Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Uncle Ming and Guchai had just stepped on the sloping stone slope to approach Ruan Hei, who was lying on the ground. They saw the water suddenly rise, and a large whale salamander with a black body broke out of the water. Most of the fish's body fell on the shore and took a bite. Ruan Hei stopped, and while shaking his head and tail, he suddenly retracted into the water, and immediately blood and water mixed with white bubbles came up again and again.

All this happened so fast, without any warning in advance. Everyone screamed, and no one had time to save him. They watched the boat boss Ruan Hei being bitten into the water by the whale salamander. Even if we jumped into the water now, we would risk our lives. Fighting with the dragon's touch with a hand-to-hand blade, it was not enough. Thinking about how ferocious the sword-backed whale salamander known as the executioner is, it can swallow people into the water in one mouthful. Ruan Hei is not a golden Arhat, how can he still be alive at this time?

Just when we were stunned for a moment, Ruan Hei's apprentice Gu Chai went to the water to rescue his master with a short blade in his mouth. Uncle Ming didn't even try to pull him, but only pulled his clothes off. In fact, it was clear that My uncle cherished Guchai's talents very much. When he saw him going into the water to die, he immediately yelled anxiously: "You egg boy is crazy, you don't want to die!" There were many ichthyosaurs trapped in the ruins. In addition to the sword-backed whale salamander, there were also Many sharks are mixed and fighting in the water, preying on the weak and the strong. Compared with the coral spiral waters above, it is even more dangerous.

I looked anxiously at the stone pillar. Seeing that things had reached this point, I had to grit my teeth and said to Shirley Yang: "Let's go into the water to save people." Shirley Yang nodded and agreed: "Okay!" At this time, there was no need to worry about going underwater. Due to the many dangers, the two of them had their diving knives stuck in the water and were about to jump from the pillar into the water. The fat man on the opposite boat also grabbed a fishing gun and wanted to go into the water to rescue Guchai.

Just as we were about to risk jumping into the water, we saw the sea water rolling, and large balls of blood rising from the depths. It was obvious that a life-and-death fight was going on under the water, and a sea surge rolled up, and we saw Guchai held the water-splitting thorn in his mouth and dragged Ruan Hei, who was all wet, with his hands. He returned to the stone platform with the power of the water flow. He didn't know how he did it, but he actually took Ruan Hei back from the whale salamander's mouth.

The rest of us couldn't help but be stunned. Although the Egg People relied on their underwater skills to make a living, the disaster of being buried in the belly of the evil fish was inevitable. I have never heard of any Egg People actually being able to face the evil fish. Bo, Guchai is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is an aboriginal resident of Coral Temple Island. I still haven’t figured out whether he is of Thai or Vietnamese descent. There is nothing special about him on weekdays, except that he has a thin film over his eyes, like a fish. Eyes, there is no need for frog goggles to protect them at the bottom of the sea. It is unbelievable to see him rescuing Ruan Hei from the bottom of the water. I can't help but look at him with admiration. What kind of unknown ability does this kid have?

Guchai used gravel and sand to separate the water thorns at the bottom of the water and cut the killer whale. The sharks, which had been starved for a long time, were attracted by the blood and went to bite the right whale salamander one after another. The water surface was chaotic like boiling water. I couldn't miss the opportunity. I quickly asked the fat man to row the lifeboat over and pick me up with Shirley Yang to join everyone.

On the tilting deck of the Trident, Guchai and Duoling were crying loudly around Ruan Hei. Ruan Hei was bitten by a whale salamander on both legs, almost completely broken off. The wound was too big and there was nothing that could be done. To stop the bleeding, he was so angry that he saw that this man could not survive. When Fatty and I and others came to him, Ruan Hei suddenly opened his eyes. I knew that he was reflecting on his past, and he might have some last words to explain. , so he quickly held his cold hand and said to him: "Boss Ruan, just say whatever you want, and we will try our best to do it."

Ruan Hei's eyes were dull, and he struggled to open his mouth for a long time without spitting out a word. He just moved his eyes towards Duoling. I guessed what he was thinking, so I reassured him that I would definitely help Duoling find her in France. Relatives.

Shirley Yang also shed tears. Ruan Hei and others were all hired by her to help, otherwise the three of their masters would still be fishing and collecting eggs on the island. Although their lives were difficult and poor, at least they would not lose their lives.

Ruan Hei tried his best to make a sound and told everyone intermittently that they, the egg people, have been obsessed with egg collecting all their lives. They know clearly that there are dangers on the bottom of the sea, high winds and rough waves, evil fish swallowing boats, and nine out of ten people die when picking eggs. I still go there willingly and risk my life. I couldn’t figure it out before, but now I suddenly wake up. In the final analysis, it’s all about money. If you can’t withstand the waves of thousands of feet, you can’t collect thousands of golden eggs. Since you are on this road, you will die. You have to do all the work yourself, and you have to blame others. Once you are unlucky enough to die, the "fisherman", the founder of the Dan people, will not reward you with a bowl of rice, so you have to accept your fate.

He was very poor in the world, and apart from these two apprentices who depended on each other, he didn't have much to worry about. However, Ruan Hei, the boss of the ship, had been collecting eggs for half his life, but he was born at the wrong time and never found a real green head. He hoped that after his death, he could have eggs in his mouth. Holding a "beautiful bead" in one's mouth has been the most dignified burial method for Dan people since ancient times. When one reaches the end of one's life and buries the bead in one's mouth, it can be regarded as a final explanation for oneself, and it is not in vain that the winds and waves of these years have passed. Go through the dangers of life and death and going into the sea to collect eggs.

After hearing this, I sighed silently in my heart. Even now, I am still thinking about Nanzhu. Do all Dan people have this kind of value? Everyone is dead, so what’s the use of holding pearls in your mouth? Could it be that if you don’t enjoy it during your lifetime, you can really benefit from it after death? But maybe it's the custom of Danman since ancient times. Now when Ruan Hei is dying, all I can do is respect him one by one and let him go on his way with peace of mind.

When Ruan Hei saw my promise, he stared at the backpack on the fat man's back. Inside was the Pearl of the South China Sea, which he had risked his life to obtain. He suddenly raised his arm and grabbed a handful from the air. He couldn't take a breath, so he let go and went west. .

I asked the fat man for a pearl with the most luster, and used the technique of touching the gold captain to take the pearl from the tomb owner's mouth. I pressed the occipital bone behind the head of Ruan Hei's body, opened the jawbone, and stuffed the Zhuyan Pearl into his mouth. Lifting his chin, he closed Ruan Hei's lips and teeth together. He had just died, and his body had not yet become stiff. It was easy to put the beads into his mouth. With the essence of the southern beads we collected in the Coral Spiral, we were able to hide the beads with his body at this time. , even if all of us return to the loess a hundred years later, his body will remain unchanged, his appearance will remain as alive as it does now.

According to the old calendar, if Dan people died a good death, they were not allowed to be buried in water. The custom of wrapping the body and sinking it into the sea was very common. Firstly, it was unlucky for the body to be parked on the boat. Secondly, it was also feared that the hot weather would cause the body to rot and spread diseases. However, Dan people face the danger of being buried in the belly of a fish throughout their lives. If there is a whole body after death, most of them hope to be buried in the ground. I saw that only the ruins of Guixu Ancient City nearby can bury Ruan Hei, so I asked Guchai to help him first. Ruan Hei changed his clothes and wiped the blood off his body.

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