Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 276 Wangchuan River

"Drive~!"

On the vast avenue, several healthy horses galloped past, stirred up a cloud of dust, and went away in the distance.

Li Xiuyuan took Xing Shan, Wu Fei, Ma Dong, and Niu Er as four guards, and quickly left Guobei County, heading towards Guobei City, planning to go along Guobei City and then to Jinling City, and then go to Qingshan that Hu Han said go and see.

After all, the old man begged for help, so Li Xiuyuan couldn't shirk it.

As soon as it was daylight, he set out.

"The big river is in front of us. The little ones are looking for a ferry to cross the river." Ma Dong said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded.

From Guobei County to Guobei City, one has to pass through a river, and crossing the river is the fastest way. If it takes a detour, it will take at least a day or two longer, which he can't wait for.

But he has a dragon horse and can cross the river, but his subordinates cannot.

This time, Hu Han said that there are hunters, scholars, and many hunting farmers on the Qingshan side. The situation is a bit complicated. Li Xiuyuan felt that even if he wanted to help, he had to bring a few good hands.

As far as skills are concerned, Xing Shan and Wu Fei are considered top-notch, and Ma Dong and Niu Er are not bad either.

But when Ma Dong was about to look for the ferry, a passing fisherman said with a smile: "Several heroes, don't look for the ferry. The last time there was a flood in the Wangchuan River, the ferry was flooded. Now there is no government office." It was funded and repaired, and it is now abandoned, and now people are going upstream, there is a ferry there, and there are no boatmen here anymore."

"Is there not a single boat?" Ma Dong asked.

The fisherman said with a smile: "There is none. They all sank into the water, unless you fish them out of the water."

Li Xiuyuan changed his expression and asked: "Isn't this river originally without a name, why is it suddenly called Wangchuan River again?"

The fisherman pointed to the riverside and said, "Isn't there a stone tablet? It has the word Wangchuan written on it. Although I don't know how to read it, I heard it from others, so I can't be wrong."

Li Xiuyuan looked in the direction he pointed.

Sure enough, there was a stone tablet reclining in the mud by the river. The handwriting on the stone tablet was already very old, and the stone tablet was incomplete, only half of it. I don’t know where it came from.

Wu Fei glanced at it, and said lightly, "Hey, isn't this the stone tablet on Wangchuan Mountain? Why did you come here? Young Master, this stone tablet used to stand at the foot of Wangchuan Mountain, and it was covered by weeds. A small guess is that a flood happened a while ago, which washed this stele over and brought it here."

"Yes"

Li Xiuyuan looked at the stone tablet with the word "Wangchuan" and couldn't help moving his eyes slightly, but he didn't doubt Wu Fei's words.

Because the mountain where Wu Fei is located is called Wangchuan Mountain.

Since the mountain is famous, it is natural that a stone tablet should be erected and the name of the mountain should be engraved.

"A river has been without a name for hundreds of years and thousands of years. Now a broken stone tablet has been washed down from Wangchuan Mountain, but it has given the river a name. You two go to straighten the stone tablet. From now on, this river will be called Wangchuan River." It is." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master." Niu Er and Ma Dong agreed, and went to drag the half of the stone tablet by the river up to the river bank, and set it up on a higher ground.

Anyone who passes by can see it in the future.

Li Xiuyuan looked at the word "Wangchuan" and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

"There's no ferry here, young master, we should go upstream and use the upstream ferry." Ma Dong said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, and he looked at the calm river again.

The last time I crossed the river was because the Eight Great Kings cast spells to help, and now the Eight Great Kings are the water gods of Yangzhou, controlling countless waters, and they probably have moved now, so it is impossible to stay in this humble river forever.

"Let's go." Li Xiuyuan didn't say much, and prepared to take a detour.

But just when they were about to set off, they heard a middle-aged man's voice from the Wangchuan River; "Engong, don't go, don't go, there is a boat, there is a boat."

At this time, I saw that there was no boat on the river before, but when I turned around, there was a painting boat. On the painting boat, there was a simple middle-aged man, who was paddling the boat and rushing towards here.

"No way, there was no boat before, so where did this boat come from?" Wu Fei exclaimed.

