As the waves swirled on the surface of the river, something popped up.

I couldn't tell what it was, it was wrapped in a cloud of water, and it was far away from the dark, so I could only see a black cloud, as if there was something.

I exclaimed, "River God," but not for it.

Rather, it is because on top of this river, a stone statue has appeared.

This stone statue is the idol of the river god, which is the stone statue placed in the newly built river temple by the Wenshui River.

Although I have not been to the river temple, I have heard that the statue of the god has been placed and has begun to be worshipped by incense, but now it is here.

It's so weirdly floating on the water, it's really like the river god is possessed by it.

This scene really frightened me, and my whole body was trembling, and I lost the ability to think, and I just stood in place, motionless.

Then, the column of water that appeared just now because of the river god's request for military orders slowly tilted towards me.

The water column is arched and falls on the water, forming the shape of a bridge.

Then, as if the stone statue of the river god had come to life, it stepped on one leg and stepped on the water bridge, stepping on the water waves, and walking towards me.

The stone statue was very large, and it came towards me from a high place, and I looked unusually small in the water by comparison.

The sound of heavy footsteps, accompanied by the sound of flowing water, reached my ears, and each blow made my heart tremble, and death was approaching step by step.

Finally, the stone statue of the river god came in front of me, and it was only a short distance away from me.

It reached out to me and grabbed at me, its huge palm covering my eyes, as if it were about to pinch me to death.

I subconsciously closed my eyes, and I could even feel the cool breeze as my big hands fell.

"The fifth watch has not yet arrived!"

A shout suddenly appeared.

Everything around me was frozen because of this sentence.

The waves stopped, the sound disappeared, the stone statue of the river god froze, and everything around was gone.

My heart moved, I opened my eyes, and the huge palm was just above my head, a little further down, and it could touch me.

"Chen Ping'an!"

Someone called my name, and I immediately turned my head to look over.

Looking at the past from afar, a small boat on the water was rowing towards this side, and there were two people on the boat, it was Mr. Liu and Liu Qiang.

As if I saw a savior, I hurriedly shouted, "Mr. Liu, I'm here." ”

"Are you okay?"

Mr. Liu beckoned to me and asked loudly.

I replied, "I'm okay for the time being, hurry up and save me." ”

"Let's go now!"

Soon, Mr. Liu and their boat came to me, and Liu Qiang stretched out his hand to me and pulled me onto the boat.

At this time, I realized that the rising water I had just seen was just an illusion. Actually, it wasn't the water, but I was always in the middle of the river, supported by a special force, floating on the water.

When I got on the boat, I couldn't control it and started crying.

This time it was a real escape, and it felt like a trip from the ghost gate.

Mr. Liu comforted me: "Baby, don't cry yet, it's useless to cry, I reminded you before, but I didn't listen, it seems that I lied to you, and now in this situation, I know that I am afraid." ”

"This river god asks for a military order, it is so terrible, the whole river will accept you, fortunately, it is not yet the fifth watch, I stopped with a sigh, and quickly used this last time to get rid of the entanglement of the river god's military order."

He glanced around, especially the huge stone statue of the river god.

He continued to sigh: "If not, as soon as the fifth watch arrives, everything here will kill you like just now!" ”

I cried and asked, "What can I do about that?" ”

"The river god asks for a military order, and the people who are not in Hanoi are invited, and the corpse collector belongs to the people of Hanoi, and his life is in the river, which is a thing in the river, and he can't let the river god ask for soldiers, and now if you want to live, you can only be a corpse collector." Mr. Liu said bluntly.

Being a corpse digger, I resisted in my heart, and my grandmother has always been against it.

Now my grandmother is gone, and I don't want to go against her will after she dies.

I shook my head and didn't speak, but the meaning was clear.

"You're really dead?" Mr. Liu frowned.

Only then did I speak: "My grandmother is gone, she has never allowed me to be a corpse collector before her death, I can't go against her will." ”

Mr. Liu exclaimed, "What, your grandmother is gone?" What's going on? ”

"Something happened to her, she died a miserable death, the body was separated, and the headless person over there was my grandmother." I pointed not far away.

After seeing grandma, Mr. Liu and Liu Qiang were very surprised.

"How so?"

I said, "I don't know, she lost her head for no reason, and her body ran out of my house, leading me here." ”

"Evil enough!" As well-informed as Mr. Liu, he can't recognize the amazement.

Then, I looked at the still still stone statue of the river god and asked, "Isn't this statue from the river temple?" How did you come out, and you live the same, is there really a river god? ”

Mr. Liu said: "Today, the river god asked for such a big movement, more because we have the river temple here, and the stone statue enshrined by incense naturally has inexplicable power. ”

"As for the matter of the river god, you can't talk about it!"

