"Wow..."
There were a bunch of people kneeling on the big boat, and most of them disappeared from Song You's sight. Looking up from the small boat, only the heads of the people on the edge could be seen.
A faint thumping sound can still be heard.
It's the sound of your head hitting a wooden board.
There was a man on the edge of the boat, kowtowing and shouting to the bottom: "Thank you to the gods for saving my life last night! Thank you to the gods for saving my life last night!"
The rest of the people immediately agreed.
"Thank you to the gods for saving my life..."
"Thank you, God..."
"God bless you..."
I don't know how many people shouted together, and most of the voices came from behind the ship's plank, which Song You couldn't see.
Song You once smelled the flavor of faith.
"We're just helping ourselves." Song You waved his hands as if to dispel something, raised his head and said, "Everyone, please get up quickly. If you continue to worship, my life will be shortened."
"It's really a fairy..."
"Master Immortal..."
"Who says it's not the case? How could a small boat get here in this vast sea if it weren't for the gods coming to earth to save us?"
Unexpectedly, after everyone heard that he did not take credit, they were stunned for a moment, and then they felt that he was a god.
Most of the merchant ships that go to sea make huge profits.
Coastal merchants believe most in gods.
These ships carried silk and porcelain, and what they got back were real gold and silver. If they were ordinary people, no, ordinary gods, who saved their lives on the ship, how could they not ask for anything in return?
The deity in the story helped the woodcutter and herb gatherer in the mountains, and had to ask people to erect a statue and temple for him after he went out to offer incense for several years. There are also many stories in the story where ordinary people are lucky and do not stand up after returning home. Not offering incense in the idol temple, and eventually being punished by the gods.
But I just heard the Taoist on the boat say:
"I am just a native of Yizhou. After traveling here, I heard about many great monsters, gods, ghosts and strange legends overseas, so I specially set up a boat to go out to sea to visit and explore."
"Strange legend?"
Another person on the side of the boat raised his head and looked at Song You with awe and timidity.
This man had an ugly and ferocious appearance, and his shoulders were much wider than those of the people around him. He seemed to have an unusually strong physique. You could imagine how tall he was just by looking at his upper body.
Song You naturally also noticed him.
At this time, the man who was the first to speak on the boat saw this, looked around, and said quickly: "If you don't mind, Immortal, why don't you come on board and sit on the boat, so that we can thank the Immortal."
"That's fine."
Song You smiled slightly, agreed, and then said to them: "But the people kneeling above have to get up first and cannot kneel again. If you really want to thank me, then bring out the best tea on the ship and ask the cook on the ship to serve you." Let’s make a good meal.”
Suddenly there was a crash on the boat.
Not only the sound of people getting up, but also the sounds of people's amazement, as if they couldn't believe that the gods were really coming on the boat.
"How does the immortal come up?"
The person who spoke first had sharp eyes and asked first.
However, he neither asked the gods whether they could soar into the clouds, nor whether he wanted the people on the boat to put down the ropes. Instead, he continued respectfully: "Do you want me to wait down to greet you?"
"No need. Although I'm not a true immortal, and I don't have the ability to soar into the clouds, I can still get on the boat."
Song You stood still at the bow of the boat.
The big boat approached them at first. Now, although the people on the boat stopped paddling, the boat did not stop instantly. Instead, it still slowly slid towards the small boat, but the speed was getting slower and slower. By the time the Taoist finished speaking, the big boat was almost close to the small boat. At this time, it had no speed and strength and only lightly collided with the small boat.
The people on the boat were almost lying on their stomachs, staring intently.
The Taoist bent down and waved to the cat, and the cat immediately jumped into his arms. Then the Taoist held the cat and stepped forward on the boat.
When I walked to the front of the boat, my steps didn't stop.
He actually continued to step on the hull of the big ship.
The hull was always narrow at the bottom and wide at the top. In fact, it was more than vertical. But under his feet, it seemed to become flat ground. He easily stepped on the hull, his body was almost parallel to the sea, and even towards the more dangerous That side leaned forward step by step.
