Chapter 42 Chapter Forty

The "Taobao Group" has increased the frequency of training, and will gather once every other day, and gradually go to the depths of Zhaoyang Lake to try diving.Under the guidance of Bi Xiaozhou and Xie Jiong, Na Lan's diving skills improved steadily. Of course, she knew that Bi Xiaozhou was not overly modest, and their diving experience was far inferior to that of Qin Huai.Qin Huai, this hateful name, her diving enlightenment. Maybe it's because Qin Huai's shadow will linger over every dive; maybe it's because during the day "disguised" to go to school to make up for a week of lessons, and his brain is almost blown out. When the sky darkens, Nalan By chance, he came to the small parking lot of the Greenwood family.

I don't know if the Odyssey is still in the garage, at least Nalan didn't see it.When the car left, her heart was empty. Why am I here again?Nalan knew that she just wanted to revisit the old place, just wanted to swim.Intensive diving training, soaking in the water all day, but not a substitute for swimming. There is also a swimming pool in Deng Xiao's residence, but Nalan has never set foot in it.Although she lives like a princess, it doesn't belong to her. During the day, in the mansion, no matter how quiet it was, Na Lan couldn't settle down to organize her thoughts, because it didn't belong to her.She felt that only by immersing in the lake alone could she clarify her state of mind, negotiate with herself, and resolve her grievances one by one.

She had already put on her swimsuit before going out. Nalan took out the diving suit Qin Huai gave her from her sports bag and put it on. For some reason, her eyes were already a little wet.Get into the water quickly, tears will dissolve in the water, and thoughts will dissolve in the water.She hated herself for sinking so deep without knowing it, but she still couldn't stop it and jumped into the water. Bright moonlight, sprinkled on a side of the lake, dark silver-gray, sometimes with a slender arm, draws a beautiful arc, a helpless arc, and an arc with no end, stirring up shallow waves, not surging The sorrow overflowed, but the meditation of singing and sighing three times.

Why?Why did he do this? After many days, Nalan still can't figure out why Qin Huai's sudden change came about.She couldn't figure out why she was so obsessed with it.Before that night, were they lovers?Are they in love with each other?Do they have any promises to keep? She swam the same route, aimed at the same ruthless island, but she was the only one repeating it, alone. The quiet lake, the splash of water, the intense burning of calories, this is not the best environment for deep thinking or indulgent emotional entanglement, but Nalan still insists that only at this time can she have a clear mind.She is thinking, but she is not thinking, she is gradually forgetting, but she cannot forget, a perfect state of dilemma between forgetting and forgetting.At some point, she stopped paddling, let her whole body relax and stretched, and lay lazily on the water, looking at the bright moon and stars, Sakyamuni under the bodhi tree, and she was thinking about many things in the water. I'm not thinking about anything.

The difference is that Shakyamuni must have no tears in his eyes. Why, the water wave vibration became a little stronger?Could it be the shock of his body when he cried? A cloud covered most of the moon, and when Nalan felt that there was someone underwater, it was already too late. "Nalan? Is it really you?" who is it?Could it really be him?Dreams and reality can be so close. Even under the faint moonlight, Nalan could see clearly, those familiar eyes full of caring.It is Qinhuai. Thankfully, when the four eyes met, the tears did not fall. She turned her head and let her breath-holding concentration divert away the ups and downs of emotions.

I have my dignity. Qin Huai asked again: "Why do you swim here late at night by yourself?" Do men like to ask questions knowingly?Nalan said nothing.Qin Huai caressed Nalan's shoulder lightly, Nalan's heart was flustered and she broke free violently. I have my dignity. "Leaving you, I don't want you to get hurt." Qin Huai said. Nice sentences, use them in your fake suspense and true romance novels.Na Lan began to tread water, moving away from Qin Huai inch by inch. "Why don't you speak?" Qin Huai finally noticed Nalan's silence. Nalan knew that if she started talking to him, she would fall twice on the same stone.She, like all smart girls, is sensitive to hurt.

Qin Huai opened his mouth, as if he wanted to ask more questions. After a sound of paddling, another person swam over with a strong figure. After stopping, he called out in surprise, "Na Lan! Isn't this Na Lan!" It's Fang Wendong. Nalan waved to Fang Wendong, but felt more cordial. Fang Wendong was not dull either, seeing the embarrassment between Qin Huai and Na Lan, he said with a smile: "Coincidentally, everyone just happens to be in the mood to swim!" There was a sudden sound of a motor not far away, and a white boat galloped towards the island in the moonlight from the direction of the island in the middle of the lake.Moreover, the small yacht seemed to know where they were, with a straight course and a dazzling light on the bow.

