Back at home, Zhao Qi was still a little worried about what happened this afternoon.

Zhao Qi didn't have much feeling about summoning the Saucer Immortal, or that weird event, after all, he was a cultivator, and there were many things in this world that were not well known and lived around everyone, but what was in the reservoir dam? What's the deal with that grievance that is so big that it can't be attached?

Man is like that, the more he knows, then he will find more and more things that he does not know. Zhao Qi turned on the computer and began to check the history of the Jinxian Reservoir on the computer, hoping to find some clues from it.

In the past, there was an old saying called "Walk thousands and thousands, not on both sides of the Huai River." From this sentence, it is not difficult to hear that the Huai River at that time was really a "harmful river" that harmed the people. In May 1951, the then state leader put forward a sentence, that is, "The Huai River must be repaired." As a result, the Jinxian Reservoir officially settled in Jinxian County.

Construction began in June 1954 and was completed in April 1956 with 25,000 construction workers and a total investment of 92.68 million yuan. The reservoir dam is a first-class hydraulic structure designed according to the standard of a flood once in 500 years and checked by a flood once in 5,000 years, and is the second continuous arch dam in New China.

The 50-year-old King County Dam is a landmark of King County, so what exactly is in it? Only statistics are given on the Internet, and there is no other explanation of any word. However, from many other web pages, Zhao Qi found something.

"There are water ghosts in the reservoir! Several people die every year. ”

"Haunted by grievances."

"Innocent victims."

There are all kinds of headings, but in general they mean the same thing, that is, the reservoir is not clean and there are dirty things.

Zhao Qi carefully recalled all kinds of things in his previous life, and seemed to have faintly heard some rumors about this, but there are such rumors everywhere in the country. He didn't pay much attention to it. But the scene this afternoon is real. If something goes wrong with the reservoir, then not only Jinxian will suffer, but even the several small reservoirs below will all have to be crossed, which is related to the safety of millions of people's lives, and there can be no sloppiness. As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Qi suddenly couldn't sit still, got up and left the room, and found Zhao Mu, who had just returned home.

"Dad, I'll ask you something." Zhao Qi pulled Zhao Mu to sit on the sofa.

"Huh? What do you say? ”

"What do you know about our Jinxian Reservoir?" Zhao Qi did not beat around the bush. Asked directly.

"Reservoir? What happened to the reservoir? Zhao Mu didn't quite know what Zhao Qi meant, and asked curiously.

"That's right, this afternoon...... That's the way it is. Zhao Qi explained what happened in the afternoon, especially the churning bubbles on the water surface of the reservoir.

"This ......" Zhao Mu was taken aback after listening to Zhao Qi's words, as if he had thought of something.

"Dad, do you know something?"

"I've heard a few things, but it's not quite complete. It is said that in the years when the dam was built, the technology at that time was too low, and in order to build the world's tallest dam, it was almost filled with human lives. I don't know exactly how many people died, but there were quite a few, and I've heard that thousands of people put their lives on the line. When the dam was built, those who died were buried nearby. So the vicinity of the dam is actually a mass grave. Zhao Mu's words revealed a lot of information, which made Zhao Qi even more curious about this matter, why did so many people die? Why should the dead be buried nearby? None of these doubts can be explained.

At twelve o'clock in the night, Zhao Qi secretly got up from the bed alone. Since there are so many problems that cannot be explained, then you can only look at them yourself.

Stepping on Moyu, Zhao Qi quickly came to the dam. Zhao Qi controlled the flying sword to fly low on the water. Silently probing the water here. At night, the reservoir is pitch black, and the water surface is like a big hole with no bottom in sight, which makes people feel hairy.

After going around in a circle, Zhao Qi put away his flying sword and stood on top of the dam, thinking about whether he needed to go to the bottom of the dam to take a look. At this moment, a beam of light hit Zhao Qi's face, and an old voice came.

"Little one, what are you doing here? Why don't you hurry home? "This is an old man with a wrinkled face, Zhao Qi once saw this person when he came to the dam to play, he is the night watchman on the dam, it is said that he has been doing it for many years, people call him Old Man Yu, as for the full name, Zhao Qi is not clear.

"Can't you come up here at night?" Zhao Qi asked.

"It's not that you can't come up, it's just that the dam is too dangerous, and if you fall down, you'll die." Let's go home. This is not the place to wait. Old man Yu urged Zhao Qi again and again to let him leave, but Zhao Qi moved a little bit at this time.

