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Chapter 13 The Legend of the Demon Boy
"Boatman, come here quickly, I want to cross the river!" After parting ways with his sworn brother Ning Liheng, Chen Geng hurriedly walked for three days before reaching the last stop in Kyoto - Sanjiang Ferry in the early morning of the fourth day.
At this time, a round of setting sun is reflected on the river. The rays of rays are shining and the waves are sparkling. Half of the river water shows a deep blue color and the other half shows a red river water. The shadow of a boat on the river seems to have seen Chen Geng calling out to the ferry. Coming slowly.
The boatman was a middle-aged man with a cheerful personality. He was wearing a pair of patched shorts and a raincoat. He had a shaved head. While rocking the boat, he enthusiastically addressed Chen to a place less than 3 meters away from the ferry. Geng greeted.
"Jun Housheng, is this your first time here?" At this time, the boat happened to be docked. The boatman took off the bamboo hat on his head, got ashore from the boat, stood opposite Chen Geng and looked at the young man carefully, "This is my home. There are rules for crossing the river, do you know?"
"Rules?" Chen Geng was confused for a moment. He looked at the dark-skinned man in front of him and asked humbly: "Uncle, I have to go to Kyoto for something. What are the rules here? Can you tell me?"
The man rowing the boat looked like he had expected it, and pointed to a stone statue not far from the ferry. "Junjunsheng, you have no problem crossing the river, but if you are not in a hurry, go to the stone statue and offer three sticks of incense first, old man." Can I not charge you?"
Hearing this, Chen Geng took a quick look and found a cute-looking stone doll not far away. He immediately became interested and asked, "Uncle, is there any explanation for this rule?"
"That's the patron saint of our river." As he spoke, the boatman pointed at the river in front of him and said with gratitude, "Young man, more than ten years ago, there were monsters in our river. It was not peaceful until the Holy Boy appeared and wiped out all the monsters in the river. Life for us men who make a living by fishing became much better."
"Hey," after saying this, the boatman's face darkened, as if he was filled with great sorrow and indignation, "But the world is unkind. There was a black dragon among those monsters. The death of a dragon attracted the anger of the entire dragon clan. In order not to harm his family, , the holy boy committed suicide at the place where he slayed the dragon. In order to express his gratitude for the great kindness of the holy boy, the nearby villagers voluntarily built a stone statue of the holy boy to worship. Since then, even if there are occasional monsters in this river, it will be strange in less than three to five days. have evaporated from the world, I guess it is the Holy Child who is still secretly protecting this river in the spirit of heaven!"
"This place should not be far from Kyoto. How can even a dragon clan make trouble without restraint?" Upon hearing the boatman's answer, Chen Geng's first reaction was disbelief. After all, where is Kyoto? Even if the monsters are extremely powerful, they cannot be so arrogant!
Seeing Chen Geng's disbelief, the boatman looked unhappy, "Young man, why do I need to amuse you? That dragon god is the guardian beast of the Zhou Dynasty, and his dragon sons and grandsons only need to If you don’t provoke Taoists, those practitioners won’t risk offending the Dragon God to stand up for a mortal!”
Hearing this, Chen Geng admired the stone doll who dared to stand up for a mortal. He thought that time was not in a hurry, so he walked over with the villagers crossing the river who were arriving one after another.
At this time, in front of a bronze incense burner, a girl wearing a pink pleated skirt and a white gauze hat held three sticks of incense that had just been lit and slowly inserted it, then hurriedly left in front of the stone statue.
Chen Geng, who was attracted by the girl's graceful figure, naturally did not miss the opportunity to admire the girl's leaving figure until a clear voice of a child behind him reminded him: "Brother, your moral integrity is gone."
After coming back to his senses, Chen Geng looked around, but there were no children anywhere. Some poor villagers lined up behind him urged: "Young man, do you want to worship or not? What are you doing there? Are you waiting to die?"
Chen Geng knew he was wrong, so he quickly apologized to the villagers behind him, picked up three sticks of incense from under the stone statue, and bowed respectfully. At this time, he suddenly found a pink sachet falling on the ground, and subconsciously Picking it up on the ground, the strange thing is that the sachet disappeared as soon as he took it in his hand. Chen Geng was stunned at this moment!
The impatient villagers waiting behind did not get used to Chen Geng's bad habits. They saw a strong young man with big arms and thick waist pushing Chen Geng aside from behind, cursing and spitting at his feet. .
Of course, Chen Geng couldn't argue with these poor people, so he just found a kind-faced old woman and asked: "Auntie, did you just see a sachet on the ground? Pink one?"
