Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Old Song of Qinglian
I sighed, inexplicably having a feeling that I couldn't help myself in the rivers and lakes, Sister Yu noticed my thoughts and comforted: "It's not easy to listen to the life from Mrs. Huo's words, take it easy, it's not as bad as you think." ”
"I hope that I am really the Monkey King who has returned to Huaguo Mountain now, and he has fallen home." I was a little stunned.
"Where do you get these crooked truths every day, but those dirty things on your body are a little troublesome, and I feel that after you went home last time, the whole person tastes different." Sister Yu said.
"Taste?"
I was slightly stunned, thinking of the black handprints on my feet and neck, and the third person in the mouth of the ghost grandfather, I couldn't help but ask Sister Yu: "Who is that ghost grandfather, can you see things we can't see?" ”
Sister Yu's face was slightly moved, "Grandpa Ghost was born with a pair of yin and yang eyes, and he can detect things that ordinary people can't, you have too many secrets on your body, it's time to find a master to take a look." ”
"Superior?" I frowned, "Is it Mrs. Huo?" It felt like she must know a lot of things, but she wouldn't say it explicitly. ”
"Mrs. Huo is such a person, even the eighth master can't do anything about her, besides, there are taboos in one line, and she is also afraid of certain things."
When Sister Yu said this, her eyes suddenly became a little hopeful, and she opened her lips slightly and murmured: "If only that person were still there, even if the eighth master is not there, the current things will not be a mess." ”
Sister Yu's eyes reminded me of the scene when she was besieged by everyone in Green Willow Villa before, and she looked at the iron gate, and said with some curiosity: "Who is it?" ”
Sister Yu pursed her lips and stopped talking, and when she returned to Changshengdang, the sky was already slightly bright, and some early stalls were sparsely placed on the side of the road, Sister Yu parked the car at the door, and after getting off the car, she found that there was a person standing at the door.
is a middle-aged man, wearing a casual shirt, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a beard, and bulging temples, looking at Kong Wu powerful.
After seeing me and Sister Yu, the middle-aged man hurriedly greeted him, clasped his fists and signaled, "Sister Yu, Shaodong." ”
"Boss Wu, why are you here?"
Sister Yu frowned slightly at the person in front of her, and seemed a little surprised by the person who came.
"The stakes are high, please take a step to speak."
The middle-aged man looked left and right, Sister Yu opened the door knowingly, and after the three of them entered the house, Boss Wu stuck his head out of the door to probe and locked the door, turned to look at Sister Yu and said, "Sister Yu, that person has appeared." ”
"Who?"
Sister Yu was stunned for a moment, then walked up to her with wide eyes and two steps, and said in an incredible tone: "Are you talking about him?" ”
Boss Wu nodded, "Three days ago, someone saw him appear in a small village near Dujiangyan. ”
"Small village? What to do there? ”
"Fishing."
"Fishing?"
Sister Yu was slightly stunned, and then laughed, "Haha, it's really leisurely and elegant, are you sure you're not mistaken?" ”
"No, even if he changes his appearance, but that broken arm will only be wrong, I have sent someone to follow him secretly, you see when it is convenient to go."
"It's really confused, with his ability, the person you sent is afraid that he will have already sunk in the water, without further ado, you go to the door and wait for a while, I will go over immediately."
After Boss Wu went out, Sister Yu stood there for a long time and couldn't calm down, took two deep breaths, turned to look at me and said, "Xiao Yi, your matter has settled." ”
It was the first time I saw Sister Yu so excited, and I didn't dare to interject in the middle, but when I saw her relieved, I cautiously asked, "Who is it?" ”
"White regularity."
White regularity? Also surnamed Bai?
I searched in my mind for a long time and didn't find any information about this person, so I looked at Sister Yu suspiciously.
Sister Yu's eyes flickered, pursed her lips and said: "Bai Zhengzheng, one of the black and white impermanence under the eighth master, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the left and right hands of the eighth master, stepping on the dragon with one hand has been practiced to the peak, but he suddenly retired five years ago and disappeared in the rivers and lakes, some people say that he went to Kunlun for the eighth master to hold back the treasure, and some people say that he walked away and died in the eyes of the Yellow River, in short, there are different opinions, no one has seen him since then, I have also asked the eighth master many times to inquire about his news, but the eighth master just refused to tell me, I never expected, He's always been hiding under his nose. ”
Sister Yu's words made me a little fascinated, stepping on the dragon to practice to the extreme, you can not only go up the mountain to catch the tiger, but also go down to the sea to catch the dragon, you can go anywhere in the sky and on the ground, what kind of existence should this be, in order to make Sister Yu so respected.
"Then the Boss Wu just now, is he the head of the Wu family?" I asked.
