Although Steward Liu said that he would set sail for Lin'an early tomorrow morning, he actually set off at anchor when it was almost dawn, and the sails were raised, hunting in the wind.

It was early spring, the wind was strong, the huge sails were blowing, as if there was an invisible giant hand pushing the big ship forward, galloping along the river all the way to Hangzhou.

If nothing else, you will arrive at the ferry port in Hangzhou before dawn.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the whole big ship shook slightly, and several sailors who had gathered on the deck to drink and keep warm were unstable, fell to the ground in embarrassment, and immediately covered the collision and shouted and cursed.

Everyone sleeping peacefully in the cabin was also awakened, all of them didn't know what was going on, Qiao Chen'an slept very lightly, woke up as soon as possible, opened his eyes, but saw Wu Qiuyue still sitting next to his bed, saw that he woke up, and said busily: "I don't know how this boat started, disturbing your dreams." ”

Qiao Chen'an said that it was okay, and as soon as he sat up from the bed, there was another loud noise, and the hull of the ship shook again, and then he heard Qian Duoduo shouting: "Steward Liu, what happened!"

Qiao Chen'an didn't feel sleepy anymore, Wu Qiuyue got up and walked out of the room after waiting for him to get dressed, and when he came to the deck, he found that dozens of people had already gathered outside, all of them with doubts on their faces, obviously not knowing what was going on.

Qian Duoduo and Steward Liu were standing at the bow of the boat, Qiao Chenan stepped forward and asked, "Brother Qian, what's the matter?" Wu Qiuyue followed behind him.

Qian Duoduo saw him come out and said, "Brother Qiao is also awake, I don't know very well, the hull of the ship seems to have hit something." ”

As he was talking, another loud noise came from the water at the bottom of the boat, and everyone stood unsteadily, Qian Duoduo called the leading boatman and reprimanded: "How did you drive the boat?

The captain of the boatman was a man in his fifties, with dark skin, and after hearing his words, he hurriedly explained: "Young master, the road is right, I usually go to Hangzhou to take this waterway, how many years have I walked, I will definitely not be wrong!"

Qian Duoduo frowned, obviously in a bad mood, "Then what do you say is going on? How can a good ship be driven like this? What do you want to eat?"

Seeing that the master was angry, the captain of the boatman was naturally very frightened, and said: "Maybe the sediment at the bottom of the water has accumulated too high, which affects the progress of the boat, so I will send someone to take a look, young master, wait!"

After that, he hurriedly called two young sailors, and gave a few orders, and the two sailors first let a small boat go down, and despite the cold water of the river, they jumped into the water one after another, and dived to the bottom of the water and disappeared, apparently to check the underwater situation.

Everyone waited on the boat, who knew that after a long time, they didn't see the two people coming up, and their hearts gradually became anxious, Qiao Chen'an said: "The sky is cold, the river is cold and biting, the two of them just jumped down, there should be no accident!"

The captain knew that he was a distinguished guest of the master's house, and hurriedly replied: "No, all the boys under my command are good at making water, and they can go into the water even on cold days!"

However, after nearly a quarter of an hour, the two of them still didn't come out, and now even he was a little suspicious, even if the water was good, but after such a long time, he always had to come up to the river to catch his breath, right?

Then he sent two more people down, but they were still nowhere to be found, and everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.

And in the process, the big ship was about to shake almost every few moments, and the speed of moving forward became slower and slower, as if there was some living creature in the water hitting the hull, Qian Duoduo's face was gloomy, and there was nothing he could do at this time.

"Brother Qiao, what's wrong?"

Suddenly there was a voice of someone talking in his ears, Qiao Chenan turned his head to look, but saw Xu Xian yawning and sleepy-eyed, obviously just woke up, and said in his heart, you are sleeping soundly.

"I don't know. ”

Qiao Chen said, suddenly frowning slightly, the tip of his nose moved slightly, I don't know if it was his illusion, there seemed to be a faint smell of blood in the air.

Finally, a young sailor stepped forward and said boldly: "Young master, could it be because we didn't sacrifice to the river god this time, which made the river god and his old man angry......

When Qian Duoduo heard this, he said in a deep voice: "This time the goods are in a hurry, but I forgot to sacrifice, it would be bad if it was really the river god's anger......

