Between seas

Shen Boru chased the little mute all the way to the bank of the Zhang River, the fog in front of their eyes was thick, like layers of airtight white gauze curtains, blurring the scenery in front of their eyes.

The little mute kept running forward, and the speed was getting faster and faster.Shen Boru could clearly hear the little mute's quick breath. Seeing the little mute's flustered look, he felt in a trance that he was like some kind of scourge wanting to eat him.

Shen Boru couldn't help calling out: "Wait a minute!"

The little mute turned a deaf ear and continued to run forward until he reached the bank of the Zhang River.

The fog was so thick that Shen Boru could no longer see the location of the Zhang River, but could only hear the gurgling sound of water.When he came to the little mute, the child's eyes were still dull and out of focus, and he opened his mouth and murmured, "I don't worship Goddess, I only worship He Bo."

Do not worship Goddess, only He Bo.

Shen Boru's heart tightened, the little mute's words were clearly telling him that the villagers in Zhangjia Village knew that the God of Zhanghe was a goddess.

So who is the He Bo they worshiped? !

When Shen Boru was about to ask, the little mute jumped forward, and when he heard a "splash", he jumped into the Zhang River, but disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Shen Boru didn't have time to think, and jumped in together with the little mute.As soon as he entered the water, the cold river water was wrapped in layers like fine silk.

Followed by, there are all kinds of pictures.

These are the past of Zhangjiacun.

Even if those villagers have deliberately forgotten the past, concealing their reluctance to recall.But everything has a spirit, the vegetation on this land still remembers, and the river flowing in the village also remembers.

They transformed these things into pictures and presented them one by one in the mind of Shen Boru, an outsider.

He saw what happened here a long time ago.

The Zhanghe River has suffered from frequent floods since ancient times, and generations have had the custom of worshiping the river god.They built a temple by the river and prayed to the gods to bless the village and not be disturbed by floods.

I don't know when, the custom of offering sacrifices to living people arose in this land.The villagers will pick out a girl with good looks as "He Bo's wife" and throw her into the bottom of the Zhang River.

The chosen girl is naturally unwilling.At the age of fifteen or sixteen, it is the time to be full of imagination about the future.Perhaps, in the near future, they will meet a person they like, and then spend their lives happily.

But these beautiful fantasies are submerged in the sand at the bottom of the river because of a so-called "He Bo".

Those girls who were chosen would cry and beg on the ground, saying that they did not want to serve He Bo.At this time, the villagers headed by the wizard will jump out and accuse the girl of disobeying the rules and disregarding the safety of the village, and say: "It is your good fortune to be selected to serve the Hebo Immortal. Don't be ignorant of good and evil."

In Shen Boru's eyes, their faces were very shameless.

Girls subconsciously turn to their parents for help.However, they will find that their homes are full of villagers who come to "persuade".The mother was sobbing and sobbing in a corner, while the father squatted far away on the door sill, with his back to everyone, bowed his head and sighed, without saying a word.

He is clearly a human being, but he is as indifferent as a ghost.

Then, the villagers will pick an auspicious day and build a high platform by the Zhang River. The girls will be forced to put on wedding clothes, dress up, tie them to bamboo rafts, and drift with the water.The small bamboo raft carrying the crying girl sank into the cold water under the watchful eyes of the whole village, accompanied by the joyous singing and drumming on the high platform.

The sinking was like falling into the bottom of the river little by little, and the river water was rippling in layers before his eyes, showing the faces of girls one after another.They were all young and beautiful, but they all had sad expressions on their faces, and they looked at him fixedly, as if they wanted to say something.

Shen Boru stretched out his hand, and the figures of the girls disappeared in an instant, as if melting into the water of the Zhang River, turning into blue ripples and dissipating.

The scene changed, and when the river thawed in the early spring of a certain year, Zhangjia Village began to marry a wife for He Bo again in order to pray for safety.But this time was different. The bamboo raft carrying the girl went to the middle of the water, and when it was about to capsize, it was lifted up by the river.

