Wei Xiaofeng looked in the direction of Wu Yun's finger, and the yellow and black lines could be faintly seen in the bushes around the shoal, which should be a cordon drawn up by the police or the scenic spot management department.

"That's it......" Wei Xiaofeng said nonchalantly, but there was still a faint regret and sadness in his heart, because the two people who drowned were roommate Wang Miaomiao's cousin and his girlfriend. But even if they have nothing to do with the people around them, the sentimental Xiao Feng will feel sad when he thinks of the death of two lives in his youth, leaving his relatives and friends behind to cry for them.

Wu Yun looked at her and said, "You don't seem surprised?" Oh, yes, this should be seen in all kinds of media. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Feng nodded, and silently prayed in his heart for the two undead who unfortunately drowned.

"After that incident, the scenic spot was forced to close and reopen for three days. In order to eliminate the negative impact of the incident and attract more tourists, Manager Hu called our magazine in advance and asked me to write an article for them to publicize. However, looking at the passenger flow here today, it seems that the incident did not cause much negative effect, and Manager Hu seems to have done it too much. Wu Yun raised his eyebrows and said.

"Wouldn't it be nice to let you play for free? Don't get cheap and sell well. Wei Xiaofeng couldn't help but pinch him again, "But in fact, many people are like me, and they didn't know that there was such a good place in H City before, so you have the obligation to publicize this place, so that more people will come here after seeing it." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm never sloppy with my work. I also hope that more people can recognize me through this work and make my career go to a higher level. Wu Yun said confidently, "But what I'm worried about is that if there are too many people who come to play, with the urine nature of our countrymen, such a beautiful scenic spot will be ruined beyond recognition." ”

Wei Xiaofeng nodded sympathetically, she still remembered that five months ago, on the way to the top of Dongming Mountain, she could see messes everywhere, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

At this time, as if to confirm Wu Yun's concern, a speedboat drove quickly past the side of the painting boat, drawing a white mark on the calm lake, accompanied by a burst of excited and arrogant laughter mixed with men and women, causing the tourists on the painting boat to frown again and again. Wu Yun and Wei Xiaofeng clearly saw that the speedboat had two colors of gold and purple, and they were raising their arms and opening their mouths wide, obviously this laughter was made by them.

"Those two non-mainstream silly forks!" After recognizing that the two were the couple who had just clashed with him in the parking lot, Wu Yun gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If there were more people like this in a scenic spot, would it be good?" ”

Wei Xiaofeng was silent. She also had a feeling of disgust for the couple, but she didn't express it in a radical way, but she hoped that she wouldn't cross paths with the two again in the remaining days of the lake.

She diverted the topic and said, "Wu Yun, in order to write a good article about Lianhu, do you need to have a detailed understanding of her history?" You told me before that the lake is also called 'Lake of Love' because most of the tourists who come here are couples, so the name of the homophonic Lake of Love is more acceptable to tourists. In that case, why didn't you name the lake Love Lake in the first place, instead of choosing the name of the Lake of Love, which doesn't sound very good? Do you know why? Can you tell me? ”

Wei Xiaofeng's words drew Wu Yun's attention back from the speedboat just now, and he replied: "I really don't know about this, I originally planned to ask the locals about it and write it into the article." ”

Wei Xiaofeng walked back to his seat and asked the old couple, "Uncle and aunt, you have been to Lianhu several times, do you know the origin of the name Lianhu?" What's the story? ”

Yue Lin squinted and smiled, "I've heard of some." ”

"Tell me about it." Wei Xiaofeng took her hand and urged. Wu Yun also came over with great interest.

Yue Lin said: "I don't remember whether I came here three years ago or four years ago to listen to the local villagers, I only remember a rough idea, and I don't remember the specific details." The story is supposed to take place in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when a young man and woman eloped from the capital city of Nanjing to Lianhu and settled in the village by the lake. The girl's father was a high-ranking official in the court, and soon sent people all the way south to chase after here, to arrest the young couple back. The two of them naturally preferred to die, and seeing that they were cornered, they jumped into the lake and died in love. Originally, this lake had no name, and later in order to commemorate the unswerving love of the man and woman, the villagers originally planned to name the lake Love Lake, but thinking of the sad ending of the man and woman, they took the homonym of 'love' and changed it to the lake of mercy. ”

What Yue Lin said was simple, but telling it in her motherly tone could also make the listener's heartstrings tremble. Perhaps this legend does not seem refreshing and resonant to modern people, but when combined with the intoxicating beauty of the lake, it adds an additional sense of pathos.

