Painter

Chapter 10
When Li Chan opened his eyes, he saw only an open water surface, and the Goddess Bridge was nowhere to be seen.

Not far away, there was a group of cargo ships berthing at the pier, and there were camel caravans coming and going in and out of the pier, and there were warriors unloading the cargo. The water official took a book, recorded the list of cargo here, and hurried to the next loading and unloading location.

The scene is very lively, except that everything is black and white, it looks almost the same as the real world.

This is Qinghefang Water and Land Wharf.

The scale of the terminal is small, but the daily volume of goods entering and leaving is quite large.It was the first year of Lin Gong, the sage quelled the century-old demon chaos, cleared the trade routes, and the trade between Dayong and the Jizhou and foreign countries outside the Longwu Pass flourished again.

Daily necessities, grain, oil, and saline in Dongling and Lingnan, and porcelain, medicinal materials, and silk in Beixiang arrived here by water, and then transported out by dry road.Spices, furs, cattle and sheep from outside the pass came here by dry road, and then flowed to the whole Dayong by water.

This was 20 years ago, and the Goddess Bridge hadn't been built yet.The storyteller in the store at the foot of the warehouse talked about the sage chasing demons in rhythmic rhythms.In those troubled times, there were not only monsters raging, but also warlords everywhere, foreign nations staring at each other, Dayong's territory was gradually eroded, so that the entire Xiqi was lost, and the Dayong Center where the imperial capital Xuandu was seated gradually became Xiqi. Front and back of Longwu Pass, they became the last two barriers to protect Dayong's dignity, and also got the heroic and helpless title of "Emperor Pass".

It's a pity that after the sage chased away the demons, he changed Yuanlin Gong, ordered the capital to be moved, and the imperial city was moved to Yujing.

Fortunately, there is a Fuyu Mountain to the east of Xuandu, which is supported by the gods in Qingque Palace, so it is not afraid of the monsters from outside the pass to attack again.A while ago, the two religions gathered in Taodu Mountain in the west to congratulate the fairy Xiaju who had captured all the demons in the world with a picture of mountains and seas. By the way, he also closed the ghost gate among the big peach trees. Now the flow in the west may not be clean. , but the source is clear.

So many major events affecting the fate of the country all happened in the first year of Lin Gong.However, this painting scene in the first year of Lin Gong has nothing to do with these major events, it is only born for ordinary people in the market.

Li Chan looked into the distance.The boundary outside Qinghefang looks like light ink has been knocked over on rice paper, smudged into chaos.

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"A-Tong, A-Tong, swim across the river with a sword in hand."

"Not afraid of shore dogs, but afraid of water insects!"

The soft and glutinous singing voice, if there is nothing, creates ripples. In the center of the ripples is a pair of small and exquisite bare feet. The owner of the bare feet is a fisherman in her teens.

The fisherwoman sat on the bow of the boat, slapping the water with her feet.The clothes and headscarf are very old, but they are a unique touch of red in the black and white painting environment.

Jiang Hehe played in the bow of the boat humming a song while wiping the eyes of the boat embedded in the bow with a cloth. The eyes of the boat were polished from two clam pearls into a shuttle shape. The color was not good, but the size was not small. They were sacrificed to the river god. The magic weapon is installed on the bow of the ship, so that the ship can recognize the direction when it is foggy.

In fact, no one can say whether the eyes of the boat are useful or not. This may just be an excuse for fishermen to sacrifice to the river god.

But in Dayong Kingdom, no matter what you do, it seems that you have to worship the gods and make offerings to the Buddha.Pushui is a small tributary of Fushui, and there is no righteous god sitting in it.If there is no righteous god, just find some kind of god to make offerings to.

The river god that Jiang Hehe worshiped was called "Wang Xiang". The origin of this river god can be traced back to when Jiang Hehe was six years old.

Jiang Hehe lost his father since he was a child, and lived with his aunt. When she was six years old, she went out with her aunt in the spring, and left the city along the water pass under the city wall in order to catch stone carps that were not available in shallow water and sell them to restaurants for a good price.

