Chapter 974 Xuanzang
On the shore, the villagers on the stilt building opened their eyes wide, not knowing what was going on, and what was going on now. They only knew that there was a loud bang in the water, and a huge shadow rushed out of the water and almost ate the Luo family's second wives.
Villagers immediately ran to Luo Er who was lying on the shore, and tried to breathe. They were still alive, but they couldn't move.
After a moment, someone screamed.
"There is a water monster!"
This sound was like the crow of roosters in the early morning and the barking of dogs in the middle of the night, which immediately caused a lot of consent.
"There is a water monster!"
"There is a water monster in the river!"
"What a big water monster!"
The villagers shouted loudly, staying away from the shore, but hiding from a distance to look at it, as if they were both afraid and curious about what was in the water.
The villagers in the ancient village kept hearing the shouts of this party and rushed over from their respective homes, either checking the situation of the young people lying on the ground, or looking at the river in fear and confusion.
"I haven't had a water monster in the river for so many years, how could there be a water monster suddenly?" an old man asked.
"We don't know either, we only know that Luo Er was almost eaten by the water demon! For some reason, he suddenly flew up from the water..." The witness said in horror, and said something vividly. "You didn't see that. The water demon is so big. He followed Luo Er's butt and rushed out of the water. The water splashed in the river three stories high, almost biting Luo Er!"
"Yes, yes, the incident happened at my doorstep. I was in the house and my wife... The splash almost splashed in through the window, which scared me!"
"What does the water demon look like?" asked the old man.
"Forehead……"
"Everything happened too quickly and didn't see clearly."
"The water demon came up with a bang, and then fell down with a bang. I couldn't react at all!"
"Oh, that's right!" The old man lowered his head thoughtfully, "Can you read it wrong?"
"No, never, that's so big, how can you read it wrong?"
"It may be that you are all dazzled..."
As he was talking, a middle-aged woman suddenly slapped her thigh and screamed, then turned her head and looked around: "Oh! Where is my elders? After making trouble in the water demon, where has my elders gone? It shouldn't have been a water demon..."
Everyone's hearts sank immediately.
Then someone comforted him: "No, no... The child Changsheng doesn't know how to go into the water to play. Even if the water monster is fierce, he can't go ashore to harm people!"
"No, I have to go find my elders!"
"Be careful... Aunt Liu!"
The middle-aged woman did not answer, and stumbled to the side, shouting: "Changsheng, Changsheng..."
The old man, who said that everyone was dazzled, withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and thought for a moment, sighed deeply, and said, "It's not okay to make trouble for the water monster. We all point to the river to have a meal. We can't waste this way! We have to think of a way..."
"Let's go find the exorcist to catch the demon!"
"Yeah! Everyone makes up some money..."
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At this time, Changsheng was still standing beside Anyang, standing blankly, looking at the river surface that had become calm and a large number of people on the bank, gradually turning their mouths and a little tears arose in his big eyes, which looked particularly pitying.
Anyang turned his head and glanced at him, and immediately pulled his mouth: "Why are you crying? Isn't your second cousin okay? Stop crying, don't cry..."
Xiao Changsheng turned his head and stared at him, put his hands in front of him and twisted them together. His eyes were full of tears, but he didn't cry out loud. He said weakly: "My father is a fisherman, and the uncles and uncles in the village are also many fishermen. Now there is a water monster in the river. If you want to eat people, our family and uncles will starve to death..."
Anyang didn't know if he was old. When he saw this little girl who was only four or five years old, he felt particularly cute. When he saw her crying, he felt a little distressed.
"No! The people in your village have already gone to invite the exorcist, and the water demon will be caught soon!"
"Really?" Changsheng opened his eyes wide.
"Really." An Yang grinned, but was wondering in his heart if he had a daughter in the future, would he be as cute as this little girl? Or would he be as naughty as he was when he was a child? No matter how bad... it would be good like An You!
Not long after, Changsheng's mother found this place and immediately shouted to her: "Changsheng! Changsheng, why are you here? I have worked so hard to find you, I'm worried that my mother will die!"
"Mom!" Changsheng turned around and shouted crisply, and immediately ran towards the middle-aged woman.
Changsheng's mother first squatted down and hugged her in her arms, said a few words of half reprimand and half caring before she protected her behind her and looked at Anyang: "Who are you? Why are you with my daughter?"
Anyang smiled: "It was her who came to find me."
Changsheng wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stared at Anyang, and said, "Yes, he is not a bad person, he is the friend I just met, I came to find him, mother..."
