Chapter Seventy-One: The Water Ghost Under the River
Speaking of Yueyang County, we have to mention its long history.
The Great Xia Dynasty was founded only for more than 100 years, while Yueyang County existed before the former dynasty, and it has a history of thousands and hundreds of years.
Yueyang County is not only rich in history, but also extremely rich.
In terms of prosperity, it is not only ranked first among the nine counties of Muzhou, but even if it is placed in the entire Great Xia, it must be among the top five.
The main reason why Yueyang County has developed so well is that the largest river in Great Xia, the Han River, flows through this place. And there are two tributaries that both flow through the land of Yueyang County.
Because there are many waterways, the transportation is very convenient and the business is very developed. Since the water source is abundant and the soil is fertile, the harvest is also good.
Under such conditions, how could Yueyang County not become a rich place that outsiders envied?
Yueyang County is so rich, and Yueyang County, which is the center of Yueyang County, is even more prosperous and charming.
The location of Yueyang County is very distinctive, and its shape and structure are generally the same as ordinary cities, and they are all square and square.
However, due to the high terrain it is located on, especially to the south of the county seat, there is a cliff directly away. And under the cliff is the main stream of the Han River, which flows through Yueyang County.
There are many passing ships floating on the river, but anyone who passes by can't help but look up at the city on the cliff. While sighing at the magic of nature, while admiring the ingenuity of the design and wisdom of the predecessors.
The five Tianchen were in one of the passing ships at the moment.
Because he was previously followed by a master, he had to be vigilant, and constantly changed his clothing and transportation methods on the way.
When they arrived at the bank of the Han River, Tianchen suddenly decided to take the waterway instead, just because the river had an unobstructed view, and if they wanted to follow them, they could only take a boat, and the shore where they were located was not a wharf, and there were no ships around to stay.
At this moment, a wealthy businessman with a big belly was passing by here on a boat cruise with his wife and concubine. Tianchen's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to ask for a piggyback.
Unexpectedly, the rich businessman not only refused, but also made sarcastic remarks, saying "don't go out if you don't have money". Tianchen's violent temper, where can he suffer from this bad breath?
I don't know when he hid a stone in his hand, but without saying a word, he smashed it, smashed the mouth of the rich merchant who was called Zhenghuan at once, and at the same time smashed the boat.
Before a few companions could react, Tianchen had already smashed all the men on the boat into the water.
"The woman consciously dives, otherwise she will fall into the water!" Tianchen held the stone in his hand and made a gesture to smash it.
"Ahh
The ladies screamed in terror and fell into the water to make dumplings.
Because the boat was not far from shore, the person who fell into the water quickly climbed ashore. As soon as the rich man came ashore, he grabbed Tianchen by the collar and vaguely threatened to sue the official, but Tianchen was very impatient and dragged the money bag from his waist, kicked him over, and sent him down to take a bath.
So Tianchen beckoned his companions to get on the boat and took the boat down to Yueyang.
Hua Xiaolou expressed a serious condemnation of his banditry behavior, and he even suspected that Tianchen deliberately did not go to the dock to look for a boat, but waited for the boat here halfway.
Because they spent a lot of money on changing cars along the way, they have already spent all the money they have carried. In doing so, Tianchen hijacked both ships and money, killing two birds with one stone. It always feels like it was premeditated.
Tianchen ignored Hua Xiaolou's crookedness, they didn't know that someone was following them at all, and they didn't know how terrible the person who was stalking them was, only by doing everything they could to ensure that no one continued to follow them, could they be safe.
However, so far, Tianchen has not noticed that anyone else is following them. Of course, it is also possible that the other party is clever, even if he is tracking, but Tianchen can't detect it.
But now, what bothers Tianchen the most is not this problem, but that he is seasick!
Since he drowned once some time ago, he learned that he couldn't swim in the water. So he started to be a little afraid of water, and it was because he was afraid of water that he was nervous when he got on the boat, because he was nervous...... Damn, I got seasick!
Tianchen's face was ugly, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his stomach was tumbling. He interrupted Hua Xiaolou's chatter very dissatisfied, rolled his eyes and said:
"Don't you bother, don't you just grab a broken boat, don't you just give it back to him when it's used up, I'm just requisitioning it reasonably, as for making such a fuss!
Hua Xiaolou still wanted to theorize, but was stopped by Tao Zhuo.
"Xiaolou, haven't you seen it yet? Tianchen is getting rid of someone tracking us all the way, and robbing the boat is also a last resort. ”
Not only Hua Xiaolou was surprised, but Wei Feng and Li Dazhuang were also surprised, they knew that Tianchen was tracking them all the way, but they really didn't know that someone was really following them.
Tianchen was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Tao Zhuo to know that they had been followed before. The reason why he knew was because of Yueyang Chenghuang, so how did she find out?
Forget it, if you don't understand, you don't want to, no, you have to hurry ashore, you can't help but vomit, vomit......
"Look, Yueyang County, we're here!"
As soon as Tianchen looked up, he saw the magnificent city on the cliff. At this time, my heart felt something, and my eyes noticed a gorgeous and elegant temple on the top of the cliff.
