【Chapter 308】Oriental Priest (3)

Everyone knows that Zhang Er was caught in the water because he disobeyed his ancestors and killed chickens and fish on the river. The bloody smell of the chickens and fish alarmed the legendary monster, so he jumped into the water in pairs.

After boarding the boat, one person used an oar to row the boat and the other person held a harpoon, standing ready just in case.

If something like a fish spirit and water monster suddenly rushes out, with so many people and so many prongs, it will definitely be poked with more than ten bloody holes!

Just when everyone was rowing desperately towards the place where Zhang Er fell into the water, they saw several dishes-like objects suddenly sticking out from the water next to Sai Baitiao, who was swimming at the front.

Those things the size of plates have thick soft arms connected in the middle of the bottom, like long vines, holding those dark gray and soft plates, as if they have eyes, bursting out of the water at lightning speed, holding them

He grabbed Sai Baitiao and held him tightly, making Sai Baitiao's hand holding the sharp harpoon unable to move, and suddenly dragged him into the water.

As soon as everyone saw the dozen or so large dark gray plates, which not only looked like eyes, but were also very flexible and powerful, they could drag Sai Baitiao, who was very good at water and was holding a harpoon, into the water in the blink of an eye. They couldn't help but become scared---

--This is not an ordinary water ghost looking for a substitute, nor is it the two brothers who slipped and fell into the water, but were dragged down by monsters in the river!

Except for a few young and bold people, everyone else was so frightened that they trembled when they saw the situation. They knew something was wrong and immediately rowed to the shore with all their might.

Those young men who were bold and disbelieving in evil, each holding a bright harpoon in their hands, slowly rowed forward. Judging from their posture, they were well prepared, as if they were facing a powerful enemy, ready to strike back at any time.

Just when they were about to approach the place where Sai Baitiao disappeared, there was a splash of water, and more than a dozen large plates rushed out of the water again, wrapping their arms holding the harpoon very accurately, leaving them unable to fight back.

Drag into water...

At this time, no one dared to go forward to save people anymore. Because everyone could see clearly that those big plates sticking out from the water were as fast, powerful and flexible as monster claws. Once they were taken, no one could fight back at all.

opportunity!

To be honest, at that time, everyone did not sympathize with Zhang Erling and his wife, it was because they did not listen to their ancestors' instructions, which was what the wandering monk said back then, and they killed and bled people on the river, which led to the appearance of the vicious monster at the bottom of the river.

The death of the two of them was entirely their own fault, but the people who saved them, including his eldest brother Sai Baitiao, were all dragged down by him and died innocently!

Everyone on the shore was frightened and talking, but there was nothing they could do. No one knew what kind of monster the thing with the strange claws like a plate was, let alone how to deal with the monster in the water.

Because everyone has never heard of a monster in the river that looks like a plate, let alone what the part hidden under the water looks like.

Everyone originally thought that the ferocious beasts in the river were just giant pythons and giant snakes, fish and turtles turned into spirits. If everyone swarmed up with sharp forks, although they might not be able to stab it to death, at least they could force it back. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be

It's such an unseen and unheard of monster!

No one dared to go into the water to save people, nor could they bear to abandon them. They could only stand stupidly on the shore, waiting for a miracle to happen, hoping that some of them would escape by chance or that their bodies would surface after drowning.

....

It is a pity that none of those who fell into the water were lucky enough to swim up alive, and no bodies surfaced. After waiting for nearly an hour, everyone had to face this cruel fact-----those few

There is no way for individuals to survive and they are all dead!

It is an old tradition in rural areas to see people alive and their corpses after death. No matter what, their bodies must be recovered and buried.

However, since they were not killed by water ghosts looking for substitutes, nor did they die by drowning because they did not understand the nature of water, but they were killed by monsters at the bottom of the river that they had never heard of or seen, naturally no one dared to go down to retrieve the corpses.

In addition, the current was very fast at that time. Even if the few people who fell into the water were not eaten by monsters at the bottom of the river, they would be frightened and pecked into a mess by the fish, and finally drifted down the river without being traced. Anyway, it was just a few of them

All the people who fell into the water and disappeared were neither alive nor dead, and could only be buried in a grave.

