Chapter 15: Be careful
As soon as Liu Rufeng said this, I finally knew why my grandfather refused to agree to help him retrieve the body, because it was in the Demon Cave.
Another point that makes me feel a little puzzled, that is, Liu Rufeng's father also died eighteen years ago, but why is there no such thing as Liu Rufeng's father in my grandfather's memories at all, could it be said that it was a later thing.
I asked Liu Rufeng if he could explain the events at that time in more detail, but Liu Rufeng said that now is not the time to talk about this, if there is a chance in the future, he will tell me, and the most important thing at the moment is to deal with the Yellow River Niangniang.
I suddenly realized when he said this, and almost forgot about the business, to say that this water sword is really not an ordinary weapon, I haven't seen it clearly, the skin of the water monkey was peeled off, and it was peeled off whole, without a certain amount of flesh and blood, and then look at the water monkey without skin, covered in white flowers, it feels like a sausage has taken off the outer casing, but it looks a little oozing and disgusting.
As soon as the skin of the water monkey was peeled off, Liu Rufeng directly draped it on my body, if it was okay to wear clothes, it would be fine, but I am now naked, when the skin of the water monkey was draped on the body, it was so uncomfortable, it felt like a wet clothes stuck to my body on a rainy day, not to mention that this dress was still fishy and smelly.
Before, Liu Rufeng's appearance was quite anxious, but when I put on the water monkey skin, Liu Rufeng's demeanor was obviously much more relaxed, I asked him what to do next, when to lead the Yellow River Niangniang, Liu Rufeng told me that sunset is the best time to lead the Yellow River Niangniang.
I had to wait until sunset, and it was only noon, and there were still four or five hours before sunset, so I asked if I could take off the skin of the water monkey first, because it was too uncomfortable, and I would put it on again when the sun set.
Liu Rufeng nodded and said to me, "Yes, if you don't want to die now, you can take it off, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes." ”
Seeing that Liu Rufeng didn't look like he was joking, I gave up this idea, but fortunately, the weather was not good and I couldn't see the sun, otherwise I would have died of heat before sunset.
It was very uncomfortable to wear the skin of the water monkey, so I thought about asking Liu Rufeng's father about it to distract me, but Liu Rufeng didn't pay attention to me at all, and said that he wanted to dispose of the water monkey without skin and left.
After Liu Rufeng left, I actually started to feel a little sleepy, so I leaned against the corner and sat down and narrowed my eyes.
In a daze, I seemed to have a dream, a very strange dream, in which I came to a dark cave, in which there was only a raised stone for me to stand on, and the rest of the place was muddy water.
Suddenly, the ripples on the surface of the water dispersed, and I saw a cave slowly rising to the surface, and it was still glittering with golden light, and I continued to look, only to find that the golden light I had just seen was gone.
And before the golden light appeared on the surface of the water, a huge turtle appeared, the turtle surfaced, straight towards the direction of the hole, it seemed a little hurried, seeing that the giant turtle was about to swim to the mouth of the cave, suddenly a black chain flew out of the water, directly wrapped the giant turtle strongly, no matter how the giant turtle struggled to no avail, and then the giant turtle was pulled into the water by the chain in front of my eyes.
I don't know why I have such a dream, maybe it's usually something in my heart, I will dream about something, that giant turtle should be the golden turtle eighteen years ago, but what does it mean that it was forcibly pulled back into the water by that chain, what kind of existence is the other end of that chain, I don't think I can figure out why.
Liu Rufeng didn't know when he came back, he was holding the flower cat and stroking it at the moment, seeing that I woke up, Liu Rufeng put down the flower cat and stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said to me, "It's almost time, let's go." ”
Seeing that the sky was slowly darkening, it must be really almost, so he got up and followed Liu Rufeng out of the courtyard gate.
On the way to the Yellow River, I was afraid that I would meet people, and I was afraid that they would be startled when they saw me, but fortunately, it was very clean along the way, and I didn't touch anyone.
After arriving at the Yellow River, Liu Rufeng asked me to do as he said, he asked me to row to the middle of the river alone with the corpse boat, and the Yellow River Niangniang would naturally come out at that time, I asked him what to do after the Yellow River Niangniang came out, but he said that I would know when the time came.
It soon became dark, and I lit the headlight and paddled toward the center of the river with the body collecting boat.
The water of the Yellow River at night is obviously not as turbulent as during the day, but it reveals indescribable weirdness everywhere, and I cautiously watched the water in front of me while holding the boat, for fear that something on the surface of the water would suddenly burst out of the water.
