The next day, the city gate opened, and Cheng Baiyu went out of the city with Ye Ming.
But he was still a little strange about what he saw last night. He asked Ye Ming several times but got no answer.
Seeing that Ye Ming didn't say anything, he had no choice but to hold back his questions and continue moving forward.
The two of them walked to a small river and heard the sound of a woman crying not far away.
Cheng Baiyu looked around and saw a woman in white mourning clothes sitting on the shore crying.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of this woman, Cheng Baiyu couldn't help but feel pity, but he had never been an activist, and he didn't have much money in his pocket, so he couldn't help even if he wanted to.
After a somewhat guilty look, he did not step forward.
At this time, someone else passed by on the road.
The person who came was a man pushing a cart of pork. He was big and round, with a large kitchen knife and an ax hanging on his waist. He looked like he was a butcher with many years of experience, and ordinary people would not dare to mess with him.
When the butcher man saw the filial woman crying by the river, he looked at it curiously, and then his eyes lit up.
First, he parked the pork cart on the side of the road, glared at Cheng Baiyu, and frightened him so that he did not dare to approach the vehicle easily, and then walked towards the river.
When the woman by the river saw him coming, she looked a little frightened, lowered her head, and even her cry was much quieter.
Seeing this, the butcher tried his best to smile kindly:
"Don't be afraid, girl. The Sa family are not bad people, they are just stronger."
When the filial woman saw that the butcher really had no intention of harming her, she relaxed, nodded, and said nothing.
When the butcher saw that the woman in Xiaofu was good-looking and shy, he guessed that she might be from a good family. He also thought that he had not yet married, so he was very moved and asked about the woman's family affairs.
The Xiaofu woman said that her family lived nearby.
A few days ago, my father went fishing in the river. His boat accidentally sank and he died in the river.
Since her father's body could not be found, she had no choice but to wear mourning clothes and mourn here.
When the butcher heard this, he knew that this was a filial girl, and some of his thoughts were even more difficult to control. He quickly expressed that he was moved by the girl's filial piety and was willing to help her find her father.
When the woman heard this, she was very moved and said that as long as the butcher could help her find her father's body, she would marry the butcher in return.
When the butcher heard this, he immediately promised that he would be able to help the woman find her father.
Cheng Baiyu didn't like watching the excitement very much. Seeing that it was something like this, he had no interest in it and was about to leave.
But Ye Ming pulled him to watch with curiosity.
This left Cheng Baiyu a little speechless. He felt that this was boring and there was nothing to see.
Seeing his lack of interest, Ye Ming took out the old slingshot and let Cheng Baiyu play with it.
What a joke, Cheng Baiyu is a scholar who reads books from sages, how could he play such a childish trick?
But Ye Ming handed it over, so he just took it and pulled the cowhide rope of the slingshot.
Hey, it seems interesting...
The butcher looked at the river and estimated that he would not be able to find the body of the woman's father, but decided to go down to the river to show off and show his sincerity.
In this way, if we continue to contact and work hard later, won't we get the beauty?
The butcher took off his shirt and plunged into the river.
Originally I just wanted to pretend, but I didn't expect that when I got out of the river, I actually saw a corpse at the bottom of the river, but it was entangled in water plants and couldn't float up.
Seeing this, the butcher chose to turn a blind eye, surfaced from the water, and said to the shore:
"Girl, my father's body has never been seen in the river."
Just as he was talking, the water plants on the corpse in the river accidentally came loose, and the corpse floated to the surface.
Seeing this, the filial woman pointed at the corpse and shouted:
"That's my father's body!"
When the butcher saw this, he secretly cursed "bad luck", but he had no choice but to ignore the corpse at this time, so he had to swim towards the corpse.
As he approached the corpse, he smelled a putrid smell.
The corpse had been soaked to pieces and looked as disgusting as possible.
Seeing this, the butcher looked a little ugly and wanted to back down.
However, the filial woman kept pleading on the shore, which made the butcher embarrassed.
If this was done halfway, the woman would definitely not pay attention to him anymore.
Not far from the shore, there were Cheng Baiyu and Ye Ming standing watching.
