霍不老

月亮挂在东山，河里隐约浮起白雾，王不得从河底升起来，爬上河岸，去找霍不老喝酒。,霍不总是下河汊的艄公，四十多岁，眼前两只酒碗，青幽幽地映着月光。,王不得拾起一碗酒，虚敬霍不老，艄公点颔首，拿起另一只，喝了半碗。,王不得定定地望着霍不老：“实在我完全喝不到酒的味道。”,艄公低头看着酒碗：“阴阳两途，也难怪。”,“那我怎么着了魔一样天天到你这儿来喝酒？”,“由于酒里有我的血，保你形神不散。”,王不得灰白色的脸上浮出笑意：“那我也不谢你。”,霍不老也笑：“原本无需你谢。明天哪个要着你的道？”,“一个孕妇，领着一个六七岁的男孩儿，你猜我要哪个？”,霍不老抱着膝盖，看看王不得，又看看酒碗。“我不猜你心思，横竖不让你遂了心愿就而已。”,王不得的笑声犹如月夜间的林枭：“明日子时是我大限，若再不得替身，永难循环。我与兄之渊源，却终是头脑不起。望兄慈悯，与我解说解说。”,霍不老依旧抱着膝盖，眯眼看着王不得：“且待明夜你灰飞烟灭，我给你说个明了。”,王不得的体态在月光下逐渐变长变远，适才坐着的地方，有河水点点而出……,提及来，下河汊挺新鲜的。,在暴雨季，水齐腰深；平时光景，委屈没过膝盖。这种水平的水情，居然会有一个艄公常年蹲在那里等生意，这算哪门子的事情？,这艄公没有船，证实他脑子可能还正常，横拖着一只长篙，河畔扎一个草棚，抱着膝盖往内里一蹲，不知道的还以为他在出恭。,八里洼老一辈的人似乎有印象，某年某日下河汊突然腥不能闻，河水变为红色。似乎就是那一天，下河汊边上多了个艄公。, ,这个艄公来了，下河汊就新鲜了。显著刚没膝盖的水，三天两头会有某个涉水而过的人滑倒，一倒即挣扎难起，几欲淹死之时，那艄公奔过来，把长篙一撑，救起倒霉人。时间长了，就有人给艄公钱以为答谢。艄公用这钱在下河汊修一座简陋的小桥。再有人过河，就改涉水为上桥。,一定另有嫌穷苦的人，尤其炎天，偏要弃桥涉水。十之一二便要滑倒在河中挣扎难起，艄公就抡着长篙奔过来，把人救起来。总不外是一场虚惊而已。,说这事的老一辈已然死清洁了，艄公还在草棚里抱着膝盖蹲着。有被救的人曾讨问个名姓，只说姓霍。这样的怪僻人，叫“霍不老”不新鲜吧！,中中午分，一个孕妇领着一个六七岁的男孩儿来到下河汊。,艄公在草棚下看着，逐步站起身来。,看到远处的小石桥，孕妇领着孩子设计上桥。未至桥头，小孩似乎看到河中有鱼虾之属，顽皮心性上来，扑通一声跳到水里。孕妇站在桥上高声招呼，孩子照样撒娇，水里凉爽，要涉水过河。孕妇在桥上行，男孩在桥下走，刚至河心，溘然滑没水中不见踪影。孕妇大急，也从桥上跳到水里。甫一入水，立时滑翻；张口欲叫，水流汹涌，直灌口鼻。万念俱灰间，水面上一只手突然伸下来……,艄公把孕妇放到岸边，转身要去救那男孩儿，但见河水不息，那里另有孩子的踪影？,正思忖时，溘然瞥见谁人孩子水淋淋地爬上河岸，踉踉跄跄走到艄公眼前，诡异一笑：“兄莫忘前言。”言毕，昏迷在孕妇身边。,快要黄昏，孕妇和孩子悠悠醒来，瞥见自己家里人正对艄公千恩万谢……, ,月亮挂在东山，河里隐约浮起白雾，王不得从河底升起来，爬上河岸，去找霍不老喝酒。,霍不老抱膝蹲在草棚下，眼前照例照样两碗酒，青幽幽地映着月光。,王不得盘腿往艄公眼前一坐，弯曲中指弹了弹酒碗：“跟我细说说。”艄公抬起头，竟已是鸡皮鹤发。,“自我守在这里，已逾百年。”,王不得挠了挠头：“有这么久了吗？”,“百年之前，你带众匪在上河汊杀我合村老幼。是我趁雨夜，追踪你至下河汊，适时手无寸铁，被你持利刃创我三处，眼看将死。顺水而下一支竹篙，被我抢住，戳翻你在河中，复击你头颅至裂。”,王不得又挠挠头：“怪不得我全不记得，原来是你打裂了我的脑壳。”,“我想你是何等残忍之匪首，既落水而死，心必不甘，定然千方百计寻一替身相代，以业满劫脱。我安能让你这等巨枭遂愿？”艄公低头看看酒碗，“以是我滴血入酒，让你形神不散，却又守在河畔，解落水之人遭你替身之厄。我要生生看着你，生不能，死不得，看着你在我眼前气急松弛，无可怎样，直至你灰飞烟灭，再不循环。”,王不得盯著霍不老，瞥见霍不老也正盯着他：“那你倒该谢我，我不入循环，你却也死不了。”,艄公摇头：“眼下或即是我死之期。我日间看那男孩落水，显著我能早些着手救他，但我迟疑了。”,王不得惊讶：“为何？”,“我突然闪过一念，救完这母子，你灰飞烟灭，我胸中百年血仇是否能解？此念一转，我竟想作壁上观。”,王不得颔首：“幸亏，那母子终得周全。亥时将过，我大限已至，兄大仇可雪。”,“那男孩儿显著遭你辣手，怎么？”,王不得夜枭般的笑声又起：“我原意本不在此子，是想要那孕妇。堪堪得手之时，突然闪过一念，此是两命，换我一命，未免不忍。于是复捉那男孩儿，不想此念又转，那男孩子代我，在这下河汊内，零落无依。兄守在河畔，岂容此子拉取替身？故而，放他生去。”,王不得拾起眼前的酒碗：“兄胸中之仇可平？”, ,Introduce:The moon is hanged in east hill, faint float removes Bai Wu in the river, king must not rise from river bottom, mount bank, go searching to often do not drink suddenly. Often do not issue the boatman of river branch of a river suddenly, more than 40 years old, before two wine bowl, blueness is mirrorring moon faintly. King must not pick up an one bowl wine, xu Jinghuo is not old, boatman nods, take another, drank half bowls. King must not hope the move is suddenly surely surely not old: "Actually I drink the flavour that is less than wine completely. " boatman lowers his head to look at wine bowl: "Yin and yang two road, pardonable also. " " how was I worn then arrive everyday like demon here will drink? " " because there is my blood in wine, protect