Before everyone could understand it, they saw the sky breaking through the cloudy clouds, and thousands of ripples appeared on the river surface illuminated by a few beams of bright sunlight.The goddess in blue clothes lifted the girl as a sacrifice, walked through the waves, and sent the girl back to the shore.

She gently wiped away the tears on the girl's face, and smiled softly: "Go home."

In early spring, there is a goddess Tsing Yi who comes on blue waves.

The villagers were shocked and knelt down one after another, saying that the gods would bless them, and hoped that the Zhanghe River would no longer be flooded.

The Goddess of Zhanghe didn't say anything, she turned into clear water and went back.

From then on, the villagers built a magnificent goddess temple for her by the Zhang River, burning incense and praying every day.

However, the Goddess of Zhanghe never appeared again.

As time went by, the magnificent temple of the Goddess also fell into disrepair and became a wasteland overgrown with hares and weeds.

But Shen Boru saw that the Goddess Zhanghe was always by these villagers' side.

Every spring, the Goddess of Zhanghe will transform into a girl in Tsing Yi and go to the farmland in the village.She will carry a bucket of clear water, and when she sees a farmer who is tired, she will scoop a bowl of water for him to quench his thirst.

If a farmer asks who she is, the Goddess of Zhanghe just smiles and shakes her head: "Don't ask me, old man, don't worry, I am also from this village."

After finishing speaking, he put away the small bucket and went to other places facing the sun.

The farmer watched the back of Zhanghe Goddess leaving, he really didn't remember such a person in the village, and wanted to inquire about it, but there were too many villagers, so he gave up.

Sometimes the Goddess of Zhanghe would hide in the river, watch the villagers worshiping her quietly, hum with them the brisk Divine Comedy, and raise a circle of blue waves.

The Goddess of Zhanghe would also overhear the private love stories of those young men and women, and carefully write them down, and tell them to her sweetheart when she meets her sweetheart in the future.

She really loves the land and the people.

It would be great if it continued like this, but three months ago, things changed.

The villagers all had the same dream.They dreamed of a burly man with a hammer in his hand. The man called himself He Bo, slandered the Goddess of the Zhang River as a river demon rather than a god, and robbed him of the seat of the river god by despicable means.

The Bo also asked the villagers if they wanted to go to a place where people could live forever.

Naturally, the villagers didn't believe He Bo's nonsense in his dream.In order to prove what he said was true, He Bo said that he would show up in front of everyone tomorrow to show his supernatural power.

Therefore, He Bo turned himself into a fortune-teller, and when the water of the Zhang River was soaring, he suppressed the rushing water with his own strength and made it calm.

The villagers shouted miracles.

He Bo took the opportunity to say that as long as he went to the "Land of Eternal Life", he would become like a fairy and live forever.

The villagers were moved by what he said, and with an attitude of giving it a try, they asked him how to reach the "Land of Eternal Life".

He Boyan needs the help of Goddess Zhanghe to guide the way.

How to lead out the Goddess of Zhanghe?

The villagers checked the village chronicles and found that the Goddess of Zhanghe had appeared and rescued a girl who was sacrificed many years ago, so they decided to hold another "Hebo Marries a Wife" to lure her out.

The villagers came to Fu Tao and asked her to act as bait so that everyone could become immortal.

Fu Tao immediately said: "Even if He Bo has the ability to make everyone immortal. But the Goddess Zhanghe never harmed anyone, and even saved a girl many years ago. Even if she is a demon, she should be a good demon. I don't think so." Willing to hurt her."

Fu Tao had a stubborn look on his face, like a winter plum blossom in full bloom on a winter night.

After the villagers left, she quietly packed up her soft clothes and ran out of the house overnight to find Zhang Jipeng, who had just set the date of marriage with her.

It was the middle of the night, Zhang Jipeng quietly pulled Fu Tao, and the two came to the Zhang River together, and sat side by side under the willow tree on the embankment.

