The day before, Zheng Qing was still discussing with his companions the possibility of the riots intensifying in Linzhong Lake.
The next Saturday night, he saw this 'possibility'.
According to the previous plan, on Saturday night, the Exoneration Hunting Team, together with Jiang Yu, Li Meng, Liu Feifei and Nicholas, carried out the "School Investigation Operation". On the one hand, they continued to search for the possible faceless monster, and on the other hand, they continued to search for the possible faceless monster.
On the other hand, he also helped Liu Feifei find her lost pet snake.
The group of people agreed to meet at Pavilion No. 11 by Linzhong Lake.
The pavilion is located in the northeast of Linzhong Lake. Outside the pavilion, across the railing is a gently sloping grassland. Because the spring thunder has just sounded and the green buds have not yet emerged, the grassland is still a withered and yellow scene at this moment.
At the end of the grassland is the northeastern shore of Linzhong Lake.
A few hundred meters north along the lakeshore is the small square in front of Shushan Pavilion. On one side of the square is the rockery where the little white cat died, and on the other side is the grove where Zheng Qing's cats often gather. A few days ago, it was
The fishman smuggling case that the patrol broke into happened in that small forest.
A few hundred meters south along the lake shore is the 'mud pond' due east of Linzhong Lake, where a large family of longevity turtles live. In winter, these turtles hide deep in the mud pond and may not move for ten months.
Wait. There have been spring thunders recently, and Xiao Xiao heard that longevity turtles have begun to emerge in the mud pond, so today everyone’s focus of investigation will be on this longevity turtle.
Because in the past, the first turtles to appear in the mud pond were the young turtles under three years old. The turtle shells were soft and the bodies were exquisite. They were the most loved by the long-lived insects who had been hungry all winter. Liu Feifei was worried that her pets would be attracted by those coquettish bitches from outside.
Jiang Yu had just realized that the unknown faceless monster might be hiding in this mud pond. Together, the two sides quickly determined the key investigation area tonight.
It is not an easy task to look for faceless monsters and giant snakes in a muddy pond at night.
Wearing a heavy one-piece dragon skin suit, and wearing thick dragon skin gloves to touch around in the mud, each person also had an invisible peach charm hanging on their body - this was a gift sponsored by Jiang Yu - Zheng Qing
I highly doubt that if the faceless monster was really in this muddy pond, they would have been chewed into bones before they had time to take out the Dharma book.
It's just that Xiao Xiao repeatedly explained that the faceless monster has limited abilities and its combat effectiveness is almost zero except for disguise. In addition, Jiang Yu and other three witches were guarding the shore with magic books and talismans, which gave Zheng Qing a little sense of security.
The slippery mud flowed between Zheng Qing's fingers, and pinching it gave people an unusually satisfying feeling.
Zheng Qing resisted the urge to play in the mud, and slowly groped with his fingers in the mud, carefully identifying the difference between each pebble and the dormant turtle, and carefully stuffed the caught loach and earth dragon larvae back into the depths of the mud.
The whole process is extremely boring.
The only thing that could cheer him up a little was the silver horns or golden beans that he occasionally fished out of the mud. From the beginning to now, the target has not been found, but he has collected several of these windfalls.
This money was left behind by the wizards who came to look for longevity turtles to pray for blessings before the exam. Because the final exam of last semester was in winter, it has not been long enough now, and most of the longevity turtles have not become active yet, so there is still a little money in the mud pond.
'Leftovers' gave Zheng Qing a little surprise.
The reason why no other wizards came to 'steal' the blessing money was, on the one hand, because the school did not allow it, and it was in full view of the public during the day, and there were patrols at night. It was difficult to complete this task without powerful equipment such as invisibility charms; on the other hand, it was also because in the mud pond,
There is very little money left. If you buy the invisibility charm with real money and then touch the money later, you may lose your original capital.
Zheng Qing and others also met by chance and had some luck here.
"There seems to be someone on the other side!"
Li Meng's low warning sound came from the shore.
The originally bustling mud pond suddenly fell into silence. Zheng Qing stood stiffly in the mud, not daring to move. Although they were wearing invisibility charms, they had a guilty conscience and appeared in such a place during the curfew.
Be careful and you will be notified and criticized by the school, and you may even be punished.
Therefore, everyone is cautious for fear of something going wrong.
The young public-funded student looked in the direction Li Meng pointed out just now, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The place Li Meng was talking about was far away from this mud pond. It was on the other side of Linzhong Lake. Zheng Qing estimated that it should be near the rockery. And the figure that appeared, as expected, should be Linzhong Lake from the school working committee.
Night patrol.
Zheng Qing was very familiar with the long staffs they held in their hands. Last semester, he often dragged those wooden sticks around the lakeside.
"It doesn't matter, we're from the patrol team." Zheng Qing coughed slightly and lowered his voice to remind: "Okay, everyone, focus on searching this area quickly... Finish work early and rest early."
No one answered, but the rustling sound started again.
Zheng Qing licked his lips, bent down, and continued to touch around in the mud. But this time, his attention was slightly diverted from the mud at his feet to the night patrol members on the other side.
Already.
If I remember correctly, each team member will have a relatively fixed patrol route when patrolling - and these routes definitely do not include a large group of people gathering in front of a certain rockery.
In the distance, along with the breeze blowing across the lake, there was the slight commotion of the patrol members.
But because the distance was too far, Zheng Qing couldn't tell what they were talking about. The only thing that could be confirmed was that the patrol members seemed to be very excited, and some of the patrol members even started to sprout strings of sticks from their hands.
spark.
This is not like a scene that would appear during a regular patrol, Zheng Qing thought with a little worry. At the same time, he was wondering where the old school worker who led the team had gone? Why couldn't anyone stop the patrol members from being violent?
"Crash!"
The loud sound of water splashing sounded in Linzhong Lake, accompanied by clear ripples swinging in circles.
Zheng Qing stood up slightly.
Several strong figures emerged from the lake shore, confronting the patrol members across the bluestone steps on the shore. As expected, they were the fishmen from Linzhong Lake.
"What are they doing?" Jiang Yu's worried voice came from the side.
Zheng Qing came back to his senses immediately and coughed again: "Just in time, while their attention is no longer on our side, everyone should speed up the progress... Don't be afraid of making a noise, they can't hear it now!"
Nicholas's low voice of approval sounded not far away.
Zheng Qing looked at the grass on the slope - the invisibility charm provided by Jiang Yu could ensure that the wizards holding this peach charm could see each other - he saw that the three witches, including Jiang Yu, had paid attention
The force was transferred away from the mud pond and landed on the fishmen and patrol members on the other side.
He curled his lips and looked up at the position of the moon.
"Well, it should be done in two-quarters of an hour at most." He figured it out, and he felt a renewed sense of motivation in his heart.