White Snake Demonstration Walk

Chapter 21 Sailing the Boat
Although Liu Guanshi stated that he would set sail for Lin'an early in the morning, in fact he weighed anchor and set off at dawn, with the sails raised and fluttering against the strong wind.

It was early spring, the wind was strong, and the huge sail was swaying, as if an invisible giant hand was pushing the big ship forward, galloping along the river all the way to Hangzhou.

If there are no accidents, the ferry in Hangzhou can be reached before dawn.

The boat was sailing on the river. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the whole ship shook slightly. Several sailors who had gathered on the deck to drink and keep warm were unsteady and fell to the ground in embarrassment. .

Everyone who was sleeping in An An in the cabin was also awakened, and none of them knew what had happened. Qiao Chen An slept very lightly, and woke up immediately. When she opened her eyes, she saw Wu Qiuyue still sitting beside her bed, seeing herself waking up. Come, hurriedly said: "I don't know how this boat sailed, it disturbed your dream, my lord."

Qiao Chen said it's okay, and just sat up on the bed, there was another loud noise, the ship shook again, and then Qian Duoduo shouted: "Butler Liu, what happened!"

This time, Qiao Chenan was no longer sleepy. After Wu Qiuyue helped him put on his clothes, she got up and left the room. When she got to the deck, she found that dozens of people had already gathered outside, all of them were puzzled, apparently unaware of what happened. What's the matter.

Qian Duoduo and Steward Liu were standing at the bow of the boat, Qiao Chenan stepped forward and asked, "Brother Qian, what's the matter?" Wu Qiuyue followed behind him.

Seeing him come out, Qian Duoduo said: "Brother Qiao is awake too, I don't know too well, it seems that something has hit the hull of the boat."

While talking, there was another loud noise from the water at the bottom of the boat, and everyone couldn't stand still. Qian Duoduo called the leading boatman and reprimanded him: "How did you sail the boat? Did you take the wrong route? Why are there so many reefs under the water!"

The captain of the boatman was a man in his fifties with dark skin. After hearing his words, he quickly explained: "Master, the road is right. I usually take this waterway to Hangzhou. I have been walking for many years. I will definitely not Incorrect!"

Qian Duoduo frowned tightly, obviously in a bad mood, "Then what do you think is going on? How can such a good boat drive like this! What do you want to eat!"

Seeing the owner's anger, the captain of the boatman was naturally very frightened, and said: "Maybe the sediment at the bottom of the water is too high, which affects the progress of the boat. I will send someone to look at it right away, young master, wait a moment!"

After saying that, he hurriedly called two young sailors and gave some instructions. The two sailors first let a small boat go down, regardless of the cold water, jumped into the water one after another, and disappeared at the bottom of the water. The situation is gone.

Everyone was waiting on the boat, but they didn't see those two people coming up after a long time. Qiao Chen'an said, "It's freezing cold, and the river is icy cold. If the two of them just jumped down like this, there shouldn't be any accidents." Come on!"

Knowing that he was an honored guest of the master's house, the captain quickly replied: "No, all my boys are good at watering, and they can go in the water no matter how cold the weather is!" The ability to learn swimming is extremely confident.

However, after nearly a quarter of an hour, the two of them still did not come out. Now even he himself was a little suspicious. No matter how good the water quality is, after such a long time, he must come to the river to catch his breath, right?
Then they sent two more people down, but they still disappeared, and everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts.

During this process, the big boat would shake almost every few moments, and the forward speed became slower and slower, as if some living thing in the water was hitting the hull. Qian Duoduo's face was gloomy, and he was gone at this time. Method.

"Brother Joe, what's the matter?"

Suddenly someone's voice came from next to his ear, Qiao Chen'an turned his head to look, but saw Xu Xian yawning, with sleepy eyes, apparently just woke up, and thought to himself that you slept soundly.

"I do not know either."

Qiao Chen said calmly, suddenly frowned slightly, and the tip of his nose moved slightly. I don't know if it was his illusion, but there seemed to be a very faint smell of blood in the air.

Finally, a young sailor stepped forward and boldly said: "Young master, could it be that we did not sacrifice to the river god this time, which made the old river god angry..."

Qian Duoduo heard the words, and said in a deep voice: "This time the goods left in a hurry, but I forgot to sacrifice. If it is really the river god who is angry..."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Qiao Chen'an's heart moved, and he asked in surprise, "Worshiping the river god?"

