Chapter 23: Horror on the River (3)

When all the hill-like bags of rice on the deck were thrown into the river, the big fish opened their mouths and swallowed the tumbling rice bags in the river with the river water. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and then the fishtail swung and disappeared in an instant. At this time, the pouring rain gradually became lighter, and after a while, the clouds dispersed, revealing the scorching sun. The river has also calmed down. The captain of the ship let go of the mast, and his limbs stiffened, and one fell to the ground without paying attention, and the two sailors hurriedly came forward to lift him up and slapped his stiff arm.

The monk and the man in white stepped forward to ask the boat boss about the big fish, and the boat boss replied, "This river has been dug up decades ago, and it has been an old man. At first, there was everything called 'River God' and 'Dragon King', but later everyone was afraid of offending the real gods and dragons, so they all unanimously called it 'White Dragon King', which is different from the real Dragon King. Master, don't look at it as vicious, but it rarely kills, and there have been people who have sacrificed whole pigs, chickens, ducks, cows and sheep to it, and it doesn't want anything, but only eats vegetarian food. I often save people.,Just like the one just now.。 Therefore, whoever sails on this section of the river must have a hundred sacks of rice grain on board. If you meet it, and ask for peace, you have to throw down all the rice and grain. ”

The monk said happily: "This fish donor is quite Buddha-like. ”

The man in white said coldly: "If it really has a Buddha in its heart, it should find a pond to stay in by itself, instead of making waves here." ”

The monk smiled and did not answer. When the captain heard this, he panicked and said, "Shhh If I provoke the old man to come back, my boat can't afford it! ”

The man in white glanced at the boat boss with a cold face, and there was no joy or hatred in his eyes, but he looked too fierce, which made the boat boss feel that his gaze was like a pig-killing knife. There was a heat between his legs, and a smell of urine overflowed from his body.

It was the first time he had experienced such a thing at such an age, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to throw himself into the river for a while. When he looked up, he saw that the man in white and the monk had entered the cabin, and the golden chains between their wrists glistened in the sunlight. Ah Ling covered her face in shock, and whispered for a while: "This ...... Mo, Mo is not a peach? ”

Xiang Xiaoyuan Qi said: "Divide the peaches? Those two don't have peaches in their hands. ”

Zhu Qingheng smiled, and Ah Ling squirmed: "Ouch...... That's not what it means...... It's, it's ...... Alas. ”

Xiang Xiaoyuan was even more puzzled and asked, "What does that mean?" Why is it so hard to say? ”

Ah Ling's cheeks were slightly red and said: "It's not good to say it here, when the girl grows up a little more, you will know." Mei's eyes turned, and she said, "Let's go back, the clothes are wet, we have to change them." Fortunately, everything was bought before getting on the boat, otherwise it would be troublesome. ”

Zhu and nodded in agreement to the two. Zhu Qingheng took a step, his heart moved, he retracted his feet, and turned to ask the sailor who was in charge of selling tickets about the identity of the monk and the man in white just now. The sailor stroked the water from his clothes and replied, "They are on the boat in Hangzhou, and the monk in black looks like a monk wandering around, and the 'rakshasas' beside him don't know what they do." ”

The sailor who stood next to him took off his short coat and wrung the water and smiled: "In our north, there is a figure who looks quite like them." It is also one good and one evil, we all call this person 'two-faced Buddha', I heard that this person has two faces, when the two eyes are open, he is a compassionate monk, and he has done a lot of good deeds. Once he closed his two eyes and opened the third eye on his forehead, he became a rakshasa from hell, who ate human flesh and loved children and virgins the most. But this is a rumor that I heard when I was a child, and I never saw this person until I left home at the age of sixteen. ”

Zhu Qingheng was curious: "This kind of guy, isn't there any famous and decent monk who has taken him in?" ”

The sailor shrugged his shoulders and said, "I haven't heard of his whereabouts for so many years, maybe he was taken in by some monk master." The most ferocious time when this rumor spread was when I was two or three years old, at that time, everyone should coax the story of children, once there is a crying disobedient person, they will say that if you are not obedient, the two-faced Buddha will come and take you away. His story is also told with a nose and a face, I don't remember now, at that time the places he plagued could be named, and it is said that where he walked, not a single living person was left. So no one who had really seen him came out yet, but at that time, whenever the monks and nuns passed by us, the doors and windows were closed from house to house, and they couldn't do anything, and there was no incense in the temple at that time, and the monks' hungry trouser belts could be wrapped twice. It has only gradually gotten better in recent years. ”

Zhu Qingheng smiled and said, "That uncle in white clothes, although he looks fierce, his heart is not bad. Just now that brother fell from the boat, I saw him take a few steps forward, as if he was going to save someone. ”

A sailor next to him nodded in agreement: "That's right, when I was in Hangzhou, I saw him save a little girl from human traffickers and give it to her family, but he was so fierce that the little girl was so frightened that she almost fainted." ”

A person next to him laughed and said: "Haha, if you want me to see, if someone takes his appearance to paint a statue of the door god and sticks it on the door, it will be guaranteed that robbers and thieves will not dare to come in." ”

Zhu Qingheng asked again, "What about the master?" It's strange how the two of them were locked together. ”

Everyone shook their heads, and only one sailor guessed: "Didn't you meet a powerful opponent and lock the two together." ”

Another sailor laughed and said, "What is the purpose of locking a monk with someone else?" If it's a big girl, it's good to say that the monk breaks the vows, this is a big man. Don't you want the monk to wake up at night, see that face, and be frightened? "I can't be happy after saying it.

Zhu Qingheng saw that they were only joking, and they couldn't ask anything, so they went back to the house with Ah Ling and Xiang Xiaoyuan. The captain of the ship changed his trousers, returned to the deck, and when he saw the sailors chatting happily, he was furious in his heart, reprimanded everyone, and then drove them to do things.

The ship traveled to Bianjing County, Xingyang County, and docked for supplies. Another boatman found that the hull was worn, and the trip was delayed for half a day. Everyone wandered on the boat for many days, and finally stood on the land and no longer swayed, except for a few hurried passengers who complained again and again, and they were in a good mood. Zhu Qingheng and the three of them didn't see the monks chasing them all the way, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. The three of them grew up in Gusu since childhood, Zhu Qingheng also went out with his parents a few times in the past, and the two of the Xiang family, even the eldest Ah Ling, have never set foot in Suzhou. Seeing Bianjing County, which is very different from the scenery of the southern country, my heart is particularly novel.