When the toothless old man said this, his eyes suddenly dimmed! His wrinkled face shook gently, and his gray hair was like a reed fluttering in the wind on the river beach!

I couldn't help but ask him, "What happened?" Those...... Are all those who have fallen off the boat alive? ”。

The toothless old man pouted, shook his head, and said, "No, none of them survived!" By the time I ran over, they had already disappeared into the river! ”。

I was horrified and asked, "Have they all sunk to the bottom?" Still is......! ”。 I didn't say what I said, because in my opinion, there is no golden-headed dragon king in this world at all!

The toothless old man didn't answer my question, but swallowed hard and whispered to me, "Later, the golden-headed dragon king overturned my ship, and all the rest of the people on board fell into the water!" The river suddenly seemed to be boiling, there were tumbling bubbles everywhere, I relied on my good water quality, and a fierce man pierced out three feet away! At that time, there was already a heavy fog on the river, and I couldn't see the situation on the river at all, I could only hear screams from the fog! I was scared, but I had been rocking the boat on the river for many years, and I was very familiar with the area, and I knew exactly where there were reefs and whirlpools! In this way, I closed my eyes little by little, touched the stones at the bottom of the river, and quietly swam to the other side! By the time I went ashore, it was already dawn and the fog on the river had slowly dissipated! I saw that there was a whole person on the river, and the water was as flat as a mirror! What happened last night, except for my memory, has not left a trace in this world! I'm a rocker, what should I do without a boat? So I went down the river bank and looked all the way downstream, hoping to find my boat again!

But the miracle didn't happen, but I accidentally found the child on the ship! She was washed ashore by the water and was dying! When I saw this child and remembered what happened to me, I couldn't help but hug her little body and cry loudly! ”。

When I heard this, I asked the toothless old man, "What happened later?" Have you found the boat? Is that child still alive? ”。

The toothless old man smiled kindly, sighed slowly, and said, "I never found that boat again, and then I really had no choice but to hire a smaller ferry boat and continue my old job!" As for the little girl, she has been with me since she was rescued by me, and I don't need a helper on board anyway! ”。

I said, "If you continue to do this, aren't you afraid of running into the Golden-headed Dragon King again?" ”。

The toothless old man laughed silently, and he told me that when a man is hungry, he doesn't think so much about it anyway! What's more, at that time, he was no longer alone, in the past, he was full of food and the whole family was not hungry, but now he can't, there is a little girl at home waiting for him to earn and chew grain! However, every time he ferried, he was doubly careful, for fear of encountering the golden-headed dragon king again! I don't know if it's his luck, or if there is some other reason, since then, the golden-headed dragon king has never appeared ......! ”。

I nodded, and asked him curiously, "Uncle, where are you going this time?" How did you get on this steamer? ”。

The toothless old man told me that he was going to Shanghai on a boat to see his daughter! His daughter married a grocery store boy a few years ago, and followed her husband away, two days ago she sent a letter to say that she gave birth to a big fat boy, let me go to Shanghai to see the child, I think I am so old, and there are not a few days to live, so I took this iron-hulled boat, who would have thought that I would meet the golden-headed dragon king again? Ahem, it's all fate! ”。

The toothless old man sighed and continued: "Don't think I'm afraid of death, I've lived so old, I've already lived enough!" The only thing I'm worried about now is not being able to catch a glimpse of my little grandson! ”。

The corners of the toothless old man's mouth turned up, and a wrinkle appeared on his face. I then asked him, "Your daughter?" Isn't she the little girl on the boat? ”。

The toothless old man smiled and said, "You can't call her a little girl anymore, now she is an adult, and she is a mother of a child!" ”。 The toothless old man's face was full of pride and pride, as if he had forgotten the danger he was facing!

Everyone was silent, and the toothless old man told us a story, but what was the golden-headed dragon king in the story? If it's a fish, what kind of fish is it? If there is such a big fish in the river, will it pose a threat to the iron-hulled boat we are on? ”。 Everyone fell into a long contemplation, and no one said another word for a long time!

At this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly shook and deviated from the original channel! I saw the ship's pilot poke his head out of the wheelhouse and look to the side of the ship in amazement! The people on the boat were hit by this sudden blow, and the people who shook their horses flipped on their backs, crying and scolding! Before the fallen people could get up from the deck, a group of crew members rushed down the gangway with wind lanterns, separated the scolding crowd, and took the lights into the river below the boat to take care of them!

