian Wang is thin, he is also a man, and his body is not light. As soon as Wang Defu let go, Tie Zhu was a little unable to hold on alone, and he was pulled by Wang Defu, and he was dragged over when he stumbled.

"Hey-hey--Qian Wang-" Tie Zhu turned back painfully to grab the body of Qian Wang, who was falling straight down, but in a flash, the body had fallen into the Santu River, and countless unjust ghosts rushed to rush up and drag the corpse as if they had won a treasure. It was just the blink of an eye, and the corpse was completely dragged down.

If such an iron pillar wants to be saved, it is too late to catch up.

The crowd couldn't bear to turn their heads away, and they didn't dare to look at the river again.

However, just as Wang Defu dragged the iron pillar onto the boat, the ferryman on the boat suddenly crossed the pole and stopped them in a sullen voice: "The ghost has already boarded the boat, you can only get on one more person!" ”

"You talk nonsense! The lantern had clearly been knocked down by us. The people on the boat suddenly became anxious, and they all pushed forward angrily and shouted, "Besides, even if it comes up, you can fight it again!" Those ferries are clearly our money! There is no reason for an outsider to use it! ”

"That's it!"

Wang Defu panted and looked at the ferryman above without speaking, his companion's words were his words, he wanted to see how the other party answered.

The ferryman stood motionless at the stern of the boat, and the crowd heard him reply, "What you have beaten down is only an empty shell, and the terrible ghost has already come on board, and now it is mixed in with a mass of ghosts waiting to be reincarnated, and we cannot tell which one has been mixed in." ”

"Not bad." The old woman also echoed lukewarmly, "There are so many ghosts on the ship now, which one do you let down?" Call the wrong person, but don't follow! ”

"How can you not recognize it?" Wang Defu was in a hurry, and before he could plead again, a good ghost who had passed the test floated lightly from his side to the ferry.

Wang Defu saw that the ghost's facial features were blurred, and at a glance, it was like an unformed mask, and it was difficult to distinguish the face. The ghost didn't bother Wang Defu and the others, and he got on the boat and stood still in the ghost pile.

The king blessed the gods sent the ghosts to look towards the ferry, and saw the ghosts of half a boat, and at a glance they looked as if they were made of a mold.

The same vague face, the same erratic body shape and black robe, even if some of them have a slight deviation in body height, but people's memories are not such dead things in black and white. Wang Defu admits that he doesn't have the ability to forget, and he doesn't know who the ghost mixed into the boat is, if he is allowed to admit it, he will definitely not recognize it!

As soon as he thought about it, his unspoken words immediately choked in his throat, and he couldn't swallow or spit out.

After the old woman had released a few more ghosts on board, the ferryman shook his head at her, meaning that the boat was full.

The old woman saw that Wang Defu was only sweating, and she was stunned for half a word, so she said angrily: "You admit it." If you could recognize which one was the stowaway, we could have kicked them off the boat, but you wouldn't recognize them! Not to mention who gets on the boat last, we're about to leave the boat, and it's not too early! ”

Wang Defu's heart exploded like an oil pot in water, he looked at the ferry boat in a panic, and then at the iron pillar, stunned and unable to make a decision.

"Second Brother Wang, Second Brother Wang, don't leave me-" Tie Zhu saw that Wang Defu's expression seemed to be shaken, and he grabbed Wang Defu's hand with tears in his eyes and begged bitterly, "Don't leave me, ah, please, if you save my life today, I will repay you as a cow and a horse in the future!" Please, woo-woo-"

"Alas—alas—" Wang Defu fell to his feet and lamented a few times, and the conscience in his heart kept urging him.

That's it, anyway, I can go back to the inn to exchange for ferry money, and this time I will help Tiezhu.

With a certain thought, Wang Defu finally calmed down. Just as he was about to give up his position, the old woman next to him suddenly said: "Hey, if the old woman is good, I think it's good, boy, you should have a ghost fire bead on you, right?" ”

"Mother-in-law...... Why do you ......" Wang Defu subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover the ghost fire bead in his arms, and looked at the old woman in shock.

