Chapter 21 Chapter Nine: The Ghost Scrapping the Boatman Begging for Mercy

When we arrived at Xikou in Xiushan County, it was already daylight, and we were about to take a boat to cross the Rongxi River. At the ferry, we heard a group of people narrating what happened at the Laiziyan Execution Ground. "Do you know? The members of the White Lotus Sect are very powerful. One of them has a neck like iron, and he can't stop chopping. It is said that five executioners were changed, and the executioners were so scared that they wet their pants. In the end, they chopped off more than a dozen I chopped off the head with the torture knife. After the head fell to the ground, it still rolled on the ground a few feet away, and it has never been closed..."

"The people who came from Youyang just now said that in the early morning, officers and soldiers captured a member of the White Lotus Sect. The man dressed up as a mortician and went to the execution ground to collect his companion's corpse in the dark, but was surrounded by officers and soldiers. At dawn, he was caught. After he was caught, the man refused to admit that he was a member of the White Lotus Sect, and insisted that he was a mortician from Guizhou. The officers and soldiers would not believe it, and they did not interrogate him. The person was hacked, I heard that before the hacking, there was loud thunder and snakes and rats scurrying around, probably it was a sorcery performed by the White Lotus Sect..."

Hearing this, Tian Gudao and I were shocked, something happened to the Guizhou guy!I recited Amitabha Buddha in my heart. We rented a boat, and the boatman looked strangely at us when he saw our attire. We prevaricated a few words, saying that we were going to Xiushan to sing a puppet show. The boatman didn't ask any more questions, and took us across the river and hurried ashore.We diverted to the overland road, avoiding the crowds, walking and resting, and when the evening was sinking, we arrived at Miaoquan, ready to ferry across the Meijiang River.I heard a group of people chatting, but it was still about Manziyan: "I heard that the government issued an official document requesting all places to strictly investigate the exorcism team, so that the White Lotus Sect will not pretend to be an exorcist and remove the corpse of the traitor..."

In the night, a group of people saw us coming to the pier, and looked at us strangely, as if we were members of the White Lotus Sect pretending to be morticians.I gave Tian Gudao a wink, and Tian Gudao understood, and we immediately drove the corpses up the river bank to avoid further disputes.Tian Gudao and I made up a story about dealing with the government's interrogation, and decided to find a place to rest and wait until late at night before leaving. In a remote mountain depression, I rested for a while, ate some dry food, and had nothing to say. I said that it would be better not to take up such work related to anti-imperialism in the future, as it would make people panic, and the Guizhou guy would lose his life.

Tian Gudao disagreed with my point of view, saying that I am too timid, and I must have the courage to be reluctant to let my children catch up with wolves: "Xiucai, you are too bookish, and you are too disciplined, and you will never achieve great things. The same is true for driving corpses. , often can make a lot of money, for example, if you take the imperial examination, if you manage the examiners, your chances of winning the exam will be greater." "Don't talk to me about bribing the examiner, and tell me that I'm in a hurry with you!" The scholars of the Leng family have always followed the discipline of the fifth uncle, and are proud to pass the imperial examination with their real talents and knowledge, and never engage in heresy.

The two chattered for a while, it was already midnight. We got up and rushed to the ferry, but there was no one there, only a few flat boats lying quietly by the river, I asked Tian Gudao to contact the boatman. After a while, Tian Gudao came back and said that the boat had been found, so we rushed to the corpse immediately. When I came to the ferry, I saw a boatman.About fifty years old, with sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, and two eyes that swept around us sneakily, I got goosebumps.After examining it, the boatman suddenly said that he had left something at home and asked us to wait for a while, and he would come right away.

I always feel that this boatman is not authentic. Looking at his stingy eyebrows, I feel that he is not a serious person. Generally speaking, those of us who drive corpses try not to take the ferry unless it is absolutely necessary.Because there are so many people on the boat, if the people on the same boat know that they are driving corpses, they will feel unlucky and don't want to be on the same boat.At the same time, I was also afraid of the abnormal behavior of the passengers, which shocked the corpse.Even if you want to take a boat, you can call a boat to cross the river alone in the dead of night. Of course, the boat fare is higher than usual, otherwise the boatman is not willing to do this kind of business.

