Chapter 367: Zuo Shuhan
If the old course of the Yellow River is regarded as another world, then the weak water of the Yellow River is tantamount to a door to two worlds.
And the Buddha of Mourning is one of the gatekeepers who holds the key to this door.
I don't know how long the head of the Buddha of Mourning was lonely on the Yellow River in a small boat, and the flooding of the river and the torrential rain did not stop it from finding the ancient sunken wooden boat, and with the last last wish of his life, he sent everyone to the river basin of Sandaowan.
"Did he already know I was going to come back?"
Sitting in the cabin in confusion, trying to analyze all the causes and consequences of the death of the Buddha, but the picture of the small boat carrying a human head slowly sinking into the river lingered in his mind for a long time, and finally he raised his head in a whisper, looked at Sister Yu and said, "Who is he?" ”
Sister Yu shook her head, but through the light veil, she could still see her biting her lip and saying, "No matter who he is, he is helping you." ”
I nodded, "I'll find out the cause of his death and avenge him." ”
The ancient sunken wooden boat entered the waters of Sandao Bay, and the scenery that could only be seen clearly on both sides of the river began to blur, and the river surface was also covered with a layer of light mist, and the boat could not hear any sound when it crossed the river, just as Jin Xiaofa said when he first came here, this place is simply like a netherworld, and the silence is terrible.
I asked the man standing on the top of the boat to return to the cabin, and I stayed on it alone, but when the boat reached the stone tablet engraved with the scarlet blood character "Ghost Gate Gorge", I still did not see the person who preached the sect.
I hurriedly instructed Boss Shi to stop moving forward, turned the wooden boat around and walked back, and with the help of memory, the boat docked at the Sandaowan ferry, and jumped directly from the boat.
This is the Sandaowan ferry I have been to, yes, but no one has seen it, there are some bamboo rafts moored on the water on the shore, Shi Lao and others also came out of the cabin at this time, standing on the top of the boat and looking at the surrounding scene a little stunned, I didn't let them come down, I walked along the ferry path alone, until I came to the grass shed, the coffee table seats in the grass shed are neatly placed, there is no sign of destruction, but what about people? Where have all the people gone?
I was stunned, and suddenly I heard a "hula" sound from the woods behind me, as if someone was running fast, and suddenly a spirit, hurriedly turned around, and saw a figure in the forest of my mountain was turning away from me, but the speed was not fast, not like a person with excellent skills.
I steadied my mind and raised my sword to follow, but in an instant, I kicked him to the ground, grabbed his neck and turned him over, but found that this person was a little familiar, and the frightened look on his face disappeared the moment he saw me, and then burst into tears and said: "Benefactor, I can be regarded as looking forward to you back!" ”
Half a month ago, the event of the sun and the moon appearing in the sky at the same time at noon was reported by the news and websites one after another, which was a very ordinary astronomical phenomenon, but unknowingly, it reflected the drastic changes that occurred in the old course of the Yellow River.
No one knows what happened inside, but on that day, a violent earthquake suddenly occurred in Sandaowan, the earthquake was full of sensation, the calm river flooded with huge waves, the mountains and forests collapsed in pieces, and people fell to the ground unsteadily, but only this tea shed was left alone in the world, and it did not have the slightest impact.
Before the boat lady in Sandaowan had recovered from the shock after the earthquake, news came from the head of the Pai Sect that the tremor came from the ancient road of the Yellow River, and something might have happened inside.
As soon as the news came out, without waiting for the people to digest it, the chief rudder issued a fatwa, and all the Pai sect members abandoned the ferry port where they were stationed, and set off quickly under the leadership of their respective sect leaders to go to the old road of the Yellow River.
The content of the fatwa is simple, but the urgency between the lines is urgent.
The boatmen of Sandaowan under the leadership of the head of the sect I have seen before, went to the Guimen Gorge on the same day, and the one left behind is called Zuo Shuhan, who was a foreigner in the second year of Tang Jingfu, who was ordered by the imperial court to govern and divert the route at the mouth of the Yellow River, and died in the flood of the estuary, as for why he did not fall into reincarnation after death, but became a boatman here, he did not know, and it was the head of the sect that asked him to stay here, saying that he could leave only when I came back.
