The next morning, Village Chief Wang hurried to Lejia's house, and as soon as they met, he told Zhang Shaofei straight to the point: "Ah Fei, when you went back yesterday, Fa'er was still fine, but for some reason, in the second half of the night, there was a cry of wild ghosts outside, and my son was so frightened that he got into the bed and curled up tremblingly, not daring to move. ”

"Ah......" At this time, Zhang Shaofei had returned to normal, and then he remembered that when Village Chief Wang first met, he mentioned that Wang Jinfa was afraid to call "there is a ghost" at night, thinking that this was his nightmare nonsense, so he didn't take it to heart.

Village Chief Wang continued: "Hearing what Fa'er said, I listened carefully, and sure enough, the cry of a child came from outside the village. I forced my composure and walked out of the entrance of Fengshan Village, and there were indeed bursts of cries from wild ghosts. ”

Zhang Shaofei stared at Village Chief Wang with surprised eyes, and asked, "Village Chief Wang, did you really hear the cry of the wild ghost?" ”

"I heard it clearly last night, the cry of the wild ghost came faintly from the dark mountain stream, you can't help but believe it!" Village Chief Wang recalled.

Zhang Shaofei asked again: "Village Chief Wang, is the cry of that wild ghost really like the cry of a child?" ”

"Yes, Ah Fei, the cries of those little ghosts are really terrifying and creepy......" Village Chief Wang said with palpitations.

Zhang Shaofei touched his head and said, "Is it really so serious?" ”

Village Chief Wang nodded, and then narrated: "In the middle of the night, which family's children will run to Longtan to cry? So, my heart was clenched all the time, and I couldn't close my eyes and sleep peacefully at night. ”

After the sun came out, the village chief of Wang, who had not slept all night, dared to go out and went to the village to ask door-to-door. He traveled all over the village, and no family took their children to Longtan in the middle of the night.

The villagers' answer made Village Chief Wang even more frightened:

"In the middle of the night last night, I got up and unhooked my hands and suddenly heard the cry of a child from Longtan, so scared that I didn't even pee, so I went to the house, it was too scary."

"yes, I was so scared that I locked the door tighter. My children were so scared that they hugged me all night before they could sleep. ”

"Is this a little ghost?"

"I wonder which house the little ghost on the mountain went to do evil?"

Village Chief Wang then said: "My family, and the people in the village can hear it clearly. ”

After Zhang Shaofei listened to Wang Cun's clear narration, he lowered his head and pondered, touching his memories of a past incident in Shaolin Temple.

After thinking about it for a while, he naturally had some guesses in his heart, and said to Village Chief Wang: "Have you gone to Longtan to find out?" ”

"I asked the boldest family in the family, Lei Leopard, to find out. But as soon as he left the village, when he heard the cry, he was so frightened that he even pulled down his pee. Village Chief Wang shook his head and said.

"Could it be ......" Zhang Shaofei said this, and stopped talking again.

Seeing that Zhang Shaofei wanted to speak and stopped, Village Chief Wang asked strangely: "Ah Fei, could it be anything?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......" Zhang Shaofei knew that it would be futile to tell him now, so he waved his hand and answered.

Village Chief Wang didn't understand: "Ah Fei, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Shaofei's eyes lit up a few times: "I'll go to Longtan in the middle of the night tonight to check it, and there will naturally be an answer then." ”

Village Chief Wang asked in astonishment: "You go to Longtan in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of ghosts?" ”

Zhang Shaofei laughed: "I'm afraid of ghosts? I think the devil is afraid of me. ”

Village Chief Wang said with concern: "Do you want to bring any weapons for self-defense?" ”

"Weapons? No! Zhang Shaofei waved his hand, "You just need to prepare torches for me." Village Chief Wang, do you dare to go with me? ”

Village Chief Wang pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, for the sake of my precious son's life, even if I fight for my old life, I will go with you." ”

Zhang Shaofei said: "Village Chief Wang, since you are willing to go with me, then you can ask a few bold people in the village to go with us, if there is anything, it is easy to take care of it." ”

Village Chief Wang said loudly: "The most daring people in our village should be my nephews Wang Hanqiang and Wang Hanwei, I asked him to go with us tonight." ”

Zhang Shaofei nodded and said, "Okay." ”

……

Night has finally fallen.

Wang Hanqiang held a bow and arrow, and Wang Hanwei and several sturdy villagers came to the house of the village chief Wang on time with hunting forks and other instruments.

