Chapter 229: Female Water Ghost
The bubble boat, which got the help of the Yuan Circle, won the first place by virtue of its novelty, while the butterfly flower boat followed closely behind, and the next three places were also occupied by the other three boats.
The results of the first round of evaluation have been released, and after a pillar of incense, it is the second round of competition.
Each snatches the pennant placed on the river with its strength, and whoever grabs the most will be the king of the flower boat this year.
This time, the Yuan Circle has occupied a good position, standing at the front of the riverbank, with the best line of sight, and can clearly see the competition of five flower boats. Meditation held her hand tightly to prevent her from being hit by someone else and accidentally falling into the river.
Xiaozhi and Xiang'er protected Yuan Xiaobao, and they also squeezed and squeezed next to her.
And Jieya and Qi Dui, they don't know where they went, Yuan Quanquan looked left and right, and didn't see the figures of the two people, so they didn't care about them, the two of them couldn't lose it anyway.
The time for a pillar of incense passes quickly, and the exciting Capture the Flag Contest is about to begin. There were already people on both sides of the river who began to bet, and they had bet money in support of their own flower boats with bells.
The Yuan Circle was itchy to see it, and also bet five taels of silver.
There are no specific rules for the Capture the Flag Competition, as long as you capture the flag within the allotted time, and the person who wins the most flags will become the king of the boat this year. The only requirement is that no human life is harmed.
Of the five boat owners who made the cut, three of them participated in the competition last year but failed to win the championship, and this year they came to snatch the floating flag again, wanting to be ashamed.
The river in Yanbo City is called Heng River, which is the main transportation channel in Yanbo City, the whole river passes through the city, and the river is wide enough to accommodate five boats to pass side by side. Dozens of triangular floating flags are irregularly distributed on the river surface for contestants to grab.
The five boats that won the most bells were parked side by side on the river at this time, and the middle-aged man who appeared above the bridge was the referee of the boat race, holding a gong in his hand, and when the time came, the gong sounded and the race began.
Five boats are rowed at the same time, each with six oarsmen and one flag capeller. The two cooperated, and each used their own housekeeping skills to win the championship.
As soon as the five boats began to move, the spectators on the shore began to shout and cheer for the flower boats they supported, and for a time the shouts shook the sky, gongs and drums rang out in unison, accompanied by several screams. Yuan Quanquan glanced at the other side, and there were several girls dressed in fancy clothes, shouting someone's name at the top of their voices. The distance was too far, and the surroundings were too noisy, and the Yuan Quanquan didn't hear what they were shouting.
I guess it's a popular guy.
In the first round of the competition, the boats were slowly moving along the river for people to watch and enjoy. And now the capture of the flag depends on speed, and every flower boat is not far behind, desperately rushing forward, towards the first place.
After all, the Yuan Quanquan also made a bet, and naturally hoped that the ship he bet on could win, so he also raised his voice to join the shouting and cheering team, shouting "come on" hoarsely.
Meditation had never seen her so excited, and he was slightly stunned for a moment, looking at her shouting and jumping, roaring so much that her face turned red, and she couldn't help but laugh. Reach out and protect her behind her, in case she gets too excited and accidentally jumps into the river.
The competition was fierce, and the enthusiasm of the spectators continued to rise with the snatching of the flag, and the crowd would burst into cheers every time one person grabbed the flag, and the scene was no less than that of various modern competitive sports.
Because the rules of the game only stipulate that no one should be killed, it is inevitable that all parties will fight each other in the process of snatching the flag.
With a "bang", the butterfly boat and the bubble boat collided violently, and the two flag grabbers fought to grab a flag.
Because of the long-term running of shipping, these people are all skilled, and they are not soft in fighting for the championship.
The people on the shore have become accustomed to this, and even shouted and cheered on the sidelines, and the scene was especially hot.
The owners of the two boats were young men, two young men who looked to be in their twenties, and one of them was quite handsome, and he was the owner of the bubble boat. Dressed in a very energetic sleeveless shirt, showing off his strong biceps, a red belt around his waist, and a pair of black linen pants similar to bloomers, he stood barefoot on the edge of the boat, climbed the mast of the ship with one hand, leaned down and stretched out his hand to pick up the floating flag in the water.
Just as he was about to pick up the floating flag, the butterfly boat next to him suddenly slammed into him, causing the young man's body to crook, and his hand staggered away from the flag, but he couldn't pick it up.
And the owner of the butterfly boat, another young man, took this opportunity to take advantage of the long arm and took the flag in his pocket.
Many of the spectators on the shore had just bet on the bubble boat, and when they saw the flag taken away, they couldn't help but sigh, and then they cheered for the young man even more excitedly.
Yuan Quanquan also sighed "It's a pity", and was about to continue watching the situation behind like other spectators, when his eyes suddenly glanced into the water, and he seemed to see something different.
Just under the bubble boat, something seemed to flash by, and the movement was so fast that the Yuan Circle didn't see it clearly.
But according to her glance just now, there seemed to be a person under the boat.
