Lake Dezan is the largest freshwater lake in the entire Deccan Plateau and one of the largest tributaries of the Godavari River, which feeds the marshland with a steady stream of water. It is home to a wide variety of lizardmen, including Dezan lizardmen, black-backed lizardmen, and short-necked lizardmen. Among them, the Dezan lizard people are the most precious and powerful one.

They are born with the ability to seduce creatures, which allows them to easily capture prey and avoid predators.

It's their paradise, and there's a steady stream of fish in the lake. And from October to March every year, the abundant flora and fauna here attract migratory birds from Hozhou, Siberia and Central Nias. Deccan wild boars, which are rarely seen, are also often found in this swamp.

The Dezan lizards inhabit here without worrying about food shortages.

But the seductive creatures they rely on to survive have also brought disaster to them. Adult Dezan lizards are stimulated by sex hormones to grow a pink paste in their brains.

It is a precious psychedelic that is blended with peppermint, cinnamon bark and essential oils to produce an extremely pleasant euphoria. It can be extremely exciting, and the state of excitement can even last for 3 to 4 hours, and it is like ascending to heaven in the hallucination.

Under the indiscriminate hunting and killing of humans, the Dezan lizard people in Dezan Lake have been endangered and retreated into the depths of the swampy wetlands. As a result, the Governor issued a decree prohibiting the hunting of lizardmen in the Lake District. This deserted the otherwise lively Lake District. The former lively lizard hunters' colony was empty.

The rough wooden houses were rotten by the damp air of Dezan Lake, and the moss was like a blanket that turned everything here turquoise.

Today, a group of uninvited guests came to this no-man's land, and several large RVs were parked on the edge of the lake. Precious cashmere carpets lay on the floor.

Several chefs in elaborate cotton robes are constantly turning the grill, grilling a delicate goat. Rare delicacies that are rare for civilians are constantly brought out and placed on long tables.

A group of well-dressed men and women turn a blind eye to these delicacies. They carried wine glasses and talked about the interesting things in the social circle and the wind in the Doge's Palace.

Recently, the head of the Ministry of Industry Wang and the Negritto maid ** at home were discovered by their wives. The enraged wife directly released the mountain dog and tore the slave girl to pieces.

This matter was cited by them as a talking point, and the women gritted their teeth and cursed the maid as a cheap species, shameless, and actually seduced the master's family. The men swore by the heavens, swearing that they would be faithful.

Shen Luoyan sat sullenly in the corner of the banquet, deaf to the gossip of those long-tongued women. regarded the plate of roast goose in front of him as a mortal enemy, and ate it with a mouth full of oil.

After arriving at Xinlinfen's home, she was closed by her brother and couldn't even get out of the house. It was only today that the Governor's son-in-law organized a party and she had a chance to step out of the house.

It had been a long time since the battle with Ouroboros, and she had lost hope that Li Mu was still alive.

She is a heartless person, no matter what kind of negative emotions, she can quickly forget herself. But this time, it's different. Grief is like a tidal wave, always drowning her suddenly, suffocating her, and being sad and breathless.

"Hello, you are the young lady of the Shen family." A well-dressed man came over and sat next to her: "My name is Wei Chu, I am an officer of the tax department and an assistant to Lord Shen Feiwen. ”

The Ministry of Taxation is a confidential department of the Governor's Palace, and Wei Chuneng became an officer of the Ministry of Taxation at a young age, which can be called a promising future. Shen Luoyan ignored him, still tearing the roast goose in his hand.

The smile on Wei Chu's face was graceful, and he didn't care about Shen Luoyan's impoliteness and rejection at all. He picked up a plate of roast goose on a long table and shaved the meat off the goose with a knife. He was very good with the knife, and the sharp table knife danced in his hand, and it didn't take long for only a clean skeleton to be left on the roast goose.

The raw material for this roast goose is the migratory pintail duck, which flies more than 2,000 kilometers a year to return to Dezan Lake. Therefore, the meat on their breasts and wings is the most delicious and chewy. ”

As he spoke, he cut a lemon, squeezed out the juice, sprinkled it on the sliced roast goose, and then pushed the plate in front of Shen Luoyan.

"Let's try it, I personally think that the meat of pintail duck sprinkled with lemon juice is the most delicious."

