"Ha! It's true." Xian'er didn't believe him and looked disdainful, "Sir, don't believe him. How can there be any ghosts in the world?"
The middle-aged man quit and said in a more serious tone: "Little girl, what do you know? I eat more salt than you eat rice. What weird thing in the world have I not seen? Let me tell you, I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears.
There will be strange movements under this lake. The lake will vibrate, the fish inside will be frightened, and the sound will be very strange. I can’t tell what it feels like. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the people around you. As long as you live in
Most of the people here have heard and seen it."
Xian'er frowned, looked at Xia Shang, and found that Xia Shang also frowned, and didn't seem to believe it.
The middle-aged man suddenly thought of something, and then said: "By the way, if you want to know more stories about this lake, go find a storyteller. He used to tell stories in a restaurant on the other side of the lake, but the restaurant was demolished.
, I don’t know where he has gone now. He knows this lake best. Although I don’t believe the stories he tells, many people do, especially children. After listening to him talk about this lake, not one of them
Dare to sleep. It’s so evil.”
"Mr. Storyteller? How to find him?"
"I don't know about this. Since the restaurant opposite was demolished, his whereabouts have been erratic, and people will see him occasionally. But one thing is certain, the storyteller lives nearby and will only be around here.
Haunted. Anyway, many people go out to look for him but can't find him. If you don't want to look for him, he suddenly appears again. He is also very weird and elusive.
If you want to look for him, you can try your luck. He is easy to recognize. He is in his eighties, hunchbacked, gray-haired, and lean. The key is that he smokes. By the way, you don’t know what smoking is, do you?
A rare thing brought by Westerners in the past few years, brown hay wrapped in a ball..."
"Uh...I know this."
"Oh oh oh..." The middle-aged man was a little embarrassed, "As long as you know, his smoking gun is different from others. It is made of iron. It is used as a crutch when he is not smoking. In short, that storyteller is so transparent in everything.
It's so weird that you can recognize it as soon as you see it."
After receiving so much information at once, Xia Shang was very satisfied. He thanked the middle-aged man and left with Xian'er.
Xia Shang didn't have much time, so he immediately started looking for what middle-aged people call a storyteller.
But things went against their expectations. Xia Shang and Xian'er searched separately for a long time, but they couldn't find it.
Xia Shang also asked many people, and they all said the same things as the middle-aged people. The storyteller was elusive and difficult to find.
Seeing night fall, Xia Shang gained nothing.
We had no choice but to go back to the inn with Xian'er and eat something first. Then we went to the guest room to consider whether we should change our approach.
Time is very tight now. After tonight, the execution will take place at noon tomorrow. If he really can't find anyone, Xia Shang will have no choice but to go to the palace and meet the emperor.
Xia Shang was thinking at the window. As the night grew darker, his thoughts became more and more confused. For a long time, he could not come up with a feasible solution.
In fact, Xia Shang was so worried that he couldn't think rationally.
Fortunately, there was Xian'er beside me, and Xian'er suddenly had an idea: "Sir, do you think this will work?"
"you say."
"Since we can't find the storyteller, we might as well try to lure him out."
"How to do?"
"Suppose what the middle-aged man said is true. If there is something strange in the lake, but there are no ghosts in the world. The situation that the middle-aged man said can only occur because there is something strange under the lake. Could it be?
That dungeon is under this viewing lake?"
Xia Shang nodded: "I have thought of this a long time ago, and this is the only possibility. But the lake water is still and does not flow into the dungeon below, so it can be seen that the entrance is not in the lake."
"But we can dig deeper. If the dungeon is not deep under the lake, we should be able to see the weird things under the lake soon. Whether it is the people in the dungeon or the storyteller, once they know that we are doing this, they will definitely
He stepped in to stop it."
Xia Shang's eyes lit up: "This method is very good! Xian'er, you have really helped me a lot."
Xia Shang was overjoyed, hugged Xian'er and kissed her, then hurriedly rushed downstairs.
At this time, the inn is about to close, and the waiter is doing the final cleaning work.
Xia Shang went over and gave him a bag of silver: "Brother, find some strong men and follow me to do something tonight, and you will share the money inside."
When the waiter opened the purse and took a look, his eyes popped out.
This money bag not only contains a lot of broken silver, but also contains many banknotes.
Even if it is the smallest denomination, any one can be worth his salary for a year.
Waiter, are you still hesitant?
No matter what, even if it means losing your head, you have to do it.
According to Xia Shang's request, he found tools such as shovels, tools, and crowbars.
Three more strong men were recruited, and they were all masons who built houses. They were experts in digging land and clearing wasteland.
I heard that there was a big man who offered a big price to everyone for help. Everyone was so motivated that they gathered outside the inn in the time it took to burn incense. They rolled up their sleeves and got ready to start work: "Big man, what do you want us to do?"
"
Xia Shang stood in front and pointed to the end of the dark street: "Dig the lake."
"Dig a lake?" Everyone was stunned, "Dig what kind of lake?"
"In this whole street, besides the viewing lake, what other lakes are there?"
"Ah? Sir, are you talking about the ghost lake?"
"Exactly."
This time it scared a few people.
Let them do anything, but this ghost lake...
Not to mention digging, it's so late at night, just thinking about it makes me feel sick.
Even as an adult, I have never heard of anyone daring to go to the lake in the middle of the night.
So at night, no one could be seen around the lake, and it was so ghostly that it made one's scalp numb just looking at it from a distance.
Seeing that everyone was timid, Xia Shang comforted him: "Don't be afraid. Where are the ghosts in this world? All kinds of strange things happen because there is a priceless treasure under the lake. I spent a lot of money and asked the immortal to calculate it.
There is something under the lake, it is absolutely true. You can help me dig it out, and I will reward you with one hundred taels of silver each."
"Ouch!" Everyone gasped.
I have seen people spend money generously, but I have never seen anyone spend money so generously.
It is true that there must be brave men under heavy rewards.
When they heard that Xia Shang had increased the price, several people were moved.
They looked at each other, gritted their teeth and nodded, and then a strong man said angrily: "What the fuck! I have never seen a real ghost in my life. If I had, I would have learned a lot! Just because of this!
Sincerity, I risk my life to do it just once, for fear of losing my eggs!"
"That's right! I'm afraid of my eggs! Let's do it together!" (To be continued)