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A passer-by looked at Ye Yi who was standing outside the noodle shop, and asked a casual question.
"Huh? Well...why is this store closed?"
The passerby shook his head:
"The shop owner's mother-in-law rolled into the river, and the boss sent his mother home. Once the shop closed, he probably went to find the salvage team."
"Oh, thank you!"
Ye Yi smiled at passers-by, turned around and walked towards the nearest salvage team.
A few minutes later, a man was heard crying from far away: "I beg you, go down and fish again..."
Ye Yi looked over, and saw a tall man kneeling on the ground like a woman, holding the boatman's leg and crying.
"No, no, this shit is very evil these days, I won't go!"
The boatman specializes in salvaging things on this river. Whether it is clothes or jewelry, or cats and dogs that fell into the river, or even people who fell into the river and drowned, as long as they are willing to pay, this person is willing to fish.
The kneeling person is Lao Zheng, the husband of the pregnant woman who fell into the water.
Lao Zheng took out a few red banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of the boatman: "I'm just trying it out! I'll pay, no matter if I get it or not, the money is yours. If I get it, I'll give it to you again." two thousand!"
The boatman was a little moved and hesitated a little.
"I'm adding a thousand to you!"
Old Zheng said while touching his trouser pocket.
"All right, all right! I can't beat you! I'll get it! Can't I get it!"
The boatman didn't charge him the 1000 yuan, so he called a few young men with good water skills: "Go and go! Go and fish again. If you can't get it, let it be. I can't help it. The river is very evil recently. Once it’s done, I won’t do it.”
At this time, Ye Yi suddenly walked over and took out 1000 yuan from his pocket: "Uncle, can you take me with you?"
The boatman looked up at Ye Yi, doubts appeared on his wrinkled face: "What are you doing?"
Ye Yi went straight over, handed the money to the boatman, took out the cigarettes in his pocket, and each of them scattered one: "I just went to see what's wrong with this river."
"You young man who doesn't know how to live or die, let me tell you first, if you fall, I won't save you!"
Seeing that Ye was about to board the boat, Old Zheng took out another thousand from his pocket:
"Take me too."
The boatman rolled his eyes at Old Zheng and waved his hand:
"Let's go! Take them all, you two really don't know what to do!"
The boatman took three young men and old Zheng Yeyi and the others quickly started the boat and sailed against the current towards the falling water point.
"Is it here?"
Pointing to the river ahead, the boatman turned to ask Old Zheng.
"That's right, it's the one that fell from the front."
The boatman dropped anchor immediately and the three young men tied ropes and oxygen cylinders around their waists.
Chapter 244 Going upstream, a legend from many years ago
"Puff~"
After a few sounds, the three boys dispersed and swam in different directions.
"Old man, the place where it fell into the water is still ahead, can you catch it here?"
The boatman lit a cigarette slowly, and blew smoke at Old Zheng: "You think the water in this river is as brainless as you and won't flow!"
Ye Yi was carefully observing the water surface at this time.
The three corpse hunters just disappeared after jumping down, but the river is clearly very clear.
Ye Yi stretched out his hand to touch the river water, and instantly a biting chill spread over him.
"hiss--"
Ye Yi withdrew his hand, staring at the fish swimming in the river in a daze.
The salvage team went up and down several times, but they still didn't see any corpses.
The boatman shook his head:
"Forget it, forget it, I won't get it anymore, I will refund you a thousand, it is really impossible to get it."
Lao Zheng cried bitterly and hugged the boatman, pleading:
"Uncle! The one who fell into the water is my wife, and there is a baby in her stomach. Please try it again, let me take a look at it anyway."
After listening to the young people around, they felt very uncomfortable, after all, one dead body and two dead, and the dead body could not be found at this time.
The boatman patted Lao Zheng on the shoulder, and leaned the boat against the shore:
"It's not that we don't want to fish. We have searched all over this river. We can even find jewelry that others dropped many years ago, but your woman can't find it. And this is not the first time. A few days ago People often fall into the water in the sky, and we can't catch them."
Ye Yi was taken aback after hearing this, and immediately asked:
"Isn't it the first time? Were you also pregnant a few times before?"
The boatman nodded:
"Yeah, they're all pregnant women. If they fall down, they won't be found. It's really not that our level is not high."
"Oh... my mother-in-law... my mother-in-law..."
Old Zheng kept repeating these words, walked towards the shore, and climbed the stairs step by step.
"Uncle, how long did it take for this river to become clear?"
Ye Yi sat on the side of the boat and turned to look at the boatman pulling the engine at the stern.
"It seems like five days ago, I heard that a fortune teller said that he could solve the problem of black water in Wushui River, and after a while, the river water became clear."
"But since it became clear, strange things have often happened in this river. We are also planning to change our business."
Ye Yi wiped his chin, looked at the back of Lao Zheng who had left the river bank and asked, "You said that fortune teller, where did he do it?"
The boatman stood up straight and looked towards a short bridge not far away, then pointed to the end of the bridge: "That's right there."
Seeing that the distance was not far, Ye Yi followed Old Zheng and jumped off the boat, walking towards the direction pointed by the boatman.