After listening to this, I had mixed feelings for a while, looked at him and said, "You don't know what happened in the ancient road?" ”
Zuo Shuhan shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I heard people say at the time that we are so far away from the ancient road that the earthquake is so strong, will the ancient road collapse......
"No, it won't." I cut the railway, but I didn't explain it, I just vaguely felt that there must be something wrong with the Yellow River gall to make such a big movement happen on the ancient road, and as for what went wrong, I can only wait to know.
"Didn't the sect leader say that you should stay and wait for me to do something, or that when you go over there, how can I contact them?" I continued.
But Zuo Shuhan didn't know anything about the next thing, I thought about it, and said, "Then you come with me, and when you go over there, I'll help you find a way to find them." ”
The people on the boat were not too surprised that I brought more people up, Zuo Shuhan was a boatman, and he walked through the Guimen Gorge, although he did not go as far as Huang Ci, but his understanding of the waters in this area was still far better than others.
After settling him in the control room, I came to the bottom floor and shared the news I learned with everyone, and the expressions on everyone's faces began to become a little dignified after listening to it, or the ghost grandfather finally said: "The ancient road can't collapse, if the ancient road collapses, there will be no need for this water area to exist." ”
The ancient sunken wooden boat left the Sandaowan ferry and re-approached the Guimen Gorge, the atmosphere in the boat began to become extremely solemn, except for me, other people here have even heard of the Yellow River Old Road for the first time, coupled with the unpredictable upheaval inside, everyone's hearts are raised.
The stone stele of Guimenxia reappeared in everyone's sight, the three big characters of scarlet became more and more dazzling under the heavy and depressed mood, and the water began to become turbulent when it reached here, even better than the last time it came, the four boatmen who supported the oars gritted their teeth under the command of Zuo Shuhan and let the ancient ship avoid the stele and go around behind him, and then a strong sense of weightlessness suddenly came, and the ancient ship fell down the slope vertically in an instant, without waiting for the people in the boat to react, Streams of turbid river water rushed frantically towards the inside of the boat along the various boat mouths, and Boss Shi hurriedly ordered the boat mouth to be closed, and in an instant, the sound of rushing water that was still roaring in his ears a second ago disappeared.
Everyone's faces were full of shock, including the four boatmen who were holding the oars, their expressions were dull for a long time, and then they cursed for a long time: "Fuck, this water is too fucking exaggerated." ”
But only Zuo Shuhan's expression was wrong, I saw this and asked him what was wrong, Zuo Shuhan pondered for a moment and said, "There is something in the water." ”
When everyone heard this, they heard him murmur, "No, I've been in Sandaowan for so long, and I've never heard of anything else in these waters......
Then he added: "Wasn't it all suppressed by the corpse of that ancient Buddha under the water, why did they all come out?" ”
I listened to the chuckle in my heart, I didn't dare to tell him that this ancient ship was transformed from an ancient sunken wooden coffin containing the corpse of the ancient Buddha, and listened to the loud sound from the board of the boat, I don't know whether it was the impact of the river or the impact of monsters, I could only say: "Don't worry, nothing can break through the outer cabin of this ship." ”
The shaking of the ancient sunken wooden boat lasted for a long time, at least far more than the estuary waters I had passed through when I first came here, even if I was doing it well, I couldn't help but be dizzy for a while, and the four boatmen who were supposed to be supporting the oars lay directly on the board of the boat and covered their lower abdomen and vomited wildly, and the filth and odor suddenly permeated the cabin and lingered for a long time.
When the boat stopped, the smell in the air could no longer be smelled, Shi Boss hurriedly opened the seal, regardless of the danger of being attacked by water monsters outside, covered his mouth and stabbed his head out, followed by Jinyue and Hua Qiyan came out, looking at the embarrassed and nervous expressions on the faces of the four boatmen, I smiled and said that it was okay, and then I took a bow and almost threw it out.