In the afternoon, the porters had not yet completed the loading task, and the grain transport officer came several times to urge him to be sure to finish moving before sunset, otherwise the departure would be delayed tomorrow.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't grind, you can't finish moving before sunset, and you won't be paid!" Wang San received the order of the grain transport officer, and also reprimanded him sharply.

Liu Dianzong had never done such rough work, and he lasted until the afternoon, and his body could no longer bear it, so he retorted: "Why do you have to exhaust people to death before sunset?"

Wang San happened to be far away, and he didn't hear this, there was a porter next to Liu Dianzong, who looked old, with gray hair and skinny, grabbed Liu Dianzong and whispered: "Young man, don't be loud, we can leave this dock after moving before sunset, let's move quickly." ”

"Why don't you take a break from moving in the morning to now, after sunset, and then in the evening. Liu Dianzong said unrelentingly.

The old footman looked at Liu Dianzong and said, "Ah, you turned out to be a foreigner, and you don't know how powerful this Liyang wharf is." ”

Liu Dianzong was stunned for a moment and said, "What's so powerful?"

"Let me tell you, seven years ago, there was a big flood in Taihu Lake, the Seshui River flowed backwards, the wind and waves of that day overturned all the boats on the wharf, and the people on the shore were also flooded a lot, with countless casualties, since then, this Liyang Wharf has been a water ghost, after sunset, on this wharf, there are often people falling into the water on the banks of the river for several miles, and the corpse can not be found. The old footman carried the sack on his back, and his voice was mixed with panting.

"Water ghost?" Liu Dianzong became interested when he heard it, and thought, this water ghost has been doing evil in Liyang City for many years, if he can get rid of this big trouble, why not get the entanglement of going to Huzhou, and he won't have to suffer from this bird anger anymore!

"Uncle, if I have a way to get rid of this water ghost, what do you think?" Liu Dianzong wiped the sweat on his face, the old footman heard the words and looked at him, Liu Dianzong's face was full of mud, stinky sweat, and loose hair, if it weren't for the clothes on his body, he would be a little footman who said crazy things.

"Are you kidding? If you had this ability, would you do this hard work here?" The old footman looked like an old man and was very suspicious of Liu Dianzong's words.

"I'm not joking, I'm telling the truth, I'm originally from Longhu Mountain, eh, I'm a cultivator, it's not a difficult thing to subdue demons and catch ghosts. Liu Dianzong originally planned to tell his teacher, but he felt that his current identity was too low, so he temporarily concealed it.

The old footman nodded and said: "I don't look like you're doing what we do, since you said okay, I'll take you to the land security of this dock, if you can get rid of this water ghost, the people on this side won't treat you badly." ”

It is in the arms of Liu Dianzong.

After sunset, the wharf is really empty, under the lantern raised high, only the river water flows endlessly, in the shadow of the light, a row of empty boats sway lightly with the river on the river, and the people on the boat also hide in the boat, easily dare not show their heads, the sound of the waves is gusting, the wind is fierce, and the ears are like a drum and wailing.

Liu Dianzong ordered people to set up a square table on the stone platform in the middle of the wharf, set up a plate of cinnabar, a number of yellow papers, a basin of clear water, and lit two red candles.

Liu Dianzong came to the square table, stood up, Wu Yiming also followed, the two of them did not wear Taoist robes, they were dressed in civilian clothes, but they also had a bit of a posture.

Wu Yiming learned that Liu Dianzong wanted to take the initiative to catch ghosts, but he didn't support it, because they hadn't been punished yet, and they weren't really Taoist mages.

Liu Dianzong silently congratulated in front of the Dharma platform, stretched out his hand and pulled up a piece of yellow paper, dipped his right hand in cinnabar, wrote a summoning charm on the paper, threw it in the air, pulled out the Qingmang sword with one hand, the green light flashed, the sword body was swept away, Liu Dianzong had water in his mouth, sprayed on the sword body, lightly stabbed, put the yellow paper on the tip of the sword, and recited words in his mouth:

Dry crystal shines on the east of the jade pond,

The Messenger of the Alliance,

Throwing fire thousands of miles to the earthquake palace,

Demons have nowhere to hide,

Five thunder generals, the last true monarch,

Soar to the ground and drive thunder to the clouds,

Where is the demon, quickly appear,

Haste as a law!

As the spell ended, Liu Dianzong pinched the fire with his hand, pointed at the sword, and the yellow talisman suddenly burned, causing a big fire, Liu Dianzong shook his hand, and the burning fire talisman fell into the water, and the fire disappeared.

Di Bao and the others saw this, and they didn't admire it very much, he didn't know how many Taoist priests he had seen, and he seemed to have clever means, but in the end he was caught by the water ghost, and the bones were gone, this time he was also unsure, and watched Liu Dianzong's movements.

The fire talisman sank into the water for less than a few seconds, and suddenly, a whirlpool suddenly rose on the calm water surface, deeper and deeper, the water waves surged, as if there was a force spiraling up from the bottom of the water, a column of water rose to the sky, the wind swept over, overturned several small boats and fell into the water, the water waves fell, and four gray figures appeared in the air, standing side by side, gray clothes and gray shirts, blue faces, wearing black veils, hideous faces, long teeth and sharp noses, each holding a hook in his hand, the cold light flashed.

Di Bao and the others were so frightened that they quickly shrank their necks, and the old foot man trembled and asked in a low voice: "Is this the water ghost?" Di Bao glared and scolded: "Don't shut up yet!"

One of the four water ghosts sneered and said, "Where did you come from, you dare to knock on the door of the four kings of your family, you are not small, take your life!"

Seven years ago, there was a change in the bottom of Taihu Lake, the lake water was poured back, the Seshui River was reversed, and a river mussel monster followed the tide and came to the Liyang Wharf, ate the four boatmen who were rushing to the boat, and collected their souls, and used the three souls and seven spirits of the living people as a guide, refining them into a shadowless yaksha, for their own drive, and waiting for opportunities to hunt living people around the wharf, eat their hearts and livers raw, and supplement their cultivation.

These four people were originally brothers, named respectively, Luo Dayong, Luo Erbao, Luo Sanhang, Luo Siwu, when the four of them were alive as boatmen, they were restless and guarded themselves, and they often saw guests wrapped heavily, and when they rushed to a secluded place where no one was around, they wanted to rob people's money and harm people's lives, and they were given a nickname "Four Palaces of Yama" by the Jianghu people , It shows that his heart is ruthless, and then he died in the hands of the river mussel monster, and the soul was refined into a yaksha, which fueled their ferocity, and he did evil at the Liyang wharf, and lurked on the shore after sunset, hunted civilians, and made the land city god, and the god of the Seshui River was also driven away by the four yashas, so he called himself the four kings of Seshui, and called the river mussel monster as the emperor of Taihu Lake, and ran rampant in the Laishui River for seven years, eating hundreds of people and dozens of monks, and no one in his eyes, he regarded himself as the big of the world, and no one could subdue them.