Chapter 20: Ghost Lake
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Zhao Qiansun Li's boat was directly confused and went forward, and our boat encountered a strange force, and the hull of the ship was twisted, which had the meaning of turning in a circle.
I found that people are so strange, when I watched Zhao Qiansun Li stand up, I wasn't too nervous, and when the strange thing happened to me, I was really anxious.
Jiang Shaoyan still sat sullenly and didn't say a word. Like me, the iron donkey paddled hard and said to me, "Quick, quick!" ”
I followed his example, and we tried to paddle the water to keep the boat from turning.
But this did not have much effect at all, and the ship slowly made a 180-degree turn.
The iron donkey and I had to give up and retract the oars, and before that was done, suddenly there was another force in the hull of the boat, pushing us out a little bit.
It's just that this power didn't last long before it disappeared completely.
I have a consciousness, if there is really a water ghost, it is warning us one thing, we should not go to the cave, and the four policemen Zhao Qian, Sun and Li were booked by it and must go into the cave as sacrifices.
I was thinking out of order, but the iron donkey lost his temper, and he took out his muffling pistol, stepped on the side of the boat, hunched his waist slightly, and sneered at the water under the boat, and sneered at all the bullets.
Bullets are much more resistant and less powerful when they enter the water, but they can also give us a way out.
I clinged to the side of the boat and looked into the lake, and waited for a while, but there was no blood or anything floating up.
The iron donkey had already replaced the gun with new bullets and wanted to continue shooting. Jiang Shaoyan stopped him.
We both looked at Jiang Shaoyan. He said, "Don't move, I'll go down and see." Then he stood up and took off his coat and pants, leaving only the close-fitting armor, and took out the dagger and bit it in his mouth.
He jumped in from the left side of the boat, and with a pop he was gone.
Iron Donkey was a little worried, and he put away his pistol and held the carbine in his hand. I didn't think it would be useful to hold a gun or not, so I just kept an eye on what I was doing.
After half a minute, the lake was calm, and there was no news of Jiang Shaoyan.
The iron donkey couldn't help but snort a few times, in fact, I was the same as him, I was very anxious, and my heart said what the hell was going on, Jiang Shaoyan wouldn't be abducted by the water ghost, right?
I thought it was inappropriate to shout, so I had to knock the outer board a few times, hoping that Jiang Shaoyan could hear it.
Maybe it was that I did this to have an effect, as soon as the knocking sound stopped, there was a reaction on the right side of the boat, and Jiang Shaoyan came out of the water, but he was holding his breath a little bit of oxygen.
He took the knife down as he tread water, breathing heavily.
I was overjoyed, I didn't think about the water ghost for a while, I just thought that Jiang Shaoyan didn't have an accident.
The iron donkey and I both came to the right side and handed out the oars together, and Jiang Shaoyan held the oars and was pulled back by us.
When I got on board, I had to take off my coat and give it to him, so that I might be warmer with his own coat.
Jiang Shaoyan waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to, he took out a cigarette and smoked one, using the strength of the cigarette to make it easy for him.
I understood that he jumped from the left side and floated out from the right side of the boat, indicating that he must have passed the bottom of the boat. After he breathed a sigh of relief, I asked him, "What's going on?" ”
Jiang Shaoyan shrugged his shoulders and replied, "There is only water down there!" ”
I believe Jiang Shaoyan's words, but there must be an explanation for this series of phenomena just now, but we just didn't understand it.
Jiang Shaoyan smoked quickly, then put on his clothes casually, looked at Zhao Qiansun Li and asked, "How do you feel?" ”
Zhao Qian, Sun and Li all said that it was okay, which meant that they could move on, but their extremely reluctant expressions clearly told me that they were retreating.
Jiang Shaoyan must have noticed this problem, but after saying that it is as light as water three times, he can't cheer up the four brothers at every turn, right?
We keep going. The order was adjusted, Zhao Qian, Sun and Li were in front, and our ship was in the back.
In the blink of an eye, we were paddled to the cave. This cave is not small, and I would say that a truck can easily drive into it.
We still maintained the current formation, but there was a black rumbling inside, and we had no choice but to leave one person on each boat and turn on the flashlight.
Jiang Shaoyan is responsible for lighting our ship, and for the sake of insurance, our ship is not fast.
I don't know what's wrong, I just felt very stuffy not long after I entered the cave, and I said to myself, could it be that the air here is not fresh, and it means that there is a little lack of oxygen?
I also asked the iron donkey how it felt. The iron donkey frowned, patted his chest and said that it was boring here.
Jiang Shaoyan heard our words, he turned his head to look, and laughed.
I always felt that his smile had an overtone, or that he understood why it was boring here, but he just didn't say it.
Originally, flashlights were used to shine on the water in front of him, but it didn't take long for Jiang Shaoyan to focus on the cave wall. I also followed and looked at it, and found that there were paintings on the cave walls here, and to put it bluntly, they were a kind of rock paintings.
It's full of babies, dolls, and children, and although the depiction is not very good, you can still see that they are either crying or playing.
