Start from miscellaneous fish to gain experience and cultivate immortality

Chapter 60
  Wang Shen walked around the tomb twice and found several books in addition to gold, silver and jewelry. He took all these things out and then sealed the robbery cave again.

Then he dug up the graves of the two brothers and put the head of the short tomb robber back together, which was considered a complete corpse.

A tombstone was erected for the two brothers, with only the word "brother" written on it.

When he returned home, he randomly found a corner to put the gold and silver treasures, and then took the books and read them.

Among these books, one book records some legends and stories about Qinghe; another book records some strange contents, such as how to practice water skills, how to breathe in the water, and how to observe the depth and shallowness of water in rivers. The last one contains It is a somewhat autobiographical biography.

Wang Shen first took a look at the autobiographical booklet. The content recorded in it was very interesting.

This man who called himself Li Kui accidentally rescued an old man by the river one year. Unexpectedly, more than a month later, he met the old man again by the river. The old man gave him some gold and silver jewelry to express his gratitude.

Li Kui was naturally surprised, but he rejected the old man's kindness because he did not save the old man for the gold and silver. The old man was very moved after hearing this, and finally left the gold and silver to him.

More than ten days later, the old man appeared again and said that he had arranged a job for Li Kui. He was a patrolman on the river, which was regarded as an official job and he was paid. He just told him not to let others know about it.

Li Kui was naturally very happy after hearing this, and followed the old man's instructions to patrol the river with all his heart. When passing by He Bo Temple, I would go in and burn a few sticks of incense to ask for He Bo’s blessing.

It can be seen from this that the Hebo Temple was still intact in Li Kui's era, and the incense in the Hebo Temple was still strong at that time.

The old man would appear every once in a while and give him some reward.

In this way, more than half a year passed, and one day he was patrolling the river as usual. Suddenly I met the old man again.

The old man said that he was quite satisfied with his performance during this period, and then revealed his true identity. It turned out that he was the Hebo of Qinghe, and he wanted Li Kui to be the river patrol envoy.

"Old man, He Bo, river patrol envoy?" Wang Shen was slightly startled when he saw this.

According to the description in this biography, He Bo should look like an old man.

"What does it look like as a human being? Did the river spirit become a spirit and transformed into a human form? Or is it a human being? Did it practice any special skills?"

Wang Shen then looked down and saw that Li Kui took the river patrol token from He Bo's hand. Because of his respect for He Bo, he worked even harder from then on.

In the summer of the following year, while patrolling the river, he accidentally fell into the river. This was the time when the river was at its most turbulent. He thought he might be in danger, but to his surprise, he found that he had actually fallen into the water. Don't drown.

"This should be the function of the river patrol token." Wang Shen thought, from this point of view, that small token is more like a magic weapon.

When Li Kui met He Bo again, he asked about this matter, and He Bo taught him some water-bending techniques, which were recorded in another book.

In this way, several years passed. This Li Kui also got married and had children. With the reward from He Bo, he lived a prosperous life and even bought a house in Lanhe County.

He always followed He Bo's instructions and never revealed that he was a river patrol envoy, not even to his parents and wife.

Until one time, he spilled the beans when he was drunk. Fortunately, it was his wife who heard the words. His wife told Li Kui to ask He Bo whether the river patrol officer could be passed on to his son when he gets old. "Oh, is this going to be passed down from generation to generation?" Wang Shen was happy when he saw this.

Li Kui actually went to ask He Bo, but He Bo's reply was that it depends on a person's temperament and luck, which was obviously a polite refusal.

Looking down, Wang Shen found that the emotions contained in the words seemed to have changed.

The previous words contained gratitude to He Bo, but the emotion in the latter part of the text was a little cold.

Later, a turning point occurred. One time when Li Kui went into the water, he accidentally lost the river patrol order. He went into the water to look for it many times, but he couldn't find it.

And since then, He Bo has never appeared again. But Li Kui did not give up and patrolled the river every day as usual.

Later, some doubts about He Bo began to appear, and there were also rumors of He Bo cannibalizing people. Until one day, he saw He Bo again, but He Bo changed his appearance, and his face was hideous and terrifying. He actually asked him to take him. Someone goes to the river.

He was frightened in his heart, but he finally found a way to bring the man to the river. Unexpectedly, the Hebo suddenly jumped out of the river and dragged the man into the water.

Li Kui was panicked and worried about being implicated, so he took his family back to his hometown and told the descendants of the Li family to stay away from Qinghe.

There is nothing wrong with this biography at first glance, but upon closer inspection, there are many loopholes.

The change in He Bo's character was so sudden. The reason for this was not mentioned at all in this biography. How could something as important as the river patrol token be lost accidentally?
  Moreover, there are two other ancient books of this kind of biography that should be passed down from family members. How could they be buried in ancient tombs?
  "In the 16th year of Yongchang's reign, according to this year, this probably happened more than 160 years ago."

Wang Shen took out the ancient book that recorded the rumors of Qinghe and looked through it carefully.

The contents recorded here are even more interesting. Most of them are legends about Qinghe, and some are legends about Canglang River and mountain gods.

To put it simply, He Bo has the final say on things in the river, and the Mountain God has the final say on things on the mountain. This also mentioned the stone tablet. There was a river map of Qinghe on the stone tablet. Some important locations of Qinghe were marked on the river map.

On the last page of this booklet is a picture, the river picture of Qinghe, which was copied from the stone tablet.

However, the river map is not clear. That is because some parts of the stone tablet were damaged when the author of this ancient book was copying it.

There is no mark on Qinghe Water Palace on it.

Wang Shen was most interested in the third book, which described some methods of water cultivation, how to enhance one's water nature, and also introduced some aquatic creatures such as fish and turtles in the Qinghe River, as well as some special treasures.

Here Wang Shen found the green lotus root that he had eaten before.

This kind of lotus root grows in a special section of the Qinghe River. There are fierce black fish around this lotus root.

In Wang Shen's opinion, the value of these books is much higher than those gold and silver jewelry.

(End of this chapter)