The emperors of the past dynasties have been for their own 'selfishness', accumulating beautiful 'women', claustrophobic harems, high walls and deep courtyards that do not see the light of day, and I don't know how many 'women' have buried their youth's, happiness and lives in vain. If there is an afterlife, they should expect to marry in an ordinary family, with parents in the hall and children and daughters around their knees. But the poor and the yellow springs have fallen, and this life is over. ”

"It is said that a few days before Guo Aizai was about to go to the funeral, the 'girl' of the palace sent a letter to her fiancé who had sworn by the mountains and seas. There are only a few words in the letter, and it is the poem "Lianlian". And her former fiancé didn't know whether he felt pain or joy after seeing it, and cried for a day and a night. Then the day after Guo Ai, he hanged himself at home and martyred her. ”

Zhao Yunhan was a little worried: "Ah Ye, what's wrong with you today, you don't have any 'fine' energy, it's even more wrong than a few days ago!" ”

I gently pushed her outstretched hand away, took out the fragment of the Eight Tone Stone I bought yesterday from my pocket, and said, "It's a little inexplicable, but I do remember something between the ages of five and five and a half. There are three fragments of this music stone. And I should have two by now! ”

"Two pieces?" She was surprised and asked, "Where else is it?" ”

"It should still be at my house. From the moment he left here, Dad hid it. If you put the three pieces together as expected, you will see the words "Connecting Connections" engraved on them. Moreover, I seem to remember the owner of the Eight Music Stones! "There was an indescribable gloom in my voice.

"Master? Who is it? ”

"A 'girl' child who is a month younger than me. Very beautiful 'girl' child. It was my fiancée who I swore when I was five years old and wanted to marry when I grew up. ”

Zhao Yunhan wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh: "How many fiancées do you have?" ”

"I don't know." I smiled wryly: "But she's different. When she gave me the Music Stone, she probably already knew her fate. So come and say goodbye to me! ”

"Ah Ye, why don't I understand what you say?" She said with a frown.

"Yunhan, don't you learn folklore. Then you should know that the worship of gods throughout human history has always been accompanied by sacrifices and sacrifices. The locals call the golden doll in the Yangma River the great god. They make sacrifices every year to pray for good weather and good weather and no disasters caused by rivers overflowing. I 'licked' my lips and lips: "But once the catastrophe strikes and all the sacrifices have no effect, humans usually take the final step. Do you know what this step is? ”

Zhao Yunhan looked at me without blinking: "Use a living person as a sacrifice." ”

"That's right. Do you know when was the last time the Yangma River flooded at its biggest? ”

"Thirteen years ago......" she lowered her head and thought, as if she had thought of something, and suddenly raised her head and said, "You mean that thirteen years ago, this village used to sacrifice living people?" No way! This bad habit basically disappeared in the last years of the Song Dynasty! ”

"Extinct! Hmph, humans are very strange animals. They will rejoice, they will panic. Once the creature is scared, and the people are in the majority, there's nothing crazy that can't be done. This kind of poor countryside is very closed, not to mention that it was thirteen years ago. ”

"Proof! Everything is your guess, where is the evidence? "Zhao Yunhan seems to be a little 'excited'. I exclaimed, "I've seen the victims. She was my childhood playmate and the object of my vows. Isn't that evidence? ”

After finishing speaking, he also felt that he was excessive, sighed, and sat silently speechless. Zhao Yun looked at my lost expression, stretched out his hand and held my hand tightly, and let go for a long time: "Ah Ye, although I don't know what happened." But I'll always be on your side. Forever! ”

"Is that a promise?" I looked up.

"You think so."

I forced a smile: "Well, since it's already reached this level." Shouldn't we both be open and honest about what the other side has no intention of intentionally withdrawing or deliberately concealing? ”

"Sorry, these are two different things!" She smiled very brightly: "Speaking of which, the horse farming village is about to start driving out outsiders." When do you say it will be our turn? ”

"I'm too lazy to think about it, but there must be a way before the car reaches the mountain," I thought for a moment, "The key now is to collect as much information as possible." ”

Zhao Yunhan scratched my nose as I learned: "What kind of information do you collect?" Originally, I came to investigate the phenomenon of 'fake work', but now I feel that the direction of the investigation has completely changed. Even now there is a clear purpose, almost forgotten! ”

"What's the matter? Collect a little bit of everything, and maybe it will become key information in the future. I leaned back in my chair lazily: "Although I haven't seen any of them, don't you often say that there are many scientific elites with various purposes hidden here, why don't you go to them to investigate, maybe you will get something." ”

"That's a good suggestion for you." Zhao Yunhan thought for a while: "Then the two of us will move freely today." I'm going to wreak havoc with them. You just wander around and see if you can find anything. ”

I nodded, and after determining the time of the afternoon rendezvous, we parted ways, wandering with each other in mind.

Walking aimlessly on the country road, I came to the bank of the Yangma River. The scattered Soul Summoning Towers along the shore stand quietly deep along the river, and although it is daytime, it makes people feel a chill. Each tower represents a young life. It's more intuitive than a tombstone.

Yangma Village was built on the corner of the Yangma River, and when the huge river bends, it leaves behind 'fertile' soil, so people here are reluctant to move it for thousands of years, no matter how flooding it is. Houses were washed away and rebuilt, people were drowned and reborn, and in this way, generation after generation survived, forming a unique custom.

Although a huge dam has been built upstream, there have been very few floods in the last 100 years. But thirteen years ago, the Yangma River suddenly overflowed, destroying a large number of houses and crops along its banks. The cause of the flood has not yet been investigated. There are many theories in the scientific community, with some mentioning that it was caused by the mass death of vegetation in the upper reaches of the Yangma River. But the problem is that if soil erosion is really caused by a lack of vegetation, then the affected area will be much larger. But that flood only appeared in the 300-kilometer basin of the Yangma River, and after the water flowed into the Yangtze River, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no sound. It stands to reason that such a large flood flowing into the Yangtze River will bring greater disasters to the coast. What's even more strange is that the dam in the upper reaches of the Yangma River has completely failed to detect the traces of the sudden increase in water volume at that time. All of these stories, like the most incomprehensible mysteries, are still attracting the attention and research of many of the world's leading scientific institutions.