I was a little scared looking at the dark river bank. Xiaoyaozi and Lao Daoer didn't know when they stopped talking. Occasionally, I could hear the sound of big fish splashing on the river bank.
"Crash!" A splash of water appeared next to the boat. The sudden noise really scared me. It is impossible for such a big fish to wander in the middle of the river at night.
"Fish?" I asked softly.
"No, such a big fish will not be in the middle of the river at night."
"But what made such a big splash just now?"
Xiaoli leaned close to me and asked me in a trembling voice: "Brother, is it a female ghost?"
"Female ghost?" I looked at Xiaoyaozi.
After hearing this, Xiaoyaozi raised the corner of his mouth and said to me: "Hey, please get into the urn and catch the turtle this time."
After saying that, I hurriedly ran to the stern of the boat, pulled the rope, and lifted up a big net. I didn't know what it was, but it was a black mass. It was struggling and screaming strangely. The sound sounded like a violent and violent
woman.
"Senior, didn't you say you caught a turtle in a urn? Why is it a female ghost this time?"
Immediately afterwards, the monster in the river struggled, and our boat swayed left and right. Xiaoli was unsteady and almost fell into the river. I wanted to grab her hand but failed, and in my hurry I caught her braid.
She pulled it back and screamed "Ah" in pain, but luckily she didn't fall into the river. If she had fallen in and not been eaten by the monster, she would have frozen to death.
I yelled and lifted the huge monster out of the water. Xiaoyaozi also stumbled to the stern of the boat. He helped me hold the rope with one hand, but he was almost vomiting blood from exhaustion and still couldn't stabilize the monster.
"Why don't you come and help!" Xiaoyaozi turned around and said to Lao Daoer.
"Damn it, you two are such useless people, you two can't pull me up!"
"Then why don't you come and help!"
After saying that, I helped Xiaoli into the canopy of the boat, and the old Taoist also followed us. At this time, veins popped up on his head, his cheeks puffed up, his body leaned down, and he raised his fist and gave the monster a blow.
I don't know where it was hit, but the monster screamed and stopped moving.
I picked up the monster and threw it into the boat along with the river water. It landed at my feet, and I subconsciously hid back. This is how the monster looked. Isn't this damn water ghost? It has arms and legs.
Legs.
Upon closer inspection, the facial features of this thing are similar to those of a human being. The nostrils are pointed upward, and the head is covered with shoulder-curling hair. The back is black, the belly is yellow, and the huge chest hangs in front. Although it has hands and feet,
But they all have webs.
I looked at it in astonishment.
It seemed to sense that I was observing it. Its translucent eyelids suddenly opened, its mouth full of sharp teeth opened, and it roared at me.
I raised my foot and kicked it on the back. The monster screamed and then stopped moving.
"Brother, I'm scared." Xiaoli's eyes widened and she asked me, "What kind of monster is this? Isn't it the water ghost?"
I looked at the quiet water monster and said to her: "This thing is called the long-tongued ghost. In the past, fishermen called it the black widow."
Although Xiaoli is not old, she immediately understood the black widow when I said it. The fishermen in the village complained, "Today is so fucking unlucky. I met a black widow and nothing happened."
This is what we call "catching", but few have actually seen it, and even fewer have seen it alive.
"The black widow and the water ghost are not the same thing. The water ghost is a shark, and the black widow is actually a fish, a kind of aquatic species." I was afraid that she wouldn't understand, so I explained it again.
"Is this a fish?" Xiaoli opened her eyes wide and refused to believe it.
"Don't worry about whether it's a fish or not." I was too lazy to talk to Xiaoli about this at the moment, "The legends about water ghosts vary from place to place in China. Broadly speaking, this black widow can also be considered a water ghost.
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Legend has it that the black widow is wandering nearby, and the fish are hiding away. Because this black widow is the old lover of the Dragon King, the Jiangshui tribe has to give way when it comes.
"A sweetheart? Is the Dragon King so confused? Why did he find such a sweetheart? I don't think it looks like a sweetheart, but he does look like a Yaksha."