I then asked Brother Zhang, "Brother Zhang, what are they doing?" ”。

Brother Zhang snorted his teeth and guessed, "What are they looking for!" ”。

The toothless old man whispered, "What should come is always coming...... The Golden-Headed Dragon King has finally reappeared! ”。

One of the crew members suddenly raised his head, he shook the wind lamp, waved his arms, and shouted loudly to the wheelhouse, because of the strong wind and waves on the river, everyone could not hear clearly!

I looked strange, so I asked Heini, "Heini, do you hear what he's shouting?" ”。 Hei Ni listened carefully with her ears sideways, and said with a change of color, "He seems to be telling the ship to turn, he said...... He said something in the water was coming at us......! ”。 As soon as Hei Ni finished speaking, the hull of the ship shook again, and this time we clearly heard the "creaking" sound of the hull breaking! At the same time, I also saw that the crew member who had just waved the oil lamp to the wheelhouse was planted in the water, and a big wave hit, and his shadow was no longer visible!

The steamer was hit twice in succession by an unknown monster in the river, and before it knew it, it left its original course and rampaged across the river! The toothless old man was very nervous at this time, he hugged the column tightly, and at this moment of lightning, the steamer stopped suddenly, and the passengers on the ship were caught off guard, and fell from the boat into the river, and those who were lucky enough not to fall off the boat also fell to the head and bleed, and the brain burst apart! The sound of crying for a moment went straight to the sky! The deck was full of bloodied passengers, and the river was full of people who had fallen overboard! Luckily, we were prepared in advance, so we were all unscathed! When the waves receded, we realized that the steamer had hit a reef in a panic! The steamer ran aground, and he was hit with a big hole in the bottom of his boat and rode on top of the reef!

The waves hit the hull one after another, the river poured into the big hole in the bottom of the boat, and the steamer riding on the reef gradually tilted and looked like it was about to capsize! The old ladies and gentlemen in the cabin jumped into the river crying and hugging each other, and some of the crew climbed out of the wheelhouse and were scrambling to put down the lifeboats! As soon as we saw that the steamer was about to capsize, we quickly untied the ropes on our bodies, climbed to the side of the ship, and found a lifeboat!

Together, we put the lifeboat in the water, and then climbed down with ropes, and the toothless old man was the last to get off the steamer, and he had two harpoons on his back!

I complained to the toothless old man and said, "I said, old man, now we are running for our lives, what are you doing with all these bits and pieces?" ”。 The toothless old man ignored me, he sat down in the stern of the boat and said, "Row quickly, let's get out of here!" ”。 Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud "creaking" sound of the steamer, and the hull of the ship suddenly tilted, and the whole steamer capsized in the river in an instant!

The sunken steamer stirred up huge waves on the river, pushing the lifeboat we were riding in far away! The river is full of luggage and all kinds of sundries, and the people who have not drowned are carrying heavy loads and floating on the river, shouting for help in despair! The lifeboat we took was a wooden hull boat more than three meters long, not long after the water was launched, the cabin was filled with water, we had to row while using our hands to scoop the water out of the boat, but the water in the boat seemed to never be finished, and it kept overflowing, I struggled to wash the water, and shouted at the toothless old man and Brother Zhang: "The water is going to be full...... The ship is about to sink ......! ”。

The toothless old man and Brother Zhang were paddling desperately with their oars, and the turbulent waves pushed us from one wave to another, and the heavy rain in the sky hit my face, followed my hair, and flowed into my eyes! I had to close my eyes, reach out and wipe the rain from my face, and then shouted, "What should I do?" We're going to sink! ”。

The howling river wind and the huge waves in the sky drowned out my shouts, and I was surprised to find that the toothless old man and Brother Zhang had stopped their oars and slowly stood up! Confused, I shouted at them, "Hey! Why don't you row? Didn't you see the ship sinking before you saw it? ”。

I noticed that both of them were staring straight behind me, and I couldn't help but turn my head as well, only to see a black behemoth appear on the dark and turbulent river!

The behemoth was proud, towering above the river, and when the giant mouth opened and closed, it swallowed all the people who were struggling to survive in the water, and then the giant tail swung up, stirring up a huge wave!