Moon Emperor

Chapter 180
Ah Piao?If Su Yan remembers correctly, this is a dialect in some areas. It is considered unlucky to directly mention the word "ghost", so this word is used to refer to ghost.

But there is one thing, just looking at the name, A Piao knows that it should be a ghost that can float. How can the water ghost be called A Piao?

Is it because the child is ignorant of words, or does she really see ghosts wandering in the river.
"Girl!" The boatman turned around at some point and shouted, "I'm not polite, you can't stand on a stool."

"Understood," the girl timidly replied, and jumped off the bench.

After seeing the boatman continue to concentrate on steering, Su Yan asked in a low voice: "What kind of A Piao did you see? How many of them are there?"

The girl just shook her head now and stopped talking.

So Su Yan thought for a while, and then turned back to the previous topic, "Let's talk about the little sister. You just mentioned that she told you a lot of stories."

Only then did the girl show her excited expression again, "Yes, I just mentioned that the old beggar showed his skills. In short, in the story my young lady told me, the big heroes are all old beggars."

"Then I asked my little sister, where did the old beggar go? Did you leave him on the shore and don't want it?"

Having said that, the girl lowered her voice again, she glanced at her father secretly, and then continued: "Just tell me, the old beggar has it."

"I asked where she was, and she showed me the red dress. There was a little yellow paper figure inside the dress."

"Miss said this is the old beggar."

"I look like it too, that's the old beggar." Her tone was firm.

Although the girl was speaking childish language, Su Yan couldn't help but feel a little horrified. The old beggar is a paper man?The old beggar was turned into a paper man by that mysterious girl.
He even thought for a while that this was some kind of game veteran.

"I told my father later, but he didn't believe me, so tell me not to talk nonsense." The girl pouted dissatisfiedly.

Su Yan frowned while thinking, and asked: "What happened next?"

"Later, I chatted with my young lady, and I fell asleep while chatting, and I dreamed of the old beggar." The girl sat on the bench, her little feet dangling, showing that the master Jumping mood.

"When it was getting dark, my young lady woke me up. It turned out that the boat was about to dock."

"And when I woke up, I realized that the young lady had covered me with her red dress."

"I wanted to return the clothes to her, but the young lady said no, she gave them to me."

"My father said, what an embarrassment it is; the young lady said, she still has a lot of clothes."

"That's how it was. The little sister got off the boat. It seemed that someone came to pick her up, but I couldn't see what kind of person it was. It was black and black, like a bamboo pole."

"Brother, do you think this red dress looks good? The girl only has two coats, and this one has no patches." She looked at Su Yan eagerly. This was the purpose of her talking to her elder brother about it in the first place. .

Su Yan responded with a smile, "It's pretty, the girl looks beautiful in it."

Only then did the girl show a shy smile, her little face was flushed, and she looked very happy.

"You don't have any paper figurines in your clothes?" Su Yan asked cautiously.

"Of course not, Miss Sister took it back when she left."

Although a little regretful, she soon frowned again, "Forget it, Miss Sister doesn't have a father to protect her, it's better for the old beggar to stay by her side."

After chatting with this girl for a while, seeing that she couldn't tell more information, Su Yan left the cabin and went to ask the boatman about it.

The boatman did have an impression. According to what he said, he was originally unwilling to carry a baby alone. Those who didn't know thought he was a "kidnapper".

But the child repeatedly assured that someone would pick her up at the Meixian wharf, so the boatman let her on board.

As a result, when we arrived in Meixian County, there was indeed a tall and thin person who came to pick us up. It was dark at that time, and the boatman couldn't see clearly. Anyway, he was indeed delivered safely.

Back in the cabin, Su Yan still felt that the whole thing was confusing. Is the "Watching Qi Technique" a coincidence or something?
What happened to that girl?
If this incident hadn't happened today, Su Yan would have regarded it as a coincidence, and wouldn't have thought too much about it.

But he happened to meet it, and he subconsciously felt that it might not be that simple behind it.

Could it be that this gift has already been priced secretly?
It's a pity that there are too few clues, and Su Yan can't think of a reason after thinking hard, so he can only give up temporarily.

At noon, I ate charcoal-grilled perch and fresh river soup, referred to as one-pot stew, but the boatman's craftsmanship is quite good, Su Yan also drank some wine with the boatman, and had a good time eating.

When it was midnight, Su Yan was lying on the side of the cabin wrapped in a blanket, but did not fall asleep, but was waiting for the "A Piao" that the girl said would appear.

On the other side of the cabin, the girl was sleeping very soundly, she had no intention of getting up at all, nor was she afraid.

After an unknown amount of time, just when Su Yan thought that nothing unexpected would happen tonight, he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from underwater.

"patta~patta~"

It was like some kind of dull knocking sound, I don't know if it was a knocking stone or something, but it wasn't hitting the hull anyway, because it was still far away.

Just when Su Yan turned over and sat up, the slight, hard-to-hear voice was getting closer and closer to the Wupeng boat.

After approaching a certain distance, "it" stopped.

Su Yan spread his spiritual consciousness over silently, and he must strive not to disturb this goal.

Then he was shocked, it was so big!It was the first time he saw such a big one.
At this moment, the girl rubbed her eyes in a daze, and sat up beside her sleeping father.

She yawned, seeing that the night was still deep, she wanted to lie down and continue to sleep, but at this moment, the patter sounded again.

At this moment, the girl's spirit was up, she lifted the quilt carefully, came to the side of the boat with bare feet, and looked out.

It's a pity that there is no moon tonight, only sporadic starlight. In the dim light, the girl can only vaguely see a thing as big as a disc, floating under the water.

"Xiao Bei, is that you?" She called softly.

At this moment, Su Yan followed quietly, and he also poked his head out of the boat, "It's such a big shell, you can tell it's delicious just by looking at it."

As soon as the underwater shellfish are frightened, they immediately sink to the deep water area.

The girl didn't scream out because of Su Yan's sudden appearance, but turned her head to look at him speechlessly, "Brother, how old are you, don't scare the children, okay?"

Su Yan was a little embarrassed, "Okay, but how do you know it's a child?"

(End of this chapter)