The figure standing in front of him was slender and straight, covering his true face with a black scarf.

Hearing my indignant words, he raised his hand to remove the block that was in the way.

Yun Chu looked at me with a smile, his black clothes lining his skin shining white under the moon.

There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Tonight is just exploring the way, you don't sleep well, what are you doing with you?"

"What are you going to do?"

My eyes rolled on his face and body, and suddenly a thought came to him, and he seemed to have cleared up a lot.

Plain in the courtyard, he couldn't see through those wide robes.

But wearing that tight-fitting black dress showed his figure, but he also betrayed him unintentionally.

With a sour feeling in my heart, I took a deep breath and said, "Doesn't the caretaker by the lake patrol at night?" ”

"In the afternoon, Yizhou City sent news that someone transferred a group of people from the Shao family's house, not only tonight, but no one has guarded it for the past few days."

"How did I not know?"

I was stunned for a moment, and then came back to my senses, "It was the news from Yizhou City that transferred people, so there was a temporary shortage of night guards in the compound, and the people by the lake were temporarily replaced?" ”

I think back to the group that patrolled the night just now, and there were quite a few of them.

"Not stupid." Yun Chu said lightly.

I calmed down the shock of hearing the news just now, and soon realized that the Shao family's mansion would follow the news of Yizhou City and allocate people to rush over, which obviously meant that the Snow Eagle had left the big families in the southwest to discuss and negotiate the matter.

At least, it's a new phase.

"The guards by the lake, where to account for the past two days, after all, since the construction of the wall, there has been no accident."

"I inspected the northwest courtyard in the first half of the night, and went to the southeast courtyard in the second half of the night," Yun Chu said lazily, "When I get to Shao Si's courtyard, there is still wine and meat, which can be dragged out." Tomorrow will be the same. ”

"So, you'll have plenty of time to explore the lake." It dawned on me.

"It's not me, it's us," Yun Chu glanced at me, "Without further ado, what are you still doing here?" Keep up with me. ”

He flew in the direction of the lake, and this time, without saying a word, I followed closely.

The creeper has firmly covered the fence, which has been repaired for only a few years, and the original bricks and tiles are barely visible.

A thought crossed my mind, this place was really damp. It is appropriate to plant the flowers that Mrs. Shao wants.

If it weren't for the Shao family's mansion, it would be difficult to find a suitable location. The gardener wouldn't have said anything about the place that day.

The eye of the connoisseur is still reliable. Even if you look at the periphery, you think it is the most suitable place to plant mandala flowers.

Last night, Yun Chu was still at my request, and briefly mentioned to me the intention of mentioning the Shao family's wife to use flowers, and I thought about it so far. My face turned red and my footsteps stopped.

Yun Chu looked back and smiled: "What are you thinking about all day? ”

"It's still distracting at this time."

I took a step forward, looked at Yun Chu uncertainly, and said, "Mrs. Shao's side, will there be trouble?" ”

"She wants to take advantage of the absence of the male master of the Shao family to put those picked flower buds into medicine, plus the process she wants to use, do you think she will have the leisure to follow us out to enjoy the lake scenery tonight?"

Yun Chu sneered, as if he suddenly remembered something, and he walked back. Leaning down to me, he reached out and pinched my cheek.

It's been a long time since he's done this intimate gesture with me!

The flush on my face has not faded even after a moment of confusion, so my face is even hotter!

Good thing it's night. In the moonlight, it is not so noticeable.

Yun Chu chuckled, let go of me and spit out two words: "Fat." ”

I was so shocked by this sudden blow that my body trembled, and I lowered my head and replied honestly, "It's fat." ”

"Can you not be fat, eat so many chicken legs."

I glared at him wistfully.

Hearing this, Yun Chu pulled out a beautiful arc at the corner of his mouth, he grabbed my hand, flew up to the eaves, crossed the high wall, and landed in the courtyard.

The moonlight shone and the lake shimmered in the wind.

The surroundings were cold and silent, thinking of the unjust souls that had hung up one after another in the lake, I grabbed Yun Chu's arm and tightened it.

Yun Chu knew the meaning of the song when he heard the strings, and he patted my hand with a smile and soothingly: "It's okay, keep up." ”

"Since it's your first time here, you might as well take a look around."

On a large tree by the lake, an unknown bird suddenly chirped, breaking the silence of the night.

I was startled and hurriedly leaned towards Yun Chu!

Yun Chu looked down and saw that I was holding on to the hem of his clothes tightly and refused to let go, and his footsteps stopped.

He turned his head to look at me and said, "Have you done anything wrong?" "Huh?!" I was stunned for a moment, shook my head and said, "No, no." “

After saying that, he let go of the hem of his clothes.

