When a few people arrived at the grass hut and sat down, the young man spoke: "In Xia Wei Guli, he is the head of the river pass here. ”

Sun Li said: "Your Excellency's name is Gu Li, but your figure seems to be ......."

Wei Guli laughed: "Don't be surprised, I can't hide that I used to be extremely hungry and thin, and then I became fat." A few years ago, when I was newly dying, I happened to meet a friend who was fat, and I saw that he was fat and asked him how to eat fat. He told me that he was going to go to people's houses to make trouble, and when the master was afraid, he would give tribute. ”

"As soon as I heard that this was not simple, I directly found one in the east of the city, and he had a stone mill at home, so I went to push the mill in the middle of the night when the chickens did not bark and the dogs did not bite. Who knew that the owner of this house believed in Buddhism, and when he saw that the stone mill did not push automatically, he thought that he was sincere, and moved the Buddha master, and the Buddha master cast a spell to help them get rid of poverty. So I called the whole family up, and brought out the wheat flour, where I pushed the mill all night, and almost survived without being tired. ”

Zhao Qian smiled dumbly.

So I went to my friend who gave me the idea and scolded him, and he told me to find one and try again. So I went to the west of the city to find one, and his house had a basket, so I went up and stepped on it when there was no one around. This family believes in Taoism, and the owner was overjoyed when he saw the rice dumpling moving by himself, saying that he heard that there was a ghost in the east of the city yesterday, but he didn't expect to come to help me with rice today. After scooping the rice, I dusted and sifted it for him, and made it clean, and he didn't get a bite to eat for a whole day. ”

"My friend listened to what happened to me and said that he didn't blame him, he blamed me for choosing the wrong person, and I should go to the ordinary people. I decided to believe him again, so I carefully found a family that did not worship Buddhism and did not do things, and was innocent. When I went, the family was eating in the yard, so I picked up the white dog at the door and walked around, and they saw the dog floating in front of them, moving out of thin air, and they were so frightened that their chopsticks fell. ”

Later, they found someone to do the divination, and when they realized that the demons had come to eat, they hurriedly prepared a sacrifice of big fish, meat, and wine. Since then, I've learned the ropes, let go of eating and drinking, and it didn't take long for me to be in the body I am now. Hahahaha. Speaking of which, Wei Guli burst out laughing.

Sun Li asked, "In that case, how can Your Excellency come here to take up your duties?" ”

Wei Guli said: "It's also to blame me for being inexperienced, greedy for comfort, and always extorting wine and food in the local area, they raised money to hire the archmage to catch me and send me to a place called 'Wangqiong Tower'......"

"Wangqiong Tower?" Sun Li and Zhao Qian exclaimed in unison.

"yes, what's the matter, have you ever been there too?"

Sun Li then briefly described what he had seen and heard before.

Wei Guli couldn't help nodding after hearing this: "Yes, yes, at that time, it was the chief official surnamed Xue who personally interrogated me, first exploring my life - Wei Guli, who first learned from the text, has not been in school for three years. After practicing martial arts, the school field sent an arrow, and the drummers were chased out. Then he studied medicine, quite successful, wrote a good prescription by himself, took it, and died. Then he asked me why I didn't follow the process of reincarnation, but harmed the people. ”

"I said that I had a very difficult life, and I tried my best, but in the end I got nothing. Youji advised me to be diligent and self-reliant, and strive to understand life and death as soon as possible, and become a saint. ”

"Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, rats give birth to burrows, and sparrows' children drill cracks. If everything is doomed and there is no point in struggling too much, I am determined to be a carefree imp. There is a division that reprimands me for what I can't do, and I am the first to raise the bar, so it is better to raise the bar full-time. So I got here and raised the bar. ”

"I see." Sun Lidao, "What about these river crossing fees? ”

"It's all stipulated by the peak, and I just follow it. Of course, when I encounter strange things, I will also keep some privately. ”

Zhao Qian said: "What strange things can there be in this poor country? ”

Wei Guli said: "This is exactly the purpose of inviting a few people, I have a treasure to show you." ”

He turned around and took out a bag of things from the cabinet and said, "Have you ever seen metal burning in water?" After saying that, he opened the paper bag and took out something like a silver nugget and put it into a bowl of water, and then the flames rose, the smoke was filled, and the sound of burning "snort" was endless.

Sun Li said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. ”

"I haven't asked for advice yet, what do you want to do?" Wei Gu said.

So Sun Li informed Wei Guli that a few people were going to the south of the South China Sea to find the empty Dao people, and Wei Guli said: "Since you are going to ask someone to do something, you can't go empty-handed because he is called an empty man, so I will send you two gifts." ”。

Wei Guli went to the cabinet and took out the package: "This is called 'Huo Huan Yi', it is a tribute from the Western Regions, but there are stains that are removed by the fire, this treasure comes in a very peculiar way, some time ago a giant bird fell on the tree to rest, it has an arrow inserted in its body, the arrow is tied with silk thread, one end of the silk thread is tied to the teeth of a benevolent brother, I can't help him cut the silk thread by all means, he saw that I tried my best to help, and gave me this dress before leaving, and now I will transfer it to you."

Zhao Qian said: "Ah, does this person say that he is from the desert?" ”

Wei Guli exclaimed: "What? You've seen him too? ”

Sun Li told Wei Guli the ins and outs of the matter, and Wei Guli was amazed when he heard it. is even more enthusiastic about Sun Li and others, and even calls for fate, and is fortunate to be lucky.

