What's going on? The water monkey screamed violently during the purification just now, and the cry shook the sky, could it be that the people nearby thought that a murder had occurred and called the police?

I looked at the ground, and it really looked like the scene of a corpse mutilation.

The crowd approached, and it turned out to be just a group of mountain people. Zhao Nan and Zhao Bei took the lead and said Folks, is there anything wrong with coming here so late?

The leader was a man in his fifties and sixties. With big shoulders and a round waist, he doesn't look like a mountain man. His eyes were misty, his cheeks were red, and he smelled of alcohol, and he looked like he had just come from dinner. He shouted at the top of his voice, I heard that you have a master here, and we are here to ask him for help.

It turned out that the glorious deeds of catching a large number of water monkeys last night had been quickly spread all over the mountains and wilderness.

The mountain people came over in such a big battle, Zhao Nan and Zhao Bei thought that they were looking for trouble. When they heard that they had only come to ask for help, they breathed a sigh of relief and enthusiastically introduced me to the mountain people.

The man who took the lead squinted at me, looked disdainful, and said, "This hairy boy is the so-called master? A younger tall man next to him probably thought he was too rude, so he hurriedly pulled him and said I'm sorry, I'm sorry, our brother Niu drank too much.

I smiled and said I wasn't a good person in the first place.

The cow brother pushed the tall one away, pointed at me and shouted, "You see, this kid is self-aware. As the old saying goes, there is nothing,**,...... "He burped, and the nauseous stench came at me, and I took a few steps to the side with bated breath. He was relieved and continued, "It's not good to do things. What can this kid do at this age! ”

The people behind him all looked a little embarrassed. The people at the planting base are even more upset for me. Zhao Bei snorted and said, "Since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers. Who says young people don't have the ability to do it? ”

Zhao Nandao: "Isn't it! This little master Zhong cleaned up dozens of monsters by himself. ”

Hu Zhouzhou said coldly: "Many people are old, but they only know how to drink and play cards all day long, Lang wastes his life, slowly waits for death, and has no achievements." This kind of person only has age. Don't think about it, I'm not talking about you, this brother. ”

I haven't known the Zhao brothers or even Hu Zhouzhou for a long time. I was very touched that when outsiders offended me, they could share the same hatred.

The mountain people who came over together saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly apologized for Brother Niu. Some of the impatient mountain people even shouted: "Don't call this drunkard here!" We're here to ask someone to do something, not to find fault! It's so stiff, how do you get it? ”

I was so uncomfortable with the noise that I raised my hand to signal them to be quiet and asked them what they were looking for me.

Only then did the mountain people calm down. They carried the drunken Niu Brother aside. Let the tall man who blocked Brother Niu before be responsible for talking to me.

Gao said that his name was Niu Weizhong, and these mountain people were from Niujia Village a few mountains away.

Niu Weizhong said that there is a big lake at the entrance of their village, called Laoxian Lake. A few weeks ago, someone in the village heard a strange rumbling sound coming from the lake. They thought someone was working on the lake. When I went to the lake, I didn't see any machinery. And the lake is soft, horizontal as a mirror, and there is no difference in the slight. No one could figure out where the strange noise came from.

Although the strange sound sounded terrifying, after all, it did not have any impact on the lives of the villagers, and everyone did not pay much attention to it. Until last week, several young people from the village went swimming in the lake together......

Speaking of which, a mountain man next to him interjected and said that the lake was very evil, and that people had often drowned in the past 50 years. The old people in the village all said that they couldn't swim in Laoxian Lake, but there were always those who didn't listen.

Niu Weizhong said yes, it is precisely because of the evil sect of Laoxian Lake that the people in the village have been immune to the death of Laoxian Lake to a certain extent. But this time it was different.

When the young ** were laughing and splashing water on each other and having fun, one of them suddenly turned pale. He stretched out his finger tremblingly, pointed to his companions, and said, "One, two, three, four, five, only five, we have one less!" ”

There was a quiet around.

