Qingtan Reservoir is actually very large, this side of Qingtan Town is only upstream, ten miles away from here, there is a pass, after the pass, that side is the real reservoir.

The center of the reservoir we are going to now is only the center of this pass, which is said to have been Cheongdam Pond in the past, and the surrounding area is the former Cheongdam Town. Above the reservoir, there was a gentle wind, and now that the weather was warm, the master's cough was slightly better, he just looked into the distance, thinking about his thoughts.

I looked around, on one side is our green mountain, on the other side is the brilliant lights of Qingtan Town, on the other side, there are also mountains, you can still see clearly during the day, and at night it only feels like a dark shadow.

At this time, the moon in the sky was obscured by clouds, and I looked at the star that Senior Sister Xuanji said, which belonged to me, was still there. It took a long time before it lit up.

Brother Zhou was rowing behind him, there was a gentle sound of water, the horse lantern on the bow of the boat, with the movement of the boat, rising and falling, I looked at the water, the whole sky was reflected in the water, but it was swayed by the waves.

There is a faint fluorescence at the bottom of the water, no wonder there has been a legend before, saying that there is a dragon palace under this Qingtan Pond, this faint fluorescence is really similar to the lights, as if the bottom of the water is full of people.

"Little Taoist, don't keep staring at the bottom of the water." Brother Zhou's words pulled me back to reality, and I asked, "Why?" ”

Brother Zhou said with a smile: "This underwater light, we call it Yinghuo, after watching it for a long time, people think that there is something below, a treasure or a family, they will be attracted by the light below, and unconsciously jump into the water." ”

I smiled and said, "I'm very focused, but I can't be lured." ”

Brother Zhou said disdainfully: "Those who drown can swim." At the same time, realizing that he was on the water, he said the wrong thing, slapped himself twice in the mouth, and then said a few "Bah, Bah, Bah".

The master and I were amused by his appearance, and Brother Zhou couldn't help laughing.

After a while, they arrived at the center, and the master asked Brother Zhou to come here, Brother Zhou rowed the oar twice, and the boat slowly stopped.

The master stood up, let me climb to the front, handed him the white lotus lamp next to the horse lantern, the master took it, and then respectfully lit the candle in it, and gently placed it on the water, the white lotus lamp swayed in the middle of the water, I asked the master what it was, and the master said that it was a lotus lamp that attracted souls, and ghosts would be attracted by the lotus.

When the last lotus flower was obviously larger, and the wooden board was thick, the master took it, tied the wooden board under it with cotton thread, and then took out the jade bracelet given by the middle-aged woman, put the candle on it, and placed it in the middle of the wooden board.

Then the master asked me to pull the cotton thread, and when I was asked to pull it, I must pull it, don't loosen the cotton thread. I nodded, and then the master put the lotus flower on the water, took out the red paper with the woman's eight characters written on it, lit it, and when it was almost finished, put all the ashes on the wooden board. Then he motioned for me to put the cotton thread longer, so that, slowly, the lotus lanterns were all around the periphery.

We sat on the edge of the boat, surrounded by a dozen white lotus lanterns, and it felt so meaningful. The starry sky is shining in the sky, the reflection is rippling on the water, I want to speak, the master compares his fingers to shhh

In this way, the three of us sat quietly on the boat, as if the time of the whole world had stood still.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of fish rolling out of the water around me, and I looked around, only to see that there was a splash of water around the white lotus from time to time, and those things were really attracted.

The master watched the surroundings vigilantly.

Suddenly, I heard a crisp sound, as if something was cracking.

The master motioned for me to collect the cotton thread.

At this time, I felt that the whole boat began to shake, and now there was no wind or waves, and I looked down at the edge of the boat, and saw that there was not much water forming a hand, pushing and shoving the boat, trying to overturn the boat.

Suddenly, the lamp of a lotus flower went out, and the master hurriedly looked at Brother Zhou and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, we have to escape from here, it doesn't work to sacrifice them, those things want us to drown here." ”

Brother Zhou heard the master shouting to row quickly, so he hurriedly stood up and rowed, I also began to pull the cotton thread, wanting to collect the lotus quickly, the master lifted the meat in the cabin and threw it into the water, while beckoning me to be careful, don't extinguish the light in the middle of the lotus.