Immediately, Wei Guli took out a porcelain bottle and said: "This second is a miracle medicine carefully prepared by me, which will not invade by a hundred poisons, and can prolong life and life, so I will give it to you as a souvenir." ”

Zhao Qian said: "You can take something that you put in the water to burn and give us a little, maybe the old fairy likes it." ”

Wei Guli didn't say a word, wrapped the three items, and handed them to Sun Li.

After saying goodbye to Wei Guli, the three of them separated for convenience, and after a while, the three of them gathered, and when they got on the boat, they saw that the boatman was looking at the sun to see how magical the kettle was, and only a few drops of water were poured out.

After a while of the boat, Zhao Qian said: "Sun Li, I was convenient just now, I felt swollen in my stomach, could it be that I want to lay eggs, you quickly take out the immortal medicine and let me eat some." ”

Sun Li patted his head and said, "If you don't say it, I forgot." He opened his baggage, took out the vial of the "elixir", and threw it straight into the water.

"Sun Li, are you crazy?" Zhao Qian climbed the side of the boat and looked at the place where the "immortal medicine" fell into the water and shouted loudly.

"Brother Zhao, have you forgotten how Wei Guli died? Do you dare to take the medicine he makes? Sun Lidao.

After traveling ten miles, a whirlpool suddenly appeared on the surface of the water, blocking the boat's progress.

Zhao Qian shouted: "There are so many fish flying!" ”

Sun Li and Xiao Linglong looked at the stern of the boat, only to see all kinds of fish and shrimp desperately swimming towards the hull, and some fish rushed out of the water and glided on the water.

The boatman said: "As the old saying goes, 'When you suddenly see fish flying in the whirlpool, it must be the river god's birth' This is the river god's anger, everyone run away." Then jump into the water and swim to the shore.

As soon as the words fell, a huge black shadow rushed out of the water, instantly forced to the stern of the boat, and swallowed the boat with a huge mouth.

Xiao Linglong shook the fire fold, but saw that the surroundings were very empty, but the fishy smell was strong, forcing people to dare not take a big breath.

Sun Li said: "Were we swallowed by the big fish just now?" ”

Xiao Linglong said: "I don't know if this is a fish mouth or a fish intestine." ”

Zhao Qian said: "Hurry up and think of a way, otherwise we will all turn into fish feces and discharge to the bottom of the river in a moment or three." Pregnant! ”

After that, Zhao Qian jumped up and slapped the "wall" with his wings, and shouted: "Don't stand stupidly, come and help." ”

Sun Li was puzzled and asked, "Brother Zhao, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Qian said: "I'm tickling it, maybe it can't stand it, and when it sneezes, it will squirt us out." ”

Sure enough, the big fish felt discomfort in his mouth, and took a big mouthful of water, which poured down on the heads of the three people, extinguishing the fire fold in Xiao Linglong's hand.

I don't know how long it took, the big fish stopped at the bottom of the river, spit out people and boats, the wooden boat floated to the river, Sun Li, Zhao Qian, and Xiao Linglong were choked by the water, and they didn't know what to do, and they only felt that they were entangled by ropes and pulled in one direction. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves dragged by octopuses, in a bustling street, surrounded by the same as they see every day, except that they seemed to be covered in a vast bubble, and instead of flying birds, fish and turtles roaming overhead.

In a few moments, they arrived at a grand mansion. Sun Li looked up and saw the plaque on the book "River God Mansion", how can this mansion be magnificent, but see that the length and width are 500 steps each, and the powder wall can be more than three zhang high. At the gate, the dragon pillar stone drum is lined up, and the pine, cypress, bamboo and plum are covered. It is only the Forbidden City in the world, and it is suspected to be the Jinluan Palace.

Under the beam in front of the eaves, there are colorful lanterns and red silk, and the happy word red couplets are posted everywhere, which seems to be doing a happy event. The door of the house was wide open, and there was a large group of people standing on the steps, all dressed in red, green, and green, very festive, but all of them did have sad and angry faces.

Zhao Qian said: "Heh, this family has a happy event, this is to invite us to drink the happy bar." But this courtesy is too inconsiderate, and it seems to 'detain' people. ”

Seeing Sun Li and the others coming, the old man who was beating his head asked a man dressed in black next to him, "See it clearly?" How many of them are there? ”

The man in black replied, "I don't see it yet, Lord River God, but there is only this boat within a radius of several miles, not who else can they have." ”

So the old man said loudly: "Well, you Xiong Huangzi, I, Wu Zaoyin, have no grievances with you, you row a boat well, why did you poison me in Hanoi?" Poisoned dozens of people at our wedding banquet? ”

Sun Li replied in full clothes: "Uncle, Xiaosheng is polite." You must have misunderstood, we have never attended your wedding banquet, let alone poisoned our guests. ”

Zhao Gan said: "Yes, old man, don't rely on the blood of many people to spray people, but we are not afraid of you!" ”

Wu Zaoyin threw an object at Sun Li's feet: "The evidence is here, you can't deny it." ”

Sun Li picked it up and looked at it, and Zhao Qian said, "Isn't this the 'immortal medicine' sent by Wei Guli?" How is it here? ”

What Zhao Qian said was good, but the "immortal medicine" was gone, and there was only an empty bottle left.

Zhao Qian whispered again: "Brother Sun killed him, don't admit it." ”

Xiao Linglong said: "Now that the matter has come to this, it seems that it can't be concealed, we have been arrested, and I am afraid that it will not work to blindly deny it." ”

Sun Li said: "Don't worry. He admitted to Wu Zaoyin that he had thrown the bottle into the river.

Zhao Qian said: "Brother Sun, why did you agree so quickly." ”