One hundred and ninetieth chapters fire in my heart
Tianshui Mansion is the place with the widest and most river basins in Huangzhou. Large and small rivers crisscross and shuttle, forming a dense water network.
Ningshui City is a large city in Tianshui Prefecture. It is the intersection of three major rivers. Water transportation is extremely developed and commerce is naturally extremely prosperous. It is one of the wealthiest places in Tianshui Prefecture besides Tianshui City.
On the Feiyu River.
The river water is clear and transparent, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.
But this scene quickly spread and rippled away.
A huge merchant ship was riding the wind and waves, approaching Ningshui City at a rapid speed.
Zhou You stood on the deck, looking at the faint outline of the city in the distance.
Tianshui City and Ningshui City are far apart, and traveling by water is much faster than traveling by land. It is natural to choose the shortest route when traveling around.
"Master Zhou, we will arrive at Ningjiang Pier in about an hour."
A fat middle-aged man in brocade clothes came to Zhou You with a smile on his face.
His name is Zhang Chang, and he is the president of Tianshui City Mingchang Chamber of Commerce. His main business is water transportation.
Almost half of the merchant ships in Tianshui City come from his family's chamber of commerce.
But even so, Zhang Chang's attitude towards Zhou You was still very kind.
He didn't know the identity of this young man very well. He might have ordered Magistrate Fang to visit him personally, so the person he wanted to bring with him would naturally have a very deep background.
What's more, after these three days of getting along with each other, Zhang Chang, who has matured into a mature man, also vaguely realized that this Zhou Gongzi was extraordinary.
Ordinary people who board a ship for the first time will probably get seasick within an hour, vomit all kinds of meat and fish, and cannot tell the difference between east, west, and north.
However, Mr. Zhou was walking on flat ground without any impact.
Zhang Chang, who has been traveling around for many years, instantly understood that Mr. Zhou was definitely a warrior.
As for what realm it is, according to the induction of the chamber of commerce guard captain, it should be a warrior in the inner energy realm!
Even Zhang Chang was shocked at this moment. He still had some concepts about warriors. Now he has become an inner-qi warrior at a young age. His future is limitless!
With his strong strength and the background of Fang Zhifu, Zhang Chang naturally wanted to curry favor with him.
"President Zhang, I heard that a water monster recently appeared in the waters of Ningshui City... I wonder if you have heard about it?" Zhou You asked seemingly casually.
This time, his mission to eliminate demons is to solve the mystery of the missing merchant ships in the waters near Ningshui City.
According to reports, merchant ships have mysteriously disappeared in the waters of Ningshui City in the past half month.
You know, Ningshui City is the convergence point of three major rivers.
These three rivers are Feiyu River, Qingjiang River and Luoye River.
The most bizarre thing is that these missing merchant ships are not concentrated on a certain river.
Instead, there have been cases of merchant ships disappearing on every major river.
When merchant ships disappeared more and more frequently, the county magistrate of Ningshui City began to panic.
At first, the news could be concealed, but the people who fled the river were not fools. They soon realized that something was wrong, and various rumors began to appear. People's hearts were unstable, and there were fewer and fewer merchant ships passing by.
Ningshui City was originally built on water transportation. Without merchant ships passing by, the number of unemployed people would increase.
Those idle coolies on the docks drank and made trouble all day long, and the wealthy businessmen in the city also complained, making the local county government miserable.
After several days of investigation without finding any results, I had no choice but to ask the government office for help.
After receiving the news, the government office naturally forwarded it to the demon slayer. After all, they did not have the ability to deal with it.
"I have also heard about this incident in Ningshui City. According to my guess, it should be the work of water bandits. I even brought more than a dozen guards with me on this trip." Zhang Chang laughed softly.
"Water bandits?" Zhou You thought thoughtfully.
He also felt that his thinking was too simplistic. The case of the missing merchant ship may not be caused by evil spirits, and it is indeed possible that it was a man-made disaster.
What exactly it looks like still requires further investigation, and we cannot make any hasty conclusions.
The outline of Ningshui City is getting larger and larger, and gradually becomes clearer.
Dang Dang Dang~
A strange sound of gongs and drums came from far away from the pier.
Zhou You looked over curiously.
I saw crowds of people on the pier, noisy and noisy, crackling firecrackers and billowing smoke.
From the perspective of Zhou You, in the thick smoke, human figures appeared and appeared, like countless evil spirits with teeth and claws.
"President Zhang, what are they doing?" Zhou You asked.
Zhang Chang also paid attention to the situation at the dock and explained: "It should be some kind of sacrificial ceremony. After all, the river is not peaceful these days."
"This is also a tradition. We do this whenever something goes wrong."
He has seen so much that he is no longer surprised.
People along the river are generally quite superstitious. Every time they go to sea, they pray to the Dragon King and the River God for protection, and then offer some sacrifices.
Now that merchant ships keep disappearing, the people of Ningshui City are naturally panicked, and it is not unusual for them to perform these sacrificial rituals.
After Zhou You listened, he frowned slightly and looked unhappy, but he didn't say much.
The big ship finally docked at the pier.
The scene on the pier, standing on the deck, finally became clear.
I saw an old woman dressed strangely and with colorful paint on her face dancing in front of an altar and seeming to be chanting some spell.
On the left and right sides were men in white clothes, beating the golden gong in their hands, echoing the old woman, and chanting strange spells.
He could not understand a word of what these people said. They were strange and obscure, with a somewhat mysterious color, but they made him feel irritable for no reason.
"Pretend to be a ghost!"
Zhou You snorted coldly.
A few meters away from the altar, countless people were kneeling and worshiping with pious expressions.
There are rich people wearing brocade clothes, beggars in ragged clothes, and most of them are ordinary people wearing ordinary clothes.
“Please give me the river statue!”
Suddenly, the old woman screamed strangely.
The kneeling crowd quickly moved out of the way.
Dang Dang Dang~
Men in white clothes on both sides were beating golden gongs rapidly, making strange sounds.
Soon, a dozen bare-chested and dark-skinned strong men came over carrying a statue more than three meters high.
This statue has the head of a python and the body of a human body. It has a majestic shape and lifelike carvings. In addition to its huge size, it has an impressive aura.
"One or two..."
"One or two..."
Rarely, the statues of the River God can weigh over a thousand kilograms. Even for these hardworking men, it was very difficult to carry them, and big beads of sweat kept dripping down.
boom!
Finally, he carried it to the altar and put it down.
The huge weight even shook the dock slightly.
"This statue of the River God is said to be hundreds of years old and is very efficacious." Zhang Chang laughed when he saw this scene.
"Effective?" Zhou You sneered.
"Anyone who meets the River God must kowtow three times!" The old woman began to speak again.
Bang bang bang~
When the people who were kneeling on the ground heard this, they kowtowed respectfully.
This scene caught Zhou You's eyes, but it made him feel angry!