Strongest Abandoned Immortal

Chapter 70 Water Monster Suspicion (first order)

By the side of the reeds at the ferry, the water surface where the accident happened, the water waves have not calmed down, swaying and shaking.

All the resting people stationed at Dangkou woke up, and the two panicked merchants with green faces muttered, "There are monsters in the river," and all the awakened merchants surrounded them.

After Wang Baoshi inquired for a while, he got the news.

The missing person and the two merchants on the bank are all local merchants in Jinwei Town, and this area makes a living on the reed wares made by weaving reeds along the river.Just after the golden autumn, the three businessmen brought some woven reed products and planned to cross the river to the provincial capital.

With the same idea as Wang Baoshi, they stayed overnight next to the ferry, hoping to get on the ferry early the next day, and the camp was right next to the river.

In the middle of the night, one of the three got up conveniently and walked to the edge of the reeds, and something happened.

The other two who got up after hearing the sound only had time to see the torches that fell on the shore when their companions fell into the water.

One of them, holding the torch in his hand, kept saying that he saw a monster emerging from the water, covered in scales, like a pangolin.

After being dragged into the water, he disappeared without a trace.

Everyone lit torches and walked to the place where the accident happened.

The convenient place for the businessman was a dense reed bank.The reed, a plant that grows near the water, has a well-developed root system and luxuriant branches and leaves. While covering the river water, it also covers the foreign objects that may be lurking below the river.

On the extremely soft river soil slapped by the river water, a long drag mark extended from the bank into the reed marsh.

Everyone followed behind the torch, but the man holding the sword was still sitting on his field as if he had taken root.

One of the two business travelers said that the person who fell into the water was his cousin, and anxiously said that he wanted to wade into the reed marshes to help find his missing companion.

A few more people followed him into the water. The water in the mouth was not deep, just up to the knees. After searching back and forth several times with a torch, there was no trace of the person who fell into the water.

The surface of the water was dark, and the light from the torch could only illuminate a small part of the water.

"Nothing, it's over, it must have been eaten by a water monster," the local vendor suggested going into the water, and then stood on the outermost river area to search for four weeks, but found no traces of fish habitat, but there were a few A waterfowl was startled and flew out of the reeds.

Another of the local merchants standing on the shore shook his hand and pointed behind the man, "Be careful, the water monster is coming again."

The surface of the river was so dark that it was impossible to see anything clearly. Before the businessman standing in the water could call for help, he had slipped into the water.

I saw his lower body sinking rapidly, and the arm holding the torch was submerged in the water in an instant.

The few people who followed into the water were so frightened that they dropped the torches in their hands, crawled up to the ferry, choked on a few mouthfuls of water.

All of a sudden, the voices of people on the river bank exploded again, everyone panicked, the night was as bright as day, and the whole row of torches fled towards the opposite direction of the ferry. A few people got off.

Ye Shu picked up the pine oil torch that had been discarded on the ground, and quietly lit it.

The ferry was in a mess, the reeds were trampled and fell to the ground, the surrounding area was full of groceries that the merchants had no time to take away, and the ashes of the campfire scattered all over the ground.

Seeing such a situation, Wang Baoshi was unusually calm. He glanced at the man holding the sword, saw that he still had no response, and choked out a sentence: "It's just a word anyway. Everything will wait until dawn tomorrow, and the boatman from the ferry will come." Let's talk."

From the beginning to the end of the incident in the middle of the night, the man with the heavy sword continued to petrify, even the posture of bowing his head remained unchanged, his face was hidden under the messy hair from beginning to end.

The surface of the river was calm again, the sky was bright, and there was a layer of white mist floating on the surface of the river. Such a situation was somewhat similar to the mysterious river valley in Bodhi Immortal Mansion.

After what happened last night, almost all the rest of the people at the ferry ran away, and there must have been rumors of a new water monster appearing in Jinwei Town.

Those who stayed behind would have to cross the river just like King Yeshu Baoshi.

At dawn, a surprising scene happened. From the river bank, a young man climbed up. After a while, two more men came. They were the three who shouted that someone had fallen into the water last night.

"Brother Li, I have already said that after such a scare, no one dares to grab the ferry from us. In this way, we can transport the goods to the other side before others." It turned out that the scene last night was just a man-made The accident happened, the three of them sang together, just trying to scare away the passengers on the ferry.

Wang Baoshi didn't seem surprised by the actions of the three of them, he just ordered Yeshu to cook some hot food.

Yeshu's cooking skills are good, and this is what Wang Baoshi discovered when he accidentally ate a meal of meat gnocchi cooked by her in the mountains, especially her control of the heat of the food is several times better than ordinary people.

Ferry didn't have any materials to use, so Yeshu made do with roasting the dry food, and then boiled half a pot of Lingsu syrup with water. With such a few bowls of hot soup belly, all the sleepiness of the night disappeared immediately.

"After a night of cold wind, waking up to have a mouthful of hot soup is really a great blessing in life," after a long stretch, the living statue that had been petrified all night responded.

Under the messy long hair, there is a pair of sleepy narrow peach eyes, and the saliva marks are clearly visible around the mouth.

Combining the two, I just want to make one point, from last evening to early this morning, this living fossil that only has "Keep away from strangers" written all over its body is just sleeping.

