The conversation between Uncle Johnny and I ended here, because there was no need to continue the conversation. As a bystander, not only me, but even Hui Gen'er, a very nervous boy, could feel Johnny's irritability, let alone I
The boat slowed down again, almost giving up its own power, and drifting along the current. I looked up and saw Singer in the cab, with a serious face, and I could feel that he was very careful.
My heart moved, and I ran up and entered the cab. I asked Singer: "You must know something about the forbidden river section, right?"
Singer didn't have Johnny's fiery temper. On the contrary, he was a gentle man. He glanced at me and said to me with his usual honest expression: "Forbidden river sections are places where gods cannot be disturbed." The passage of boats in the river section will disturb the gods and cause bad things to happen. I am not a believer personally. I have sailed in two forbidden sections of the river. In my opinion, the water there is generally fast and the reefs are numerous. An accident-prone section of the river.”
"What's ahead? You must have heard of it, right?" I stood next to Singer and looked out from the cab. The river section in front was still peaceful and quiet, but I didn't know why, but I always felt that there was a layer of A light mist shrouded the place, and it was obviously a morning with such strong sunshine.
I don't have a good impression of fog. I always think of everything in a deserted village... But obviously this kind of vague fog is different from the fog in a deserted village.
"Actually, there is no problem with the river section in front, but after the river beach..." Singer picked up the wine next to him and took a sip, then pointed to a vaguely visible river beach in the distance, and said: "In Where is there a tributary, where due to the difference in terrain, it forms a large deep pool... That is the real forbidden place. Even if the boat does not pass through the deep pool, it will often pass by the nearby river. Something happened."
Terrain difference, deep pool? Isn’t this somewhat similar to the place where we first went into the water to explore man-eating catfish? Is this a coincidence? While I was thinking about it, I asked Singer: "You thought those forbidden river sections were caused by nature, but what about this deep pool? What do you think is the reason?"
"I don't know the specific reason, but according to those old sailors, you can't stop there at all. It is a place where you can easily be confused and bewitched... There is a legend involved here, saying that a man who died for love was buried in the deep pool. She is a woman, but the reason for her death in love is taboo and no one dares to talk about it. In short, she wanders in the deep pool day and night, crying. People will be confused by her if they are not careful, and in the end the boat is destroyed and everyone is killed... "Xin Ge told me the reason without reservation. Our voices were not too quiet, and even everyone on the deck downstairs heard it to some extent.
I saw Uncle Johnny looking up and glaring at Singer, wanting to say something, but in the end he turned back to fishing.
But I sighed in my heart, this matter is so complicated, and it also involves a female ghost! But why was Uncle Johnny’s reaction so big
I was still thinking, and Singer had already whispered to me: "Actually, I was sent out by my master to receive higher education since I was a child. In my heart, I admire facts and evidence... I am not superstitious at all, although I think Faith is a right thing, but I am also contradictory. In fact, the most incredible things happen around me, such as our magical master. In front of him, the persistence in my heart will become shattered, and I will Think anything can happen.”
When Singer said this, he had already put away his honest expression and became extremely serious.
But I didn't realize what Singer meant. Singer suddenly laughed, and then said to me in a relaxed tone: "My original view was that the deep pool may have produced some substance, such as It is said that poisonous fog or special plants can cause people to hallucinate. From the bottom of my heart, I will not believe that a female ghost died for her love. But this time I am following the master, but I am not sure in my heart. I said So much nonsense, I just hope that the place where we finally stay is not that deep pool. Ships that have not gone deep into it will get into trouble. If we stay there, I am afraid that something will happen to someone. Everyone is so kind, and I don’t miss you at all. Something happened."
When Singer said this, I was more or less moved. I also picked up Singer's wine bottle and took a sip of wine, and then said: "Singer, in fact, in the past few months, we have learned how to drive. Penglai, otherwise you can disembark near here, or we can turn around and take you back to the small town. I don't know how to explain to you, you have been with us for so long, you should actually know... we, we are not ordinary Man. In my opinion, the end point of this voyage is most likely to point to that deep pool. I don’t think you need to take risks anymore... Understand? You wait for us in the small town! I will explain to Johnny, he I shouldn’t blame you.”
Faced with my statement, Singh was silent for a while, then smiled very firmly, shook his head and rejected me. He said to me: "You don't understand the domestic servant system here, especially the domestic servants who belong to Brahmins, who are the masters." It is normal to sacrifice one's life, just like the knights in the West guarding their masters and castles. Moreover, this is not my mission, and it is my personal willingness... You see, the master did not ask me to leave, I believe he is confident."
I don’t have much to say about what Singer said, but I’m full of doubts about Johnny’s actions. Why did Singer follow him in the end? Didn’t he know the danger? An ordinary person wouldn’t be able to handle it if he followed him.
So, I went down and tried to talk to Johnny about Singer's problem, but I still got his rude answer: "I don't want to talk about this matter at all. Singer is my servant, and I have Power determines everything for him, and I know what is right."
I was speechless. In my mind, although Uncle Johnny had a bad temper, he was not an unreasonable person. Why did he become like this when he was almost at the end of the voyage
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There was no doubt that this morning had been a very unpleasant one, and I tried not to take it to heart as much as I could, blaming it on Johnny having everything planned.
In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon. No matter how slow the speed of the boat was, we finally sailed to the river beach. As long as we turned around the river beach, we would reach the forbidden place in Johnny's mouth.
I don’t know if it’s my imagination. As long as I look into the distance, there is always a light mist surrounding me. But when I look up, it is still a blue sky and white sun. The sun is dazzling and scary... Uncle Johnny who has been fishing seems to be... The harvest was quite fruitful. I just glanced at it and saw that there were at least dozens of enthusiastic 'crazy fish' in his large fish pocket, but there were no big ones.
