"Is it really a water monkey?" I said to Master Li.

"It's the first time I've seen it – I've only heard old people's legends before, but I've never seen it. This thing should look like a water monkey. Master Li replied.

"Are water monkeys water ghosts?" asked Big Head.

"I can't tell—maybe the water ghosts are something else, but the water monkeys are like that. Master Li said.

In fact, what Master Li meant was that there were indeed water monkeys, but they were not necessarily water ghosts, perhaps a creature that had not yet been recognized. It seems that there is still a naïve materialist thought in the brain of Master Li, who is very superstitious, and he does not affirm that the water monkey is a water ghost.

"Do you see this creature in this river often?" I continued.

"I've been boating on this river for decades, and I've never seen anything like it, not just me, but my father and my grandfather. Master Li said.

"I'm afraid it came out of the ghost fire chong ghost sound cave, the old man often said that there are many spirits in the cave, usually when passing through that chong, he often hears the sound of spirits fighting, and the spirits even come out to kidnap people in broad daylight, so no one dares to go to that place. Master Li's assistant answered above.

"Isn't Ghost Fire Chong where we're going?" I said as I looked at Xiang Qiuling.

Xiang Qiuling nodded and said, "Yes." This should have come out of that place. ”

Because the place we are going to is inconvenient to show people, we only say "that place" without saying where that place is.

But after the water monkey hanging from the propeller (let's call it for the time being, because we don't know what it is) was removed, our boat regained power, and Master Li and his assistant continued to drive the boat up the Ghost Creek. It's still an oppressive, eerie environment along the way.

Xiang Qiuling and I sat in the cabin discussing some things, and the others were also a little tired and sat on the red lacquered wooden chairs in the cabin to rest. The body of the water monkey was thrown on the deck at the bow of the boat, and Huang Paoran, the decrepit man, kept taking pictures of the thing, and then posted it to the circle of friends to show off. Of course, we can also see his performance. I saw that he posted dozens of pictures and posted them in the circle of friends, and also threw a lot of pictures to the group of our base to show off to Heng Qi and others who didn't come.

Heng Qi and others are naturally envious, jealous and hateful, but some people question that the picture is photoshopped, and at the same time, some people keep asking me to verify the authenticity.

I was so annoyed that I had no choice but to stop Huang Ran and prevent him from posting pictures again: "Huang Ranran, are you finished? If you post pictures again, I will expel you from the team, and you swim back by yourself!"

After being drunk by my stick, Huang Ran finally reined in, but he still guarded the corpse of the water monkey, and he didn't seem to have enough of it.

"Kosi, did this thing hang on the propeller after it died, or did it get tangled around it after it was chopped to death by the propeller?" asked Senon.

I looked at the thing and said, "I can't tell. ”

"It was chopped to death by a propeller and hung up. Xiang Qiuling affirmed.

Senon and I were both shocked: if this thing was chopped to death by the propeller, it means that it escaped from the ghost sound hole alive!

As long as there are a few, then there are enough pedestrians and boats in this river!

"They're actually a kind of ban, and as long as they break the ban, they won't survive. Fu Ying said.

"Sister Yingying is right. Xiang Qiuling agreed.

If that's the case, then as long as we find a ban to control that thing and break it, we won't be afraid of them making waves!

While we were discussing this matter, we overheard Master Li say to his assistant: "Wang Fu, put out the engine, I'll support the penny, rely on help!"

Immediately, the roar of the diesel engine stopped, and our boat changed from being driven by the machine to drifting with inertia, and Master Li also came to the bow of the boat, slowly supporting the bottom with a penny. I hurriedly asked, "Master Li, are you here?"

Master Li shook his head and said, "No, there is still an hour of waterway." ”

"Master Li, is there something wrong with the ship again and needs to be stopped for maintenance?" asked the farmer as well.

"No mile. There's a mooring ship ahead, so let's lean over and take a look. Master Li replied. Master Li then explained to us, "Some boats are not properly tied when they are berthed on the shore, and the water will knock them down and block the channel, so they have to tie it to the shore to clear the channel and make it easier for the owner to find the boat." ”

I looked ahead, and sure enough, a small Upong boat was drifting down the river, and there was no boatman in sight, and the trajectory of the voyage was not normal, and there was no power, it was completely drifting with the current.

"Master Li, I'll go take a look. "At this time, the two boats were already very close, and Master Li's assistant Wang Fu jumped from our boat to the opposite boat as he spoke, intending to tie the ship's cable.

We watched as he bent down into the low cabin of the Upong ship......

Soon he escaped from the cabin as if he had seen a ghost, and in his panic he tilted the planks of the ship, and he himself slipped into the water, and then swam to our boat.

"Wang Fu, have you been flustered, have you seen it?" Master Li asked as he spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth.

"Yes, it's the spirit boat......" Wang Fu grabbed the ship's bar, his face turned blue. We hurriedly pulled him up, and then asked Master Li, "Master Li, what is a spirit boat?"

Master Li stared at the Wupeng boat, his brows furrowed, he lit another cigarette, and after a few puffs, he explained to us: "The spirit boat is the ship that holds the coffins of the dead......

It turns out that there is a strange custom in this place, all the people who hit the evil devil and die, do not bury or burn, but seal into a special gloomy wooden coffin, and sink into the bone bay at the mouth of the coffin stream with a burial ship, the bone bay is a backwater Taitai, which is commonly known as the whirlpool, up to 100 meters deep, it is said that there is a Yin River underground leading to the county outside the state, the river is cold to the bone, and there is a bad water gushing out in the center of Taitai, turning white foam all day long, and the sound of gurgling is endless. No matter how good the water is, no matter how bold and reckless people are, they will not dare to enter the water here. Since a thousand years ago, this place has become a place to put spirit ships, at least hundreds of spirit ships have been sunk here, and hundreds of ghasts that have collided with evil spirits have wandered here, whether it is a pedestrian on the shore or a boat in the water, they have avoided it here. When passing by, you should burn three catties of paper money and ten bundles of sandalwood to sacrifice the evil souls who have died!

"This spirit ship should have sunk in the Bay of Corpses, why did it appear here?" Master Li said with a solemn face.