Because it is the last train, it only takes about 20 minutes from Zhonghai International Airport to Yangcheng Lake, and there are not many people in the small carriage, so that Nanmao will not be unbearable to get under Tang An's T-shirt.

Yangcheng Lake is also a scenic spot, and it is fishing season, in addition to the crab fishing workers, there are also diners and tourists who enjoy the surrounding attractions and restaurants.

Tang An and Nanmao didn't come here to simply taste the authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, but also to find the legendary kobold.

"Let's go to the shop to eat crabs first, and by the way, ask if there are any kobold legends. Tang An ate a bowl of ramen and some meatballs at noon, and then had a busy afternoon, and now he is naturally a little hungry.

If you come, you will be safe, Tang An also wants to eat crabs, as for the legend of the kobold, Tang An didn't take it seriously, so he came to play.

Nanmao looked at Yangcheng Lake at night, there was a little water color on the lake with lights, large and small fishing boats either docked, or swayed, and a small island in the distance lurked in the middle of the lake.

Yangcheng Lake is not a small lake, the destination of ordinary people to play is the Yangcheng Lake Peninsula Tourist Resort, which is known as half of the lake, half of the garden, half of the food, and half of the shopping.

I can't go back tonight, I can only go to the resort to find a hotel to live in, and I should have time to go to school tomorrow to catch an early bus, Tang An looked at his phone, and pulled Nan Mao to go to the store where he was going to eat.

"We don't go to the store to eat crabs, we have to catch them ourselves!" Nan Mao broke free of Tang An's hand, she was serious.

"How do you catch it? Jump into the water to find crabs?" Tang An knew common sense in this regard, "Do you know how to catch crabs? You have to put the crab basket into the lake a week in advance, and when the autumn wind rises and the crab's feet itch, they will climb into it along the basket by themselves, and then catch the crab basket again, you think catching crabs is the same as catching fish?"

"Stupid, don't you have a crab basket? Let's just find the crab basket. Nan Mao waved his hand and said without mind.

"Isn't that stealing someone else's!" Tang An believed that there must be wild hairy crabs in the huge Yangcheng Lake, but if he wanted to steal the crab baskets of the farmers or the crab baskets put by others, Tang An would not do such a thing.

"This lake is occupied by me, so the crabs here are all mine. Nanmao pointed to Yangcheng Lake and said loudly.

And this is not a fish pond, this is Yangcheng Lake, such a big Yangcheng Lake, is it like a cemetery, the small courtyard of Tang An's house, say occupy it!

"Our plan was to first find someone to inquire about the legend of the kobold, but then land on the island, eat crabs on the island for the night, and wait for the kobold to appear. Nanmao said solemnly, "I suspect that kobold is a dog spirit clan that comprehends the ability to transform on its own, and because it is self-comprehending, there is no way to completely change before it will appear like a kobold." ”

Tang An rubbed his eyebrows, he hated the authors of the stall literature very much, and he was even more worried that Nanmao would see some strange anecdotes and whims on the Internet in the future.

At this time, Sang Mengmeng called, she returned home, and when she saw that Tang An and Nanmao were not there, she called to ask.

Tang An only said that he might not come back tonight and let Sang Mengmeng solve the dinner by himself, but did not tell Sang Mengmeng that he was in Yangcheng Lake...... Otherwise, maybe Sang Mengmeng will think that the southern cat is neurotic, and the nerve that accompanies the southern cat is naturally also neurotic.

Tang An never thought that his life would include such a thing as looking for kobolds, and when he hung up the phone, Tang An couldn't help but sigh.

Nanmao has already walked to a nearby supermarket, since he doesn't plan to eat the hairy crabs of Yangcheng Lake in the surrounding restaurants, of course he won't go to the restaurant to inquire, Nanmao bought a carton of milk in the supermarket and drank it, and then pointed to the seasoning area, asking Tang An to prepare to make the seasoning for crabs to eat at night.

"Do you really want to make your own crabs to eat?" and I didn't prepare for camping, so what should I do empty-handed! Tang An looked at the seasoning area and felt that in addition to the seasoning, there were a lot of other things to prepare.

"We're here to eat crabs and look for kobolds!" Nan Mao emphasized impatiently, how many times have you asked, long-winded!

Tang An picked out some spices and chopsticks, and then went to the cashier to settle the bill.

"Do you need anything?" The cashier was a little girl less than twenty, with a red pimple on her face, and looked at Tang An with a slight smile.

It's a peer, and it's a girl, Tang An is very embarrassed, how can this kind of thing be asked?

Nan Cat doesn't like to talk to low-level human females, so she stands next to her while drinking milk while pulling the hem of Tang An's T-shirt.

