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Xu Yang and his entourage heard that these people who went to Beijing to catch the exam accused Zhu Fuming of all kinds of discomfort, but they were even more curious about why the ship's family did not do business, but instead warned Zhu Fuming one or two. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ma Zichen asked, "Now there are still two boats here, why can't you wait to cross the river? Also, what did the boatman warn?"

"These shipwrights don't know if they are deliberately taking advantage of the opportunity to make money, or deliberately making things difficult for us. We told the boatman that we were going to cross the river, but the boatman said that he wanted a tael of silver, otherwise he would wait a month to cross the river. The reason is that there is a fierce monster in the river, and it is very dangerous to cross the river at this time, and part of the silver tael asked for is used to deal with the monsters in the river, otherwise it will be difficult to cross the river smoothly. We stopped at the shore because we had little money, and after a month the price was less, it was not too late to cross the river. A man said.

"If you don't believe me, just ask the two boatmen and you'll find out. The other scholar said with a snug at the boatman.

When Xu Yang and his entourage heard the words of the scholar, they were startled, and they didn't expect that there were monsters hidden in the Yellow River, so everyone stayed on the bank. I didn't expect that the boatman would actually use the money he asked for to deal with the monsters in the river, and wondered if the monsters in the river were a money fan?

Xu Yang and the others saw the two boatmen sitting crookedly on their boats, looking at their group on the shore, as if they were not in a hurry to solicit passengers, but were a little reluctant to cross the river.

Ma Zichen came to the two boatmen and asked, "Two boatmen, is the monster in the river a money-greedy monster?"

"You can't be quiet. If the youkai in the river hears us speak ill of him behind our backs, disaster will befall you. Who's to say that the monster wants money? Besides, with our little money, how can the other party take it seriously? We can only use this money to buy some sacrifices, so that we can cross the river smoothly. Otherwise, if we cross the river empty-handed, the monster will be furious, and it will not be able to reach the other side smoothly. A boatman said.

Xu Yang and the others heard the boatman's oath, and saw that the other party didn't seem to be joking, wondering what the origin of this monster was, like a bandit in the world, he needed to pay for the road, so that he could not embarrass himself and reach the other side smoothly.

Xu Yang asked, "Since the monster doesn't want money, what sacrifices do you want to buy with this money?"

"You see, we have a lot of fish on our boat, and this is a sacrifice for that monster. Without sacrifices, it would be difficult to cross the river. Look at the three boatmen in the river, don't you row and put fish into the river?" said the other boatman, pointing to the cabin and the three boatmen on the river.

Everyone saw that the two cabins were full of fish, and they saw three boatmen on the river rowing and putting fish into the river, which showed that there were monsters in the river.

Ma Zichen saw that the boat family and the others had already prepared sacrifices, and asked: "I just heard from my classmate and friend that in another month, your boat money will return to its original amount, could it be that the monsters in the river are only temporarily guarding for a while? After this month, the monsters in the river will leave?"

"That's what happened. The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, and this monster naturally cannot live here for a long time, but keeps changing places to live. Now, this youkai lives in this area, and after a month, this youkai will naturally go to live somewhere else. Only after this monster is gone, can our livelihood return to normal. If you don't think it's too much money to cross the river, you can wait a month before you come back to cross the river. A boatman said.

"Don't think that we love to pull you across the river, if we hadn't been doing this for a living, who would have taken the risk of soliciting customers? The other boatman sneered.

Xu Yang and the others heard that the boat family said that this monster was amazing, and they suddenly became curious. Xu Yang asked: "Boat family, what is the origin of that monster? It is so fearful that everyone is so jealous, do the local officers and soldiers just ignore it and don't ask about it? Don't they think of getting rid of this scourge?"

"How not. The officers and soldiers tried to destroy this monster several times, but this monster was too cunning, and every time they let this monster escape. And the Yellow River valley is so long, who knows where this monster will hide? And I've heard that anyone who wants to destroy this monster is eaten by the monster one by one. As a result, no one was willing to come forward to destroy this monster, so they let this monster plague the people in the Yellow River Valley. If you want to say what this monster looks like, from ancient times to the present, no living person has ever seen its true face. A boatman whispered.

"Not really. I've also heard that this monster has a head the size of a roof, eyes like lanterns, a body the size of a mountain, and a vast supernatural power. There are different opinions, and it is simply said that this monster is superb, which adds to the mystery of the monster. We'd rather not see this monster or we'll die without a place to bury. Another boatman whispered.

Xu Yang and the others listened to the two boatmen say that this monster was so shocking, and they also hesitated to cross the river.

