Chapter Seventy-One: On the Nai River Bridge
The town is in the southern suburbs of Yuhang City.
It is called Bridge Town, because there are many bridges in the town, so it has this name.
There is a bridge and there is naturally a river, and the shopkeeper vaguely remembered that his eldest lady said that there was a bridge in the town.
There is a bridge and there is naturally a Lechuan River.
Therefore, early in the morning, Gu Bai led the hook, took a small boat, and rushed to Qiaozhen alone.
Perhaps because of the strange fish that were causing trouble in the city a few days ago, there were many fewer boats on the river in the city.
The water gate out of the city is tight.
The floodgates were closed, and the people of the Demon Division stood on it, observing the water at all times.
The leader was the scholar who had gone out with Gu Bai the day before yesterday to help Xie Changan catch Gua Po.
After seeing Gu Bai, the scholar curiously asked why he got up so early and went out of the city, and reminded them to pay attention to the water monster before letting them go.
The floodgates slowly opened, and the wind and fog rushed towards Gu Bai and them.
"That strange fish was able to enter the city that day, and I heard that it was a ghost who came out of the water gate. The hook held the penny and talked to Gu Bai.
At this time, the boat moved slowly, and soon left the walls behind, and was covered by a thick fog.
"Inner ghost?" Gu Bai was puzzled, "Who will be the inner ghost of the strange fish?"
Could it be that the fish demon has infiltrated the Demon Suppression Division?
It shouldn't be, the Demon Suppression Division is the one who exorcises demons.
Hook shook his head, "It's human, as for why, then I don't know." ”
"However, it's not been peaceful lately, I heard that there are often strange fish eating people outside the city, oh, by the way, the snake demon also came out to hurt people. "Gou Zi heard that no fishermen dare to go to the West Lake to fish now.
Gu Bai untied the white cloth wrapped around his left hand, "Not only is it not peaceful here, but I heard that Huiji County is not peaceful either." ”
Yesterday, Wang Shouyi said that the people from the Demon Division of Huiji County Town did not come because they were dragged by the monsters who did evil in Huiji County.
Not only the monsters are making trouble, but some traitors are also taking the opportunity to make trouble, and Huiji County is now about to become a pot of porridge.
Gu Bai had been on guard, and when the sun rose and the fog dissipated, not a single strange fish came out.
They walked for another hour, and under the guidance of a shepherd boy playing the flute, the boat turned into a small river.
Sail up the river along the boat, and at three poles in the sun, you finally arrive at the legendary bridge town.
There is a wharf outside the town, they docked the boat, and after going ashore, they saw that this ancient town really did not accept the name of the bridge town, and it was full of bridges at a glance.
If you don't ask for directions and rush into the town, those criss-crossing bridges can make people dizzy.
Gu Bai asked an old man for directions.
The old man was very enthusiastic at first, but when he heard him ask Nai He Qiao, his face instantly turned cold, and he left without saying a word.
Gu Bai thought that the old man was dizzy, deaf and tinnitus, and couldn't hear clearly, so he mistakenly thought that he was cursing him, so he asked a young man.
After the young man heard the direction Gu Bai was going to ask, he walked away as if he had eaten a fly.
"It's weird, isn't there a helpless bridge in the town, the Lethe River?"
Gu Bai was puzzled, mistakenly thinking that these people mistakenly thought that he was asking about the bridge in the underworld.
"I'm coming!" Hook volunteered.
She went to ask a big aunt, thinking that with her eight talents, how could she ask for a way out.
However, the eldest aunt rolled her eyes, "Girl, you are like this, but the ghost of the bridge does not dare to accept it." ”
The eldest aunt left without looking back.
"Hey, how do you talk. If it weren't for Gu Bai pulling her, she would definitely step forward to theorize.
"Forget it, forget it. Gu Bai dragged the hook, "I think what the person said is quite reasonable." ”
Hook looked back at him, "Don't think that if I sell my deed in your hands, I won't dare to mess with you." ”
"Then you dare?"
"Before the grandma of Yunyulou asked me, I still dared. Hook said confidently.
A woman walked in front of her, and saw that Gu Bai couldn't walk.
Gu Bai took the opportunity to go up and asked her the way to Nai He Bridge.
Gu Bai's face was worthy of her name, and the girl immediately nodded, stretching out her hand and pointing to the other end of the town.
"You step on this bridge, go around that bridge, go up to the bridge on the left, then take the bridge on the right, then take the bridge on the right, then go up to the cross bridge and turn right...... Finally, I went down the slope bridge, walked across the wooden bridge, stepped on the pontoon bridge, crossed the suspension bridge, and then arrived at the Nai He Bridge. The girl stared at Gu Bai and said.
Gu Bai didn't speak, just looked at her.
His mind was blank now, and there was only one bridge word.
When the girl finished, her tongue licked her lower lip, "Do you remember?"
Gu Bai shook his head.
"I can't remember. The girl said happily.
"Huh?"
"Ah, that, I mean, can't remember, it's right, and the people in our town don't necessarily remember. ”
She was arrogant, "I'll take you there." ”
"It's not big, right?" Gu Bai looked at the clothes in her hand.
The girl was carrying a basin of clothes, apparently preparing to go to the river to wash them.
"Nothing bad. The girl threw the basin to the ground, enthusiastically led the way in front, and asked Gu Bai to follow.
Gu Bai and Hook glanced at each other and followed.
Along the way, the girl chattered, asked questions, and after a moment of effort, she quickly asked Gu Bai what color underwear she was wearing.
Gu Bai couldn't resist it, so he could only change the topic: "That bridge, why is it called Nai He Bridge?"
The enthusiastic girl's face changed, a little stiff, and she didn't really want to say it.
But for Gu Bai's sake, she finally said, "A long, long time ago, ......"
Yuhang City has been flooded for three consecutive years, the people are not living, starving all over the wilderness, many people gnaw tree roots, swallow Guanyin soil, and their stomachs are as big as pregnant women.
After another heavy rain, under the gaze of people, a monk came to the east of the town.
The monk was very young and carried a bamboo basket with some herbs in it.
He has excellent medical skills, and if a dose of herbs goes down, people's big bellies will disappear immediately, and they won't take a penny.
People are grateful to him.
However, people were hungry, and the monk was white and fat, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he knew at a glance that he was not hungry.
People say he has food in his basket.
So, one day, the monk who was treating the twin sisters of the Lao Yu family at the east end of the bridge was invited to his home by the town.
After that, the old monk never appeared in the town again. The girl said.
Li Zheng, as well as several of his henchmen, who were oily in those days, and used herbs to treat the people in the town.
Later, with the relief of the imperial court, the people of the town finally survived that hurdle.
However, something strange has happened in the town since then.
"Lizheng's daughter-in-law gave birth to a freak, and she was born without a head or legs. ”
Ri went crazy at the time.
Later, Lizheng's henchmen, their family members or relatives who gave birth, must also be freaks.
Or lack of hands, or missing arms, and sometimes lack of heart - when you are born, there is a hole in your heart.
Gradually, it was no longer limited to Li Zheng and a few henchmen, but spread to the entire town.
In those years, the fetuses born in the town were either crippled or deformed, and the only thing that was better than them was that the child was at least alive.
Gradually, a legend spread in the town, saying that they had eaten the monk, and the monk was unwilling to die, so he came to take revenge. ”
Li Zheng was already crazy, and most of the other people who participated in it back then were also crazy or died.
The people of the town had no choice but to find another way to relieve the calamity.
Later, the people of the town did not know who said that only by marrying a living wife for the monk could this evil curse be eliminated.