The purpose of the Shao family's main purpose in building this courtyard is to ban the water circle of this lake.

It's not for fun, it's just a confinement, and there is no deliberately artificial scenery by the natural lake.

The trees around the shore of the lake have been around for many years, and their trunks are very thick.

I walked under the tree, facing the lake, and saw that the water level was much lower than I had expected, and the exposed rocks were covered with a layer of half-dried blue-green moss.

The circle of rubble that was exposed along the edge of the lake, the widest at the northwest corner, and I walked a few steps along the junction of the lake and the shore of the lake and noticed that the moss on the gravel was a little slippery.

I was afraid that I would slip down the lake by accident, so I quickly took a few steps back and went to the shore.

When I looked up, Yun Chu not far away was walking along the gravel of the lake stall like me, he was even more daring than me, almost walking against the lake. "Yun Chu," I said as I ran a little on the shore of the lake and came to his side, "be careful of slipping under your feet. "I fell into it in the middle of the night, and I don't know how deep the lake is, it's scary!"

Yun Chu frowned and whispered, "It's not sure of the depth, you have to try." “

He took out the dagger he was carrying near the lake and carved a mark.

He took me by the hand, retreated to the shore, and threw several stones at the surface of the lake. "Are you judging the depth of the water now?" I asked him curiously.

Thinking back to the timing of action that had plagued me for many days, I couldn't help but look up at the sky.

A bold guess came to mind at this moment, and I wanted to ask Yun Chu. But seeing him so focused on throwing stones into the lake, he didn't stop walking, but he actually started to walk slowly along the edge of the lake, as if he was measuring something.

Yun Chu stopped from time to time, in addition to trying to throw stones into the lake at different locations on the shore of the lake to observe the movement on the water, he also hung a little moss from the exposed rocks and spread it in his hand to look at it.

I stayed by the lake for more than an hour, and the night wind was very cold, so I couldn't help but find a stone to sit down under the big tree by the lake.

Yun Chu kept repeating the same action, but this lake was not big. It's small, but it's not small.

He observed carefully. It's a lot of time. I don't have any goals.

I hugged my legs, and the fear of coming to this yard at first had been worn away by the sleepiness that slowly came up.

I was leaning against the trunk of the tree, a little dazed.

When I was awakened by Yun Chu, I rubbed my eyes and said, "It's already the second half of the night." Have you finished reading it, can we go back? "You can't stay here until dawn." "What should I do if I run into a night watchman?"

Yun Chu smiled: "I shouldn't let you follow, and besides, I don't think it's interesting for you to follow." ”

"You wait a minute," Yun Chu pulled me to stand up after speaking, he looked back and smiled, "Xiao Ling'er, sober up for a while, and leave immediately." ”

He walked straight to somewhere on the shore of the lake. I realized something and immediately followed him.

Sure enough, Yun Chu stayed at the place where he had made the mark at the beginning, and he smiled silently as he looked at the traces carved by the dagger on the rock. "What did you find?" Looking at his expression from a distance, I was shocked. It may be that after sleeping for a while, the whole person is in a better state now than when he entered the yard. "Look at the markers." Yun Chu pointed to the nick.

I approached, looked down in the direction he was pointing, and the notch, which had been close to the water, had become much higher. "The water level of this lake is still coming down." I said suddenly. "That's right," Yun Chu smiled slightly, "Actually, according to my estimate, it should be lower than the current position." "Before I entered the yard, I had an estimate of the water level, but when I came in, I found that it was a little different from my judgment." "According to the phases of the moon, the lake should be at its lowest tomorrow."

"The water level has been dropping, but even so, the position I saw tonight was much higher than I expected."

"According to you, this lake is living water, and the lake below is actually connected to the river?"

Yun Chu nodded, and I grinned: "I thought of this a long time ago, otherwise how could there be the effect of the moon phase, if it is just a lake of stagnant water." ”

By inference, I added: "I know the difference between what you said was expected and what was actually said. "Actually, it's not that you're wrong." I looked into his eyes, and in an instant the long-lost play started. "Why don't you make a game," I picked up a dead branch, folded it in two, handed him half of it, and said with a grin, "Let's write it at the same time and see if it's the same as we think." “

Dead branches stained the lake and laid pen on the dry rocks.

After looking at each other's writings of the same words, Yun Chu and I looked at each other and smiled.

On the two stones, the same word "earthquake" is written.

The water level of the lake was originally connected to the river, and the tide rise and fall of the moon phase will affect it.

However, the reason why the location is not as low as Yun Chu's judgment is that the recent earthquake changed the topography of many places in the southwest, and correspondingly affected the underground rivers.

At this moment, I finally figured out one thing.

What Yun Chu was looking for was under the water of this lake!