my weird life

Chapter 604 The Capsized Boatman (12)

"Master, did you sleep comfortably?"

Su Wu looked at Master Chilong in a blink of an eye, and said "greetings" to him expressionlessly.

Master Chilong glared at him, and said in a low voice: "In the situation just now, if someone wakes up, they must be ashamed and angry. It's better to sleep peacefully. Anyway, you can handle such a situation by yourself. .

If they just meet you face to face, although they are shy on the face, they will not feel lonely or humiliated because of this. In this way, not waking up is the best of both worlds. What do you know? ! "

"Why do they not feel lonely or humiliated when they meet me?" Su Wu asked suspiciously.

Master Chilong looked at him intently, and sneered: "Men and women, there is no one who does not value appearance, let alone a person with good appearance and good looks?
It's not that I haven't been young before!

Stop talking about this!
From just now to now, a certain person has not noticed the slightest abnormality.

Have you ever discovered anything? "

Su Wu frowned and shook his head: "I haven't found anything."

"It's quite deep." Master Chilong had a cold light in his eyes, turned to look at the portrait of the 'Wutong God' hanging on the wall of the temple, and said, "No matter what, the Wutong God and the Tianwei Dao Altar are both Can't get rid of the relationship.

After we arrive at the Tianwei Dao Altar, no matter how many secrets there are, a certain one will have to find out all of them.

Stay alert in the middle of the night,
Some sleep a little longer. "

Master instructed Su Wu a few words, and then he lay back on the bed, covered the quilt, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Su Wu looked helplessly at Master Chilong for a while, looking at the dark sky outside the window hole, with the faint moonlight, this long night has not passed half.He leaned against the corner, closed his eyes and rested his mind, his mental energy hovered in the temple, and he was always vigilant so that he could respond to the abnormality as soon as it appeared.

but,

He waited for more than an hour,

There were no more accidents in the temple.

The accident appeared from outside the temple instead.

After more than an hour,
Someone knocked on the door of the temple, and the knocking sound was quite intense.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
This knock on the door not only woke up the Beilushan group who were staying in the temple, but also woke up the old Miaozhu who was resting in the room. There was a rustling movement in the room. Soon after, the old Miaozhu held a candlestick , tremblingly walked out from the inside.

Candelabra lights flicker,
A wrinkled face of Lao Miao Zhu was reflected.

The sound of knocking on the door outside the temple continued incessantly.

Su Wu was already standing in front of the temple gate, the old Miao Zhu came over, stood with him, and said again and again: "Come, come, I'll open the door for you!"

While talking, Miao Zhu handed the candle holder to Su Wu,
Su Wu helped the old man hold the candlestick,

The old man pressed the palm of the door bolt, took the latch on the door bolt, and pulled the door bolt open.

With a "squeak", the two vermilion lacquered wooden doors were gently opened by Lao Miaozhu.

The moonlight outside the door was extremely light, and everything in the distance was hidden in the night.

A short and thin man wearing a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat was standing at the foot of the steps in front of the 'Wutong Temple'. He was shaking like chaff, and as he trembled, drops of water dripped from the rain hat and coir raincoat on his body. It slid down and dripped around his straw sandal feet, soaking the ground around them.

Seeing that the Wutong Temple opened the door, an oil lamp reflected the rickety figure of Lao Miaozhu, the short and thin man looked like a drowning man who had caught half of his life-saving straw, stepped up the steps in two steps, and grabbed Lao Miaozhu's arm : "Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen!

problem occurs!
The boat capsized!
Everyone drowned! "

The short and thin man was drenched instantly, and there was a lot of liquid on the palm of his hand, whether it was sweat or river water. He grabbed Lao Miaozhu's arm and immediately wet the clothes on Lao Miaozhu's arm.

Lao Miaozhu was grabbed by his arm and couldn't break free for a while, so he reached out and patted his shoulder: "You...you talk slowly first, don't get too excited, talk about things slowly.

Where is the ship going?Why did it turn over?Who drowned? "

"I just came to talk to Uncle Chen!

Uncle Chen, don't you remember me?I am Huang Liuzi from nearby Jinxi Village!
——I have to go home to see my mother-in-law. I'll go back first, Uncle Chen! "The short and thin man said a few words in an upheaval, at least to clarify his identity. After he finished speaking, he suddenly let go of Lao Miaozhu's arm, turned his head and ran towards the village road on the side of Wutong Temple ——

Lao Miaozhu wanted to grab him, but he reached out but couldn't catch him.

He opened his mouth, still remembering who the name 'Huang Liuzi' refers to?

"return!"

Miao Zhu didn't have time to react, but Su Wu, who was holding a candle next to him, moved his eyebrows at this moment, and sent a "silent call" to "Huang Liuzi"—Huang Liuzi was called by Su Wu's mind energy, and stopped immediately Standing three or four steps away from Wutong Temple, he turned around and looked at the old Miaozhu at the entrance of the temple in a daze.

Holding a candle, Su Wu pushed Lao Miaozhu to Huang Liuzi.

Behind him, Chilong Zhenren and others also walked out of the temple, surrounding Huang Liuzi in the middle.

The candlelight reflected Huang Liuzi's pale face due to excessive fright and cold. Huang Liuzi's appearance was quite upright.

Lao Miaozhu looked at Huang Liuzi's face illuminated by the candlelight, his eyes suddenly came to him, and he finally matched the name 'Huang Liuzi' with the person in front of him: "Liuzi, are you going to help the 'Goulan House' in Qingxi County today?" Has the goods gone?

