Never before had such a torrential rain been seen at the beginning of the week, nor had the oldest people in the village.

The dark clouds turned into pitch-black charcoal black, and between the whole heaven and earth, there was only the sound of raindrops falling on the ground, like a whip whipping this small village and mountain village, wanting to destroy everything in this world, the entire black tile gray and low houses in Linhu Village were like lost dogs, and those villagers hiding in the houses were even more panicked and desperate, curled up in the darkness and did not dare to take a breath, for fear that the water demon would jump out of the lake and take their lives.

The heavy rain for days has already rotted the soil in the village, Zhou Chu only felt that his feet were tied up by the mud and were generally very heavy and could not be lifted, the heavy rain blocked his vision, and he could only vaguely see a figure in the distance was also running slowly towards the lake, Zhou Chu wanted to catch up with his grandfather, because he was too anxious and fell into the mud, Zhou Chu lay in the mud and tears mixed with mud and rain, a mouthful of yellow mud soup choked into Zhou Chu's mouth and made him breathless, and his eyes were dark and almost fainted.

A pair of big hands lifted Zhou Chu from the ground, and then quickly carried him to the eaves of the next room.

A pair of warm and soft big hands patted Zhou Chu's face for fear of waking him up, Zhou Chu wiped the muddy water on his face and saw clearly that it was Uncle Zhou who lived in the middle of the village, Uncle Zhou was a kind old man, good at medicine, usually went to the mountains to collect medicine, and never cashiered to help the villagers treat diseases on weekdays. Therefore, Uncle Zhou is very prestigious in the village.

"Brother Chu, why did you still run out of such a heavy rain, it's very ...... now" The girl who spoke was Uncle Zhou's little granddaughter Ying'er, Ying'er was one year younger than Zhou Chu, graceful, lively and hearty, articulate, the most intelligent child in the village, often followed his grandfather to collect medicine in the mountains, and when his grandfather was busy seeing a doctor and saving people, his grandfather also liked to teach her some medical skills, Ying'er also liked to learn, so she mastered a lot of herbal medicine skills at a young age, and the villagers liked her.

"I'm going to look for my grandfather, who is walking alone towards the lake...... I'm afraid that grandpa is in danger......" Zhou Chu's voice was very low, but it revealed a sense of boldness.

"Your grandfather is going to make a final effort before the Dao Chief's approach. Uncle Zhou sighed, and his words were full of admiration for his grandfather.

In the heart of Zhou Chu, his grandfather has always been his pride, and this is the happiest thing he feels.

Ying'er brought a bowl of steaming hot soup to Zhou Chu, and said softly: "Drink it, be careful of catching a cold, I think the village chief and grandfather must have his own plans, since he doesn't want you to go, you better not go, let's just wait here, you can't help if you go." ”

Zhou Chu glanced up at Ying'er and quickly lowered her eyes, she didn't dare to look at her squarely, she was so cute and kind, she always helped Uncle Zhou treat the villagers together on weekdays, she was like a little star in the village, both men and women, young and old, liked her, so although Zhou Chu wanted to make friends with her, he never dared to get close to her, so the two of them were not familiar with each other, not to mention that he was so embarrassed and shy now, but whether it was Ying'er's eyes or gentle tone, there was no taste of laughing at herself- Zhou Chu also knew that she was not that kind of person, which made him feel a little relieved.

Zhou Chuxin was worried about his grandfather's safety, drank the hot soup in the bowl and handed the bowl back to Ying'er, and whispered: "Thank you, but I'm still worried about grandpa, I have to go and see." ”

After Zhou Chu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Uncle Zhou and Ying'er to respond, he got up and prepared to go to Grandpa, Ying'er reacted quickly and grabbed his hand and signaled him to wait, then turned around and took a bamboo hat to cover the rain, walked to Zhou Chu and helped him put on the tie, Ying'er's body was wafting with a faint fragrance mixed with Chinese herbal medicine, this fragrance made Zhou Chu a little dizzy, he felt that his face was full of hot heat, he didn't dare to look at Ying'er and didn't say thank you, so he turned around and rushed into the rainstorm to find his grandfather, Uncle Zhou looked at Zhou Chu's back and said: "This child looks frail and sickly and a little cowardly, but I didn't expect to be so brave. ”

Ying'er nodded, looked at Zhou Chu's appearance of running in the rain, and couldn't help but silently pray for their grandfather and grandson in her heart.