Walking to the boat, his body slowly returned to normal.
Everyone on the boat looked at him in confusion.
"My surname is Song Mingyou."
Song You put down the cat, smiled slightly, and introduced to the cat on the ground: "This is Empress Sanhua."
Everyone quietly looked at the calico cat.
Those who are smarter have already thought of the girl wearing three-color clothes on the boat who was briefly illuminated by thunder and lightning last night but disappeared again this morning.
"Puff puff..."
The swallow flapped its wings and flew to the edge of the boat.
"This is my swallow, named Yan'an."
"..."
Everyone on the boat was stunned again, and finally came to their senses.
"My surname is Jia and my name is Jian'an. This boat belongs to me." The person who spoke first saluted and said, "I have met Immortal Song, Empress Sanhua and Immortal Yan'er."
"Young man Ye Xinrong." The tall and strong man with an ugly and ferocious face also saluted and said, "I have met several immortals."
Standing in front of Song You, I realized how tall he was. He was probably half a head taller than General Chen, and his figure was extremely majestic. Combined with that face, he gave people a strong sense of oppression. However, his posture and accent were very standard, and his etiquette was also very particular. When he saluted, he bowed slightly lower than the captain.
These two people should be the highest-ranking people on the ship.
After they finished announcing their names, the others agreed that they were not qualified to declare their family status in front of the Immortal Chief, and they only saluted together with mixed voices.
"Please, Immortal."
Jia Jian'an invited Song You into the cabin, quickly prepared tea for him, and asked people to cook, leaving only Ye Xinrong to wait on him.
"Does Sanhua Empress also drink tea?"
"She won't drink. Just pour her a glass of water. If there is sugar, it's best to add some sugar."
"I will follow the instructions of the immortal."
"Don't call me an immortal. I'm not a god, I'm just a Taoist who knows some magic." Song You said, turning to look at Ye Xinrong, "Look at your face, doesn't it look like you are from Dayan?"
"Go back to the Immortal Master..."
"You can also call me sir or Taoist priest."
"Mr. Hui, I am from Dayan, but my bloodline is not correct. One of my ancestors was a Yaksha of the sea." Ye Xinrong replied.
"oh?"
Song You became somewhat interested.
Even though Ye Xinrong was tall and mighty, and his face was so ferocious that it could stop a child from crying at night, he was still bending down respectfully. Seeing that he was interested, he hurriedly said:
"The villain's great-grandfather once lived overseas in the country of Yaksha. He married the local female Yaksha and immediately gave birth to an heir."
"Can a person intermarry with a Yaksha?"
"Of course you can."
"I love hearing these stories the most." Song You said to him, "Can you tell me in more detail?"
"this……"
Ye Xinrong scratched his head for a moment.
On the contrary, Captain Jia handed Song You tea and urged him to speak faster.
Ye Xinrong had no choice but to speak slowly:
"Sir, you don't know. My great-grandfather was a ship merchant at sea. Once he went out to sea to do business in Long Arm Country. He encountered a storm on the way and was knocked into the sea. He wandered for a day and arrived at a small island. The island was full of The ferocious Yaksha is about ten feet tall, with a green face and fangs, and a ferocious look. After eating an animal, he will skewer the skull and insert it into the ground, just like a primitive man.
"When my great-grandfather saw it, he knew that he had probably arrived in the legendary Yasha Kingdom, so he quickly found a remote cave and hid.
“However, he did not expect that there was a dominatrix living in this cave.
"My great-grandfather was caught immediately.
"But fortunately, the nanny saw that he was handsome and did not eat him. She just tied him up and raised him. She also gave him raw meat to eat every day. As time went by, the two Feelings actually arise between people. The dominatrix taught my great-grandfather the language of the yaksha kingdom, and my great-grandfather also taught the hag yaksha how to make fire and roast meat to eat, and finally it spread throughout the entire yaksha country."
Song You couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this: "Have you seen that he is handsome?"
"I heard it was..."
Ye Xinrong scratched his head again.
Song You smiled and brought tea to drink: "Please continue."
