The Priest Kept a Ghost in His Gourd and Let Him Out Every Night novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Boat Shed
The boat shed stood at the water's edge, at the end of the dock, a long low building of black planks.
Its big double door was barred from the outside and sealed over with yellow paper.
Behind it, Pingan could hear a baby crying.
Twenty Bureau priests stood along the dock with their nets ready.
They watched the two men coming, and nobody moved.
The river was higher than it had been at dawn.
It had crept up over the lowest boards of the dock and was seeping into the shed through the gaps.
"He's let the water in on purpose," Zhuoran said.
"He wants the Ferry King to come for them."
"He wants us to hand over the gourd to save them."
"And if we don't, he wants the thing to come, and then he binds it with all of them watching."
"That's a lot of wanting for one man."
"He's a very busy man."
Pingan stepped forward.
"Inspector!" he called up the dock. "I'm early."
Shao's voice floated down from somewhere above them, pleasant and far away.
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