"Singh, stop the boat here. Also, burn all these fish!! Burn them completely... I want to get off the boat." After lunch, Johnny suddenly made such an argument.
"Get off the boat, sir, where are you going?" Singer was clearing the dishes and was very surprised to hear what Johnny said. This place is full of dangers. Wouldn't it be better to stay on the boat with everyone
But Johnny was already untying one of the escape boats tied to the Penglai. He was still so irritable and said impatiently: "Singh, asking about my affairs is not a good habit, but I I don’t mind telling you, I’m going to finalize whether it’s that damn place... No one needs to come with me, Chengyi, if you want, you can go with me.”
I stood on the deck and turned around to look around. I could vaguely see a water inlet at the end of the river beach. If my guess was correct, the deep pool should be under the water inlet.
Naturally, I will not refuse Johnny's proposal. I think that both he and I should be able to protect ourselves, even if, according to Singer, there is a female ghost there who confuses people and cries day and night.
So, without hesitation, I jumped on the boat and set off with Johnny.
Even the escape boat is equipped with an engine. Johnny never saves money on these details. After I got on the boat, Johnny started the engine. The boat with only two people drove very fast in the wind and waves!
Johnny was sitting at the stern of the boat, operating the engine and the direction of the boat. He didn't speak, but I could clearly see that his expression was melancholy, with an indescribable, suppressed sadness, and he kept giving... Fill yourself with wine.
I don't think it's a good thing to keep drinking at this time, but I can't stop Johnny from becoming a little weird after arriving here. In the dull atmosphere, I tried to find a topic with Johnny: " Why did you choose to explore with me?”
"You have surging power, and the most important thing is that you are the descendant of Shanzi Mei, right? You are here, you can help me a little, and you don't have to worry about it at all. Chengyi, forgive me, I am very upset "Lan, I don't want to talk now, please let me be silent." Johnny sighed, his expression and appearance looked particularly old.
I didn't speak anymore, because the age and fatigue reflected in Johnny made it unbearable to disturb him any further.
So, in this depressing atmosphere with only the roar of the engine but no words, our powerful boat reached the inlet of the tributary in less than half an hour.
We found a place and stopped the boat. Johnny got off the boat first with fishing tools and walked towards the water inlet, and I followed closely.
Since the boat was parked very close, we reached the water inlet within a few minutes... I looked inside and saw that the water here was narrow and the water flow was rapid, but not dangerously rapid. The water flow, just less than a hundred meters in front of the river, has three bends, and after a hundred meters, there is a huge bend, and it is no longer visible further in.
Unlike other parts of the Ganges River, which are full of plains and tidal flats, the river here is surrounded by mountains on both sides, small cliffs to be exact. The black cliffs look jagged and rocky, with almost no vegetation, only clusters of grass from time to time. are swaying in the wind.
Generally speaking, despite my inner self-feeling, this river seems desolate, with a hint of danger...
My personal feeling is that it is very Chinese and Taoist. This place is full of yin energy. In addition, the strange mountains on both sides of the bank seal the air and flow, and there are water flowing through it, forming a deep pool, gathering the yin energy... This is basically a complete place. To put it simply, the underworld is a place where ghosts are raised. Ghosts will be very...very 'comfortable' here, and they can become powerful with the help of yin energy!
The mist that floats on the river from time to time is different from the hazy and specious mist I saw before. Here it is clearly visible, the clusters of mist, which are formed by the excessive Yin Qi and resemble the old village. The situation in the deserted village where the chief is located is somewhat similar.
It only took a minute for me to notice the difference here. I couldn't help but curl my lips and sighed: "This is not a good place."
At this time, Johnny had already set up the fishing rod, sat on the stool, and began to concentrate on fishing. Suddenly, when he heard my sigh, he turned to look at me, and then said in a low voice: "You can see it too. , this is indeed not a good place! I don’t want to be here. If I really stay here, everything would be too ironic, wouldn’t it? Why am I still searching so hard? Can’t I guess, it should be here ? Or, I don’t want to guess... "
I didn't understand what Johnny meant, so I could only put my hands in my pockets and stand silently behind Johnny.
But Johnny suddenly took out a bunch of things from the fish box he carried with him, stuffed it into my hand, and said: "As a descendant of Shanzi Mei, you should be able to simply transcend, right? Throw away these paper money, Just recite some prayers for salvation... This is the first and last time, and it probably won't happen again after that."
I looked at my hand and saw that what Johnny pushed into me was actually a wad of paper money, but who did he want me to save? Moreover, using the Chinese Taoist method to save religious Indians is probably inappropriate, right? ,
Before I had time to express my question, Johnny said: "No matter what country you are in, Taoism's salvation always involves the power of mind. You don't have to be taboo about too many things, and you don't have to care about the way you express your feelings. Gods everywhere will forgive this." Sincerity, and you don’t have to ask me who to save, just think of it as saving the poor lonely ghosts.”
Johnny's statement was very strange, but I couldn't refuse, so I raised my hand, and a handful of paper money flew in the wind towards the sky. I took special steps and began to recite the prayer for salvation. The place is full of desolate gloom and looks so desolate...
And in less than two minutes, just when the paper money in my hand was about to be spilled, I saw Johnny suddenly rushing towards the water, as if being pulled by a huge force...
"Uncle Johnny..." I couldn't help shouting and was about to go over.
"Leave me alone, scatter the paper money in your hand, and save it. I can still hold on!" Johnny yelled at me, and I saw the waves rolling on the water!