The surface of the Nuoda River is calm and without waves, and you can see at a glance whether there are boats or not.

If there is a boat, it is impossible not to find it just now.

Ma Dong recognized the boatman, but said, "Young master, it was the boatman who took us across the river last time. I remember when his boat was overturned by a big black fish and sank to the bottom of the river. His boat The guy sank into the water and drowned, but the young master took pity on him and gave him a sum of money to bury the guy and buy a new boat to make a living."

"The little one also remembered it. I didn't expect that he was still here to make a living. What a coincidence." Niu Er said.

Li Xiuyuan looked at the boat and the boatman who was hiding in the cabin and paddling, but remained silent.

Soon the boat docked, and the boatman recruited Li Xiuyuan and the others, "Boss, get on the boat quickly, and I'll take you across the river."

"Master, it's just that it's better to come early than to come early. Let's cross the river quickly." Ma Dong said happily, feeling that the heavens were helping him, but he didn't expect to meet a boat that was willing to ferry by such a coincidence.

Li Xiuyuan pondered for a while, and couldn't help hesitating looking at the boatman who kept beckoning.

But in the end he nodded and led his subordinates to lead the horses onto the painting boat.

"There are still a few benefactors, sit still."

The boatman yelled, drew the boat to move, and carried the people towards the river bank.

Li Xiuyuan stood on the boat and asked, "How many days has the boatman been ferrying here?"

"In a few days, thanks to Engong's silver taels last time, I was able to bury and compensate the guy, and my family lives well because of Engong's silver taels. I don't know how to repay Engong's great kindness." That's good, thinking that Engong often passes by here to cross the river, so I thought of using a boat here to ferry Engong across the river in the future." The boatman said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan said: "You ferry me across the river, who will ferry you?"

"I'm on the boat all day long, so I don't need someone to ferry me. I just need my benefactor to take my boat a few more times. I don't have much skill, so I can only use the boat to repay my benefactor's kindness." The boatman said.

"Hey, boatman, your boat is really dirty. The boat is full of mud and wet, as if it was just picked up from the river, and you don't clean it." Wu Fei sat in the cabin, Seeing that the wooden boards were stained with a layer of mud, I couldn't help but feel a little dirty.

The boatman smiled embarrassedly; "Next time, next time, next time I will clean up."

It has to be said that this boatman made a good boat, and after a while the boat reached the river bank smoothly and steadily.

A group of people led the horses and walked off the boat.

"By the way, young master, I haven't paid the boatman the ferry fee yet." Ma Dong suddenly remembered something and said.

"No need, he won't ask us for the ferry fee." Li Xiuyuan walked forward without looking back.

A few people were a little puzzled, subconsciously looked back, and a look of horror appeared on their faces.

There is no ferry on the Wangchuan River behind him, only the calm and calm river surface. The painting boat that carried me and others across the river just now disappeared completely in the blink of an eye.

"What about scaring me? What about the boat? It was here just now. Where did it go in the blink of an eye? Why did it disappear?" Wu Fei touched his bald head and exclaimed.

The taciturn Xing Shan's face also changed slightly, and he was a little restless.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Didn't you just say that the boat was dirty and not clean? All right, don't make a fuss, and continue on your way."

Wu Fei was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to think of something and suddenly felt a chill behind him.

However, Ma Dong has seen a lot of things with Li Xiuyuan, and now he said with a suppressed voice: "Wu Fei, you are right, the painted boat seems to be fished from the bottom of the water, there are mud, water plants, it must be a sunken ship , The person who can control such a ship is neither a god nor a ghost, absolutely impossible to be a living person, I am afraid that the young master can tell it at a glance, so I was a little hesitant when I boarded the ship before."

"It's a ghost ship, the young master still dares to ride it?" Wu Fei broke out in a cold sweat, and was afraid for a while.

Niu Er next to him curled his lips and said: "What is this? One of the young master's concubines is still a fox spirit. This time we are going to help the in-laws solve their troubles."

"What are you dawdling about? Don't hurry." Li Xiuyuan urged.

"The young master has urged you, let's follow up quickly." Ma Dong said.

Several people got on their horses and hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)