There are many big lakes in Yunzhou, there is a big lake not far from the city of Yundu, called Yunchi, and it is nearly 300 miles around the lake.

There are high mountains on the opposite side of the lake, and the cliffs are reflected in the lake.

There are many reeds on the shore of the lake, and at this time, the flower spikes bloom and are also reflected in the lake.

The Taoist walked slowly along the lake with a bamboo cane and a hat, followed by a red horse, and a little girl in tricolored clothes lay on the horse's back, squinting and napping.

There was also a short, thin young man beside him, who didn't have much energy.

"Didn't sleep well last night?" The Taoist turned his head and looked at the leader with a smile, "Could it be that you are also catching mice?" ”

Hearing the mouse, the girl on horseback straightened up, looked at him suspiciously, looked left and right, and saw no mouse, so she yawned again, and lazily lay down.

"I really didn't sleep well last night......"

The passer-by was not afraid that he knew that he had gone to get the snake bone snake molt and snake gall bladder, which he persuaded himself to take, but he was afraid that the repeated things in his heart would be known by him and make him laugh, so he only coped with one sentence and moved away from the topic, and turned to stare at the cloud pool next to him and said: "Although the villain is in the city, he has also heard of the water demon in this cloud pool." ”

"Oh?"

"I heard that it is a very black fish, and it is also said that it is a dragon, and it likes to come out when the weather is good, and it is perhaps that when the shadow on the water can be seen most clearly, if a boat passes from above and it is known, it will spit out water arrows to overturn the boat, but the larger boat has no choice."

"That's just the right day."

Song You looked up at today's weather.

The blue sky and white clouds pour into the clear water together with the green mountains.

"There are a lot of fishing villages on the edge of Yunchi, all pointing to Yunchi to beg for a living, the fishermen's boats are small boats, this half a year, it is said that there are many fishermen who have been eaten by the monster, people only dare to cast nets and fish on the shore, but in this way, after a long time, the water demon who is used to eating the taste of human flesh can't eat people, and misses it very much, sometimes people are on the shore, and they will also suffer from its poisonous hands." The passer-by told him what he knew as he walked, and tried to be worthy of the twenty-five wen leading the way, as well as the kindness of yesterday's guidance, "The price of fish in the city has risen." ”

"I'm well informed."

"There are everyone at the gate of the city, they get together on weekdays, and they talk about everything when they are idle, and these are the things that villains like to hear the most."

"Have you ever heard of a dragon land in the south of Yunzhou?"

"The Land of Dragons?"

Although the person who led the way didn't understand why this Taoist suddenly turned the topic to this, he also thought about it and replied honestly: "I have indeed heard that there is a mountain in the south of Yunzhou, and some people used to say that if you go there, the world will come to an end, and if you go again, you will fall, I don't know if it's true or not." Some people are looking for it, and there are mountains over there, some of them can be found, and some of them can't be found. Let's just say that in that place, people can see dragons flying up from the mountains every year. ”

"How?"

"I don't remember exactly, anyway, in the south, there seems to be a red river, I don't know what it looks like, I said that by following that river, I can go to that place."

"The news is really well-informed."

"The villain knows a lot." The passer-by said, "Even in Xianning County, Nug County, where Mr. is going, there are many strange rumors, and the villain has also heard of it." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"It's said that over the past few hundred years, fisculpation has been in this situation several times." The passer-by paused, rubbed his eyes, and felt that his head was a little wooden, but he also tried to recall, "It's about that there are people from other places who come to Xianning inexplicably, but they say that they are locals, whether it is the local mountains or lakes, they are the same as in memory, and the villages are similar, but in their place, the whole world is only dozens of miles long from north to south, and the east and west can only go to the lake and the top of the mountain, the sky will never be dark, and the sun will not move." ”

"Huh?"

Song You smiled.

I didn't expect to have a windfall from chatting with him.

"I don't dare to lie to Mr., but the villain also listens to what others say." Seeing that he was interested, the passer-by immediately continued, "The local county magistrate took them to the village where they lived, and the village was different from what they remembered, and the people in the village didn't know them, and they didn't know the people in the village. Everyone said that they were people who died hundreds of years ago, they didn't die at the time, and somehow they came back to life after a few hundred years, and there was something wrong with their brains, so naturally no one knew them, and they didn't know modern people. ”

"That's right......"

Song You's smile became brighter and brighter.

"The front is the Yangjia Village where the water demons are most often haunted by the gentleman, and it seems that Yangjia Village can rent boats."

"Thank you. I seem to be very sleepy at my feet, so let's just rest here, let's rent a boat and go fishing on the river. Song You said to him, "I'll come back to you later." ”

"Don't you need a villain to bargain for Mr. to charter a boat?"

"No need."

"Don't you need a villain to row for Mr.?"

"My boy is good at rowing."

"That's ......"

The leader still found a tree, walked over, and sat down with his knees crossed.

The sound of the bell slowly walked away.