In addition, in the gap between these figure paintings, there are many eyeballs carved into them. These eyes were portrayed vividly, and they were all colored, and they took out a blood-red posture and stared at us gloomily.
I was a little uncomfortable to be stared at by a lot of fake eyes. Jiang Shaoyan waved his hand and told us to stop the boat, and our two boats were still side by side.
He lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then asked Zhao Qiansun Li, this is the place of worship in Xiaguang Town, are these paintings carved by the townspeople?
The big fat man Zhao policeman nodded first and replied, saying that these dolls and children were indeed carved by the townspeople, and there was also a symbolic meaning, hoping that the deceased would be reincarnated as soon as possible and be born in a good family.
Then one of them interjected, pointing to the eyeballs and saying, "I was here a while ago, and I haven't seen these eyeballs, so I don't know who carved them." ”
I immediately guessed a candidate, the Demon Heart Arhat, and further said, after the two donkey friends were killed, their eyeballs were gouged out, and the dead baby of the Zhao Si family also suffered this kind of bad luck.
The iron donkey couldn't help but curse, "Perverted." This is also the third time he has said the word pervert since he came to Xiaguang Town, which shows what kind of virtue the Demon Heart Arhat is in our hearts.
We didn't wait to say anything more, when suddenly the wind started, and the momentum was not small.
I was blown like this, and I was thrilled from the heart outward.
This is a cave, even if there is wind outside, it shouldn't blow here, could it be that this cave is connected? Or is it an outlet?
What's even worse is that it is still behind, and the wind is blowing towards me, but the waves on the lake are reversed, and there is a sense of pushing the boat forward.
Now Zhao Qian, Sun and Li and they are fried, and they all knelt on the boat while worshipping and chattering, saying that they came this time to catch the murderer and solve the case, and they didn't mean to offend everyone.
Jiang Shaoyan frowned and looked at Zhao Qian Sun Li, thought for a while and said, "We are already working hard to paddle, since we have this kind of wave help, don't delay, hurry up." ”
The iron donkey also slapped the oars on the side of Zhao Qiansun Li and their boat, with the meaning of urging.
Zhao Qian, Sun Li was also obedient, he didn't talk anymore, and rowed first. It's just that they were too nervous, and the rowing force was too great, and all at once it was half of our hull.
The iron donkey quickly slapped the oar at their stern again, emphatically, "Dude? What about dragon boat racing? Hold steady. ”
They answered one after another, and we were in a hurry to follow.
After walking more than fifty meters, the surrounding environment changed again, the wind was gone, the waves stopped, and the cave walls became bare, and there were no murals.
It's just that the walls of the cave here are black at the bottom, but I don't know why, and there are strips of white rocks protruding from it, which at first glance look like ribs, scattered and scattered.
I felt uncomfortable in my heart, I used to look at the light of the flashlight, and I would see it wherever it went, but now I gave up this thought, and I just tilted my head slightly and stared at the lake. On the one hand, I am in a slow mood, and on the other hand, I don't delay anything by paddling like this.
But because of this, I also saw a strange thing. At that moment, a bubble bubbled up on the surface of the lake.
I was surprised, and immediately asked, "Brother Donkey, have you seen it?" ”
The iron donkey didn't know anything, so he looked at the lake I pointed to, and asked me, "What's wrong?" ”
I'm in a lot of pain, because now the lake is calm again, and there are no bubbles.
I pointed to a special place and told him to wait. And my action also made the two ships stop again, and everyone looked there with a look of curiosity.
After a while, the iron donkey couldn't help but come over and lie on the side of the boat with a pout.
He made up his mind to take a closer look, and I casually looked to the right and noticed that a bubble suddenly appeared here.
I beckoned everyone again, pointing to the lake. In the same way, after everyone turned their heads, there was no reaction here.
Tie Donkey and Zhao Qian Sun Li all looked at me with a suspicious look, and Jiang Shaoyan was thoughtful.
I was still thinking about how to explain it to everyone, but before I could speak, the surrounding lakes reacted.
I can't even count them, but there are bubbles in many places anyway, big bubbles, like slaps, small ones, the size of grape grains, but the small bubbles are like the beads that have been worn, and they continue to bubble up.
Now everyone's energy was scattered, and the iron donkey also said, ", is the water boiling here?" ”
Then he picked up the oar, poked it into the lake, and when he stretched it out, he carefully touched the oar.
He shook his head and said, "The lake is still cold." "Actually, I'm a little smarter than him, and my heart says that if the water is really boiling, why must there be steam? Nor can I do it with oars.
We all wondered what was causing this phenomenon.
Jiang Shaoyan had the first idea, he also sniffed his nose and asked us, "Do you smell that smell?" ”
For a while, we were all like puppies, sniffing and sniffing, but we also shook our heads one after another, indicating that we didn't find anything.
Jiang Shaoyan suddenly smiled sullenly, and muttered, "This old devil with a devil's heart, I really convinced him, and I actually used this kind of stupid trick." ”
I don't understand, let him explain.
Jiang Shaoyan replied that it didn't matter, and emphasized to us again, "Don't you think that the air is full of the smell of blood?" ”