Although the matter has passed, everyone is always uneasy and does not dare to go into the water to fish easily. They are afraid that if they are not careful, several terrifying plates will suddenly burst out of the water around them and drag them down as fast as lightning.

When you get underwater, you don't know if you were eaten alive by the monster, bitten into pieces by its sharp teeth, or sucked dry of its blood...

Ordinary people are frightened from the bottom of their hearts to the kind of monster that hides under the water without showing up, appears suddenly and unpredictably when it harms people, and drags people into the water accurately and powerfully - things they don't know always give people a sense of fear.

Thrilling fear.

Thinking back to what our ancestors said back then, the vicious monsters in the river were harmless and harmless, so after two days, some people braved the courage to go down to the river to fish, and sure enough, no monster appeared.

Since then, our people here have completely remembered that lesson and no longer dare to violate the ancestral precepts...

When Zhang Dabiao talked about this, the rest of us were all dumbfounded, as if we couldn't believe our ears.

"Brother Zhang, you're not bragging, are you?" Brother Li asked doubtfully, "This monster in the river must be a spirit from the aquatic tribe. How could there be something like a few plates sticking out of the water?"

"Yeah, yeah, I've heard of fish spirits, snake spirits, and drowned ghosts, but I've never heard of that kind of monster in the water with a big plate on its long arms!" said Platoon Leader Huo,

"If Brother Zhang hadn't told lies, what would this monster, neither a ghost nor a spirit, be like?"

"Ahem, don't worry, I, Zhang Dabiao, never lie! At that time, although everyone saw the long arms reaching out to the water with plate-like hands, but no one saw its body hidden under the water.

Yes, so no one knows what kind of fairy it is!" Zhang Dabiao said solemnly.

Zhang Dabiao couldn't explain clearly, and Platoon Leader Huo didn't understand. The rest of us had to turn our heads and look at Boss Liu, hoping that he, who was well-informed, would know something.

"Haha, don't keep staring at me. To be honest, the water monster Liu told Brother Zhang, let alone seen it, has really never even heard of it!" Brother Liu said with a wry smile, "

It's really strange. There are more than a dozen long arms sticking out of the water, and there are hands like plates on them, and the plates look like they have eyes. Wow, it's hard to imagine!"

"Brother Zhang, why didn't you think of a way to kill it after several people died? Didn't you ask an expert or something to kill it?" Brother Goudan asked.

"Hey, that kind of unheard-of water monster, who dares to mess with it! What's more, that monster is somewhat kind to us. After all, it suppressed the harmful archer and allowed us to fish on the river with confidence.

Life. Just, Zhang

Secondly, he shouldn't have ignored the ancestral teachings and killed animals to draw it up!" Zhang Dabiao said, "And as long as we follow the rules and don't use bloody things to seduce it or anger it, it will be at peace with us.

Don’t mess around and harm people!”

"This is somewhat similar to how Liu raised wolf cubs in his hometown. Those wolf cubs that were taken from the wolf den when they were young and raised with cooked food, as long as they are not allowed to smell the smell of blood

"Son, it's not a big problem if you eat raw meat; if you let it taste bloody raw meat, hehe, it will relapse into wildness, and maybe even its own owner will be harmed by it!" said Boss Liu.

"Well, it's a bit similar but not exactly the same. Once the wolf cub tastes the bloody raw meat, it will never be able to control it again. It's so wild that it's hard to contain it. But the ferocious water monster in the river has never been able to control it.

From now on, as long as there is no scent of blood to tempt it, it will never show up again, and it will not be said to be addicted to cannibalism!" Zhang Dabiao said.

"This is very strange, because if the bloody smell lures it into a murderous wild outburst, it should be out of control once it happens. How could it learn it again later?" Platoon Leader Huo said, "Maybe, it will.

It’s not that they are bloodthirsty, but they are particularly disgusted with the smell of blood. If they smell the smell of blood, they will go out to kill people. Otherwise, they will stay at the bottom of the river."

"Hahahaha, it's possible!" Zhang Dabiao said with a smile, "This is really possible as Platoon Leader Huo analyzed, otherwise it doesn't make sense! It seems that it is not bloodthirsty, but particularly disgusted with the smell of blood.

