Zhang Chu walked on this land and met many old farmers along the way.

At the same time, Zhang Chu also learned that in this world, almost all villagers live and work in peace and contentment, and the people are simple.

And on this day, Zhang Chu came to the side of a big lake, and as soon as he approached this big lake, Zhang Chu felt a resentment that swept into the sky, enveloping the entire big lake.

"Huh?" Zhang Chu was stunned in his heart, he was far away, and he couldn't feel it, but when he got closer, he found that this big lake was actually resentful inside!

"What's going on? How could there be such a special place of resentment in this small world? Zhang Chu was surprised.

And at this moment, the voice of an old man in the distance came: "Get out of there, get out of there!" Are you dying? ”

Zhang Chu heard the old man's voice and turned his head to look back.

I saw an old man carrying farm tools, walking quickly, looking anxious, he shouted, "Young man, what are you doing?" I don't want to live anymore! ”

Zhang Chu knew that the old man was kind, so he walked to the old farmer and said, "Old man, I am a foreigner, I don't know the rules here, can't you get close to this lake?" ”

The old man said: "At first glance, you know that you are a foreigner, but you don't notice that the large land by this lake is overgrown with weeds, and no one cultivates it, and this lake cannot be approached." ”

"Why?" Zhang Chu asked.

"This is the lake of sin, which can eat people! Inside, it's full of the souls of sinners. The old man said.

"Sin Lake? Sinner? Zhang Chu looked surprised: "What do you mean?" Will anyone who has sinned be put to death here? ”

The old man explained: "No, it's just a saying handed down from our ancestors that tens of thousands of sinners were once put to death here and thrown into the great lake. ”

"Since then, this place has become evil, and anyone who comes near this place will be dragged down by the water spirits."

Zhang Chu couldn't help asking: "Old man, in the past twenty years, has anyone died in this lake?" ”

"Yes, why not, but more!" The old man said.

At this moment, the old man and Zhang Chu walked a distance away from the big lake, came to an old tree, and sat down.

Then the old man sighed and said, "Far from it, the year before last, my granddaughter died in that lake." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Chu's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it because the child is too young to watch it?" ”

The old man shook his head and said, "It's not that the child is young, it's that the ghost in the lake has robbed him, and he can't pull it." ”

"Snatch it!" Zhang Chu frowned: "What do you mean by robbing?" ”

At this time, the old man said: "That night, I remember very clearly, my granddaughter suddenly cried and wanted to eat baked steamed buns. ”

"At night, where did I go to get her baked steamed buns, but the child kept crying and had to eat, and the child's parents were too lazy to care, so I got up and lit a fire to bake steamed buns for the child to eat."

According to the old man's description, because it was summer and the weather was so hot and humid, he could not make a fire in the house, so he had to go to the yard to make a fire.

That night, the fire was raging, and the old man and the child gathered around the fire and roasted some steamed bread slices, and the little face of the child who ate it was blushing and looking very happy, and there was a faint smile on his face all the time.

Now that I think about it and recall it, I feel that smile is a little weird, because that smile is not like the one shown on the face of a child, but more like the kind of weird smile that only adults or dead people may have.

Under the light of the fire, the old man remembered the smile of that day very clearly.

After the child ate for a while, the old man's yard was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind.

The old man hurriedly went to close the door, and as a result, a group of people, dressed in ancient clothes and carrying a sedan chair, appeared at the door of the old man.

When the old man said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "I was frightened and squatted on the ground, because we have a legend here that there is an old woman in the lake. ”

"And that old woman, every once in a while, she has to choose a maid to accompany her to do needlework, and every time she chooses a maid, she is carried away in a sedan chair."

"I wanted to shout for help, to stop those things, but after my granddaughter finished eating those steamed buns, she stood up and got into the sedan chair by herself."

"Then, I watched my granddaughter being carried away by a sedan chair."

Zhang Chu asked, "Didn't chase?" ”

The old man sighed: "Chase, as soon as the team of people and horses left, my legs and feet became dexterous, so I shouted, our family, the child's parents, chased out together." ”

"Eventually, I chased it to the lake and saw a terrible scene."

Zhang Chu asked, "What do you see?" ”

Then the old man said, "I saw that the group of men carrying the sedan chair, oh no, ghosts, they carried the sedan chair and walked on the great lake, as if they were walking on the ground. ”

"I also saw that night, on the surface of the lake, a large courtyard like a great palace appeared, and around the courtyard was full of torches, illuminating the courtyard brilliantly."

"And later?" Zhang Chu asked.

The old man shook his head: "After that, I didn't know anything, I never saw my granddaughter again, a good child, just gone." ”

Zhang Chu slowly turned his head, looked at the huge lake, and then asked, "Old man, how often does this lake eat one person?" ”

The old man said, "I heard that there are three people a year, two children, and one adult. ”

"So much!" Zhang Chu's eyelids were raised.

At this time, the old man said: "I heard that this is the case, because there are thirty or forty villages around this big lake, and I don't know which village will catch up with them, and I don't know if it is this number. ”

"Haven't you thought about leaving this big lake?" Zhang Chu asked.

The old man shook his head and said, "How can we leave, our land, our house is around here, and although this lake is dangerous, there are so many villages around it, it will not necessarily fall into our village......"

Zhang Chu nodded, in essence, it is still a reason, the land is here.

Go somewhere else, who gave you land for you to cultivate?

In this world, there is no commercial activity, basically, all people are fixed on their dozens of acres of land, so they must live here.

At this time, Zhang Chu said: "I know. ”

The old man told Zhang Chudao: "Don't go near this lake anymore, I heard that if you go near that lake at will, you will be pulled down by the ghosts in the water." ”

Zhang Chu thanked the old man, but still said: "Old man, I specialize in catching ghosts, since I have encountered something here, I can't ignore it." ”

"Huh? Can you catch ghosts? The old man was astonished.

Immediately afterwards, the old man said in surprise: "Then you have to go to our village to sit, if you can catch the ghost, then our people from all over the country will thank you." ”

As he spoke, the old man got up: "Let's go, follow me to our village chief!" ”