In the butcher's view, both men are potential competitors.
Especially Ye Ming, although he looked a little crazy and mentally abnormal, his appearance was indescribably better than that of the butcher.
Thinking of this, the butcher became heartbroken and swam towards the floating corpse, intending to drag it to the shore despite his nausea.
His water quality is good, so he is confident that he can do it.
After approaching the floating corpse, he reached out and grabbed the arm of the floating corpse that didn't look soaked.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he saw the floating corpse also stretching out his hand and holding the butcher's hand.
The butcher was shocked when he saw this, and when he looked again, the rotting eyes of the floating corpse suddenly opened, revealing a cold-blooded and cruel smile.
"Monster, monster!?"
The butcher was horrified. At such a close distance, he could even clearly smell the putrid smell on the other party's body. In addition, the floating corpse actually started to drag him to the bottom of the water, which frightened him to death.
His hands and feet moved wildly, trying to break free.
But he was in the water, no matter how he was the opponent of this floating corpse monster, he was pulled straight down.
The butcher subconsciously wanted to call for help, but when he opened his mouth, he just choked hard and couldn't scream.
Fortunately, Cheng Baiyu, who was having fun playing with his slingshot on the bank, was shocked when he noticed the movement in the river.
"Brother Shanyuan, there are monsters, there are monsters!"
"I saw it, I saw it, go, you go and succumb to the demon."
Ye Ming waved his hands, looking indifferent.
"Me? How can I subdue demons? You are so capable, it's you who should take action!"
"But, I don't know how to swim!"
Ye Ming shook his head and said he was helpless.
Cheng Baiyu was also stunned when he heard this.
He doesn't know how to swim either.
Seeing that the butcher was still struggling in the water, Cheng Baiyu had no choice but to pick up a stone and throw it over, hoping to kill the floating corpse monster.
But it's a pity that his arm strength is really weak, and the stone can't touch the monster at all.
In desperation, Cheng Baiyu flicked the stones out with his slingshot.
Unexpectedly, this seemingly childish move turned out to be extremely effective.
The stone flew out with a "whoosh" and hit the floating corpse monster's arm.
Logically speaking, even if such a stone hits a person, it will not cause any harm.
But the amazing thing is that after the floating corpse monster was hit, its body twitched and seemed to be in pain. It grabbed the butcher's hand and felt it loosen.
The butcher felt the hand holding him loosen and swam desperately to the shore.
After the floating corpse monster suffered from pain, it seemed a little angry and floated directly towards the butcher by using the water.
Seeing this, Cheng Baiyu on the shore used his slingshot to sling stones to attack the floating corpse monster.
It's just that his accuracy wasn't very good, and he was dodged by floating zombie monsters one after another.
Fortunately, this also buys time for the butcher to come ashore.
Seeing that the butcher was about to reach the shore, the Xiaofu woman shouted anxiously:
"Come to me, come to me!"
In desperation, the butcher was a little panicked and didn't think much. When he heard someone shouting, he subconsciously swam over.
The filial woman looked at him worriedly and stretched out her hand to pull him ashore.
When the butcher saw this, he was a little moved. The truth is revealed in times of crisis. This woman was really worthy of everything a man would do.
Just as he was moved, he suddenly saw scales growing on the woman's arm that grabbed him. The butcher was shocked.
Before he could react, he saw the Xiaofu woman pushing him hard and pushing him into the river.
As soon as the woman jumped, her lower body turned into a fish tail and fell into the water. She grabbed the butcher and tried to drown him.
The butcher struggled hard, but his strength was not as strong as the seemingly weak woman, and it was difficult to break free.
Fortunately, this time I had a chance to call for help, so I could only shout for help.
In fact, Cheng Baiyu had already seen all this without him shouting.
I just didn't expect that this woman was also a monster, and she was obviously conspiring with the floating corpse monster to harm people.
Cheng Baiyu then used his slingshot to hit the stone and attack the woman.
The woman was hit, let out a scream, and let go of the butcher.
The butcher hurriedly swam to the shore on his hands and knees.
