Chapter 78: Lao Sun's Story
Xiao Hachi, who returned to the bow of the boat, continued to sit back in his previous position, next to Lao Sun, when Xiao Hachi came over, he found that Lao Sun's state was a little wrong, and he seemed to be preoccupied, I don't know why.
Seeing Xiaoba come over and sit down, Lao Sun said with a somewhat strange expression.
"Little master, is the one inside okay?" Just now You Zifang woke up, he saw it, and he also saw the extremely cold aura emanating from You Zifang's body, and even the temperature on the boat was lowered, and the old Sun at this moment was extremely respectful, obviously regarding Xiao Ba and the others as very powerful characters.
"It's not a big problem, he will solve it himself, we don't have to worry about it" Xiao Ba looked back at Youzifang, and then at Xiao Yu'er, who was still asleep, and said lightly.
"That little master is... Is it a Taoist priest from Yin Yang Heng" Lao Sun asked a little timidly and tentatively, his eyes drifted away when he asked, and he didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Ba.
"He's half a yin and yang person, but he does know the methods of those Taoist priests," Hachi said, looking at the scenery shrouded in darkness in the distance.
"The Taoist priests of Yin Yang Heng are amazing, we are ordinary people's families, we can usually see white-robed Taoist priests, and we all ask for a request, hoping that people can give us a few talismans" Lao Sun said with a respectful face, what he said was indeed the truth, and the people were very respectful of the Taoist priests of Yin and Yang Heng.
Because after all, this Nan Yi used to be Bazhou and belonged to Datong, and it was the Heavenly Master of Yin and Yang Heng who rebelled from the division back then and came here to help Nan Yi build the country, and it was natural for the people on the side of Nan Yi to respect Yin Yang Heng.
"I've seen the Taoist priests of Yin Yang Heng once before, and I've heard that the colors of the Taoist robes they wear are different according to their ranks, but I see that the clothes worn by the little young master inside are a little different from the rumors," Lao Sun asked again.
"He, he used to wear tattered clothes, but he changed into new clothes not long ago, and he put away the tattered clothes," Hachi explained.
"Lao Sun, you said that the color of the robe is different according to the level, I am still a little curious about this, can you tell me" Xiao Ba suddenly remembered the tattered and dirty clothes that You Zifang had before, and heard Lao Sun say that according to different levels, the colors are different, and I can't help but wonder how this Yin Yang Heng robe is divided.
"Of course you can, what I've heard is that the first Yin Yang Heng is white, and then it will be promoted to black, green, green, red, purple, and finally yellow, that is, the heavenly master!" Lao Sun said with a hint of excitement in his tone, especially when it came to the Heavenly Master, their admiration for the Heavenly Master was from the bottom of their bones.
"I see, Yin Yang Heng still has this kind of exquisiteness" Xiao Ba thought slightly, he remembered what color was the clothes before You Zifang, white? No, yellow, even more wrong, it's too dirty, the yellow-brown is all stains, after thinking about it for a while, Xiaoba gave up, Youzifang's clothes were torn and dirty, and he couldn't see the original color at all.
"Little master, I have some things I want to tell you, is that okay?" Just when Xiao Ba was thinking about what color You Zifang's clothes were before, Lao Sun spoke, he asked tentatively, and when he heard this, Xiao Ba looked back at him and nodded, what makes the old man like this, I'm afraid it won't be a trivial matter.
"The old man has been walking this waterway for many years, the little young master should have heard of it, some rumors about this waterway" Hearing Lao Sun's question, Xiaoba nodded again.
"I've personally experienced some rumors on this waterway, and there are some things that are more bizarre than the rumors" Lao Sun said with a solemn expression, Xiao Ba guessed that Lao Sun must have experienced those rumors, because Shopkeeper Liu said that Lao Sun is a boatman for many years, and his experience is absolutely fine, and it may be difficult not to encounter something after so many years of experience.
"Twenty years ago, I was only in my early thirties, I was a young adult, and at that time I didn't walk this waterway alone, but I walked this waterway with my virtuous wife" Lao Sun's face showed a complicated look, and he was a little sad about the things in his memory.
"You've got something weird," Hachi began.
"Yes, since we met that incident in Na Nan Lake, I have become a person holding the boat, and after so many years, I still haven't been able to let go" Lao Sun said here, and his sadness could not be hidden.
"Little master, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I said that these are actually a hurdle that the old man has never been able to pass in his heart, and he has never said it."
"Twenty years ago, everything was as safe as before, but on the calm South Lake, suddenly our boat was hit by something, the hull shook violently, just when those rumors were boiling, I got up and went to the side of the boat to look underwater, and found that the water around the boat was black, and I was frightened at that time."
"I was afraid that I would be swept underwater, so I asked my wife to move the sails, and the two of us paddled hard with their oars in the hope of getting out of the water as soon as possible."
"But no matter how hard we rowed, our boat didn't seem to move, and the scenery around us didn't change at all, and I panicked at that time," Lao Sun recalled with a complicated expression.
"I was still young, impetuous and flustered, and when I encountered these strange things, I was so frightened that my hands were shaking, and I could still paddle hard at first, but in the back I couldn't even grasp the oars steadily, and the oars fell into the water."
"I'm not as brave as my wife! I... Later, because I was really afraid, I hid in the room and didn't dare to go out," Lao Sun lowered his head, his voice trembling a little.
"My wife and she saw that she couldn't row the boat outside the house alone, so she had to move the sails again, but there was no wind on the water at that time, and no matter which direction it was facing, the sails did not move at all."
"We just stopped on the surface of the lake and didn't move."
"My wife came into the room to comfort me, cheer me up, and figure out a way with her, so that I could ease up a little and go out with her..."
"And then?" Seeing that Lao Sun was talking more and more slowly, Xiao Ba couldn't help asking.
"Then we looked around the boat to see if there were any passing boats and wanted to call for help from other boats."
"But there wasn't a single boat around, I don't know what's going on"
"That's when the lake exploded, and a column of water rose high, right on the right side of our boat!" Lao Sun's voice became excited.
"I was so frightened that I couldn't stand on my feet and sat down, and the boat was shaking so badly that I followed the hull and lost my mind, just trying to grab what I could hold on to with my hands."
"But my wife! She's in the water! I watched, but I didn't stand up, I didn't go to save her, I couldn't stand up! I still remember the desperate and helpless look in her eyes before she fell into the water, why did I! So the old grandson hung his head and burst into tears, his voice was full of remorse and self-blame.
Looking at the old man beside him who blamed himself and lost control of his emotions, a trace of inexplicable emotions rippled in Xiao Hachi's heart, maybe it was sympathy, maybe he felt sad, he couldn't speak and sat quietly.