There was not a light in the distance, and darkness enveloped all around.

Only the boat was lit up.

"What do you do in Yuanshandu? Looking for relatives or friends? The boatman asked casually.

"I don't look for relatives or friends, I go for a walk." Li Ping'an said.

"Go for a spin?" The boatman wondered, "What's better about that place?" ”

"Nothing fun?"

"What a fun place!" The boatman said, "It's good to be able to survive, if you have this in mind, you might as well go back as soon as possible." ”

"It's coming."

The boatman chattered and said: "That Yuanshandu has been fighting in the past few years, and many people have died.

It is said that the entire ferry port was stained red with blood.

There are often lonely ghosts wandering here, which is very scary.

Later, the big battles stopped, but they have always been chaotic, and the small battles continued.

Ringing horses, thieves, killing people, and stealing goods........"

Li Ping'an nodded slightly, drinking the noodle soup with his head bored.

From time to time, cold winds blow.

"If it's so messy, why are the boatmen still here, why don't they change places?"

"Me? I'm waiting for my son! ”

"Oh?"

"My son went to Beijing to take the exam.

Literate at the age of three, read at the age of five, and it is not easy for a child from a poor family to become a reader. ”

Speaking of his son, the boatman was full of smiles.

The tip of the cat's nose rises and falls, as if it smells some kind of rotten.

Turning his head to look at the old cow.

Did Niu Niu secretly fart again?

Li Ping'an listened patiently, talking to the boatman as if he was chattering.

"I grew up with my mother-in-law, and I had a baby at the age of eighteen.

But at that time, they were not married.

Her family fled north, and on the night of the escape, she said that she would sneak out and stay with me.

I waited for her all night and didn't see her.

Later, I waited for her here, and the child grew up.

After entering Beijing to catch the exam, I waited here for my son again. ”

Li Ping'an: "But are you looking for no more?" ”

"Looking for what?"

"Find an aunt."

"Then what should my mother-in-law do when she comes back to me?"

Li Ping'an smiled.

"What about you?"

After talking so much about himself, the boatman suddenly asked.

"Me?" Li Ping'an raised his head.

The boatman said: "Look at your dress, you should be a capable person." ”

"Why?"

"Most of the people who have no ability have died these years, and they don't have any skills, who dares to walk this night road."

"It's kind of a skill."

"What are you doing here?"

"Just walk around."

The boatman only thought that the other party was unwilling to tell him, so he didn't ask much.

"Knock ——!!"

Halfway through, I heard a heavy sound.

The hull shook.

The boatman was startled and peeled his oars a few times in the river.

Suddenly, a huge force dragged him into the water.

"Hey... Help me! Help ....."

Watch as the boatman was thrown into the water.

Li Ping'an stretched out a hand and grabbed him.

He easily dragged him onto the boat, and raised another hand to touch the water lightly.

Suddenly, the surface of the river rippled.

And it calmed down.

The boatman was drenched, looking at this scene, stunned for a moment.

"It's... This...."

"Is the boat family okay?"

“.... Nothing, nothing! ”

The boatman wiped a handful of water from his face.

My son hasn't come back yet, so I can't die here.

"It's cold, let's go to the boat and rest for a while."

"Can you row?"

"Not in the next place."

As he spoke, he saw the boat fluttering rapidly.

It's not like it's going all by the wind.

The boatman glanced at Li Ping'an suspiciously.

Yes? Who's rowing?

"Moo!"

The old cow lay on the stern of the boat, his legs swaying up and down in the water.

The cat also learns its movements, but apparently its legs are not long enough.

So you can't reach the surface of the water at all.

The boatman rubbed his eyes and looked at Li Ping'an again.

..............

Arrived at the ferry.

The boatman had already changed into clean clothes and thanked Li Ping'an, who had disembarked from the boat.

And resolutely do not charge for the boat.

The boatman smiled, and the folds on his face seemed to be blooming.

"Be careful in the future, thanks to having you here today.

Otherwise, he will die here, and he will not even be able to see his son. ”

Li Ping'an was stunned and sighed lightly.

"Boat family, I ate a bowl of noodles from you, how about giving you an afterlife?"

"Huh?"

The boatman was stunned, but he didn't understand what he was saying?

Li Ping'an said in a deep voice: "If you cling to one thought, you will be trapped in one thought." ”

The boatman frowned, "You... What else do you say? ”

He took a step back, but it was as if he had touched something.

When I looked down, I saw a corpse that had long since decomposed.

"This.... This is me!? ”

The boatman sat on the boat with a face full of disbelief.

"Nope! No! I'm not dead yet!

How can I die, I still have to wait for my mother-in-law, and I have to wait for my son who is admitted to the famous name, how can I die!! ”

"The edict of the Supreme Lord, the lonely soul of Chaoyou.

Ghosts and ghosts, four lives are ........"

Li Ping'an had already recited the curse of death.

Wisps of black gas rose from the boatman's body.

"Nope! No!! ”

"You misunderstood, I can't die, can you stop reading it."

The boatman was already whimpering and crying, like a child.

"My aunt and my son won't find me......"

"Wait for the crowd, and be in a hurry to overlive.

Waiting for the crowd, in a hurry to overlive. ”

The mantra of the past is already at the end.

Li Ping'an sighed lightly, "The boatman.... But it's time to hit the road, and you can't wait. ”

The boatman began to cry again like a scoundrel.

After crying for a while, it was as if he had accepted his fate.

"That's it."

The boat family said: "I also hope that the immortal chief will tell me, how is my aunt and my son who went to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Li Ping'an made a calculating gesture and said.

"Your son has become an official, and your aunt has married a good man, everything is very good."

The boatman was relieved and muttered, "That's good, that's good." ”

His body gradually dissipated, and he fell to his knees.

Kowtowed to Li Ping'an, "If you think about the immortal chief, you can't repay the great kindness." ”

"Boatmen don't have to be so ....."

Li Ping'an reached out to help him, but he didn't have time yet.

The figure has already blurred and dissipated between heaven and earth.

Li Ping'an withdrew his hand.

Then he and Lao Niu dug a pit and buried the body of the boatman.

Mao'er asked, "Is his son really an official?" ”

"I don't know."

"I don't know, why lie to him."

"White lies."

"Uh-huh........"

The cat suddenly raised her head, "Then do you often lie to fairies!?" ”