Huineng: "Did you really hear the cry of the mountain ghost?" ”

Lord Ding Zhai: "I heard it with my own ears, the cry of the mountain ghost came faintly from the dark and dreary mountain stream, you can't help but believe it!" ”

Huineng asked, "Is the cry of the mountain ghost really like the cry of a child?" ”

"Yes," said the master of Ding Zhai, nodding his head, "the cries of those little ghosts are sometimes high and low, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and they sound creepy and terrifying. ”

Huineng: "Is it so serious? ”

Ding Zhai master: "In the middle of the night, which family's children will run to Longtan to cry?" So, my heart was clenched all the time, and I couldn't close my eyes and sleep peacefully at night. ”

After dawn, the owner of the Ding village, who had not slept all night, went to the village to ask from house to house. He traveled all over the village, and no family took their children to Longtan in the middle of the night. On the contrary, the villagers' answer made the owner of Ding Zhai even more frightened: "My family also heard the cry of a child from Longtan in the middle of the night, it was too scary." ”

"yes, I was so scared that I locked the door tighter. My children were so scared that they hugged me all night before they could sleep. ”

"Is this a little ghost?"

"I wonder which house the little ghost on the mountain went to do evil?"

Master Ding: "My family, and even other people in the village have heard it clearly, and I will definitely not be wrong this time." ”

After hearing this, Huineng tightened his lips, fixed his eyes and pondered, touching his memories of a past incident in Huangmei Dongchan Temple, after thinking for a while, he naturally had some speculation in his heart, and asked the master of Ding Zhai: "Have you gone to Longtan to find out?" ”

The lord of Ding Zhai had a frightened face: "I asked the most courageous family in the family to go out to find out." But as soon as he came out of the village, when he heard the cry, his feet were so frightened that his feet went limp, and even the urine was pulled down and his crotch was wet. Yo, even if you make a water tank as a guts, no one dares to go to Longtan at night. ”

"Could it be ......" Huineng said this, and stopped talking again.

Seeing Hui Neng's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, the lord of Ding Zhai asked strangely: "Could it be what it is?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing...... "Huineng knew that it was futile to tell the master of Ding Zhai at this time, so he waved his hand and answered.

Lord Ding Zhai: "Ah Neng, what's wrong with you?" ”

Huineng's eyes lit up a few times: "I'll go to Longtan in the middle of the night tonight to check, and there will naturally be an answer then." ”

The lord of Ding Zhai asked in astonishment: "You go to Longtan in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of mountain ghosts?" ”

Huineng laughed: "I'm afraid of mountain ghosts? I think it's the mountain ghosts who are afraid of me. ”

Ding Zhai Lord: "Do you want to bring any weapons for self-defense?" ”

"Weapons? No! Huineng waved his hand, "Just prepare a torch for me." Master Dingzhai, do you dare to go with me? ”

The master of Ding Zhai gritted his teeth and thought steadily, the water that seemed to be boiling in his heart was churning, and finally he made up his mind: "Okay, if you dare to go, I will go with you with my life." My precious son's life is my life. I can do anything to save him. ”

Huineng thought for a while: "Since you are willing to go, then you can ask a few bold people in the village to follow us, if there is anything, it is easy to take care of it." ”

The lord of Ding Zhai agreed: "The most courageous in our village should be my nephews Ding Hanqiang and Ding Hanwei, I asked him to go with you tonight." ”

Huineng: "Okay. ”

Night has finally fallen.

Ding Hanqiang held a bow and arrow, and Ding Hanwei and several sturdy villagers held hunting forks and other equipment, and came to the house of the owner of Ding Zhai on time.

Huineng and Ding Hanqiang had dealt with them not long ago because of the sika deer, so they can be regarded as acquaintances.

"Let's go!" Huineng waved his hand, took the owner of Ding Village, Ding Hanqiang and other people, lit torches, and went out of Dingjiazhai in Yunpai Village, and went in the direction of Longtan.

The sound of insects in the mountains and forests is dense, and the fireflies are swimming in the mountains and forests, adding a bit of mysterious atmosphere to the mountains.

