"Senior Fu, do we really want to sail at night?"
That night, Zhou Shi followed Fu Yujiang back to Jiangdu Pier.
"There is no delay. Don't worry, my ship will never capsize." Fu Yujiang vowed, "Besides, I'm not your senior. Let's change my name."
"Then I'll call you Big Brother. Brother Fu, the berth seems to be over here..."
"No, no, no, it's impossible for my ship to dock with a merchant ship."
The two walked along the river for a while until they reached the edge of the pier. A man holding a lantern saw them and walked towards them.
"Are they brothers from the Qinglong Gang?"
"Yes, Mr. Fu, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me."
It turns out that Fu Yujiang gave his ship to the Qinglong Gang to take care of it in order to hide it from others.
The man with the lantern led them out of the pier, pointed to a small bulge on the shore, and said, "That's your boat."
Fu Yujiang wrote that the man took Zhou Shi to the shore, lifted the cloth, and revealed a small boat.
"Brother Zhou, please."
"Uh, why don't you push it into the water first?"
"No, just stand firm."
Zhou Shi stepped onto the boat anxiously and found that there was no place to sit down.
"Let's go——"
Fu Yujiang picked up a bamboo pole, put it on the bank, propped it up, and the boat slid into the river.
Zhou Shi subconsciously lowered his center of gravity, but was surprised to find that there were no bumps under his feet, as smooth as if he were stepping on solid ground!
"How about it, Brother Zhou, isn't my corpse-retrieving boat a good one?" Fu Yujiang smiled behind him, "This boat was remodeled from coffins that had stored corpses for more than ten years. It has a very strong yin energy. Such a boat
The river does not dare to collect, so the waves can move back and forth like walking on flat ground. Let's put it this way, even if we were swept into the river and drowned, this corpse boat would not be able to capsize! Hahaha..."
Zhou Shi smiled sarcastically, saying to himself that the man who retrieved the body really had no control over what he said.
The bright moon hangs high, reflected in the river, and the river breeze blows gently on your face. As long as you temporarily forget that the boat under your feet is used to hold corpses, it is really a pleasure to sail in such an environment.
"Brother Zhou, what does the moon look like when you look at it in the water?"
"Like jade, jade sinking in water." Zhou Shi answered without thinking. He thought of "the floating light leaps into gold, and the quiet shadow sinks into the jade".
Fu Yujiang held the boat and sang:
Traveling on the river, it takes twenty years.
When will we get out of the boat and go to the underworld banquet?
...What a scary fishing song.
I don’t know if it’s because he has been sailing alone for many years, carrying corpses, but now he finally has someone to talk to. The person who retrieved the corpses is quite talkative, which makes Zhou Shi, a restaurant businessman, a little overwhelmed.
After about half an hour, Fu Yujiang slowly pushed the boat towards the shore and said, "We're here."
Arrived? Zhou Shi squinted his eyes and saw a thatched hut on the shore. It seemed that that was the place where the corpse was buried.
But there is no river beach here, so it is difficult to park the boat.
"Brother Fu, where will this boat stop?"
"Stand firm."
"Ah?"
The body-retrieving boat shook, and Zhou Shi was horrified to find that the bow of the boat he was standing on had turned around and was aiming straight at the shore.
"Hey, Brother Fu, you don't want..."
Fu Yujiang clung to the bamboo pole like a sloth and suddenly exerted his strength to support it!
"Drink!"
"Ah——"
The bow of the body-retrieving boat was slightly raised, as if it was flying, and it was rushing towards the shore!
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, the body-retrieving boat "landed" on the shore.
Zhou Shi was in shock, but his feet remained steady, as if he was glued to the boat.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"...Brother Fu has great skills."
"Haha, I win prizes and prizes, mainly because of this corpse fishing boat and this 18-section Arhat bamboo."
Fu Yujiang raised the bamboo pole in his hand and said: "This bamboo is also the treasure of our corpse fishermen. Use it to punt the boat. It can go up and down the water as fast as flying, and it can be propped up without inserting it into the bottom of the river!"
Come on, I'll take you in."
This hut was built on a high point on the shore, but it was only more than ten feet higher than the river surface.
"Brother Fu, this house is not much higher than the river surface. Will it not be flooded during the flood season?"
"Yes, so every autumn and spring, they have to be rebuilt in a different place. But there is nothing we can do. The floating corpses cannot be too far away from the river before being disposed of, otherwise they will be more likely to transform into corpses."
"No lights?"
"Not being able to see the light will stimulate the transformation of the corpse."
Zhou Shi took out the fire fold from the iron abacus, opened the lid, and a faint blue fire immediately appeared.
This place is used as a morgue, and he and Fu Yujiang are both members of the Yin Gate, so the surrounding Yin Qi can supply the burning of Yin Fire.
Yin fire is often found in cemeteries, cemeteries and other places surrounded by Yin energy. It is produced by corpses, so it will not stimulate corpse transformation.
"Hey, you still have this good thing with you!" Fu Yujiang recognized Yin Huo at a glance.
The Yin Fire dispelled the darkness, revealing a corpse on the ground. The clothes on its upper body were open, and talismans were attached to its forehead, chest, and feet.
After getting Fu Yujiang's permission, Zhou Shi gently lifted the talismans on his face and chest in order to take a closer look at the body.
The deceased was a male. He looked to be no older than fifty. He was short in stature and had a pair of provocative ears. His clothes had blue and red patterns, and he did not look like he was from Jiangdu city.
The exposed chest of the corpse was pale and smooth, with no scars.
"This body has been soaked for who knows how long, but there is no sign of decay at all. There is indeed something wrong... huh?"
Only then did Zhou Shi notice that the flames of Huo Zhezi had shifted.
He stood up, walked around the body, and found that the tip of the flame was pointed at the head of the body.
"What valuables can be found on this body? And it's still on the head. He doesn't have any jewelry."
He squatted down, carefully put the fire fold on the corpse's face, and circled it in a circle as usual.
Fu Yujiang on the side opened his mouth but said nothing. He thought Zhou Zhen was performing some secret technique and could not be disturbed.
When Huo Zhezi came close to the mouth of the corpse, the Yin Fire shifted, as if it was about to be sucked into the mouth!
In the mouth?
"Brother Fu, there is something in his mouth."
"Oh?"
Fu Yujiang asked Zhou Shi to step back, and after confirming that the talismans on the body were affixed, he opened the body's mouth with a punting pole made of eighteen sections of Arhat bamboo.
There was a faint blue light emitting from the corpse's mouth.
"What?"
"Brother Fu, stand back and let me come."
Zhou Shi stood the fire folding piece on the ground and gently turned a bead on the iron abacus. A golden "ring" appeared on the index finger of his right hand.
Under such light, Fu Yujiang did not see his movements.
He slowly lowered the gold wire fishing line and let the fishing hook, which was as big as the eye of a needle, touch the object that emitted blue light.
After feeling the weight on his hand, he pulled gently, said "Come" in his mouth, and pulled a ball of blue light out of the corpse's mouth.
In Fu Yujiang's eyes, of course he couldn't directly grab the unknown objects that appeared in the corpse. But Zhou Shi only moved his fingers and called out the blue light! p>
Is this the trick of a horse rider?
Zhou Shi stood up with the golden fishing line and found that the blue light gradually dimmed, revealing its true form.