"No matter how unpredictable people's hearts are, they still cherish their lives." Jiang Li's voice was not loud, but Yan Suwen heard another meaning.

Why did she forget that Jiang Li was born as a professional killer, and this killer doesn't necessarily have to use a knife to kill people, but also to use poison. For people who are not sure whether they will betray Xiangye in the future, giving him poison and then using the antidote to control him is the simplest and most effective way. Yan Suwen has never used this method, but it is not ruled out that she will not use it in the future.

"Ma'am." Gu Yunfei led a person towards the boat: "Master said that Mrs. likes to listen to stories, especially bizarre stories. It just so happened that this person could speak, so he asked me to bring someone over. ”

Behind Gu Yunfei was a man who looked like a fisherman, because he had been boating on water all year round, his skin was tanned and shiny, and there was a fishy smell that could not be dissipated.

"The villain Mao Mao has seen Madame!" When the fisherman saw Yan Suwen, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed to her as if he were worshipping a Bodhisattva.

"Get up, you don't have to kneel." Yan Su asked for the first time when he saw someone give him such a big salute, and he was almost so frightened that he hid aside.

Errong knew her temper and quickly called the fisherman up.

"Your name is Maomao?"

"If Mrs. Hui is remarked, the small surname is Mao, called Mao, and together it is Mao Mao."

"Your name is quite novel."

"Mrs. Hui's words, it's not that the little name is novel, but that the little dad is a stammer. When I took the name, I said a lot of Mao in a row, and my mother thought that he named me Mao Mao, and after thinking about it, although this name is not very popular, it is okay, so it is given. Later, I found out that my father originally wanted to give me this name, just because he stammered, and this stuttered for a long time, and it still stayed on my surname. That's it, by mistake, I got this name that seems strange to outsiders. It's also a shame that it's this name, otherwise, my father is afraid that he won't be able to call me by now. ”

"Do you have a story to tell me?"

"No, it's not a story, it's a story." Mao Mao scratched his head honestly: "I don't know if it's a story, it's related to the two dead people on the shore." The old man told me to tell the lady, and I came over. ”

"It's okay, you don't have to be nervous, just tell me what you said to the master on the shore again."

"Yes, ma'am." Mao Mao rubbed his nose, relieved the tension in his heart, and began to speak.

"Madame, have you ever heard of water monkeys?"

The water monkey, according to legend, is a creature that lives in the water, resembling an ape. In the folk, some people call the water monkeys "water ghosts" or "falling ghouls" and so on.

Water monkeys live where there is water. There are in big rivers and rivers, and there are also in remote reservoirs and reservoirs. In the water, the water monkey is several times more powerful than humans, and as long as it is entangled, it can be life-threatening.

"I've heard a few."

"Madame has heard of it, like those of us who beg for a living on the water, the water monkey that we hear the most and fear the most. According to the old people, this water monkey has a huge and mysterious power in the water, it can dig under the water and shuttle through different ponds and rivers, once it encounters a person who has fallen into the water, it will not hesitate to drag him to the water, smear the person with silt, wrap him, and know that he is dead. Some old people also told us that this water monkey loves to suck human blood, and also likes to eat human nails and eyeballs. Anyway, those of us on the water are afraid of this kind of thing. ”

"Have you ever seen a water monkey?"

"Yes, not so long ago." Mao Mao looked at the river: "Those of us who make a living by fishing have been running on the river for almost all our adult years, and we have counted when we can go to land." Madame also saw that the days of wandering on the river were also very hard, and there was nothing else to do except fishing. When we are free, we will pull the fishing boat to the side of the flower boat. We earn all our hard-earned money, and we are reluctant to go to the flower boat to drink and listen to music, but if we get closer, we can hear it. "Just love

"That's a good idea."

"It's not bad, it's beautiful. Those rich men are drinking flowers and drinking and listening to music on the boat, and we are also on the boat. Although our wine is not as good as theirs, it is not bad, and the music we listen to is the same. Best of all, it doesn't cost anything. We have a stove on the boat, and we burn a fish, and the taste, tsk, I don't have to say. ”

"It's really good."

"Look at me, I've taken it away. Or the water monkey thing. That night, as usual, we leaned the boat near the flower house to listen to the music. Just when he was half-drunk, he heard the sound of 'gurgling', and immediately after, several bubbles suddenly appeared on the calm surface of the river. My wine woke up in an instant. Quickly waking up the guys on the boat, we found something and held it in our hands, and stared at the bubbles in the water together. ”

"Those bubbles are ......"

