Chapter 85
When you go boating on a big river, the water accumulates all the way to the end of the world. Suddenly the waves open up and thousands of families in the counties and towns are destroyed.
The Jingshui River connects the sky and the earth, boundless as far as the eye can see. As the boat travels, when it reaches the middle of the river, you can vaguely see the towns and villages appearing on the other side, as if a gap has opened in the sky, revealing a piece of the human world.
The current of the Jingshui River is very fast and full of reefs. The boatmen who dare to ferry on such a large river are all experienced people.
From a distance, we can see ships, large or small, sailing against the wind and waves, taking a winding route, and sometimes turning their bows around to make a big bend.
The view from the bow is always refreshing.
Standing at the bow of the boat, it feels like you have become a pair of scissors, cutting through the endless water.
"There is a fish, it's so big!"
Yunji stood at the bow of the boat, not looking at the scenery, but paying attention to the big fish under the water.
For people who are accustomed to seeing the deep sea, no matter how big a river is, they will not interest them.
On the contrary, things under the water are more interesting.
"Not only is it big, but its teeth are also sharp. Do you want to catch one and have a look?" Liu Sanniang, who was at the helm, said angrily.
"Okay! Do you have a fishing rod? It will taste good when steamed." Yunji rolled up his sleeves and was about to catch a big fish.
"No! No way." An old gentleman with a white beard was chanting poems and praising the river with his companions. When he heard someone wanted to fish, he was frightened and stopped him quickly.
"Why not? Could it be that the fish in the river are poisonous?" Yun Ji asked strangely.
"It's not poisonous, that's not a fish at all, it's a monster!" The old scholar pointed at the black shadow swimming under the water and said with great fear: "That guy's name is giant toothed pomfret, a fish monster unique to Jingshui River, with sharp teeth and sharp teeth.
Form a team, any living creature that falls into the water will be chewed into bones in an instant! It is known as the wolf clan in the water."
"I've never tasted giant pomfret. Is it delicious? The river fish must not be too fresh." Yunji stubbornly called it a fish.
He didn't care whether the giant toothed pomfret was bad or not, but he was curious about how it tasted.
"There are fresher ones in the river. I'm afraid I'll scare you to death if I come out." Liu Sanniang said in a strange tone.
"It seems that there are a lot of small fish in the Jingshui River. I'm brave enough to tell you what's fresher." Yunji leaned out from the bow of the boat and looked towards the bottom of the water. He looked like he was about to fall out.
The old man next to me was so frightened that he kept shouting to be careful.
"The giant-toothed pomfret is the weakest kind of river monster. There are many terrifying monsters in the Jingshui River."
Liu Sanniang rolled her eyes and said like a treasure: "A man-eating jellyfish bigger than a water tank, an ox-horned frog as tall as a person, and a red-skinned python as thick as a bucket can kill you instantly, not to mention stretching eight feet.
The giant squid's claws can drag a large boat to the bottom of the water. Boy, the water in the Jingshui River is very deep. If you fall down, you won't be able to come back alive."
"Is there such a big squid in the river?" Yunji became more curious.
"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes ten years ago. The giant squid swept a five-foot-long flat boat directly into the bottom of the water. It was bigger than the small boat." Liu Sanniang said with lingering fear.
"A squid as big as a small boat." Yunji sighed with emotion. Just as Liu Sanniang was feeling proud, she heard someone say again: "I've seen bigger ones that can sink a hundred-foot-long ship. How dare you call a giant squid the size of a small boat?"
It’s more like calling it a little demon squid.”
Liu Sanniang was furious when she heard Yunji's lies. She wanted to kick the hateful boy into the river.
Suppressing her anger, Liu Sanniang discovered the flaw in the other party's words and said sarcastically: "The giant squid that sank the giant ship of a hundred feet must not be as big as a hundred feet or less. Such a big monster must have the realm of a great monster. Where are you looking at it?"
Arrived?"
"In the sea, you can often see big monsters in the deep sea." Yunji said truthfully.
"The big monsters of the deep sea are terrifying monsters. I want to ask, how did you escape from the big monster?" Liu Sanniang sneered. She recognized that Yunji was bragging, and she wanted to break the cowhide.
