At this moment, I saw that the old boatman no longer chased after the two, and just stood in place, and then saw him collapse into the water.

"Quick, carry him into the house. Lu Yezi said urgently.

After Lu Yezi shouted, Liang Shiming came back to his senses, and boldly stepped forward with Lu Yezi to scoop up the old boatman who was as weak as mud from the water. At this time, the moonlight was reflected, and the old boatman returned to his previous appearance, but his eyes were closed and there was no life, and no matter how he patted it, there was no response.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Liang Shiming.

Lu Yezi glanced at Liang Shiming and said, "What's the matter?" Do you want to save him first, or do you want to know what happened to him first?"

After Lu Yezi asked, Liang Shiming remembered the entrustment of the old man on Water Street again, and after hearing Lu Yezi's words, it seemed that it could be treated, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "Save him first! Save him first!"

The two of them put the old boatman into the grass hut and put it on the straw couch, Lu Yezi asked Liang Shiming to find some clothes to cover the old boatman, and he took out a piece of peach bark from his arms, grabbed the old boatman's finger, bit his index finger and dipped it in blood and drew on the peach bark.

The spell was completed, Lu Yezi held the charm and recited the spell in front of the straw couch a few times, and then ordered Liang Shiming to burn the peach wood talisman, and then pried open the old boatman's mouth and poured the ashes and clear water.

The water was poured down for a moment and it had an effect, and the old boatman woke up and coughed non-stop, followed by vomiting out a large pool of filth, and when he looked closely, there was a black worm more than a foot long, the black worm was viscous and smooth, and when he first arrived on the ground, he still jumped and stopped, and he curled up in a ball and did not move.

Liang Shiming's scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but gasp, and he felt that the fishy breath was unbearable and retched.

"This evil animal!" Lu Yezi scolded viciously, spitting on the ground.

At this moment, the whole room was filled with a fishy smell, Liang Shiming covered his nose and asked, "Lu Daochang, this, this is?"

"The water ghost locks his life. Lu Yezi didn't care about the filth and squatted next to the little insect and said, "The water ghost can't go ashore, so he uses this insect to drill into the human body, hook people's souls, puppet its five forms, and hold this old man hostage to drown in the river." How could I have a profound Taoism, I didn't let it fulfill its wish, but was made by my half-cut peachwood stick, and ended up annihilated. Lu Yezi said proudly, and then muttered as if puzzled, "Who did what kind of evil karma in this world provoked this evil thing to come to the world!?"

Listening to what Lu Yezi said, Liang Shiming knew that the old boat man was not chasing the two of them, but going to the river to drown.

At this moment, hearing that the little insect in front of him was so vicious, Liang Shiming curiously leaned forward, and was just about to take a closer look, Lu Yezi had already brought a chopstick to pick up the long insect from the ground, Liang Shiming saw the situation and hurriedly pinched his nose and retreated, and asked, "Dao Chief, where did this insect come from?"

According to the book, this is a fishy moth. Lu Yezi stared at the insects provoked, and said in surprise, "If I remember correctly, this should be the evil insect in the 'ant moth and worm boiling in the small hell' under the rule of Emperor Xudu." ”

Although Liang Shiming didn't understand, he was sure that this little insect that was a fishy borer was extremely evil, so he asked with an ugly face: "Daoist Lu, what should I do with it now?"

"How to deal with it? This little insect is an extraordinary thing, and it is mostly used by demons and evil to appear in the world, and it must not be disposed of at will. With that, he picked up the long worm and limped out of the door and walked towards the peach grove behind the house.

When Lu Yezi returned to the grass house after disposing of the insects, the old boatman also woke up, and the two felt inconvenient to tell the reason, so they gave each other a look, and hypothesized in unison that the old boatman had just become ill and had been treated properly, nothing more.

Although the old boat man was also confused, he looked at the mess in front of him, and thought that what the two said was true, so he couldn't help but thank them a thousand times, and even took out his long-cherished fruit wine to entertain the two. At this time, Lu Yezi also got off the donkey down the slope, found a few pieces of peach bark and wrote a charm, burned it and put it on the ankles of himself and the old boatman, and patiently taught the old boatman the truth, saying that although the charm could not cure the disease, it could comb the breath, smooth the meridians and activate the meridians, and had the effect of activating blood and removing blood stasis.

