Volume 2 Chapter 23 Up the River
"What are you?!" Ink smoke neck stalk.
"You... Listen to me! The Black Horned Dragon King stammered.
"Ink smoke!" Hong Kun hurriedly shouted. Mo Yan closed his mouth at this time.
"So, we cultivated all the way and swam all the way back. Unexpectedly, according to Master's teachings, as soon as we returned here, we could already transform into human form! When the Black Horned Dragon King said this, his eyes were full of gratitude. Hong Kun couldn't help but be surprised, he could practice to transform into a human form in such a short time, no wonder the master would take the initiative to transform them!
"After that, we built a palace here, and in addition to practicing every day, we also inspected the river, and lived comfortably. But every time we think of Master, we haunt our hearts and our hearts are not at peace. Therefore, whenever a carp returned from Longmen, we would come to inquire about Master's whereabouts, but there was no news. The Blackhorn Dragon King glanced at Hongkun.
"He didn't say where he lived, so we couldn't go and ask. In desperation, we had to hope that his old man would be able to get out of danger and come here to find us one day, and he knew that we were from Hejin. So we would surface every day and observe the passing boats, hoping to see his old man on which boat! "The Blackhorn Dragon King is sincere.
"On this day, as soon as we surfaced, we saw a small boat parked in the middle of the river, and on it a pot-bellied old man was fishing in the river. We wanted to ignore him, but there was no bait on his hook! We were all so curious that we couldn't help but want to get closer and understand, but before we even arrived, we already felt that something was wrong. Although there was no bait on the hook, it made us feel strongly devoured. In desperation, for the sake of all the brothers, I had to bite the fish hook first! "The Black Horned Dragon King said very righteously.
"Oh?!" The crowd was even more surprised. This pot-bellied old man is definitely not an ordinary person!
I thought it was going to be over, but I didn't expect the old man to laugh when he saw my five long beards, and said: "Fate comes and goes, let it be!" As he spoke, he threw an incense burner into the river, and then whispered to me, saying that as long as we grabbed some people and put them in the incense burner every full moon night, and waited until we had made up enough eighteen, we could refine the golden pill, and help us greatly increase our Taoism and get out of the confinement of this river! So, we ... “
"Have you had enough?" Hong Kun hurriedly asked. The Black-Horned Dragon King shook his head and said with a little annoyance, "If I hadn't run into you, I would have made up enough tonight!" “
"Oops! Do you blame us? Even if the master enlightens you, and you do such evil and hurt innocent people, I will do the right thing for heaven today! Hongkun was so angry that he raised his sword.
"Senior brother, don't! The injury is an injury, but there is no harm! The Blackhorned Dragon King shook his head desperately in fright.
"What do you mean?"
"Those people, they are still alive, they are not dead! You have to make up enough eighteen to cultivate, so... The Blackhorned Dragon King hurriedly explained.
"Really?!" Seeing the Black Horned Dragon King nodding again and again, Hong Kun's face softened slightly. Thankfully, otherwise it would have been really hard for him to do. Especially the fishermen, kill them, and their wives and children will become orphans and widows; Don't kill it, they can't say anything for the tiger, it's okay now, as long as they punish it a little!
After that, the black-horned dragon king told how they blackmailed the old fisherman, and then did evil, and what he said was similar to what the old fisherman had confessed, and it seemed that the old fisherman did not tell a lie.
"Senior Brother Hong, what to do with them?" Biyi asked impatiently. Hong Kun frowned tightly and said nothing.
"Senior brother, we were confused by that old man, vainly trying to practice the evil way, in this river is indeed doing evil, if it wasn't for the senior brother to stop us, we must have made a big mistake. I have no complaints about how to deal with it! However, these brothers are all acting according to my orders, and I hope that the senior brother can look at the face of the master and give them a chance to mend their ways! The black-horned dragon king threw himself to the ground.
"Alas! You guys this ... Before he could speak, the other carp spirits all fell to the ground, desperately trying to punish others.
"Senior Brother Hong, the prodigal son will not change his money! Just give them a chance! The fat girl couldn't help but say.
"yes, yes, haven't I also reformed myself!" Mei Niang hurriedly helped.
Hong Kun glanced at Han Yu, then turned to Jin Guishan, and said warmly, "Brother Jin, what do you see? “
"Lingchi, put away the dust!" Jin Guishan hurriedly commanded.
Before the words fell, He Lingchi withdrew the dust, and those carp spirits immediately regained their freedom. They looked at each other, and then fell to the ground again: "Thank you, senior brother!" “
"I'm not your brother!" Hongkun's nose is crooked.