"That's right!" The middle-aged woman was no longer fierce, but she still kept her guard and said, "Let's go quickly, Changsheng, the village had just had a water monster, and everyone was worried about you. You must not run around anymore, do you know?"
"I got it, I saw the water demon."
"Did you see it? What does the water demon look like?"
"Yes, he pointed to me. It was a big fish with a big mouth, which was very scary." Changsheng said.
"What did he mean to you?" The middle-aged woman decided a little and immediately pulled Changsheng backwards, "Let's go and tell others!"
"Um."
Changsheng turned around and waved to Anyang seriously before being dragged away by her mother.
Their figures disappeared from Anyang's sight, but they just turned a corner. Anyang could still hear the middle-aged woman telling Xiao Changsheng: "That person is unknown, and as soon as he came to the village, there was a water demon in the village. You are not allowed to play with him again in the future, do you know?"
Xiao Changsheng opened his eyes wide and asked, "Why?"
"There are no so many reasons? Children can be obedient. I am your mother and I won't harm you!"
"But he is a good person! Still my friend..." Xiao Changsheng licked the red translucent strawberry-flavored lollipop and said calmly, "He gave me this candy..."
"Well? How can you accept other people's things at will? Or eat them. What if they are poisonous?" The middle-aged woman slapped Xiao Changsheng in the hand, "If he was not a bad person, how could he give you candy for no reason? And this kind of thing doesn't look like sugar, like poison!"
"It's delicious." Xiao Changsheng licked it again, and held the candy stick tightly to prevent it from being knocked out.
"You disobedient dead girl..."
Anyang was still sitting alone on the stilt house far away from the water monsters. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. The cool wind blowing from the valley and river made his wide clothes sway slightly.
This place is not too far from the town. In the afternoon, a group of trembling villagers invited the exorcists.
The group of Taoist priests in the original plot.
I saw a large area of people standing bustling below, and almost all the villagers of the ancient village gathered together. It was no exaggeration to say that the inner and outer three layers were inside and the outer three layers were around, watching the group of "exorcists"!
It was a flat land near the riverside. It can even be said that this flat land was built on the river surface and was built of wooden boards.
From the perspective of Anyang, you can see the group of Taoist priests setting up a mahogany table next to the river, with incense tables, fruits and tributes on the table. Several little Taoist priests stood on one side and blew the trumpets, while several other little Taoist priests jumped around in the open space surrounded by the villagers.
The villagers were watching from outside!
It is this that may make modern people feel a bit funny, and they will make these villagers stunned!
Gradually, an older middle-aged Taoist priest stepped onto a small boat that had been prepared long ago. The boat also had incense tables and tributes, several flags were inserted, covered with yellow talismans, and gradually drifted towards the center of the river as the water waves.
He waved the yellow Taoist robe on his body, took out a red peach wood sword, and began to recite a spell that he couldn't even understand.
"Brush!Brush!Brush!"
He danced the peach wood sword so hard that it was full of vigor!
Not long after, he held a sword in his left hand and made a sword pointer in his left hand. He took out a ball of talisman paper from under the incense table on the ship, and a rope was tied to it.
With a bang, he threw the ball into the river.
In an instant, his spell became intense until he pointed the peach wood sword into the sky and shouted: "Hum!"
"Boom!"
A big explosion suddenly appeared in the river, and the fire flashed in a flash, but the waves stirred up more than ten meters high, and a white foam spread along the river like smoke!
The onlookers immediately exclaimed.
However, Anyang, who was watching from afar, smiled.
This Taoist priest is still smart.
Although there was gunpowder during the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder had not been used as a weapon. In addition to fireworks and refrigeration, the biggest use of gunpowder was to pretend to be a god and a ghost. This Taoist undoubtedly had a new situation and added many details to it.
Anyang didn't know if these Taoist priests could be considered the least "exorcists", but the behavior of these Taoist priests must be deceptive. Even if they know that there are water monsters in the river, they still dare to go into the water, they cannot erase this fact.
A few seconds later, a huge fish corpse began to float in the river. From the perspective of appearance, it should be a cartilage fish of the Ray family, with a very large body.
It is called Gushi Fish.
The modern scientific name should be called Manta.
The villagers were stunned and walked forward one after another, looking at the big fish with pectoral fins spreading wide.
"Catch it up!"
"I'll do it!"
A group of angry villagers immediately supported the boat and approached the Gu fish, as if they were about to pull it back.
Anyang looked at the river without expression, glanced at the crowd, and soon found a young man with a disheveled face, dim clothes and a crutch.
"Xuanzang!"
Anyang's mouth curled up with a curve.
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