Jiang Meng jumped from the top of the ship into the front cabin with a single stride. Chen Mengsheng silently recited a spell and climbed down using a vertical ladder. The two of them were stunned by the horrific sight in front of them. The giant turtle Changsheng who had traveled through the water during the day had already covered the bottom of the ship and the ship.
A large hole about two feet long was dug out of the bang, and water from the river was gurgling into the bottom of the flat boat.
The turtle wanted to sink the ship and drown the people on board, so it bit Chen Mengsheng into pieces to satisfy its hatred. However, it was discovered by a sailor who came out to relieve himself. Chang was so angry that he bit the sailor in his mouth. When Jiang Meng and Chen Mengsheng arrived,
The sailor was already bleeding from all his orifices and had a broken belly and intestines. The chest and abdomen of his upper body were separated from the lower half. His hands were still moving but there was no way he could save himself.
When the big turtle saw Chen Mengsheng, it roared loudly, swallowed the sailor in one gulp, and ran straight towards Chen Mengsheng.
"Brother Jiang, please call someone to save the boat. I can deal with this evil beast myself." After saying that, he jumped into the Taihu Lake, and the big turtle Changsheng hotly pursued Chen Mengsheng.
Jiang Meng knew that Chen Mengsheng had lured the turtle away to save everyone, so he hurriedly called on everyone on the ship to help repair the ship. The water in the bottom tank was already submerged, and the entire flat boat was sinking rapidly. Two of them
Sailors with good water skills followed Jiang Meng and sneaked into the hole in the bottom cabin, plugging the hole with wood. The remaining dozens of people passed around with basins and buckets to scoop out water.
Chen Mengsheng said to be precise that he was a landlubber and could not swim at all. He relied solely on the breath-holding spell among the twenty-four mantras and the movement skills of the vertical ladder to swim in Taihu Lake. In this way, the giant turtle Changsheng behind him could not catch up with him.
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After swimming for nearly half a stick of incense, Chen Mengsheng swam to a deserted reed swamp. He jumped out of the water and held the magic ruler in his hand. He said with a murderous look: "An evil animal can live forever, which is against the law of heaven."
If you don’t want to repent, you have now killed another person, and I will definitely not spare you today.”
The big turtle Changsheng raised his head and glared at Chen Mengsheng, uttering words: "You are ruining my good deeds, and the soul-capturing mirror has been broken by you. I will never be able to return to heaven again. All this was given to you by this evil fellow.
I've been waiting for revenge every day, wishing I could tear you into pieces, and finally I've waited for you. Hahaha..."
Before he finished speaking, a ball of foul-smelling black gas was spit out from the big turtle's mouth, and it rushed straight towards Chen Mengsheng. Chen Mengsheng was wrapped in layers by this black gas. As soon as the clothes on his body encountered this black gas, they were immediately covered by it.
Corrosion has left some spots with holes.
The big turtle Changsheng laughed proudly in the water: "The ink smoke of Shang Tai Laojun's Sanmei True Fire tastes good, no matter what kind of god you are, it will turn into pus and blood in a matter of seconds."
The roar of the wind on the water surface was unable to disperse the black air at all. Instead, it caused the black air to roll and gather like a big ball. Chen Mengsheng only felt as if the skin on his body was being cut by millions of knives.
, if he didn't have the golden steel curse to protect his body, he would have been harmed by the immortal a long time ago. Chen Mengsheng knew in his heart that if he didn't attack this evil beast, he would kill him with one strike, otherwise he would have to wait for him to escape into the water again.
It's a scourge.
Changsheng, who was still laughing wildly in the water, suddenly heard Chen Mengsheng's sharp cry from the black air, "Hell Breaking Curse." Suddenly, circles of golden light came out from the black air, including him. Changsheng was not in time yet.
After reacting, he only felt a burst of severe pain in his body. It was like thunder in Changsheng's ears, and the pain had disappeared. Changsheng felt like he was flying in the clouds and mist. When he looked down, his body was broken into pieces, and it was getting farther and farther away from him.