After searching and asking all the way, Ye Yi came to the home of an old man who looked to be 100 years old.
According to passers-by, this old man was the one who had talked with the fortune teller.
"A fortune teller did come to us a few days ago."
The old man was sitting on the rocking chair with his eyes half closed, and his thoughts went back to a few days ago: "The fortune teller said that he came here from Suling County after he fled. He passed by our Bazhou City and asked us why the Wushui River turned black. We How could the young people around me know, so I told him the reason why the Wushui River turned black that I heard when I was a child, and the fortune teller said that he had a way to clear the Wushui River."
Seeing that the old man pulled out a long bong from his waist, Ye Ye helped him light it, and the old man turned his back and slowly exhaled smoke rings.
"So, how did the river turn black?"
Ye Yi was also curious about this, so he asked.
The old man took a few puffs of cigarettes vigorously:
"That fortune teller was also asked by you at the time. When I was young, I also asked an old man in the local area. He said that this river was once as clear and bright as it is now. Later, a carpenter passed by here and accidentally dropped the ink fountain. Into the river. Carpentry is a special profession. It is said that wherever the carpenter’s ink fountain falls, there will be a catastrophe. People who see the carpenter drop something immediately stop the carpenter from leaving, and the carpenter said: “Don’t worry about this If something happens after the river, no accident will happen to the person involved.' The carpenter will be let go in that house."
The old man took a few puffs of cigarettes, apparently a little tired, put the bong aside, it was still a little tiring to smoke.
Ye Yi hurriedly took out his cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the old man. The old man waved his hand and didn't take it, and continued: "Five days later, the river suddenly turned black, just like that ink. Seeing the carpenter's If the family went to look for him again, they would not be able to find him long ago. Later, people drowned in this river continuously, and there will be news of several people drowning every year, and they are all girls who are just about to get married."
"People in the village raised funds to build a land temple at the source of this river, and enshrined Tathagata, Avalokitesvara, Jade Emperor, Confucius, Taishang Laojun and other gods from all walks of life. After that, this river didn't drown people very much. , but the river has been dark."
After hearing this, Ye Yi said:
"All those who died in the river during this period were pregnant women. I don't know if there is any connection between these two incidents."
The old man shook his head and continued:
"That fortune teller is also very good. He immediately asked me, was this river called Zimu River before?"
Ye Yi frowned, he had never heard of Zimu River.
Ever since he could remember, the name of this river was Wushui River.
"This river, wasn't it called Wushui River before?"
The old man smiled, and nodded towards Ye Yi with empty hands:
"You young people definitely don't know it. I only knew it when I was young. It is said that this river used to be called Zimu River. After the carpenter stained the water, others called him Wushui River."
"Later, I saw this and that fortune-telling method, and threw some dark statues down. After a few days, the river water did become clear, but strange things began to happen slowly."
Ye Yizou frowned and asked again:
"Where is the earth temple you just mentioned?"
The old man pointed to the northwest:
"On the way up this river, there is a very conspicuous red earth temple."
"Where's the fortune teller? No one is looking for him?"
The old man shook his head:
"Fortune-telling has always been that the dragon sees the head but doesn't see the tail, so how could it be easy to find it?"
At the same time, north of Bazhou City.
Inside the temple in Tianchi Township, a man named Gongyang was cupping his hands respectfully and said, "Master Rose, the plan is going well. No one in Bazhou has noticed any abnormalities. Many people have already started throwing themselves into the river."
Wearing a robe and holding a black umbrella, he stood in front of the idol.
This person is the fortune teller who passed by the Wushui River a few days ago!
On the temple hall, a woman in black rests on the arm of the Buddha statue with her eyes closed.
"Well, I see, let's go down."
Rose waved her hand to signal the ram to back down. She was very weak at this time.
The mother-child blood images trained with blood essence are only for the purpose of merging a ghost-level mother-child ghost pet.
"but……"
Ram hesitated, and looked up at the black shadow on the portrait.
"Say~"
"Ye Yi is back, I heard that he had contact with...that city god."
With a chuckle, Yue Ji drove the man out with a wave of her finger: "A little A-level ghost slayer, what a shame! You don't need to report such a trivial matter to me!"
The ram responded from a distance towards the temple:
"Yes!"
The temple seemed to be much colder in an instant.
"How is the result?"
Rose asked towards the air.
Immediately, the air in the temple was distorted, and three faint figures appeared: "Master Hui Yueji, the Bazhou City Special Affairs Bureau only has one S-level, but he is still on the field at this time. The strongest one at present should be the one who just came back." Ye Yi belongs to the A-level peak."
"Well, where is the director of the Secret Service?"
Another figure bent over:
"We started with his family. Everything is going well so far, and there should be no accidents."
"Okay, go ahead and do your business, I'm going to rest."
The rose suddenly disappeared from the hand of the god, as if melting into the black shadow.
Bazhou City.
Ye Yi traveled all the way from Bazhou, driving upstream, and really saw the legendary Earth Temple that was used to suppress the Wushui River.
But this earth temple is haunted by ghosts.
Ye Yi couldn't find the source of the ghostly aura, so he had no choice but to go back to the Bazhou Special Affairs Bureau and report everything he found today.