Chapter 18 The water is not clean
The night was calm, in the blink of an eye, the genius was slightly bright, Duan Mo and the four of them got up and went south again, he put a cloth bag in the room of Lin'er's mother and daughter, there were thousands of gold coins in it, for two ordinary people, enough for several years or so. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is the greatest help Duan Mo can give them, he still has to go south to the central part, he can't take care of these two powerless daughters, as for how they should live in the future, that is their fate.
In the early morning, Xuguicheng was very clean, there were already many early risers sitting at the roadside breakfast stalls, the street was not noisy, people were in a hurry, Duan Mo blended into this group of people, and soon left Xuguicheng.
"Young master, then Liu Tao is estimated to have been frightened by the two family masters, and he didn't move all night, I thought he would take revenge."
Chunhua carried a burden on her back and said with a smile.
Duan Mo whistled, his face was frivolous, he took a leisurely step, and said lightly: "Revenge? That guy doesn't even know where to feed the dogs now, and he uses a thousand horses for his own personal affairs, which is not a crime that a small city guard can afford. ”
"Huh? He's dead? ”
Chunhua Chuncao exclaimed.
"Fang Dong is not a fool, this is the closest important city to Black Ink City."
Duan Mo glanced at Xugui City behind him, and faintly saw a middle-aged man in white standing at the head of the city, Duan Mo smiled and said softly: "Speed up." ”
The group greeted the morning glow and walked away for a long time.
After five days of calm, Duan Mo and the four of them finally crossed the scope of Moshang County and stepped into Liuthorn County.
A wide river blocked the way of the four of them, and a river of green water flowed slowly, as wide as a hundred zhang, and there were no pleasure boats on the river, and many rafts were parked on the opposite bank or dragged ashore.
"Huh? There should be many ferrymen on this Qinghuang River, why is it so quiet today? ”
Chunhua frowned and looked around, unusually calm.
Duan Mo's gaze swept over, stopped in a small shed in the distance, and said, "There are people there, go over and take a look." ”
A few people came to the small shed, in which lay a shirtless and thin old man, lying there leisurely smoking a big cigarette, there was a big black dog lying at his feet, seeing Duan Mo and a few people coming, the old man waved his hand and said, "Is it to cross the river?" Go to the bridge ten miles ahead, there will be no one to ferry here in the near future. ”
Duan Mo smiled: "This old man, we can pay you twice the ferry fee." ”
The old man glanced at him, took a puff of smoke and slowly exhaled it, and said quietly: "Last week, a rich man gave him five hundred gold coins to carry him across the river, and a young man gritted his teeth and dried up, and then ah......"
The old man's cigarette stick pointed to the green river, and said flatly: "I can't come up." ”
"Up...... Not coming? ”
Chunhua Chuncao's beautiful eyes widened and she was surprised.
The old man nodded, crossed Erlang's legs and said: "Since the beginning of spring, the number of dead people in this river has been counted by both hands, you little dolls should honestly walk ten miles to walk the bridge." ”
Duan Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the wide river flowing calmly, and after a while, he looked at the old beggar, who ignored him and drank bad wine by himself.
"Uncle, is there something unclean in this river?"
Duan Mo glanced ahead, the ten-mile road is not long, and it is not short.
"Not clean?"
The old man sneered and said, "It's very clean, how can it not be clean, you can still see the dead people walking upright at the bottom of more than ten meters when you row to the center of the river, how can such clear water not be clean." ”
Hearing this, Duan Modu's scalp was slightly numb, and the dead man walked upright under the water?
That's weird, isn't it?
"Young master, let's go, this Qinghuang River has been full of strange things since ancient times."
The two girls of Chunhua and Chuncao had a slightly pale face and said.
Duan Mo hesitated, nodded, and just wanted to go forward, there was a sound of breaking water on the river, and remembered that a man came ashore dozens of meters away from Duan Mo and the others, his whole body was wet, he looked around, and immediately walked over to Duan Mo's side.
"Swimming...... Coming here? ”
Duan Mo was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the black and thin old man behind him, and said angrily: "Old man, you make up a story to trick us, that guy doesn't have to swim over without a boat." ”
The old man put down his cigarette stick, his face became ugly, and the quiet black dog at his feet suddenly jumped up and barked violently at the man who came by.
"Boy, that guy didn't swim over, he walked over."
The old man picked up the hoe on the side and sneered.
"Let's go?"
Duan Mo was stunned, and immediately stared at the man who was drenched and his hair was scattered, what did he call away?
The black dog barked wildly, and the old man took the hoe and yelled at the man, "Go back!" ”
The man ignored and slowly approached, Duan Mo stepped out, protected the second girl behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Stay away." ”
As the man approached, Duan Mo also saw more and more clearly, this was a rather young man, estimated to be in his early twenties, but his face was pale, white and scary, his lips were purple, and a pair of eyes were like dead fish eyes rolling white, so frightened that Chunhua Chuncao screamed and hurriedly shrank behind Duan Mo.
"Wangcai!"
The old man let out a low shout, and the big black dog rushed out, biting the man's trouser leg fiercely, the man seemed to have no pain, stretched out his foot and kicked, the big black dog screamed, and rolled on the ground several times before stopping.
Duan Mo frowned, he rushed forward and slapped his palm on the man's chest, who was slapped backwards by him several steps, fell to the ground and rolled into the water.
"So weak?"
Duan Mo raised his eyebrows, this man's strength was just like that of ordinary people, it was no different, he flipped his wrist, and the Qingfeng Sword appeared, and directly jumped out and stabbed the man who stood up slowly, and the water reached his ankles.
The old man's color changed suddenly, and he shouted, "Don't go over! Escape! ”
By the time Duan Mo heard the old man's voice, it was too late, and the Qingfeng Sword stabbed straight at the man, who suddenly moved quickly, as fast as lightning, a pair of fleshy palms firmly grasped the Qingfeng Sword, and a huge force beyond Duan Mo's imagination came, Duan Mo was thrown out before he could even react, and fell into the river, causing a splash.
"Damn! People possessed by water ghosts are invulnerable as long as they come into contact with water, and their power is huge! ”
Seeing this, the old man immediately became anxious, and the man jumped into the water and quickly dived away.
"Young Master!"
Chunhua Chuncao also changed color suddenly, the two glanced at each other, and rushed to the river in unison, wanting to jump down the river to save people, but an old man in ragged clothes stopped in front of them, and said lightly: "You two better make less trouble for that kid." ”
"Senior, then you hurry down and save the young master!"
Chunhua Chuncao also knew that the young master respected this old man very much, and hurriedly begged.
The old beggar shook his head slowly and said calmly, "I can't swim." “
After that, the old beggar didn't pay attention to the reaction of the spring flowers and spring grass, looked at the pool of green water with hazy drunken eyes, walked to the water's edge and bowed a handful of water to wash his face, brushed away the messy hair in front of him, his eyes were like torches, staring at the depths of the river, he could see a black-shirted young man being tightly imprisoned under the river by several thick tentacle-like objects, struggling desperately, many people in different clothes were walking slowly at the bottom of the river, their hair stood upright and floated, their faces were hideous and terrifying, and there seemed to be many black shadows shuttling back and forth in the water, and the scene was extremely weird.