Yinxiang shook his head and said to Ling Ruo: "Have you seen it? Others always say that fourth brother is cold, mean and merciless. To me, he is clearly a bad guy who takes everything on himself."
Ling Ruo smiled, twirling the red agate bracelet on her wrist and said, "It's because of Fourth Master's bodhisattva heart that Thirteenth Master will only obey Fourth Master among so many brothers. It's up to them to say what the world wants to say.
, as the saying goes, a horse’s power can be seen through a long journey, and a person’s heart can be seen over time. Even if people in this world don’t understand the fourth master’s painstaking efforts, I believe that after thousands of years, the fourth master will be given justice.”
Yinzhen smiled and stopped taking up the topic. Instead, he asked where Ling Ruo was going today. He clearly told her to stay in the inn and not to wander around. After all, the place was unfamiliar and the West Lake was unknown.
There are rumors that there are demons, and Hangzhou is not as peaceful as it seems.
"If I hadn't made this trip, I'm afraid we would have been kept in the dark about something." At that moment, she told the story in detail about Da Niu's second uncle instigating Da Niu to spread the news that there was a demon in the West Lake.
After she finished speaking, Yinxiang was the first to jump up and shouted angrily: "What a bastard, I dare you to tell me that he is the one who started the rumor. It's so abominable. If I see him, I will tear his bones apart and feed them to the dogs!"
"To think that these two noble brothers were fooled around by a common man.
Yinzhen closed his eyes and knocked on the table slowly, constantly thinking about the whole thing in his mind. It seemed like a rumor, but what was involved behind it was definitely not simple...
After a long time, Yinzhen opened his eyes and said, "If I am not mistaken, this rumor should be to cover up the sound coming from the bottom of the West Lake."
"What could be there at the bottom of the West Lake?" Yinxiang looked puzzled. There must be gold underneath, right?
"I don't know either." Yinzhen opened the window and took a look at the sky outside and said, "After dark, let's go to the West Lake while there are fewer people. I always feel that this is something very strange."
Yinxiang spread his hands and expressed that it didn't matter, and then they waited in the inn until dark. Because they knew that those who were following him lived in the inn, they asked the waiter and left through the back door deliberately to avoid attracting attention because of the crowd.
I took Zhou Yong with me.
After arriving at the West Lake, they found an uninhabited corner and let Zhou Yong dive into the water. The West Lake was not deep, even the deepest part was less than one foot, and the shallow part was only three or four feet.
Zhou Yong plunged into the water with a sudden force, and the broken lake surface quickly became calm again. It was impossible to see that there was an extra person in the lake. However, when Zhou Yong entered the water, Yinzhen and the others clearly heard several muffled sounds.
, very much like it came from the bottom of the lake.
After a while, the calm was broken again. Zhou Yong climbed up soaked in water and said to the Yinzhen brothers who had been waiting on the shore: "For the record, you two gentlemen, I swam around the bottom and found that except for the mud,
There is nothing else. But I noticed something very strange."
"What is it?" Yinzhen perked up and hurriedly asked.
Zhou Yong endured the coolness of the autumn wind blowing on his body and said: "When I dived to the bottom of the water, I found that the water below was much warmer than above, as if I was swimming in warm water."
"Is there such a thing?" Yinzhen and Yinxiang looked at each other. Although the temperature of the bottom of the water is indeed higher than the surface of the water when there is no sunshine, Zhou Yong should also understand this matter, but now that he has pointed it out alone, then
This means that the bottom temperature is not even a little bit higher than the surface temperature.
"Is there underground fire under the West Lake?" Yinxiang looked in disbelief. Generally, only in places with underground fire, the water temperature will be higher than in ordinary places, and so-called hot springs will be formed. However, for thousands of years, this West Lake has been
I have never heard of earth fire.
Yinzhen did not answer his words, but turned around and went back to the inn. Things became more and more confusing. What did the West Lake, rumors, and fire mean?
When Yinzhen still had no clue, someone was already waiting for an opportunity and was ready to take action...
The next day, although he woke up early to find it was raining, Yinzhen remembered Fang Lian'er's incident, so he went to the magistrate's office with Yinxiang early in the morning. In addition, he also wanted to ask Chen Yuanjing about the West Lake.
Not long after Yinzhen left, Ling Ruoyi got up to dress up, and while she was changing under Mo Yu's service, there was a knock on the door, but it was Zhou Yong's voice, "Madam, there is a man outside who calls himself Da Niu's second uncle looking for you.
, he said he has something to ask for, do you want to see him?"
Gou'er followed Yinzhen to the government office. As for Li Wei and several guards brought out from the palace, they were responsible for keeping an eye on the group of people. Therefore, except for Ling Ruo and Mo Yu, only Ling Ruo and Mo Yu were left in the inn.
A Zhou Yong.
"Him?" Ling Ruo was startled. What was he doing to come to her? Could it be that something happened to the big girl? Thinking of this, she quickly changed her clothes and said, "Let him come in."
Zhou Yong took the order and left. Not long after, there was a knock on the door again. The person who followed Zhou Yong in was the second uncle of the big girl with a flattering smile. After signaling Zhou Yong to go down, Ling Ruo had no time to take a sip of the Moyu specially prepared by the inn.
Ma Nai asked right away: "You came to see me, but something happened to the big girl?"
Hearing this, Da Niu's second uncle showed a look of self-blame, "To be honest with you, madam, when I woke up early this morning and asked Da Niu to have breakfast, I found that she was not in the room. I searched all over the area and couldn't find her.
She has also been to Broken Bridge, but she said she didn't see it, so there's really nothing she can do about it.
"Fah, I remembered that the eldest girl was quite close to the madam yesterday, so I wanted to ask the madam if she knew where else the eldest girl would go. The madam also knows that this girl is not very smart, and I am really afraid that she will be bullied." Come in.
Until now, he has kept his hands behind his back.
Mo Yu handed the lukewarm mare's milk to Ling Ruo's hand. When he turned around, he glanced at Da Niu's second uncle with a sneer, "What you asked is so strange. Da Niu has lived with you for more than ten years, and my master knows her."
In just a few days, I am not as close as your second uncle, and you can't find him. How can my master find him?"
Ever since he heard about Da Niu's second uncle from the neighbors last night, Mo Yu has been very shameless towards him, and he doesn't look good now.
Da Niu's second uncle was speechless because of her support. He rubbed his hands and said: "There is nothing we can do, otherwise I don't want to trouble my wife."
Ling Ruo was also not ashamed of this man's behavior, but he was worried about the missing girl, lest something happen to her. He drank the mare's milk and thought for a while and said: "Well, just wait for me for a while, and I will go with you after I pack up."
If you look outside, she won't be far away."
"Hey." A hint of unnoticeable joy flashed across Da Niu's second uncle's eyes, and he stepped aside to wait for Ling Ruo to leave.
At this time, Mo Yu murmured from the side, "I didn't treat Da Niu as a human being before, and even taught her to spread rumors everywhere, but now I am worried about Da Niu's safety. Is it because of my conscience?"
Mo Yu's unintentional words awakened Ling Ruo. Yes, how could a person who had always ignored Da Niu suddenly become so caring? This cannot be explained by a "discovery of conscience", and
The most important thing is that she never told Da Niu where she lived, so how did Da Niu's second uncle find this place?
The more Ling Ruo thought about it, the more something was wrong. Just as he was about to ask what happened, a hand suddenly covered his mouth and nose, followed by a sharp pain in the back of his neck, and he immediately lost consciousness.
[Author's digression]: The remaining two chapters will be added tomorrow