I said it's long
The tongue ghost usually does not eat people, but when the fish and shrimps return to the river mouth, they are so hungry that they get on the boat and pick off people.
Xiaoyaozi also looked at the black widow with great interest and said to me: "Hey, I never imagined that there is such a monster in the world!"
After hearing this, I shook my head: "What living water doesn't have some strange things in it, that's called strange. A few years ago when I went to Shaanxi, I passed by the Yellow River, and an old lady with a face full of mud smiled at me in the mud soup.
, I got goosebumps all over my body, thinking about how old I am,
I wanted to play with the young man in the water, but when I looked again, I saw that this was not a human being. The neck was covered with fucking fish scales. I thought I had met a water ghost, so I picked up the piece of loess and threw it over, hitting the old man.
My wife’s face suddenly started to look like a fish.”
After hearing this, the old Taoist burst out laughing: "I also met a mermaid. If I were to do it, I would jump down and play with it for a while."
"Hahaha." Xiaoyaozi also laughed.
However, after saying that, he coughed twice, maybe because he laughed so hard just now.
"Stop talking nonsense and help quickly!"
After saying that, I bent down in front of the black widow, stepped on the black widow's forehead with one foot, lifted its chin with one hand, groaned, and opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth.
"Hold it for me." I motioned for the old man to hold the black widow's chin.
"Not coming."
"It's okay, I won't bite you."
"Who is afraid of it?"
"Then you won't help?"
"It's just disgusting."
I had no choice but to push hard, muster up all my strength, and pull its chin, but I found that this black widow didn't compete with me and I pulled it easily. It was just that there was a layer of mucus on its skin.
It's difficult to keep your hands on it.
The black widow kept breathing heavily and looked at me sadly. Looking at her eyes, I really thought of a resentful woman guarding an empty house alone.
I put my hand into its mouth and pulled it out, and a scarlet tongue came out. It deserves to be called the long-tongued ghost. This tongue is really long. The piece I held in my hand was longer than half of my arm.
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After I pulled out her tongue, the black widow became restless and made a hissing sound from her throat. She also exerted force on her mouth, as if she was eager to close her mouth.
I was about to let go, so I used all my strength. I pulled out the black widow's tongue, and finally saw clearly that there was something like an iron nail pierced through the scarlet tongue. I raised my hand.
I picked it off. Then I saw that the black widow's tongue was full of blood. She went crazy and wanted to shut up before her tongue could retract. My hand slipped and I watched it bite off its own tongue.
The black widow was in pain, struggling and roaring like crazy on the boat. But she didn't have the strength she had when she was in the water, and she just rolled back and forth.
When he turned over, he took the fishing net with him over the boat's rail and fell into the water.
I asked Xiaoyaozi doubtfully, "The black widow was still full of strange strength when she was in the water. Why did she wilt when she got on the boat?"
"This black widow leaves two teeth marks on even sharks in the water. But if you get on a boat and pick someone off, it's like an old lady beating up your own man. You don't have much strength. You just throw it into the water and then chew it up." Xiaoyao
Zi picked up the iron iron on the ground, looked at it, and explained to me.
When Lao Daoer saw the iron nail in Xiaoyaozi's hand, he moved towards it with a surprised expression: "This, isn't this the soul-locking magic needle?"
"Soul-locking needle?"
"Yes, this is one of the four things I mentioned."
"Oh? How did senior know about it?"
"Actually, this is not difficult. The set of evil methods used by the Blood Worship Cult mainly come from shamans. There are four major magical weapons in the shaman's evil methods, one of which is this soul-locking needle."
"But why is this soul-locking needle in the mouth of this black widow?"
The wind blows from both sides of the river, like angry dragons, rushing through the forest and wild fields, sweeping across the river, and then escaping into the abyss.
"The sorcery of Shamanism is a long nail made of pig iron. There are two soul-locking needles. One is nailed to the tongue of the caster, and the other is nailed to the tongue of the person being cast.
