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Chapter 48 "Nine Songs": Mountain Ghost Chapter

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There are two roads from Huai'an County to Lingyang County, one is by land and the other is by water.

Liu Hongyi's original words were: "Brother Jiang, it's a one-day and one-night trip to Lingyang. Why don't you and I take a boat, have a drink and talk on the boat, and take a look at the mountains and rivers on both sides?"

Jiang Chaoge thought for a while, and replied: "Excellent!"

So, the two went to Huai'an Wharf and found a passenger ship.

The man on the boat was an old man in his 50s, with a thin face, but his physical strength seemed to be good, and his voice was particularly loud.

"Both guest officers, hurry up and board the ship!"

Jiang Chaoge only felt the vaginal membranes in his ears tremble, and subconsciously boarded the boat.

There were three other people on board, a trader in his 40s and a woman in her 20s with a three-month-old baby in her arms.

Jiang Chaoge rubbed his ears, looking at the muddy river water and the sparse dead trees on the other side.

Just watching, Liu Hongyi leaned over: "Brother Jiang, do you have poetry?"

I just have an earache...Jiang Chaoge saw that the other party had paid for the boat ticket for him, so he didn't want to spoil his interest, so he said, "Of course there are."

"Oh? Brother Jiang, please sing!" Liu Hongyi's eyes lit up.

Jiang Chaoge thought about it for a while, and chanted: "The Qianliqian River is surging, passing by the Huai'an Water Snake Waist. The beauty is beautiful, and I really want to practice swimming on the water."

Liu Hongyi was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react.

Immediately, he smiled wryly, and opened his mouth to praise: "Good poetry, good poetry! Brother Jiang is really talented!"

"What kind of broken poems are floating on the water? I'm afraid you want to float on the water!"

A girl in a five-color skirt walked over.

Red lips and white teeth, flying eyebrows, a three-foot green sword in his hand, a sheepskin bag hanging from his waist, and three throwing knives stuck obliquely in it.

A heroic heroine!

Liu Hongyi's eyes lit up again immediately: "Woman is going to board the ship?"

"Why, don't you let me go?" The girl raised her eyebrows.

"Don't dare, there's just another place." Liu Hongyi immediately moved out of the way.

Holding the sword, the girl jumped onto the bow of the boat, and when she passed by Jiang Chaoge, she cast a sideways glance: "It's pretty good-looking, but it's a pity."

Jiang Chaoge thought about it, and said, "Is the girl seriously ill?"

"No?" The girl didn't respond for a moment.

"It's a pity." Jiang Chaoge sighed.

Without a serious illness, it is impossible to be strong, and it is estimated that this heroine cannot float on the water.

So, full, sail.

Along the way, the old man paddled behind and the girl shouted in front.

"Don't come here, you idiot!"

Liu Hongyi blushed: "A gentleman loves beauty, what's wrong?"

On the contrary, the first two words of the romantic talent are vividly expressed.

Jiang Chaoge was not interested in women, so he didn't want to talk to the two of them, so he just held the book in his hand and studied it silently.

This scientific examination mainly examines the theory of the essay, just like the essay in the previous life, if your own level is not up to it, you don't even know how to copy it.

Moreover, there is still a very fatal problem, that is, his brush calligraphy... very poorly written!
In addition, I don't know much about the history of Daqin... also.

"It's only Jiang Yu'er's incomplete memory, otherwise, how could I, Jiang, be in such a predicament?"

look at...

It was almost dusk.

The old man stopped in the middle of the river, and took two more river fish caught in the river, then lit a fire in the stern of the boat, and started to cook, one fish was steamed and the other was made into soup.

These are included in the fare.

The vendor was the first to approach, looking a little hungry.

The woman nursed the baby in the boat.

Liu Hongyi couldn't stay in the boat anymore, so he dragged Jiang Chaoge to the bow again: "Brother Jiang, look at the mountains and rivers on the two banks, are they beautiful?"

"Beautiful? This is the first time for the two of you to go to Lingyang by boat? It's not so beautiful along the way!" The merchant interjected from behind the boat.

