However, it is in response to the old proverb 'the sky has unpredictable storms and clouds, and people have good and bad luck'. Not long after we sailed out of the lower reaches of the Haihe River, the sky quickly changed.

The originally sunny sky suddenly rolled dark clouds, and a bleak gray color enveloped the entire surface of the river, and the river wind blew, and the originally calm surface of the river became vicious waves. Wave after wave of gray water rushed towards our awning boat, which was like a helpless fallen leaf, rising and falling in the rolling waves, and could capsize at any time.

At that time, my face changed, and a sense of foreboding enveloped me tightly, and I had never encountered such strange weather in the years I had walked on the bottom of the Nine Rivers.

Your grandfather retreated into the cabin, his face devoid of his previous joy, and he looked at me, with a heavy face on his helm, steering the canopy boat and fighting against the oncoming waves.

At this moment, we can't go to the village or the store, and we can't find a shore to stop. I can only silently pray for the blessing of the ancestors in my heart, if even this set of corpse fishing guys is thrown into the water of the Haihe River, then we will really insult the reputation of the ghosts of the Haihe River, even if we go to the underworld, we will not have the face to face the ancestors and ancestors!

A wave that covered the sky rolled over, like a giant elephant running wildly, and slammed fiercely into the hull of the canopy boat. I heard a loud bang, the water splashed, and the hull of the ship was knocked out of a big gap by the vicious waves, and black river water continued to pour into the cabin from the gap.

Even more unfortunate, the ship was broken by the head wind, and at this time, the downpour fell with a torrential down. The rain did not fall one by one, but more like it was pouring down from the sky, and a hazy curtain of water was soon drawn between the water and the sky, and the surroundings were as dark as night, so that we could not distinguish between the east and the west.

The land, which had been dry for several months, was hit by a strong rainstorm, and the rain fell wildly, as if to vent all the water of the month.

We looked sadly at the ink-splashed black sky outside, and the sudden heavy rainstorm not only made it more difficult for us to recover the bodies, but now we were not even sure whether we would be able to survive safely.

At the lower end of the Nine Rivers, no matter what dangers and difficulties we encounter, we must never give up the courage and confidence to live. Seeing that your grandfather no longer had the confident smile he had before, I asked him if he regretted going out this time.

Your grandfather did not hesitate to say that he did not regret it, and said that people do not experience some winds and waves in this life, is it still called life, not to mention us water ghosts who beg for a living on the Haihe River. When he said this, his face was full of confidence to overcome difficulties, and I couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.

Who knew that as soon as your grandfather finished saying this, he suddenly stood up, pointed behind him and shouted: "Fourth, what do you see that thing is there?!" ”

I quickly turned my head, only to see a large blurry black shadow on the water not far from the stern of our boat, because of the thick white mist floating on the water, and the darkness of the sky, I could not see what the black shadow was for a while.

The thing was half-sinking and half-floating, and judging from the vague shadows, it was definitely not a ship, but a bit like a larger submarine. But I quickly disproved the idea, how could there be a submarine in a place where even ships rarely sailed? Could it be some unknown underwater creature?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, urging your grandfather to hurry up and leave this water quickly. According to those older generation of water ghosts who have Taoism, whenever there is any vision on the lower tip of the Nine Rivers, it must be infested with demon beasts.

Although I don't know if that black shadow is a monster, but as the saying goes, 'the good ones don't come, and the ones who come are not good', we still try to avoid them and don't provoke them.

It was naturally very difficult for our small boat to swim against the current in the stormy seas, and the black shadow quickly approached us, and soon came to a place just over ten meters away from our stern. Our hearts were already in our throats, our eyes were wide open, and we were staring at the dark shadow under the water with fear, and your grandfather was also solemn, and we were almost ready to die.

Speaking of this, the fourth grandfather stopped, and a hint of fear faintly appeared on his face. He poured himself a third cup of Lao Baigan, and took a big sip with his neck up, trying to calm his ups and downs.

My heart was also beating nervously, I swallowed the old white dry in the wine cup in one gulp, and asked the fourth grandfather nervously and curiously: "Fourth grandfather, go on, what is that black shadow?" ”

The fourth grandfather took out the old cigarette stick from behind his back, knocked it lightly on the corner of the table, then lit the dry tobacco, took a big puff, spewed out a thick smoke, and continued with a trembling voice: "That black shadow is getting closer and closer to us, and I was horrified to find that the black shadow is nearly twenty feet long!" ”

"Twenty zhang?!"

