Lao Wu smiled bitterly and said: "When she was young, her father abandoned the whole family and ran away to become a monk. He left for more than 20 years... In her eyes, the monk destroyed her family and deprived her of her childhood and father's love. The devil. I have never seen her treat the monk easily..."
Officer Li was stunned, then shook his head and said, "He is also a poor man."
"Hmm..." Old Wu nodded.
At the same time, Fang Zheng also said to Red Boy: "There is a lake in the middle, and there is nothing to see on the ground. Let's go and go into the lake to have a look."
"Okay." Honghai'er nodded, and just as he was about to make a move, he heard Bao Yuluo's shout.
Honghai'er said: "Master, it's not bad for the master to give alms."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "The poor monk didn't say that she is not good, but she is too suspicious."
Honghai'er nodded and said, "Still a little poor."
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes, gave him a slap and said, "Are you still talking about it? You've eaten up all my money, and you have the nerve to do so and open your mouth!"
"Master, are you too quick to change sides? You praised me for my ability to do things before, but now you're going to beat me up..." Hong Hai'er said with an aggrieved look on his face.
"Okay, stop talking and get into the water!" After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he rushed into the largest lake in the middle with Hong Boy, but before entering, he took a deep breath, filled his Dantian with energy, and let out a loud roar: "I got it. !Thank you very much, Donor Bao, for your concern!”
"Bah! Who cares about you! I don't want to die and have trouble doing business when I get back!" Bao Yuluo spat into the distance and cursed with a smile.
Different from Bao Yuluo's idea, the other members of the scientific expedition team looked surprised and muttered: "This monk has such a loud voice!"
Mr. Wang had a look of surprise on his face. He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, muttering: "You have so much confidence. I'm afraid this monk is really not simple..."
At the same time, Fang Zheng had already picked up a big stone taken out of the lake and plunged it into the depths of the lake. Red Boy floated beside Fangzheng, with a unique flame in his hand. It did not extinguish when it encountered water. Instead, it illuminated the surrounding area brightly. It was much easier to use than any flashlight. Fang Zheng even began to wonder whether the lamps in Yizhi Temple could be replaced, which would save a lot of electricity.
The lake was much deeper than Fang Zheng had imagined. He thought that more than ten meters would be the limit, but it sank more than thirty meters in one breath and had not reached the bottom yet! It was dark below, like a bottomless abyss, and nothing could be seen clearly.
"Master, please continue?" Honghai'er asked. Others couldn't talk in the water, but for Honghai'er, it was no problem at all.
Fang Zheng nodded and continued diving with Honghai'er, forty meters!
Fifty meters!
One hundred meters!
One hundred and twenty meters!
"What the hell is this place? Why is it so deep?" Fang Zheng was filled with doubts!
Just then, something came up from below. It was so densely packed that I couldn’t see exactly what it was. It seemed like a group of small fish!
"What is it?" Fang Zheng looked down in confusion. No matter what it was, even if it was a piranha, Fang Zheng was not afraid.
Hong Hai'er also looked down solemnly. The flame in his hand suddenly shined brightly, illuminating the bottom. Then Fang Zheng and Hong Hai'er were dumbfounded!
I saw the light shining down, as if shining on countless crystals, refracted back, and it was golden!
"Is this?!" Fang Zheng and Hong Hai'er looked shocked!
On the shore, in the woods, a group of members of the scientific expedition team used the ropes in their hands to quickly build a simple tree house that allowed everyone to climb up and live in it. Although it is said to be a house, there is actually nothing there. It is surrounded by cloth to block the wind, and then the collected wood is used to make the base. Finally, a layer of warm grass is spread, and a sleeping bag is placed on it, and that's it.
A big fire was built under the tree house. The fire was divided into several small fires, extending all the way to the lake. This was done by Wang Laorang, and no one knew what Mr. Wang was going to do.
As a gust of autumn wind blows, the sun is about to set and the wind becomes cooler. Bao Yuluo subconsciously tightened her clothes and looked at the lake in the distance. She still doesn't believe there is any evil in such a beautiful lake. Just as Bao Yuluo was looking at it seriously, she suddenly discovered that fog began to appear on the lake! The fog is getting thicker and thicker...
To be precise, it's not just the lakes, it's starting to get foggy in the forests too.
Mr. Wang took a deep breath and muttered: "It's really mist."
"It's normal for fog to occur in deep mountains and old forests." Sun Caifeng said.
Mr. Wang nodded and said: "Light the fire!"