Zhou Chu drank the bowl of hot soup that Ying'er gave him, there seemed to be a scorching warmth in his heart, he ran quickly in the rain, fell down and got up again, not long after Zhou Chu ran to the lake, at this time grandpa has already propped up a fishing boat is struggling towards the center of the lake, the fishing boat is like a fallen leaf on the lake surface ravaged by the rainstorm staggered, grandpa is standing on the fishing boat resolutely, Zhou Chu struggled to shout to grandpa, but the sound was drowned out by the sound of heavy rain.

The wind and rain were even stronger, and the sky seemed to crack open all at once, and thousands of tons of rain poured down incessantly, one after the other.

The whole lake seems to have turned into a ferocious beast, constantly pushing grandpa and the fishing boat into the air and throwing it back, suddenly grandpa did not stand firm and fell on the board of the boat, Zhou Chu saw this and didn't care too much, immediately jumped into the lake, and struggled to swim towards grandpa's fishing boat. The people of Linhu Village have grown up near the lake and have to go into the water almost every day, so they have good water hands, although the water nature at the beginning of Zhou is considered to be middle and lower among their peers, but they can barely be used and will not be easily drowned.

It's a pity that he is only a ten-year-old child after all, who knows how terrifying the lake water is on this rainy day, which is completely different from their daily swimming and frolicking in the lake.

Zhou Chu found that his whole body was like a cotton ball and he couldn't swim forward, like a mouse that fell into the water, and a few mouthfuls of lake water choked from Zhou Chu's mouth, Zhou Chu lost consciousness in front of his eyes, and after a short coma, Zhou Chu woke up again, he felt as if a rope was strangling his ankle and pulling him down.

Zhou Chu tried hard to shake it off, but the rope grabbed Zhou Chu's ankle like a big hand, and he couldn't break free at all, and a thought suddenly flashed in Zhou Chu's mind, "Water Monkey"!

On weekdays, the adults in the village are very taboo to talk about water monkeys, calling them water gods.

But occasionally I can't help but have someone privately discuss the power of the water monkey, saying that all the people who drown in the water are the water ghosts, and Zhou Chu also heard his grandfather say: all the ponds and lakes have a kind of ghost called the water monkey, the water monkey usually hides under the water, ready to pull people at any time, and the water monkey pulls people to find the "ghost for the dead" People who commit suicide or die unexpectedly by throwing themselves into the water can't go to hell, they will wander in the drowning place and become water ghosts, and then wait patiently in the water, lure or force people to fall into the water and die, to be their own substitute ghosts, and water ghosts rely on this method to reincarnate and get rid of the suffering of no return.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have lost his life in such a situation, but Linshui Village has relied on fishing for generations, so although Zhou Chu was flustered, he still had some water skills.

Zhou Chu rushed towards the surface of the water with all his strength, he jerked out of the water and then opened his mouth wide with all his strength to take a breath, and then he was pulled under the water again.

Although the torrential rain on the surface of the lake poured and the waves rolled on the water, but the world under the water surface was much calmer, Zhou Chu closed his eyes and tried his best to calm himself, and his mind silently recounted the water closure tips that his grandfather had taught him in the past, Zhou Chu slowly opened his eyes and looked down, sure enough, there was a claw that had been shriveled and was pulling his ankle, and the claw was as black as charcoal. Further down the pitch black, Zhou Chu couldn't see the body of this water monkey clearly, there was a little fluorescence flashing in the distance, like fireflies in the woods at night, Zhou Chu was feeling strange, and suddenly Zhou Chu felt an undercurrent surging in his ears, and there was a harsh sound wave in his ears, and those fluorescents swam towards Zhou Chu, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that it was a dark and strange water monkey!

The world under the water surface was crowded with water monkeys, Zhou Chu knew that he was in the catastrophe and instantly deflated in his heart, and suddenly choked into a few mouthfuls of lake water, and the black consciousness in front of him began to fade, only to feel that his body was pulled under the water by the water monkeys a little bit, Zhou Chu's meaning began to blur, and many pictures appeared in his mind: there were scenes of fishing with his grandfather, scenes of playing in the mountains with his village friends, and finally the most important picture was the cute face when Ying'er helped him wear a hat just now......

Zhou Chu slowly lost consciousness, several water monkeys pounced towards Zhou Chu, Zhou Chu's clothes were torn, leaking out the stone hanging on his chest, suddenly the stone flashed silver, the water monkeys fled in a hurry as if they were struck by lightning, the water monkey who grabbed Zhou Chu's ankle also let go of his hand, Zhou Chu was suddenly untied, he instinctively rushed up, and his body rushed towards the water......

When he surfaced, Zhou Chu saw his grandfather in the distance rowing quickly towards him with an oar, and then fainted.