Looking at the back of the boatman who was sneaking away, I always felt uneasy, so I asked Tian Gudao to follow him to see what he did. Not long after, Tian Gudao ran back out of breath, saying that the boatman didn't go home at all, but went in the opposite direction, and he was probably going to the Yamen to report to the officials to receive the reward. I had expected this boatman to be a weird person, and I guessed it right. I decided to tease and scare him. I immediately drew a circle on the ground, drew the word "well" in the middle, and drew a dot in the middle of the word "well", then sprayed a mouthful of water, and said "foot-tearing curse", "foot-tearing curse", that is, "ghost tearing" "feet", it can make a person always circle in place and never get out.

We moved the two bodies to a secluded place and watched quietly. I saw that the boatman was still spinning around, and we looked at him funny. His monkey face showed a greedy and imperceptible smile, probably imagining that the government's bounty is about to come.At first, the two footsteps were light, but after a while, they slowed down.After a while, his steps became heavier and heavier, and the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a sad expression, and finally some confusion and a hint of horror.He probably already knew that it was time to arrive at the Yamen, but he still didn't see the Yamen, and his heart began to beat.

After about half an hour, the boatman's face became paler and paler, and his eyes were full of fear. I told Tian Gudao that it was time to play the oboe. Tian Gudao walked to the boatman's side and asked him if he had taken his things home.When someone shouted, he woke up like a dream, looked up, and saw that it was Tian Gudao, because he had a ghost in his heart, he held back for a long time and said, it will be soon. Tian Gudao recited the spell and got out of the circle.The boatman suddenly disappeared from Tian Gudao, his face was shocked, and he started to circle around in place again, in a chaotic state.

After a while, Tian Gudao went in again to wake him up, and then came out again, and repeated this four times, the boatman began to collapse. When Tian Gudao went in for the last time, he knelt down at Tian Gudao's feet, and called him, asking Tian Gudao to lead him out.Where does Tian Gudao depend on him. He hugged Tian Gudao's thigh tightly with both hands, fearing that he would leave again, and cried in horror: "Master, I know I deserve to die, I shouldn't have evil thoughts, I will never do it again, please help me! " He had tears and snot, looking really pitiful. Tian Gudao led him to me. I patted his forehead three times and chanted a few spells, and he gradually stabilized his mood. I said, "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. Do you know where you went wrong?" He kept nodding like a chicken pecking at a rice: "Understood, I shouldn't be greedy for that bounty." I said: "Being kind is necessary, otherwise, if you go to hell, you will also go to the frying pan and pass the guillotine." The boatman nodded endlessly.I took the Dao Talisman and let him drink it with water, and soon he returned to normal. I asked him to take us across the river and take us straight to Rie. The boatman didn't dare to say anything. I knew he was afraid that we would continue to torture him or harm him, so he didn't dare to speak out.He said to him, "If we wanted to harm you, we wouldn't rescue you. We just taught you a lesson." So, he nodded in agreement.After tidying up, we boarded the boat and headed towards Hunan. We traveled day and night, all the way silent, when the boat arrived at the Xiushan stone embankment, we docked. This is the hometown of the executioner Wei, I asked Tian Gudao to drive Wei back home, and we waited on the boat. Wei's home was not far from the river bank, and Tian Gudao came back not long after. I asked about the situation.It turned out that Wei's family had no other relatives, only an eighty-year-old mother.Wei's father was also an executioner. He married his wife and gave birth to Wei at the age of fifty. Before he died, he told his son not to follow his old path to become an executioner, but his son finally took this path , ended up like this.When the mother in danger saw her son's body, she didn't shed tears, but only said "retribution".Tian Gudao saw that Wei Kefu's old mother was faltering and her house was completely empty, so he left some money and said goodbye and went back. The master said that Tian Gudaozhai was kind-hearted, and he was right. From Shidi to Liye, the water and land are only 20 miles away, and within an hour, we have reached the terminal. When the boat arrived at Riye, we docked in a remote place. Before saying goodbye to the boatman, Tian Gudao asked him: "Do you remember what happened these days?" The boatman said, "I don't remember, nothing happened." Tian Gudao frightened him: "If you tell others what happened these few days, you will die of sudden illness!" The boatman's face changed slightly, and he swore a poisonous oath. We gave the reward to the boatman, but the boatman refused to accept it. Tian Gudao lost his temper: "This is the reward you deserve, remember, don't touch any ill-gotten gains in the future!" The boatman was willing to collect the money, and sailed away without looking back. We sent Song Guoli's body straight home, gave some instructions, received the reward, thanked him and left. Tian Gudao touched his bulging purse, his face was full of spring, like a general returning from triumph, and said in a firm tone: "I wish Yuko only treats difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Scholars, this is the purpose of our future for special groups." It's..."