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I don't know why, but the red carp showed a meaningful smile, which made me feel uneasy.

I frowned: "Who is he?"

"I can only tell you one thing, he has been looking for you for a long time, and..." Speaking of this, Hong Li slightly moved closer and said playfully, "His strength is not inferior to the Snake Lord and the Demon Snake!"

I want to keep asking, but it's obvious that Red Carp doesn't want to go any further on this topic.

After the red carp sat up straight, he said calmly: "We will pay attention to the movement of the magic snake! What you have to do now is to completely eradicate the snake curse on your brother!"

I restrained my mind: "What should I do?"

"Although it's not easy to completely eradicate the snake curse, it's not impossible." Red Carp spoke in a cold voice, returning to its usual expression.

Red Carp's words caught me by surprise, and I quickly asked, "What can I do?"

The red carp looked at me silently, pondered for a while before asking: "Do you know the 'Ghost Fisherman' on the Yuan River?"

I looked at Hong Li in astonishment, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned this ominous person.

The so-called ghost fisherman is a very evil legend spread on the surface of the river near the Yuanjiang River.

Below the Gaopo Palace on the Yuanjiang River, there is a rushing beach. In the early years, villagers by the river would go down the river in their spare time to catch some extra money by fishing, so there were some bizarre rumors.

It is said that at midnight in July, white mist will appear on the river, and then a ghost ship will haunt the river.

This is a scary ghost ship, most people can't see it, and the luck of seeing it is extremely low.

It is said that everyone who has seen the ghost ship and the fisherman will not end well.

At that time, after listening to what she said, I immediately understood that all this had something to do with the ghost ship. Did she ask me to find the ghost ship?
"I've heard of the ghost fisherman you mentioned!"

In the past, my grandma and I would go to the Yuanjiang River to worship the snake god almost every year and pray by the river.

Baishui Village is not far from Yuanjiang, and naturally knows a little about the many taboos of Yuanjiang.

I heard that there was something in Red Carp's words, and felt that things were not as simple as imagined.

"Those who saw the ghost ship almost died within a few days after returning, but there are also those who saw the ghost ship and did not die." Red Carp said to me quietly, "Otherwise, no one would know about it!"

I nodded: "I've heard people say that someone in our village has seen a ghost fisherman."

I slowly told Hong Li about the experience of seeing ghost ships in the village.

There is a little girl in our village, her name is Zhou Ling!
She was a good playmate when I was a child, she told me about it herself.

Because her parents died when she was young, Zhou Ling lived with her grandparents when she was very young.

At that time, she was not yet ten years old. In Baishui Village, including the local area, everyone was in a state of panic because everyone knew about the ghost boatman's evil sect, especially when everyone she saw died, and everyone was afraid.

Therefore, on a few days in the middle of each month, no one goes to the river to wash clothes during the day, not to mention the night.

I would like to mention here, as the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains depends on the water to drink water, and several nearby villages rely on fishing for their livelihood. That year her grandmother was seriously ill, and the family had no money for treatment.

Especially during the few days in the middle of the month, my grandma lay in bed all day in agony, and could not sleep at night when she was howling.

Therefore, grandpa can only take the risk to go fishing on the river, and wants to go to the town to sell money to buy medicine for her grandma during the day.

As for why you don’t go out to the river during the day, those who live and fish by the river know that the weather in June and July is hot, so fishing during the day is not easy, and the fish are all at the bottom of the river.

Only when it is cool at night will the fish come out to look for food and surface to take a breath. In addition, they need to go to the town to sell fish during the day, so there is a conflict in time.

The village is not far from the Yuanjiang River. Grandpa Zhou Ling went fishing by the river alone that night, and he didn't come back very late.

At that time, she was looking after her grandma at home, and she didn't come back after midnight. Grandma became worried, so she asked her to go to the river to have a look, and warned her not to go near the river. If she saw it, she would call grandpa back. Come back quickly.

Zhou Ling only remembered that the moon was very big and round that night, hanging brightly, and it was white and misty at night, so I didn't need a flashlight, and I could see the road at night.

She walked all the way to the edge of the Yuan River. That night, there was a heavy mist on the river, and it was so white that she couldn't see far.

And that ghostly fishing boat suddenly appeared on the river, with a wind lantern on the stern.

The ghost fisherman was wearing a bamboo hat and poncho, guarding the faint blue lantern, and sat motionless at the stern of the boat.

Because there was no one else on the entire river beach, Zhou Ling thought it was her grandfather who was out fishing. She chased after seeing this and shouted, but she couldn't catch up with the seemingly stationary boat.

One was floating in front and the other was chasing after. After a while, the boat gradually drifted away.

At this time, on the opposite side of the river beach, someone heard her voice and responded. When Zhou Ling heard it, it was her grandfather's voice.

After she ran over, she realized that it was indeed grandpa. He was fishing by the river alone, and he had harvested a lot.

Zhou Ling told her grandfather about the boat she saw on the river just now. Her grandfather's face changed after hearing this, but he didn't say anything at that time, and immediately took her away from the Yuanjiang River.

After going back, grandpa locked her in the door for three days in a row, telling her not to come out.

Because some people say that anyone who has seen a ghost ship will drown in the river.

Until the third day, Zhou Ling had a dream when she was a child. She dreamed that she went to Yuanjiang three days ago, stood by the river beach, and saw the ghost ship again.

At the stern of the ghost ship sat an old woman with her back facing her, dressed very familiarly, but she was very afraid to approach.

But in the dream, the old woman soon turned her head and smiled kindly at herself.

Of course she yelled out, because the old woman sitting at the stern was actually her grandmother, she hurried to catch up, but the ghost boat drifted towards the middle of the river, and disappeared in the white mist on the river in a blink of an eye.

When she woke up early in the morning, grandpa cried out in pity from the next room, and when she went out to see her, grandma had already passed away.

As for what happened after her grandmother died, she didn't say much.

Red carp was silent for a while after listening, and then said to me: "I met an old woman, she said that there is an old fairy living on the ghost ship, who can tell divinations, and is extremely accurate."

"The old woman also met a ghost fisherman in her early years, and even cut off her gown. It was because of the gown that she lived for more than 20 years."

I understood the meaning of the red carp, and couldn't help asking: "You want me to go to Yuanjiang to find the ghost fisherman?"

Let's not tell the truth of the story she told, even if it is true, it is a bit too evil, and it is definitely not a good thing when you hear it.

"As long as you find that ghost fisherman, you will be able to find a way to break the snake curse!" Red Carp was very resolute.

"Why are you so sure?" I was a little puzzled why her tone was so firm.