The group of people came one foot high and one foot low, and finally came to the vicinity of the waterhole. Huineng gestured to keep quiet, and everyone tiptoed towards the waterhole.

Suddenly, there was a burst of children's cries from the side of Longtan.

The owner of Ding Zhai was so frightened that his face changed greatly, and he turned around and wanted to flee back, but he was stopped by Hui Neng.

Huineng whispered: "What are you afraid of?" ”

The voice of the master of Ding Zhai trembled: "There is a little ghost crying." ”

Although Ding Hanqiang and the villagers who came with him were strong, they were seriously superstitious and believed that there were ghosts and gods in the world, so when they heard the cry, their legs were weak, and some of them wanted to run back.

Hui Neng gave them courage: "Where are the ghosts in the world? With me in front, don't be afraid, just follow me. But when we got to the pool, everyone tried to keep it quiet. ”

"Okay, let's go after you." The master of Ding Zhai patted his chest, calmed down his frightened heart a little, and together with those villagers, he followed Huineng forward tremblingly.

The clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the clear sky was like a huge piece of incomparable blue silk that spread out.

At this time, the bright moon is like a plate, smearing a layer of silver brilliance on the surrounding mountains, flowers and trees.

Almost by the bright moonlight, people can read the small block letters of the book.

Huineng took the owner of Ding Zhai and his group to the waterhole quietly.

A waterfall cascades down from the high rocks like a white stream, crashing into the raised rocks in the pool, causing a wave of spray.

Huineng lowered the torch and shone downward, the water in the pool was not deep, and there was a spring water in the stone crack at the bottom of the pool, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" gushing straight up, forming a turbulent whirlwind flow.

The crowd stood quietly by the edge of the pool and observed.

The cries of children suddenly sounded from the pool.

Huineng had a sharp eye, found the source of the sound, waved his hand and everyone was silent, and then pointed to the pool.

Everyone followed Huineng's gesture and looked down: the pool was clear and bottomed out. The snow-white sand was clearly visible, and several strangely shaped fish were swimming on it: this fish was nearly a foot long, with a black and brown mixture on its back, a flattened and broad head with a pair of small eyes embedded in it, a flattened tail, and short, fat limbs outstretching.

Huineng blurted out: "Ah! Giant salamander! His voice was soft.

The lord of Ding Zhai thought that he had a problem with his old ears and heard it wrong, so he put his mouth to the root of Huineng's ear and asked in a low voice, "What?" This fish is called baby fish? ”

Huineng nodded, and replied in a small but positive voice: "Yes, these are baby fish." ”

By the light of the torches, the lord of Ding Zhai lowered his head and looked carefully, as if he had found something, and whispered: "Ah, how can this fish have four legs?" ”

Huineng pointed to the salamander swimming freely in the stream, and replied in the same low voice: "Yes, this salamander is different from other fish, it has four legs, it can swim in the water, and it can also climb on the rocks on the shore. ”

"Doll fish, baby fish...... "Ding Zhai said to himself, "why are so many names unaffordable, but it is called baby fish?" ”

Huineng pulled the owner of Ding Zhai behind the big stone a little far away from Longtan, and explained in a low voice: "Master Ding Zhai, this fish will make a baby-like cry, so people call it a baby fish." You've heard it with your own ears, and the cry of this fish is like a doll's cry. ”

The lord of Ding Zhai seemed to have realized: "Such a cry is nothing if you hear it during the day, but it is strange and terrifying to hear it in the middle of the night." ”

Huineng explained: "This baby fish does not bark during the day. ”

The owner of Ding Zhai was puzzled: "So when will it be called?" ”

"Baby fish only live in mountain streams with excellent water quality, hiding in the crevices of the streams during the day and only coming out at night. The salamander only calls when it is in heat in the middle of the night. ”

The lord of Ding Zhai suddenly realized: "Ah, I see! These nights I heard the cries of children outside, and I always thought it was the middle of the night when the little ghost was screaming! The witch in the district also said that the group of mountain spirits on the other side possessed my son's body, and I was so frightened that I almost urinated. ”