When the woman saw this, regardless of the pain, she slapped the water with her tail and hit the butcher on the back, making the butcher unstable. She took the opportunity to step forward again, grabbed the butcher's feet, and tried to pull him into the water.
At this time, the floating corpse monster also came over and reached out to pull the butcher's arm.
The butcher was entangled by the two monsters. It could be said that he even used the strength to suck milk, but his struggle was in vain.
Fortunately, Cheng Baiyu kept throwing stones to attack and interfere with the two monsters, so that the butcher was not pulled into the water all at once.
The more Cheng Baiyu played the stones, the more familiar he became, the higher his accuracy became, and he made great progress.
This made him feel a little surprised. Is he so talented in shooting?
Ye Ming was crying and laughing on the side, watching Cheng Baiyu flicking stones with an old slingshot.
The two monsters were in great pain from being beaten with stones, and the butcher refused to give up hope of survival, so he could not make them drown.
After involving each other for a while, the two monsters finally couldn't withstand the attack of stones, let go and sank to the bottom of the water, disappearing.
The butcher, who had survived the disaster, swam ashore with all his strength and lay on the bank gasping for air.
Cheng Baiyu saw the two monsters retreating, still looking like they were still unfinished, and felt that it was not enough. Looking at the slingshot in his hand, he understood why Ye Ming had to get this thing first.
"Brother Shanyuan, what kind of monsters are these two? They don't look like ordinary water ghosts."
Cheng Baiyu was also curious about the details of those two monsters.
Ye Ming smiled and said:
"The woman is a deer body and corpse spirit, and the floating corpse is a fish and white water consumption spirit. They are all spirits that use kindness as bait to harm people's lives."
"Using kindness as bait? I don't think that butcher is a good person. His motives for doing things are obviously not pure."
"Good deeds can be judged by deeds regardless of heart, but by actions alone. How can this butcher's previous performance not be regarded as a kind deed?"
Ye Ming said something crazy, which sounded like nonsense.
Cheng Baiyu did not agree or refute, but looked at the butcher who got up.
It stands to reason that for such a life-saving grace, the other party should come over and say thank you.
But the butcher just put on his coat and pushed the pork cart away without paying any attention to Cheng Baiyu.
Seeing this, Cheng Baiyu was a little angry and said to Ye Ming:
"Tell me, what kind of good person is he? He didn't even say thank you for saving his life!"
Ye Ming smiled and said:
"Before this incident, he was barely a good person, but from now on..."
Hearing this, Cheng Baiyu nodded, without any understanding, he just said:
"Since everything is fine, let's continue looking for the crow!"
"No problem, let's go."
...
Not long after the two left, Old Taoist Jingzhou appeared here with his two apprentices.
Mu Zhi looked at the calm river surface and couldn't help but said:
"What's going on with that lunatic? He's obviously so capable, but why didn't he take action to get rid of those two monsters and actually let him escape?"
Hearing this, Old Taoist Jingzhou smiled slightly and explained:
"These two spirits are among the seventy-two types of spirits in heaven and earth that do not care about heaven, earth, or gods. Killing them will easily lead to turbidity.
That comrade has mental problems and is not suitable to do this. "
Mu Zhi accepted this explanation and said:
"Is that so? Master, then you definitely won't care about a little bit of turbidity, right?
I'm not good at water fighting, so I need the help of my master to get rid of these two monsters. "
Hearing this, Master Jingzhou nodded repeatedly, feeling that his apprentice's words were pleasing to the ear. He wanted to show off his skills and restore his image that had been lost these days, so he jumped into the water and went to slay the demon.
Seeing Jingzhou Laodao entering the water, Mu Zhi looked at Ren Rui:
"Hey, how many tricks can master use to get rid of these two monsters?"
"First of all, my name is not Hey, my name is Ren Rui, and I am your senior brother. At least you should respect me.
Secondly, I don’t think the master can do anything? "
"Why?"
Mu Zhi was just wondering when he saw Old Dao Jingzhou rushing out of the water and said with some regret:
"The two spirits were very vigilant. After entering the water, they fled directly without staying..."
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