When Zhou Chu woke up again, he found himself lying on the board of the boat, his grandfather was sitting next to him and was applying medicine to his ankle, Zhou Chu felt that his ankle hurt as if he had been slashed, and he understood that it was the water monkey who had caught it.

"I told you to be good at home, but you didn't listen, and you almost drowned......" Grandpa reproached with pity.

Zhou Chu looked up at the sky, the sky turned gray and white, the gloomy dark clouds rolled rapidly, occasionally flashing a few silver lightning, the heavy rain turned into moderate rain, and the rain fell on Zhou Chu's face to make him gradually sober up, Zhou Chu was suspicious, could there really be those water monkeys? I had heard it before, and Zhou Chu was only half-convinced, if it wasn't for the real pain in his ankle, Zhou Chu really thought that everything just now was a dream.

"Chu'er, don't act so recklessly in the future. Grandpa sighed.

"Grandpa, are those water monkeys you often call under the water......" Zhou Chu asked in a low voice.

Grandpa didn't look up, only whispered, although the voice was very small, but Zhou Chu heard it very clearly.

Zhou Chu suddenly thought of the stone under the water just now, and quickly touched it, the stone was still hanging on his chest, Zhou Chu wanted to ask his grandfather about this stone, but he knew that his grandfather had more important things at this time, so he was ready to go back and ask in detail.

"You lie down for a while, remember that no matter what happens, no matter what sound you hear, don't you open your eyes, do you hear?" Grandpa's voice was not as kind as before, and Zhou Chu didn't dare to say more and nodded in agreement. Despite this, Zhou Chu couldn't help but secretly open his eyes and peek at his grandfather, not because Zhou Chu was too curious, but because he was afraid that his grandfather was in danger - in fact, he had already added a lot of trouble to his grandfather here.

Grandpa took out the bag of things prepared by Wuzi and opened it, inside were some magic weapons for worshiping the god of water, grandpa carefully placed these magic weapons on the board, and then reverently knelt in front of the magic weapons and began to mumble quietly, the content of grandpa's muttering was not clear at the beginning of the week. In fact, Zhou Chu didn't care what his grandfather was doing, as long as Zhou Chu was not in danger, it would be fine. Grandpa muttered for a while, suddenly Zhou Chu felt a heat wave on his face, and then he understood, it was a bright sunlight that penetrated the dark clouds and fell, and soon the sunlight became brighter and brighter and brighter so that the hellish world just now became bright again, the rain gradually stopped, the lake also returned to calm, the world as if nothing had ever happened to restore tranquility and serenity, Zhou Chu sat up and looked around, the quiet lake was rippling with the sun's rays, and the villages and hills in the distance were elegant and beautiful.

Grandpa wiped the rain and sweat beads on his forehead and seemed to relax a lot, Zhou Chu wanted to walk to his grandfather's side but couldn't move, so he had to give up, just when the worry in Zhou Chu's heart had just subsided, he keenly heard what seemed to be movement under the board, Zhou Chu put his ear on the board and listened carefully, as if someone was gently playing the board with his fingers, the sound was small at first, gradually more and more loud, Zhou Chu looked up at his grandfather, his grandfather looked serious, obviously he also found something wrong.

Just when the two of them didn't dare to look at it, suddenly a silver-white small fish jumped out of the water on the left side of the fishing boat and jumped onto the board, just jumping in front of Zhou Chu, this is a very common fish to wear a fish is not unusual, the small fish jumped a few times and gradually lost its strength, Zhou Chu just wanted to pick it up and return to the water, and a few of the same small fish jumped out of the water and jumped onto the board, Grandpa's expression became more solemn, and before Zhou Chu spoke, suddenly these small fish began to jump up manically, and then the size began to get bigger and bigger......

"Chu'er be careful...... grandpa shouted!

Zhou Chu was so frightened that his eyes widened and he made any sound, and he could only stupidly watch the small fish in front of him slowly turn into ugly and terrifying demon beasts, and finally all of them turned into the water monkeys he saw under the water just now!

These water monkeys are pitch black all over like a combination of a big mouse and a monkey, with jagged fangs, a mouth with dirty mucus and a piercing scream, grandpa wanted to step forward to protect Zhou Chu, but was instantly knocked down by several water monkeys, they dragged grandpa's feet and pulled him down hard, and several other water monkeys pounced on Zhou Chu, Zhou Chu instinctively turned over and dodged, several water monkeys desperately shook the fishing boat, the fishing boat overturned to the left, and Zhou Chu fell under the lake with several water monkeys......