Ma Zichen set up a pergola in front of him, raised his eyes and looked at the river, and saw that Zhu Fuming and the others and the boat had gradually disappeared from view, and he had never seen anything unusual under the river, and concluded that this was just a trick used by the boatman to scare people, but he just wanted to make more money from it.

So, Ma Zichen asked Xu Yang, "Brother Xu, do you think we still want to cross the river?"

"Hurry up and discuss, if we don't plan to cross the river, we're going home." Besides, when it gets dark, even if we are given ten thousand taels of gold and silver, we will not dare to cross the river. The two boatmen said.

Xu Yang saw the sun overhead, and saw that Zhu Fuming and the others on the river were safe and sound, only a speckled shadow remained, and there was nothing unusual in the river from beginning to end, although he didn't want to meet this monster in his heart, but he really wanted to see this monster.

Although Xu Yang also doubted the truth of what the boat family said, he thought that there were all kinds of wonders in the world, and it might not be nothing. Xu Yang nodded and said, "Yes, of course." If I wait a month to cross the river, won't you be in a hurry to catch the exam? ”

Ma Zichen smiled when he heard that Xu Yang agreed to cross the river, but he thought that the rest of the people behind him who went to Beijing to take the exam had to wait for a month, and then turned from joy to sadness.

Those who went to Beijing to catch the exam saw Ma Zichen's frustrated expression, and hurriedly said, "Brother Ma, you can go over first." I'm just waiting for another month, and in the meantime, I'm not going to miss my homework. Besides, there are still three months to go until October, we have crossed the river, and there is still time. ”

"Yes, Brother Ma. It's a big deal, let's look for a place to cross the river in other places, so that we won't be left behind in time to go to Beijing to catch the exam. You wait first, and we'll meet again sooner or later. Another student said.

Ma Zichen and others saw that these people who went to Beijing to take the exam all said that they would let themselves go first, and said goodbye to the people who went to Beijing to take the exam one by one. Ma Zichen also wished these people a smooth arrival in Longjing, and don't miss the time to catch the exam.

Therefore, after saying goodbye to these people who went to Beijing to take the exam, under the guidance of the boatman, they walked along the bank of the Yellow River to the west, hoping to find a place to cross the river in other places.

"We only have two ships, and you have nearly thirty men, and three wagons, so our ships can't hold so many people at once. If there is one more ship, it can accommodate so many of you at once. We may have said in advance that a man is a tael of silver, and a carriage is worth two taels of silver. The boatman said.

When everyone heard that the boatman wanted such an expensive money to cross the river, and if he didn't pass from here, he would go to another place to find a cheap place to cross the river, just like those who went to Beijing to take the exam.

Everyone heard that the boatman said that they couldn't take so many people across the river at one time, so everyone discussed it repeatedly, and finally decided to let Ma Zichen, Lian Gui, Xiaohuan, four monks, and Xiao Xiong cross the river with the carriage first, while Xu Yang, Yin Su'e, Liu Xiangping and Dahu Xiaohu arrived last, and then everyone turned on the other side.

And Xu Yang saw that the four bandits still had to spend four taels of silver, so he wanted to let the four go, but he was dissuaded by everyone, so he had to take the four bandits to the other side and hand them over to the government to deal with.

So, Xu Yang and the five people watched Ma Zichen and others board the boat and waved goodbye to everyone.

Xu Yang watched Ma Zichen and the others gradually sail away to the middle of the river, and when he saw the boatman rowing, he kept throwing fish into the river, bless Ma Zichen and the others not to encounter the monsters in the river.

The big tiger and the little tiger saw that Ma Zichen and the others and the boat had become shadows the size of sesame grains, and they couldn't tell who was on the boat.

After everyone saw Ma Zichen and the others disappear on the river, they sighed, hoping that a boat would come over as soon as possible so that they could meet Ma Zichen and the others.

Xu Yang and the others looked at the shadow of a boat on the river, and saw that the sun was setting, the big tiger and the little tiger were preparing to set up tents, and Yin Su'e and Liu Xiangping were preparing to start cooking.

When Xu Yang was about to help the two girls, he suddenly saw a black spot faintly appearing on the river, and he built a pergola in front of him, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and was pleasantly surprised to see the outline of a boat appear on the river, driving from west to east.

When the boat reached the middle of the river, Xu Yang was sure that it was a boat, and hurriedly waved his clothes and shouted loudly to the boat.

Liu Xiangping and the others heard Xu Yang shouting there, looked back, and were pleasantly surprised to see a boat appear on the river. So, Liu Xiangping and the others also hurriedly shouted towards the boat on the river, in order to attract the attention of the boat, so that they could take themselves on a ride to the other side.

The people on the boat may have seen Xu Yang and others shouting on the shore, so they turned the bow of the boat and leaned towards Xu Yang.