your body spirit not to come loose. " king the smile must not rise to on the face of hoar: "That I also don't mention it you. " also often do not laugh suddenly: "Originally need not you wither. Tomorrow which the way that wanting you? " " a pregnant woman, the boy that is getting 67 years old, do you guess me to want which? " often holding knee in the arms suddenly, look king must not, see wine bowl again. "I do not guess your idea, did not let you satisfied a wish to stop anyway. " king the laugh that does not get as the Lin Xiao with nightly month: "It is I am restricted greatly when bright day, if or else is gotten vicarious, always difficult metempsychosis. The origin of I and elder brother, it is the thought does not rise eventually however. Kind visitting elder brother sorrows, with my explanation explanation. " often holding knee in the arms as before suddenly, eye of narrow one's eyes see a king do not get: "And stay bright night your ash flying smoke destroys, I say clear to you. " king the body look that does not get lengthens gradually below moon become far, the place that a moment ago taking, water having a river selects a site and give …… to say, branch of a river issueing a river is quite strange. In rainstorm season, water neat pocket is deep; Make the same score time situation, had done not have knee constrainedly. The regimen of this kind of degree, unexpectedly can a boatman crouchs over to wait for the business all the year round, where door do this calculate child thing? This boatman does not have a boat, prove his brain may be normal still, the horizontal stroke is procrastinating to grow punt-pole only, river side plunges into a thatched shack, holding knee in the arms to go to inside crouch, do not know still think he is in go to toilet. The person of 8 lis of depression older generation ases if have impression, next river branch of a river are abrupt raw meat or fish is inaudible, river water turns into gules. It is that a day it seems that, on edge of branch of a river issueing a river many a boatman. This boatman came, branch of a river issueing a river is strange. Just did not have the water of knee obviously, the person that can have a certain squatter almost everyday slips, struggle to rise hard namely, a few be about to drown when, that boatman runs quickly, maintain long punt-pole, help a hapless person. Time grew, think to boatman money with respect to somebody repay. Boatman is issueing river branch of a river to build a pallet little bridge with this money. Again somebody crosses a river, change ford to go up the bridge. Still have the person that dislikes a trouble necessarily, especially summer, slant should abandon bridge ford. Ten should slip struggle to rise hard in the river, boatman,