The other party took us to a lakeside villa before stopping: "Let's go in first."
I have been quietly observing the movements in the villa since I got off the car. This villa looks clean and luxurious, but in fact it hides murderous intent. Traces of traps and ambush can be seen in many places, and some of the techniques are very similar to those of hunters in the mountains.
The owner of the villa is either extremely afraid of death, or he is guarding against someone.
The man took me into the living room of the villa and sat down, then slowly said: "My name is Chen Mingyu, and I was the person who did business with Chen Hui back then."
I looked at Chen Mingyu: "You also have a heavy weapon in your hand?"
Chen Mingyu said calmly: "Yes, they were brought out of Fuxian Lake. Although I didn't die in the lake, I felt more uncomfortable than death. Over the years, I have been hiding from the water god, and I have always wanted Chen Hui to Get back the weight in your hand."
I asked in a deep voice: "The Chen Hui you are talking about is the owner of the antique shop?"
"Yes." Chen Mingyu said, "We entered the underwater temple together, and only Chen Hui was safe and sound. He must have secrets that we don't know. I have been asking Chen Hui, but he refused to say anything. That’s when we fell out.”
"Huh?" I couldn't help but frown.
The dead man Chen Hui said that they fell out on the spot after they came out of Fuxian Lake, but Chen Mingyu said that they turned against each other after the fact. There was a big discrepancy on this issue alone. It seemed that Chen Hui was not telling the truth at that time.
I looked at Chen Mingyu and said, "Can you tell me about the situation at that time?"
Chen Mingyu turned to me and looked at me: "I still said the same thing, how can I believe that you can deal with the Water God?"
I naturally looked at Chen Mingyu and said, "Boss Ma is a well-informed person. Haven't you heard that the bodies of three water gods were found by the lake this morning?"
Chen Mingyu was obviously stunned: "No."
This time it was my turn to be stunned. We didn't go out of our way to clean up the body of the Water God. After all, we couldn't completely eliminate the corpse. Rather than being covert and causing trouble for yourself in the future, it is better to leave the trouble to others to deal with.
According to my opinion, even if the police block the news, the legend will spread among the lakeside people. But why did Chen Mingyu say that he didn't hear the news? Could it be that the body was taken away by other water gods
impossible!
I immediately rejected my idea. The few times I saw the Water God were at night, which proves that the Water God is also deliberately concealing his whereabouts. It was already dark when we left the lake, and it was impossible for the water god to disappear for no reason.
I couldn't figure out the whereabouts of the Water God's body for a while, so I naturally put this matter aside for now. The top priority is how to make Chen Mingyu believe in us.
When I didn't know how to explain it to Chen Mingyu, Ye Xun had already pushed open the guitar case, took out a magic talisman and placed it on the table: "Can this be proved?"
Chen Mingyu's eyes lit up: "Are you Maoshan disciples?"
The qing talismans on Maoshan are unique, and some talismans can even be traded as antiques. Chen Mingyu was doing business in a secret door, so it was impossible that he didn't know Maoshan Lingfu. The other party just glanced at the magic talisman and couldn't take it out anymore.
Ye Xun put away the magic talisman casually: "Do you believe it now?"
Chen Mingyu's attitude suddenly changed: "I was offended just now. Wait a minute, I will have someone serve you two drinks to apologize."
Ye Xun said casually: "There's no need to apologize. If our senior brother hadn't come out... to practice, we wouldn't have met you, let alone drank your wine. You just need to do what my senior brother said."
I have to admit that sometimes people who don't like to talk are more effective at deceiving people. Ye Xun is definitely not a disciple of Maoshan, otherwise, he would not be like me, unable to even tell what the Water God is. Maybe he got that magic talisman from somewhere.
Ye Xun hadn't said a word since he saw Chen Mingyu, but the words he said now were just right, giving Chen Mingyu the illusion that he didn't bother to communicate with him. This is what a disciple of a large sect should be proud of.
I looked at Chen Mingyu: "I want to know what happened back then?"
Chen Mingyu said: "Back then, we brothers went to Fuxian Lake to fish for goods, and we met the Ghost-faced Shark..."
The first part of Chen Mingyu's narration was roughly the same as that of Chen Hui, but the latter part completely changed. They were not chased into the temple together. The only person who entered the temple was Chen Hui himself, but Chen Mingyu and the others hid elsewhere. It wasn't until they saw Chen Hui swimming out of the temple holding the heavy weapon that they thought about the temple. There might be something to save his life, so Chen Mingyu got into the temple alone.
When I heard this, I interrupted the other party and said, "What did you see in the temple?"
