Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 20 Souls Flying Away on the Ferry

The people on the boat immediately became frightened and kept their distance from the man in black, fearing that their souls would be snatched away if they were not careful. The officers and soldiers acting as sailors stopped rowing and stood up in fear.

The pale-faced official summoned up his courage and shouted: "This ship belongs to the Qin Empire. You need a passport to board. Please show me your passport!"

There was another burst of weird laughter, and the man's face didn't move at all. "Why should I stay? I need to scan my body when I take the boat. Can't you see my face?" Just as the words fell, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of the white-faced official with a "puff", and the scary face was almost sticking to the white-faced face.

The pale-faced official's legs and feet were trembling, and cold sweat was dripping down his pale face. He stammered, "Then...then we also need to... be careful." The laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, and officials must enforce them strictly. If someone exposed favoritism and corruption, and it was found to be true after investigation, the punishment would be dismissal at the least and beheading at the worst.

He Biliu's face remained motionless, and he laughed strangely again. The white-faced official could no longer hold on, so he sat down on the ground and begged, "Then...then...if Mr. He doesn't have it, then...just kill me."

He Biliu also squatted down, and with a terrifying face, he smiled motionlessly at the trembling official sitting on the ground, "I have never taken a photo, and I don't need that thing. Hehehe, you really do your job well, so I won't embarrass you."

Just as he finished speaking, "bang" the face hit the deck heavily, and then slowly lifted up the scary face, leaving a deep scary face mark on the deck, and an official seal that was printed there at some unknown time.

"Is this okay?"

“Yes…yes!” The portrait carved on the plywood gradually accumulated yellow liquid, emitting a foul smell.

He Biliu looked at his own profile picture, which was filled with urine, and his face finally moved.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I didn't mean it... I am incompetent..." The white-faced official cursed himself almost in despair.

He Bilu squatted in front of the official and stared at him for a long time, as if the official would die in the next moment.

He Biliu did not kill the official in the end. Instead, he flashed back to his original position and scanned the crowd on the deck with his eagle eyes.

When He Biliu appeared, someone in the caravan exclaimed in a low voice: "Chasing the soul over a thousand miles!" "Why is he here? Who is he going to kill?" Everyone was scared out of their wits.

As long as He Bilu was given something he considered valuable, he would even kill his own master. In fact, he did so. This man practiced the art of flying, and his footwork was unparalleled in the world. There was nothing he could not catch up with. Not only that, his deadly hook also took away the souls of many strong men. He often came and went without a trace. His notoriety had long spread throughout the world of cultivation, and the people had also heard of it. Such a person, no one knew when, also served the Qin Dynasty.

The boat was still moving. Seeing that He Biliu had not been punished, the pale-faced official stood up nervously and ordered the sailors to continue rowing in an almost hoarse voice. Then he bent over and came to He Biliu, bowed and said, "I didn't know that Lord He had arrived. I am blind!"

He Biliu said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll kick you down to feed the fish. I'm here to search for a man. He's a Taoist priest. He's eight feet tall, about twenty years old, thin, handsome, with fair skin. He speaks with a slight wheeze. Have you ever seen such a man on a boat?"

The white-faced official's anxiety eased a little. After thinking for a moment, he also thought of Wuzhan. However, he thought that Wuzhan was a merchant and there were more than a dozen assistants around him, so it couldn't be him. So he shook his head and said, "I have never seen such a Taoist priest. There are two teams of merchants and more than a dozen individual tourists on the deck. If you don't believe me, you can check it again carefully."

He Biliu said: "This person is very important, we must investigate in detail, you ask them to come over and stand together, I will verify them one by one!"

The pale-faced official shouted to the sailors, "Go and gather all those on board, verify their identities, and have a few more come over to follow Lord He's orders!"

Four sailors came over from the side of the boat and stood behind He Biliu. The white-faced official said to He Biliu awkwardly, "Excuse me for a moment. I'll go to the cabin to change my clothes." Seeing that He Biliu didn't pay any attention and just stared at the people on the ferry, he turned around quietly and went to the cabin.

……

A slightly fat sailor held the registration book and read tremblingly: "Shi... Shi... Da... Da..." He Biliu turned around and glared at the sailor who was called out and snorted coldly. After hearing this, the sailor became even more nervous and could not read a single word.

At this time, another tall, thin, dark-skinned sailor beside him whispered, "Let me give it a try."

The fat sailor, as if he had found a savior, hurriedly handed the registration book to the thin sailor. After the sailor took it, he read, "Shi Daqian." A middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and stood in front timidly. He Bilu looked at him carefully for a moment, then motioned to the next one, and Shi Daqian walked to the other side and stood.

"Zhou Shuisheng."

An old man came out, took a look at him, and then walked away. He then counted a dozen people and started to count Tian Buming's caravan.

The thin sailor coughed lightly and said, "Tian Qi."

Tian Qi walked out tremblingly. He Biliu just glanced at him and didn't look at him any more closely.

When "Ping Qing Jue" was called, no one answered for a long time. Then the drunk man leaned against the railing and burped. A sailor came up to the drunk man, looked at the photo hanging around his neck and said, "It's him!"

He Biliu took a closer look, but since the age difference was too big, he ignored it.

The thin sailor kept calling out the names, and the people on the deck stood from one side to the other. He didn't find anyone suspicious. At this time, the white-faced official changed his clothes and came out. In fact, he had changed his clothes a long time ago and had been in the cabin and didn't dare to come out.

He Biliu glanced at the official without saying anything. He just laughed and the black shadow disappeared on the deck.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had saved their lives today. The fat sailor hurriedly bowed to the thin sailor and said, "Thanks to you, brother, for today. Otherwise, we would have been scared to death!"

