I took the medicine bottle and knocked it gently on the edge of the pool twice, then picked up the phone I had thrown away, and dialed Mother Fox: "Mother Fox, call Lan Bao'er, I have some problems." We need her help."
Mother Fox was silent on the other end of the phone for a while before saying, "Bao'er never knew about Lan Moying's matter, so don't let it slip."
"Don't worry, I know what's appropriate!" I said solemnly: "Let Lu Xinyao arrange Lan Bao'er's coming, and we must avoid the eyes and ears of the detective. Whether I can make big waves on the coast depends on Lan Bao'er." That’s it.”
After the fox mother was silent again, she said: "I know you want to deal with Xue Yu, but if you can, you'd better not kill Xue Yu. Her weight in Qin Hongzhuang's heart is not much lighter than that of Qin Baiyi."
"I understand!" I said I understood, but I didn't think so in my heart.
I'm not so arrogant that I think I can definitely kill Xue Yu, but if I find the opportunity, I still don't mind killing him.
As the old saying goes: "If you have too many lice, don't bite them; if you have too many debts, don't worry about them." Since I have already killed an elder of the Wuming Sect, I don't care about killing another one. Anyway, the Wuming Sect won't give up because I didn't kill Xue Yu. If we can resolve conflicts, the conflicts between us, why should I care about those.
I put down the phone and closed my eyes again, but not long after, I started to worry: When can I get out of the water? I'm not a fish. I've been soaked in water for so long, and my skin has turned white. Is it possible that I'll get soaked if I keep soaking in it any longer
But if I go out now, if something happens to Ling'er again, and if Ye Xun and the others see it, will I still be a human being
When I was feeling dizzy, Ye Xun walked in again: "Has the evil fire in your heart gone away? If so, come out and work quickly."
I glared at Ye Xun hard: "What clues do you have over there?"
Ye Xundao: "There is news from the Intelligence Department that the Wuming Sect has captured Zhang Qiang. Should we go over and ask for him?"
I muttered: "Let Ling'er go there first. You go and find me a nearby sea chart, and then find me an old sailor who has been walking on the sea all year round. I have something to ask."
As soon as Ye Xun was about to go out, I called out to him: "It's best to find this person in prison."
Not long after Ye Xun left, he took me to a nearby prison. I took the information from the warden and my eyes lit up. The name of the person in the information is Hu Ning, and he is a murderer. The police really wasted a lot of effort in arresting Hu Ning. The largest arrest even involved offshore patrol boats. However, with his excellent water skills, Hu Ning not only escaped the hunt, but also hid at sea for three years. In the end, he came ashore because of something and fell into the French Open. This person is so suitable.
The prison guard quickly brought Hu Ning over. I looked at the man in his fifties and said, "Do you want to get out?"
Hu Ning laughed and said: "At my age, what else can I do after I get out? I have been in prison for almost twenty years. What I am thinking about now is not how to get out, but how to live for a few more years. It is best to die of old age Being in prison is a relief.”
I could tell that was Hu Ning's true thoughts.
Although the prison is not isolated from the world, the people in the prison cannot see changes in the outside world and cannot keep up with the development of the times. The longer you stay in prison, the more afraid you become of the outside world. Prisoners like Hu Ning who have been in prison for more than ten years do not think it is a good thing to be released from prison.
The warden whispered: "This is the common psychology of prisoners. Should I do his ideological work again?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't have time to wait for him to figure it out. I'll do the rest."
Before the warden could figure out what I wanted to do, I slapped Magnum on the table: "Now I'll give you two options. If you agree to cooperate with me, I will give you a sum of money, although I can't give you any money." You will be rich and powerful, but it will also allow you to live without worries for ten years. If you don't agree to cooperate, I will send you on your way immediately."
Hu Ning looked at me sideways and said, "Can you kill people at will?"
I leaned on the chair and looked at Hu Ning with my hands on my shoulders. Ye Xun stepped forward and grabbed the other person's neck and lifted him up. After just a few seconds, Hu Ning rolled his eyes. The warden turned pale with fright: "Sir, this can't be done! This is..."
I quietly made a silent gesture to the other party, and Ye Xuncai slowly put him down. Hu Ning finally took a breath, and I also said: "I will ask you one last time, will you cooperate?" ?”
"I... I cooperate!" Hu Ning could feel that Ye Xun was not trying to scare people just now.
"As long as you cooperate, come with me!" I couldn't help but drag Hu Ning up, and the warden quickly said: "Sir, you took the person away, my side..."
I waved to the outside, and Li Maomao quickly dragged in a detective who was beaten beyond recognition. I pointed at him and said: "From now on, this person is Hu Ning. Don't worry, we will follow him soon." Contacting the above will never make it difficult for you.”
I dragged Hu Ning into the car without waiting for the other party to react. Li Xiaomao also said: "All the people who were watching have been sent away. Don't worry."