"Excuse me...... Is there a legend of kobolds in Yangcheng Lake?" Tang An finally asked, trying his best to ask casually, so that others felt that he didn't believe this, but just heard about it and was slightly interested.

"Haven't heard of this, I'm not a local. The little girl smiled and shook her head.

So Tang An hurriedly checked out and left the supermarket.

"No, no, no, no, no. Tang An said to Nanmao.

She said that she was not a local, and the implicit meaning was that she had not heard of it, and that did not mean that others had not heard of it. Nan Mao pointed to an old man who was squatting not far away to clean the crab basket and said, "This person should be a local, and old enough, but not so old that he can't remember things clearly, if he heard about it twenty years ago, he would definitely remember it...... The female human you asked about was not yet born when the kobold appeared. ”

Asking the old man about these things was not as embarrassing as when facing his peers, so Tang An walked over, squatted down and said to the old man: "Uncle, this year's crab harvest is good, right?"

The old man's beard is a little gray, but his body bones are still very strong, wearing a pair of big pants, and his bare body is also comfortable against the lake breeze, the old man heard Tang An's question, nodded, and said with a smile: "This year is a bumper harvest, the entire Yangcheng Lake, it is estimated that there will be 3,000 tons." ”

"That's good. Tang An was almost, "You have been raising crabs in Yangcheng Lake for decades." ”

"yes...... The crabs used to be state-owned factories, all of them were fat, unlike now, they are getting smaller and smaller, and the water in Yangcheng Lake is not as good as before. The old man said with some emotion.

"But speaking of which, in the past, the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake were eaten by rich people, but now the common people eat them. Tang An continued the old man's words.

The old man patted the crab basket and nodded: "That's the same, young man, are you here to travel, or are you here to eat crabs?"

"Oh, we're here to play...... I've heard that there have been kobolds in Yangcheng Lake, is there such a thing?" asked Tang An.

The old man glanced at Tang An with a little surprise, then put down the crab basket, bowed to Yangcheng Lake and said, "Of course I have heard of this, and I have seen it with my own eyes. ”

The ears of Nanmao's tiger hat moved, and he hurriedly ran over to listen with Tang An.

"You've seen it with your own eyes, what does it look like?" Tang An's eyes jumped, the literature of the stall was not completely made up, it seemed that this legend was indeed spread in Yangcheng Lake.

The old man bowed to Yangcheng Lake again, lowered his voice and said: "Housheng, that is not a kobold, that is the lake god of Yangcheng Lake, but the roaring dog that Erlang Zhenjun sat down to descend to earth!"

Tang An had no choice but to pretend to be very interested and asked, "Uncle, what was the situation when you saw the lake god at that time?"

The old man picked up the pipe and knocked some tobacco, Tang An hurriedly picked up the lighter on the ground and lit it for him, the old man took a puff of cigarette and said leisurely: "That was more than 20 years ago, when my second sister was just born, my mother-in-law was confined at home, I went to the lake alone to collect the crab basket, the autumn breeze together, I felt cold, I mentioned the crab basket, I felt extraordinarily heavy, I thought there was something good, but I couldn't pull it up...... It's like there's something competing with me, guess what?"

"It's the kobold!" said Nan Cat at once.

Nan Mao actually took the initiative to answer the human phone, it seems that she is really interested, Tang An also nodded, indicating that he also guessed so.

"It's the god of the lake!" said the old man a little angrily, "but it's not the god of the lake who is fighting with me, where can the god of the lake compete with me, a mortal?

Nan Mao has never heard of it, but Tang An knows that the feeling is that he is listening to the old man tell the ghost story that scares children!

"Water ghosts, also called water monkeys in some places, are the kind of water monsters that look like people, but are covered with hair, right?" Tang An didn't have seen those strange stories.

"That's right...... It's the water monkey, I was young at the time, and my strength was not small, and I pulled and pulled, and the water monkey pulled it up, and I was startled when I saw the black eyes and white teeth, but the crab basket was full of crabs, and I was reluctant to let the water monkey spoil it, so I pulled it up!" the old man said, and sighed, "Now that I'm old, I don't have the courage to meet the water monkey again." ”

"And then!" Nan Cat asked urgingly, this water monkey might be some kind of unknown spirit in the water!

The old man shook his cigarette gun with satisfaction, "This water monkey is a water ghost after all, and its strength in the water is very great, I was accidentally pulled into the water by it, and I regretted it at the time, this crab is gone, and then it will be fished, and as soon as a person falls into the water, where is the opponent of the water monkey?" I'm afraid I'm going to be eaten by it, when I was a child, I always heard that the water monkeys in Yangcheng Lake eat people, I didn't think that I was going to be eaten, I was only thinking about my mother-in-law and second sister, so what should I do!"

"Jiren has his own natural appearance, you don't look like a person who has been offended, you must be fine!" Tang An is a qualified person.