Otherwise, after it got those people down, it didn’t bite them to death or crush them? There wasn’t even a trace of blood on the river surface!”

"I really want to come up and have a look and see what it is!" Brother Dasha said curiously, "What do you think its body hidden under the water will look like? How big will it be?

Does it have a mouth? Were those people swallowed alive by it?"

"Haha, I'm afraid no one knows about this! By the way, Brother Zhang, does Brother Liuliyan know about this? Has he gone down to take a look?" Boss Liu said.

"Well, he never asked, and I never told him. We just talked about the Anti-Japanese War together. If you hadn't mentioned something like water gods and monsters, I wouldn't have been able to remember it.

Talk about this kind of thing!" Zhang Dabiao said, "No more

Let me tell you, that glass-eyed brother, although he has very good water properties and can stay under water for a long time and swim very fast, he does not have any other magic skills. If you let him know, he relies on his good water properties.

If you go down, you might harm him!"

"Brother Dasha, don't you want to know what the water monster in the river looks like? I have a way for everyone to take a look!" Brother Li looked at us and said, "We stand on the bank and hold on.

Prepare a gun, bleed a chicken and immediately throw it into the river. If the chicken reaches out again, shoot at it and kill it, wouldn't it be enough?"

"Ouch, this can't be done, it can't be done!" Zhang Dabiao quickly shook his head and waved his hands, "We have been living in peace and harmony for such a long time. If we offend it, we will not be able to fish in the future.

It's passed! Who knows what its body is like underneath? If it can't be killed, why won't it retaliate against the common people? No, no, no, really no!"

"Brother Zhang is right, don't make trouble if nothing happens. It hasn't provoked us, nor has it been committing crimes or poisoning living beings. Why provoke it? Besides, we haven't left our mission this time, and we didn't bring any guns.

What to shoot it with?!"

Boss Liu is right. Firstly, we don't have guns with us this time, and secondly, we have the important task of persuading Hao Guangwei to switch sides and surrender. There is no progress at all now, so naturally it is not appropriate to start a new branch.

So the topic of water monsters was stopped here, and the discussion about Hao Guangwei started.

Regarding Hao Guangwei, Zhang Dabiao was indeed a guerrilla, and he said with hatred: "Hao Guangwei is not willing to be a traitor for a long time, but he also has no courage to leave Shannan Prefecture. It's not easy to handle!"

…………

We originally thought that Brother Liuliyan would come back to Diziwaner to find us the next day. Unexpectedly, in the evening, we saw him rushing back with a stern look on his face.

"Brother, what are you doing? I think you don't look right?" Boss Liu asked with concern, "Did something happen in Shannan Prefecture City?"

When Boss Liu asked this question, Brother Liuliyan's face was full of grief and resentment. He gritted his teeth and endured it for a long time before saying: "Captain Wu and Brother Shaowu, they, they all died!"

As soon as we heard what he said, we stood up in shock.

Boss Liu comforted Brother Liuliyan for a long time before he slowly calmed down and told us how he entered the city.

It turned out that after Brother Liuliyan entered the city, he saw many puppet soldiers in the whole city checking the population from house to house. He knew something was wrong, so he walked quickly towards the house where Master Li lived.

As a result, before he got home, Liu Liyan heard from his neighbors that a group of Japanese military police and puppet troops rushed into Master Li's yard to arrest people. As a result, gunshots were heard from inside, and several people were knocked down at once*

**Gendarmes and puppet troops.

Later, there was a fierce exchange of gunfire, and the two people who were hiding in the courtyard and shooting were all killed. The Japanese military police and puppet troops swarmed up and searched inside for a long time, but no one else was found.

....

Liuliyan asked about the situation, and then cautiously walked home, fearing that there might be an ambush in the courtyard.

Although there was no Japanese or puppet ambush in the yard, Captain Wu and Zhang Shaowu were shot several times and fell to the ground dead. But Master Li had long since disappeared - obviously, Captain Wu and Zhang Shaowu must have been there for cover.

Master Li died heroically for safe evacuation!

Liu Liyan knew that something had changed and did not dare to stay any longer. He quickly arranged for the neighbors to bury Team Wu and Zhang Shaowu after the news passed, and then turned around and hurried out of the city.
To be continued...