Shen Luoyan didn't speak, grabbed the goose leg in his hand, walked to another corner with the whole roast goose, and continued to gnaw silently.

Wei Chu, who was left behind, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, pulled over the plate of goose meat, and ate it.

"Why are you so cold, Wei Chu is said to be very appreciated by your brother, even the governor relies on him, and his future is immeasurable. Long and good-looking. Many people are eyeing him and want to recommend themselves to the pillow. ”

A woman in a royal blue dress walked over with a wine glass and sat next to Shen Luoyan.

"He looks like a dog, so I don't like him. Zhang Xiaoya, if you like it, you go up by yourself. ”

"I don't like him." Zhang Xiaoya pursed her lips and looked at Shen Luoyan: "Are you still thinking about that Li Mu, isn't he dead?" ”

Shen Luoyan's face turned red in vain.

"If you talk nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart."

At this moment, the sound of the motor of the motorboat suddenly came from the lake, and two motorboats came out of the meadow on the lake. On it stood several swaggering youths, clutching iron forks with their trophies on them.

The three Dezan lizardmen were crossed through their necks, blue blood pouring from the wounds, their tenacious vitality keeping it alive, their limbs twitching slightly from the pain.

The veins on their bodies are still pale blue, a sign that the Dezan lizards are still in their infancy.

"Haha, look at what I've caught."

Zhang Shaoxian shook the iron fork in his hand to show off the prey in his hand. His actions caused a burst of female screams. The sharp pain caused the Dezan lizard man on the fork to open his eyes slightly, and his pale yellow vertical pupils were full of despair.

He tore the lizard man off the fork with his hand, jumped up to the river bank in a few steps, picked up his axe, and cut off the lizardman's head with one axe. Foul-smelling blood spurted all over the ground. A few more axes chopped the lizard-man's skull, rummaging through the gel inside.

Almost all the men and women at the party gathered around, which was a rare sight.

On the river beach not far away, Shen Feiwen was standing waist-deep in the river with a young man, unmoved. They're flying fishing.

Dezan Lake is home to a huge arapaima. They are apex predators in freshwater, covered in large, stiff mosaic scales, capable of reaching up to 5 meters in size and weighing more than 500 kilograms.

Once caught, they can pull more than 1.5 tonnes in the water, enough to overturn a boat. Only the bravest anglers would dare to catch this fish.

A security guard on the shore of the lake suddenly grabbed a phone and rushed into the water.

"Young master, I have found out the identity of the man who lived in Miss Yuan's house."

Yi Mingduan still held the fishing rod in his hand calmly, waiting for the fish to take the bait. He was none other than the son of the Governor of the Colony, the initiator of the party.

"His name is Li Mu, and he has only recently arrived in New Linfen, and he has not found any records in the railway system."

"Only one name was found, but no background was found?"

"No, no."

"Waste."

Yiming slapped the security guard into the river.

"Send him to jail before tonight."

Shen Feiwen on the side suddenly felt that this name was very familiar.

"Do you have a picture of him?"

The security guard struggled to his feet from the river and pulled out a wet photo from his arms.

Shen Feiwen took the photo, this is a photo taken secretly with a telephoto lens, which is very clear. It was taken when Li Mu went out today.

"Does Brother Shen recognize this person?"

Yi Mingduan's long, narrow snake-like eyes looked at Shen Feiwen, trying to see a clue from his face.

"I don't know." Shen Feiwen returned the photo to the security guard: "How could Miss Yuan fall in love with such an unknown person, Brother Yi doesn't have to take it too seriously, and he will work hard to move the crowd." ”

Shen Feiwen didn't understand the voice.

"Haha, what Brother Shen said is reasonable."

Yi Ming smiled and focused on the fishing rod, and the slender fishing line suddenly tightened violently, and a fish took the bait. A black shadow appeared under the surface of the water not far away, more than four meters long, pulling the fishing line towards the depths of the lake.

If you are an ordinary angler, you usually have to nail the rod to the ground, and then go through several hours of reeling and releasing the line, which consumes the physical strength of the hyoid fish before you can catch the fish.

But Yi Mingduan didn't do this, he directly grabbed the fishing rod tightly with both hands, and with a flick of his might, he pulled the whole huge hyoid fish out of the water, threw it into the air, and landed on the river bank.

ps: Thank you for the book friend Shangguan Qiuwei, the reward of the leek steamed dumplings