"Water monkeys, water monkeys will spit bubbles when they come out to make trouble. Sure enough, not long after those bubbles popped up, something black came out of the river, but it didn't look like a water monkey. It is larger than the water monkey, and you can vaguely see it wearing a bodydress. But the garment was also black. ”

"And then?" Yan Su asked for a lift.

"It seemed to be a man, he saw us but ignored us and climbed straight onto the big boat. Not long after, a 'plop' sound was heard, and a man fell from the boat. By the moonlight, we can see very clearly that it is a girl, and it is a very beautiful girl. After a while, all the lights on the boat were extinguished, and the whole boat was so dark that there was not even the slightest sound. We were frightened, so we hurried away with our boats. ”

"Is there a sound on the ship? Shouting for help or the sound of people walking and running? ”

"It's strange here, it's strange here, we're watching that black thing climb onto the boat, it's a human being, it's a water monkey, we have to make some noise when we see someone." But there was no movement in it, not even the sound of playing, singing, drinking and applauding before, it was as quiet as if there had never been a sound in the boat. It's scary, it's scary. Because of this, we went ashore for a long time, and only then did we go into the water again in the past few days. ”

"Then how did you know that you found a female corpse in the river?"

"It was the young man who found us just now." Mao Mao pointed at Gu Yunfei: "Last evening, someone suddenly knocked on our boat, and we got up with our clothes on. When I got up, I saw that it was a handsome young man. He took out a sign, saying that he was from the official family, and that a floating female corpse had been found on the river, and asked us if we knew about the situation. This little boy also asked us if there were any flower boats on this river. We are all honest people, where do we dare to deceive the son of this official family, I will tell you 1510. Later, when the little boy left, he stuffed five taels of silver for each of us, saying that he would let us go to the shore in the morning to recognize people. When we got the silver, it was not good not to come, no, we waited on the shore early in the morning. ”

"Do you know the female corpse?"

"I know you, it's the girl who sings on the flower boat." Mao Mao explained: "Although we have never been on the flower boat, we have been wandering on this river for many years, and we often run into that boat. When the weather is good, the girl in the cabin will also come out to breathe, and we will be able to take a few glances to satisfy our hunger. We don't know what the girl's name is, but we know that she can play the piano and the lute. ”

"What about the male corpse? Have you seen it too? ”

"No, even if I've seen it, I'm not too impressed. There are a lot of guests on this flower boat, and they come and go at night, and the sons and sons of these rich families are dressed similarly. Mao Mao said, and scratched her head embarrassedly: "Besides, even if we get close to this flower boat, we will see all the girls on this boat, who will pay attention to what this boy looks like." However, looking at his dress, he looks like a rich family. The average poor person can't afford to wear such good materials. ”

"You said you wouldn't pay attention to Childe's appearance, so why do you have a deep memory of Yunfei? Oh, I'm talking about the guy I just brought you here. ”

"It's different." Mao Mao defended: "That young man just now came to knock on our boat in the middle of the night, and the person who knocked on the door in the middle of the night was either a river bandit or a water ghost." We were so nervous that we came out with a guy in our hands. But as soon as he got out of the cabin, he was subdued by this young master. Don't hide it from Madame, at that moment, we really thought that we were going to live to the end, so we wanted to open our eyes to see who the person who sent us to the Hades Palace was. This death, you have to die to understand whether it is not. Even if you become a ghost, you have to know who to go to for revenge. I made an effort to see it, so I remember what the young man looked like. Besides, it was the master who gave us silver, and when we got up in the morning, we also took a few looks. ”

"If you think about it, is there anything else?"

"What's the other situation...... Mao Mao shook his head: "No, it's really gone." Oh, by the way, I remembered, when that thing climbed onto the flower boat, we saw a shiny thing. That thing should be on your hand. But because it was dark and I was scared at the time, I didn't see what it was. The old man on the shore speculated that it might be a murder weapon. We didn't see it clearly, and we weren't sure about it, so we didn't dare to say it. ”

"Okay, I got it." Yan Suwen gave Er Rong a look, and Er Rong also took out a silver ingot and put it in Mao Mao's hand: "This is the lady reward for you." Go back and think about it, and if you think of anything else, come over and talk about it. We won't be on this river for long. ”

Mao Mao took a breath, and when he turned around and walked off the boat, he suddenly turned back again: "That...... If I tell you where the boat is, will I get another silver ingot? ”