The old woman lining up in the queue looked at Chen Geng sympathetically, thinking to herself, what kind of handsome guy is this? His brain is abnormal at such a young age. How could a young girl appear in this shabby place, let alone a future one? The pink sachet that comes standard for young girls leaving the palace. After thinking for a moment, the old woman had to say meaningfully: "Young man, if you have a brain disease, you need to be cured. I'm not old-sighted yet. I really didn't see what you said!"
When Chen Geng saw that the aunt was not lying, he could only classify the matter as a strange incident. He had no time to pursue it for a moment. After all, the boatman was still waiting at the ferry.
Hurrying to the ferry, the boat was about to set off. The boat hurriedly waved to Chen Geng, "Jun Housheng, hurry up, everyone is waiting for you. Why is it taking so long to go to the incense stick?" "
"Sorry, sorry!" Chen Geng stepped onto the boat in one step and sat down towards the stern of the boat.
As the captain whistled, the scenery on both sides of the ship began to change.Chen Geng, who was sitting in the stern of the boat, saw the green trees, blooming flowers, and spring flowers along the shoreline, the continuous mountains and cliffs on both sides of the river, and the deserted islands in the river that were full of rocks and overgrown with weeds. .
Unknowingly, the time passed in the afternoon, and the boat arrived at a densely populated Kyoto ferry port. The boatman immediately took out 30 copper coins from a patched money bag and carefully checked them. After counting it twice, he handed the copper coins to a dock steward.
Seeing this, Chen Geng, who had just gotten off the boat, hurriedly grabbed 5 copper coins from his pocket and handed it to the boatman, "Uncle, this is my share. I didn't know you had to pay a share to the dock steward. I'm sorry that it's free for you." !”
"Jun Housheng, you are looking down on me." At this time, the old boatman pushed the copper coins in Chen Geng's hand and said majestically: "You worship the Holy Child, I can't accept your money, otherwise I will I feel sorry for Shengtong's great kindness. After all, it is because of him that we, the people living on the river, have not lost our jobs. He also lost his life because of us. There is nothing we can do about the unnecessary things. We can only do this. It’s a small thing to show our gratitude!”
Seeing that the boatman's face was flushed with anxiety, Chen Geng had no choice but to put away the copper coins in his hand, and he felt admiration for this kind and righteous boatman.In desperation, he could only bow his hands, and then followed the flow of people towards the city not far away.
At this time, a round of setting sun is reflected on the river. The rays of rays are shining and the waves are sparkling. Half of the river water shows a deep blue color and the other half shows a red river water. The shadow of a boat on the river seems to have seen Chen Geng calling out to the ferry. Coming slowly.
The boatman was a middle-aged man with a cheerful personality. He was wearing a pair of patched shorts and a raincoat. He had a shaved head. While rocking the boat, he enthusiastically addressed Chen to a place less than 3 meters away from the ferry. Geng greeted.
"Jun Housheng, is this your first time here?" At this time, the boat happened to be docked. The boatman took off the bamboo hat on his head, got ashore from the boat, stood opposite Chen Geng and looked at the young man carefully, "This is my home. There are rules for crossing the river, do you know?"
"Rules?" Chen Geng was confused for a moment. He looked at the dark-skinned man in front of him and asked humbly: "Uncle, I have to go to Kyoto for something. What are the rules here? Can you tell me?"
The man rowing the boat looked like he had expected it, and pointed to a stone statue not far from the ferry. "Junjunsheng, you have no problem crossing the river, but if you are not in a hurry, go to the stone statue and offer three sticks of incense first, old man." Can I not charge you?"
Hearing this, Chen Geng took a quick look and found a cute-looking stone doll not far away. He immediately became interested and asked, "Uncle, is there any explanation for this rule?"
"That's the patron saint of our river." As he spoke, the boatman pointed at the river in front of him and said with gratitude, "Young man, more than ten years ago, there were monsters in our river. It was not peaceful until the Holy Boy appeared and wiped out all the monsters in the river. Life for us men who make a living by fishing became much better."
"Hey," after saying this, the boatman's face darkened, as if he was filled with great sorrow and indignation, "But the world is unkind. There was a black dragon among those monsters. The death of a dragon attracted the anger of the entire dragon clan. In order not to harm his family, , the holy boy committed suicide at the place where he slayed the dragon. In order to express his gratitude for the great kindness of the holy boy, the nearby villagers voluntarily built a stone statue of the holy boy to worship. Since then, even if there are occasional monsters in this river, it will be strange in less than three to five days. have evaporated from the world, I guess it is the Holy Child who is still secretly protecting this river in the spirit of heaven!"