"Others don't know what's going on here, but the old man in front of him, who has been doing it for decades, doesn't necessarily know." Having said that, if Zhao Qi asked openly, he would definitely not get any answer, and after turning his head for a while, Zhao Qi thought of a way.

"Grandpa Yu, it's not that I want to come here, it's just that every night when I go to bed, I always dream about it, as if something is calling me down there, so I'll come over tonight to have a look." As he spoke, Zhao Qi also looked at the deep water below the dam where nothing could be seen.

"You...... You said...... What the? Zhao Qi's random reason worked quite well, it was all beyond Zhao Qi's expectations, Yu Old Man kept swinging with his hand holding the flashlight, as if he had thought of something terrifying, and he couldn't even say it clearly.

"Grandpa Yu, what's going on? Can you tell me? After Zhao Qi finished speaking, he only heard Grandpa Yu sigh.

"Come with me."

……

Following the old man obediently, Zhao Qi walked into the duty room on the dam.

There are not too many things in the room, a bed, a TV, a table, plus some bits and pieces, but Zhao Qi, who looked around, found a Buddha statue of Guanyin on the door of the duty room, and there were three incense sticks in front of the Buddha statue that had not been lit and were slowly burning.

"Sit down." Old man Yu greeted Zhao Qi, then picked up the teacup and made two cups of tea and put them on the table.

"I've been here for thirty years!" Old man Yu first sighed, and then he didn't speak, and Zhao Qi was not in a hurry, quietly waiting for the following.

"I'm used to them wandering over the dam from time to time."

"Who are they? What the hell is going on? Zhao Qi asked.

"The dam was built in 1954 and took two years to complete." Old man Yu did not answer Zhao Qi's words, but talked about the history of the Jinxian Reservoir.

"Well, I know this, I checked it later, it should have lasted 22 months, and a total of more than 20,000 talents were used to build it successfully." Zhao Qi recalled the data found today.

"Heh, more than 20,000 people? This is all a lie, in fact, there were nearly 40,000 people working here back then. ”

"Forty thousand?" In fact, more than 20,000 people Zhao Qi already felt that it was an exaggeration, a dam is so big, does it take so many people? Not to mention more than 40,000 people.

"At that time, the mountains were full of people. From time to time, one or two rolled down from the mountain, and some of them couldn't even find their bodies. ”

"Isn't there any protection?" Zhao Qi asked.

"At that time, there were no protective measures, it would be good to be able to give you something to eat."

"Why is that?" Zhao Qi listened to Old Man Yu's words and asked in surprise.

"Because they're all condemned prisoners!"

"Death row prisoner?"

"Yes, since they are already death row prisoners, isn't it the same to die early and late? Why don't they try to do something for the country and the people? Old man Yu's explanation Zhao Qi did not express his position, and Zhao Qi didn't know what to say about this approach. But in the blink of an eye, Zhao Qi thought of another question.

"But how could there be so many death row prisoners at that time?" More than 40,000 people, which is not a small number.

"That's not a lot, all the reservoirs at that time were built by death row prisoners, and these 40,000 people are only a part of them."

"Impossible, at that time, New China had just been established, how could there be so many death row prisoners." Zhao Qi shook his head and said in disbelief.

"Hehe, I'm still too young. Isn't the one who wins or loses the king a death row prisoner? Old man Yu's words were not very clear, and Zhao Qi couldn't figure out what they meant after thinking about it for a long time.

"Win or lose? What do you mean? Zhao Qi looked at him in surprise, and was shocked in his heart, and suddenly guessed the origin of these death row prisoners.

"But, but ......" Zhao Qi couldn't say what it was, but there was always a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart. But when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

"Some of them are buried in the mountains on both sides, and some of them are in the ground of this reservoir, and they will not rest in peace." Old man Yu said and talked again, and he didn't have too much to say about this matter that couldn't be judged as right and wrong.

"Then why don't you bury them in your hometown?"

"How can so many people, some of whom have no names recorded, find their hometowns, and besides, so many people, all over the country, what a difficult task it would be to send back all their bones. Anyway, they are already dead people, and where they are buried is not buried. There was a mockery in the old man's helpless tone, so that Zhao Qi couldn't say anything.

……

After saying goodbye to Old Man Yu, Zhao Qi came to the dam again, looked at the pitch-black water surface under the dam, took a deep breath, and stepped into the black jade...... (To be continued......)