Chapter 77: Ghost Market (3)
The ferryman leaned the ferry to the shore, and then in the faint moonlight, he saw a cloth wrapped in a silk coat and holding a slender bamboo pole, which could hide himself, and the strange atmosphere of the ghost market was instantly raised. One-eyed got on the boat first, but Wu regret grabbed the master and whispered: "I don't know how to be water-based, if someone assassinates me in the heart of the river, it will be difficult to do!" ”
The young master thought about Wu Xi's reminder, although he knew some water, but he mostly paddled in the still water of the swimming pool, and he was afraid that he would not be able to cope with such a big river.
Without allowing the master to hesitate too much, the boatman urged: "Hey, are you still leaving?" ”
The one-eyed hand gently patted the boatman to appease him, and he also saw the hesitation of the master, and said: "Don't be afraid, the people who can come to the ghost market are all people who have figured out the details, even if it is a first-time person like you, it is also guaranteed by my net worth!" The Ghost King will never let the ghost market go into trouble! ”
"Where are you afraid? It's just that I don't know water. Wu regret hurriedly explained.
"Haha, that's good, get on the boat quickly, the boatman is still in a hurry to come back." One-eyed understood Wu regret's concealed smile and smiled, but suddenly his heart trembled, it was the young master who forced him to bring them to the ghost market, why is he anxious now? He was puzzled, or he was still unfinished.
Wu regret and the master boarded the boat, and the master deliberately looked at the boatman carefully, but was finally intercepted by the cloth, even if the eyes that had to be left were blocked, and there was no way to see it. The ferry boat was a little crowded and the draft was obviously too deep, but the boatman didn't mind, and just held the boat and sailed towards the center of the river.
"One-eyed brother, who is this ghost king?"
"Ghost King? Of course, the lord of this ghost city. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that this Jiangyang City belongs to Zhuang Gong during the day, and it is the ghost king's at night, so the analogy shows its strength. Although the ghost market is a shady business, and the people involved are not bright and upright, this ghost market is orderly, and you can see the ghost king's methods alone. It's a pity that it's been seven or eight years, and I haven't heard of his name but haven't seen him. ”
"Could it be that the ghost king was made up by the people of the ghost city, so that this group of unmanageable people have a fear?" Wu regret asked.
"Brother Wu, the ghost market is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, only those with high qualifications have the opportunity to contact the core of the ghost market, and the outermost ghost market participant like me can only resell some news, so it's normal not to see the ghost king." One-eyed answered.
"Are there any other rumors about the Ghost King?" The young master seemed to be interested in the ghost king, and asked after him.
"That's a lot? wanted to fight with Jiangyang bullies in order to rectify the order of the ghost market, and took off the bullies' heads within a few moves, making all gangsters in Jiangyang kneel and worship regardless of size. It is rumored that the ghost king is of noble origin, and if the ghost market provokes the government, it can be easily resolved, and there is also the ghost king......"
"One-eyed, this is almost to Jiang Xin, have you forgotten the rules?" The boatman interrupted One-Eye's words and said coldly.
"Brother, how dare you forget, it's just that I didn't have time to talk to this little brother. Today is still the old price? One-Eye hurriedly explained.
"Two more, six taels more."
"It's only two taels on weekdays, why are there two more than six taels?" One-Eye asked.
"If it's too expensive, you can get off the ship now, and you won't take a penny."
"Isn't the boatman joking? How is it different from jumping off the boat at this time? Wu regret said.
"What does it matter to me whether to jump or not, what can I do if I drive a boat and ferry people to buy a road with money?" The boatman seemed to be in a hurry, and spoke much louder.
"Don't be in a hurry, the boatman will do as you say." One-eyed understood that the boatman saw that the two were gorgeously dressed, so he sat on the ground and raised the price, but Ren One-eye could only get two taels of silver when he groped his whole body.
"Master, do you have six taels of silver?" One-Eye asked.
The master is the owner of the money, if he hadn't been pulled out by Wu Xiqiang at noon, he didn't have time to bring the money bag, so he didn't rush to pay. But fortunately, there was a jade pendant on his waist, and seeing that One-Eye couldn't get it together, he had to untie the jade pendant and hand it to the boatman.
The boatman seemed to know the goods, so he put them into his arms without identification, and continued to sail towards the center of the river.
Closer and closer to the center of the river, I saw a large group of lights and candles floating on the river, at a glance, I couldn't see the beginning and the end, like a fire dragon cruising on the river, if I didn't know that there would be a ghost market on the river, the candle flame would have been mistaken for the lights of the South Bank Wharf.
"That's the ghost market, today I wanted the master to buy the news, but if you think about it, it will take at least three days to buy the news, and the day after tomorrow is the night of the full moon, the ghost market is closed, so it takes at least four days to buy the news. It's better to go directly to the white wolf who released the news of hiring a murderer in the ghost market. If he doesn't say it, I'll be helpless with one eye. The one-eyed finger said with a large ball of candle flames.
The ghost market can be increased or decreased at will except for the news of the hired murderer, and this white wolf has been wandering for a long time, and he knows that the business he does is not popular with gods and ordinary people, so he is very low-key, and often misses the ghost market because of other things or not wanting to come.
The ferry boat is getting closer and closer to the large group of candles floating in the south of the Yangtze River, and sometimes you can see the shadow of the boat shuttling back and forth, and the lights and candles can't be seen at this time.
It is strange to say that such a huge ghost market is surprisingly quiet, and traders try to keep their voices as low as possible, as long as they are heard by buyers and sellers. At this time, the lights and candles were also surprisingly quiet, and if there were no ferries shuttling back and forth, it would be as silent as death.
There were only a dozen steps away from the lights and candles, and the ghost market on the river was faintly displayed in front of Master Wu Xi.
On the small melon boat, a lantern hangs on the bow of the boat, just like the boatman, the tightly wrapped ghost market traders, standing or squatting, silently waiting for the buyer.
The ferryboat sailed into it, only to find that the sellers were all protected under the robes, and most of the buyers were shuttling back and forth, and they were dressed differently, and they were not wrapped like the sellers, at most a veil was covered, or a black cloth was sent to cover the nose and mouth.
"One-eyed, where are you going?" The boatman led the three of them into the middle of the candle flame and asked One-Eye.
"The boatman is tired of finding the white wolf."
"White wolves never have a fixed location, and most of them don't come, especially in this ghost market on the river." The boatman replied.
"Then ask the boatman to paddle from beginning to end, if you can meet the white wolf, it is the best, if you can't touch it, stop at the sale of news."
The boatman took the order and continued to row west. The melon boats are arranged on both sides, and the things bought and sold on the boats range from old utensils to current gems and jade; From a scroll of calligraphy and paintings, to a boat full of melons and fruits, the scale and variety are no less than the morning market in Jiangyang Nancheng.
The ferry boat is much larger than the melon boat, shuttling between the melon boats, like a big fish piercing into the middle of the young fish to care for the seedlings, the fish is love, and the ferry boat seems to be out of fear of damaging the melon boat, it is too troublesome to compensate, so it is much slower, fortunately, Wu regret does not care, is fascinated by this disgraceful fireworks, especially Wu regret's many years of experience in handling cases makes him constantly look for various details of the ghost market on the river, looking forward to one day destroying the ghost market can come in handy.