Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 289: Drifting on the River

Wang Huaguo ran upstream along the Han River, preparing to go to Xiangyang to ask the White Lotus Sect to rescue Yang Shucheng.

He was eager to save people and ran more than ten miles in one breath. At this time, I saw a body floating in the river. Wang Huaguo decided to drag the body ashore as a good deed.

He walked barefoot into the water. Fortunately, the river was not deep. He came to the floating corpse. It was an old man. He was not afraid. He had fled here since the Shaolin Temple and was used to seeing dead people along the way. What else was there to be afraid of?

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the old man's sleeve and pulled it towards the shore. The old man's body was cold and it seemed that he had been dead for a long time.

Using the buoyancy of the water, Wang Huaguo easily pulled the old man ashore. The sandy shore was washed clean by the river. Wang Huaguo dragged the dead body away from the water and onto the river bank.

Seeing that the old man's eyes were closed tightly and he would definitely not wake up again, he said: "Grandpa, just lie here with peace of mind. I should have buried you, but it's important for me to save people and I have to go to the city. You Here first, if someone passes by, they will bury you. If not, wait until I save someone and then bury you."

He knew that the corpse couldn't hear him, but he still had to say it, otherwise he would always feel like something was missing.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away with confidence. Just as he was about to run, he heard: "Boy, why did you wake me up?"

There was no one on the river section here. Wang Huaguo was really startled when he heard this sentence. He stopped and looked around. This was a large sandy land with an unobstructed view. Where could there be any sound of people? .

Wang Huaguo was about to leave suspiciously. At this moment, he heard another sentence: "I still want to leave, but I don't want to say sorry."

Wang Huaguo finally heard that the sound came from the dead body. Although he was scared, he was not scared enough to turn around and run away. He still stood still, looking at the dead body.

The dead body slowly sat up, it was a lie! Wang Huaguo heard the old man say that if a person has been dead for a few days, he will still pretend to be a corpse. The corpse will chase the living person, and if he catches up, he will strangle him alive.

Wang Huaguo moved his steps slightly, turned around and ran away slowly.

"Still trying to run away." The corpse turned around and looked at Wang Huaguo.

Wang Huaguo was looking at him, and her heart felt hairy. She was so scared that she didn't want to run away. She just stood there stiffly, not daring to express her anger, for fear that he would get angry and attack her.

"I was sleeping well, but who asked you to drag me ashore? You even woke me up by chattering."

Wang Huaguo had to answer the dead body's question, otherwise it would be disrespectful. He asked softly: "Are you not dead?"

"Why am I dead? I'm sleeping."

Wang Huaguo said: "Why do you, old man, sleep in the river?"

The corpse rolled his eyes and said: "I drank a lot of wine, and my whole body was very hot. I wanted to vomit, but I held back. I ate a lot of delicacies, but I couldn't bear to vomit, so I jumped into the river to cool off." What happened to your kid?"

"No." Wang Huaguo said, "I thought something was wrong with you, old man."

"You think I'm dead." The old man said, "Come here and give me a hand. I've been soaking in the water for a long time and I have no strength at all. Come and give me a hand."

Even if he lent Wang Huaguo courage, he didn't dare to come forward. Seeing that he didn't dare to come forward, the old man had to stand up and asked: "Where are you from? Why are you running in such a hurry?"

Wang Huaguo said: "I am from the Shaolin Temple. I want to save people."

The old man rolled his eyes at him and said, "I don't believe you are as timid as a mouse and still want to save people."

Wang Huaguo said: "A friend of mine who was living well in Meng Shaoyu's Villa was originally sent by his father, who said he was a bandit and captured him. I want to go to the city to bring in reinforcements."

"What kind of reinforcements are there?"

"It's the White Lotus Sect."

The old man snorted contemptuously and said, "These White Lotus cultists have been making a lot of noise in the city these days. How can they have time to save your friends?" He looked at the river and continued, "I was also attracted by them. We were so noisy that we followed the river downstream to play for a few days."

Wang Huaguo said: "They will help. My friends have helped them a lot."

"What help did you have? These believers are very arrogant. They won't help me even if they help me a little."

Wang Huaguo said: "It helped a lot. Their leader was imprisoned by Magistrate Huang. It was my friend who kidnapped Magistrate Huang and sent him out of the city, where he was killed by them."

"Is your friend named Yang Shucheng?"

"Yes."

"You are such a long-winded kid that you can't explain clearly. It would be great if you told him his name was Yang Shucheng earlier."

"Do you know Yang Shucheng?"

The old man patted the sand on his body and said, "Quickly, let's go rescue Yang Shucheng."

Wang Huaguo looked at him suspiciously. He was so old that he would fall down with just a push, but he would still save people? The old man said: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you save your brother Yang?"

Wang Huaguo said: "I'm going to ask a few more people to help."

The old man said: "Go quickly, go quickly." He took the lead and started walking in front. Wang Huaguo had no choice but to follow behind.

It turns out that this old man is Pi Guoshi from Xiangyang City. Pi Guoshi was walking in front, turned around and asked, "Boy, what's your name? You're quite loyal to Brother Yang."

Wang Huaguo said: "My name is Wang Huaguo, and it was Brother Yang who protected me all the way."

"Why is he protecting you?"

"I can't say." Wang Huaguo became smarter now. He was not familiar with this old man. If he knew about the "Marrow Cleansing Sutra", he wouldn't want to try to kill me, let alone save Yang Shucheng. .

"Hmph." Pi Guoshi said, "If you don't say it, you won't say it. What's the big deal?"

The two walked a few miles one after another, and saw that they were not far from the Meng Family Villa. Pi Guoshi said: "We're not leaving. Let's take a rest here."

"Why? Saving people is like putting out fires. You can't stop."

Pi Guoshi said: "How can anyone go to rescue people during the day? Wait until night is better. What if we go during the day and fail to save him, and he clicks and chops up your brother Yang?"

Wang Huaguo thought about it and realized that the old man was right, so he said, "What should we do?"

Pi Guoshi said: "I'm sitting here. I drank a little too much and I'm hungry. You go find some food to fill your stomach so that you can go rescue people at night."

Seeing that Wang Huaguo couldn't go to the city to bring in reinforcements, she had no choice but to count on the old man. She didn't dare to say anything. When she saw the old man sitting on the sand, she had no choice but to get some food first.

Wang Huaguo raised his eyes and saw that there was not a single house here, and it was very desolate. I had to turn around and go up the mountain to pick some wild fruits.

He walked up the mountain step by step. It was late autumn, and the maple leaves were as red as fire and filled the valley like clouds. Wang Huaguo walked for a while on the mountain road and found a date tree. Mountain people were not interested in dates. The trees were full of dates, and only sparrows were flying on them to eat.

King Huaguo climbed up a jujube tree and picked a handful of jujubes. He tasted one and it was still sweet, thinking that the old man would not refuse the date. He sat on a horizontal branch, picked big, red and plump dates, and put them in a bag.

On the turning hillside, I saw another tall twig tree. The twigs on it were like red lanterns hanging all over the branches, but they were mostly eaten by birds.

Rafflesia climbed up the tree, picked a few intact twigs, and slipped down the tree.

Wang Huaguo walked back with a few pestles.

From afar, I saw the old man lying on his back on the beach, motionless, thinking he had fallen asleep again.

Wang Huaguo came closer and was about to step forward to wake him up. The old man opened his eyes and said, "Pick a few sticks and let me guess."