"Why, is there any danger along the way?" Liu Hongyi obviously understood the meaning behind the vendor's words.

"Hehe, after passing the water mouth in front, there is the big stone statue!" The merchant took the opportunity to glance at the woman in the boat: "That is the most dangerous place in the Qing River."

"What's the danger?"

"Have you ever heard of 'Mountain Ghost'?"

"Mountain ghost!!"

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"It's ridiculous that you are still a scholar. Haven't you guys read Qu Sheng's "Nine Songs"?" The girl said contemptuously in the boat: "There is an article about mountain ghosts in it."

Qu Sheng? "Nine Songs"... There is Qu Yuan in this world!

Jiang Chaoge blinked his eyes, realizing something.

And Liu Hongyi blushed again: "How could I not know Qu Sheng's "Nine Songs"?"

"Since you know "Nine Songs", how can you not know about mountain ghosts?" The girl raised her eyebrows, "I heard that this mountain ghost is very beautiful. By the way, she also likes handsome men, and she wants to marry him as soon as she sees them!"

Saying this, the girl glanced at Jiang Chaoge.

Jiang Chaoge ignored her.

Seeing that Jiang Chaoge didn't respond, the girl seemed a little disappointed, so she said again: "Actually, there are not only mountain ghosts in that big stone statue, but also mountain spirits. Those are wandering souls who have been married to mountain ghosts."

"Are there really mountain ghosts and mountain spirits in that big stone statue? Then...why don't we make a detour?" Liu Hongyi likes to listen to tales of strange tales, but that doesn't mean he likes to mess with them.

"Let's not talk about it, my lord. A year ago... I really had to make a detour." The old man who cooked the river fish smiled: "However, not many things have happened this year."

"How to say?" Liu Hongyi asked again.

"Speaking of which, this thing is weird..."

The old man began to take over the topics of the people on board and began to talk about it.

Jiang Chaoge was interested in these stories about ghosts, so he naturally put down the book and began to listen to the old man talk about the big stone statue.

According to the old man, this big stone statue is indeed extremely strange.

In the past few decades, there were often murder cases, and one of the guests passing by on the boat would be lost for no reason, and the whole boat could not be found.

There are also some people who suddenly go crazy when they pass by the big stone statue, and shout in their mouths: "Lady, beautiful lady!"

Then, jump into the river and swim towards the big stone statue.

However, those who swim past...

Neither came back.

"I heard that they all followed the mountain ghost and became wandering ghosts on the mountain!"

The old man made a frightened expression.

Then, he continued to tell.

"That's why, in the past few decades, boats in the Qing River generally took a detour. Few merchants would take the risk of taking the waterway of the big stone statue because they were in a hurry."

"However, things changed a year ago..."

When the old man was talking, the fish soup had already been cooked, and it was delicious and white.

After serving a bowl of fish soup to everyone on board, the old man continued, "A year ago, an old Taoist came to this big stone statue... and sat on the belly of that big stone statue!"

"A year ago? Is the old Taoist that the old man said is still there?" Liu Hongyi's eyes widened.

"Yes, of course it is!" The old man nodded.

Hearing this, Jiang Chaoge was also a little surprised. Doesn't an old Taoist sit on the big stone statue not eat or drink?One year, did not starve to death?

As if seeing everyone's doubts, the old man explained: "The old Taoist is indeed still sitting on the big stone statue, and you will be able to see it later when you pass by, but whether he is dead or not... I don't know."

"Did no one climb up to the big stone statue to have a look?" Liu Hongyi asked quickly.

"Young Master, you really said it. Over the past year, more than a dozen people climbed up to the big stone statue to see it. However, these people... all died after returning."

"All dead?"

"Yes, none of the people who have climbed the big stone statue is alive. Over time, no one dares to climb the big stone statue to see the old Taoist. It's been like this for a year..."

"..."

"However, it's strange to say that since the old Taoist sat on the big stone statue, there have been fewer incidents of mountain ghosts taking their lives. In this way, we sailors dare to cross it."

(End of this chapter)