Nie Shuyao and the others traveled lightly, much faster than when they were in the team, but it was not necessarily a shortcut, because they had to go to Huaishu Village.

The old man said that this was the closest road to Huaishu Village, but there was a river on the way that needed to be ferried.

Everyone knows what the ferry is, their carriage is not small, is there such a big boat? Nie Shuyao was deeply skeptical, isn't this ancient? She felt that there were no such advanced ferries in this era.

But she was wrong, the ships of the Ming Dynasty were still very advanced at this time, and Zheng He's voyage to the West during the Yongle period can be seen, representing the world-class level.

The old man said again that after the river in front of him, he couldn't walk a hundred miles away, and it was Huaishu Village.

They have been separated from Yuqin for three days, two horse-drawn carriages, Nie Shuyao's sister and brother ride in the car, Jiang Yi and Feng Wuya ride horses; And the goods on the old man's car were also sold on the road, and the horses ran fast, and it wouldn't take long to reach Yangzhou at this speed, but they turned a corner, and no one knew how big this turn was.

The old man was familiar with this kind of ferry, and he was the first to catch the car on board.

This is a ferry boat made of several small boats tied together and tied with some wooden planks, it is difficult to say whether it is safe or not, anyway, the old man arrived on the other side of the river.

The second ferry was Nie Shuyao's carriage, and she didn't go over together, because she was worried that some bad people would take advantage of the opportunity to make it bad, and only Nie Tianxi and the second cannon got on the boat.

A quarter of an hour later, they disembarked from the boat, and Nie Shuyao also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that she's careful, but that her intuition has gone all the way, and some people have been following her, at least from the mystery of the Broken Dao Temple. The drug incident begins.

"Shu Yao, come with us." Jiang Yi and Feng Wuya invited.

Nie Shuyao still shook his head. "You go first, I'll go last."

The two looked at each other, not knowing what was going on in her head.

Jiang Yi said: "I'll accompany you." Brother Feng, I'm sorry for you. ”

He put the reins of his horse into Feng Wuya's hand. Although Feng Wuya didn't know what was going on, he also led the two horses onto the ferryboat.

Nie Shuyao's eyes kept staring at the ferry. Seeing that they also landed safely, the worry in my heart gradually disappeared.

The big ferryboat did not come back on the other side, and a light boat rowed towards them.

The two got on the boat, and the light boat was not fast, but it was safe. Nie Shuyao smiled at this time, she seemed to be thinking too much today. Look up at the sky. White clouds, clear water, blue sky, what a good painting.

The river is not wide, but it is not shallow from the waves on the river, the water is turquoise, and you can see one or two grass carp jumping out of the water from time to time. The wind blows. The heat was immediately dispersed, and the air felt much fresher.

The boatman was a middle-aged man, dressed in a short brown cloth color, wearing a hat, and his black and shiny face showed white teeth, dressed as a standard peasant man.

Xu was happy to do the business of their group, and he talked more. "It was my eldest son who supported the boat just now, and with him we can start this business." The boatman was relieved and seemed happy for his eldest son.

Nie Shuyao smiled: "Boat family." What village are you from? ”

The smile on the boatman's face disappeared immediately, and he said, "From Qingshui Village, that's the old village." However, the people in the village basically left if they had a way out. ”

"What do you mean?" The smile on Nie Shuyao's face was gone.

The boatman said, "Our current village is in the lower reaches of the river, called Huangmu Village. The upper reaches of the river is Qingshui Village, which is quite strange and the downstream is very gentle. There is also a lot of production in the river; It's not good upstream, I heard that there is a water ghost living in it. ”

"What?" Nie Shuyao frowned and asked. There is a ridiculous feeling in my heart again, is it another white fox incident?

Jiang Yi asked, "What kind of water ghost?" ”

"How do you know that? If you know what the water ghost looks like. He has long since gone to hell. The boatman shook his head and said, "The production of this river is good, almost every family in Huangmu Village has a boat, we don't want to fight with the villagers, so we changed to boatmen two years ago." Now there are four boats. ”

As he spoke, the boatman told the story of his fortune, and he was the first to leave Shimizu Village.

"What's the name of this river?" Nie Shuyao asked.

"Qingshui River."

"When did the legend of the water ghost come about?" She asked again.

The boatman said: "This legend is sometimes long, and I heard that my grandfather will have it at that time." It was only two years ago that the water ghost became powerful. Originally, as long as you don't fall into the river when there is a lot of water, you will be fine, but now some people see people walking by the river accidentally being dragged down by water ghosts. When he was washed ashore by the water the next day, he was injured one by one all over his body, and what a sin he had to suffer. ”

"It's two years ago, what a coincidence." Nie Shuyao said to herself, this is the first village she has heard of, Huaishu Village Cheng* started two years ago, and the White Fox Daxian incident in Ganjiatun was also two years ago, and now there is another water ghost legend, it was two years ago.

"Brother Jiang, nothing major happened in the imperial court two years ago, right?" She looked at Jiang Yi and asked.