"This place should not be far from Kyoto. How can even a dragon clan make trouble without restraint?" Upon hearing the boatman's answer, Chen Geng's first reaction was disbelief. After all, where is Kyoto? Even if the monsters are extremely powerful, they cannot be so arrogant!
Seeing Chen Geng's disbelief, the boatman looked unhappy, "Young man, why do I need to amuse you? That dragon god is the guardian beast of the Zhou Dynasty, and his dragon sons and grandsons only need to If you don’t provoke Taoists, those practitioners won’t risk offending the Dragon God to stand up for a mortal!”
Hearing this, Chen Geng admired the stone doll who dared to stand up for a mortal. He thought that time was not in a hurry, so he walked over with the villagers crossing the river who were arriving one after another.
At this time, in front of a bronze incense burner, a girl wearing a pink pleated skirt and a white gauze hat held three sticks of incense that had just been lit and slowly inserted it, then hurriedly left in front of the stone statue.
Chen Geng, who was attracted by the girl's graceful figure, naturally did not miss the opportunity to admire the girl's leaving figure until a clear voice of a child behind him reminded him: "Brother, your moral integrity is gone."
After coming back to his senses, Chen Geng looked around, but there were no children anywhere. Some poor villagers lined up behind him urged: "Young man, do you want to worship or not? What are you doing there? Are you waiting to die?"
Chen Geng knew he was wrong, so he quickly apologized to the villagers behind him, picked up three sticks of incense from under the stone statue, and bowed respectfully. At this time, he suddenly found a pink sachet falling on the ground, and subconsciously Picking it up on the ground, the strange thing is that the sachet disappeared as soon as he took it in his hand. Chen Geng was stunned at this moment!
The impatient villagers waiting behind did not get used to Chen Geng's bad habits. They saw a strong young man with big arms and thick waist pushing Chen Geng aside from behind, cursing and spitting at his feet. .
Of course, Chen Geng couldn't argue with these poor people, so he just found a kind-faced old woman and asked: "Auntie, did you just see a sachet on the ground? Pink one?"
The old woman lining up in the queue looked at Chen Geng sympathetically, thinking to herself, what kind of handsome guy is this? His brain is abnormal at such a young age. How could a young girl appear in this shabby place, let alone a future one? The pink sachet that comes standard for young girls leaving the palace. After thinking for a moment, the old woman had to say meaningfully: "Young man, if you have a brain disease, you need to be cured. I'm not old-sighted yet. I really didn't see what you said!"
When Chen Geng saw that the aunt was not lying, he could only classify the matter as a strange incident. He had no time to pursue it for a moment. After all, the boatman was still waiting at the ferry.
Hurrying to the ferry, the boat was about to set off. The boat hurriedly waved to Chen Geng, "Jun Housheng, hurry up, everyone is waiting for you. Why is it taking so long to go to the incense stick?" "
"Sorry, sorry!" Chen Geng stepped onto the boat in one step and sat down towards the stern of the boat.
As the captain whistled, the scenery on both sides of the ship began to change.Chen Geng, who was sitting in the stern of the boat, saw the green trees, blooming flowers, and spring flowers along the shoreline, the continuous mountains and cliffs on both sides of the river, and the deserted islands in the river that were full of rocks and overgrown with weeds. .
Unknowingly, the time passed in the afternoon, and the boat arrived at a densely populated Kyoto ferry port. The boatman immediately took out 30 copper coins from a patched money bag and carefully checked them. After counting it twice, he handed the copper coins to a dock steward.
Seeing this, Chen Geng, who had just gotten off the boat, hurriedly grabbed 5 copper coins from his pocket and handed it to the boatman, "Uncle, this is my share. I didn't know you had to pay a share to the dock steward. I'm sorry that it's free for you." !”
"Jun Housheng, you are looking down on me." At this time, the old boatman pushed the copper coins in Chen Geng's hand and said majestically: "You worship the Holy Child, I can't accept your money, otherwise I will I feel sorry for Shengtong's great kindness. After all, it is because of him that we, the people living on the river, have not lost our jobs. He also lost his life because of us. There is nothing we can do about the unnecessary things. We can only do this. It’s a small thing to show our gratitude!”
Seeing that the boatman's face was flushed with anxiety, Chen Geng had no choice but to put away the copper coins in his hand, and he felt admiration for this kind and righteous boatman.In desperation, he could only bow his hands, and then followed the flow of people towards the city not far away.
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