Chapter 54 The River God(1/3)
"What else do you have to worry about?"
Shen Qingqiu turned his head and said to Liu Ruiying, grinning.
But it made Liu Ruiying feel a little embarrassed.
As soon as he arrived here, he said a lot to Shen Qingqiu in a questioning tone.
"No more. But I'm not here to watch the fun!"
Liu Ruiying said.
"It will be all right."
Shen Qingqiu nodded gently.
Li Yun suddenly closed her eyes, and the Yuntai tribe beside her was very worried when she saw this.
"Didn't you ask me where my Huailei platform companion went?"
Li Yun said.
"Yes, my subordinate asked."
The tribe said.
"Ziying, how long have you been with me?"
Li Yun opened her eyes and asked at her subordinates beside her. Her tone was very gentle, but it was touching to the sound.
"If this year is included, it is the eighth year."
The Yuntai tribe named Ziying said.
"Then you've known Huailei for eight years."
Li Yun said.
“That’s right!”
Ziying replied.
"Huailei is dead."
Li Yun changed her mind.
"Hua Bing Tai Claus... is dead? Who killed her?!"
Ziying asked in shock and angrily.
"It's him!"
Li Yun raised her jaw and looked forward a little.
Ziying's eyes instantly looked at him, and it was undoubtedly Shen Qingqiu.
"You actually dare to kill my Tokai Yuntai companion!"
Ziying scolded sternly.
Shen Qingqiu was confused by this inexplicable questioning. He had no idea who Huailei was, nor did he know that there was a Yuntai companion here besides Li Yun.
After Ziying scolded her angrily, she looked back at Li Yun, as if waiting for her instructions.
Li Yun nodded at her, and Ziying immediately took a step forward and unsheathed the long sword in her hand.
As the cold light flashed, he attacked Shen Qingqiu without saying anything.
"Old Gao, should the boat be rowing backwards? They started fighting again..."
Ou Yaming said.
"It's okay!"
Gao Xukai said.
A bag of cigarettes had been finished smoking. He was lowering his head, putting his cigarette pot into a bag full of cigarettes and digging hard. In just a few strokes, a pot of cigarettes had been filled.
"Others drink wine and the sound of silk and bamboo are accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, and the fragrance of beautiful women is on their side! When we come to drink, our noses are covered with fishy and salty noses, and our ears are filled with gold and iron."
Ou Yaming sighed.
"Isn't this good?"
Gao Xukai said disdainfully.
"What's good about this..."
Ou Yaming curled his lips.
"If you do something like an ordinary person, you can only be an ordinary person. Only by doing something unique can you get rid of it. Just like everyone in the world thinks that your Ou Family Sword is so good, I don't think so! Even if you use your own sword to exchange for my oar, I won't change it. I don't want to give it to me!"
Gao Xukai said.
He took out the flint from his sleeve and prepared to light a cigarette. I don’t know why, maybe because the water in the Taishang River was rolled back all over the sky, Li Yun hooked up the power of the East China Sea again, making the air at the moment extremely humid, but Gao Xukai kept igniting for three or four times without ignition.
With a cigarette rod in his mouth, saliva almost flowed down the cigarette rod and dripped into the cabin. Without any help, Gao Xukai had to hold a pair of flints in his armpits, trying to make them dry with body temperature. At the same time, he sucked his mouth and sucked the saliva that had already flowed back into his mouth.
However, he did not expect that his clothes would be more humid than the air. The moisture in the air was floating aimlessly, looking for a place to rely on. If Gao Xukai was wearing fine stitches and extremely high-quality silk satin, it would be better, but his clothes were covered in thick burlap, which was the most capable of absorbing water. A pair of flints were pinned in his armpits, which allowed the water vapor on his clothes to reverse in. After he covered them for a while, and then took them out to ignite, he found that even a spark was not enough... so angry that he threw the pair of flints into the river.
Although Ou Yaming sat with his back to him, he could tell what Gao Xukai was doing just by listening to the sound. The flint fell into the water and made two "gudongs". Ou Yaming could no longer hold it in and laughed out loud. Fortunately, he didn't have alcohol in his mouth at this moment, otherwise he would have been choked to death.
It is strange that it seems that there are not many friends of Ou Yaming... Lu Mingming, one of the seven saints of Wendao, stays in the blacksmith shop all day long, and writes a letter of breaking up with him. As long as Ou Yaming goes to him to drink, you can hear Lu Mingming chanting this letter of breaking up with him from afar.
At first, Ou Yaming felt a little uncomfortable and waited for him to finish reciting before walking forward. But after listening to it too much, he could memorize it. Later, Ou Yaming simply recited it with Lu Mingming to compete with who had a loud voice and a higher tone.
Although Gao Xukai is not as strange as Lu Mingming, he seems to have never been to any place after he arrived at Taishang River in his life. In the past, the Taishang River was rampant and the water bandits were in power. But after Gao Xukai came, the originally silt and the rivers with reefs became extremely smooth. The water bandits who wrote about blocking the road and making money were gone.