The people below quickly lit piles of fires and quickly climbed up to the tree house.
The fog is getting thicker and thicker, and gradually I can't see clearly anything hundreds of meters away. Fortunately, there is a fire below, which can illuminate a certain distance. As for the direction of the lake, I really can't see anything, I can only see A vast white mist pressed on the lake, like a dormant giant beast.
Mr. Wang silently took out a timer and stared at the fire below. Sun Caifeng seemed to have thought of something, took out her mobile phone, and was also preparing to time the clock.
A few minutes later, a popping sound suddenly came. It was not loud, but in this silent environment, it could be vaguely heard.
"What's the sound?" Officer Li looked in the direction of the lake warily.
"It sounded like water boiling," Officer Zhao said.
Gao Laowu asked: "Is the lake boiling?"
"Could it be that the water monster from Changbai Mountain came out?" someone whispered.
However, Mr. Wang didn't speak from the beginning to the end, he just looked at the fire below, and the time passed by...
"The fire is out! Something is coming!" Bao Yuluo suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the first pile of flames ahead.
Everyone looked, and sure enough, the pile of flames was extinguished!
However, when the flames began to flicker, Mr. Wang had already pressed the timer...
"The second pile of flames is about to go out! That monster is afraid of fire! He is putting out the fire!" Gao Laowu shouted in fright. Many people's faces became solemn, and a few young men even took out knives. Always ready to take action.
Soon the second pile of flames went out, the third pile, the fourth pile...
"The small flames are useless to him. I hope the largest pile can resist..." Officer Zhao prayed in a low voice.
As a result, the largest flame suddenly flickered on and off, and then with a pop, the raging flames went out!
"It's over..." This thought came to many people's minds.
At this moment, Mr. Wang said: "Old Wu, please help me and let me down with a rope."
"Teacher, what do you want to do?" a man asked with concern.
Wang Laodao: "Make the final judgment!"
"Mr. Wang, there is evil below and it is very dangerous." Gao Laowu advised.
"Okay, stop talking. I know what this is, slow down, and if I find something is wrong, you will pull me up." Mr. Wang said with a smile.
"Mr. Wang, how about I go down?" Bao Yuluo volunteered.
"You?" Mr. Wang was stunned. He didn't expect that at this time, his students didn't jump out, but this little policewoman actually stood up. Seeing Bao Yuluo biting his thin lips, obviously a little scared, but still looking firm, Mr. Wang smiled happily: "You are a good policeman and a good boy. But you can't help with this matter. There are some things you don’t understand and can’t explain clearly. Without personal experience, it can easily affect my judgment.”
"But, you?" Bao Yuluo was really worried about Mr. Wang's health.
"I'd better go. Mr. Wang, you are old." Sun Caifeng suddenly said.
"Huh?" Mr. Wang looked at Sun Caifeng in surprise. Sun Caifeng's reputation in the circle of peers has never been very good. Even Mr. Wang has heard about it. And along the way, Sun Caifeng was indeed a troublemaker, very picky about people and things, and sarcastic when she disagreed. I just never expected that at this time, he would actually stand up.
"Don't look at me, I'm doing this for work." Sun Caifeng frowned, her face turned red, and then she lied with a pinched neck.
When Mr. Wang saw this, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I can rest assured that Xiao Sun will take action."
This was the first time that Sun Caifeng saw Mr. Wang smiling and talking to her so kindly. She was slightly startled, then turned around and asked Mr. Wu for help. A group of young men pulled the rope and lowered Sun Caifeng, very slowly... Above, Mr. Wang directed the whole process, while Sun Caifeng reported the feeling in real time. In order to have a clearer touch, Sun Caifeng took off her shoes and socks.
Seeing this, although Bao Yuluo couldn't stand Sun Caifeng, he had to admire Sun Caifeng's professionalism and professionalism...
"The toes are a little cold, the soles of the feet are cold..."
"Come on, I'm okay."
"It's a little difficult to breathe, cough, cough, cough..."
"Pull up!" Mr. Wang suddenly said, and everyone quickly pulled Sun Caifeng up. For a moment, Sun Caifeng was like a drowning person, opening her mouth wide and trying to breathe but it seemed like she couldn't suck anything in. But after reaching a certain height, it was like a person coming out of the water. He let out a haha, took a big breath, and then coughed violently.
When they got to the top of the tree, Sun Caifeng was a little frightened. Before her cough was cured, she hurriedly said: "Dioxide... carbon dioxide cough cough cough..."