The sky reflects the water, and the river is full of stars.

Zhang Jipeng said: "I know everything about the day. You don't need to worry about it. Even if they tie you to the bamboo raft, I can snatch you back. We agreed to be husband and wife forever. This is the first life. I will protect you."

As he said, he handed Fu Tao a ceramic doll: "I saw it at the market today. It's very interesting, so I want to give it to you."

Fu Tao picked up the ceramic doll, she smiled, leaned on Zhang Jipeng's shoulder, and looked up at the stars in the sky: "Let's elope, I've packed everything. Leave here, go anywhere."

Zhang Jipeng smiled: "OK."

But they didn't succeed and were caught.

At that time, Fu Tao knelt on the ground, knowing that he could not persuade these obsessed villagers by himself.She also showed the same desperate and sad expression as those sinking girls before, begging and crying.

The villagers said: "It's not telling you to die, it's a great thing to be promoted to immortality, why are you running?"

Seeing that there was really no other way, Fu Tao felt the word "death" in his mind in a daze.She got angry, broke away from the crowd, and slammed her head against the wall to death.

So, people in Zhangjia Village tied the dead Fu Tao to a small bamboo raft and put it in the Zhang River.

After many years, "Hebo Marries a Wife" was held again.Music was played on the high platform, and the wizard led the crowd to sing cheerful and pleasing songs.

After the elopement was discovered, Zhang Jipeng was kept locked in his home.He didn't know that Fu Tao was dead, and when he escaped from the house and rushed to the Zhang River, the small bamboo raft had already drifted a long way.

When the villagers saw Zhang Jipeng approaching, their expressions changed one after another, fearing that he would spoil the good deed, they quickly pushed him to the ground.

Zhang Jipeng watched helplessly as the small bamboo raft floated to the middle of the river, he thought, Taotao must be terrified, and he should look for her at this time.It would be best if she could be rescued, and it didn't matter if she couldn't be rescued. The two of them would be a pair of water ghosts, and they could be considered as hand in hand for this life.

He promised.

Zhang Jipeng exerted all his strength, broke free from the crowd of villagers, and jumped into the Zhang River.In the early spring, the river had just thawed and was bitingly cold.He swam to the middle of the river at high speed, shouting Fu Tao's name loudly.

Fu Tao didn't respond, and it was impossible to respond.

Zhang Jipeng just swam to the middle of the water when the small bamboo raft was overturned by the rushing river.

Zhang Jipeng rushed over in a hurry, and hurriedly untied Fu Tao who was tied to the bamboo raft.

He didn't realize that Fu Tao had died long ago, so he called her twice.When Zhang Jipeng felt strange, a black figure broke through her body, like a cicada shedding its chrysalis, and got out.

Zhang Jipeng was in the river, and vaguely saw that the black shadow raised something like an arm and smashed it on top of his head.

The surface of the water turned red.

The screen ends here.

Shen Boru also fell to the bottom of the Zhang River, and a ceramic doll appeared at his feet.The doll is thin and thin, with a cleverness in her brows and eyes, and her facial features are clearly a little mute.

It was the one given to Fu Tao by Zhang Jipeng.

He picked up the ceramic doll and said softly, "Thank you for telling me."

The "Land of Eternal Life" does exist, and it refers to Guixu.Guixu is located at the intersection of the Three Realms, where time passes extremely slowly.

And the black shadow that appeared at the end of the screen was a monster called Nightmare.They were born in Guixu and belonged to extremely evil monsters.

When the town was sealed off and returned to the ruins, a few of them escaped in disorder.Heaven also issued a pursuit order to capture these nightmare monsters.

The passage that appeared in Zhangjia Village did not lead to the Underworld, but to the Guixu where the Three Realms meet.

Guixu was sealed by Shen Boru's chaotic vitality, and the nightmare wanted to open the passage to Guixu.Nothing in the world can be the medium between the world and Guixu, but God can.

They want to use the Goddess of Zhanghe as the medium to open the Guixu.