"Let's go!" Zhang Shaofei waved his hand, took Village Chief Wang, Wang Hanqiang and other people, lit torches, walked out of Fengshan Village, and walked in the direction of Longtan.

The mountains at night are so dark that you can't see your fingers, the frogs and insects on the side of the road beside the stream are chirping, and the fireflies are swimming in the mountains and forests, twinkling with the stars in the night sky, and the cold mountain wind is calling fiercely, adding a bit of mysterious fear to the mountains.

The group followed Zhang Shaofei and walked hard in the dark, and finally came to the vicinity of the deep water pool.

Zhang Shaofei motioned for everyone not to make a sound, and everyone tiptoed towards the waterhole.

Suddenly, there was a burst of children's cries from the side of Longtan.

Village Chief Wang was suddenly so frightened that his legs trembled, and he fell forward with a thud, Zhang Shaofei was quick and helped him.

Zhang Shaofei whispered: "Village Chief Wang, what are you afraid of?" ”

Village Chief Wang's voice trembled: "There is a little ghost crying, ......"

Zhang Shaofei patted his chest, lowered his voice, and said to everyone: "Where are there ghosts in the world? With me in front, don't be afraid, just follow me. But when we got to the pool, everyone tried to keep it quiet. ”

"Uh-huh, we're after you." Everyone trembled and followed Zhang Shaofei forward.

In the dark night, the dark clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the clear sky was like a huge piece of incomparable blue satin that unfolded.

At this time, the bright moon is like a plate, and the silver moonlight shines on the surrounding mountains, flowers and trees, like a layer of silver brilliance.

Zhang Shaofei took Village Chief Wang and his entourage quietly to the waterhole.

The waterfall that cascaded down from the high rocks crashed into the raised stones in the pool like a white exercise, causing a wave of spray.

Zhang Shaofei asked everyone to light the torches, but in the firelight, but saw that the water in the pool was crystal clear, and there was a spring water in the cracks of the stones at the bottom of the pool, "ding dong, ding dong" gushing straight up, forming a turbulent whirling water flow.

The crowd stood quietly by the edge of the pool and observed.

Suddenly, the cries of children rang out from the pool.

With sensitivity and experience, Zhang Shaofei discovered the source of the sound at a glance, waved his hand to tell everyone not to make a sound, and then pointed to the pool.

Everyone followed Zhang Shaofei's gesture and looked, only to see a few strangely shaped fish swimming on the pond: this fish was nearly a foot long, the back was black and brown mixed with a mixture of black and brown, the head of the fish was flat and wide and round, a pair of small eyes were embedded in it, the tail was flattened on the side, and the outstretched limbs were short and fat.

Zhang Shaofei blurted out: "Ah! Giant salamander! ”

Village Chief Wang put his mouth to the root of Zhang Shaofei's ear and asked in a low voice, "What?" Ah Fei, you say this fish is called baby fish? ”

Zhang Shaofei nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, village chief, these are baby fish." ”

By the light of the torches, Village Chief Wang saw that those fish had four legs, so he looked at Zhang Shaofei curiously and asked, "Ah Fei, how can this fish have legs?" ”

Zhang Shaofei pointed to the baby fish swimming freely in the stream, and replied with a smile: "Yes, village chief, this baby fish is different from other fish, it has four legs, it can swim in the water, and it can also climb on the rocks on the shore. ”

"Doll fish, baby fish...... "Village Chief Wang said to himself, "why are so many names unaffordable, but it is called baby fish?" ”

"Village Chief Wang, this fish will make a baby-like cry at night, so people call it a baby fish. You've heard it with your own ears, and the cry of this fish is like a doll's cry. Zhang Shaofei pointed to the baby fish in the stream and patiently explained.

Village Chief Wang seemed to have realized: "Such a cry is nothing if you hear it during the day, but when you hear it in the middle of the night, it's weird and terrifying." ”

Zhang Shaofei explained: "This baby fish does not bark during the day. ”

Village Chief Wang was puzzled: "So when will it call in the middle of the night?" ”

"Baby fish only live in streams with excellent water quality in the mountains, hiding in the crevices of the streams during the day and only coming out at night. They only call in the middle of the night when they are in heat. Zhang Shaofei said with a smile.

After hearing this, Village Chief Wang suddenly realized: "Ah, I see! These nights I heard the cries of children outside, and I always thought it was the middle of the night when the little ghost was screaming! The witch said that the wild spirits on the other side possessed my son, and I was so frightened that I almost pulled my urine down. ”