Thousands of miles away, the soul is seducing people. I guess the mysterious man has been to this river, caught the black widow, and used the soul-locking needle to control the black widow, so that he can harm people in the river on his behalf."
"So, we bumped into each other by mistake this time?"
I glanced at Xiaoyaozi, he nodded, held the "Soul Locking Needle" in his hand, and said, "Yes, it all depends on whether it can lure out the mysterious person."
"Is this soul-locking needle useful?"
Xiaoyaozi smiled after hearing this: "I don't know if it will be useful, but that old fox will definitely appear tonight. The fishermen who disappeared a few days ago were also the fault of this black widow."
The old Taoist also nodded: "This soul-locking needle is easy to get, it's nothing more than two rusty nails, but not many people know how to excite the soul. It's getting more and more popular, and some people actually say that the soul-locking needle is
What kind of black iron is it made of? I heard this little girl said that the mysterious man is wearing his father's clothes, so it is really possible that the mysterious man is controlling this long-tongued ghost to capture living people."
"The mysterious man is guided by the soul-locking magic needle, and he will come to collect the corpses and souls in a short time, but I wonder why he wants so many dead people?" Xiaoyaozi asked doubtfully.
After saying that, he sat on the raft again, holding his chin in his hand and thinking hard.
Lao Daoer looked determined at this time and said: "We will know when we catch him!"
I looked at Xiaoyaozi on the boat and said, "Aren't you afraid that the black widow will pull you down and cause trouble?"
"The black widow is a self-inflicted sin. She bit off her tongue and her body is still covered with fishing nets. Now she only has half her life left. I'm afraid..."
Before Xiaoyaozi could finish speaking, a huge wave suddenly arose on the calm river surface, causing the boat to sway left and right, and the river water kept pouring into the boat. In the chaos, I desperately grabbed the edge of the boat canopy and held it firmly in place.
I looked at Xiaoli who was in the canopy and also grabbed the bracket of the canopy, but the boat was shaking too much, and her body was constantly swaying and colliding in the canopy.
At this time, there was no trace of panic on Xiaoyaozi's face. He stood steadily on the bow of the boat. Occasionally the boat shook too much, and he moved lightly with his feet to maintain his balance. His eyes never left the water.
Just when the boat was about to capsize, the waves in the river suddenly faded away. If my clothes hadn't been wet by the river water, I would have thought it was an illusion.
Looking at the calm water surface, my heart stirred up, and I realized what it means to make waves without wind. My whole body was soaked by the cold river water, and when I shrank my neck, I realized that I had just been sitting on the boat and enjoying myself.
There was no trace of the child.
The waves that were created just now were like evil spirits hiding in the river, teasing these prey who were in the same boat through thick and thin.
I wiped the river water from my face and asked quickly: "Where are the people?"
The old Taoist did not answer, but took a step back, jumped in, stirred up a few splashes of water, and disappeared. Xiaoyaozi didn't understand the nature of water, so if he had fished it out later, he would have really taken advantage of the black widow.
At this moment, I was extremely anxious, but there was nothing I could do about it. The two finalists were gone, and I, the facilitator, was left standing here. If someone else, black widow or white widower, came up, it would be ruined.
However, the river surface at this time was surprisingly quiet, and one could not even feel the flow of the river water.
Xiaoli also staggered towards me. I wanted to help her, but I was embarrassed, thinking that she was a girl after all.
But the heartbeat can't fool anyone. Although it is hazy, I can feel the warm concern of heart to heart. Looking at her pitiful appearance, I have the urge to hug her and protect her.
"Are you cold?"
"It's not cold." I chattered my upper and lower teeth.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." I stood up tremblingly, patting my chest, feeling really weak in my heart.
"I'm not afraid." Xiaoli narrowed her big watery eyes and smiled at me.
At this time, the water surface moved slightly, and I was startled. I slowly looked towards the rippling water surface, but there was nothing, just the ripples of the water moving gently.
Chapter completed!