Chapter 205: Caoyun Caravan
Eight-handed fairy monkey?
Even he knows what is going on here?
Boss Jiang frowned and said, "How many are here?" ”
"At least ten merchant ships." The man replied.
"So much?"
Boss Jiang pondered for a moment, then his face changed slightly, and he said in surprise: "Merchant ship? ”
"Well, it's the fleet of the Eight-Hand Monkeys."
Seeing that Boss Jiang's face was embarrassed, I thought about it and said, "Go and take a look, you can't hide from what you should come, maybe it's a coincidence." ”
Boss Jiang hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, go, take a look!" ”
Walking all the way in the direction of the ferry, I lay on the bed and squinted by the rising sun, feeling the sharp pain faintly coming from the internal organs in my body, and suddenly began to think about the short but beautiful life in Changsheng.
There is my only safe haven, there is Sister Yu, there is Lao Hei, you can also go to Yao Erye's house to drink and play chess, and when you are drunk, you can spend the night there and listen to the second master talk about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.
It's just that now Sister Yu is seriously injured, Lao Hei has become a black old lady, hiding in a corner with Mrs. Huo, and the red carp has also become such a person in the Yellow River Ancient Road, and I have been beaten into a waste, I don't know when I can leave this place and meet with them.
Maybe the rivers and lakes are like this, everyone in them is like floating clouds, like fallen leaves in the wind, duckweed in the water, can't catch anything, nothing, not even roots.
Some are just a chamber of blood, very hot blood, but they don't know when they will sway one side and become a lonely ghost.
"Are you thinking about Sister Yu?"
Huaibei walked aside and looked at me and smiled.
I smiled wryly and said, "Well, I want to go back." ”
"When the injuries on your and red carp are healed, let's find a way to go back, I've had enough of staying in this ghost place, no TV, no computer, nothing, it's really boring."
Huaibei held the back of his head in both hands and laughed as he walked, I smiled with him and muttered, "I hope." ”
The ferry port in Luoyan Town is not large, and some wooden boats are usually docked, and the rafts are barely enough, but when you look at it again, the riverbank downstream along the ferry is covered by huge wooden merchant ships, covering the sky and the sun, far more than the ten ships mentioned in the previous report.
And on the sails of each ship, a dazzling "Cao" word is greatly painted with black ink, and its pen is strong and the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and the person who waives it must also be extraordinary.
The ferry is also full of people at this moment, and it can be roughly divided into two groups from the clothing, which is estimated to be the people of the Falling Goose Dart Bureau and the caravan.
Boss Jiang looked at the fleet of boats covering the river and was slightly stunned, waved his hand behind him, signaled everyone to stop, and walked towards the ferry alone.
The four strong men carrying the bed board never let go, I could only roll my eyes vigorously to look forward when I lay on it, and I could only faintly see Boss Jiang standing on the ferry and talking to people, judging from his demeanor and words and deeds, it should really be just a merchant ship passing by, nothing else.
But since this is the upper reaches of the ancient road, and Luoyan Town is the first town, how could the caravan pass through here, is it going to be sent to Sandaowan along the Guimen Gorge, this is unlikely.
Sure enough, Kung Fu Jiang, who didn't take long for a while, walked back angrily, and said with a sigh of relief: "These people actually want to spend the night in the town, how can there be so many places." ”
I frowned and said, "The eight-handed immortal monkey man? ”
"It's not." Boss Jiang said: "These boats belong to the Chamber of Commerce of the Cao Gang, and they invited the eight-handed immortal monkeys to escort them, but they ran away from the river and came here." ”
"Then he just went back the same way, it's just dawn, why do you want to rest here for the night." I was puzzled.
Boss Jiang said with a sad face: "That's what I said, last night there was a big wave on the river, and three merchant ships were swept to the shallow shore and stranded, although they all moved out in the end, but the hull was damaged to varying degrees, they came this time to rest, and secondly, they wanted to repair the ship here, after all, the people in the town are good at this." ”
"Has anything like this happened before?" I asked.
