The five of them went out of the city, and without stopping their footsteps, they went directly to a ferry port in the south of the city under the leadership of Wu Laosco.

The old ferry is full of traces of time in the early morning sun, every river has experienced the ebb and flow of fortune, the old ferry on the edge of Phoenix is full of people, the Han merchants who sell tea and fine salt are busy unloading, and occasionally the grumpy businessmen scold their subordinates loudly: "Can you take it lightly, do you still want to be paid?" followed by the workers' only promises. This is the first stop for young people in Phoenix to go outside, and many young guys have dreams of setting sail from here to a wider place outside.

Wu Lao Lao did not stay in this lively place, but went to the fishing boat circle next to it, which was not very lively.

Someone with sharp eyes recognized Wu Lao Lao of Piaoxiang Building and hurriedly greeted him: "Master Wu, are you here to buy fish again?" The white crucian carp, herring fish, and a few big carp that I caught early this morning are alive and fresh, do you want to take a look?"

Wu Lao Lao saw that it was Zhang Er, who was fishing here all the year round, this person was a little clever, Wu Lao Lao came here to buy fish for Piaoxianglou a few times, and he was quite generous, but he was worried about this Zhang Er.

Wu Lao Lao waved his hand and said, "I'm not here today to buy fish, but to take a boat out of the city." ”

Zhang Er smiled hesitantly: "If you don't dislike my broken fishing boat, I won't do business and take you out, that is, hehe, in the future, Piaoxianglou's fish business will consider me Zhang Er." ”

Wu Lao Lao said so cheerfully and generously when he heard Zhang Er: "Since you are willing to help me with this, I will not let you suffer, so let's do it, as long as you take me to the place, I will give you ten silver dollars." ”

Zhang Er couldn't help but boast when he heard this: "Wu Ye is polite, now you are going to the ends of the earth, and I Zhang Er will also drag the sail for you, so that the rudder will be allowed to give you a few safe delivery." ”

Wu Lao Lao said when he heard Zhang Er's boasting: "Then let's go and go to Black Dragon Village." ”

The smile on Zhang Eryi's face suddenly disappeared when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Are you talking about the Black Dragon Village under Phoenix Mountain?"

Wu Laolao nodded suspiciously when he heard this: "Of course it is the Black Dragon Village under Phoenix Mountain, is there a second Black Dragon Village here." ”

Zhang Eryi's face turned blue when he heard that he was really thinking about the Black Dragon Village, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If you go to that Black Dragon Village, I don't dare to go." ”

After Wu Laoscoo's repeated questioning and threats, if Zhang Er didn't make it clear, Piaoxianglou would never buy a fish on his Zhang Er's boat again.

Zhang Er hesitated for a long time before he said tremblingly: "It's not that I don't dare to go, it's that there has been a lot of trouble in that place recently." ”

Wu Lao Lao was interested at this time and was not in a hurry to leave, took out the old smoking gun and smoked it, and asked unhurriedly after a long puff of smoke: "What kind of trouble is the Black Dragon Village?"

Zhang Er looked at Wu Laoshao and was really interested before he said the matter completely: "You also know that we are in Xiangxi, that is, there are many Miao people in Miao Village. In recent years, what kind of national industry has been going on outside, more and more Han people have come to the border of our western Xiangxi, and those who sell tea and salt want to make a fortune on our side. It's a good thing for me to say, after all, we're these rare things, aren't we?

Alas, it's far away, the Han and Miao people did some business, but the Black Dragon Village is different, we are born and raised in the Phoenix people know that the Black Dragon Village is mysterious and usually does not interact with the outside world. Before going to the river near the black dragon village to fish is fine, the strange thing began last month when a few of our fishing brothers met at night to go out to fish at night, which you also know to do our fishing bitterness, day and night where there is a fish to sail over, the wind and rain may not be able to have a good harvest.

On that day, the old cat came to me and my other brother Li Dong and said that they were going out to fish at night, and strongly invited us to go with him, that day happened to be the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon was full, and the whole lake and land were illuminated very brightly. The old cat looked at the lake with a silver light, patted his chest and said that today is luck, I will be able to catch a lot of fish, and when we go back, we will also make a big carp to burn a clear water fish, and the soup is called a fresh, and then the mouth burns the knife is to give an emperor not to change it.

Zhang Er cleared his throat and continued: "Li Dong and I couldn't help but be interested when we saw the old cat say this, and hit it off, the three of us took the fishing net, untied the cable of the fishing boat and let the boat out, and the three of us drove the old cat's fishing boat out of the city. We started fishing in the river not far from the city, and that day it was strange that the old cat and I cast our nets a few times and didn't even see a single carp the size of a palm, let alone a large carp.

