"I am the only one who can be the ferryman on this river, and no one else can. The old man continued, "So, son, this piece of low-grade spirit stone is actually quite small?"

"Then how many spirit stones do you think you should collect?" Ye Liancheng asked rhetorically, he wanted to see how much this old man wanted to rewind.

The old man smiled, that temperament was so similar to that of Yu Lao when he was a scoundrel.

"If you want me to say, it's not too much to charge a lot of money, some people, no matter how much money they have, they can't get back a human life. The old man's tone was very melancholy, and he made it clear that he had received a low-grade spirit stone that was actually too little.

Ye Liancheng didn't talk, having said that, if this person met an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would not really take the other party because he couldn't afford to pay a spirit stone.

If you want to cross the Loess River, in addition to taking a boat, it is estimated that you have to walk dozens of miles to find other places to pass.

And the soil on both sides of the river is washed by the river all the year round, it is very loose, and a bridge is built here, unless the immortal means are used, it is not very realistic.

Yu Lao noticed the fishing net placed in the stern of the boat, and quipped: "Old man, you usually take on some private work, right?"

Following Yu Lao's line of sight, Ye Liancheng also saw the pile of fishing nets, and was a little curious about what this old man was doing here, it was impossible to fish in this loess river, right?

The old man was not panicked at a glance, and returned: "Hehe, I don't know how much younger this guest is than me." "It turned out that he was called an old man by a bad old man, and he was a little more dissatisfied in his heart, after all, looking at Yu Lao's outfit, most of them were just the servants of that son's brother, and he didn't have to be polite.

Yu Lao smiled and didn't care about these details.

Through the conversation with the old man, Ye Liancheng also learned what the so-called 'private work' meant.

It turned out that the river was ruthless, often devouring the lives of people who had lost their footing, and the families of those who drowned had to rely on this old man to retrieve their bodies, otherwise, no one would dare to go into the water to fish for people.

This is not because the water is too strong, there are many people in this world, but jumping into this loess river, whether they want to save people or salvage drowning people, they all take their lives without exception.

Only this old man, who has been doing this since he was young, has never had an accident to this day, so everyone simply paid him to do this, after all, compared with life, others know which is more important.

"But, Childe, not everyone can catch the drowning people in this river. The old man who found a person to talk to was like opening the conversation box and began to talk to Ye Liancheng.

"Oh, is it the kind of thing that can't be salvaged no matter how much money is given?" Ye Liancheng asked.

The old man showed a hint of caution on his face, nodded and said, "You can't make any money you give." ”

"My family has been doing this business since ancient times, and my ancestors have left a lot of rules since the beginning, and I persuade future generations not to violate them because of interests. Thinking of some of the past, the old man had a lot of sadness in his eyes, "If this drowning person is a woman, he will never be able to catch it, and if the drowning person is head-down, the soles of his feet will not be able to catch it." ”

These two situations are quite penetrating, and Ye Liancheng, who has read a lot of supernatural novels in his previous life, can vaguely guess some of the reasons.

"Alas, I think my cousin had just started this business, and he disobeyed the ancestral teachings to salvage a head-down corpse for the sake of that money, so he lost his life. The old man said sadly, these were decades ago, and they are still vivid in my mind.

"Don't be sad, senior, I believe that your cousin can rest in peace now. Ning Wenqing, who was in the cabin, comforted that he also experienced the pain of losing his hands and feet.

How do you know, but in exchange for the old man's sneer, "The ancestor also said that if the person who died for this reason cannot be salvaged, it is estimated that my cousin is still in this loess river." ”

Ning Wenqing was speechless at this sentence, but he didn't expect his kind comfort to poke at the pain of others impartially.

After Ning Wenqing's turmoil, the old man lost the interest to continue, and supported the boat silently, and the boat had come to the center of the Loess River at this time.

It's also a good thing not to talk at this time, after all, if something happens in this awkward position in the middle, swimming forward is not going backward.

The world is impermanent, and when Ye Liancheng thought like this, an accident happened.

After Yu Lao's eyes, he exclaimed in surprise and pointed to a black spot on the river not far ahead.

"Good boy, now you have eyes, why did you meet a female corpse with her head down and feet exposed this time!" Yu Lao exclaimed, it was like he had encountered something strange to him, and there was nothing to be afraid of at all.

But the old man is different, at first he thought that the old man was talking nonsense, but when he looked at it, he was also dumbfounded.

The corpse in front of him was swollen from the water, and the only folds that leaked out of the water on the soles of his feet could be seen clearly, as for why Yu Lao said that it was a female corpse, it was because there was a large black shadow at the bottom of the water, which was obviously the person's hair. And the foot leaking out is very small, and it shouldn't be the sole of a man's foot.

Ye Liancheng was a little curious before, what to do if these two situations came out in the old Weng Zuxun, but he didn't expect to see it now.

I have to say that God is still quite good to himself, Ye Liancheng complained in his heart.

Ning Wenqing cautiously glanced out through the cabin after hearing Yu Lao's exclamation, and found that the female corpse was like being hit in the heart by a heavy hammer, and her face turned pale all of a sudden, and she shrank in the cabin and didn't dare to look out again.

The old man's lips were white, and he put the wooden tree in the boat, and he hobbled to the bow of the boat.

As if there was a magical force, the river was slowly pulling the boat closer to the female corpse.

Ye Liancheng felt that such a scene was also a bit terrifying, not enough to think that this old man could do this business here for so many years without accidents, he should have some skills, so he silently took a step back.

When the sky fell, Yu Lao was staring, what were he afraid of, huh?

Ye Liancheng's eyes widened, and Yu Lao, who was still standing at the bow of the boat, suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes.

This is too puzzling, why did Yu Lao, a bad old man, disappear at this time!

I had no choice but to pin my hope on that old man, in this world, Ye Liancheng had experienced ghosts, and now when he saw the female corpse, he began to play a small drum in his heart.

Ye Liancheng put his hand on the handle of the black knife, if there is something wrong, there is only a knife...