After about ten minutes, I reached the center of the river, and by this time the night was so dark that I could not even see the shore, and even the headlights of the boat had become dim.
I don't know if it's because I'm nervous, or if the water monkey skin on my body is lifting, the beads of sweat flow down my forehead and into my eyes, and my eyes immediately sting, I closed my eyes tightly and screamed, it felt like there were thousands of ants gnawing.
But the stinging came and went away quickly, and soon there was nothing left, and when I opened my eyes again, I found that in the river in front of me I vaguely saw a pair of eyes glowing with cold light, no, not a pair, and the whole river was covered with thousands of pairs of eyes, and those eyes were all staring straight at me, staring at my heart for a while, and my trembling hands caused the oars to crash on the edge of the boat and make a gurgling sound.
Then a dark mist rose from the surface of the water and slowly condensed into the form of a woman, and when I saw this woman, I gasped and even the tendons on my heels turned twice.
The Yellow River Niangniang is really here!
After the Yellow River Niangniang appeared, she didn't even look at me as if I didn't exist, just looked in the direction of the shore, and then she said in a somewhat melancholy tone, "You are a good person, and I don't want you to die, but who made your life for this." ”
Her words made me feel mixed feelings, her tone was so sad, I could tell that she didn't want me to die, but she was forced to let me die, I wanted to ask her what the last sentence meant, but Liu Rufeng explained that I was not allowed to make a sound, so I could only endure it first.
"Let's go, let me find out for myself."
She said this as if to me, and then walked on the surface of the water in the direction of the shore.
Liu Rufeng didn't tell me what to do after the Yellow River Niangniang appeared, and when I saw the Yellow River Niangniang walking towards the shore, I held the oars in my hand and pushed the corpse boat forward little by little.
Slowly, the black veil in front of me faded, and the shore was in front of me, and I looked around and saw a person standing on the shore, at first I thought it was Liu Rufeng, but after a closer look, I found that it was a real person, it was a straw man, and the clothes on the straw man were the one I took off before.
The Yellow River Niangniang stepped ashore, jumped lightly and came to the straw man, and I slowly brought the corpse boat to the shore, and then cautiously followed over.
The Yellow River Niangniang stretched out her slender jade hand and stroked the face of the straw man, her face was full of sadness and reluctance, looking at the scene at the moment, I guessed how much Liu Rufeng asked me to pretend to be a water monkey, and let the straw man pretend to be me, wanting to deceive the Yellow River Niangniang.
"A thousand years ago, you and I parted, and we agreed to see each other after a thousand years, but I didn't expect that today, a thousand years later, this scene would be repeated again, just ...... It seems that I am destined to live forever in this Jiuqu River, come, I will send you on your way......"
I was dazed for a while when I watched this scene, and I felt that this Yellow River Niangniang was like acting, so affectionate to a straw man, to be exact, it should be me, but why did I sound so confused when she said this, what thousands of years ago and thousands of years later, I listened to me in the clouds.
Although I have been following the Yellow River Niangniang, but still keep a certain distance from her, at this moment I was looking at the Yellow River Niangniang in a daze, Liu Rufeng didn't know when she appeared in my sight.
I saw him holding the water-splitting yin sword with one hand, and walked towards the Yellow River Niangniang step by step, and I saw a killing intent on his face that I had never seen before.
Huang He Niangniang is a ghost, and ordinary weapons can't hurt her at all, but Liu Rufeng actually holds the water dividing yin sword, presumably this sword is the nemesis of the Yellow River Niangniang, and it may disappear in a moment.
Before, I almost didn't want to get rid of the Yellow River Niangniang, and I hoped that there would be a master who could help me never suffer from future troubles, but at this time, I regretted it a little.
Thousands of years, from her words I know that she has been in the Yellow River for a thousand years, and how lonely she must have been in the cold Yellow River water for so long.
"Master Liu, stop!"
I suddenly opened my mouth and shouted.
As soon as I shouted, Huang He Niangniang suddenly turned her head and looked at me with a puzzled gaze, and at this moment, the Water Dividing Yin Sword in Liu Rufeng's hand also stabbed towards Huang He Niangniang.
Seeing this, I continued to shout, "Watch your back! ”
Huang He's body hurriedly moved to the side, avoided the fatal blow, and then turned into a cloud of water vapor and flew towards the river.
But who would have expected that the water-splitting yin sword that had pierced the sky actually emitted a thousand feet of ghostly light, and yes, the Yellow River Niangniang, who had turned into water vapor, turned into a human form again and collapsed on the ground......