Seeing Sister Yu nodding, I sighed deeply, and Sister Yu patted me on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, I hope it's still too late." ”
After going out, Boss Wu drove a black Land Rover and waited at the door, I sat in the back with Sister Yu, Boss Wu was the driver, speeding along the way, and when leaving Chengdu, Sister Yu asked: "Boss Wu, how many people did you send over there?" ”
Through the rearview mirror, I saw that the expression on Boss Wu's face froze, "It's not much, it's only about a dozen people, Sister Yu, what do you mean ......?"
"Hmph, you can call now to arrange the coffin and settling-in expenses, don't be infamous for being unkind and unrighteous at that time."
I looked at Sister Yu and thought she was joking, but I didn't expect Boss Wu to hesitate for a moment and really took out her mobile phone to arrange it, and couldn't help but be curious: "That Bai Zhengze is his own person after all, as for being so ruthless?" ”
"Black impermanence hears of bad luck, white does not often die, do you come for nothing in the name?"
After listening to this, I felt a chill coming from my back, so I leaned back in my chair and said no more.
Chengdu to Dujiangyan normal driving takes nearly 4 hours away, but under the feet of Wu Boss, it is shortened by nearly half of the time, and when I get off the car, I didn't say a word and lay on the door to vomit, until the vomit is slightly better.
"The young owner is delicate, and Lao Wu is a little reckless."
Boss Wu smiled while bringing me water to rinse my mouth, I looked at the surrounding scenery, and found that the car was parked next to a small river, the river water was crystal clear, flowing slowly, surrounded by green mountains and green water, a scene of paradise.
It's just that we waited for a long time after we got off, and we didn't see Boss Wu's people to answer him, Boss Wu stood there anxiously holding the mobile phone up and down, and the expression on his face became more and more gloomy.
At this moment, a black canopy slowly came from the lower reaches of the river, and in the bow stood a boatman with a hat, holding an artemisia in his hand, approaching us against the current.
Suddenly a person appeared in the deserted mountains, attracting everyone's attention.
As the boat approached, a few thick ropes were faintly tied to the stern of the boat, the tail end of the rope sank into the water, and a few black shadows not far away stirred up a splash as the boat moved forward.
After seeing the black shadow at the stern of the boat, Boss Wu's face was about to sink into the water, and he pointed at the boatman and was about to speak, but was stopped by Sister Yu reaching out.
"Don't worry."
Sister Yu said lightly, the boat had sailed in front of us, the boatman held the boat and sank down, and the boat was stopped in the middle of the river.
"Have you ever seen a group of young men in black shirts?"
After a moment, Boss Wu took a step forward and shouted at the boatman on the boat.
The boatman stood at the bow of the boat, his face was covered tightly by a wide hat, and he couldn't see clearly, and after hearing the voice of Boss Wu, he turned around and walked to the stern, and bent down to untie the rope tied to it, and just as he was moving, I was surprised to find that this man's left arm was empty.
"Bai Zhengzhi!"
"Bai Zhengzhi!"
"Bai Zhengzhi!"
The three of us said in unison, only to see that when the rope was loosened, dozens of bulging woven bags floated up from the water and began to float downstream with the current.
After seeing the bags clearly, Boss Wu screamed badly, and he didn't even have time to take off his clothes, so he plunged into the water, splashing and chasing after the woven bags.
Just when Sister Yu and I were stunned, the boatman had already come to the shore with the Artemisia in his arms, inserted the Artemisia in the water, and said, "Xiao Yi come up." ”
There was no trace of emotion in the cold voice, and I was wondering how he knew my name, when Sister Yu pushed my hand and said, "Go ahead." ”
I looked at Sister Yu suspiciously: "Just me?" ”
"Go ahead, it's too late."
As Sister Yu spoke, the boatman seemed to have lost his patience, pulled up the boatworm and was about to leave, I gritted my teeth and ran towards the boat.
Standing on the boat, the boat rowed towards the river little by little, watching Sister Yu on the shore become more and more blurred, I turned my head to look at the boatman who was holding the boat, and asked softly, "Are you Bai Wuchang Bai Zheng?" ”
The boatman did not reply, but propped the boat up the river with one hand, and I was secretly surprised to see him breathing evenly.
Holding the boat is not rowing, it is not only a technical work, but also a physical work, the palms of both hands are used in the opposite direction of the boat, the tail of the artemisia is tied to the bottom of the water, and the slender bamboo pole needs a lot of strength to drive the boat forward every time, even the most experienced boatman cannot do it like him to support the boat with one hand but effortlessly, which is how much arm strength and confidence.
After saying a few words, seeing that he didn't want to pay attention to me, I was angry and simply sat on the boat and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way.
