There is a conspicuous open space in the crowd near the shore, and there is a Dharma altar in the open space, and the style of the altar seems to be placed by a Taoist, but it is not quite like it.

At this time, the crowd suddenly moved, and forced to make a narrow passage in the sea of people, and as the crowd moved, the team wearing colorful clothes and playing on the shore began to play music.

The sound of suona and mallet drums is endless.

The tune is lively and festive, and everyone who has seen the marriage knows that this is a song to welcome the marriage.

"Feelings: Someone is getting married today." He Qiao rubbed his chin, he remembered the 'thrilling' wedding in Hezhou.

The three of them stood on the partition between the two boats, intending to wait for the crowd to disperse before going ashore.

"It's coming!" He Qiao leaned and pointed to the red-topped sedan chair embedded in the sea of people in the distance: "The bride's sedan chair is here!" ”

A place has a wedding custom, and the wedding custom in some places in the south of the Yangtze River is to cruise on a flower boat and walk on a stone bridge, but the wedding custom of placing an altar is the first time I have seen it.

"They will worship heaven and earth by the waters?" Fan Qingjun has only seen people worship the dragon king by the water, and he has never seen anyone worship heaven and earth.

Jiang Banxia shook her head, she pointed to the tablet on the altar not far away and said, "This is not a wedding for the living. ”

"Is it a ming marriage?" He Qiao came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"It's not." Jiang Banxia pointed to the women standing in the shallow water on the shore: "They have chickens in their hands, and the sacrifice should be to the Dragon King at this time, and the wedding is naturally held for the Dragon King." ”

The strange customs made Fan Qingjun interested, and asked: "The further south you go, the more strange the customs become, I heard that in the villages along the coast of the extreme south, a woman must tie the knot with a tree for her first marriage, is this also the case here?" ”

Jiang Banxia shook his head, the two can't be compared at all, the former can survive, and the latter doesn't even have a life.

The red-topped sedan chair fell outside the altar, and the bride was helped out of the sedan chair by two strong mothers-in-law, and her body was half dragged on the ground softly, as if she had swallowed her breath.

The onlookers were full of excitement, more lively than the festival, men, women and children stretched their necks to see, for fear of missing the details.

At this moment, a thin couple ran out of the crowd, chasing the bride with a wailing voice, their expressions sad as if their hearts, livers and lungs had been cut.

However, before they could howl, the mother-in-law with a meaty face rushed out scolding, and dragged the couple to prevent them from coming forward.

On the altar, in addition to the bride, there was also a woman wearing a white robe with a white scarf and a white veil, and she held a whip wrapped in a white cloth in her hand, which was small and different from the usual cowhide whip, and seemed to be a specially made magic weapon.

I saw the woman in white chanting in front of the altar, and from time to time whipping the bride, who was drugged and motionless as if she were dead.

The time for reciting the prayer was very short, and the bride was soon tied to the flower boat by the mother-in-law.

"The whole body is white, it's either a dead father or a dead mother." He Qiao leaned on nonsense and said: "Either it's a dead star." ”

"If you want me to say, these people are just idle and boring, where does the dignified dragon king need a wife." He Qiaoyi turned his head to Jiang Banxia: "Did you say it, boss?" ”

This turned his head and startled him: "Huh? Boss, what are you going to do? ”

Jiang Banxia took off his robe and threw his burden to He Qiaoyi, and instructed: "See you in the land temple outside the city in a while." ”

"Huh?"

After finishing speaking, she plunged into the river, and the splash of water splashed on the faces of He Qiaoyi and Fan Qingjun, and she flew away like a fish in three or two strokes. First Literature

Fan Qingjun wiped the water stains on his face and said, "Swim really fast." ”

The flower boat carrying the bride floats down the river to the center of the river, this flower boat is specially made, the bottom is made of reed grass, the reed grass will sink after absorbing water, and it will sink when the boat reaches a certain position.

The bride and the boat are tied together, and naturally they will sink together, saying that they are marrying the dragon king, but in fact, they are going to see the king of Hades.

The people on the shore refused to let go of any detail of the dragon king's marriage, and each detective looked at the center of the river, silently reciting in his heart, waiting to see the last step of 'rite completion'.

Suddenly, there was a splash of waves beside the flower boat, and I saw a woman in the river, and the woman's long black hair was scattered in the water, like a smooth silk, and the people on the shore were startled.

"Water... Kelpie! Someone shouted in panic.

The crowd boiled instantly, Jiang Banxia subconsciously looked at the shore, she was gorgeous, and her eyebrows and eyes were shining in anticipation, which was more beautiful than the water ghost in the script.

Everyone on the shore was amazed, and when they looked again, in addition to the rolling waves in the middle of the river, there were still water ghosts and flower boats.

It was like a dream.

Someone stammered, "The Dragon King... The dragon king is a woman! ”

Such a ridiculous statement is actually believed by some people, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and the dragon king of this canal is a woman in the well of Yangzhou City.

Jiang Banxia, who was mistaken for the Dragon King, was dragging the half-unconscious bride to the suburbs at this time, and found a place with few people to go ashore.

She had been to Yangzhou City and knew that there was a land temple outside the city, where there were few people in the remote area and next to the waterway, so she chose the location here.

Fan Qingjun was thoughtful, and when Jiang Banxia jumped into the river, he knew what she was going to do, so he waited early at the place where she might go ashore.

"Hand on." Jiang Banxia's head emerged from the water, and she lifted her bride up.

Fan Qingjun dragged the bride to the shore under her armpit, and muttered: "Offended." ”

When the bride was pulled up, Fan Qingjun turned around and wanted to pull her again, Jiang Banxia shook his head and refused, only to see her climb ashore with both hands and a dashing movement.

The river flowed down the ends of her hair without money, Jiang Banxia held her arms and arms in front of her chest, and then saw that the shoes on her feet were gone, and she stepped on the ground barefoot.

Those feet are as slender as a crescent moon, and they look like women's feet at first glance.

Fan Qingjun, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, opened his eyes in an instant, and with his serious expression, Jiang Banxia thought that he had a terminal illness.

"You... Are you a woman? Fan Qingjun stammered, this famous hundred households in Fuli, Beizhen is actually a woman?

After his head went blank, Fan Qingjun remembered that he was uninhibited on the boat, and his face turned red instantly, such a shameful thing would happen to him!

"What's the problem?" Jiang Banxia didn't care, if Emperor Gao was far away today, the Heavenly King Lao Tzu couldn't control her.

What's more, today's situation is an accident, she didn't want to save people, who... Let those demons start to haunt again.

"Master Fan, you are a smart person." Jiang Banxia threatened: "Some secrets are better rotten in the stomach." ”

Such a threat is a bit far-fetched, but her eyes are still in place, and her eyelashes are dipped in water, wet, like a tanuki slave with teeth and claws.

"Don't worry." Fan Qingjun said with a smile: "I still owe Lord Cao a favor, and I will never talk nonsense." ”