I looked at Hu Ning beside me and said, "I need to find a place on the sea. It's probably a bit like a turtle shell with a cave underneath. Can you find a place?"
Hu Ning said: "Are you talking about Shark Reef?"
I shook my head and said, "I've been to Shark Reef, but that's not the place I'm looking for."
Hu Ning asked tentatively: "Do you mean the Shark Reef on the seaside, or the Old Shark Reef?"
"Huh?" I suddenly became interested: "Is the shark reef old or new?"
Hu Ning said: "There used to be a shark reef on the sea. That was what the elders told me. The shark reef you mentioned was named by someone later. You can meet a few sharks on the beach. I don't know how they named it like this." Come up with a name."
I looked at Hu Ning: "Old Shark Reef, have you been there?"
Just as Hu Ning was about to speak, I said in a deep voice: "You'd better tell me the truth. We are not the police, and we don't have the patience to do anything for you. If you are not afraid of being thrown into the sea by me, you can try to trick me."
Hu Ning swallowed before saying, "I have been there. I escaped capture at Shark Reef."
I suppressed the excitement in my heart and said, "Speak carefully!"
Hu Ning said: "My grandfather was a pirate before liberation, and he also told me about things at sea. He said that the real shark reef is under the sea. He said that at that time, Qin Shihuang used a whip to drive mountains and reclaim the sea. At that time, the Dragon King was afraid that he would really fill up the sea, so he asked the water tribe to carry the mountain to the ground. At that time, the Dragon King sent out seven water tribes to carry the mountain in different directions. Among them, the Shark King carried the mountain to When we were near the sea, I couldn’t carry it anymore, and the mountain pushed me into the sea alive.”
"Later, when the Dragon Girl was driving up the mountain from the bottom of the sea, she moved the mountain away, but the Shark King was pressed into the sea and could not get out. It turned into a reef, which is the Shark Reef. Because the Shark Reef is a real fish. , so it’s exactly the same as a shark. You can follow the shark’s mouth and get into the shark’s belly, where people can live. Back then, my father also escaped with his life by hiding in the shark reef.”
I suddenly frowned: I had read the legend of Qin Shihuang's drive to reclaim mountains and seas in the Book of All Things.
According to legend, when Meng Jiangnu cried down the Great Wall, Qin Shihuang couldn't bear to execute Meng Jiangnu because of her beauty and wanted to include her in his harem. Meng Jiangnu proposed to go to the beach to pay homage to her husband, but when he got to the beach, he jumped into the sea. In order to retrieve Meng Jiangnu, Qin Shihuang used a mountain whip to move mountains and fill the sea. The Dragon King was afraid that Qin Shihuang would really fill up the sea, so he let the dragon girl transform into Meng Jiangnu and steal the mountain whip. Qin Shihuang gave up because he had nothing to do.
My dad put several question marks in the "Book of All Things". It seems that he also has a lot of confusion about this legend, or it is unreasonable.
Let’s talk about Meng Jiangnu first. She is just a legendary figure. Although she has a prototype, it is not in the Qin Dynasty, but in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. To take a step back, even if Meng Jiangnu really existed, it would be impossible for him to meet Qin Shihuang, let alone make Qin Shihuang fall in love with her at first sight and insist on being included in the harem.
The second is the mountain whip. According to legend, Qin Shihuang's "mountain whip" is like something falling out of thin air, with no source or origin at all. If Qin Shihuang really had a mountain whip, why would he use hundreds of thousands of people to build the Great Wall? It would be even more contradictory to say that Qin Shihuang's mountain whip was given by an immortal. Since Qin Shihuang met an immortal, why did he ask for the elixir of immortality? This is also the most unreasonable part of the legend.
The third question is the geographical location. Although the legend does not mention the specific location of the reclamation, it is definitely not on the southeast coast. In the Qin Dynasty, the southeast coast had not been officially incorporated into the Chinese territory, and it was impossible for Qin Shihuang to come here to fill in the sea. ocean.
However, these doubts are not the strangest thing to me. After all, legends become more and more bizarre the further they are passed on. Many things that are not related to each other may be put together into a story. What makes me feel strange is that after my dad drew many doubtful points in the "Book of All Things", he originally wrote the word "waste" at the end of the legend. He probably thought it was an abandoned legend. But at some point, he crossed out the useless word with a red pen and added two words "to be investigated" at the end.
My dad must have discovered another clue and felt that there was something valuable in the legend.
I didn't pay much attention to it after reading it. I never thought that after so many years, I would hear this absurd legend again on the coast.
Hu Ning started talking but I waved my hand to stop him because I needed to sort out some things.
Since I arrived at the coast, various clues have been emerging, including giant pythons, dragons, pirate Wang Zhi, Narcissus Sun En, until Qin Shihuang came to the mountains. These clues seem to be unrelated, but I always feel that there is some connection between them. But I can't find the main thread that connects these clues. What does all this mean