Mr. Wang nodded and said: "This gas can extinguish flames silently, and can also suffocate humans and animals. It flows against the ground and feels cold to the touch. It is indeed carbon dioxide."
"Teacher, is the evil below here carbon dioxide?" a student asked in surprise.
"Well, originally I was just guessing. After entering the forest, I walked all the way and observed that there were traces of carbon dioxide in many places, which further confirmed my guess. My grandson just went down to experience it, and it was completely confirmed. My guess." Wang Lao said.
"Mr. Wang, how come there is carbon dioxide here? Is there such a large-scale explosion?" Bao Yuluo said.
Mr. Wang looked solemnly at the lake in the distance and said, "I suspect that this carbon dioxide comes from the lake."
"Impossible! Is there carbon dioxide in the lake? If there was, carbon dioxide is a gas, so light, it would have floated up long ago." A man shook his head and continued: "Although, in all lakes, carbon dioxide will be produced at the bottom. But as the lake Due to its own heat and cold cycle and the flow of lake water, carbon dioxide is often produced and released into the atmosphere. After dilution, it does not cause any harm to humans and animals. But such a large-scale release of carbon dioxide is obviously not consistent with common sense."
Sun Caifeng said: "It's not impossible. There are several lakes like this all over the world. But I didn't expect that there is one in our country... Now think about it, with the terrain and landforms in front of us, it is really possible that there is such a murderous lake. "
Wang Laodao: "It's too early to draw conclusions now. Let's wait until daybreak and the carbon dioxide dissipates to find out."
"That's fine." Sun Caifeng nodded.
At the same time, Fang Zheng and Hong Hai'er had already gotten to the bottom of the lake, but Fang Zheng didn't see anything that could produce gas until they reached the bottom of the lake. Instead, there were many strange dark stones at the bottom of the lake, as if something had been melted and then cooled. As if...
"Master, this is a trace of a volcano. There used to be volcanic cracks here." Honghai'er may not understand science, but he is very sensitive to flames.
Fang Zheng nodded to express his understanding, and then he and Hong Hai'er continued to search for the source of those bubbles at the bottom of the lake. As a result, they searched little by little, but still found nothing. Fang Zheng was very confused, where did this gas come from? Unknowingly, Fang Zheng and Hong Hai'er walked on the bottom of the lake with their feet all night, touching almost inch by inch.
"Master, are you still looking for it? Now I know the bottom of the lake better than my own body. That's all it is here..." Hong Hai'er said.
Fang Zheng thought for a while and then said: "If I keep searching, if I don't find the reason, I won't be happy as a teacher!"
Honghai'er had no choice but to continue to accompany him.
Before that, it was dawn outside, and the members of the scientific expedition team tentatively dropped from the trees. Sure enough, the carbon dioxide had dispersed and everything was fine. So everyone came down one after another...
"Hurry up and rush to the lake immediately. We still have many people to do experiments." Mr. Wang urged.
After last night's fuss, everyone was very convinced of Mr. Wang. Even Officer Li, Officer Zhao, and Gao Laowu all patted their heads and muttered: "It turns out that Abbot Fangzheng really didn't ward off evil spirits. It was just that we stood high at that time... "
"I've told you a long time ago that praying for blessings and performing religious rituals are all nonsense! There is no scientific basis! You didn't believe it before, but do you believe it now?" Bao Yuluo hugged her arms and hummed. Now she was looking forward to seeing Fang Zheng. . With the scientific basis in place and the mystery solved, she wanted to see how the monk would perform the ritual! Thinking of Fang Zheng admitting his mistake, Bao Yuluo was quite proud, but he still snorted: "I hope you won't do anything for money. Otherwise, I will expose you and I will never tolerate it... Well, seeing as you saved me For my own sake, I can remind you."
Over there, Sun Caifeng shook his head and said, "If you have time to believe in a monk, why not read more books."
Gao Laowu said: "It seems that Abbot Fangzheng has never said that he can exorcise evil spirits, and he has always said that this is not evil..."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was stunned.
Officer Li said: "It seems to be like this. When we asked him to exorcise evil spirits, he always smiled and shook his head."
Officer Zhao also nodded.
"Okay, forget about that monk. Let's get to work quickly." Sun Caifeng waved her hand and led everyone away.
On the contrary, Mr. Wang turned around and said: "Before taking refuge yesterday, I asked Xiao Zhou to climb up and take a look. There was no one in the central lake area. They must be hiding."
(End of chapter)