"Why don't we make our own?" Hao Jian asked, pointing to the plank on the shore.

I shook my head and rejected this suggestion, those planks seem to be quite sturdy at first glance, but in fact the interior is rotten, this boat weighs hundreds of kilograms, it must take a lot of strength to row and walk, it is estimated that the oar will break in less than ten meters, and Hao Jian and I may not have such great strength.

Thinking of "strength", I suddenly had an idea, took out a rope and tied one end to the bow of the boat, and the other end tied a bottle buckle, and then went to the boat to call Xiao Hei over and put it on its head, the strength of the python in the water is not as good as that of a fish of the same volume, but it must be no problem to pull this boat!

"Lord River God, although we have no sacrifices, as long as you bless us to successfully catch up with our friends, we will definitely go to the temple to make up for you and reshape your golden body when we go back!" I held the bow of the boat and prayed silently in my heart, then turned my head to look at Hao Jian, who was sitting on the hole and pressing the plank: "Are you ready?" The children! ”

Hao Jian comprehended: "Yes, captain! ”

"It's too quiet!"

"Yes Captain!"

"Oh - who lives in the big pineapple in the deep sea......"

In the midst of Hao Jian's gong-like singing, Xiao Hei pulled the whole boat upstream with the strength of a snake alone, and within a few minutes we were already far away from the previous river beach.

I raised the flashlight and shone it left and right, and I noticed that the water surface seemed to be getting wider and wider, and I suddenly had an ominous premonition in my heart, under normal circumstances, the water surface of the upper reaches of the river should be narrower than the downstream, but here the situation is just the opposite, I don't know if there is a problem.

Half an hour later, we have walked far away, but we haven't seen the traces of Liu Yunsheng and others, the speed of the boat gradually slowed down, I thought Xiao Hei was tired, so I got up from the cabin and wanted to tell it to rest for a while, but the flashlight shined on the water but there was no trace of Xiao Hei, only a rope hung softly on the water.

Looking at the state of the rope, I knew that there was no force at all, but the waves stirred up by the bow of the boat proved that we were still moving upstream, and a boat without any power went upstream, which touched my blind spot.

"Fatty! It's a little strange for you to come and see! I waved behind me as I spoke, and the moment I turned around, I saw a huge white shadow flashing under the water, and by the time I turned back, the white shadow was gone.

"What's the matter? Lao Tzu still has to town the boat, don't let me come over for any trivial things, leave Lao Tzu's Qiankun, in case of water leakage, are you responsible? Hao Jian came to the bow of the boat, glanced out and exclaimed: "? Where's Blackie? How did the ship move on its own? ”

"How the hell do I know!" I replied to him and dangled the flashlight on the water, trying to find the white shadow just now, but I didn't find it for a long time, as if what I saw just now was an illusion.

"Blackie? Black brother? Sanshui is his black uncle? ”

Hao Jian shouted a few times into the water, but Xiao Hei still didn't react at all, the situation was weird, and I didn't bother to worry about Hao Jian, so I bumped him on the shoulder and whispered: "It's not right, you copy the guy and go down to take a look." ”

"What the hell is me!" Hao Jian immediately objected, and I pointed to the wound on my shoulder and the splint on my waist: "Do you think it will be useful for me to go down?" ”

"Uh......" Hao Jian snorted a few times, and finally pulled out the mountain knife and reluctantly jumped into the water, I wrapped the flashlight in a plastic bag and threw it to him, he held his breath and dived directly.

Because the boat was still going upstream, when Hao Jian showed up again half a minute later, he had already reached the side of the boat, his face was a little strange, and he took a few breaths before saying, "Something happened." ”

Saying that, Hao Jian raised his hand and threw something into the boat, I picked it up and found that it was a palm-sized black scale, Hao Jian continued: "It looks like a small black scale, and there are a lot of them at the bottom of the boat, it can't be that I happened to catch it to molt, right?" ”

"No way, snakes shed in their entirety, have you ever seen a snake shed its scales when it molts?" I didn't even think about it, and I vetoed, Hao Jian, who was speaking, had already reached the stern, and I was afraid that he would be thrown off in a while, so I hurriedly ran to the stern of the boat and pulled him up and asked, "Is there anything else at the bottom of the boat besides scales?" Like a big fish that can provide power? ”

"There's nothing at the bottom of the ship except scales, and the ship really seems to be moving on its own!" Hao Jian wiped the water on his face, hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and asked mysteriously: "Sanshui, do you think there really is a river god?" Xiao Hei was swallowed as a sacrifice by his old man? ”

Hearing Hao Jian's words, I instantly got goosebumps, and for no reason I thought of the sacrificial text at the bottom of the boat, and said in my heart, could it be that the river god heard my prayer and really appeared to help us row?

After thinking about it, I think it's unlikely, the so-called "river god" is actually those big fish in the water, old turtles and the like, because the size is so large that it is beyond the cognition of the ancients, and the name of "river god" was added under awe, just like a giant python of the size of Xiao Hei, if you push the time forward by hundreds of years, you may be able to mix a river god when you wander around in front of people.

Taking a step back, even if the river god here really understands my prayers and shows up to help, at most he will be a slender man like Xiao Hei, or silently push the boat behind, if this is the case, Hao Jian can't see anything when he goes into the water.

And if Xiao Hei was really swallowed as a sacrifice by the river god, then the appetite of the river god is really good enough, the giant python more than ten meters long said no, we didn't hear any movement on the boat, this kind of thing doesn't need to think about it to know that it is impossible, so the speculation of "the river god's manifestation" can basically be ruled out.

After a while, the sacrificial boat went more than 100 meters upstream, I pondered for a long time and still had no clue, so I simply sat down and prepared to resign myself to fate, no matter what the principle of automatic navigation of this ship is, we have arrived at this place where there is no village in front of the village, and there is no shop in the back, and getting off the boat here is equivalent to a dead end, and there may be a glimmer of life if you stay on the boat.

Hao Jian didn't need me to understand this truth, took out a cigar and lit it and handed it to me, in fact, I didn't want to smoke this thing at all, but I always felt unaccustomed to the empty mouth, so I took it and took it in my mouth to relieve my boredom, and then took out a whetstone and sharpened the knife.

"Can't you just take a break? It sounds so uncomfortable! Hao Jian covered his ears and shouted.

I continued to sharpen the knife: "As the saying goes, 'if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools', no matter what danger lies ahead, if we want to protect ourselves, we must have a guy who takes advantage of it, if you really can't do it, you can have a quick knife in your hand, and you can also suffer less when you wipe your neck." ”

Hao Jian was stunned for a moment, and the cigar in his mouth fell: "Are you serious?" ”

"Just kidding." I opened my mouth and smiled, but my heart was full of bitterness.