Viewed from this direction, the water surface of the lake looks a strange blue-black color.
"What's in the lake?" Yang Guanfeng suddenly asked such a question.
"Ah, there are fish!" Miao Qingfeng paused and then replied with a smile.
"Oh, I'm just curious, don't mind." Yang Guanfeng looked at the quiet lake and said.
"Ah, it's okay." Miao Qingfeng smiled.
Strange feeling.
Yang Guanfeng just felt that the lake was a bit strange. How can I put it, looking at it from such a distance, it felt a bit scary, as if there was something in the lake. I didn't feel that way when I was by the lake just now.
buzzing,
As they continued to go up the mountain, there was a sudden sound in their ears. When they looked out, they saw a group of black flying insects, which looked like bees, but were smaller.
"What is this?" Yang Guanfeng pointed at the flying insects.
"Be careful, this is a poisonous bee on the mountain." Miao Qingfeng said hurriedly when he saw this.
Buzz, those poisonous bees were somehow stimulated and actually launched an attack on the three of them.
"Back off!"
While Miao Qingfeng shouted, he quickly took out a piece of rope-like thing from his body, and then lit it. Immediately, pungent green smoke came out, and the thing in his hand kept flying in the air. The smoke was swaying in the air, and the smoke quickly dispersed. The poisonous bees seemed to be very afraid of the green smoke, hovering in mid-air but not daring to get close.
"Let's go down the mountain quickly."
After hearing this, Yang Guanfeng and the young man did not dare to stop at all, and immediately headed down the mountain.
Several people went down the mountain without any danger.
"Huh, why did those poisonous bees suddenly attack us?" the young man asked.
"These poisonous bees are territorial and will actively attack creatures that intrude into their territory." Miao Qingfeng explained.
"What will happen if you get stabbed by them?"
"The consequences include poisoning, redness and swelling, fever all over the body, and vomiting. Well, it's not life-threatening. We have special antidotes in the village."
"Are there many poisonous bees like this on the mountain?"
"Many, not just this kind of poisonous insect, there are dozens of poisonous things like snakes and insects that I know about, and there are many more that I don't know about. In short, this mountain is not as peaceful as it seems." Miao Qingfeng said with a smile.
"What was that you were burning just now?"
"There is a mixture of several herbs that can repel insects, but the smell is a bit weird."
After going up the mountain, they came down again and unknowingly came to the lake again. To be precise, Yang Guanfeng took the initiative to walk towards the lake.
"This lake feels so weird!"
Approaching again and looking at the lake quietly, he suddenly felt that his body was inexplicably cold as he stood next to the lake. The lake seemed to be a huge ferocious beast that was dormant and might stand next to it at any time. It's really a strange feeling to swallow it yourself.
"What's wrong, head?" Seeing Yang Guanfeng staring at the lake, the young man beside him asked softly.
"It's nothing, I just have a very strange feeling." Yang Guanfeng said with a smile after coming back to his senses.
"How does it feel?"
"This lake feels a little weird."
Just after he said this, he found that Miao Qingfeng's expression not far away was a little unnatural, and it only took a moment to pass by.
"Well, there's something really wrong."
"What kind of weird method?" Miao Qingfeng asked with a smile.
"I feel like this lake is like a monster that may swallow me up at any time." Yang Guanfeng said with a smile. There is no need to lie about this kind of thing.
"Ah haha." Miao Qingfeng laughed after hearing this.
"Why is Mr. Miao laughing? Is there really some kind of monster in this lake?"
"Well, what should I say? There are big fish in this lake."
"How old?"
"The largest one I have ever seen should be more than three meters long, and there may even be longer ones. It is not an exaggeration to call it a monster."
"That big?"
"Of course, this lake is very large and has never dried up. Before our village was built, it existed for who knows how many years. It may have a history of thousands of years. Over such a long time, there are... Nothing is surprising, what do you think?”
"Has anyone died here?" Yang Guanfeng said suddenly.
"Huh?!" Miao Qingfeng was stunned after hearing this.
"He really died, and more than one."
"Are you serious?"
"Hey, what's there to hide?" Miao Qingfeng said with a smile.
"How did you die?"
"Drown."
"Then you still dare to go fishing in the lake?"
"Walking or getting into a car accident? Should I hide at home all day and not go out? If I drink water, I might choke to death. Why don't I stop drinking water?" Miao Qingfeng said. Although these words were a bit unreasonable, they were not unreasonable. Not entirely unreasonable.