Nalan knew who was coming, she accelerated the speed of sliding back, and even got out of the course of the small yacht. At this time, she preferred to hide in the darkness where no light could shine, and continue her silence. Sure enough, the boat stopped beside Qin Huai, with Sikong Qing's exquisite and graceful figure on the bow, Qin Huai and Fang Wendong climbed onto the boat.Sikong Qing kissed Qin Huai's forehead, and he kissed back. She wept silently. When the boat drove away, through her tearful eyes, she saw Qin Huai turn his head and look in the direction where she disappeared and sank.But it may be wrong, wishful thinking, after all, my sight has to pass through the thick water curtain in front of me.At this time, she completely thought that she was repeating the sad fate of the little mermaid in Andersen's fairy tale.

At the turn of summer and autumn, the cold and warm air currents begin to confront each other. One day is rainy and the other is sunny.However, according to the latest weather forecast, there may be rain in the next week. The clouds were thick and thick, but not only was there no rain at the moment, the half moon was still very bright. A small boat swings gently across the lake. Na Lan, Xie Jiong, and Bi Xiaozhou are making the last preparations before the official dive to explore the treasure-the dive is scheduled for tomorrow night.Bi Xiaozhou pulled a small boat rented from a friend by car, and was about to set off, so he was staying on the shore at the moment, so when Nalan saw the boat in the center of the lake, he was a little surprised.

"Have you seen that boat?" Nalan asked. "What's the fuss? It's not like I haven't seen a boat before." Xie Jiong carried a waterproof bag from the car to the boat. The bag contained a thermometer, depth meter, pH meter, nylon rope, etc. related to diving tomorrow night. Utensils, those that can be used and those that cannot be used, are all ready. Nalan said: "There is nothing strange about the boat itself. The strange thing is that the boat swayed, not like driving, but like drifting with the current, letting the lake water carry it around." Xie Jiong said: "You don't know this? Some people deliberately don't row or drive a boat in order to enjoy that kind of laziness and leisure. Maybe they just lie on the boat, watch the moon, count the stars, and pursue romance." He said I took out a pair of binoculars from my bag and handed them to Nalan, "Since you are so curious, use it to see clearly. This is military-use, super powerful, and the magnification is not mentioned, but it is not night vision. Now that the moon is bright, you should probably see it." No problem. However, if you see a man and a woman, you must close your eyes."