, when I thought about it again, my head was spinning, my head was spinning and soaring into the sky, and then I didn’t know anything anymore...
When Chen Mengsheng returned to the flat boat, Jiang Meng had already led everyone to plug the holes in the bottom of the boat. When Jiang Meng saw Chen Mengsheng in ragged clothes, he was shocked and said: "Brother Mengsheng, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"
Where’s the goblin?”
"Brother Jiang, I'm fine. The goblin has been beaten to pieces by my spell, and my head has been chopped off with the magic ruler. It's hard to survive."
Jiang Meng said awkwardly: "Brother Mengsheng, this ship cannot go to Yangzhou. Here are your five taels of silver, and I have refunded all their money. Now the ship has to be repaired at the dock in Huzhou Prefecture.
I guess it’s hard to cultivate in less than ten and a half days.”
"Brother Jiang, you may be able to use this money to repair your ship. Although it's not much, it can help you give your brothers a meal." Seeing Chen Mengsheng's kind gesture, Jiang Meng said nothing more.
Zuo Yi was busy directing the sailors to quickly sail to Huzhou Prefecture.
Chen Mengsheng returned to his cabin and took out his clothes and put them on. Fortunately, the book of life and death and the judge's pen in the tattered clothes were intact. The purse containing the money was full of holes, and he poured out the remaining five taels of silver.
When I put the package in my sleeve pocket and put it on my back, the flat boat had already docked at the ferry in Huzhou Prefecture. People in the back cabin got off the boat in shock.
After Chen Mengsheng landed on the shore, Jiang Meng clasped his fists on the boat and said: "Brother Mengsheng, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will always flow. We brothers will meet again soon." Chen Mengsheng waited for the flat boat to row to the repair dock until it disappeared out of sight in the night.
Just got on the ferry.
There is a double-humped bridge above this ferry called the Camel Bridge. Chen Mengsheng looked not far away and saw the dots of lights swaying, but when he thought about it, he only had so little money left on him. Forget it, he just found a place to hang it.
Just one night, we have to continue our journey tomorrow.
Walking all the way east, there is a ruined temple not far away. On the temple's plaque are written the three characters "Nengren Temple". When you push the door and enter the ruined temple, there is a large monument erected, and you can take a look at it in the moonlight.
It turned out to be written by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty, but many words have been mutilated over time...
Chen Mengsheng walked into the temple. There was a statue of Guanyin in the temple. The ruined temple was quite clean, and there were some old mats and a few raw sweet potatoes on the ground. It was obvious that someone had lived here. Chen Mengsheng just wanted to
After being able to stay up all night, I jumped up into the Buddhist altar. After cleaning a little, I lay down to rest. I was really tired from the battle with the giant turtle Changsheng, and fell asleep in a daze...
When Chen Mengsheng was sleepy, he vaguely heard someone talking and entered Nengren Temple. One of them was whining, and the other was scolding him: "Second bald man, I told you not to go there to steal chickens, but you just didn't listen. There.
You don’t know that my house is haunted, so God has blessed me that I didn’t kill you this time.”
"Xiao Liuzi, you can't say a few words less. When I went to steal chickens, did you eat less?"
When Chen Mengsheng heard the two people talking about being haunted, he suddenly woke up and secretly looked at the activities in the temple.
In the moonlight, two boys of twelve and three entered the temple, ignited the fire and took out an oil lamp from under the Buddha statue. After lighting it, Chen Mengsheng saw clearly that the two children who came were a boy and a girl.
There was a large stain of blood on the boy's forehead, and he didn't know if it was a wound that was plastered with incense ash or mud. The clothes on his body were all broken into pieces. The girl next to him was very pretty, with only her fair face covered with blood.
Plaster on some boys' heads.
The girl said: "You bald man, please stop moving. Be careful and the hole will be torn again. Take off your clothes and I will starch and mend them for you in a while."
"Xiao Liuzi, it hurts me, ohhhh...ohhhhh..."
"You must be hungry. I'm going to cook sweet potatoes for you right now." After saying that, he picked up the sweet potatoes on the ground and pulled out an earthenware jar from under the altar table. He put the sweet potatoes in the earthenware jar and washed them. He piled up a few gravels.
