"Spread the hemp rope and hang it on your shoulders."
"The feet are on stones and the hands are on the sand."
"The cliffs are steep and dazzling."
"In troubled times, keep a tight grip."
"Red rope, red boat, red pole, I am Sichuan River Beard!"
Aunt Qin's singing voice is full of heroism and majesty!
Scenes seemed to emerge before my eyes...
On the rushing river, waves splashed. One by one, strong men in red clothes holding red boats fought against the big waves, fished out the poor people who had drowned in the water, and sent them to Yishan graves along the coast.
Snapped!
I felt like the boat beneath me was flying in the waves, and then landed heavily on the water.
Although it felt like big waves were coming, the boat was very stable and did not capsize!
Following the water flow, it completely merges into the Sichuan River. After passing the dangerous rocky beach, we continued to speed up on the river...
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed.
The moon hung high again, illuminating the surrounding area with a silvery white color, and I could see clearly again.
Aunt Qin laughed when she saw how wet and embarrassed I was.
"Wu Wa'er, don't blame your Aunt Qin. The red boat bearded job is supposed to be a man's job. In the old days, women were not allowed to board this kind of boat. I can imitate this Sichuan River chant and barely control myself at the same time. The water around the boat is already very difficult.”
I wiped the water from my face and said weakly: "I know, Aunt Qin is very powerful. After all, everyone calls you Fairy Aunt."
She nodded and turned away.
He pointed at the tallest mountain on the shore in the distance, showing its cold outline in the moonlight. It is said that this is the place where the government built the "Yishan Tomb" for the drowned people in this section of the Sichuan River.
The distance is about twenty miles, and if everything goes well, we should be there in about three-quarters of an hour.
After passing the dangerous shoal, the river became slightly gentler.
The boat rocked, and I breathed a sigh of relief and looked around curiously.
Then...I saw a pale, pale face floating from the water next to the side of my boat.
It's a female corpse!
It is also called "floating" in local dialect.
I don’t know how long I have been drowning in the water, but my face is as lifelike as if I was asleep. If it weren't for the weird soaking in the water, it might even feel like a living person.
Black hair spread around like water plants, wrapping her head.
I was so frightened that my heartbeat slowed down for half a beat. I wanted to turn my head quickly, but found that my neck seemed to be frozen and I couldn't turn at all. He could only stare straight at the face of the female corpse floating in the water.
Sudden!
The female corpse's eyes opened immediately.
There is no eyesight, it is completely white.
A faint voice sounded in my ears, which I couldn't hear clearly, like a woman laughing and whispering to me.
My head also became drowsy.
"Wu Wa'er!"
Aunt Qin's voice sounded like thunder.
I suddenly sobered up.
Only then did he realize that he was holding on to the side of the boat with both hands and sticking his head out of the boat. If Aunt Qin hadn't stopped me, my upper body would have almost jumped over the side of the ship.
"Didn't I tell you to be honest and stop looking around? There are too many strange things if you look around while sailing late at night. I want to control the water in the coffin, so I may not be able to keep an eye on you all the time."
"roll!"
I feel that this sentence should be said to the female corpse floating on the water.
I saw Aunt Qin rub her fingers, and a drop of black dog blood "jumped" between her two fingers, and then flicked it again.
It flew past me and hit the female corpse on the forehead.
But in an instant, the female body sank under the water.
Snap!
The black dog's blood hit the surface of the river, causing small ripples and turning the water black.
I then turned around and looked at Aunt Qin who kept pressing one hand on the head of the coffin.
"I'm sorry Aunt Qin, I was wrong. I shouldn't have looked around and looked around."
I whispered, knowing that it was very dangerous just now!
I guess if Aunt Qin had moved a little slower, the female water stick might have dragged me into the water.
Once I was really pulled out of the boat and fell into the water, there would be nothing I could do no matter how scared Aunt Qin was, right? And she also had to hold Wang Fei's coffin.
"Haha, you don't need a heavy hammer to play the drum. It's enough, Wu Wa'er, and you don't have to blame yourself so much. I guess you're bored. Come and tell me about what's going on in your school."
Aunt Qin is very considerate.
Indeed, as a nine-year-old boy, I was mischievous, chasing chickens and beating dogs.
It would be really annoying if I didn't say anything, didn't look sideways, and just stayed motionless!
So, I started chatting with her about things in school and some cultural classes.
I originally thought that Aunt Qin, who was usually crazy and laughing, just like a heartless crazy woman, would not understand these knowledge very well. It's just that he has some powerful methods. He is an expert outside the world, just like the Taoist priests.
But I never expected that her knowledge would be even better than that of our class teacher!
When it comes to Chinese, history, geography, etc... it turns out to be very clear. There were even many mathematical formulas that I didn't understand at ordinary times, but once she explained them, I seemed to understand them.
I was very surprised.
"Aunt Qin, how do you even know this? Have you also been to school?"
She seemed very happy when she looked at my confused look, and laughed twice: "So Wu Wa'er, do you think that people who know metaphysics must not understand science? Do people who are practitioners of metaphysics necessarily No culture? No. The laws in this world are essentially the same. It’s just that the forms and means of expression are different. When you reach high and deep levels, you need to understand everything."
I still looked confused.
Aunt Qin waved her hand: "You are still young and don't understand this. You will understand it later."
oh oh.
I nodded vigorously.
I am convinced by her words.
At this time, the moon has reached its zenith. And we are less than ten miles away from Nayishan Tomb and Hundred Bones Pagoda.
I felt a little thirsty, so I lowered my head and took out the kettle from the cabin, opened it and took a few sips.
I just looked up after drinking.
There was only a splash of water, followed by a "boom". There was a weird, wet thing that jumped directly from the water onto the coffin lid!
Take a closer look by the moonlight and oil lamp.
It looks like a wild dog!
It's just that the hair on the whole body is much thicker than that of ordinary wild dogs, and it is wet and shiny. The tail is also longer and thicker than that of wild dogs, dragging on the ground behind it like a big stick.
The two fangs are very long and are exposed outside the raised mouth. Under the sides of the ears, something like fish gills can be vaguely seen, opening and closing.
A pair of eyes glow red in the dark, which is very scary!
I was so frightened that I blurted out: "Is this... water dog?"
I have heard adults say this before when they used to scare us little kids.
Water dog is a kind of evil thing that lives at the bottom of Sichuan River. At first glance, it looks like a wild dog in the mountains, but its whole body is hairless and wet.
They usually lurk in the mud or river sand deep in the river. At night they come out in groups and wander around the river. Often attacks passing ships! Eat all the people on the boat until they are just skeletons.
Very evil!
These stories are told by adults with noses and eyes, and I believed them when I was a child. When I entered elementary school and began to be exposed to the scientific knowledge taught by the teacher, I no longer believed it very much.
I didn’t expect that there really is such a weird thing in the world!
Crash, clatter... terrifying heads emerged from the water one after another, and began to jump towards the bow and stern of the ship.
Aunt Qin looked at more and more water dogs around her and snorted coldly.
"Wu Wa'er, the water demon that your little friend turned into is really powerful. I sealed it in the coffin with corpse-killing nails and applied a three-blood curse, but it was still able to attract the river spirit. I want to do something like this It’s a drama about dogs snatching corpses out of water.”