Now seeing that the old boatman has avoided the danger, Liang Shiming feels full of relief, as for the matter of the old man on Water Street, he decided not to mention it to the old boatman again, after all, he is still confused, and no matter whether the "trust of Water Street" is true or false, now the old boatman has been rescued, and the result is always good, so he simply explained to the old boatman that it was encountered in his dream, so he prevaricated the past.

The three of them chatted for a while, then hastily ate something and fell asleep, how could no one sleep at this time, the old boat man was palpitating and uneasy; Lu Yezi seemed to be thinking about the tragic past on the top of Maoshan Mountain; and as for Liang Shiming, at this moment he inadvertently thought of a person in his heart, which was like the disappeared Bu Hong, Jin Jiao who made him unable to let go.

In the early morning of the next day, the old shipman left some food and clothing, and said goodbye to the two of them and left first. Because Lu Yezi's foot injury had not yet healed, Liang Shiming had to stay with him for a few days. In the past few days, in addition to sewing and drying their clothes, Lu Yezi has been healing his wounds as usual, and Liang Shiming has searched by the river every day. He was always looking forward to a raft on the river that would slowly swim while he was looking at it, and Buhong was standing on it waving to him.

"I don't need to persuade you. Lu Yezi came behind Liang Shiming with an iron rod and said, "It's been a few days, how can you still find it? Not to mention that this place is also a long way from Maoshan Mountain." ”

Liang Shiming came back to his senses and saw that Lu Yezi's complexion was much better, so he asked, "Dao Chief, are your feet well?"

Lu Yezi tried to take two steps and said, "It's much better, thank you Liang Gongzi for remembering." ”

Liang Shiming looked at the sackcloth straw shoes on his body and said, "Don't call me Liang Gongzi, now I ......"

"It's going to be called. Lu Yezi said and grabbed Liang Shiming's arm violently, and said mysteriously, "I won't hide it from you, you and Dao Ye are very close to each other!"

Looking at Lu Yezi with a serious face, Liang Shiming's eyes widened indifferently.

Lu Yezi said matter-of-factly: "Although Dao Ye and I have profound spells, but in the past, I have never had the power of magic last night, Liang Gongzi, you are beside me, and you are like a divine help!"

"Last night?" Liang Shiming brushed through his paste-like memories and said vaguely, "You mean last night, by the river, when you poked the water ghost with a wooden stick?"

"What's the matter? Not that time, or which time? It's that water ghost!" Lu Yezi thought that Liang Shiming was pretending to be confused with him, so he pushed his arm violently in anger.

Liang Shiming was very happy in his heart, thanks to the fact that he was groggy at that time, and the golden light flashed in front of him, so he didn't see the face of the water ghost, otherwise he would have been scared half to death. Seeing that Lu Yezi seemed to be displeased at this time, he said again: "After I heard the bell last night, I felt that the golden light was dazzling and thousands of horses were galloping...... The others didn't look closely. ”

"What golden light, ten thousand horses?" Lu Yezi looked at Liang Shiming suspiciously, and said, "You kid, don't play tricks with Daoye, is my master still telling you something, you didn't say it?"

Lu Yezi, who didn't want to share the hardships and hardships, actually doubted himself, and Liang Shiming said unhappily in his heart: "If the Taoist chief has no other instructions, Xiao Ke, take your leave first!"

"What's the matter?" Lu Yezi asked with a of a, "Master Dao, I'm just joking with you." Besides, if you say goodbye to me, where can you go?"

"Go home!"

"How do you go back? Walk back, starve you to death halfway!"

Hearing this, Liang Shiming was also deflated, and asked helplessly, "What should I do?"

"Why don't you and I leave here, go to the neighboring town first, and then make plans!" Lu Yezi said confidently.

There was no other way, Liang Shiming could only nod yes.

Packed up, the two set off immediately. Along the way, I was fortunate enough to take a bullock cart and arrived in a village twenty miles west of Whitewater in the evening.

The two of them were hungry and exhausted along the way, and when they saw the village from afar, they immediately quickened their pace.