Ordinary people don’t know the whole story, but they just said that God opened his eyes and sent a river god to guard the place. They even built a big temple for this false river god, worshipped all year round, and incense was endless. The people didn’t know how the river god was born. Some people said it should be a thousand-year-old turtle, and some people said it should be a water python. In the end, they couldn’t argue, so they could only create a dragon-headed human image according to the words of a poor scholar who had read books and stood in the temple.
This temple is very close to the house where Gao Xukai lives. When the wind is facing, the strong smell of sandalwood and paper money will float to his door, causing him to sneeze. However, it is precisely because his residence is close to the River God Temple that he naturally grows up and takes charge of the protection of the River God Temple.
Whenever a large caravan passes by, they will stop the boat to come to the temple to worship. The long altars are filled with fruits, braised meat, and fine wine. Gao Xukai is saliva! These shopkeepers are superstitious and ignorant, but the old boatmen accompanying the caravan know who has saved the peace of Taishang River. Although these old boatmen have no money, they will still gather together, buy a few cold dishes, a roast chicken, and finally make two pounds of loose wine at Gao Xukai's door to show their gratitude.
However, when Gao Xukai returns home, only wine is left at the door. The rest of the food is snatched away by birds, and it is stolen by wild cats and dogs. So why does he look so fat? I have to ask where the tributes in the River God Temple go...
Early this morning, when Ou Yaming came to Gao Xukai's house to look for him, although he was awake, he was still lying in bed and unable to get up.
The spring scenery outside was just right, and the house was dark and humid. Ou Yaming was restless, so he simply walked outside and started wandering around the house. About half an hour later, Ou Yaming suddenly heard a sound of pinging and pinging from inside the house. Just as he was about to go into the house to find out, he collided with Gao Xukai.
Ou Yaming fell to the ground without any defense. If someone saw this scene, it would be amazing! Gao Xukai hurriedly helped him up, and Ou Yaming couldn't help but complain about why he was so reckless.
Gao Xukai didn't explain, but just pointed to the River God Temple not far ahead and pulled Ou Yaming to walk.
After arriving at the place, he saw two or three people carrying tributes and incense in an orderly arrangement. After arriving, Gao Xukai glanced at everyone, then came to the back of the statue and took out a bag from the back of the base. It contained a colorful dress, similar to those false Onmyoji and witches who were traveling around the world!
Just as Ou Yaming wanted to make a joke, Gao Xukai covered his mouth with a big black hand, letting him hide behind the statue and stay calm. Give him half an hour, and then invited him to drink good wine and eat rotten meat. When Ou Yaming heard that there were wine and meat, he also followed his wishes. After so many times, there were not many opportunities to meet Gao Xukai who wanted to treat him. He probably took Gao Xukai into the Taishang River and ate and drank the entire street for half.
Gao Xukai put the colorful clothes on his body, twisting the bag around his waist but didn't care. Then he hurried to the Heshen Temple, coughed gently, waved to everyone, and turned around and walked into the temple.
The people followed Gao Xukai, walked in with a pious and cautious look on their faces.
After standing still, Gao Xukai began to chant.
As for what he was talking about, not only did the people who came to worship, but even Ou Yaming didn't understand it very well. At first glance, it sounded like grassland, but when he heard He Monan's barbarian language, it seemed to turn it into a dialect in a coastal area.
After passing through this fog, Gao Xukai told the people who came to worship that he had asked the River God, and that a ray of spirit of the River God had descended to this statue. If they had any demands and visions, they could speak to the River God.
After hearing this, these people were grateful to Gao Xukai for a moment, and then they all knelt down, saying nothing more than words such as blessing the river and blessing the success of their business. Finally, they ate incense, put down the tribute, left the temple, and prepared to set off. However, before leaving, they would give Gao Xukai some silver as a thank you.
After watching these people leave the temple, Gao Xukai called out Ou Yaming, who had been hiding behind the statue.
"What are you talking about so many things just now?"
Ou Yaming asked after speaking.
"have no idea."
Gao Xukai said.
"Don't know? How can you not know what you said?"
Ou Yaming didn't believe it.
Although they have known each other for a long time, this is the first time Gao Xukai has brought him to the temple.
"That was made up by me, it's not anything at all."
Gao Xukai said.
But his eyes were staring at the pig's elbows on the altar.
"So you deceived all those people... They thought you were speaking the language of the gods, and they really invited a ray of spirit from the river god. In fact, you were talking nonsense, and what you said will be different every time!"
Ou Yaming sighed.
"If you want to lie, they will deceive themselves first. Tell me, do I look like this? Although I am a little fat, I am much more handsome than this dragon-headed monster, right?"
Gao Xukai pointed to the statue and said.
In the second half of the sentence, it was already unclear.
The pig elbow on the altar was already eaten by Gao Xukai and was chewing it.
Ou Yaming smiled slightly, he had nothing to refute.
To be continued...