"That hag is the villain's great-grandmother.
"In the following ten years, they gave birth to two sons and a daughter in the Yasha Kingdom, but my great-grandfather always missed the civilization and prosperity of Dayan, thinking about it day and night, and wanted to return to Dayan every day.
"I heard that in the past ten years, many ships encountered shipwrecks and strayed into this place. However, my great-grandmother knew that he wanted to run away, so she kept a very strict eye on him and never allowed him to run away. It took a long time before he was finally found. By chance, he left here by boat and took one of his sons with him, and he became my grandfather."
Ye Xinrong paused as he spoke:
"My grandfather was the offspring of a human and a yaksha. He was no wiser than a human, nor as brave as a yaksha, but he was smarter than a yaksha and braver than a human. After my great-grandfather taught him etiquette, he sent him to the military camp to join the army. , due to his great natural strength and superior martial arts, able to fight bears and tigers and kill demons and ghosts, he quickly achieved military exploits and became a captain, and later a general."
"What happens next?"
"Later, my father and two uncles also inherited my grandfather's bravery and held high positions in the army. However, they were slandered by traitors many years ago. On the grounds that we were foreigners but in charge of the military power of Yangzhou, the imperial court ordered my grandfather and my father to My uncles all lost their positions one after another, and when it came to the generation of villains, they had no choice but to go into business with the ship."
Captain Jia heard this and added: "Mr. Ye is an upright and brave man. I owe him countless times."
"It's a good story." Song You praised while drinking tea.
"Sir, have you been to Yangzhou?"
"not yet."
"If sir, you have been to Yangzhou, you must have heard this story a long time ago. The rumors about my great-grandfather were also widely spread in Yangzhou back then, and now, they have spread in various forms. Maybe Mr. What the state hears is even more interesting than what the little guy hears.”
"You'll have to go to Yangzhou to find out."
Song You smiled at them, and then said: "I heard that the sea has been quite uneasy recently. Many merchant ships in Langzhou are afraid to go to sea. Why are you still wandering on the sea?"
"There is nothing we can do about it." Captain Jia said, "We went to the Long Arm Country last year. We also heard that the sea was very uneven, but we couldn't stay in the Long Arm Country forever. So we stayed in the Long Arm Country. After half a year, I heard that things were a little peaceful recently, so I hurried back. Unexpectedly, we still encountered a shipwreck. If it weren't for gods, we would have been buried under the sea."
"Long Arm Country?"
“There is a country thousands of miles away, where everyone’s hands are as long as their knees, very dexterous, and rich in silver.”
"I see."
Captain Jia glanced at him, then looked at the Yaksha descendants, and continued: "In addition, Ye Gong is very brave. There are some little demons and ghosts on the sea who are afraid of him, but he can speak Yaksha language, respect the Sea Dragon King, and has always protected us. These years of peace and quiet have given us some confidence.”
"Respect the Dragon King of the Sea?" Song You became interested again, "Is it just throwing livestock into the sea like last night?"
"Exactly." Captain Jia nodded.
"This is the tradition of the Yasha Kingdom. The Yasha Kingdom has always worshiped the Sea Dragon King. It is said that the Sea Dragon King loves to eat pig, mutton, and dog meat. If you throw pig, mutton, and dog meat into the sea, the Sea Dragon King will not be in trouble and will protect you." Ye Xinrong said with some embarrassment. , "Actually, villains don't know the truth or falsehood."
"Has the Sea Dragon King eaten these sacrifices?"
"We have never seen him eat before," Captain Jia said, "but nothing has happened to him in these years."
"That's it..."
Song You recalled the scene last night.
The Sea Dragon King didn't seem to be interested in the sacrifices they dropped, and he had no intention of protecting them.
To say there is no blessing is an understatement...
Come to think of it——
How could such a great monster be interested in mere livestock?
Most of them are just rumors from the Yasha Kingdom and unfounded traditions. The reason why Captain Jia has been running at sea for many years without incident is just luck, or it is normal circumstances.
It has no connection with the Sea Dragon King.
(End of chapter)