For corpse diggers, there is also a taboo, and the river god must not be discussed on the Wenshui River, otherwise the river god will be angry.

"Oh, I see." I responded.

I can't delve into the matter of the river god, so I can only talk about it here, and then it's my choice.

In the end, I should follow Mr. Liu and be a corpse digger, or I still have to trust my grandmother, no matter what happens, don't deal with corpse diggers, and go to the mass grave for help.

At this time, Mr. Liu said again: "Don't worry, I made you a corpse collector just to save you, and I won't force you to fish up corpses on the water, and even if you don't learn the skills of this industry, I won't embarrass you." It's just that I really don't want to see your baby go to death. ”

It's really for my sake.

In this way, I was moved, and asked again: "Can I really not learn to dig up corpses, but I just have the name of a corpse digger?" ”

"Of course."

Mr. Liu nodded: "Okay, then let's start now." ”

"The boat we are on is made of the skin of three corpses in the water, which was passed on to me by my master, and I will only use it when there is danger or the underwater corpse is strange, today you are on this, and you will fish up a corpse, and if you fish it up, you are the corpse collector, and the effect of the river god's military order on you can also be ignored, and there will be no danger to your life."

"Okay."

This time I agreed happily, because I wanted to take my grandmother's body over, and now I have a helper, which is naturally good.

I nodded and pointed to where my grandmother was: "There, I'm going to fish up my grandmother's body." ”

Mr. Liu didn't speak, but his face showed a little displeasure.

"The first time you fished out a corpse, as a 'gift' to become a corpse digger, you actually wanted to fish for this headless corpse, you must know that this will be a long life."

For the sake of grandma, let alone a broken life, if you want my life, I will give it too.

I replied, "It's okay, I have to take grandma back." ”

"That's good!" Mr. Liu responded, "I'll protect you from the Fa, and you follow what I said, go into the water to fish out the corpse." ”

Liu Qiang hurriedly retorted: "Master, you are old, you are still my old protector, this headless corpse has something to do with the river god's military order, I am afraid that it will be dangerous." ”

Mr. Liu shook his head: "Since there is danger, you want me to come, you are not at home yet, and besides, I am already dying, there is nothing to be afraid of, you just take charge of the boat." ”

In this way, Liu Qiang did not insist.

He paddled the oars with both hands, and the boat soon reached his grandmother's side.

She had no head, and she maintained a strange posture, like I had just done, with a special force in her body, still on the surface of the water.

Mr. Liu threw me a bundle of rope and said, "Peace, take the rope and go into the water, and recite a sentence beside your grandmother, 'Dust to dust, soil to earth, the dead in the river should return home, come with me, and the soul will go with the rope', and after reading, bite one end of the rope in your mouth, wrap the other end around your grandmother, and then bring it to the boat." ”

"Remember, the rope at the end of your mouth must not be loosened, otherwise it will kill you."

I nodded yes and went into the water.

According to Mr. Liu's instructions, he read the sentence beside his grandmother, and then bit the rope in his mouth, ready to tie up his grandmother and take her back to put it on.

But as soon as my hand touched her, the corpse, which had been still, suddenly began to sink.

People sink in the river.

But at this time, her sinking was extremely strange, and her body sank straight and straight, like an iron block falling into the water and sinking to the bottom.

It was so fast that I couldn't reach out and grab it.

"Grandma! Grandmother! ”

I wanted to dive to chase it, but Mr. Liu shouted: "Don't fish, hurry up, something is wrong." ”

Although I didn't know what was going on, I still believed Mr. Liu, and I didn't care about anything else, so I immediately climbed into the boat.

Just about to take off the rope in his mouth, he asked what was going on.

Mr. Liu gaged my mouth and advised: "Don't let go, the rope can't be taken out, otherwise you will die." ”

I looked at him with doubts in my eyes.

He understood my question and said, "Just listen to me now, I thought you could get rid of the river god by becoming a corpse digger and ask for military orders, but just now you went to collect the corpse, and the corpse went into the water to hide from you, which means that the corpse does not believe in you, and the river does not allow you, now you must leave immediately." ”

After speaking, he turned to Liu Qiang and said, "Qiangzi, go back." ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qiang said yes and began rowing.

But I thought of what the drunkard Qi had said a few days ago, when I couldn't paddle, and he said that the river couldn't accommodate me, which is exactly what Mr. Liu said now.

After a while, the boat stopped moving, as if it was blocked by something.

Liu Qiang went to check the situation, came back with an ugly face, and said: "Master, the boat was blocked by the river god's order, and it can't be passed." ”

I took a look and found that in front of the boat, there was a palm-sized turtle shell blocking it, a seemingly small thing, but it couldn't move the boat.