The Yuan circle was to look at it again, but the butterfly boat blocked her view.
Frowning slightly in confusion, Yuan Quanquan thought, maybe she was wrong, and she only struggled for a while, and then she was distracted by a more exciting game.
However, it turned out that the glance she had just given was not her delusion.
Just when the bubble boat and the butterfly boat snatched the floating flag and entered the white heat, and the bubble boat was about to win the last flag, an exclamation suddenly came from the boat: "Oh no, the boat is leaking!" ”
As soon as these words came out, not only the people on the boat, but also the people watching from the shore couldn't help but be shocked and looked into the boat.
I saw a huge hole in the middle of the hull of the bubble boat, and the river was pouring in from the hole at this time, and it didn't take long for it to flood to the ankles of the people in the boat.
The young man looked back, and even though he knew that someone had done something on his boat. In order to avoid the shipwreck, he had to hurry up and grab the last flag, otherwise, the longer the time dragged on, the more detrimental it would be to them.
However, the more he tried to grab the last flag, the more he couldn't.
Originally, only the owner of the butterfly boat competed with him, but now his boat leaked, and the other three people of the boat also came forward to join in the capture of the flag in order to prevent him from winning the championship.
Yuan Quanquan watched from the shore, and couldn't help but get nervous, and guessed who the last flag was. I was scorching, and when I looked at it, I saw the movement under the water again.
But this time, it's different from what I just saw.
She was sure to be a person just now, the one who used insidious means to chisel through the bottom of the bubble boat.
But the speed I see now is much faster than the one just now, and it can't be the speed that normal people can have.
That's a ghost! A water ghost!
Yuan Quanquan was stunned, and quickly reached out to pull the meditation next to him, quietly pointed to a certain place on the river, and whispered: "Hey, Beitang, look there, is there a water ghost there?" ”
Meditation found out as soon as the water ghost appeared, but he had always been indifferent to external affairs and didn't intend to care. It's just that his princess doesn't seem to be like that.
His eyes glanced faintly in the direction of her finger, and the meditation cultivator let out a soft "um".
After getting a positive answer, Yuan Quanquan didn't ask again. Her attention had been on snatching the floating flag, but now she had her eyes on the dark shadow in the water.
She stared at the water ghost, not knowing what he wanted to do.
The owners of the five boats were grabbing the last flag fiercely, and no one knew that at the bottom of their boat, a water ghost was slowly approaching.
The young man in the bubble boat was besieged by the other four boats, and it was difficult to grab the flag for a while, and his boat was still seeping water at this time, if he couldn't grab the flag, then he would miss out on the king of the flower boat this year.
Just when he was about to despair, the flag that was snatched by several people suddenly shrank into the water as if it was being dragged from the bottom of the water, and suddenly disappeared in front of everyone.
Not only the five owners of the robbery, but even the people on the shore were confused by this sudden situation.
What's going on? What about flags?
Just when the big guys were wondering, only the Yuan Circle and the Meditation Cultivator saw where the flag was.
I was dragged into the water by the water ghost!
And after the water ghost dragged away the flag, except for the bubble flower boat, the other four boats suddenly began to shake violently, and the water below began to stir violently, and the hull shook so violently that the people on the boat couldn't stand, and they all screamed and fell into the water.
The people of Yanbo City, from the seventy-year-old to the eight-year-old children, all know how to swim, and they are not afraid of accidents when they fall into the water.
Therefore, after the people on the boat fell into the water, the people on the shore were not worried that something would happen to them, but saw the only owner of the bubble boat that fell into the water, and at the same time began to cheer wildly, cheering for the birth of this year's king of flower boats.
And the final result is that the owner of the bubble boat, the handsome young man, has indeed won the king of the flower boat this year.
He captured as many floating flags as the owner of the butterfly boat, but because the opponent fell into the water, only he did not fall into the water, and the championship naturally fell on his head.
Standing on the arched bridge where the inquisition stood before, the smile on the young man's face was brighter than the sun in the sky, and his big white teeth were shining brightly, infecting the people present.
And the person who bet on him to win before was naturally the happiest.
The Yuan Circle made money, holding the money won from gambling, and also smiled toothlessly.
The young man was surrounded by the people and went elsewhere, and Yuan Quanquan also wanted to go with him to see the excitement, but she was worried about the water ghost, so she decided to stay first.
Previously, because there were boats blocking the river, and the water ghost was deliberately hiding, the Yuan Circle could only see a rough idea, and it was not clear whether the water ghost was male or female.
But now the people on both sides of the river were pouring away, and the boats on the river were gone, and the place was suddenly empty, and the sight was wide and it was clear to see.
It seemed to be a female water ghost, with long black hair scattered in the water, dressed in white clothes, floating in the water, which was quite scary at first glance.
When the female water ghost saw that everyone was gone, she slowly dived up from the water, surfaced, and looked at the young man who was surrounded by the people from a distance, and seemed to have a smile on her face.
Yuan Quanquan watched from a distance on the shore, and couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart.
The female water ghost seems to know the young man? She's just ...... Was it on purpose to help him?