Chapter 25 Chapter 24 Mad Dog Village Ruins

As soon as I fell into the water, my mouth and nose were choked sour.I struggled to swim up, but saw a black shadow flashing overhead, and a huge object jumped into the water following me.I moved my arms and gradually adapted to the underwater environment. Before I could swim out of the water, I realized that the thing that just fell into the water was actually jade.After it knocked me off Bihu, it also jumped off for some reason.Emerald's actions underwater are extremely fast, and since Mad Dog Village is a lake island, it's not surprising that the dogs here can swim.It dived into the water and jumped to my side, pawing its front paws at me constantly, as if beckoning me to go with it.I held my breath for a long time. If I didn't go up to take a breath, I might drown at any time, but Fei Cui refused to let me go.This dog is quite stubborn. Seeing that I was unwilling to go with it, he took it up with a bite, grabbed my collar and swam straight to the bottom of the water.I thought to myself, is it going to die at the bottom of the lake with me?It's fine if a girl asks me to die in love. You say you are a dog. How could you think of pulling me to the back at this critical moment?I was held by the collar by it, and the underwater resistance was very strong. I waved my hands and feet to shake off its restraint, but all my strength was lost by the water flow. Finally, due to the lack of oxygen, I suddenly lost consciousness.

When I regained consciousness again, my brain went blank, and I heard the sound of horseshoes clanging in a trance, and then I seemed to see countless small blue fishes swimming around me as a whole.My whole body was sore and sore as if I had been run over by a wheel.I let out a "ouch" and opened my eyes, but what I saw was darkness. At that moment, I was almost frightened and fainted again. Fuck, why did my eyes lose sight after a trip into the water? But very soon Soon I calmed down and made sure that I was not blind, but that it was too dark around me. I just opened my eyes again, so no wonder I couldn’t see anything. I widened my eyes and quickly got used to the darkness around me. I stretched out I shot out, but I was blocked by a flat and smooth wall as soon as I reached my chest. I was shocked, I didn’t know where I was, I only knew that I was lying flat at the moment. I took advantage of the situation and touched other places Go, all the way out is blocked, there is no room to sit up. I slowly realized that I was trapped in a small object.

I took a deep breath and felt that the air was not turbid, but fresh air was flowing. This time I was a little relieved, and then I used my brain to investigate my situation.I tried to shout a few times, but I didn't dare to shout too loudly. In such a nearly completely enclosed space, shouting loudly would only hurt my ears.Sure enough, I even called Fatty a few times, but the sound was buzzing, reflected back by the solid wall.I clenched my fist in my chest and beat it upwards vigorously, but there was no movement.I used all the moves I could try, and finally determined that it would be very difficult for me to escape from this airtight box-shaped object without any weapons.I closed my eyes and ordered myself to calm down, and then I started to think about what kind of place it was.

First of all, I was dragged into the water by Jade, and finally lost consciousness.I don't know how long the interval was, but I guess it won't be too long.So what then?Jade dragged me into the water, obviously with a purpose and direction, and I seemed to hear the sound of other people falling into the water.At that time, there were only Bai Yanweng and us by the lake. Why did he frame us as an old man over fifty years old?If he really wants to harm us, he has a lot of opportunities when he is on the boat, why must he wait until he lands on the island and find such a strange lake to attack?How true are the stories he told along the way?Who is that person he keeps talking about?

The more I think about it, the more irritable I become. This place is so small and dark, it's like a coffin!A thought suddenly flashed in my mind, I hurriedly reached out and groped along the gap in the wall, and I really found an arc-shaped gap near the head.I felt both sad and happy: Damn it, I was nailed into a coffin.That arc is the trace where the coffin nails had been driven in. Perhaps out of instinctive fear, although I figured out where I was, my heart became heavier and I couldn't help but pat the coffin lid again.Damn it, I wouldn't be buried as a drowned ghost. Damn it, how long have I been in a coma, and my heart and breathing stopped?I cried silently in my heart, and I didn't know if Shirley Yang attended my funeral, and whether Comrade Wang Kaixuan kept the agreement between men and buried me on a hill full of small flowers.