Every time the master threw a piece of meat, many blisters would appear in the water, as if countless fish were rolling to grab the meat.

The boat rowed in the direction of the front shore, and I did not dare to reel in too quickly, for fear of extinguishing the candle, and it took a long time to pull the lotus flower to the side of the boat, and then the meat was almost thrown away. I hurriedly stood up, stretched out my hand to carry the lotus into the cabin, my fingers had just touched the lotus, suddenly I felt a force on the hull of the boat, tilted the boat, I leaned over, could not hold it, and fell into the water.

The moment I fell into the water, I panicked and wanted to call for help, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I was instantly filled with water.

I have heard people say before that people who fall into the water are drowning, that is, water is poured into the lungs and suffocated to death. I hurriedly shut my mouth, I must calm down now, or I will die.

I saw Brother Zhou behind me, reaching out to help, I pounced, reached out to pull his hand, just jumped out of the water, I haven't touched it, but I feel that there are many hands pulling my clothes on my legs and feet, trying to drag me into the water.

I saw that the master had taken out the little wrench he was wearing, wrapped the thread on the yellow paper, and threw it at me.

But I felt that there was a lot of pulling force underneath, and no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn't get out of it, as if there were countless people pulling me.

Brother Zhou also poked his whole body into the water and groped me with his hands.

He was probably frightened by the situation just now, so he didn't dare to jump into the water to save me.

I slowly sank and closed my breath, and my adrenal hormones soared, but I felt extremely calm, but I couldn't do anything about it.

Later, my sister told me that when people encounter life-threatening situations, adrenaline will surge, and some people will be calmer and have stronger facial senses.

It's just that at this time, I don't have any way, do I really want to die here?

I saw the yellow paper thrown by the master, and when it encountered water, it instantly absorbed the water and slowly sank with a wrench.

Now this may be my last chance.

I used my hands and feet together, in unison, like a penguin, and prepared for the last fight with my fingers.

Finally I rushed upwards, grabbed the wrench, and clutched it in my hand like a lifesaver.

At this time, I felt that the tension under my body had become smaller, and there was a force that seemed to hold my ass and lift me up.

Finally, when I was about to reach the water, I grabbed Brother Zhou's hand, and he pulled me to the water, and I gasped for breath while using my hands and feet, and with the help of Brother Zhou, I climbed into the cabin.

At this time, I saw the master sitting in the bow of the boat, and took back his hand that had been soaked in the water, and I saw a blood mark on it, and the whole hand was full of tooth marks. The master saw me on board, held his injured hand, and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

I nodded, looked at the bloody bamboo skewer on the bow of the boat next to me, and guessed in my heart: there should be no seduce of pork, so the master used the bamboo skewer to cut his own hand and put his hand into the water to attract the things in the water and relieve the pressure on my side.

I retched a few times, only to realize that the lotus flower just now, because I fell into the water, was carried not far away by the waves.

I heard a crisp cracking sound from the lotus, and the master asked Brother Zhou to slowly approach the big lotus, and while lighting the talisman seal, he said, "This underwater thing is not easy to deal with, so I can only try to catch it." ”

While the boat was rocking, the master threw the lit talisman into the water, and the shaking was slightly better, but the talisman went out when it touched the water, and those things shook the boat again. And Brother Zhou felt that paddling was quite strenuous.

Finally, the boat approached the big lotus again, this time I had the previous lesson, the whole person lay in the cabin, just reached for the lotus, I finally touched the lotus, my fingers pulled twice, held the lotus flower to the palm of my hand, ready to take it back to the cabin, but just out of the water, I felt a pair of cold hands, holding my wrists.

The force was so great that it wanted to pull me into the water.

I hurriedly called out to the master, and when the master saw it, he lit a talisman and threw it over, and the hands instantly turned into water and disappeared, and I hurriedly held the lotus flower into the cabin.

I saw that the jade bracelet in the center of the lotus flower was already covered with cracks, like broken glass.