Early the next morning, their ship ran aground.
The old captain has been running this section of the road for decades and knows it very well.
In decades, I have never encountered a reef under the water.
Fortunately, the ship did not suffer much damage after hitting the rocks and could continue moving forward.
However, the hull was shaking violently at that time, and two crew members fell into the water.
By coincidence, the two crew members who fell into the water were the two people who secretly went to the deck to watch the night before.
These two people are not only brave, but also have excellent water skills.
Even in fast currents, holding a stick of incense underwater is not a problem at all.
But what no one expected was that after the two people fell into the water, they sank directly to the bottom of the water like stones.
No matter how hard they tried, they seemed to be grabbed by something and dragged to the bottom of the water, never able to come up again.
At that time, the old captain realized something was wrong and quickly arranged for someone to rescue them.
However, those two people were swallowed up by the river in an instant. When the rescuers got down, they had disappeared.
For the safety of the boatmen, the old captain asked people to close the sails and stop the ship.
You know, those two boatmen were old men who had been following him for many years.
People on the ship thought of the scenes the two people saw on the deck last night, and began to speculate whether there might be a connection between the two.
There was an immediate panic on the ship.
At this time, the old captain found out that the two men secretly went on the deck the night before.
No one expected that the old captain who had originally ordered everyone to grit their teeth and find their bones and return them to their relatives even if they could not save the two people, suddenly made a new decision to no longer care about them and let them go. The ship moved on.
He said that these two people brought it upon themselves.
Because, they saw the ghost kiss, which angered the river god, and was taken away by the river god.
Everyone was stunned when they heard the old captain's words.
However, the boatman who told Lin Jingyun the story had not seen with his own eyes what the procession was like, so he could not tell it in detail.
But he was also glad. If he had climbed onto the deck that day, he might have met the same fate as those two people.
He does not mean that.
What's more, Lin Jingyun has always been very interested in the stories of the boatmen.
So, he wrote it down.
Moreover, at this moment, he still remembered it.
The ghost town was deserted, there was a funeral procession, and there were strange drum sounds...
Therefore, he felt that it might be related to the incident in Crow Village.
Maybe, the team outside this town is the team sending off the bride.
He guessed that the old captain must have known something at that time.
So many people in Crow Village were missing, but he was actually indifferent.
Moreover, he hurriedly ordered the boatmen to quickly resupply, as if it would be dangerous to stay a little longer.
Obviously, he was afraid of something.
The old captain knew about the procession of sending off the bride, and about the marriage of the river god.
Therefore, after he left, he would ask all the boatmen to hide in the cabin and not come out.
The two men disobeyed his orders and lost their lives.
Lin Jingyun felt that if the stories told by the boatmen were true, they might have encountered this team today.
The old captain escaped from Crow Village, so those on the ship were able to escape without incident.
But now, they are blocked in the town by this team of escorting relatives, and their situation may be a bit bad.
Hearing this, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but frown.
Chai Jingyun turned to look at him and said, "Wenjun, what do you think?"
"Is it possible for a living person to suffocate to death?" Duan Wenjun rolled his eyes at him, "Old Mo, Sister Yun, let's go out and have a look before we talk."
"I'll go too!" Chai Jingyun responded immediately.
"Second Young Master, you stay here first." Duan Wenjun waved his hand, "The two of us can't act together. I'll go see what's going on with that team first. You take everyone and wait here first, there is Lao Zheng I’ll protect you, so don’t worry.”
"But..." Chai Jingyun still wanted to argue.
"Stop it, let's go!" Duan Wenjun patted him on the shoulder, then winked at Zhao Xiaowu, and then hurried out the door.
"It's foggy outside, I'll lead the way for you!" Lou Loulou turned around and walked at the front.
Duan Wenjun couldn't help but be stunned when he just arrived in the courtyard.
I don't know when it started to get foggy.
Moreover, this mist is very dense.
It was so dense that you couldn't even see clearly two or three meters ahead.
No wonder, Lou Loulou said he would lead the way.
The air seemed to become a little thicker.
There was a faint smell of water in the mist.
Mo Shoucheng opened the way in front, Lou Loulou and Yun Batian protected Duan Wenjun from behind, and the group quietly walked towards the archway.
Because of the fog, the moon's light looked even hazier at this moment.
When the group reached the entrance of the town, they discovered that the team had already entered the town.
If Lou Loulou hadn't reacted quickly and led everyone into a small road to avoid it in time, they would have almost collided with each other.
The four of them hid behind the low wall next to the yard, and the team passed in front of them.
It seems that the appearance of this procession is very similar to the procession that the boatman heard about in Lin Jingyun's story to send off relatives.
There were about forty or fifty people in the entire team. They were all wearing bright red robes and masks on their faces.
The face of the mask was very pale, with blush still showing on the cheeks.
The lips are small and very brightly painted.
At first glance, it looks like the kind of paper figures found in funeral supplies stores.
There were six people at the front of the team, all holding soul-calling flags in their hands.
Then there were a group of twelve people behind them, carrying a pair of painted red coffins.
These coffins are different from the coffins we usually see. They are larger at one end and smaller at the other. They are spacious at the bottom and narrow at the top. They look like trapezoidal columns, which makes people feel very strange.
When these people walked, their feet fell on the ground without making any sound.
But when they passed by, they could hear the rustle of clothes.
A total of four coffins.
Behind the coffin were four giant men carrying a huge drum.
The big man carrying the drum was at least over two meters tall. He was shirtless, revealing his strong muscles.
There were no masks on their faces, but their faces were full of demented expressions.
His eyes were empty and lifeless, staring straight ahead.
The way they walked was also very stiff, as if they were puppets being manipulated.
And that giant drum is even more astonishing.
It's as big as a fighting plate.
Especially, above the giant drum, there was a child standing, holding a huge drumstick in his hand, and was beating the drum head continuously...