Jiang Yi shook his head, "In the past two years, the imperial court has been very peaceful, there has been no war on the border, and I haven't even heard of Japanese people coming to make trouble on the seaside." ”

"Widows?" Nie Shuyao thought of Qi Jiguang, but he was not from the Zhengde period, and this person was not born at this time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Brother Jiang doesn't need to explain what a Japanese person is, I hope that the imperial court can pay more attention to the sea area, the sea is a big treasure." ”

Jiang Yi also knew that she was not an ordinary woman, so she could only smile at this, is the sea a big treasure? He doesn't think so, the mountain is a treasure or not.

Nie Shuyao didn't explain much, but said: "The sea is much bigger than the land, there are more fish in it than in the lake, and there are many fish that you can't think of, of course, there are more precious things......." ”

These words frightened Jiang Yi and the boatman one by one, is the sea really that good?

"Shu Yao, how do you know so much?" Jiang Yi asked.

Nie Shuyao blinked her eyes to show her innocence, she said she showed her mouth!

"That, the book says. The other half is my guess, no. "Although he said that he was exposed. But her ability to mess around is not small.

"Boom!" The light boat docked.

Nie Shuyao jumped out of the boat and whispered, "Finally all here, I thought that Xiao Taohong and Jiang Wan'er would sneak attack at this time." ”

Although the voice was small, Jiang Yi heard it, and he looked at Nie Shuyao embarrassedly.

The latter shrugged. Go back to your car. I thought, am I a rumor? There's nothing wrong with being careful, though.

Nie Tianxi paid the ferry fee, and the group set off again.

Even if Jiang Yi is an old man, he has never been here, and he completely relies on the leadership of the old man.

But. Nie Shuyao didn't believe him, if it weren't for the jewelry box, she wouldn't have come to this ghost place for anything.

Through the car window, I saw green trees on both sides of the road, and birds chirping. The air is surprisingly good, but it's just too desolate. Fortunately, the road was spacious, and the carriage could run it.

Nie Shuyao looked again, they followed the river upward, the terrain was sometimes narrow and sometimes wide, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, this is the upstream of the Qingshui River with water ghosts that the boatman said. So, are they going to Qingshui Village?

After realizing this. Nie Shuyao poked her head out and shouted, "Old man, stop, stop for me!" ”

"Phew!" Several people pulled the reins at the same time.

"Sister. What's wrong? Nie Tianxi asked first out.

Opening the car door, Nie Shuyao looked coldly at the smiling old man and said, "Old man, what do you mean by this?" Is this leading us to Shimizu Village? ”

The old man paused, and then said: "What do you mean to lead you to Qingshui Village, this is the only way to go to Huaishu Village." ”

"Then have you heard of the legend of the water ghost in Qingshui Village?" Nie Shuyao asked again.

"Water ghosts?" The old man burst out laughing. "My eldest lady, you won't be frightened by the water ghosts that the boatman said."

Nie Shuyao's face froze. retorted: "Don't interrupt, you dare to say you don't know?" ”

The old man then explained: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. With my old age, don't be afraid of this kind of thing. No one has ever died in any river, and there is a water ghost living in the river where people have died, everyone knows this. What's there to be afraid of? ”

Jiang Yi also said: "Yes, Shu Yao, that's just a legend of unknown origin. There's no need to be afraid of me. ”

Feng Wuya also nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "Shu Yao, I can't see that you are afraid of ghosts, aren't you usually very bold?" ”

What he said was that Nie Shuyao was not afraid of dead corpses, even he was afraid of this, and finally found something she was afraid of, how could it not make people happy.

Nie Shuyao finally got angry and sneered: "Hmph! I'm going to be afraid of this? It's funny. ”

"How could my sister be afraid? But, sister, let's hurry up. Isn't it just a Shimizu Village? Even if there is a ghost, we can catch him if we go. Nie Tianxi also smiled.

"Well, you ......, I didn't mean that." Nie Shuyao originally wanted to say something, but how could she change her taste when she said it. So, she glared fiercely at the old man, who had made it all by this dead old man.

The old man smiled and said, "Let's go, it's not early." If we can't make it to the next village, we'll have to stay in the wilderness. Although there are water ghosts in Shimizu Village, it is better than being besieged by wolves in the wild, right? ”

It was useless to say anything more about the matter at this point, Nie Shuyao snorted coldly and got into the carriage again.

Nie Tianxi also followed and got into the car, and the carriage moved forward again.

Jiang Yi and Feng Wuya, who were at the back, looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't expect Shu Yao to be scared too, so it was like a girl's house.

After Feng Wuya saw Jiang Yi's smile, he kept wondering in his heart, this smile was so familiar, and asked, "Brother Jiang, have we seen each other before?" ”

Jiang Yi said: "I have never met. However, I don't know why Jiang felt that Brother Feng's face was familiar, could it be that we had really seen it before? ”

Feng Wuya looked back on his growth history, he really hadn't seen Jiang Yi, shook his head and said, "Probably not, I grew up in Yangzhou." ”

The same is true for Jiang Yi, with such contradictory feelings, the two finally set foot on the source of the legend of the water ghost - Qingshui Village. (To be continued)

ps: Thank you for the peace charms rewarded by "Hengduan Jiangshan" and "Mercury's Masked Superman", thank you for your support! ^_^R655