Many faces flooded into my head, familiar and unfamiliar, and some people I almost forgot.There is no way to be upset now.Thinking about opening so many coffins, I ended up being trapped in them. I don't know whether to cry or laugh at such an experience.I don't know if it has been buried or if it is still in the inner hall of the coffin.But listening to the silence outside, it doesn't seem to be at the funeral.I fumbled in my pocket with difficulty and found that the dagger was no longer there.I was still wearing the clothes I had when I fell into the water, and as soon as I touched the wet clothes, I immediately cursed myself for being dizzy.The clothes were obviously still wet, which meant that it hadn't been long since I fell into the water, and no one would bury me as a corpse in such a short period of time.But if this is the case, where am I, why is there no one?

Just as he was thinking, there was a faint knocking sound outside.I calmed down, put my ears on the coffin board and listened for a while, and vaguely heard someone calling my name.The voice was very low, although it was small, it was full of power, as if it came through many layers of things.After distinguishing for a long time, I was sure that it was Fatty's voice, and I couldn't help shouting: "I'm here, is it you Fatty!" At this time, I didn't care about reflection resonance, and my ears were almost deaf because of my own voice.But finally made a little contact with the outside world.

After I shouted, I waited patiently for a reply.Sure enough, Fatty's voice was heard soon: "Fuck it, Lao Hu, did we die? How did we get into the coffin?" I chuckled, it turned out that this kid was nailed in just like me, and the distance between the two coffins is probably not too far.I covered my ears with my hands, and said to him with enough breath: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, and we can't see Marx yet! This coffin is fake, and we have to find a way to get out." "Fuck me, Lao Bai is really not a thing, I was pushed into the water by him. Four eyes too, eh? Four eyes, four eyes! Are you there? Old Hu, is Qin Siyan on your side?"

"This is my single room, I don't see the shadow of the four eyes. I guess he is asleep in some coffin too! Fatty, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you for a long time, and now I finally have a chance." "Old Hu, have you got water in your head? What is the situation now, even if you have 100,000 questions, wait for us to escape first before saying yes?" "No, this question is very important, and it is quite appropriate." "Then tell me!" "Well, can you squeeze in the coffin and lie flat?" "It's okay. It's just that the stomach is a little flat. Hey, why are you talking about this? Don't you have something important to ask?"

"I've finished asking." "... Hu Bayi, you fucking, wait until I go out and kill you!" Because of such a fuss, the atmosphere has obviously eased up a lot. Knowing that I am not alone, I feel relieved immediately.I was thinking about how to get out of this broken coffin, when I heard a "creaking" noise above my head, and then a ray of light came in through the gap between the coffins.I knew that someone was opening the coffin outside, so I couldn't help feeling a little nervous.In the past, I would do the physical work of opening coffins to make a fortune, and other people would just lie in the coffin and wait for my review.Now I'm lying in it by myself, and someone pries me in from the outside. It's really depressing, not to mention.It's no wonder everyone wants to cheat. If someone comes uninvited, without a word, pries the door of your house with a hammer, and then takes all the valuables away, you say you can't jump.

