Chapter 39: A Little Story (5)
"Water ghosts!" I exclaimed to myself, and then paddled backwards desperately. And the speed of that water ghost is amazing! In an instant, I was choked by the throat.
"Woo......" After the water ghost grabbed my throat, he was unusually excited. It opened its mouth wide and bared its fangs.
Is this the rhythm that is going to swallow me? When I came back to my senses, I struggled violently and tried hard to break the water ghost's hand.
However, just as I was about to break it open, the water ghost suddenly increased his strength and pinched it hard.
In an instant, I was pinched and my mouth opened, and my throat felt like it was bleeding.
However, the blood in my throat did not come out, but the water from outside rushed in, and because the water ghost grabbed my neck, the water could not be poured down my throat, but could only be blocked. For a moment, my painful complexion was distorted and tears flowed from my eyes.
"It's time to make a move, this guy can't hold on."
I vaguely heard a voice coming from the river, which should have been said by the little Taoist priest to the Wang Taoist priest. Looks like I'm just being used as bait.
Thinking of this, I grinned and slowly closed my eyes......
"Hurry up, he's dying, get him up, the water ghost...... The water ghost is ready to run, don't let it run, it's gone and we'll be finished! As soon as the words fell, I was once again grabbed by those big strong hands.
"I'm sorry, I'm using you as bait, but this can't be helped, you can rest for a while now." Daoist Wang whispered in my ear, and then I was gently put down by him.
When I heard him go the other way, I quietly opened my eyes.
In fact, just now underwater, although I was detained by a water ghost, in fact, that little breath-holding time was not even half of what I usually went down the Yellow River. All in all, I didn't have anything at all.
And the reason why I want to pretend to be drowning is to see what this Wang Taoist priest has planned.
At this time, Daoist Wang was standing on the bow side of the boat with the little Taoist, who should be salvaging the water ghosts.
It can be seen that the water ghost is not a vegetarian thing. Wang Daoist and the two fished for a long time, but they didn't catch it. On the contrary, our small fishing boat was pulled by water ghosts, and from time to time there were signs of capsizing.
Daoist Wang was obviously aware of this, and he began to keep an eye on the condition of the fishing boat while continuing to entangle with the water ghosts. But as a result, he began to lose his grip on the net rope in his hand.
For some reason, I wanted to go up and help.
Just as I was hesitating, something suddenly grabbed my hand. I turned my head sharply, and I met a face.
What's the situation?
I looked at my father's face coming out of the water in disbelief.
"Daddy? Is that you? I asked.
My dad didn't reply, his calm face was a little cold.
I asked again.
At that moment, I suddenly felt a tingling sensation in my hand. The tingling became so intense that I closed my eyes in agony.
When the pain was gone, I opened my eyes again. I found that my father's face had disappeared in the water, and the place where it had just been stung had left a shocking black-purple wound, which looked more like a pattern on my hand.
I didn't know what it was, so I rubbed it vigorously with my hands. After rubbing it for a while, I found that the pattern had disappeared strangely.
If it weren't for the fact that there was still some blood in that place, I would have thought that what I had just seen was just my own hallucination.
Suddenly, the fishing boat shook violently.
I hurriedly helped it and looked over to Daoist Wang, but found that Daoist Wang and Daoist Xiao had both fallen into the Yellow River.
Before I could react, my legs quickly prepared for me and rushed to the bow of the boat.
Fortunately, I grabbed Wang Daoist by the legs and dragged him back before he could fully enter the river.
"Is that you? Oh, thank you. Daoist Wang wiped the water from his face and said to me.
"Don't talk about this yet, what about that little Taoist?" I asked, but my eyes searched the water.
Finally, a few meters away from the boat, I saw the feet of the suspected little Taoist.
Just when I wanted to jump down and get him back, Daoist Wang grabbed me: "Don't go, let me come." ”
After he finished speaking, he jumped straight down and disappeared into the water at once, and it was a long time before I saw him reappear.
"Here, take a hand." He shouted at me.
I stretched out my hand, grabbed the arm of the little Taoist priest he handed me, and with a gentle lift, pulled the little Taoist back to the boat.
"Strange?" I looked at my hands and muttered, "When did I get so strong?" ”
"What's wrong?" The Taoist priest Wang, who climbed up next, saw me muttering to himself and asked.
"No, by the way, aren't you catching water ghosts, why did this happen?" I asked Daoist Wang rhetorically.
