smuggler

Chapter 222 The Origin of the Ghost Ship
When I stared at the red carp seriously and asked this sentence, she looked at me dignifiedly and generously for a moment.

But she still didn't say why.

"Go to Zhang Daoxian after you go back to the village. He knows more about the ghost fisherman than me!"

The red carp stood up and was already heading for the stairs. When going down the stairs, the red carp turned around and said something again.

"You don't need to worry about the snake for the time being, he probably won't come out again in a short time."

I looked at her back, through the glass, and saw her walk to the door on the first floor, then opened the red umbrella, and walked out calmly.

"She's not a living person! But she's not a ghost either. Instead, there are quite a few scales on her neck and under her sleeves, but they are different from snakes." Chu Yuan expressed deep meaning.

I looked through the glass at the red figure slowly walking away from the crowd, and fell into deep thought.

She is holding a red umbrella, as if she is afraid of the sun.

I asked Chu Yuan in a low voice: "Do you think what she said is credible?"

Chu Yuan pondered: "I can't think of a reason why she lied to you."

I nodded, this is what I don't understand.

Could it be that she really wanted to repay her kindness?
But, am I being kind to her?
I smiled wryly and murmured: "It seems that I have to go back to the village."

It's getting late now, I went back to the shop, planning to go back tomorrow, originally I didn't want to tell Bai Yang.

But after thinking about it, this matter has something to do with him after all, so I told him.

Knowing the cause and effect, Bai Yang planned to go back with me.

I didn't refuse, it's been so many years, it's good to let him go back and have a look.

It was morning when I woke up the next day.

After we finished our meal, we simply cleaned up, and then we hurried back to our hometown.

The village is still the same as before, but I don't know if it is because the Liu family no longer comes to the village, and the incense of the snake temple built has faded.

Other than that, nothing has changed.

When I went to the back mountain to find Zhang Xianren, he was lying on the wicker chair in the yard and taking a nap. When he saw me, he jumped up from the chair with a look of surprise on his face.

"Aren't you planning to roam around and be a wild crane? Why did you come back to guard this three-acre land?"

When I saw him, I was also quite surprised. I didn't expect him to be here.

"I'll just talk about why my right eyelid keeps twitching today!" Zhang Xianren shook the cattail fan in his hand and said, "Tell me, what can I do to find an old Taoist?"

I roughly told the story of the ghost fisherman in the Yuanjiang River. After listening to it, Zhang Xianren sighed and said, "Girl, have you heard the allusion of 'Taozi Cave Walking by Water'?"

I was taken aback, Taozi Cave is also an evil place, it is on the top of the mountain opposite Yuanjiang Agricultural School in Anjiang.

The current Yuanjiang Agricultural School was actually a temple in its predecessor, called Shengjue Temple.

In the early years, it was one of the three ancient temples in this area, and Taozi Cave was on the top of the opposite mountain.

It was also the property of Shengjue Temple.However, Taozi Cave has always been quite evil.

Older farmers know that to tell if there is rain or not, it depends on whether there is fog at the entrance of Taozi Cave.

If there is no fog in Taozidong, then it will definitely not rain, otherwise there must be rain.

I have also heard the old people mention the allusion of Taozidong walking the waterway.

Some people say that anyone who has seen a ghost fisherman will often drown in the river.

Strangely, their bodies could not be found in the river, nor could they be found in Xianren Bay.

Xianren Bay in Chenxi is a famous sinking corpse bay, where the drowned people in the upper reaches gather.

But all those who have seen the ghost fisherman drown have never fished it from the river.

One year when it rained heavily, the Taozi Cave released the flood water, but strangely, a dead body rushed out.

The villagers salvaged him and found that he was the missing person who drowned in the river that year!
This is strange, someone saw him fall into the river and drown!

How could it be possible to run to Taozi Cave on the top of the mountain and let the water wash down?
You know, Taozi Cave is on the top of the mountain by the river bank, high above you!

How could a person who drowned in the river run to the cave on the top of the mountain?

This incident is jaw-dropping and beyond comprehension.

And this is the allusion of "Taozidong walks the waterway".

It is said that those who saw the ghost fisherman took the waterway to Taozi Cave and became immortals.

Why did Zhang Xianren suddenly mention this to me? What does this have to do with finding the ghost fisherman?
Just wondering, I heard Zhang Xianren say again: "There is a tortoise in Taozi Cave that can break hexagrams, and its accuracy is incomparable."

I was stunned and suspicious again, then I heard Zhang Xianren say again: "If you want to know something, you can only go to this tortoise..."

Zhang Xianren's words made me a little confused.

If you want to ask the tortoise in Peach Cave for directions, can't you enter the cave from the mountain?
Even if the mountain road is steep, it's more sensible than looking for this evil "ghost fisherman", right?

You know, the ghost fisherman is more powerful than the plague god, and he will kill people when he sees it!
Zhang Xianren obviously saw my doubts, and said again: "I know the ghost boat boatman in Yuanjiang, why is it called 'ghost fisherman'?"

I shook my head, and Zhang Xianren said again: "Actually, this is a rumor...Actually, it should be called 'Turtle Fisherman'."

I froze for a moment, it turned out that this was the case, that mysterious fisherman was actually an old turtle?
Just as he was stunned, he heard Zhang Xianren say again: "The ghost fisherman is the tortoise in Taozi Cave. It's not that anyone who sees it will die, but every time it goes down the mountain, it always comes to catch the drowned people back to the cave. Because it Hiding in Taozi Cave, they only eat drowned corpses."

I looked at Zhang Xianren in amazement, and then I realized how terrifying this spirited tortoise is. He actually eats people!

Just as he was terrified, Zhang Xianren said again: "The ghost fisherman only appears in the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year, and it only eats the drowned corpses that drowned in the river during this month."

"Actually, every time it goes down the river, it's not fishing, it's catching corpses. Therefore, once it appears, people who drowned will never find their corpses."

Zhang Xianren let me understand the terrifying truth of "Taozi Cave Walking by Water". The whole thing is so evil!
While I was in shock, I heard Zhang Xianren say again: "It's July now, if you can find the ghost fisherman, as long as you have a respectful attitude and don't annoy the Great Immortal, you may be able to find the answer you want."

I was startled when I heard this, and then I understood what Zhang Xianren meant.

It seems that as long as you find the "ghost fisherman", you don't need to go to Taozidong, just ask the fisherman directly.

"But this ghost fisherman is not so easy to find, and even if you see it, it may not be a good thing."

Zhang Xianren lay back on the rattan chair, tilted his head to the side and smiled at me, then said, "You know the blind man Zhao in the village!?"

"What are you talking about?" I was confused.

The blind man Zhang Xianren was talking about was from our village, but he had passed away for several years.

It was normal in my early years, but I didn’t come back much during the years of high school. I don’t know why I suddenly became blind, and I lived a very miserable life in my later years.

However, I don't understand why Zhang Xianren mentioned Zhao Xiazi to me.

I thought of something, and said slightly surprised: "He has seen the ghost fisherman?"

Zhang Xianren showed a mysterious smile at me.

(End of this chapter)