The old woman smiled dryly, and said in a very nostalgic tone: "Once upon a time, there were more things in the Santu River, but now most people in the mortal world have endless emotions and six desires, and there are fewer people with simple minds and no desires, so ghost fire beads are also rare." ”

Saying that, she said to the ferryman: "How many years have we not seen the marquee?" ”

"Three thousand years." The ferryman replied sullenly.

"I've been here for a long time, and my life has become boring. Why don't you have some fun today? The old woman stretched out her hand and pointed to the fluctuating lantern in the river and said, "Catch it, rush to the lantern, and we will help this mortal." Otherwise, when will the boat have to be sailed? ”

Wang Defu was quite entangled and watched the ferryman use the pole to fish up the lantern, although his owner said that the ghost fire bead had this use, but did not say whether the ghost fire bead could still be used after use. He begged for this bead to save his eldest brother, and if it was used once and it was gone, he would definitely not be able to agree.

After the old woman took the lantern and finished pounding it, she stretched out her hand to Wang Defu and said, "Ghost Fire Bead, hurry up, I will return you when I run out!" It's rare for us to give you a chance, if you don't speak quickly, don't delay our efforts. After you tonight, we have to go to Huangquan to restore our lives! ”

"Give it to her, Second Brother Wang!" Tie Zhu hurriedly persuaded, "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, we have to save our lives!" ”

Wang Defu gritted his teeth, and finally asked, "Can I use up the Ghost Fire Bead again?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The old woman waved her hand impatiently and said, "Don't smash it, use it a few times, hurry up, it's almost dawn!" ”

With the guarantee, Wang Defu finally handed over the ghost fire bead to the old woman with peace of mind.

The old woman handed the lantern with the ghost fire bead to the ferryman, who placed the pole between the caravan and the ghosts, and then said, "Enter the lantern one by one, and after seeing that there is no problem with the lantern, you can step over my pole and stand with these mortals." ”

After a lot of unexplained ghostly movements, there was a line of people, and one by one they entered the lanterns.

Wang Defu and others have never seen such an unbelievable thing in their lives, and they are really amazed to see those streamer-like phantoms showing a person's experience from life to death without omission in just a few breaths.

Because of the speed of the marquee, in just a quarter of an hour, there were only a few ghosts left on the ferry.

Wang Defu blinked his sour eyes and stared at the lantern, waiting for a ghost to grind into the lantern, looking at the lantern and looking a little confused, as if he had seen something terrible, his eyes suddenly widened, and he pointed to the figure in the phantom in horror and shouted, "This is not ...... Li Si? ”

Li Si in the marquee died extremely strangely, and everyone was already terrified when they saw him being made into a lantern by a strange white-faced scholar-like noble son. After seeing the evil deeds that Li Si did after his death, the fear in their hearts turned into indignation. After the scene of Qian Wang being killed by the ghost in the lantern flashed, they all shouted angrily: "He killed Qian Wang, needless to say that he is the ghost who smuggled onto the boat!" Get him out, get him down! ”

Wang Defu sighed and looked at Li Si's marquee, he really didn't know that Li Si, who looked quite sharp in the past, was such a guy who was not as good as a pig and a dog. At this moment, he did not hesitate, and without waiting for the marquee to end, he said to the old woman: "It's him, let him get off the boat!" ”

The old woman smashed her mouth and nodded, and the moment Li Si's soul came out of the lantern, she kicked her feet and kicked Li Si into the Santu River.

"The ghosts should go to the places where the ghosts go." She whispered coldly, "A guy like this deserves to survive in the Santu River for a hundred years and a thousand years." ”

After that, she stretched out her hand and pushed Wang Defu again.

Wang Defu only felt that his whole body suddenly rushed forward, and then he came back to his senses, and he and Tie Zhu were already on the boat.

The ferryman started the boat with a pole, and everyone looked silently on the boat at the ghosts who kept struggling and screaming in the Santu River, and they were afraid for a while.

In the second half of your life, let's do more good deeds! No...... I'm afraid I'm going to end up with these guys.

Wang Defu held the ghost fire bead in the palm of his hand, he looked at the same powerful ghosts in the river, and he really couldn't tell which one was Li Si.

If it weren't for the marquee, who could say that who must be the kind of person he came out of? .

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