Chen Mingyu said: "I only saw heavy weapons scattered on the ground. I saw that the thing was similar to what Chen Hui took away, so I grabbed one of them and escaped. I didn't see anything else."
I hesitated for a moment before saying, "Show me the photo of that heavy weapon."
"Wait a moment." Chen Mingyu quickly took out three photos, one of which was the one I saw in Chen Hui's hand. One of the other two photos shows a cylindrical bronze vessel. The bronze vessel is cast with patterns like ancient inscriptions from top to bottom. Judging from the curved lines of the pattern, it looks more like a piece of tree bark.
In another photo, it looks like an upside-down disk. The bottom of the disk appears to be extremely flat, but the top has undulating bumps.
I looked at it for a long time before saying, "Do you know the order of the three photos?"
Chen Mingyu arranged the three photos together in the order of the copper pillar at the bottom and the disc at the top: "Chen Hui said that it looked like this when he saw it for the first time. I don't know if he is right."
After reading it, I couldn't help but gasped: "Does this bronze vessel also have a base? Isn't the disk on top the top layer?"
Chen Mingyu shook his head and said: "I don't know either. No one except Chen Hui has seen the complete picture of the bronze. He refused to say anything, and that's when we fell out."
Ye Xun asked in a deep voice: "Did you see something?"
I said solemnly: "This may be a world tree."
Ye Xun and Chen Mingyu asked in unison: "What do you mean?"
I slowly explained: "Legends similar to the World Tree have been recorded in Persian and Greek mythology. The legendary giant tree grows fruits that can make people immortal, and also breeds various lives, such as Talking about plants or animals, at the same time, this giant tree also connects all worlds."
"The top of the tree crown is connected to the heaven, the trunk is to the human world, and the roots rooted in the ground are connected to the underworld. This is the so-called World Tree."
Ye Xun heard this and said, "You are talking about foreign myths. What does it have to do with us?"
I continued: "There are similar sacred trees in Chinese mythology. The Jianmu recorded in "Huainanzi" is a world tree. It is said that Fuxi, Huangdi and other ancient emperors used Jianmu to travel between heaven and earth. Chen Mingyu and others entered The temple should be a witch temple."
"If we follow what is said in the tourist brochure, the ancient underwater city of Fuxian Lake should have sunk to the bottom of the lake more than two thousand years ago. At that time, Yunnan had not yet accepted Buddhism and Taoism, only Wushu activities. This bronze tree is very interesting. It may have been an object of witchcraft worship at that time.”
I stretched out my hand and moved the photo: "If I'm not mistaken, these three photos should be placed upside down. The section with the soldiers should be at the bottom, with the tree trunks above, and the round ones above. The heaven of form.”
Ye Xun retorted: "But the section with the soldiers obviously has a dome. Shouldn't it be connected to the heaven?"
I shook my head and said: "Think about it for yourself, how could the soldier be in mid-air, and how could the Ghost-faced Shark be flying in the sky? Both the soldier and the Ghost-faced Shark should be guardians of the World Tree. What I'm thinking about now is, those water gods Does it come from above or below the World Tree?"
Ye Xun couldn't help but said: "You mean, that World Tree really exists?"
"Yes!" I nodded heavily, "If there is no eternal tree that can breed life, where did those water gods come from? Even if you throw people into the water for two thousand years, it is impossible for people to grow fish. Come on. So, I’m sure that the World Tree is under Fuxian Lake.”
Ye Xun puzzled: "If the real World Tree is in Fuxian Lake, why do the natives build a bronze tree? This doesn't make sense."
I waved my hand and said: "The more sacred something is, the more it should be in the hands of a very small number of people. The reason why legends can make people obsessed is because they allow you to see a very small part, but do not allow you to see the whole picture. In this way Come on, those who are closest to mythology are the spokesmen of gods. If everyone knew the secrets of gods, would the ancient wizards still be regarded as gods?"
Ye Xun looked at me in surprise and said, "How do you know these things?"
"I read it in the book." I didn't lie to Ye Xun, I did read these things in the book. My family has been collecting various ancient books since my grandfather's generation. The books are all filled with legends. What others read when they were children were fairy tales, but what I read when I was a child were myths.
My father didn't want me to be exposed to those things, but my father was very indulgent to me. He even explained to me bit by bit some things I didn't understand. However, he did not let me go out and tell those myths. He said that all the books he got were evil books with countless things in them that would make people laugh when told about them.
But I don’t think so. I always think my grandfather’s myths are more interesting. I could recognize it as the World Tree at a glance, all based on the drawing in a book. However, the things in the photos are not like the drawings.
When I was looking at the photo, Chen Mingyu suddenly said: "I think the water god is under the tree."