Chapter 42: Silence
It's not very strange to hear it underwater.
Water, like water, is the medium through which sound is transmitted.
However, this faint sound of music is expected to be unusual.
Because I know very well at the moment that the Yellow River Niangniang has come ashore, and the Yellow River has spread to the riverbank, and the entire mountain and gorge village has been submerged.
This music is obviously accompanied by the Yellow River Niangniang.
It's very similar to the sound we heard in the fog of the Yellow River.
I was stunned and my hand stopped.
Is the Yellow River Niangniang really here?
The murky water obscured my vision, and I was leaned against the wall, not knowing what to do next.
If the blood jade in my chest was still there, at least I could get a psychological comfort, but now I am unarmed, and the gun that Jin Yiyi left for me when he left was useless in the water, and when he hesitated, he only felt a sudden tightness on his wrist, as if he was grabbed by a hand, and then a figure was constantly moving towards me, and when the two people were facing each other, their bodies were close to their bodies, only to find that the person who came was Tong Xiaomeng.
Tong Xiaomeng's water nature is really far better than me, after such a big flood, she still moves freely in the water, and her face seems to be very calm, holding my hand, as if to take me out of here.
So far, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the old water ghost gourd, since he has explained that we can do our best to save our lives after the flood comes, I didn't hesitate to follow Tong Xiaomeng and began to swim forward, trying to leave this room.
The old water ghost's house was not very big, and he swam not far forward, and left the gate along the wall, but when he got here, the faint sound of music began to become clearer, and I was a little worried that I would meet the Yellow River Niangniang if I walked forward like this, but Tong Xiaomeng held my hand firmly as if she was very sure, and as soon as she left the yard, she hurriedly floated above the water.
The Yellow River flooded Shanxia Village, but the water level should not be very high, otherwise the nearby villages and towns would inevitably be affected by the fish pond, I was dragged by Tong Xiaomeng, not much effort, my head has poked out of the water, and I opened my eyes suddenly, at this time the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and in front of me is the endless waves of the Yellow River, and I can see any affairs that block my vision.
"It's finally out." Tong Xiaomeng gasped for breath, turned her head to look at me and asked, "Are we going to get out of here now?" ”
The Yellow River Niangniang went ashore and flooded Shanxia Village, and things have developed to this point, and I really have no idea.
But I know that although Tong Xiaomeng's attention is good, I don't know how many kilometers of the vast river around me, and if I want to swim out by manpower, I am afraid that I am a little more than enough and not enough.
Although the Yellow River is flooding, but fortunately, the water is still relatively calm, Tong Xiaomeng and I floated on the water, thought for a while, and planned to swim in the direction of the other side of the river, no matter what, the old water ghost said that since he has a way to deal with the Yellow River Niangniang, then we will leave here first, save our lives.
And I secretly swore in my heart that once I had the opportunity to get rid of this strange incident, then the first thing I would do when I went back was to sell Lao Zhaitang, find a place where there was no water source nearby, and start anew, and say nothing in my life to never deal with water again.
In the vast river, the two people almost rely on the simple desire to survive has been desperately fluttering, at the beginning will say two words, but in the end there is really no strength, the river is too wide, both arms are thrown unconscious, if not for the heart of the river under the river there may be a Yellow River Niangniang wants our life, I am afraid that even if there is a box of gold on the opposite side, no one is willing to swim forward half a step further.
"I'm dying."
Tong Xiaomeng let out a low snort, and I hurriedly hugged her waist, almost letting her be swept away by a countercurrent in the water.
"Hold on and persevere."
I shuddered and comforted her, but in my heart I knew that I was already at the end of the crossbow, my legs were like being filled with lead, and I was swinging in the water, but I was forced to do this and there was no way, and I had been silently calculating the approximate distance in my heart, so far, we may have just arrived at the center of the Yellow River, and there is still half a distance from the ferry.
But at this time, the river in front of me suddenly began to gurgle with bowl-sized bubbles, and with the bursting of bubbles, a disgusting stench began to fill the water.
The two of them looked stupid, this coffin looked familiar, like a coffin used to hold a woman's corpse at Erdaokou, but if you look closely, it's not.
The coffin is newer than that one, and the color is much thicker, and even if there is no light at the moment, you can feel the poignancy emanating from the coffin from the perspective of the naked eye, which makes people shudder in their hearts.
"Yes, is it the female corpse from Erdaokou?"
Tong Xiaomeng said tremblingly, but the more I looked at it, the more confused I became in this coffin.
I always feel that this coffin seems to have been seen again, and the age has been separated for a long time, like when I was a child......
I looked at the shallow scratches on the black coffin in a daze, and some of the past events that I had long forgotten began to come to my mind little by little.
"Let's go!"
By the time I reacted, the music that had disappeared had returned to the surface of the river, drifting around with the wind as if a procession was approaching us at the first moment.
I didn't have time to explain, so I grabbed Tong Xiaomeng's hand, turned over and climbed onto the coffin with my last breath, and then pulled her up together.
As the two of them left the river, the black coffin began to flutter slowly, drifting quickly in the direction of the other side of the river, until in the distance, we saw a small mountain above the water under the starlight and moonlight, and the black coffin carried us to this place until it slowly stopped.
"It's like the mountain next to the col we've walked on."
Tong Xiaomeng has a better memory, and after seeing the mountain, he recognized it at first sight, and then looked at the black coffin under his body incredulously, and muttered: "It's actually saving us?" ”
"Let's go! Get ashore! Otherwise, everyone will die in vain! ”
Tong Xiaomeng and I looked back in amazement, and saw that half of the old water ghost was exposed on the water, his whole body was dripping with blood, and he was stretching out a hand and waving it desperately at us, and at the same time let out a hoarse cry from his mouth.
"Let's go! The Yellow River Niangniang and the jade corpse were trapped in the jade coffin by me, those who died are not sure to let you go, after you leave, don't approach the place where there is water in this life, only in this way can you keep you peaceful forever! ”
"Grandpa!"
Tong Xiaomeng's eyes moistened suddenly, I looked at the black coffin swaying under me, grabbed her hand and dragged her down, the two of them collapsed on the mountain, and then saw that something was dragging the old water ghost's leg under the water, and the body sank down suddenly, and I couldn't see it anymore.
"Grandpa!"
Tears suddenly snatched out of Tong Xiaomeng's eyes, watching her want to jump into the water again, I grabbed her, and at the same time, the black coffin swayed back to the river, and began to slowly drift in the place where the old water ghost sank, "Gollum" began to bubble around the big blisters, and the whole black coffin sank to the bottom of the river with the old water ghost, and at the same time, a thunderbolt pierced the sky, tearing the faint stars, like a dragon meandering, straight into the water.
Rumble!!!
The waves as high as a mountain slapped around, I quickly pressed Tong Xiaomeng under my body, let the river wash on my body, like a knife in the flesh on the skin, at the same time, the child's cry, the woman's curse, the man's roar, the old cough, the whole Yellow River boiled at this moment, as if those creatures buried here in countless hours were all inspired by the thunder and came to life.
This situation lasted for less than two minutes, accompanied by a low beast from a distance, all the sounds were instantly suppressed, the water level of the Yellow River began to sink, and a faint river breeze blew on my body, I knew that the voice coming from a distance must be Huanglong Zhenlong, awakened.