Li Dong and I were a little discouraged, and we retreated in our hearts, the old cat saw that our mood was not right, and because he boasted about Haikou, he didn't want to fold his face, so he whispered to us, he knew that a place would definitely be able to catch fish, and asked us if we had the courage to go with him, Li Dong and I wanted to go to the place where the old cat said to try our luck because we didn't catch the fish, although the old cat likes to brag, but the skill of fishing is the best in our group, we simply let the old cat take the helm to go to the place he said. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Er shrunk his neck as if there was a terrifying scene in front of him again, and said: "When the old cat took us to that place, it was already midnight, and we knew why he asked us if we had the courage to come, it turned out that that place was a body of water near the Black Dragon Village." The old cat saw the place and said that the good place he said was here, and no one usually wants to come to this area to fish, so the fish here are fat and abundant.

Li Dong and I looked at the Black Dragon Village on the shore and there was still light, and we looked at each other, and there was the same fear in each other's eyes as I did. The old cat looked at us and scolded angrily: "Don't go out to fish like you two like this, go home and lie on your wife's belly." Li Dong and I had the courage to scold back: "Who is afraid? We are worried that there will be no fish in vain here." ”

The old cat smiled when he saw us say this, "You can see it." As he spoke, the old cat cast a net, and pulled it up to see that the good guys were all good goods, and there were two carp alone, and there were several grass carp. Li Dong and I were not to be left behind, and threw nets into the river one by one, and each net had a lot of gains. Li Dong and I gradually forgot our fears. Soon the fish we caught filled the boat's fishing barn. The old cat is still casting his net again and again, and at this time Li Dong and I already have the idea of going back. ”

At this time, Zhang Er spat fiercely and said: "Li Dong and I sat on the bow of the boat and waited for the old cat to cast the last net he said, Li Dong handed me a cigarette that he rolled himself, took out a match from his pocket and lit it, and we smoked cigarettes and chatted with each other. Suddenly, there was a rattling sneer, and Li Dong and I were so frightened that the cigarette butt almost fell on our legs. Li Dong asked tremblingly, "Old cat, what is this? It's so scary, let's go." The old cat listened and said impatiently, "Isn't it just a night owl barking? Li Dong and I listened carefully and it was really a night owl, Li Dong spit into the river fiercely and said: "It's really a night owl, it's really bad luck, it affects Lao Tzu's good mood." ”

At this time, the old cat had already collected the net, put the fish he had just caught in the wooden barrel of the boat that had been prepared a long time ago, and said: "Let the two brothers wait for a long time, this bucket of fish will be sold for our brothers and sisters to have a good meal." Li Dong and I were so happy: "Count your old cat with a conscience." "The old cat put the net in order to throw it into the boat to leave, at this time the black dragon village suddenly came out of a woman's heart-rending scream, the sound in the night sky spread far away, Li Dong and I hurriedly urged the old cat to hurry up and drive the boat away, the old cat at this time had to succeed in the hero said to go to the black dragon village to see, Li Dong and I did not pull the old cat to row the boat to the shore and jumped ashore to the black dragon village to touch, Li Dong and I hesitated again and again did not dare to muster up the courage to go ashore.

We waited for about half an hour, until the screaming stopped and did not see the old cat come back, Li Dong and I felt that the situation was not right, and found a harpoon from the boat and held it in our hands and prepared to go ashore to find the old cat, at this time we saw a black shadow stumbling in the direction of the boat, we watched the situation vigilantly and immediately took the harpoon to him for a while, the man did not approach and shouted loudly: "Row quickly, go quickly." ”

As soon as we heard the voice of the old cat, we hurriedly rowed the boat into the river, and the old cat ran up in a few steps, turned into the boat, and rowed quickly without saying a word, taking the oars. Soon, the Black Dragon Village was left far behind us, and we looked at the shore of the Black Dragon Village, where a few people with torches were staring at us, and we could still feel the cold in our eyes from so far away. When we came ashore exhausted, the sky was already white, and the old cat parked the boat and left without even caring about the fish he had hunted.

Li Dong and I sold the fish in the market, but I didn't see the old cat for a few days, I and Li Dong found a time to buy some wine and food and went to the old cat's house, knocked on the door for a long time before the old cat opened the door with a stubble on his face, looking at his blood-red eyes knew that he hadn't slept well for several days. It was only when we gave him his share of the money that we reluctantly let us in.

We drunk the old cat, and he said in an extremely terrifying voice what he saw that night: "That night I touched into the Black Dragon Village, there was no one in the house in the village, I looked for the woman's screams and found that the people in the village were kneeling respectfully on a platform in the center of the village, and the scream was made from that platform. I bit my lip to bleed out before I could hold back my voice, and I waited until the woman was completely silent before I dared to run out, but I clearly felt that someone had seen me, and I had been feeling watched for the past few days. Li Dong and I were frightened by what the old cat said, and hurried back after drinking. We didn't see the old cat for a few days, and we heard that it was out of town. Zhang Qingyang and Feimo were shocked when they heard this: "Isn't that similar to what Lao Ma said?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ercai persuaded: "Master Wu, that place is very evil, I see that the few people behind you are Han people, so don't go." ”

Wu Lao Lao thought for a while and asked, "I must go there, doesn't anyone dare to go?"

Zhang Er shook his head and said, "We don't dare to go to the Black Dragon Village to beg for a living on the water here." ”

Suddenly, Zhang Er suddenly thought of someone: "Perhaps, you can go to find someone." ”