The figure of the Taoist and his party was also reflected in the lake.

It wasn't until they walked into the village that they were out of sight.

The leader was still sitting in place, his eyes were so dry that he couldn't open them, his back against the tree, but he was still holding on, staring in that direction—

This is not compared to yesterday's stone forest, the stone forest is on the mountain, there are grass and trees and mountains and forests to cover, but the lake is a flat area, you can see far away, even if you sit here, you can see the scene in the lake, maybe you can see how the gods and masters get rid of demons.

The leader rubbed his eyes again.

Not long after, he really saw a small boat out of the lake from Yangjia Village, and the girl on the boat was really good at rowing, rowing the boat to the center of the lake.

At this time, there was a wind on the edge of the lake, and the water was wrinkled, but the boat was also faintly reflected.

It wasn't far before the boat stopped.

Wang Xiaoman looked at it from here, and the boat became a small spot on the vast lake, and it was vaguely visible that there was a figure shaking his arm on it, as if he had borrowed a fishing rod from the village to fish in the lake.

It seems to be the girl.

Then the boat floated on the lake, swaying in the sunlight, and the Taoist was no longer visible, but the girl sat in the bow of the boat, and from time to time there was a movement similar to that of reeling the pole.

Little by little, time passed.

The head of the person leading the way became more and more dizzy, and his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he could barely open them.

Not only did I not sleep all night last night, but I also ran dozens of miles, and this morning I led the way for Mr. Na, who was sleepy and tired, how could I support it?

Especially when I started thinking about something else.

I thought of the python in the mountain last night, which was so big that it could swallow a living person in one bite, and the snake bones and snake gall bladder that I took down and was about to sell, and I didn't know how much it could be sold. I thought about whether it was sold to the medicine shop or those who collected snake bones and snake moults, or whether it was sold to the nobles in the city as a hunt. I thought about it again, if I went back today and sold it for money, if I sold it for a large sum of money, I wouldn't come tomorrow to lead the way for this person.

Thinking about it in a mess, he relaxed as soon as he relaxed, and he couldn't hold on any longer, so he simply fell asleep under the tree.

In a drowsy state, I also had a dream.

In the dream, he also learned a little spell, and he was able to kill demons and demons, so he didn't need to pick up the demon bones killed by the Taoist, and he could live by subduing demons and eliminating demons. Not only did they live, but those nobles and officials in the city also respected themselves a lot when they saw them, and their lives were completely different from the past.

Who hasn't had such a dream?

Until I heard a loud bang in the distance.

"Boom!"

It's like a thunderbolt exploding on the water.

As if frightened, the leader opened his eyes, sat up, and looked at the lake for the first time.

But I saw that there was a shocking splash on the lake, like a huge pillar, and the waves were slowly falling, and the boat was still on the lake, shaking violently with the waves.

The ship was empty.

After a while, a figure sat on the boat, far away, and it was vaguely discernible that it was the man, and he also took off the hat, which turned out to be lying in the boat and sleeping with the hat, and the girl who had been sitting on the bow of the boat fishing was gone.

It's too far away to see clearly.

After a while, the girl reappeared in the boat, rowed again, and slowly paddled to the shore.

“……”

The passer-by was stunned and hurriedly walked over.

Follow the boat until you reach the ferry.

I saw the girl skillfully rowing the oars to make the boat dock, so skilled in rowing at such a young age, most of them also grew up by the water, and the Taoist sat in the boat, talking to the girl very calmly.

"Doesn't Sanhua Niangniang have a water knife, why is she still wet?"

"Don't blame Sanhua Niangniang!"

"Is that water demon too powerful?"

"Strange water! The water is soft, and it gets into the hair of Sanhua Niangniang all of a sudden! The girl said solemnly, "It's the same with a knife!" ”

"That's ...... so"

The passer-by listened to their conversation in a daze.

There is only one feeling in my heart -

The two of them didn't seem to care about the water demon at all.

Until the two of them parked the boat and came ashore, the girl was still carrying her own bag, which became swollen and wet again.

The two went to retreat again, and then went back.

The leader scratches his head and leads the way.

"I can still come and show us the way today, and run for this mere twenty-five Wen, I think I definitely didn't go to get the snake demon's flesh and bones last night in exchange for money." The voice of the Taoist sounded again, "But today this water demon was also removed by my Sanhua Niangniang, and the corpse may float up tonight and be washed to the shore by the waves, probably near here." I don't know if there is anything that can be exchanged for money on the water demon, here is closer to the cloud than yesterday's stone forest, if you are interested, you can also come to the lake tonight to get it, don't wait until tomorrow, otherwise most of them will be discovered by the nearby villagers. ”

"Mr. said with a smile, and promised Mr. to come and show Mr. the way, even if the villain exchanged the flesh and blood of the snake demon for money, as long as he should come, he still didn't get it."

The leader said groggyly.

As for the water demon tonight......

Walking by the lake at night is more dangerous than in the mountains.

(End of chapter)