I am reflecting on my past behavior, the coffin lid has been removed from the outside.A light that was too bright hung high above my forehead, shaking me to the point of tears.After staying in a dark environment for a long time, it is easy to hurt my eyes when I see the light suddenly. I was busy writing self-criticism just now and I forgot about this. The eyes are not so uncomfortable. When I was finally able to see clearly who the person in front of me was, I almost gave him a punch: white-eyed man!The old man had time to change his clothes.He stretched out his hand to me with a half-smile, I slapped it away, and quickly jumped out of the coffin with both legs.Only then did we realize that we were in a cave, and there were two identical black wooden coffins parked on the ground next to it.If you think about it with your knees, you can see that the fat man and the four eyes are inside.I was too lazy to talk nonsense to the old man, so I grabbed the crowbar from his hand and started loosening the nails on the coffin.The old man held up the lamp and said: "Listen to this quickness, you are really a skilled worker." I made old man Bai so angry that he had nothing to say, so he had no choice but to comfort the fat man in the coffin, telling him that brother would come to save him.When the fat man heard that I was outside, he was not as worried as before, and asked me where I was.I said I don't know this ghost place, and when he comes out later, we have to interrogate the old man. As soon as the fat man came out, he first scolded his mother severely, and then shook off his wet clothes.He glanced around and saw the white-eyed man next to him, and he couldn't calm down immediately. "Fuck me, old man, you fucking dared to show up. Don't think that the iron fist of the proletariat is vegetarian. I have long since disliked you, an old god." After he finished speaking, he rushed to fight. Bai Yanweng didn't dodge or evade, but raised his neck and waited for him to hit him.Although there is anger in my heart, our situation is not yet clear, and Bai Yanweng looks calm and relaxed.It is easy to do it, but it is not so simple to solve the problem.I held the fat man up, turned and asked Bai Yanweng: "What kind of place is this, why should we be locked up?" "This is the ancestral hall of Mad Dog Village." As soon as he said this, it was my turn to be dumbfounded by Fatty, this is the ancestral hall?I looked around and found that there were indeed traces of human activities in this cave. There were holes and gullies carved into the dark walls, and there were still traces of burning wax oil inside. The old man said again: "As for why you were locked in the coffin, hehehe, should we let the little brother wearing glasses out first?" Only then did I remember that Siyan was still in the coffin, and I hurriedly picked up the crowbar to pick up the nails.When he opened it, Qin Siyan's face was pale, and he had fainted a long time ago.The fat man and I worked together to lift him out. "You said that you are already old, why do you always do such immoral things, you are disrespectful to the old." While scolding the white old man, I pinched him with four eyes.He coughed for a long time, finally vomited a puddle of water and finally woke up. Bai Yanweng said: "I did this out of desperation. If you don't use these three coffins, none of you can get in." "What a broken place, you can't get in. Why didn't you get into the coffin yourself? Damn it, you almost didn't get scared to death. You should say hello in advance." The fat man gave him a cursing look, and then lifted Qin Siyan up. Baiyan Weng sighed: "It seems that if you don't explain clearly what happened back then, you won't understand." "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and let your fart go quickly. Don't say that we won't give you a chance to confess, wait until the confession is over, and we will punish you after seeing your performance!" The fat man shook his fist at him. I said that he is a blind man, and you are not threatening by throwing your fist.The four eyes have been dazed for a long time. After he was lifted up by us, he walked around the black long cave several times like a lost soul.I thought he was hypoxic under water, and he was already stupid.Unexpectedly, he suddenly asked, "Are we underwater?" This question came so suddenly that I didn't understand what he meant at first. I saw Bai Yanweng's eyes narrowed before I understood: the ancestral hall of Mad Dog Village is actually at the bottom of the blue lake! Secretary Jiang once mentioned the strange disappearance of Mad Dog Village. He said that it was because the people in the village caught the zombies in the lake, and if they didn't handle them properly, they would end up on fire.However, judging from Bai Yanweng's description, the people in Mad Dog Village are full of affection for Fuxian Lake, and most of them are in awe of the fact that the tomb of the King of Dian is buried under the lake.It is really unconvincing to say that the ancient Dian king was regarded as their lake god, and that he was punished by heaven. Now I heard that we are at the bottom of the lake, and here is Mad Dog Village, I felt a chill in my heart: Could it be that some major geological disaster happened 30 years ago, which caused the entire Mad Dog Village to sink to the bottom of the lake?But if this is the case, why can this ancestral hall stay dry, and there is still air inside the ancestral hall for us to breathe? Bai Yanweng took a deep breath, walked to the coffin, stretched out his withered fingers, and gently stroked it: "It seems that I won't be able to tell you the whole story." The three of us were played around like monkeys by him, so naturally we refused to let it go.I see that he still has leisure time to pretend to be lyrical, wishing he could slap the old man to death with a brick. "I'm begging you, tell me quickly! I'm going to give you a sickness all the way." "You young people have no patience at all. Didn't I say that there is no rush for this matter, you have to take your time and talk about it bit by bit." "Are you fucking going to tell me or not? If you don't talk about my brother, you can go. You can recall it to the coffin board alone!" "Okay, okay, I said, I said. Hey, I said that I lost my mind in order to save people that day. This is a big crime, and if it doesn't work out, I will lose