Qian Duoduo said: "Brother Qiao is an educated person, so naturally he doesn't understand the many rules of our business. In order to ensure safety along the road and smooth sailing, we merchants and boats have to kill pigs and sheep before going out, sacrifice to the river god, and pray for the river to be safe." God bless."

Qiao Chenan nodded. People in this era are generally very superstitious. From ordinary people to high officials and dignitaries, most people firmly believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world. Therefore, before doing many things, they have to sacrifice first, in order to protect themselves. God bless.

They are the only scholars who are staunch 'atheists', but if you read a lot, you will often find that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained by the knowledge in the books, and from time to time there are high-ranking people from all over the world. In the end, he became a firm supporter of 'theism' a little bit.

But who can tell whether there is a god or no god in this world?
If there is a god in your heart, there is nothing in this world that you cannot be a god; if you have no god in your heart, even if all the gods and Buddhas of the heavens are standing in front of your eyes, it can be regarded as nothing, just floating clouds and sentient beings.

Only mind.

When the people on the boat heard that they might have angered the river god, they suddenly became panicked, with frightened expressions on their faces, and an aura of panic quietly spread on the boat.

Qiao Chen'an expressed doubts about the identity of this 'river god', but he just accidentally forgot to sacrifice, so he secretly played tricks to obstruct the progress of the big ship, what kind of god is this?

Even if there are really aliens underwater, I'm afraid they are just some low-level ghosts!
He walked slowly to the bow of the ship, looked down, and saw a black shadow the size of a hut under the water surface, slowly cruising, and he didn't know what kind of monster it was.

He couldn't help shouting and cursing: "Where is the ghost making trouble here, why don't you retreat quickly!"

When he said this, he subconsciously embraced Yuanshouyi, the power of Yin God was strong, his eyes were glaring, as if a god descended from the earth, and a strong aura of righteousness burst out from his body, ordinary people did not see it, but the monster in the river was greatly shocked.

Qiao Chen'an's sudden drink made everyone on the boat look at him in shock, with horror and a little anger in their eyes, thinking that this talented Qiao is really stupid for reading sage books, what's the use of shouting and cursing like this?Maybe it will have the opposite effect and anger the River God even more. How can they have good fruit to eat.

Qian Duoduo also looked puzzled, maybe there was only one female ghost on the whole boat who could understand the intention of Qiao Chenan's actions.

But then, an unbelievable scene happened, the shaking of the ship suddenly stopped, and the speed of the whole big ship gradually increased!

It took a long time for everyone to come back to their senses, they all looked at Qiao Chen'an in disbelief, shouting back the ghosts and gods, it was like a dream!
Qian Duoduo stared at Qiao Chen'an, and said in surprise, "Brother Qiao, Brother Qiao...you're so bold!" He really couldn't think of any words to express his mood at this moment.

Qiao Chen'an didn't say a word, but he had already made up his mind in his heart. When he succeeds in cultivation in the future, he must come back and collect the ghosts in the river.But in a moment, four young lives died before his eyes, and nothing could be forgiven.

But in a second thought, it occurred to him that in the vast summer, there are endless mountains, rivers and rivers, and there are countless ghosts hiding in it, and there are countless victims every day, but he can't control it.

Perhaps this is the fate that all living beings should have when they are born. They are born and passed away, and they are all in the operation of the law of heaven, which cannot be changed.

There are mayflies in the North Sea, they live and die overnight, and the world is only an inch away. It is really a great tragedy.

The Buddha often said that karmic reincarnation, can these innocent victims really enter the reincarnation?If this is the case, then Wu Qiuyue shouldn't be by his side at this time!
I still remember that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva made a great vow before entering the underworld, that the hell is not empty, and he vowed not to become a Buddha.However, when will hell be truly emptied?
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The big boat rowed across the river, and the crowd gradually dispersed. After this incident, Qiao Chenan no longer fell asleep, standing on the bow of the boat, facing the cold wind blowing, making his clothes bulge.

Looking up, the world is as vast as a big lake with soup, and the living are as humble as a small boat. If he is lucky enough to go boating on the lake, should he, a human racer, be happy or sad?

　Pretending to be invisible is the deadliest thing, but he has spent many years on the street, and he has not even learned how to pretend to be invisible...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)