After saying that, I felt the whole boat shake violently, as if it was pushed by an invisible hand.
The driving speed immediately increased several times!
The wind in my ears also became louder and whistling loudly.
But Aunt Qin actually put away the pole in her hand, put it in the cabin, turned around, walked back, and sat opposite me across the coffin.
"Wu Wa'er, how do you feel?"
"Aunt Qin is so awesome! It's faster than the ferry I took when I went to the city with my parents last year."
After hearing my compliment, she smiled and seemed a little proud. The sound is nice and crisp.
Actually, I'm a little strange too.
People in the village, including my dad and the old village chief, all treated her with respect, but she wasn't too happy either.
I, a little kid, smiled so happily after saying a few compliments.
She laughs and so do I.
But soon, I stopped laughing.
Because I saw it, behind Aunt Qin. A pale hand, swollen with soaked water, stretched out from the sparkling river and grabbed the side of the boat with a snap.
"Aunt Qin, behind you!"
She didn't even look back and threw her hand back.
A stick-like object slipped out from the wide sleeves and hit the pale ghost's hand with a thud. The hand actually shattered and turned into a ball of mist.
Immediately there was a sharp and strange scream in the water, and I saw a vague shadow walking away under the moonlit water.
I was a little scared, but with Aunt Qin here, I felt safe.
"Is it a water stick?"
"Well, this thing is also very courageous. He found a substitute and found me here at night."
I all know that boating on the river at night is inherently dangerous. I always hear adults say that at night, the riverside becomes very evil.
Various things in the water began to cause trouble, such as drowned water sticks, huge fish, shrimps, turtles and crabs, weird spirits... and so on!
Through the moonlight in the sky, I could see clearly that the "stick" that Aunt Qin smashed into pieces with the palm of the water stick just now... was actually a ruler.
It is similar in width to the grid we used in math classes in rural primary schools, but twice as long.
It's yellow, and there are scales on it, but they're not even. There are also some weird runes.
When she saw me staring at the ruler, she smiled and said, "This is called Lu Ban Ruler."
Oh oh oh.
In fact, just knowing a name is of no use! But I still nodded my head obediently.
At this moment, a thick dark cloud came from nowhere in the sky and covered the moon.
The surroundings suddenly became dark, and the trees and grass that were faintly visible on both sides of the bank were no longer visible.
Aunt Qin and I were only separated by a coffin, and we could only vaguely see her outline to know that she was on the opposite side.
As soon as the surroundings turned dark, there was a sudden "bang" in the coffin in front of me.
Then there was a harsh scratching sound from inside, like sharp claws scratching the inner wall of the coffin hard and fast.
I was so frightened on the spot that I didn’t even dare to express my anger.
Suddenly I heard another "pop" sound. This time it was the coffin lid that made the sound, and it must have been Aunt Qin opposite who slapped the coffin lid.
The coffin fell silent again.
"Still want to bother?"
Her voice was cold, and then the fire lit up.
A kerosene lamp appeared in Aunt Qin's hand, and then hung on the wooden frame at the bow of the ship.
The warm yellow light illuminated the boat, as if it had torn a hole in the endless darkness.
Aunt Qin put away the Luban Ruler and said calmly: "Okay, it's safer before the boat enters the Sichuan River. Let's make some preparations first. Whatever I say, Wu Wa'er, just follow it."
Hearing what she said, I suddenly burst into tears.
This is a water ghost picking up a boat, and Wang Fei is grabbing randomly in a coffin... How can this be called safe?
What will happen when you leave the small river outside the village and officially enter the Chuanjiang River!
My young heart was hurt at the time.
But we are already here, and it is impossible to cry and call my mother to go home - not to mention that I am relatively precocious and have a good reputation. At this time, no matter how scared I am, I try my best to hold tight and nod my head vigorously.
So, Aunt Qin asked me to hand her a big rooster that was tightly tied in the corner of the boat.
As soon as her right hand touched the comb, it began to bleed, flowing into a bowl held in her left hand.
"Give me the jar of black dog blood."
I quickly handed over another small clay pot. After Aunt Qin took it, she poured it into the bowl and mixed it with the cockscomb blood.
"Cinnabar."
I quickly threw the small bag of cinnabar over again.
She poured some into the blood bowl.
Finally, Aunt Qin reached out and pushed the bowl toward me.
call!
The bowl filled with black dog blood and rooster comb blood flew over the coffin and landed firmly in front of me.
Not even a drop was spilled!
"Wu Wa'er, prick the blood on your middle finger and put a few drops in it."
ah?
I'm a little depressed.
At first, he didn’t say that he was going to make me bleed too... I said that there were some sharp awls prepared nearby for what purpose, but they turned out to be for me?
But at this time, even if I am afraid of pain, I can only be honest and obedient.
Unexpectedly, as soon as my blood dropped in, the bowl started to emit a slight fluorescence!
"Aunt Qin, I'm afraid it will spill if I throw the bowl back. I..."
Before she finished speaking, I saw her make a move in the air.
The bowl flew back into her hand.
Amazing!
Without further ado, Aunt Qin immediately dipped her fingers into the blood sand in the bowl and quickly drew many weird symbols on the coffin.
After doing this, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Black dog blood, rooster comb blood, feather blood, mixed with cinnabar, should be able to suppress the water."
Yuzi?
I asked curiously: "Are you talking about me, Aunt Qin?"
She nodded: "Yuzhe, you are the lightest person in the world. Your horoscope is the lightest value in theory. If such a person can survive successfully, he will be called Yuzi in Xuanmen. Speaking of this, I really agree I admire the man who named you Wu Zhong."
"Well, my dad said that gentleman looks like an expert. I don't know who is more powerful than you, Aunt Qin."
Children always have a comparative mentality.
But Aunt Qin smiled and said nothing.
At this time, I felt that the wind around me seemed to be getting stronger and the water in the river was getting faster.
"Wu Wa'er, sit tight. The road ahead will soon merge into the Sichuan River."
The river has entered the river!
I looked up, and although I couldn't see anything in the dark ahead, I could smell a strong smell of water in my nose. Carrying the river wind, it rushed towards my face.
There is no such fishy smell in the river.
I couldn't help but shudder.
I have heard from adults since I was a child that the Sichuan River is very dangerous with strong water, big waves, and many reefs. Even ordinary canal sand and large motorized coal-carrying ships may not be 100% safe.
What's more, Aunt Qin and I's small boat also has a coffin on it.
Before I could think about it, I heard the sound of water getting clearer and clearer in my ears - it was the roar of the river flowing and hitting the rocks on both sides at some dangerous places.
I have been familiar with water-based products since I was a child, so I reacted immediately.
"Aunt Qin. When this small river enters the river, it actually merges directly from a dangerous shoal. Boat, will the boat be capsized by the waves?"
I yelled nervously.
Aunt Qin didn't answer me, but instead sang loudly.
