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Chapter 36 37．Boatman's No. [-] on the River
After boarding the boat, I changed to head east, and the route was full of mountains and rivers.

Shen Yunfei was used to staying in Wanglong Town since he was a child, and he has never seen such strange peaks and rocks standing on the bank of the river, and the sound of apes on both sides of the river echoed between the two mountains and traveled around the river.

Although his hands and feet were tied and he couldn't move, he sat on the small boat with a black awning, looked at the rocks on both sides of the bank in different shapes, felt the cool wind blowing from the river, and listened to the sound of the breaking waves. Shen Yunfei, who is casual by nature, couldn't help but began to enjoy it.

Seeing Shi Ling'er next to her drowsy from the sun, her two brush-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and her cherry-like mouth was half-closed like a bead, which was indescribably alluring.San Shao couldn't help laughing in his heart and said, this beauty is indeed there, but it's a pity that there is no wine around him.Otherwise, it's really like going on a boat trip.

Hearing the sound of the wind on the river and the sound of breaking waves, Shen Yunfei thought to himself: It's a pity that I gave my flute to the Princess, and I haven't found a chance to get it back.If you can play a piece of music right now, it will have a special flavor.

He thought about his purple bamboo and white jade flute, and suddenly realized that his hands and feet were bound, so even with the flute by his side, he couldn't play it.

If they begged the Yinshan Five Ghosts for this matter, those Jiuli Miao people might not be able to appreciate it.

Just when I felt that there was no music, I could not help wasting this magnificent landscape, when I suddenly heard a majestic roar from the river beach in the distance——"Hey, oh, oh-he!"

This roar startled Shen Yunfei. He only felt that the sound was extremely penetrating. It was obviously coming from the other side of the river. The river was more than a hundred feet wide and the wind was so strong. The sound was not heard at all. The wind blew away, and it sounded like it was blowing up in my ears.

As soon as the voice fell, dozens of people continued to shout: "Ho Ho West - Left! Ho West - Left! Hey - Left! Ho Ho West - Left!"

It sounded like they were all roars of middle-aged men, and the voices of dozens of people combined together made it look majestic, and it had a different flavor than the scream just now.Moreover, the ups and downs of this drinking voice seem to be very regular, like singing, but accompanied by an outburst of strength, a bit like the soldiers shouting heard in Yiyang's competition field, but without a trace of murderous intent.

Just thought it was strange, and heard the guy from before yelling again: "Hi—Hi—"

After roaring twice like this, he began to sing.A few words in the lyrics are sonorous and powerful, and every time a line is sung, dozens of people will echo in unison.

I only heard the other side singing:

"Crossing waves—hey left! Walking on dangerous beaches—hey left! All boatmen—hey left! They're full of courage—hey left!"

"Crossing the vortex—hey left! Welcome to the whirlpool—hey left! The water flies thousands of miles—hey left! The boat is like an arrow—hey left!"

"Ride the wind and waves—hey left! Go to the sea—hey left! Work together—hey left! Turn the boat—hey left!"

"Yoo oh cough cough! Cough! Cough! Yo ho ho! Hey! Hey!  …"

It was the first time for Shen Yunfei to hear such an impassioned and majestic singing voice, and he couldn't help but feel a rush of blood in his chest. He couldn't help himself, and even swayed involuntarily to the rhythm.With his toes on the deck, whenever the chorus of "Hey Zuo" sounded, he would step on it heavily, as if he wanted to accompany the singing.

The Yinshan Five Ghosts heard the movement, turned their heads to take a look, and sneered sneeringly, as if they were looking at some country bumpkins who had never seen the world.

The Five Ghosts of Yinshan didn't respond, Shen Yunfei made such a big move that he woke up Shi Linger who was tied beside him.

Seeing Shen Yunfei's excited face, and seeing his swaying, Shi Ling'er couldn't help laughing and said: "Have you never heard of the boatman's chant?"

"Is this the boatman's chant?" Shen Yunfei asked.He heard that there was indeed the word "boatman" in the lyrics, but he never thought that such a shocking singing voice was actually a chant for pulling a boat.

You know, wherever the river enters Wushui, there are rapids everywhere, and if you go up against the current, if there are no boatmen to go ashore to pull it, it will be difficult to move an inch.Therefore, the sound of the boatman's chant can be heard all the time in this area.As for Wanglong Town where Shen Yunfei grew up, firstly, there are not so many rapids and rapids, and secondly, there is no such a large river for sailing. There is only Longxin Lake, but there is no need for people to pull some pleasure boats and small boats. I have passed this boatman's chant.

He has learned instrumental music from Mr. Feng since he was a child, and he is quite knowledgeable about all kinds of music tunes, but singing like the boatman's chant cannot be imitated by ordinary teachers, no matter how skilled they are, it must be in these mountains Among the steep mountains, on the banks of rivers, accompanied by the sound of wind and water, only by looking at the rapids and dangerous shoals can you really hear the charm.

Shen Yunfei became interested, so he listened carefully to the lyrics, but the lyrics had a strong local accent, no matter how much San Shao knew, he still couldn't understand some places.

