The old man slowly told the story of the Zhaonu River.

"It is said that during the Taishi period of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a scholar named Liu Boyu, who always liked to recite Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu" in front of his wife Duan, and every time he finished reading it, he also sighed with emotion, saying that he had no regrets about marrying a woman like this!"

Later, Duan couldn't help but say, why does the husband raise Luo Shen and blindly despise me, is it because I am not as beautiful as Luo Shen? If I die, I'm afraid I won't become a water god? ”

"Liu Boyu thought that his wife was just talking angry, but she didn't want to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river that night, and in the first seven days after her death, she also dreamed of Liu Boyu, saying Don't you like the god of water, and now I am."

Li Daoxuan couldn't help but be attracted by this story and asked, "And then?" ”

The old man said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, Liu Boyu didn't dare to cross this river for the rest of his life, and this place is also known as the jealous woman." ”

"Then why is it called the Zhaonu River now?"

"This is because the river has had all sorts of miracles since then, and if a young and beautiful woman crosses the river, there will be waves on the river, and if an ugly woman crosses the river, it will be calm."

"Over time, there is a saying in this place, which is called to seek a good woman, standing at the mouth of Jinkou, and the woman standing next to the water, so ugly and self-evident."

"Before marrying, take the bride to the river to take a photo, see if there is wind and waves, to determine the beauty and ugliness, and slowly, the jealous woman will become a river of women."

Zhang Qianyang suddenly asked: "Old man, it sounds like this Zhaonu River is not scary, why is it strictly forbidden for women to cross the river now, regardless of beauty or ugliness?" ”

The old man showed a hint of fear in his eyes, and said: "That was before, even if a woman crossed the river and gave birth to wind and waves, it was actually not big, but I don't know when it started, as long as a woman crossed the river, it was a stormy wave, and no one could survive!" ”

Li Daoxuan glanced at the woman dressed as a man, no wonder she wanted to be a man, if it was a woman's clothes, I am afraid that the boatman would never let her get on the boat.

But since she was a monk, why did she have to cross the river by boat? Is it to draw out the filth of the river?

Zhang Qianyang asked again: "Old man, what's going on with the dense fog just now?" ”

"That's also a thing that has only happened in recent years, the Zhaonu River sometimes suddenly gives birth to a thick fog, the people in the fog can't distinguish the direction, and they will fall into the river in a daze, and lose their lives, fortunately, the fog just now came quickly, and it dispersed quickly, and the golden light must be a god casting a spell!"

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly, the person who casts the spell is obviously standing in front of you.

At this time, the boatman finally came to the shore and shouted: "Get on the boat, it's still the old rule, one person has five pennies, and women don't have to go to the river." ”

People got on the boats and wanted to cross the river and leave the place.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that this was the closest way to Liling City, many people wouldn't have ventured to walk the Zhaonu River.

Even many people have begun to regret it, knowing that they would rather go around dozens of miles more than here, the fog just now was too scary.

Li Daoxuan and the master also got on the boat, there were a lot of people, it seemed a little crowded, a fishing boat of more than two feet, seven or eight people sitting, and the boatman rowed a little hard.

The handsome boy dressed as a man sat down next to Li Daoxuan and wanted to talk several times, but when he saw Li Daoxuan's eyes closed, he could only stop talking.

Zhang Qianyang was very self-cooked, he had already chatted with the people next to him, and he made some dried fruit snacks for nothing, and while eating, he said to the boatman: "Uncle, is the business so good every day?" ”

The boatman sighed: "The Taoist chief laughed, not many people usually dare to come to this Zhaonu River, all of them are only my family ferry, and there are more people crossing the river during this time, but most of them are outsiders, who came to Liling City to participate in the Xianyue Conference." ”

"Xianyue Conference?"

"In fact, it is a porcelain appreciation conference, this Liling city is rich in ceramics, at the beginning of March every year, a porcelain appreciation conference will be held, in order to attract people to come, many mages will be invited to perform various acrobatics and illusions, over time, there is the name of the Xianyue Conference."

Zhang Qianyang smiled at the apprentice and said, "It seems that we came at the right time, and we can go to see the excitement when the time comes." ”

In fact, they all know that real monks often disdain to perform on the street, and most of the so-called mage aliens are charlatans.

A man who does not learn and does not know how to do it is a warlock.

But it doesn't matter, it's just a fun time anyway.

Everyone chatted hotly, but they didn't notice that the sun in the sky was getting fainter and fainter, and the sun was hiding in the clouds at some point.

The more the old boatman rowed, the more wrong it became, it had been a moment, why hadn't he reached the other side yet?

Not only that, but the harder he rowed, the farther the boat got from the other side, and after a few moments, the old boatman was out of breath and sweating profusely.

Others are starting to realize that something is wrong.

"What's going on, it seems to be getting farther and farther away from the other side?"

"Water, water seems to be rising!"

"Look at the back, there seems to be a vortex sucking us back!"

……

There was a lot of talking, and there was horror in their voices.

I saw that the current had lost its previous calm, forming a whirlpool, like chains, firmly binding the ferry.

Li Daoxuan was still closing his eyes and meditating and pranayama, as if he was unaware of the outside world.

He didn't make a move immediately, because he wanted to see what this monk dressed as a man would do in the face of this situation.

He had a faint hunch that perhaps the identity of the other party was not simple.

Sure enough, after seeing Li Daoxuan's indifference, she gritted her silver teeth, stood up, and said, "Don't panic, everyone, with me, I won't let this water ghost succeed!" ”

The voice is crisp, it is a woman's voice.

It was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and after she said this, the Zhaonu River completely set off waves.

Layers of waves rolling, black clouds condense in the sky, and the wind howls, making this small boat flutter endlessly, like a flat boat in a storm, and it is worried about capsizing at any time.

"It's not good, she turned out to be a woman, it's over, the river god is angry!"

"It's all her fault, we're all going to die here!"

"Woo woo, I don't want to die......"

"The river god Niangniang is angry, we are not in the same group as her, if you want to take her, take her away!"

……

When the friar heard these words, her eyes were slightly stunned, revealing a little loss, but she still fought hard and comforted everyone.

"Don't panic, everyone, I'm a public man, and I specialize in dealing with these dirty things......"

But no one listened to her, and the old boatman rowed hard, but the oar in his hand suddenly broke, and he lost his strength, and fell into the river.

The next moment, his body was sucked into the water, swept away by the undercurrent, and he was about to lose his life.

Without any hesitation, the friar jumped into the river with a pop.

A moment later, she flew out of the water with the old boatman in her hand, her long hair scattered, and a bloody streak on her shoulder, which looked like she had been through a struggle.

Regardless of her injuries, the female monk fed the old boatman a elixir as soon as possible to help him dissolve the yin qi in his body.

Then she got up and shouted, "Don't panic, everyone, I'm a magician sent by the imperial court!" ”

With that, she took out a handful of copper coins, sprinkled them into the river, pinched the seal in her hand, and recited the mantra silently.

The next moment, these copper coins seemed to come to life, flashing with clear light, swimming around in the water like fish, searching for the evil hidden below.

A strange light flashed in Li Daoxuan's eyes, these copper coins are a bit interesting, there seems to be a trace of incense divine power on them, and there is also the blessing of dragon qi, which has a good damage to yin and evil ghosts.

For the first time, he saw a monk in the court make a move, and he was very curious.

I don't know what the means are in the public door?

(End of chapter)