"Although Master did not accept us, for us, he will always be our Master! You are his old man's apprentice, and we should call you senior brother as a matter of course! "The Black Horned Dragon King has a stalk in his neck.
"Alas... There are no fish to eat now! Yibai couldn't help but sigh.
"Eat, eat, eat, know to eat!" Unexpectedly, Han Yu was in a hurry first. The fat girl hurriedly pulled a handful of cakes, and the cake knew that she was speechless, so she quickly lowered her head and looked around to find the turtle brother.
"This one..." The Blackhorned Dragon King pointed to a loaf of bread.
"My surname is Hongmingkun! This fat man is my junior brother, so let's call him a cake。。。 Although he was reluctant, Hongkun still introduced them one by one, after all, Master would not point them out for no reason.
When Hongkun finished his introduction, the Black Horned Dragon King also hurriedly introduced these carp essences. It turned out that the master also named them one by one, the Black Horned Dragon King was called Long Yi, and the rest were called Long Er and Long San according to the age of the fish, until they were called Dragon Eighteen. No wonder the pot-bellied old man had to make up the eighteen number.
"Senior brother, can you let us go back to the water for a while?" As soon as he finished the introduction, Long Yi couldn't wait to plead. Hong Kun naturally understood that they were about to appear in their original form, so he quickly nodded. However, as soon as Long Yi walked a few steps, he suddenly stopped, he looked back at Jin Guishan and said, "Brother Jin, can you return those fish scales to us?" “
"What fish scales?" Jin returns to the mountain.
"Oh, those silver darts! They are cultivated by our Taoism, your pagoda has sucked them all away, if we can't get them back, the Taoism will be greatly reduced, I hope you can return them to us! Long Yi said embarrassedly.
"Oh, I said why can't you later! It turned out to be a bald fish! Hey! Ichibagu, who returned with the turtle in his arms, immediately burst out laughing. Behind him, Mo Yan also walked over with the three fishermen, and the old fisherman was still carrying the bucket of river fresh in his hand.
Jin Guishan shook his head and said, "If you have a life, you may return it!" But this lifeless thing, can't be returned! “
"Alas, well! This is the punishment we deserve. As soon as the dragon said no more, he took the bucket from the old fisherman's hand, and then turned and jumped into the river with the fish spirits.
"It's not going to run!" Biyi shrugged her nose. None of them spoke.
After a full hour, there was no movement on the water. Just when everyone thought it was no longer playful, the water suddenly began to roll. Immediately, the dragon rushed out with all the demons, each of whom was carrying a common man in his hand.
"Senior brother, this is our captive people. This is the incense burner that the old man threw down! As soon as he spoke, the dragon handed over an incense burner.
This is a small gilded incense burner, with three legs, two dragons and ears, and the dragon's mouth upward, as if swallowing smoke and spitting smoke. Hongkun looked at it carefully, and then returned it to Long Yi.
"Put it away! As long as you don't use it, there may be other uses! ”
"Other uses?" Dragons one by one.
"Hehe, if that old man doesn't give you this incense burner, you won't kidnap people, if you don't kidnap people, we won't find your five beards, and we won't know the whereabouts of the master! Fate comes and goes! Let it be! Hong Kun laughed.
"I see!" Long Yi woke up like a dream.
When the people were released, Long Yi took some golden sands and gave them them, saying that it was an apology for them. The catastrophe did not die, and the golden sand was obtained, and all the people smiled and stepped forward to thank Hong Kun and others for saving their lives. The old fisherman was even more determined to stop fishing, and prepared to go ashore with his whole family to farm, eat vegetarian and do good deeds to atone for his sins.
"Do it for yourselves! When I find Master, I will report it truthfully! As for what his old man does with you, it's up to me! When everyone dispersed, Hongkun also took everyone and prepared to leave.
"I understand! Senior brother, what are you going to do next? Long Yi hurriedly asked.
"We're going to go to Longmen first! Let's see if we can find some clues about Master! Hong Kun glanced at Jin Guishan, and Jin Guishan nodded hurriedly.
"That's great! Take us with you! At that time, we were not able to save Master, so let us help you now! Before Long Yi could finish speaking, the rest of the carp spirits also pleaded in unison.
"I know your intentions, but if you can't go ashore for long, how can you follow us?" Hong Kun was shocked, it was already a fox, a rabbit and a turtle, and a group of carp with him?!
