Chapter 8: The Mist Shadow Ship
The terrifying sight in front of me frightened my soul, and those ghost hands waved wildly in the air, trying to catch Lian Mingche, but Lian Mingche didn't realize the dangerous situation behind him because he was concentrating on fighting the iron coffin.
"Watch your back!"
I shouted at the neck of my neck, then took off my shirt and danced the two oars in my hand like hot wheels, but no matter how hard I tried, the ferry remained motionless like a nail, and could not row through.
I was so anxious that I could only keep screaming and screaming to remind him, and those ghost hands were getting closer and closer to Lian Mingche, and they were almost about to grab the hem of his clothes, and then I saw that the ghost thing still had gray scales and barbs on it.
And even Mingche finally heard my shout at this time, and turned his head sharply, and was immediately shocked, but fortunately he reacted quickly enough, and pushed himself out with his feet on the iron coffin, and was able to avoid the attack of those ghost hands.
However, those ghost hands didn't want to let him go, and quickly turned around and grabbed Lian Mingche, in a hurry, Lian Mingche tried to balance his body, took out a pistol and shot at those ghost hands.
There was a bang, and the ghost hand in front was smashed by the bullet, and a piercing scream suddenly came from under the water, and I picked up the oar and threw it out, although it didn't hit the ghost hands, but the splash also attracted the attention of those things.
Lian Mingche took advantage of this gap to swim back to the boat quickly, and I quickly pulled him up, only to find that the clothes on his back had been scratched.
"What the hell is this?" Lian Mingche's chest rose and fell violently, and his face was blue and white for a while.
I said with a calm face: "Bacheng is really a water monkey, it seems that it is not so easy for us to get out tonight." ”
Although the water monkey is said to be the embodiment of the water ghost, but the sense of revenge is very strong, I heard that there have been corpse diggers who have injured these things before, but within three days, the corpses of the old and young of the family have all become river drifters on the Haihe River, and they have been sucked into human dryness, even Ming Che's shot just now has obviously angered them, and we have to explain here today.
However, after the fierce fight, those water monkeys seemed to be a little scared, and they all shrank underwater and disappeared for a while, leaving only the iron coffin on the huge river surface that kept turning, making a strange sound.
"It seems that this coffin can't be taken away, so it's important to find a way to get out first." I said to Lian Mingche while looking around.
As the old saying goes, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, anyway, this octagonal iron coffin will not grow legs to run here, it's a big deal to wait for us to get ashore and then mobilize the river team to salvage.
Even Mincho nodded in agreement, so we used our paddles together and continued to paddle towards other safe waters.
At this time, the moon shadow is already slanting to the west, and I don't know if the brigade on the shore has noticed the change on our side, and I really regret that I didn't bring a walkie or flare gun or something like that when we set off just now, so that we wouldn't be like headless flies on this water.
At this moment, a large number of blisters suddenly appeared on the surface of the water, and then an intermittent cry came up from the bottom of the river and floated in the air, and the voice was so grumbling and very complaining that it seemed to be beneath our ferry.
Oh no, are those water monkeys coming up again?!
No, this voice sounds like a woman, but looking around, there is not even a ghost shadow on the entire river except for our small boat, how can there be a woman crying.
Even Ming Che heard this unusual cry, and asked me what to do with his eyes, I didn't expect to encounter these strange things when I came before, so don't talk about the utensils handed down by my grandfather and ancestors, even the blood toad didn't bring it, and now I don't have anything on my body except half a pack of big front door hair, but I can't invite those water monkeys up to smoke a cigarette and then discuss letting us go.
Just when the two of us were nervous, as the cry became clearer and clearer, the octagonal iron coffin actually slowly stopped rotating, and then slowly fell on the surface of the river, floating as smoothly as before.
And our surroundings are getting more and more noisy, in addition to crying and all kinds of cries for help, and the laughter of babies is mixed in, which disturbs people's hearts, and there is no way to calm themselves down.
At this moment, something even stranger happened, the blisters on the river gradually increased, the river boiled again, and the water centered on the iron coffin began to turn blood red, just like the scene when we salvaged the female corpse that night.
I secretly said that it was not good in my heart, but our ferry boat was finally out of control at this time, so Lian Mingche and I did not dare to delay, and quickly accelerated our speed and rowed to the shore.
The smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, and a fog fell on the surface of the river unconsciously, and in less than half an hour, the visibility in front of us was almost zero, and we could only continue to move forward from memory.
Suddenly, the ghost hands poked out from the bottom of the water again, encircling our boat in the middle, and then the water was tumbling again, and slowly two thin figures came out and swam towards our ferry.
The searchlight had completely lost its effect by this time, and it was not until the two things were close that I could see that they were two children.
The two dolls were pale and frightening, their eyes were empty and confused, and they climbed into the bow of our boat, opened their black mouths, and stumbled, "Come and play with me... Come and play with me..."
At this mouth, all the stinky fish and rotten shrimp were mixed with the river water and vomited, and a foul smell hit my face, and I almost fainted on the spot.
It's really damn that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and I actually met two small river drifters!
Lian Mingche was very close to me, and immediately flew up and kicked it, but I didn't expect the small river drifter to jump up directly, knocking Lian Mingche to the ground, and biting down his neck.
Fortunately, Lian Mingche was agile, and before falling to the ground, he put the oar across the vital part, and the small river drifter bit on the iron handle and made a popping sound.
I wanted to go over and save someone, but suddenly there was a sharp pain in my leg, and when I looked down, another river drifter had come to me and bit my thigh.
At this critical juncture, strange music sounded on the misty water, and dimly, it seemed that a small boat appeared on the river, and in a trance, we could see a figure in a cloak sitting on the bow of the boat, from far and near, towards us.
What was even more surprising was that the two little river drifters were like frightened little beasts when they heard the music, letting go of our unstoppable convulsions on the boat, and screaming again and again, of course Lian Mingche and I would not let go of this opportunity, and picked up the oars and smashed them until the two ghosts were completely immobile before stopping.
As the boat approached, I could vaguely see a few chains dragging on its stern, most of which sank into the water, and as the boat moored, it instantly straightened up, as if something was trapped under the water.
The fog on the water was so thick that it completely blocked the river, and we couldn't see the face of the man on the boat at all, and even Mingche was very vigilant, and he drew his pistol and loaded it in case anything unexpected happened.
I licked my dry lips and dared to shout to the boat, "Who are you?" ”
There was no response from the other side, but the strange music stopped abruptly, and the whole river was suddenly silent and terrifying, and the water and sky were full of murderous atmosphere.
I waited for a long time, but when I saw that there was still no movement, I turned my head to Lian Mingche and said: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, take advantage of the fact that there is no danger now, hurry up and go with thirty-six plans." ”
Lian Mingche nodded and put away his gun, handed me the oars, and the two of us turned the bow of the boat, avoiding the small boat and trying to go ashore from the other direction.
Although the ferry boat was slow, it was not affected by the octagonal iron coffin at the moment, and it could be regarded as exerting its maximum energy in the hands of the two of us, according to my estimate, at this speed, it should not take ten minutes to reach the shore.
While rowing, I peeked at the two small river drifters, judging from the clothes, they were both boys, and the facial features on the extremely white and puffy little face had been completely deformed, and I couldn't see the appearance before I was born at all, and there was still black and purple liquid flowing out of my mouth and nose.
Even Mingche said that the two dolls that were lost on the night when the female corpse was found were both boys, could it be the two of them?
Thinking of this, I clasped my hands together and whispered in my mouth: "Sins and sins, you two little dolls are also dead in vain, if you can bless the two of us to go ashore safely, uncle I will definitely go to the temple to invite you monks to exceed, there is no wonder." ”
I don't know if my prayer really worked, the ferry boat was very smooth, without any obstruction, and I could vaguely see the shore, at this time, Lian Mingche's voice suddenly came from behind me.
"Mo San, that little boat has been following us."
I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned around, only to see Lian Mingche standing at the stern of the boat, following the direction he pointed, the Wupeng boat was really close to our back, like a ghost.
Strange? Who is this ship, and why is it chasing us?
Greeting Lian Mingche to stop the boat, but as soon as we stopped, the iron chain behind the boat creaked and stopped on the water.
"Looking for the white dragon at the mouth of the Sancha River, the river is designated and a trick is shown." I took a deep breath and drank into the boat, which was a lip code between the water ghosts, that is, a code word, which means that I have already reported the number, and you should not hide it.
I suspected that the man in the boat was a water ghost who was digging for corpses, so I deliberately tried it.
After a long time, with the river breeze, the other side finally responded.
"Is the water dry?"