"I'm sorry, I'm not very good at storytelling......" Yue Lin smiled a little embarrassed.

Wei Xiaofeng shook his head and said honestly: "No, I was quite moved to hear it." ”

Wu Yun agreed: "The story sounds a bit old-fashioned now, but it was indeed a touching love tragedy hundreds of years ago. Two people can resolutely go to death together for love, and they share a common belief in their hearts: even death cannot separate them. Just like Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, such a great love will never go out of style and will resonate no matter what era. ”

Saying so, Wu Yun still thought in his heart that he should know as much about the specific details of this legend as possible, which is not only the responsibility of a media person, but also because he also hopes that this sad legend can be known to more people in its original form.

"Hehehe......" At this moment, an old laugh came from their side, and there was a shrill mockery in the laughter.

Everyone followed the prestige, and an old man who was old was looking at them with a smile. The skin on his face was as withered as tree bark, the wrinkles were as deep as ravines, and the white hair on his head was sparse and messy. From the clothes, it doesn't look like a tourist who comes here, but more like an old man next door basking in the sun at the door of his home.

Seeing that it was an old man, Wu Yun's slightly frowning brows loosened, and he asked politely, "This uncle, is there anything wrong with what we said just now?" ”

"Young man," said the old man, revealing not many yellow teeth left in his mouth, and his voice was hoarse but not old, "I am not laughing at what you said, but at the story that the girl just told. ”

Everyone was a little confused, Chen Wendong took a step forward and asked with an unkind expression: "May I ask this eldest brother, is there anything wrong with the story told by the insider just now?" ”

The old man smiled, looked at the vast lake outside the railing, and said slowly: "I have lived next to this lake for more than 70 years, and since I learned to row, I have been rowing around this lake every day, rain or shine, and by the way, I have been catching some fish to make a living. I can't row anymore when I'm old, but fortunately I have such a big boat that doesn't rely on manpower, so I take this boat around the lake every afternoon to see the scenery......" Only then did he turn his gaze back, and in the face of the eager and curious eyes of the four people, he said unhurriedly, "I'm sorry, it's too far." Hey, when I'm older, I always think about some things from the past from time to time. In fact, the story that this girl told just now is only a few years old, and it is not the legend that has been passed down from generation to generation by us who live by this lake. ”

"What's going on?" Wu Yun's sincerity as a reporter was hooked and asked.

"I remember it was eight years ago......," the old man said slowly, as if searching in his memory, "the lake was set up as a scenic spot." At first, few people came, because the road was not repaired, and it was difficult for us to go out of the mountains, let alone people from outside to travel. Soon after, a very stylish person came to investigate, well, yes, yes, that big hotel was built at his expense. The man came to us for two days and then went back. Since then, the head of our village and the village party secretary have been carrying a small book from house to house in the village, and the book is written with the story that this girl has just told. Our village chief and village party secretary asked everyone in our village to recite the story inside, and when a tourist came to ask how the name of the lake came about, they would say it according to the content of the book. If we don't do this, the rich boss won't invest in us, and our village won't be able to get rid of poverty and become rich. ”

The old man's words made the four people who listened carefully in front of him all shake, and the love story of daring to love and sacrifice himself in the lake was all artificially made up.

"How so? Could it be that the name of the lake was also made up by them? Wei Xiaofeng felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

"Not really." The old man waved his hand, "This lake has had the name of Lake Mercy before I was born, but the legend of the origin of this name is much more tragic than the story you know now. ”

Wu Yun understood the joints. "What do you mean is that the original legend is not conducive to the development of the scenic spot of Lianhu, so the investor made up another story to spread on his behalf, in order to establish a sad but beautiful image of Lianhu Lake, and it is easier to attract tourists to come and play."

The old man nodded. "I don't understand what you're saying about anything too technical, but that's the rough idea. Later, our village people did what the village chief and village party secretary said, and the number of tourists did increase year by year, and our village became richer. After tasting the sweetness, the villagers only told the story that they had made up to outsiders, and the original legend was thrown aside by them. ”

The actions of the villagers, the village chief, the village party secretary and the investors made Wu Yun and others feel very unhappy, but after thinking about it, it is understandable that they are doing so. Besides, it would be a good thing to let such a magnificent gem hidden in the mountains be displayed to more people.