Set up a small iron pot, add water to light the fire, and then use the iron piece in your hand to place the cut sweet potatoes in the iron pot.
Chen Mengsheng was stunned. The little girl acted as if she was doing things smoothly, without a trace of sloppiness. The boy was still whining just now, but now he was silent. Chen Mengsheng secretly said that the boy was already scattered.
, if the boy was not saved, he would definitely not survive until dawn, so he hurriedly cast a requiem spell on the boy.
The girl was completely unaware of all this. Seeing that the boy was asleep, she picked up a pair of poles from the side of the Buddha statue and left the temple with the poles on her shoulders.
When the little girl came back from fetching water from the river and saw that the sweet potatoes in the pot were not yet ripe, she took out a piece of linen cloth from her arms, scooped water into the gourd and helped the boy wipe his face. While wiping it, he said: "The Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin
Bodhisattva, please save the bald man. As long as he recovers, I am willing to shorten my life by ten years, and we will no longer dare to steal food."
Chen Mengsheng heard a burst of sadness behind the Buddhist niche. Two half-year-old children had to take such a heavy oath in order to have enough food. He said: "Don't worry, little girl, he will be fine as long as I am here." After saying this, he left behind the Buddhist niche.
He jumped up and stood in front of the two children.
He formed the formula with his hands and recited the mantra orally. The green light of the nectar mantra was sprinkled on the little boy's forehead, and the wound healed immediately without leaving a scar.
The girl looked at Chen Mengsheng in shock and said, "Brother, who are you?"
"I am the one sent by the Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva to save you."
"It's true." The little girl's eyes were full of joy.
"Then tell me, what are your names? And why are you living here?"
"My name is Xiao Liuzi, and his name is Erbald Donkey. They fled here with their parents from Shanxi three years ago. Later, my parents left me here after they only wanted an older brother and younger brother, so they left me on the boat. This Erbald man saw me on the boat.
I was crying by the river, and he jumped into the river to pick me up. We swam in the river for a long time but still couldn't catch up with the boat. The bald man said that his parents would definitely come back to find him, so we stayed there.
Wait here..." Xiao Liuzi broke down in tears after saying this.
The little boy lying on the ground was coughing for a while. When he woke up, he saw Chen Mengsheng looking at him. "Who are you? This temple has an owner. Don't even think about taking it."
Chen Mengsheng was dumbfounded by the comments made by Er Baldy. He didn't expect that he would also be treated as a flower child. Xiao Liuzi pinched Er Baldy's back and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? This elder brother was sent by Bodhisattva to save us.
If you don’t believe me, just touch your head and see if the wound on your head is still there?”
When Er Baldy touched it, he found that the wound on his forehead was gone except for some ash and mud. Then he smiled sheepishly at Chen Mengsheng.
Xiao Liuzi took the small pot and said to Chen Mengsheng: "Brother Immortal, please eat the sweet potatoes. There are only two left. You and Er Baldy eat it. I have already eaten." After saying this, Xiao Liuzi pretended to be full.
Looks like, walked aside.
"Haha, little girl. Gods don't need to eat."
The little girl said again: "Er Baldy, you haven't eaten for a whole day. Just eat everything. Your parents will come to see you in the future." When Xiao Liuzi thought of his parents, he felt sad and looked at himself blankly.
His feet were silent.
Er Baldy held a sweet potato in one hand and walked up to Xiao Liuzi. "You haven't eaten anything for a day. You go ahead and eat."
Chen Mengsheng looked at the two children and wondered if he should go find their parents. After all, tragedies in the world happen every day these days, and it was definitely beyond his ability. He sighed: "You two little guys, please eat something."
.Have a good sleep and I will take you to have a nice meal tomorrow."
After hearing this, Erbaluzi and Xiaoliuzi took a long time to react. "God, I want to eat Wang Po's sesame cakes." "I want to eat beancurd." "I want to eat beef soup."...
Soon the two children fell asleep with sweet smiles...