"It takes a little effort, but it doesn't matter."

The fat sailor asked in doubt: "You are new here, why haven't I seen you before?"

"I'm not new here, it's just that it's hot, so I took off my clothes and went to the fields without making any noise. I'm just a small businessman."

"Brother Tian, ​​if you come here to ferry again in the future, if I, Li Biao, am not on duty, I will definitely treat you to a drink!"

"You're welcome, Brother Li."

All of a sudden, the pale-faced official shouted, "Hurry up and row the boat. We're going to be late. If we're late, you'll be beheaded!" He was completely disgraced today.

After hearing this, Li Biao said, "I'll go over first and talk to you later." The thin sailor slowly walked into the crowd of caravan, took out the white robe from the lead powder box, put it on gently, walked to the fence beside the boat, and looked at the setting sun on the distant shore.

……

"Boy, you're smart. He didn't even notice you." The voice sounded like he was talking to himself or in a sleep. It was so soft that only the thin sailor who was close by could hear it.

The thin sailor turned around and found that it was the drunk who spoke, and hurriedly asked, "Senior Ping, why do you say that?"

The drunk took another sip of his wine and asked, "Why are they looking for you?"

Wuzhan knew that the drunkard had noticed what he had just done, and guessed that he must be a master of hiding. He said calmly, "They want to kill me."

"They want to kill you, so you should hide, you should hide." As he said that, he opened his eyes and slowly sat up. Although his eyes were decadent, his handsomeness could not be concealed. After taking a sip of wine, he handed the jar of wine to Wuzhe and said, "Would you like to have a sip too?"

Wuzhan said: "Junior never drinks!"

"Spoof!" He took another big sip and said with a smile, "How about that pee just now?"

Wuzhan asked, "Could it be that Senior did this?"

"Just tell me, is it fun?"

Wuzhan bowed and said, "Senior, you have broadened my horizons today. If you hadn't attracted everyone's attention, I wouldn't have had the time to prepare."

"It's just a trivial trick. You wasted a drop of my wine. It's not as smart and interesting as you. It's such a small place that I can't even find a single person. Yet you claim to be 'chasing souls thousands of miles away'. I think it should be changed to 'blind man with open eyes', haha!" He took another sip of wine.

Wuzhan knew that what he said was true, and couldn't help but secretly admire him, "I am desperate and have no choice but to do this in order to survive. How can I compare with your 'drip wine and acupuncture' that is so subtle and unnoticeable. You are too kind to me."

"You are such a pitiful child. You only have a few days left to live, but the government still wants to arrest you. Maybe you are too abominable and God wants you to die. Or maybe you are just too smart and God is jealous of you. Haha!"

How could Wuzhan not know his own situation? He looked into the distance and said, "I only have a few days left to live."

"Alas, what a pity! Although you are smart, you don't have a good body. If your muscles and bones were a little better, I would definitely teach you my drinking skills, and you would definitely become famous all over the world!"

Wuzhan thought of his father, "Famous as he is, so what? It will all be gone in the blink of an eye, buried in the dust."

Ping Qingjue murmured, "Yes, it's all fleeting and gone in a flash." He gulped down a sip of wine and fell asleep again.

……

The boat had already docked and dusk was falling. Wuzhan said to Ping Qingjue, "Senior, do you want me to help you get off the boat?"

Ping Qingjue muttered, "What a pity!" Before his words faded away, the person had disappeared, leaving only an empty wine jar.

Wuzhan smiled bitterly in his heart: "With this level of cultivation, why would a powerless person like me be so diligent!"

After saying goodbye to Li Biao, he came to the willow tree on the shore, watched the bright moon rising over the river at night, and waited for Wanjiao to arrive.

……

After a long time, a girl in white gauze appeared on the river, stepping on the waves like a dragonfly skimming the water. Under the reflection of the bright moon, she looked like Chang'e descending from the Moon Palace to the earth. After a moment, she came to Wuzhan.

Wan Jiao said in a sullen voice: "If you come up with such bad ideas again in the future, I will dig out your heart and see how it looks like!"

"I won't do that anymore."

"Explain to me, how did I become your sister again?"

"In a hurry, I can only let you down. It's my fault. Besides, if I don't say that, what else can I say?"

"I can't do it in a hurry. Anyway, I feel uncomfortable when you call me sister. And you are so cruel to use me to deceive that pervert!"

"In order to cross the river, this is the only way. Besides, we didn't lie to him. He took the initiative to find us."

"That won't work either. Doing this means that I am not important to you. In short, don't use me to deceive others in the future, otherwise I will never see you again!"

Wuzhan's heart was moved, and he hurriedly asked: "I was wrong, what did you do to him?"

"Humph, after you left, he shamelessly asked me to walk with him. When I saw that there was no one around, I knocked him out, tied him up, and threw him into the reeds on the shore. If you hadn't wanted to save his life, I would have cut him into pieces and thrown him into the water to feed the fish!"

Wuzhan said, "It's bad, maybe we've been exposed, let's go quickly!" Wuzhan's original intention was that after he left, Wanjiao would pretend to go home and get rid of Tian Buming, so that Tian Buming's efforts would be in vain and she would just be taught a lesson. Unexpectedly, Wanjiao did not listen to Wuzhan in the end.

Wan Jiao said: "How could it be exposed? No one saw it!"

Wuzhan said: "Let's leave here first, and I'll tell you in detail later..."

"You can't escape now!" A loud voice came from the river.

(End of this chapter)