Said he was going...where?

It will take three days to sail the boat... You just said that the boat capsized?Who drowned? "

Huang Liuzi was surrounded by a group of unknown people, more like a frightened bird, but fortunately there was always a familiar face in front of him, he heard Lao Miaozhu holding him and asking slowly, his mood calmed down a little, and he rearranged language, said in a shy voice: "I thought the employer wanted me to haul goods from Qingxi County to other places——

Unexpectedly, he asked me to drag people to another county 'Xiuchang County', and drag some old and sick prostitutes from Goulan Washeri, east of Qingxi County, to the 'secret door' of Xiuchang County. 'I went to resell it!

I used to work for this client, and the other party gave me a lot of money, and it was the same this time—my boat was not a boat to pull people, but he gave a lot of money, and I was greedy for a while, so I agreed to help him pull those prostitutes Walk.

Halfway there, halfway there..."

Speaking of this, Huang Liuzi obviously hesitated for a while, and his words became hesitant: "Halfway, the boat capsized!
A boat of seven prostitutes all drowned in the river! "

Master Chilong noticed the change in Huang Liuzi's tone and frowned.

Lao Miaozhu didn't hear anything wrong at all, and sighed repeatedly after hearing the words: "Hey, why did it capsize? It's just a few lives..."

"Yeah, there are always a few lives!" Huang Liuzi unconsciously showed shame in his eyes, he looked at the old Miao Zhu, and continued, "Before I took this errand, I made a wish to the Wutong God.

The prostitutes also said that they had seen the Wutong Shenshun travel ritual in the first month, and they went there to make a wish.

Old Uncle Chen, let's see if you can contact the red-headed master so that they can help to perform a ceremony to save their dead souls. "

Huang Liuzi, who had gradually calmed down, finally explained why he came to Wutong Temple for the first time after he climbed ashore from the river—it was for Lao Miao Zhu to help contact the red-headed master of Tianwei Taoist altar , to do a ritual ritual for those whores who drowned!
Lao Miaozhu nodded: "I can invite people to spread the news to Tianwei Dao Altar.

But even if you only invite a red-headed master to do a ritual—that would still cost two taels of silver..."

For the rest, Lao Miaozhu did not say anything.

But the meaning of the words has been expressed clearly.

Huang Liuzi nodded on the spot and said: "I will pay this money, and I will pay all the money within three taels of silver!"

"Liuzi is willing to pay a few people who just met by chance to do things to save people. He is really a kind person..." Lao Miaozhu praised Huang Liuzi a few words.

Huang Liuzi dodged his eyes, not daring to look into Lao Miaozhu's eyes.

"Where did you capsize?
Struggling to escape from the river and walking all the way to the Wutong Temple, it must have been very hard, right? "At this time, Su Wu asked abruptly. The various expressions and tone of this Huang Liuzi made him feel strange, and there might be something hidden in this matter.

Hearing Su Wu's question, Huang Liuzi didn't have any resistance, so he replied subconsciously: "Five or seven miles forward from Wutong Temple is the Shaxi River. There is a ferry over there. I often sail from there. Go to various places along the river to discuss life.

If the Shaxi River flows down the river, it will reach the Minjiang River directly.

This time, the boat was overturned at the junction of the mouth of the Shaxi River and the Minjiang River, which is not far from the Wutong Temple. After I swam ashore and walked a few miles, I found Wutongdu, and then I went to the Wutong Temple. It's not hard, it's not hard..."

Su Wu nodded when he heard the words, and under the blessing of his verbal sword, mind energy and other means,

It can be confirmed that Huang Liuzi did not hide anything in his remarks.

At this time, Huang Liuzi also seemed to have come to his senses suddenly, grabbed Lao Miaozhu's arm and said repeatedly: "I will leave the matter of asking the master to you, Old Chen, I have to go home first, I have to go home and see Look at my wife—"

"You guys, when you get off the boat on weekdays, you either gamble around, play with cats or dogs, and never care about your family.

This is a change of temper today, do you know that you have gone home to see your wife? " Lao Miaozhu casually teased a few words with Huang Liuzi.

Huang Liuzi just shook his head,
Without responding to Lao Miao Zhu, he turned around and walked out of the crowd.

From the beginning to the end, he seemed to be very concerned about his wife at home. After explaining everything in a hurry, he was about to run home.

"Are you sure that the place where you capsized is at the mouth of the Shaxi River?" At this moment, Master Chilong squinted his eyes slightly, and suddenly asked Huang Liuzi who turned around and was about to leave.

"It's the mouth of the Shaxi estuary, and from there it's down to the Minjiang River!

There is only one Shaxi estuary! "Huang Liuzi replied quickly.

"Okay." Master Chilong nodded, and Tongyuan Qing Taoist and Zhu Daotong ordered, "Go and lead the horse, let's go to the mouth of the Shaxi River to have a look—"

He turned to look at Su Wu: "Dingyang, you escort this Huang Liuzi and send him home.

The night is dark and the road is slippery, there may be ghosts! "

The bearded Taoist emphasized the last eight words.

Everyone under Beilu Mountain Gate went to work.

When Huang Liuzi heard the last words of Master Chilong, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he froze on the spot - he looked at the dark road ahead, with great fear in his heart, he was too frightened to move forward!
Tong Baimei led a black horse to Su Wu, handed the rein to Su Wu, and hurried away with his head down.

Su Wu led the horse to Huang Liuzi's side: "Let's go, I'll see you off."

(End of this chapter)