The scenery here is really good, the green as far as the eye can see, and the crisp sound of birdsong faintly comes from the mountains and forests, which makes my previously suppressed emotions a lot soothed.
Looking at it, his eyes fell on the small boat under him, probably growing up near the water, and he was born with a strong interest in boats.
The ship was dark and hard, with a body made of cedar wood and wax and glowing white in the sun.
But when I searched and searched, I couldn't find any joints in the hull, and there were no gaps in the whole boat, as if it had been carved out of a whole section of huge cedar wood.
"It won't be ......"
My heart jumped, lying on the boat and raising my nose, a strong aroma of tung oil along the river breeze penetrated into my nose, I trembled and stood up, looked at the boatman and said, "Where did you come from this boat?" ”
"Do you know this ship?" The boatman said lightly.
"This is my grandfather's ghost ship, why are you here!"
I pointed to the boatman with my hand trembling, my grandfather's ghost boat was completely lost after being flooded, I have also looked for it a few times, but how big the Yellow River is, let alone a small boat, even if it is a giant sailing ship, once it sinks into the water, it is like a mud cow into the sea, it is impossible to find it.
It's just that the boat under his feet, whether it is the material or the structure, even the tung oil hit on it, is exactly the same as the grandfather's, how did this person get it?
"When the ancestor of the Bai family invited the Yellow River King from the Yellow River, the Qing government ordered the Shandong Boat King to make a special cedar boat, eight feet in a light boat, three low canopies, and handed it over to the Bai family for the purpose of catching and lifting the corpse, but half a month ago the Yellow River Niangniang went ashore, and the old ghost of the Bai family was not able to ask for trouble, but was braked, resulting in a flood flooding Sancha Bay three days later, and the boat disappeared."
The boatman's faint words stirred waves in my heart, and I stared at him with wide eyes and incredulity: "Who are you, how can you be so clear about the affairs of our family?!" ”
"Don't talk, they're coming."
As soon as the boatman raised his hand behind him, he felt the plank under his feet suddenly "clang", and the boat suddenly stuck in the water, not moving, as if something was pulling below, and was firmly fixed on the water.
But I looked at the river on both sides was still flowing, and suddenly realized something in my heart, the river water that was still crystal clear just now, at this time it was pitch black, as if there were a group of figures walking under the water, and then the boat began to shake violently from side to side, I was shocked, this is a corpse hugging boat!
Before I could react, I saw the boatman let go of the artemisia in his hand, stood on the bow of the boat, and sneered at the water: "After following for so long, I finally dare to show up!" ”
After that, I saw that the water surface in front of me suddenly rippled, the ripples were scattered, seemingly messy, but as if someone was controlling them, they quickly gathered together, forming two big words: release!
My head buzzed, and I saw a scene in Sanchawan before, and all of a sudden came to my mind, and my whole body trembled when I looked at the handwriting on the water.
"Hmph, if you want someone in my hands, I'm afraid your master will come over in person!"
The boatman was not afraid of this scene, and suddenly raised his right foot with a cold snort and fell down suddenly, and the whole boat shook three times, and with the shaking of the boat, a circle of water ripples spread out from the center of the boat to the surroundings, and it hit the water word at once, and after a moment of effort, the water word was washed away.
But the things in the water did not seem to give up, and the scattered water streaks gathered together again in a regular manner, forming a larger and wider word than before: death!
"Noise!"
The boatman suddenly put his fingers in his mouth, bit his upper and lower teeth, and put his blood-stained index and middle fingers together, pointed sharply at the water, and shouted: "Give me away!" ”
I saw that the whole water suddenly set off a big wave, and the wave was so strong that I almost didn't get pushed down, and the wind rose in my ears, blowing in my ears as if there were thousands of ghosts crying, and my heart couldn't help but tremble for a while.
"The rain beats the residual lotus and makes ripples, the wind blows the leaves and dust, and the world disturbs itself in every way, and it is necessary to sing the old song of Qinglian!"
The chant came into my ears, and I thought it was a hallucination of the wind, but with a song, the sound of the wind stopped, and there was no more ghost crying wolf howl in my ears.
I opened my eyes in disbelief, and saw the boatman standing on the bow of the boat, holding his hands in his hands, and the hat above his head was blown into the river by the wind, and a cold and suffocating side face came into view.
Everything was calm again, and after a brief moment of distraction, I shook off the water, looked at the back of the boatman, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”
"You don't recognize me?" The boatman said lightly, still with his back to me.
I boldly walked up to him, looked at his cold face, and found that he was only in his 30s, and there was something familiar between his eyebrows, but it seemed as if he had never seen it before.
"I don't recognize it." I shook my head.
"Haha!"
The boatman let out a long laugh for no reason, turned his head to look at me, looked at each other, and said coldly.
"Then do you remember your brother who died in his early years?!"