【015】The mysterious awning boat

The heavier the rain, the more they wanted to change boats. I don't know if it was the cold rain that soaked his whole body, and the cold suddenly woke up Zhiqing, or if he suddenly remembered the legend he had heard.

Legend has it that a ship is mentioned, and he told the story to Zhong Kui. I used to have the idea of exploring it, but I didn't expect to see a ship in the rain and fog.

Stunned for a moment, Zhiqing hurriedly said to Wengen: "Let's go, let's not provoke that strange ship." Find a way to get out of here, or find a way out of the rain and fog and go ashore to see. ”

Wengen didn't understand why Master had suddenly given up on that boat again, if he could board the canopy boat, not only would the two of them not be in the rain, but they would be able to leave here safely.

But since Master has already made a decision, how can he not listen to it? What's more, the master is an old Jianghu, and he is a hundred times stronger than himself in terms of experience and knowledge, so his decision must be reasonable. In this way, he was too lazy to think, so he listened to the plan and paddled to open the distance of the canopy.

The rain and the cold wind blew on the faces of both of them, and both of them were extremely miserable. The cold sensation hit the whole body, and the rain flowed into the eyes and into the collar......

"Master, why don't we go back!"

"Hmmm! It's best to be able to go back. Zhiqing felt that things were not so simple. Because he caught a glimpse of the strange awning boat, and quietly followed, just a meter behind them.

And at present, in the rain and fog, the visibility of the two of them is about a meter away. And it was only under the reflection of the lantern hanging on the bow of the canopy boat that I could see the surrounding environment through the rain and fog.

Before, it would have been difficult to see a meter or so apart from their canoes. In my memory, the legend doesn't seem to mention that the awning boat had a horse lantern. Besides; If the ship was really unmanned, how could it possibly hang a horse lantern?

Turning back to look at the canopy boat, the lanterns flickering in the wind and the rain were shaking. Don't think about it, don't guess, give them the illusion that this canopy boat is deliberately lighting them.

Wengen's arms were sore from paddling, and he was sneezing one sneeze after another, making him very uncomfortable.

Zhiqing was silent, and had been paying close attention to the movements of the black canopy boat. The canopy followed their canoe unhurriedly, and it was like a silent agreement between the canoe and the canopy boat, one gliding on the surging waves in front of the Emperor, and the other watching the fire from the other side of the river, paying attention to them, to the canoe struggling in the cold wind.

The canoe began to get flooded because the master and apprentice were soaking wet, and the rain was intruding. The water in the canoe could not be drained for a while, causing the canoe to be precarious, tilting to the left and the right for a while.

Wen Gen was frightened and frightened, coupled with the cold, and his teeth squeaked against his teeth. His face also became very ugly, and his eyes were full of horror and fear. He was nervous, his fingers nervously grasping the oars, and paddling vigorously! Scratch! Scratch! There was a crisp sound, and Zhiqing hurriedly turned around to look, only to see the oar in Wengen's hand, as if it was broken from it......

The canoe stopped and circled in place, and the canopy boat also stopped.

Zhiqing said hatefully at the awning boat: "Paddle with your hands, let's go and see who the boss on the boat is, don't bring such a scary." "Questioned and decided that it must be the owner of the canopy boat who deliberately scared them, and if the other party had no malicious intent, the two of them could still hide from the rain on the canopy boat and still hope to go ashore.

After hearing the master's command, Wen Gen really put his hand into the cold water and paddled hard. With the efforts of the two, the canoe retreated little by little, gradually approaching the canopy boat.

When Wengen said this, he suddenly stopped and paused. His face became gloomy, and his eyes flashed with fear.

Li Laoqi sighed heavily and said, "Alas! They all blame me, I'm lacking morality...... The love of money has harmed you like this. Don't go near the awning boat, it's a ghost ship! ”

Wengen seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, his head shook uncontrollably, and his lips were chattering and he couldn't speak for a long time. The gaze fell on Zhong Kui's face, which was complex and strange.

Li Laoqi went on to talk about the origin of this ghost ship.

Legend goes back to the bloody era during World War II. At that time, the lake was still a quiet lake, a dead lake, and the surface of the lake looked quiet. At the bottom of the lake, however, there is an undercurrent that constantly pours fresh water, while another undercurrent drains out the old, mossy water of the lake over time.

If there is no wind or grass, it is like a blue mirror. The quiet surface of the lake only moves slightly when the breeze blows. Under the reflection of the sun and the agitation of the breeze, the mirror surface instantly shows a circle of delicate and expanding ripples.

In the war-torn years, the worst thing was the common people. Displaced and homeless, the elderly and children fled in all directions.

I don't know when, a canopy boat appeared on the quiet lake, going back and forth between the southeast and the northwest.

Rowing on the canopy was a young, beautiful young woman. In the canopy boat was her family, with old people and children. They fled from far and wide to find this paradise and settled down to fish for a living.

There is a mountain near the lake, and there are all kinds of game on the mountain, and the young woman rocks the oars every day to catch fish. My husband hunted in the mountains, caught hares and other game, and from time to time picked some wild mushrooms to cook and eat.

The family is well settled, and hunger is not a problem. In those days, their days should be regarded as fairy days. Nothing is more important than being in harmony with the family, and the old man is enjoying the family pleasures that should belong to him.

Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived. One day, a group of defeated pirates came, and they demanded that the young woman take them to the mountain on the other side in a canopy boat.

For the sake of young children, the elderly, to avoid being mutilated by this group of villains. The young woman had no choice but to resist her anger and make a compromise, and decided to send the group of routs who looked like villains, and agreed to their request.

But she never thought about what it would be like to deal with the devil.

The young woman pushed the canopy out of the harbor on her front feet, and on the back feet her child, the old man, had died under the bayonets of the widows. It was the kind of person who was killed alive with a bayonet, and there was no movement at all.

The widow looked at the young woman's beautiful face, as well as the charm of the temperament, coupled with the bumpy figure. One by one, the eyebrows of the thief and the eyes showed a greedy green light.

The young woman did not dare to look at them, and shook the oars vigorously...... I looked at my husband in my heart, and I must not show up, because he has a shotgun in his hand. The beasts will strangle him under all sorts of pretexts.

Just when the young woman was expecting worriedly, two hanging ruffians came out of the canopy.