As soon as the man had finished speaking, he went forward and drank the spirit millet soup that was left behind.

Seeing Ye Shu and Wang Baoshi dumbfounded, the man wiped his mouth, "Give me some steamed buns."

The corner of Wang Baoshi's mouth twitched, and he glanced at the man's eyes. A silver moon-shaped scar stretched from the bridge of his nose to his chin. Even though his face was covered with oil, it could be seen that this man must have died before he lost his appearance. A pair of outstanding good looks.

But even with such a severe disfigurement, the man will not make people feel the slightest rough.

His person, like the epee in his hand, may not have excessive sharpness, but as long as it is placed there, it cannot be ignored.

Yeshu glanced at the man's epee again, and without making a sound, took out some corn buns and put them on the fire to bake.

The steamed buns are hot and the smell of wheat is overflowing. The man took it without saying a word of thanks. He ate it up in a few mouthfuls, and he did not forget to praise him: "Good craftsmanship, little brother, I have an idea for you. After entering the city, go to Yi Yalou gets a card, which guarantees that you will have inexhaustible benefits."

Yeshu only thought what he said was nonsense and didn't take it to heart.

The morning sun turned red on the surface of the river, and there was a sound of "squeak, squeak" from the river. As the boatman's boat approached the ferry, on the turbulent and turbulent river, there was an extra row with both ends tilted up, which could accommodate a row of ten oars. A flat and narrow willow-leaf boat for people to ride.

On the other side, on the river bank, a soft sedan chair with a silver top and golden tassels arrived late. The human trafficker whom Yeshu met in Jinwei Town yesterday walked down from the sedan chair with a smile.

This person is also clever, he lived in the town yesterday to avoid the hardship of sleeping in the open air, the boatman just arrived, and the sedan chair also landed on the ground, everything was calculated just right.

After the incident at the ferry last night, those merchants who fled back to the town had to exaggerate what happened, but that person didn't take it seriously, and went to the ferry according to yesterday's arrangement.

Ye Shu noticed that Wang Baoshi, who always greeted people with a smiling face, felt a little more displeased when he saw the visitor.

"Brother Wang, it's a coincidence that you're here to catch the ferry too," the sophisticated businessman bowed his hands to Wang Baoshi, listening to his tone, he and Wang Baoshi still knew each other.The two warriors carrying the sedan chair stood beside the businessman, guarding against the man holding the sword and the three business travelers who were also crossing the river.

"I didn't expect to see the whereabouts of Qisan, the shopkeeper of Zhibaoxuan, in such a remote place. It's really rare," said the man Yeshu met in Jinweidang, who was indeed of a high status.

He is the manager of Zhibaoxuan, the largest commercial firm in Rui Country, in Cangsong County.Logically speaking, such a character, even a beggar would meet Wang Baoshi with a smiling face.

"It's not that there are some good seedlings in this area." The shopkeeper Qi San smiled, and compared with yesterday's teaching the girls, the two of them are very friendly, "But Brother Wang, who has always been a loner, will also start to lead trainees at some time." Apprentice interest comes,"

Zhibaoxuan is a commercial firm that has been thriving in Langtian Realm for more than a hundred years. It was founded by three brothers surnamed Qi. The person who talked to Wang Baoshi, surnamed Qi and named Chang, ranked third among the three brothers.

Zhibaoxuan says it is a business firm, but it only deals in one kind of goods, that is people.

The living, the dead, and mortal cultivators, as long as they are valuable and can be sold for a good price, they will buy and sell them all.In addition, they also accept various entrusted transactions. For example, if a large family lacks a nursing home, as long as the price is high enough, Duobaoxuan will be able to find a master with a talent or higher.

The reason why Wang Baoshi didn't like Duobaoxuan was because he was not used to some of the methods used by the other party in buying and selling.

Wang Baoshi laughed aloud, at this time the epee man had already discussed the matter of the ferry with the boatman.

The boatman of the ferry boat has been on Jinweidang for more than 30 years and is very familiar with this area.

The shape of the Jinwei River is an inverted funnel, and the ferry is wide. After the boat leaves the ferry, the situation of the river changes.After the upper section, when it leads to the main river, the river is in the shape of a series of "zigzags", with many meanders and forks. Boaters who are not skilled enough to go down the river will not dare to go down the river easily.

A few months ago, when the river was still calm, there were a few big ferry boats from Sui Yunlai, relying on the stability of the boat, they could go back and forth a few times.But just half a month ago, after an autumn rain, the water volume increased sharply, and countless eddies and undercurrents appeared in the river.

"If you want to make a transition, you have to go early. The old man takes two boats a day, ten people in one boat, and each person is ten taels of silver." The old boatman sat on the bow, lit a water pipe, and smoked stand up.

Ten taels of silver is not a small amount, and the boatman also paid a price per bite, and he refused to let go of his bite.

After what happened last night, almost all the people at the ferry had escaped, the remaining six people just happened to be on the boat, but when Qi Chang from Zhibaoxuan came, there were already nine people not counting the children who bought and sold.

There are six children bought by Qichang alone, how to get across the boat and who should get across the boat first has become a problem.

　The first order of a new book is very important, the automatic subscription and the pink at the beginning of the month are dripping, Fuzi is a bit greedy, but for the sake of staying up late to update, I will work hard~~
　　
　
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