"What you said seems to make some sense, right?"
"That is."
"Where else do you want to see?"
"You have the final say here." Yang Guanfeng said with a smile.
"Okay, then let's continue taking you around."
Yang Guanfeng took the two of them around the mountain village again.
Unconsciously, it was getting dark.
"The accommodation has been arranged for you two. In the evening, our clan leader wants to host a banquet for you two."
"Please thank the patriarch for my kindness. We can just make do with some food."
"How can that be done? You are distinguished guests from outside. Besides, our village actually doesn't have many outsiders coming all year round." Miao Qingfeng said with a smile.
"Oh well."
As the sky gradually darkened, Yang Guanfeng and his colleagues came to the largest wooden house in the village and met the clan leader of the village again.
"Are you two satisfied today?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Yang Guanfeng replied with a smile.
"As long as you're satisfied."
In order to entertain their two foreign guests, the patriarch named Miao Xihe prepared a sumptuous dinner, which was the special food of the village, natural, delicious, nutritious and nourishing.
"Come, let me toast you."
"Thanks."
As the Romans do, the two of them drank a little this night, but it was just the right amount, and they ate a lot of food.
"Thank you, Chief Miao, for your warm hospitality."
"You're welcome, you are a guest from afar. Our village is located in a remote place and we rarely see guests all year round."
After dinner, the two of them were taken to the residence that had been prepared for them. It was a wooden house that was very clean.
"Ah, sir, their food is really delicious, and their wine is delicious too."
"Well, what else is there?" Yang Guanfeng kept walking back and forth in the room as he spoke, searching everywhere, as if he was looking for something.
"Head, I think Miao Qingfeng didn't tell us the truth about something today."
"Well, like?"
"He said that the people in this village have not come back after going out in the past two years. This is not reliable."
"Oh, how did you judge it?" Yang Guanfeng said with a smile after hearing this.
"I observed this village carefully when we were walking around the village today. At least more than ten households in this village are uninhabited, and not for a period of time."
"oh?"
"The yard is full of grass. Judging from the height of the grass, it should be at least a year, but it won't be long, no more than three years."
"Okay, boy, you are making progress!" Yang Guanfeng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.
"Hey, you taught me this!" the young man said with a modest smile.
"anything else?"
"Well, that Miao Qingfeng is a practicing master."
"Lian Jiazi?"
"Yes, there are calluses on his hands, and they are on the fist bones. They are definitely not caused by work. The other Miao leader also has a problem."
"what is the problem?"
"I can't tell you specifically, but there must be something wrong. I just feel like there's something wrong with him." The young man said.
"Very good, it's time to leave." Yang Guanfeng said with a smile.
"They seem to be unguarded against us, but in fact they are always on guard against us. I am afraid that the places they showed us today were already prepared." Yang Guanfeng said.
"I can probably hear a rough idea of the conversation between them."
"No, sir, do you still understand this?"
"The words they spoke were actually the Tujia dialect spoken near southern Yunnan. Even with slight changes, I could generally understand it. There were problems with the dialogue between these villagers, which proved that they had known that we were coming and had already made preparations. They were prepared earlier than we informed them.”
"Is there a mole?"
"Also, there's something wrong with that lake."
"What's the problem?"
"I can't explain it, but I always feel that the lake is weird. It makes me feel scared, as if it's a monster." Yang Guanfeng said.
"Could someone really die?"
"You must have died, maybe not less?"
Among the largest wooden houses in this village.
"how is everything?"
"Nothing unexpected happened. It's just that Captain Yang is paying some attention to the Soul Lake."
"Oh?" Miao Xihe was slightly startled after hearing this.
"What did you say?"
"The lake looks like a monster, it looks scary."
Miao Xihe was silent for a while after hearing this.
"Master, do you need to send someone to keep an eye on them at night?"
"Just find someone to take a look. Don't get too close. That Yang Guanfeng is a criminal investigation expert, and his anti-investigation ability must be very strong. If we send someone to find out, it will prove that we have something evil in mind. Let them investigate I probably won’t find anything out.”
"Okay, I know."
Night, quiet.
There are no entertainment activities in this village at night, and they have worked hard all day, so people go to bed relatively early, but at nine o'clock, almost everyone in this village has turned off the lights and gone to bed.
Working at sunrise and resting at sunset, they still maintain the most primitive state of life.
Yang Guanfeng was lying on the bed, carefully recalling today's experience in the village in his mind.