"City God Temple!"
Hua Xiaolou said on the side: "This Yueyang City God Temple was often brought by my father when I was a child, and it is said that the City God here is more effective, so I often burn incense here and make wishes." It's still big and beautiful inside, and we can go and play together when we finish our mission. ”
Tianchen smiled secretly in his heart, he didn't have to wait for the task to be completed, he was afraid that if he wanted to complete the task, he would have to go to this City God Temple first.
"Aren't you from home in Binh Duong County? Why don't you burn incense and make a wish in the temple in Binh Duong and go to the next county?"
"Please, Brother Chen, although my home is in Pingyang County, the distance is still closer to Yueyang County, besides, is there a City God Temple in Pingyang County?"
Tianchen frowned, forcing his vomit to try to distract himself.
"Why is there no City God Temple in Binh Duong County?"
"Wow, Brother Chen, you don't know your little common sense!"
Hua Xiaolou laughed, but when he saw that Tianchen was about to turn his face, he immediately turned pale and explained:
"A thousand years ago, Shinto was prosperous, and no matter the county seat, the county town, or the state town, the city had a city god. Since the two realms of immortals and mortals are no longer connected, the Shinto Dao has been much worse than before, and it has gradually declined.
Nowadays, in addition to some big cities and city god temples, only some thousand-year-old cities that continue to this day can be preserved. In addition to the city god temple in Muzhou, there is also a city god temple in the ancient city of Yueyang County. ”
"Huh, Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?"
"Vomit...... Vomit...... Ashore...... Hurry ashore and ...... first ...... vomit"
Tianchen couldn't maintain his image after all, he still didn't hold back, and vomited out, but fortunately, he reacted quickly, and he didn't vomit on the boat, and all of them poured into the surging river.
It's okay if you don't vomit, but when you vomit, it's endless, and for a while, Tianchen was tortured*, and all the things he ate yesterday were vomited, and even the bile was going to be vomited out if he vomited again.
Tianchen had no strength, so he simply lay on the wall of the boat, which was convenient for himself to vomit.
"Tianchen, are you okay?" Tao Zhuo looked at him as if he was going to die, and felt a little distressed.
Tianchen replied weakly: "My current state can only prove that I am still alive, so of course I have something." ”
"Brother Chen, it's okay, I was a little seasick when I was a child. My dad said, seasickness is a trivial matter, faint a few more times, vomit a few more times, and naturally you won't get dizzy. Hua Xiaolou comforted.
Tianchen said angrily: "Is that still your father?"
"Of course it is, you see I'm not seasick now......"
Tianchen was facing the river, and he didn't know if his eyes were spent, as if a black shadow had just flashed from under the water in front of him.
"That's ...... What's that?"
Tianchen thought about it carefully for a moment, and confirmed that he was by no means dazzled at that time, and the speed of the thing in the water was very fast, and it was definitely not comparable to fish and shrimp.
He stretched out his hand and stirred it in the water a few times, but he couldn't see the dark shadow from before.
Just as he stared at it for a long time, and was about to give up, a black shadow emerged from the depths of the water. However, as soon as Tianchen and the black shadow looked at each other, they were suddenly top-heavy and confused, and finally lost consciousness, and the whole person was planted into the river......
Tao Zhuo's attention has been on Tianchen's body, and seeing that he has been paddling water, he thought he was entertaining himself and killing time by himself.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, Tianchen was about to jump ship, and it was too late to call someone, so she should take Tianchen one step at a time, pull him back, and pull him on the deck.
"What are you doing? What are you crazy about? What are you going to do when you jump ship?"
However, Tianchen didn't answer, just his eyes were glazed, and he looked at the front of him without focus, and there was no reaction. And just when Tao Zhuo was about to exclaim, Tianchen was stunned and came to his senses.
"What's wrong with you? Are you alright?"
"Ahem, I'm fine. ”
Tianchen closed his eyes, covering the shining yellow light under his eyes, and said to Tao Zhuo at the same time:
"Come here, look at the bottom of the water, and tell me what you see?"
Tao Zhuo didn't know why, so he went to look under the river, and there was nothing!
"With your yin and yang eyes. Tianchen whispered in her ear.
"But I can't control this, I can't do it at all. Tao Zhuo said helplessly.
"It's okay, follow the method I taught you, try it slowly, you can do it. ”
Tao Zhuo closed his eyes and calmed down, and it took a while to open his eyes, and his eyes flashed with black and white, but they were very unstable.
"I did it, I saw it!" Tao Zhuo was very happy.
"Don't get excited, stay calm, and be careful that your yin and yang eyes are closed again. Now help me see if there's anything special under the water?"
Tao Zhuo watched and said: "Special things, no, it's not dark...... Wait, there's a green light and shadow, it's not small, hey, is this a water ghost?"
"It turned out to be a water ghost, such a low-level species. Tianchen leaned on the cabin and pouted disdainfully.
"Then you weren't fooled by it just now. Tao Zhuo sneered, she now knew the reason why Tianchen had just lost her mind.