It took nearly two hours to finally walk out of the boundless reeds, and in front of it was the undisturbed backwater river, which was more than dozens of meters wide, winding east from the foot of Phoenix Mountain, killing and dying. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On both sides of the river was a meadow, and the low shack of the mad old man was in the middle of the meadow, and the mottled and dilapidated little ferry boat was parked on the riverside by the shack, and a long penny lay across the bow of the boat, and the cable at the stern of the boat was tied to the post of the shack, but there was no trace of the mad old man.

The old man who led the way was not timid at all, and took them directly into the shack, where the pots and stoves were cold, and there was no figure of a crazy old man on a small folding bed.

"That's weird! Except for sleeping, drinking, and ferrying, he hardly goes out? The old man looked at the cold stove with a surprised expression: "It seems that it has not been a day or two since I went out." ”

Lao Niu smiled and said, "Didn't you say that he made a lot of money a few days ago?" It's not like moving to buy a big house. ”

The old man frowned, shook his head vigorously, and said, "It is said that it has taken on a big job, how much work can such a small boat take?" Maybe the boss of the family kindly gave a few more money, and I don't think it's possible to get rich overnight. ”

"That's good." Lu Le rolled his big eyes and said, "Let's wait for him for a while, if we are sure to go out, I will come to support the boat to cross the river, and turn back to the mountain to come to the ferry, and the boat will not be less than the boat money." ”

The old man was very embarrassed: "It's not that I don't believe you, this broken ship is not worth much." The point is that you don't know how powerful this backwater river is, not everyone can hold the boat. ”

"Don't worry about this!" The old cow slapped his chest loudly, "My eldest brother is a good hand at holding boats, and he is even more expert in dealing with yin people!" ”

The old man was always a little hesitant, after all, these two young offspring were not deeply involved in the world, so they couldn't hurt others and lose their lives.

The space in the shack was too small, and the three people were a little breathless, so Lu Le got out of the shack first and said to Lao Niu: "I'll go to the river to breathe." The old cow hurriedly followed: "I'll go too!" ”

The boat along the river is indeed pitifully small, one at the bow and one at the stern, plus the boatman who holds the boat, there is no room for other people, and it is crowded to this extent and has to take the Yin people across the river, and it is strange that there is no good way not to overturn the boat!

What's the mystery of this seemingly calm backwater river? How can people say that they are so godlike?

The two of them stared at the river in a daze, thinking about the same question.

At this moment, a string of bubbles in the middle of the river burst up from the bottom of the water, each bubble was the size of a bowl, not like a fish, not a mud bubble.

I really want to come to something! Lu Le involuntarily pressed his hand on the golden rope in his waist, and his eyes stared at the heart of the river for a moment.

The old cow also came over, bent down and picked up a big stone and was about to throw it over, Lu Le hurriedly stopped him: "Don't worry, it's not clear whether it's friend or foe now, how can you just do it?" ”

The bubbles gathered more and more, and the center of the river boiled as if it had been thrown into quicklime, and the sound of "gurgling" startled the waterfowl on both sides of the river to scatter and flee.

The river churned for a while before it gradually subsided, and a male corpse with extremely stretched limbs in the shape of a "big" character slowly floated up!

It looked like the corpse had sunk to the bottom of the river for not a day or two, the skin had become white, the head, eyes, and whole body had been swollen, so swollen that it was impossible to distinguish the original face of the deceased.

On the belly, which has been swollen into a balloon, there is a large bluestone tied with rusty wire!

Lu Le's heart trembled, and he bumped the old cow with his shoulder and whispered, "I'm staring at it, you go and call the uncle out!" ”

The old man was old, and his eyes were not good, standing on the edge of the river and sticking his head to look hard for a long time, and finally crying out with a "wow": "Brother, ......"

As soon as this cry came out, the floating corpse immediately sank, and the river soon returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Lu Le stretched out his hand and rubbed his head vigorously, forcing himself to calm down, and then asked the old man who was sobbing incessantly, "Uncle, are you sure that is the crazy old man who is holding the boat?" ”

The old man cried so much that he couldn't speak: "It's him, no, that's right!" He was dressed in two tattered clothes, how could I recognize the mistake......"

Seeing that he was about to lose his breath when he cried, Lu Le and Lao Niu hurriedly carried him back to the shack to rest. This sudden change instantly disrupted all plans, and they both remained silent with calm faces, and the old man was still sobbing incessantly.

received a big job, and then quietly disappeared, and finally was sunk at the bottom of the river, for wealth or to extinguish?

Taking advantage of this gap, Lu Le began to carefully sort out the strange things one after another along the way, one clue after another.

First of all, I accidentally learned that something happened to the Taiqing Taoist Temple on Phoenix Mountain; Then there is the ghost encounter in the hotel, and the deceased claims to be "poor and long-distance", and is used and killed by the most trusted people, and the body is destroyed with sulfuric acid; Now the only boatman on the backwater river was sunk at the bottom of the river after receiving a big job.

There seems to be some kind of coincidence, even connection, between these seemingly unrelated piles, and Lu Le suddenly has a bold setting in his heart: Will all this have anything to do with the fact that the painting thief wants to enter the treasure house?

Thinking of this, he patted the old cow and said, "Let's go!" Let's hold the boat and cross the river! ”

The old man didn't expect such a thing to happen, and they insisted on crossing the river, so he quickly grabbed their arms and said, "Son, you can't go!" ”

Lu Le's heart was hot, patted the back of his hand and said, "Uncle, it's okay." We don't dare to come nonsense without perfect certainty, so you can rest assured! You can go back to the county seat by yourself in a while, be careful on the road! ”

As he spoke, he took out money from his pocket and stuffed it to the uncle, but people refused to accept it.

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Untied the cable, the two jumped onto the boat, and Lu Le's penny held it hard, and the boat left the shore.

Although the boat is small, there is still some space for two people, and the old cow lay down directly at the stern of the boat, and said lazily: "Brother, will you hold the boat?" I just made it all up to fool that old man. ”

"Absolutely! Do you think that in front of our door is the Dayan River, except for aircraft carriers and warships, there are no ships? I've never eaten pork and haven't seen a pig run! ”

"You can take it easy, my old cow is cooperating with you with his life."

Lu Le ignored him, these serial murders were like a stone in his heart, how could he still have the heart to joke with him?

The river was not in a hurry, and it was not too difficult to swim upstream, but the boat had just been in the middle of the river for a while and then whirled on the spot, and the whole hull spun on the surface of the river like the hands of a clock.

Although the speed of rotation was not fast, it also frightened the old cow and shouted: "Brother, can you do it?" Will you steady? My old cow is a landlubber......"