Upon hearing this, Ji Xun hurriedly cast his gaze into the river. Sure enough, many men in the river seemed to be drowning. No, it should be said that they seemed to be dragged to the bottom of the water by something.
These men are not ordinary men. They are all familiar with the properties of water, but at this moment, many of them are splashing in the water, sinking into the water and unable to emerge for a long time.
Ji Xun hurried towards Magistrate Sun, "There is something in the water. Magistrate, please stop the game and sail over to rescue people."
Magistrate Sun was still mediating the conflict. After listening to Ji Xun's words, he looked into the river, realized something was wrong, and was busy waving a flag on the bank to signal the boat to stop.
The dragon boats that were catching up behind them stopped when they saw a capsized boat in front of them, but it was difficult to save people. The dragon boats were originally streamlined and had a small hull that could not accommodate other people.
Fortunately, there were boats on the shore, and several boats were quickly sent over to pull up the men who had fallen into the water one by one.
Someone went into the water to save people, and after a few swims, they climbed onto the boat as if they had seen a ghost.
"If there is a water ghost, don't go into the water. Use a bamboo pole to catch someone."
After hearing this, everyone was shocked. No one dared to go into the water anymore. They all used bamboo poles to explore into the water. Those men who fell into the water grabbed the bamboo poles and climbed onto the boat.
Shen Hailin almost suffocated when he was dragged onto the boat. It took him a while to regain his breath, and he quickly helped to save others.
"Really? Isn't it true that one of my neighbor's sons was dragged in by a water ghost? His body was not found.'
"It's so scary. Let's quickly tell each other not to swim in the water."
Several men lost their breath, and Shen Yuyu quickly performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on them. She alone was not enough, and she also taught many officers and soldiers how to rescue them. Fortunately, these men were all saved.
Sun Juling's face was extremely ugly: "What kind of animal could it be? I've never heard of it." Of course, except for water ghosts, I heard that water ghosts look like that.
The county magistrate hurriedly summoned the heads of each village to count the number of people. During this count, there was a lot of crying at the scene.
How could a person who walked out of a sea of blood and corpses on the Ji Xun battlefield believe in ghosts and gods?
As for Shen Yue, an atheist who came from modern times, of course he didn't believe what the water ghost said. His heart was full of doubts and confusion, and he listened quietly on the sidelines.
"No." Shen Hailin answered with certainty, "It's just smooth skin, pale in color from soaking."
Another person answered and was very sure: "Yes, it's a child. He doesn't even have hair. He is definitely a water ghost."
As soon as the two of them spoke, many men nodded, saying that what they saw was an older child of seven or eight years old, naked.
"It turns out there really are water ghosts. No wonder more people drowned while swimming in the river this year than in previous years."
Shen Yuyu was also confused. The river was wide and deep. She wouldn't be surprised if there were Chinese sturgeons in the water. But now what everyone sees is a "child-like creature". What kind of creature is this? ?
"Do you have hair on your body?" Shen Yuyu asked.
The dragon boat was small and light, so it easily capsized. Seeing this, dozens of other dragon boats quickly came to the shore and quickly landed ashore.
Everyone was in an uproar. Shen Yue also heard these words. She didn't believe there were any water ghosts, but she didn't have time to analyze what was in the water right now. She was busy saving people.
After another half hour of fishing, nothing was recovered, and the five people were missing.
After evacuating the people at the scene and comforting the family members of the deceased, they gathered together the men who were rescued from the water and asked them about the situation after they fell into the water.
Shen Yuyu was completely confused after hearing this answer. He was not bad at biology when he was studying. There is no such creature that looks like a child in the water. Is it true that there are water ghosts in this world? Shen Yuyu I'm not even sure myself.
Magistrate Sun also changed his expression. As a court administrator, naturally he cannot believe in gods and ghosts, but now everyone's words cannot be lies. So what else can the thing in the water be if it is not a water ghost?
Ji Xundao: "Where in the world do ghosts come from? It must be some kind of animal living in the water.'
Among the three capsized boats, Liujiacun was missing two people, Shenjiacun was missing one person, and Zhaojiacun was missing two people. This scene of celebration no longer existed in the blink of an eye, and was shrouded in sadness in the blink of an eye.
In the countryside, most water ghosts are the incarnations of children who drowned in the water. Now that they see only children, they must be water ghosts.
Naturally, Shen Yuehu and Ji Xun were also listening.
Before Ji Xun finished speaking, a dragon boat parked aside suddenly started to rock from side to side, and soon the people in the boat were overturned. Everyone fell into the water, and the men were splashing in the water.
Sun Juling blamed himself and felt sad, and couldn't understand why this happened.
"Yes, yes, I can guarantee it's true. After I fell into the water, my right foot was pulled and dragged straight to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, I am good at water, so I kicked off the water ghost a few times and picked it up. A life was saved.'
"Me too. After I kicked it off, I took a look and saw a white shadow, like a child without clothes. It was so scary!
People on the shore also exploded.
Looking back now, the Liujiacun boat suddenly lost control. I am afraid it was not man-made, but was caused by something in the water that swayed the direction and caused the collision. It seems that there must have been a misunderstanding before.
"There are water ghosts in the water, it's true." After the rescued people came ashore, all of them looked frightened.
A rescue ship soon returned.
Ji Xundao said: "My Lord County Magistrate, I'm afraid those dragon boats have to be docked first, and we don't know what's in the water."
Shen Hailin was the first to speak, "I am very good at water. I was dragged into the water twice and escaped. I saw that the person dragging me was a naked child." When he said this, there was still residual fear in his eyes.
After a while, the river became quiet, and almost everyone who could be saved was rescued. It is unknown how many people were dragged into the water.
Several boats that came back later used CPR to rescue several more, and three boats continued to salvage them from the water.
Ji Xun was as calm as usual: "Don't be afraid, everyone, it can't be some kind of water ghost. I'm pretty good at water. You'll know when you get into the water."
Shen Yuyu hurriedly grabbed him: "Axun, you can't go." She really thought that the ignorant are fearless. Maybe it was really a water ghost? She couldn't think of anything else but a water ghost.
"Since Youyou is not worried about your husband going, then think of another way." Ji Xun said, "Take a sheep, or chicken, duck or something, tie it up with a rope and throw it into the water. Fish it out and you will know it at a glance. ."
"Okay, let's do it like this." Magistrate Sun knew that if this matter was not resolved, the problem would be huge. The five missing people alone would not be able to communicate, and they might be in trouble.
Soon, Magistrate Sun asked Agent Li to find a chicken and tie it tightly with a rope. He took a few men who were particularly good at water and got on the boat and rowed to the center of the river.