Boss Jiang thought for a while and said: "Yes, because there is a large section of water that is not very calm when you go downstream from here, especially at night, there are many waves and ghosts, and it is easy to have accidents, but it is the first time that such a large fleet docks." ”
Listening to his words, my first reaction was that it was too much of a coincidence, but I couldn't help but remember that when I first arrived here, Wu Lao Wei once said that the waters in this area could not be sailed after dark.
After informing Boss Jiang of the doubts in his heart, Boss Jiang frowned and said: "What is the situation in the waters here, to be honest, I don't really understand, there have always been rules for not sailing after dark, all of which have been passed down from generation to generation by the old people in the town, no one knows what the specific reason is, only that if you sail in the dark, there are many strange things, people and boats can't come back, and it is not uncommon for corpses to float far downstream after a few days, and it is always evil everywhere at night, Except for those artists who are bold enough to encounter urgent matters that must be taken, ordinary people dare not take risks in person, after all, so many people have died, no one will think that their lives are long, right? ”
I was a little embarrassed when I heard it, it seems that no matter where it is, the secrets hidden in nature have always been the object of people's fear, but looking at the black fleet and the crowd on the riverbank, I couldn't help but ask: "Then can't you leave tonight?" ”
"It's okay, just repair the hull and arrange accommodation for these people, just have the deputy dart master watching, I'll go with you to find Yan Buhuan."
Boss Jiang said and beckoned people to continue to carry me to the ferry, and when I arrived at the ferry, I found that the huge merchant ship was clinging to the shore, and people kept walking down the shore, judging from the dress, the identity of these people was much more noble than that in the town, and there were many followers around whether they were maids or slaves, and it seemed that no matter where they were, there would be a distinction between people, and there would never be equality between heaven and earth.
Waiting for us at the ferry is a double-decker canopy passenger boat, which is not large in size, and can only accommodate seven or eight people at the same time, I curiously asked Boss Jiang if this is the living corpse boat that Wu Lao Wei said, Boss Jiang laughed dryly and said: "No, this is the dart boat we often use to walk darts, and the living corpse boat is still short of keel materials, and it has not been completed." ”
Looking at the golden eagle dart flag hunting in the river breeze on the bow of the boat, I couldn't help but wonder: "What is this living corpse boat, is it really just like the name, is it a ghost boat made of living people or corpses?" ”
The expression on Boss Jiang's face was very embarrassed, he covered his mouth and coughed dryly, and said: "The real meaning of the name of this ship is because the hull is indeed built with the corpse skeleton of people or underwater animals, but it is named the living corpse ship because it carries living people across the river, no wonder my brother has always been worried about me, it turns out that the problem is this." ”
When I heard this, my face was a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, I suddenly wondered, "Do you want to sail at night?" ”
Boss Jiang nodded and said: "Originally, it was common for us to walk at night, and there are still many villages and towns along the river that can do business along Luoyan Town, if you only limit your darts to daytime, many important dart slips will be subject to a lot of delays, so I thought of using dart boats made of animal or human corpses to cover the smell of the living people on board, so as to avoid the attack of underwater demons when sailing at night." ”
I looked at Boss Jiang in surprise, I didn't expect such a rough man to be so delicate, and Boss Jiang also looked at me with a smile and said, "But now it's okay, there is no Wu Lao Wei in the town, and I can spend more time on the dart game, instead of thinking about how to deal with the old guy who opened the bun shop all day long." ”
I also smiled, feeling that the four strong men carefully lifted me onto the passenger boat, and after landing steadily at the bottom, Jiang Boss said: "The wind and waves on the river are strong, and the bottom is stable, not swaying, we will accompany you throughout the whole process, and the above will also arrange people to guard the wind, and the Falling Goose Dart Bureau walks on the river all the year round, although it has not made a name for itself, but the people of the rivers and lakes have sold me a few thin noodles, I believe that this journey will be smooth sailing, and the horse will be successful." ”