What a bad breath.
"As long as it's far enough away, the deep sea monster won't care about insignificant humans. Besides, my frost dolphin is fast enough that not many sea beasts can catch up with it," Yun Ji said.
"Frost dolphin?" Liu Sanniang could understand the first half of what Yunji said, but she had never heard of such a strange beast as the frost dolphin.
"It's a low-level monster in the sea. It's extremely fast, but it has to be raised from a young age. A big frost dolphin won't recognize its master." Yunji explained.
"Oh..." Liu Sanniang was confused when she heard what others said, and she couldn't tell whether it was true or not.
"Have you seen the little squid somewhere? It tastes good. It's most delicious when grilled." Yunji said.
"I just know how to eat, and I'll starve myself to death." Liu Sanniang rolled her eyes and said, "It's right in the middle of the river, but you can't see it usually. The last time I saw it was after a catastrophe."
"Ghost King Chao?" Yunji said.
"Even after the ghost king tide passed, I will never forget that day in my life..." Liu Sanniang was extremely fearful, with deep fear in her eyes.
"Crossing the mountain without mentioning the tiger, crossing the river without mentioning the tide, children's words are not forbidden, children's words are not forbidden." When the old scholar heard Liu Sanniang mention the ghost king tide, his face changed with fright, but no one who crossed the river did not
Not afraid of the ghost king tide.
"Fortunately, I left early. If it had been a few days later, I wouldn't have gone to the Imperial City. It would have been another ten years and I would have died if I encountered that catastrophe."
"It's very true, even if they don't want the fame, no one wants to encounter the catastrophe of the river."
"There will definitely be fewer and fewer ferry passengers in the future, and there won't be too many boat operators."
"That's natural. Who is not afraid of death?"
All the scholars discussed with lingering fear, calling the ghost king tide a catastrophe. When they were on the Jingshui River, no one was willing to say those three unlucky and terrifying words.
Scholars are taboo, but some people don't care.
Yunji was curious when he heard this, and asked: "How big a tide can really be a hundred feet high? Even the huge waves in the deep sea may not be a hundred feet high. If it can really roll up that high, the entire river will not be able to fly into the sky?"
Liu Sanniang gritted her teeth and said: "Baizhang is just a metaphor. Even if there is not Baizhang, there will definitely be Shizhang!"
Yun Ji said regretfully: "It's only ten feet. It's too childish compared to the deep sea."
Liu Sanniang said angrily: "What do you mean by only ten feet? I'm telling you that you are not afraid at all, brat, my ship is the only sand ship that has not sunk in the tide of ghost king. All the ships bigger than mine have sunk."
Under the water, no one on the boat is alive. If you really encounter the ghost king tide, you will definitely be scared to wet your pants!"
Yunji said helplessly: "I'm not that timid. It's just a ten-foot-long wave. I've encountered it at least a thousand times."
Liu Sanniang sneered and said, "When you brag, you have to be more reliable. You have survived thousands of waves ten feet high. Do you think you are a god?"
Yunji smiled and did not explain.
The fish and shrimps in lakes and rivers naturally cannot understand the diving dragon fighting in the deep sea.
The sun is high in the sky, making people sweat profusely.
The scholars on the ship bought a lot of watermelons and kept them frozen in buckets prepared in advance. They thought of eating them on the other side, but it turned out to be too hot, so they decided to eat them now.
Cutting melons was easy, but no one did it. A group of scholars all looked at a short young man.
"Xiao Liu's knife is the fastest, so you should cut it."
"Yes, Sixth Brother is famous for being a sharp swordsman, a skill honed in the military."
"No matter how fast a sword is, it cannot enter the court. How can it be compared to a sword and a sword?"
"Actually, there are advantages to having a sharp knife. At least the melons can be cut more evenly."
The last person to speak was a fat scholar. After he spoke, he immediately elicited a few chuckles. The young scholar, known as Xiaoliu, looked embarrassed. He had the lowest status among this group of people, so he had to cut the melon out of sympathy.
Chapter completed!