It was foggy that day, and when we got to the place near Hushui, something strange happened on the boat, as if it was hit by something under the water, and it was on the verge of falling.A Niang was quite frightened, but Jiang Hehe got excited and shouted "On the Internet, on the Internet!" trying to pick up that big guy.

The strange thing is that Jiang Hehe yelled twice, the boat stopped shaking, and the thing that hit the boat disappeared.

After returning home, A Niang took out her savings and went to the Town God's Temple to pray for the gods. The officials in the temple said that she had encountered a monster, so A Niang spent incense money and asked for a spell to ward off evil spirits.

Back at the Pushui River, an old fisherman said that he had met a wild god in the river. The wild god in the river was no worse than a monster and would not harm people.

A Niang hesitated, and someone persuaded her, if she can afford the spell to ward off evil spirits, can she still afford to hire an expert to eliminate demons?
Who doesn't know that wild gods are monsters, but there are so many monsters in the world, and those who have harmed people have not been eliminated. Who has time to care about you?

When you are killed, the monster will have to get rid of it, but it will be too late.

Why don't you sacrifice the river god today, not only will the river god not harm you, but he will also protect you on the boat.

Only then did A Niang wake up and wash away the evil spell.

The old fisherman asked how the river god got away that day. A Niang told her, but the old fisherman slapped his thigh and said that it was right. It must be Jiang Hehe who called the river god by the name of the river god. leave.

The god of the river, the elephant, the god of the river, the elephant, can't be wrong.

A Niang hesitated, Jiang Hehe clearly meant to put that thing online.But the old fisherman waved his hand impatiently, what do women know, the essence of water is not named—this is what the most knowledgeable old storyteller in the warehouse said.

From then on, Jiang Hehe and A Niang began to worship the river god Wangxiang.

There are many rules for worshiping the God of the River, even more than for worshiping the Righteous God. Fortunately, there is no need to spend a lot of incense and incense, and of course, you can't get half-way spiritual response.The strange thing is that since then, A Niang has never encountered any strange things.

"A-Tong, A-Tong, swim across the river with a sword in hand."

Jiang Hehe splashed the water with his feet while humming.

A group of fish, black and red, seemed to gather because of her singing, and circled around her feet.A Niang's scolding sound came from behind, Jiang Hehe shivered, retracted his feet, squatted on the edge of the boat and laughed.

A Niang was so angry that it was not allowed to throw things into the water to worship the river god, especially dirty ones. The feet of men and women are dirty, how can they get close to the water?

He raised his hand to hit her, but he couldn't continue, so he pointed at her and scolded her, one day you will be eaten by the river god.

Jiang Hehe still laughed at first, but A Niang scolded me badly, so she sat on the side of the boat, her little face sank, and she turned her head, "Eat it as soon as you eat it, in case the river god thinks I'm not tasty and will spit me out again." return."

A Niang said angrily: "It's upside down, you pay it back."

"Stop cursing, stop cursing, if you continue cursing, the guests won't dare to take the boat." Li Chan walked down the embankment and came to the side of the boat, "Calm down the boatman, business is important."

Seeing a visitor, A Niang smiled apologetically at Li Chan, "Young lady is naughty, you must laugh at me."

"It's not naughty, it's just playing with the water. How can it be naughty?" Li Chan glanced at the scattered fish under the water, and said softly, "This girl is born with psychics."

A Niang didn't hear what Li Chan said, Li Chan was already squatting on the bank, asking Jiang Hehe.

"What's your name?"

"Red medicine!"

After Jiang Hehe answered without thinking, he was stunned, not knowing why he yelled these two words.

A Niang scolded: "What plague again! What is my name, I forgot my surname?"

Jiang Hehe blushed in embarrassment, looked at the corner of his clothes and whispered, "Jiang Hehe, my name is Jiang Hehe."

(End of this chapter)