"That's ...... Am I not doing well now?" the old man laughed, "At that time, when I was about to be dragged into the water by the water monkeys, the lake god came over on the huge waves, and shouted: Evil animal, you still dare to harm people, today is your death!"

"The lake god killed the water monkey and saved you?" Tang An asked.

"The god of the lake opened his mouth, and his mouth shone with golden light, and burned the monkey to ashes!" the old man put down his cigarette gun again and bowed to the lake, "After the god of the lake saved me, he went away on the waves again...... Since then, I have never encountered anything on the water, and the crab basket is always the fullest in my house, and everyone says that the god of the lake has blessed me, and I will live a long life in the future. ”

"That's that...... Many happy returns. Tang An turned his head to look at Nanmao, the story is over, this is a story!

"What does the lake god look like, do you see it clearly?" Nan Mao said a little unhappily, who wants to listen to you, Nan Mao only cares about that kobold.

"I didn't see it very clearly at the time, but the lake god is huge, more than two feet high, and with a wave of his hand, my boat was straightened, but the lake god does have a head like a dog, and his limbs are about the same as a person......" The old man thought about it carefully, "By the way, there is also a tail, its tail sweeps, Yangcheng Lake is a huge wave!"

"Old man, have you ever seen this lake god again, or have you heard where it appeared?" Tang An then asked.

The old man shook his head and said proudly: "Where is the lake god that people can see casually? A few years ago, there were water ghosts in Yangcheng Lake, and the lake god didn't pay attention. No one else but me had the opportunity to meet the god of the lake. Every year during the New Year's holidays, we are rowed to the island by me to worship the god of the lake, and occasionally the god of the lake will also give me a dream, indicating natural disasters and man-made disasters. ”

"That island?" Nanmao said, pointing to the small island in the middle of Yangcheng Lake, which had been completely hidden in darkness.

The old man nodded and asked with interest: "Why do you inquire about this, do you also want to meet the lake god?" It's not that I said, this lake god is not something you want to see, if you are sincere, you can live by this Yangcheng Lake for decades, maybe there will still be a chance, and sincerity will be spiritual!"

"Thank you, let's ask, curious. Tang An said with a smile, knowing that he couldn't ask anything more...... Or that's all the story the old man made.

Tang An and Nanmao walked away, and after walking for a while, Nanmao stood by Yangcheng Lake and looked at the island in the distance.

Tang An was also looking at the small island, which was the place where the legendary lake god would descend, and it was also the place where the old man would go to worship.

Like many places, there is indeed a ritual for opening the lake to catch crabs in Yangcheng Lake, but it is probably the legend of the lake god that this old man will believe...... A three-foot tall kobold, that is, almost ten meters tall, twice as tall as the five meters mentioned in the stall magazine.

"You don't really believe it, do you?" Looking at the serious expression of the Southern Cat King, Tang An said helplessly, it seems that this old man is basically the source of the legend of this kobold, but this old man also said that he is the only one who sees it, and there is also a miraculous dream, and he is also involved in the water ghost, which is completely a story that most children with elders in the family will basically hear.

"Vague memories, exaggerated rhetoric, lies due to the psychology of the need to be adored and envied, these are factors that must be taken into account in the rumors of humanity. Nanmao's expression was serious, but his tone was very calm, and he didn't appear to turn Yangcheng Lake over to find the kobold as Tang An was worried about.

"It's good that you know. Tang An also thinks so, people inevitably want to be noticed, want to be respected and have a certain admired mentality, and it is normal to derive lies from some facts or coincidences.

What's more, what the old man said is obviously a story with a mythical color, what Erlang Zhenjun, what a roaring dog, people who are a little younger will not believe it.

"One thing that strikes me to consider is that when he talks about kobolds, that kind of piety is not pretended, he believes what he says. Nan Cat helped his tiger hat, "I can assume that he did meet the kobold, and then the kobold used some possible illusion to make him think that he was saved by some lake god after encountering a water ghost." ”

"Do you still think kobolds exist?" Tang An sighed and said for a long time, it turned out that the story made up by this old man further corroborated Nanmao's conjecture.

"Of course, this old human male mentions the Roaring Dog, and according to my research on the mythological image of human beings on Earth, I think that the Roaring Dog and the Erlang God are actually just the two forms of the Dog Spirit Race, and the Roaring Dog that humans see is only his canine form, while the Erlang God is his human form. Nanmao stretched out his hand and pointed to the island in the middle of the lake, "In the ancient times of human civilization on the earth, this dog spirit clan appeared, leaving behind the legend of Erlang God. The kobold we're looking for now may also have something to do with Erlang God. ”

Tang An opened his mouth and took a breath, admiring it, worthy of being the king of the southern cat, this association is really unusual, and even gives people a very credible feeling