Nalan smiled and took the binoculars. She turned the focus knob and gradually aimed at the boat. My heart suddenly picked up. There was only one person sitting on the boat, a man in coir raincoat! "What's the matter?" Bi Xiaozhou and Xie Jiong both felt Nalan's sudden quickening of breathing and the trembling of the arm holding the telescope, and asked at the same time. "One Minion Misty Rain Curse." "what?" Nalan handed the binoculars to Xie Jiong, and said, "Look, that man is wearing a raincoat...Xiaozhou, drive the boat over to the side of that boat, and I want to see who is on it." Xie Jiong looked at the binoculars and said, "It's really strange. It's fine weather, what kind of raincoat do you wear? Of course, it's no big deal. There are many strange birds in the forest in Jiangjing... This person is sick at first glance, why is he sitting there? , motionless, as if he was fishing." To fish, or to fish? Na Lan shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, get on the boat and continue watching, if you delay, the boat will run away." "What law did that boat break? If it ran away, it ran away." Xie Jiong got on the boat and asked puzzled.Bi Xiaozhou had already turned on the engine and headed towards the coir raincoat man's boat. Nalan reminded the superstition of the "Yinyu Curse" again, and Xie Jiong said, "I've heard it. You seem to be quite intelligent on the surface. You don't really believe this, do you?" "Of course I don't believe it, but I still want to see who is pretending to be a ghost." Bi Xiaozhou said: "At least, that person doesn't seem to have any signs of absconding in fear of crime." Xie Jiong continued to observe through the binoculars, and said: "Not only did he show no signs of fleeing, but this fishing man in coir raincoat even pretended not to hear us running over so enthusiastically, sitting firmly on Mount Tai... and sitting firmly on the Thai boat." Nalan frowned: "Is he really fishing?" Xie Jiong said: "Now we are getting closer. It seems that there is a fishing rod slanted there, but it is not very clear." After a while, he said: "Okay, see clearly, the fishing rod, Can't go wrong." "Is there any fishing line on the fishing rod?" "My old eyesight isn't that good yet, so go and see for yourself." Not long after, the small boat of the three people was very close to the small boat, and they could clearly see the whole of the small boat.It was not so much a boat as a piece of rotten wood—it was an extremely dilapidated small wooden boat, the kind of wooden boat that was often seen abandoned by the river, and it was not suitable for any sailing conditions.The people on the boat turned their backs to them, the raincoats on their bodies were as worn out as the wooden boat, and the straw hats on their heads were also in tatters, as if he had maintained this posture since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.Xie Jiong saw it right just now, a fishing rod was leaning on the water, and Na Lan could almost conclude that there was no wire on the rod. Xie Jiong called out, "Brother, is your surname Jiang? Huh? A descendant of Mr. Jiang?" Bi Xiaozhou smiled and said: "Okay, Dada Shasha, others think you are here to play hooligans." The man in the raincoat still turned his back to the three of them, as if he didn't hear anything, and remained motionless. The three people looked at each other, Bi Xiaozhou understood, and circled the boat in front of the fisherman, the two boats were close together, Xie Jiong and Na Lan leaned forward to look, the man's head and face seemed to be buried under the straw hat, seeing the stranger The searching eyes remained calm.The fisherman's hand is shrunk in the raincoat, and the fishing rod sticks out from the raincoat, and there is really no line on the rod! Nalan suddenly stretched out her hand, grabbed the fishing rod, and pulled it to her side, and she had already pulled the whole fishing rod over.The rods are the usual hard plastic, retractable, and have obviously been weathered.She inserted the slender end of the fishing rod two knots back, stretched it back to the angler's head, inserted the end of the fishing rod into the lower edge of the straw hat, and picked it hard. The straw hat was lifted, revealing a face, a straw face.What's even more ridiculous is that there is a pair of sunglasses on Cao's face. The protagonist of Yishui Misty Rain turned out to be a straw man, a prop Zhuge Liang hadn't had time to dispose of after borrowing the arrow. Who is making such a joke? Xie Jiong laughed twice: "I will post to the forum tonight, saying that 'Jinyiwei' was scared and trembling by a straw man." But Nalan didn't smile, and continued to fiddle with the straw man with the fishing rod in her hand. The torn raincoat was ruthlessly taken off by the fishing rod, the sunglasses were roughly taken off by the fishing rod, and the thatch on the straw man's body and face was picked off one by one. Xie Jiong felt that Na Lan's behavior was very strange, and joked, "You are wrong, you can't beat you by bullying others..." His words caught in his throat, and his eyes began to dilate. The thatch is still falling, and after the thatch falls, it is gray and white. Pale is the skin, the skin of the dead!The gray ones are the eyes, eyes that have become hollow. A corpse, "kneeling" in front of the three of them! Nalan was dizzy for a while.The corpse in front of him was Fan Yuan. The six members of the "Taobao Group" had lunch at McDonald's together.For most of the time, everyone tried their best to keep silent, even Xie Jiong, who was always the worst at keeping silent, tried his best not to speak, his huge body writhed endlessly on the small seat. Floating before Nalan's eyes was Fan Yuan's gray corpse. Finally, Nalan said: "If you want to quit, you can say, don't be shy, or help us with logistics on the shore. If we are lucky, if we really find something, you will definitely have a share." A boy said: "Sister, what do you think of us? As far as I know, the so-called 'Smoky Rain Curse' is just a rumor and superstition. And the dead old man seems to have nothing to do with our plan..." The boy is at least three years older than Nalan, but he keeps calling him "sister" online, which is usually nothing, and it sounds particularly disturbing at this time.Nalan said: "Don't be a sister or not. There are many things behind this, we don't know. Some things I know, but it's inconvenient to tell them all. So what I asked just now was not a provocative method, but I really hope you think twice. .There will be risks in diving tonight...or in other words, no matter tonight or in the future, participating in this activity will be dangerous." Bi Xiaozhou said coldly: "Did you know from the beginning that this plan would be dangerous?" Xie Jiong said: "She warned you the first day, have you forgotten?" Bi Xiaozhou said: "Of course I haven't forgotten, we are also on the boat voluntarily, and of course we will not retreat at this time." Nalan smiled gratefully at everyone, took out a piece of paper from her bag, spread it out in front of everyone, and said, "This is all our hope." Everyone came closer.It was a plain white paper, obviously a copy of the original map, but the rough peripheral imprints of the original could still be seen.At first glance, the map does describe a lake, and an island in the lake. The shape of the island is also very similar to the island in the center of Zhaoyang Lake.The strange thing is that there is not a single character on the entire map, to be precise, there is not a single Chinese character! Bi Xiaozhou first said to himself, "Boyan's treasure?" Then he looked up at Nalan: "Mongolian?" Nalan nodded and said, "It's indeed in Mongolian, please read it again." She turned the paper over, and on the back was an enlarged picture of the island in the center of the lake, with more marks on the side of the island. "This is the direction of launching from the edge of the island in the center of the lake. It is very specific. It is marked on which rock the boat can be tied to, and the marks that identify the way underwater."