Hearing the conversation between the two, Qiao Chen moved with peace of mind, and said in surprise: "Sacrifice to the river god?"

Qian Duoduo said: "Brother Qiao is a scholar, naturally does not understand many rules of our industry, in order to seek safety along the road, smooth sailing, we have to kill pigs and sheep before traveling, sacrifice to the river god, and ask the river god to protect it." ”

Qiao Chen'an nodded, people in this era are generally very superstitious, down to the common people, up to the officials and dignitaries, most of them are convinced that there are ghosts and gods in the world, so they have to sacrifice before doing many things, in order to ask for the protection of the gods.

Only these scholars are staunch 'atheists', but if they read too many books, they often find that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained by the knowledge in books, and in addition, there are high-ranking people in various places from time to time to manifest their means, and finally they will gradually transform into staunch supporters of 'theism'.

But who can say whether there is a god or no god in this world?

If there is a god in your heart, then there is nothing in this world that cannot be a god, and if there is no god in your heart, even if all the gods and Buddhas are standing in front of you, you can regard it as nothing, but it is just floating clouds.

Idealism only.

When the people on the boat heard that they might have angered the river god, they immediately became panicked, and all their faces showed a look of horror, and an aura of panic quietly spread on the boat.

Qiao Chen'an was suspicious of the identity of this 'river god', but he just forgot the sacrifice by accident, so he secretly made a mistake to obstruct the big ship from moving forward, what kind of god is this?

Even if there are really aliens underwater, I'm afraid it's just some kind of ghost that doesn't enter the stream!

Before he walked slowly to the bow of the ship, he looked down and saw a black shadow the size of a hut under the water, slowly swimming, and I don't know what kind of spirit it was.

couldn't help but scold: "Where are the ghosts making trouble here, don't retreat quickly!"

When he said this, he subconsciously hugged Yuan Shouyi, the power of the Yin God was great, and his eyes were angry, as if the gods had descended from the earth, and his body burst out with a strong sense of righteousness, ordinary people did not see it, but the spirit in the river had been greatly shocked.

Qiao Chen'an suddenly drank this, so shocked that everyone on the boat looked at him, with horror and a little anger in his eyes, and said in his heart that this Qiao Dacai is really stupid to read the sage books, what is the use of scolding like this? Maybe it will backfire and anger the river god even more, how can they have good fruits to eat.

Qian Duoduo's eyes were also puzzled, maybe there was only one female ghost on the entire boat who could understand the intention of Qiao Chen'an's actions.

But then, an incredible scene happened, the shaking of the hull suddenly stopped, and the speed of the whole big ship gradually increased!

It took a long time for everyone to come back to their senses, and they all looked at Qiao Chen'an incredulously, and drank away the ghosts and gods, it was like a dream!

Qian Duoduo stared at Qiao Chen'an and said in surprise: "Brother Qiao, Brother Qiao...... What a spirit!" He really couldn't think of any words to express his feelings.

Qiao Chenan didn't speak, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that when he succeeded in cultivation in the future, he would definitely come back and collect the ghosts in the river. But in a matter of moments, four young lives passed before his eyes, and nothing could be forgiven.

But in a blink of an instant, he thought that in the vast Great Xia, the mountains, rivers and rivers are endless, I don't know how many spirits are hiding in it, and I don't know how many people are killed every day, but it is not something he can control.

Perhaps this is the fate that all living beings should have when they are born, born and passed away, all in the operation of the Heavenly Dao, and cannot be changed.

There are mayflies in the North Sea, and the world is only between square inches, which is really a great sorrow.

The Buddha often said that in the reincarnation of cause and effect, can these innocent victims really enter the reincarnation? If this is the case, then there should not be Wu Qiuyue by his side at this time!

I still remember that the king of the earth Bodhisattva made a great vow before entering the underworld, and the hell is not empty, and he will not become a Buddha. But when and what month can hell be truly emptied?

......

The big boat rowed across the river, and everyone gradually dispersed, but after this incident, Qiao Chenan no longer felt sleepy, standing on the bow of the boat, facing the cold wind, blowing his robes.

Looking up, the world is as vast as a big lake, and the living are as humble as a small boat.