I was so surprised that my jaw almost fell on the table, and I silently calculated in my heart: one zhang is equal to 3.3 meters, that is, the body length of the underwater thing has reached an astonishing 60 meters!

Oh my God, what a behemoth that is! In my limited knowledge, I only know that whales in the depths of the ocean can reach such lengths, but how can there be such a terrible behemoth under the sea river? Could it really be the legendary monster beast? ”

"Just as we were terrified, the dark shadow burst through the water, revealing a head the size of a locomotive! We were surprised to find that the black shadow turned out to be a large silver-gray fish. The huge head of the fish is covered with thick and hard scale armor, some of which are raised into an awl, and hung with black silt and dark green aquatic plants, which is particularly hideous. The smell was so strong that your grandfather and I almost fainted in the cabin.

This huge monster fish was like a fast-moving submarine, and just when we were shocked, the whole body of the monster fish surfaced at the same time. Due to the impact of water for many years, its scale armor is polished smooth and shiny, faintly shining with silver light. What's even more terrifying is that there are one after another thick sharp thorns on the back of the strange fish, like sharp knives one after another, and the raindrops fall on the sharp thorns and smash them with a clanging sound.

At this moment, I don't know if we are lucky or unlucky, we actually encountered a mysterious creature that is rare to see in a hundred years in the lower reaches of the Nine Rivers-the Underwater Hades! When Grandpa said this, he let out a long breath, and cold sweat was already overflowing on his forehead.

"Yikes!" I exclaimed in a low voice, "I always thought that the legendary underwater Hades were a mysterious creature made up by my predecessors, but it turned out to be a huge monster fish!" ”

The fourth grandfather said: "Actually, it can't be called a strange fish, you must have heard of the academic name of this underwater Hades, that is, the famous squid!" Because it is very fierce and gluttonous, and its body size exceeds the size of ordinary fish, it has the title of Hades. ”

"What?!" I opened my mouth wide in shock: "The underwater Hades turned out to be a squid?" "When it comes to the fish like the squid, I guess many people have only heard of it, but even if they have never seen the real appearance of this thing, they have definitely heard of its name.

The eel, which lives in the pelagic of rivers and lakes, swims quickly and is agile, and is a typical ferocious fish that feeds mainly on fish, which grows quickly, is large, and is very willing to attack other fish and marine life. In the Zhou Dynasty, more than 1,000 years BC, the squid was called the king tuna. Squid belongs to the carp family, with a spindle-shaped body and a long pointed snout.

It is said that if you put a carp in the pond, the other fish will basically become extinct, so there is also a saying that "one carp will destroy the river".

Squids first appeared in the Early Triassic 230 million years ago, and have continued to this day, and have always been called "living fossils" in the water along with Chinese sturgeons. It usually lives in the Yangtze River basin of China, and the appearance of this fish in North China is an extremely rare thing in itself.

The earliest record of the old Tianjin Wei about the carp began in the Ming Dynasty.

When Ming Chengzu ascended the throne, he launched the famous Battle of Jingyan in history, moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and shifted the political center of China from the south to the north.

In a certain year, Ming Chengzu traveled on a dragon boat, went down the river, and cruised the mountains and rivers. The emperor's travel style is naturally very large, in addition to a dragon ship more than ten zhang high, there are several warships following closely behind, all the way through the lower end of the nine rivers.

In the evening of this day, Ming Chengzu was looking at the sunset scenery on the Haihe River by the railing, when he suddenly heard a noisy sound from behind. Not long after, an officer accompanying the ship came to report in a panic that a warship in the rear had been hit by an unknown object and that the situation was precarious.

Ming Chengzu was very puzzled, the several warships accompanying him were all hard ships that could accommodate hundreds of soldiers, what could easily crash the warships? Even if there was such a powerful thing, how could there be no trace of it before?

Ming Chengzu went to the stern of the dragon boat accompanied by the guards, and he was surprised to see that a military boat in the left rear had capsized, a large amount of river water poured into the cabin, and many soldiers screamed and fell into the Haihe River. After a while, the mighty and majestic warship disappeared from Ming Chengzu's sight, and it sank to the bottom of the Haihe River with a grunt. Only a few dozen soldiers were left struggling on the water's surface, some paddling desperately, others floating with cracked planks, and the water was in shambles.