Fortunately, there was a Sanmiao man in front of him, so he didn't need to bother to guess, he lightly bumped the stone bell with his arm, and asked softly: "There are some things in the lyrics that I don't understand, what do they mean? "

Shi Ling'er also woke up at this time. Hearing Shen Yunfei's question, he said with a smile: "Of course you don't understand. Not to mention you, even any layman can't understand. That's what the boatmen used to understand." The horns for communication include the ship departure number, the push boat number, the anchor number, the awning number, the punt number, the shaker number, the puller number, and the sail number... I can’t remember anything else, and you can’t remember anything else. I understand. In addition, there are special codes when encountering beaches, rocks, and turns. Others sound like singing, but to the boatman, it is like an order."

"So that's how it is." Shen Yunfei nodded thoughtfully, unexpectedly, those few words, which sounded extraordinarily powerful, had such complicated meanings.

He thought for a while and asked again: "There is always singing 'Hey Zuo' and 'Hey Zuo', does it mean to pull to the left?"

Shi Ling'er burst into laughter and said, "What are you thinking about? That's the shout that the boatman makes when he exerts his strength, just like a martial arts practitioner who shouts 'Hey!'" Ha!' Same."

Shen Yunfei let out an "oh", feeling ashamed, but unwilling to give up the opportunity to figure out the meaning of the lyrics, so he asked cheekily: "Then help me listen, what do they mean by what they are shouting now?"

Shi Ling'er was amused by Shen Yunfei, regardless of whether she was someone else's hostage or not, she turned over and sat up with a flick of her legs, and listened carefully with her ears sideways.

As she listened, her expression changed a little, as if she was a little excited.

Seeing her sudden change of expression, Shen Yunfei quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Shi Ling'er stared blankly at the river bank hundreds of meters away, sighed softly, and said, "They have just weighed anchor and are about to leave the ferry."

"Huh?" San Shao felt that this sentence didn't seem to have any other meaning, why did Shi Ling'er's expression look so strange.

Just as he was about to ask again, he saw Nawu Boss turned around and sneered, and said, "That's right, you've already arrived at Lichou Wharf, and your home is a few dozen miles away from the shore. What's the matter? Do you think I'll let you go back now?" ?”

It was so!
Shen Yunfei looked at the other side, stood up and wanted to shout.Shi Ling'er kicked him and scolded: "What are you doing?"

Shen Yunfei fell down and sat down, looked at Shi Ling'er puzzled, and said, "Of course it's calling for help! As long as you hear the shout from the other side, won't you send someone to rescue you?"

As soon as these words came out, the five Yinshan ghosts burst out laughing at the same time.

Shi Ling'er glared at Shen Yunfei, and said angrily: "Do you think they can't think of it? Since they dare to drive over like this, it is because the wind direction here can only blow the voice from the opposite side. No matter what you shout here, You can't hear it from the opposite side. Otherwise, when we first arrived in this place, we would have already blocked our mouths."

Hearing this, Shen Yunfei's glimmer of hope that had just been ignited was shattered immediately, and he could only continue to listen to the boatman's chant and gradually go upstream, while the boat he was on kept going downstream.

At this moment, suddenly there was another burst of singing from the other side, it was a little different from the previous one singing with everyone, but it was just a solo singing.

Just listen to the singing over there: "The sound of the waves is constant - the song is constant! The echoes are rippling - among the white clouds! The scenery of the high gorge - you can't see it all! The light boat flies over - the Ten Thousand Mountains! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! !"

Although it is still the tune of the boatman's chant, the charm is completely different.It seemed to have a somewhat otherworldly taste, and it was more clearly recognizable than the previous singing voice. It didn't sound like it was coming from the other side of the river, but it seemed like the singer was standing on the water in the middle of the river, and it became more and more The louder it is, in a blink of an eye, it seems to have arrived in front of you.

Shen Yunfei was just feeling surprised, when he saw the five ghosts of Yinshan, who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, took out their weapons one after another, and looked at the river in front of them in panic.

At this moment, a man from Jiang Mian said loudly, "How dare you kidnap my apprentice!"

Listening to the voice, it turned out to be the person who sang just now.But following the sound, I saw a man in a purple robe, with a bamboo hat on his head, with his hands behind his back, his feet still, gliding directly from the river like riding the wind and waves.

Shen Yunfei looked at the man, he described it as skinny, his face was like a handful of dry sticks, his eye sockets were sunken, and the bridge of his nose was so collapsed that there were only two black holes left, he looked like a human-shaped skeleton.Fortunately, I saw this during the day, if I encountered it at night, I thought it was a ghost!

However, that person can glide on water without moving his feet. If it weren't for ghosts, it would be really difficult to do so.

The third young master was surprised, but saw that Shi Ling'er had rushed to the side of the boat desperately, and shouted at the man: "Master, save me!"

Shen Yunfei's heart skipped a beat, so this ghost-like person is Shi Ling'er's master, the leader of Wushui Wusang Mountain Gu Yang?
(End of this chapter)