The latter looked at himself and the little Taoist priest's embarrassment, and smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't expect this thing to be so evil, even my homemade fishing net can break free." That's it, when I arrived at Ejina Banner, some of these things were ......"
"Ejina Banner? What is that place? No, judging by what you just said, you seem to have been prepared?" I stared at Daoist Wang vigilantly, after all, I didn't know his origin and purpose at all. If he's a bad guy, wouldn't I be on a thief ship?
Daoist Wang seemed to have guessed my thoughts, he smiled at me mysteriously, and pointed to the Yellow River: "Swim a little longer, we will reach that place, when the time comes, you follow us for a trip, and after the matter is dealt with, I will let you go." ”
"What are you asking me to do?"
"Don't do anything, after the deed is done, you can not only leave with this chest of gold, but also get involved in the real antique business." Wang Daoist said firmly, "We can also establish a cooperative relationship. ”
"Partnerships? Co-selling antiques? How do I know any antiques, aren't you kidding me?" I still don't believe it, I feel like this Taoist priest is fooling me.
"Believe it or not, it's only in the next few hours, anyway, it's unlikely that you want to jump into the river and leave now, right?" Daoist Wang said, looking at the surrounding river.
I couldn't help but nod my head secretly. Indeed, it is impossible to jump into the river now, and who knows if there is still some water ghost or something hidden under the surface of the water.
Why don't I believe him for the time being, and follow him to the so-called Ejina Banner to have a look, maybe what he said is true?
I made a mental calculation......
For the rest of the day, everything was calm again, and our little fishing boat was leisurely sailing on the water.
During this time, the black and purple marks on my wrist inexplicably reappeared. I didn't intend to tell Daoist Wang about this, so I had to hide it under my clothes.
After a while, the mark disappeared again without a trace, as if it had never been on my wrist......
At noon, Daoist Wang suddenly got up and ordered the little Taoist priest to dock the boat.
Without waiting for me to ask, he said, "We're here, and we'll be there after a little walk......
(When Jin Da Luoya said this, a strange flute sound sounded outside, and Jin Da Luoya heard this flute sound, and was silent for a while, and then cried again.) After crying, he suddenly fell asleep, and after a while, he snored so loudly that I couldn't wake up no matter how much I screamed...... )
-- Dividing line --
Now that Kim Da Bucktooth is asleep, I don't know if I'll have a chance to hear the story he told the rest of it. But I guess I can guess the rest of the story.
That is: my grandfather took the golden bucktooth to the village where the ancient tomb was dug up in Ejinaqi. My grandfather took him to find a lot of things in it, and later, in order to fulfill his promise, my grandfather taught Jin Da Luo's ability to recognize antiques, and then carried out antique cooperation with Jin Da Luoya......
As for the specific details inside, I can't guess. For example, what happened in Jin Da Luoya's village, and the face of his father he saw under the Yellow River, was this really the case, or was he the environment at that time? Also, what is the black mark on his arm that he mentioned? Why didn't I see it when I snuck his wrist?
All of the above, because I didn't get much information, I could only analyze it a little, but after analyzing it, I thought about it and felt that it was not very reasonable, so I had to overturn everything.
Through his story, I was able to connect with all my previous experiences. I wanted to connect it again, but I found that there were very few people who could connect with it.
It seems that only by going to the village of Ejina Banner again may be able to solve these puzzles. Although, it is unlikely that it can be unraveled......
Thinking of this, I sighed deeply and stretched, ready to close my eyes and stop thinking about it.
At this moment, the sound of the previous flute sounded outside.
My eyes widened instantly, and I sat up from the bed.
The sound of the flute also became louder and louder from the faint at first, and if you look closely, it looks as if someone is blowing it outside the door of our room.
I wanted to go out and see what was going on, but the moment I got out of bed, the flute stopped abruptly.
Feeling a little strange, I sat back on the bed, and the flute instantly started to sound again.
"Is that weird?" I muttered and stood up again. As before, the flute stopped again. When I sat back on the bed, the flute sounded again.
I had no choice but to give up walking around and listen to the flute in bed.
Speaking of which, my pentatonic notes are quite accurate, especially for this kind of blowing instrument, and I can distinguish the faint high-bass and high-pitch transitions.
So, when the flute is played a second time, I can already grasp the rhythm inside: every five beats of this flute will have a small inflection to continue to the next set, and after the next set of beats has passed, it will change the tone again and continue to the next set. And so on until the flute is played......
Is this a clue for me?