A lean young man next to the man slapped him on the back of the head and scolded, "You stupid ×, you forgot to count yourself in!" Everyone burst into laughter and continued to fight.

When they were about to go ashore in the evening, the man's face turned white again.

One, two, three, four, five...... This time there was really one less person.

They frantically called out the names of the missing men, but there was no response. They wondered how the man could have drowned without making a sound. They comfort each other and the missing are only deliberately hiding to scare them when they are not looking. But they went into the water and searched for a long time, but there was no sign of him. They were in a hurry and hurriedly called the police.

That night, the police found the man's body under the water. But they found only half of the body. What's even more frightening is that there are obvious bite marks on the broken wound of the corpse.

As soon as the news spread, the people in the village were panicked.

Niu Weizhong swore that so many people had died in the lake, and the lake must be full of water ghosts. That person, the Eight Achievements were dragged down by the water ghost. Some mountain people retorted that it was impossible, and they had only heard of water ghosts catching dead ghosts, but they had never heard of water ghosts eating people. If you can eat half of a person's body at once, there must be a monster in the lake! Master Zhong, you said yes, right?

I will not comment. Laoxian Lake started to make strange noises a few weeks ago, and water monkeys also started to appear at the planting base a few weeks ago. That's a coincidence, isn't it?

I asked, "How far is this Laoxian Lake from here?" ”

The mountain people looked at each other, not understanding why I had suddenly asked such an uneasy question. Niu Weizhong said: "Laoxian Lake is less than a kilometer away from here. ”

I turned my head and asked Zhao Nan and Zhao Bei: "Are there any other lakes or ponds within a kilometer?" ”

The two brothers said in unison: "No." ”

Then I didn't run. "It's not necessarily a water ghost who is making trouble in Laoxian Lake." I pointed to the blood stains on the ground that had not yet had time to be washed away, and said, "Dozens of water monkeys suddenly appeared in this planting base a few weeks ago. This blood is theirs. I guess this group of water monkeys came from Laoxian Lake. If that's the case, since they came out a few weeks ago, it certainly wasn't them who ate half a week ago. Not only that, but it is very likely that the water ghosts were forced out of the waters where they originally lived by the man-eating thing. ”

I paused, and said, "In other words, there is a monster in Laoxian Lake that is so fierce that even the water monkeys can't be provoked." ”

I could feel the heartbeat of the mountain people collectively missing a beat.

I added, "Of course, this is just my initial speculation. Whether it is or not has been confirmed by Laoxian Lake to know. ”

Niu Wei Zhong said happily: "Then please ask Master Zhong to go back with us to have a look!" ”

I shook my head and said no.

The mountain people were stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to understand something, and they all turned their heads and glared at Brother Niu who was resting on the side. Brother Niu seemed to be awakened by the anger of everyone, and stood up and rushed to me, saying, "I'm sorry! It's all my stinky mouth. Please don't remember the villain, help our village! As he spoke, he knelt down.

I hurriedly picked him up and said, "Don't! I didn't pay any attention to what I just did. ”

Brother Niu said: "Then why ......"

I'm honest with my words, I'm not very good, I'm afraid I can't handle it with my half bucket of water, so let them ask for another trick to avoid mistakes.

Where will they believe me? unanimously agreed that it was Brother Niu who offended me. Brother Niu begged me for forgiveness one after another. I'm embarrassed to push it now.

Hu Zhouzhou pulled me aside and said, "Master, isn't your half bucket of water plus my half bucket of water enough to make up a bucket?" What's more, there's that idiot who is really old-fashioned. "Although the jade mirror looks like she is only in her twenties and thirties, her actual age is already more than two hundred. Hu Zhouzhou called him "Lao Dao", which is not wrong at all.

I looked back and saw the eager eyes of the mountain people, so I had to say, "Okay, I'll go to your village tomorrow to have a look." ”