"Senior brother, please rest assured! Although we can't go ashore for a long time, we can follow along the river! If there's a case, we can also get out of the water to help! "It seems that Long Yi and they have planned it a long time ago.
Seeing that they were so persistent, and they were filial to their master, Hong Kun really couldn't refuse again, so he had to agree.
Although the waterway was faster, after discussing it for a long time, everyone decided to travel by land. One is that the enemy is likely to be a monster in the water, and there is a real advantage in case the water is not dominant; The second is that according to Ryuichi, the master has been captured from the water by the monster, and it is very likely that he has been locked up in a nearby cave, and he can explore it by land.
So, as soon as the dragons took the waterway, and the Hongkun and them took the land route, they advanced at the same time, and went straight to the dragon gate.
The way to Longmen, Long Yi and they are the clearest. Under their guidance, Hong Kun and his party walked along the Yellow River to find all the way, and soon came to the Yiluo River. Although the land trip is very hard, it is not as comfortable as riding a turtle, but everyone talks and laughs, watching flowers and enjoying the scenery along the way, but they don't feel anything.
On this day, seeing that it was getting late, Hongkun planned to find a place to rest. But there is no place to go to the village and no store, and there is not even a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so he hurriedly walked to the river and asked Long Yi and others in the water, Long Yi said that a few miles further is the Black Wind Crossing, where there should be an inn.
Sure enough, not long after moving forward, Black Wind Ferry appeared in front of him. Although it is not as good as Mengjin here, there are still two or three rooms in the inn. The largest in town was the Fortune Inn, so they went in, asked for two rooms on the second floor, and gave them some extra money to get some food.
Just as they were going downstairs to eat, the shopkeeper suddenly ran out. It was a thin, middle-aged man with two small black beards, and he mysteriously gathered to the table.
"Guys, rest early in the evening, it's okay, don't come out!" He said cautiously.
"Oh? What's going on? Hong Kun hurriedly asked. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper ignored him at all, turned his head to look at Yibia and the fat girl, and said, "Especially the two of you, don't come out!" “
"Shop?!" Hongkun was so angry that he reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Okay, I'll tell you!" The shopkeeper looked nervously at the doors and windows and said, "It's been a few months!" We have a monster here, and every once in a while, they come out in the middle of the night to kidnap people, and they specifically catch those fat ones! None of the fat people who were captured came back, I'm afraid they were all eaten by it! That's why I would like to remind you! “
"Hee-hee, catch the fat man, we must be fine!" Mo Yan couldn't help but laugh.
"It should be!" The shopkeeper looked at Mo Yan's small figure.
"Thank you! Thanks a lot! Hong Kun hurriedly stood up and saluted. The shopkeeper didn't say anything more, he glanced sympathetically at Yibae and the chubby girl, swallowed and spit, and turned away.
"What! This monster has a grudge against the fat man?! Yibai looked back at the window, he had planned to eat another bowl of rice, but now he didn't have the same mind.
"Whatever! There is a senior brother's pagoda, and no monster can escape! The fat girl didn't care, and continued to stuff the steamed buns into her mouth. Jin Guishan couldn't help but smile wryly.
"It doesn't have to come tonight! We'll leave tomorrow morning! Qi Yuanxiao said.
"Senior Brother Hong?" Bi Yi glanced at Qi Yuanxiao.
"That monster may be here when, we can't wait any longer. If we don't come tonight, let's go to Longmen to find out Master's whereabouts first, and when the results are available, it's not too late for us to come back and kill the demons! Of course, Hongkun understood Biyi's thoughts.
"Okay... Although Biyi was reluctant, she also knew that Hongkun was reasonable.
So, everyone hurriedly finished their meal and returned to their rooms. The men's room, headed by Hongkun, and the women's room, headed by Biyi, everyone lay down in their clothes, waiting for the arrival of the monster.
Until midnight, I didn't hear any movement, thinking that the monster wouldn't come tonight. The journey was tiring, and everyone soon fell asleep. Only a loaf of bread tossed and turned and it was difficult to sleep, probably because he ate one less bowl, and he was so hungry that he panicked. After much hesitation, Yibae decided to go down and find something to eat.
As soon as Yibi tiptoed to the verandah, he heard someone talking downstairs, and he hurriedly looked over, and it turned out to be a fat girl talking to the shopkeeper.
"You can think of ideas, just get some food!" The chubby girl said as she stuffed the little second-hand with silver. Yibai couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly walked to the staircase, which saved him trouble.
"Hehe, I'll get myself some food first!" The shopkeeper suddenly sneered.