my head." The fat man asked him: "In what year is it, and lynching is still practiced in your village?" "What's the matter, let alone thirty years ago, even today, there are not too few cases of abuse of lynching." "That's true. Then, after that, don't you live well?" "This is a later story. Let's start with the day when I returned to Mad Dog Village. I lost my bead, so I asked the fellow villagers to tie me upside down and send me to the village chief for disposal. On the way back, I was in a daze. I can't figure out what went wrong, and secondly, I am even more worried about the three missing people. I have never thought about what kind of punishment I will face when I return to the village. You also know that the only way to go back to Mad Dog Village from the small island is by boat, because Because of the disappearance of all the boatmen, we took the fishing boat provided by the village. Although it is a fishing boat, it is not small. In our group, there are four civil defense personnel and two giants besides me. Dogs. Because of the loss of Dinghaizhu, everyone was sullen and dared not talk much. When the boat reached the middle of the lake, the two dogs rushed to the bow almost at the same time and started barking. First, we only When there were big fish and giant shrimps in the water, it attracted the idea of ​​giant dogs, but in the blink of an eye, one of the dogs let out a scream and fell into the water in a short while, and the remaining dog also whimpered With a sound, I got into the boat with my tail between my legs on the spot. You know, the dogs in our village have always been known for being fierce and vicious, and it has never happened to be frightened like this. I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and something might have happened in the water There is a brave guy in the civil defense team. He picked up the harpoon on the boat and carried an earthen gun to check the situation. I yelled and tried to stop him, but was scolded by several other people. They I was tied in the cabin, and I could only vaguely see the back of the man. He first put the harpoon into the water, tested it a few times, and then stretched out his head to look. Several other people followed behind him, and some of them appeared. Some of the cabins were hiding behind the door and looking around. Another giant dog lay beside me, covering its nose with its paws, and kept fighting. I was so nervous that I didn’t know what was going wrong in the lake. " "Suddenly, I saw the person lying on the bow of the boat tremble all over and yelled as if he had seen a ghost. Immediately afterwards, before anyone had time to react, he fell headlong into the lake. At this moment, everyone They all panicked, and some of them dropped the weapons in their hands in fright, knelt down with a plop, and kept shouting to the lake god to calm down. But then the person who fell into the water let out a scream, and I saw him thump After a few strokes, large swathes of blood soon rolled up on the surface of the water. The civil defense team had no time to care about the lives of their companions, and all of them were crying like seeing the king of Hades. I saw the urgency of the situation and threatened the lives of the villagers. , I didn’t care about so much, struggled hard, got rid of the rope, picked up the shotgun on the ground, pulled up the fishing net in the cabin and rushed to the deck. As soon as I went out, the hull shook violently, and it was originally calm The water in the lake seemed to be boiling, constantly tumbling, and the huge waves almost covered the sky." When I heard Bai Yanweng's description, I immediately remembered the wonderful scene we encountered in Fuxian Lake last night.Bai Yanweng looked very proud when he said this, and he must have been very brave at the time.Sure enough, he went on to talk about the whole process of the incident.Fuxian Lake is not an ordinary small lake with shallow lakes. The wind and waves are comparable to rivers and seas. An ordinary fishing boat trapped in a sudden storm almost has to wait for death.Most of those civil defense team members were island residents, and they had never been out of the big isolated island in their entire lives. They just fished and sunned their nets on weekdays. Such a big storm was almost unprecedented.Bai Yanweng thought that he was brave and insightful, and he thought it would be better to fight than to be buried in the bottom of the lake for no reason, so he rushed to the bow of the boat with his weapon in hand, to see what monsters appeared in Fuxian Lake.In the precarious wind and rain, seven or eight human-like things were constantly pushing the fishing boat in the water.Bai Yanweng was terrified, he couldn't care less about life and death.He sank his legs and tried to stabilize his body, cast the fishing net into the water, and then kept shooting at the white hands in the water.In fact, he also knew in his heart that the wind was strong and the waves were high. After the bullet hit the water, its power was greatly reduced and it was almost harmless. But at that time, if he didn't do anything else, he would almost go crazy.The bullets were exhausted very quickly, and at this time, a large amount of blood slowly poured out from the water. At first, the white-eyed man was very happy, thinking that he had hit one, but unexpectedly, a wave came up and wiped out a black-painted crow. Something rolled up the bow.Everyone took a closer look and found that his mother was actually a half of a human body. That half of the body was gnawed to pieces, half of the bones were exposed, and some residual meat was hanging on the edge of the bones. The wounds were dense and broken. Teeth gnawed at the same time.A buddy lay next to the white-eyed man and vomited immediately.Bai Yanweng stepped forward to check the body, and found that it was the civil defense team member who had fallen earlier, and there were still several obvious bullet marks on the body. It was obvious that the few shots that Bai Yanweng fired just now had all greeted this unlucky fellow. "The Lake God is angry, we are all going to die, all of us are going to die." The buddy who just vomited had a livid face, with white foam hanging from the corner of his mouth.Bai Yanweng saw that his mind was no longer clear, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he walked up to him and shot him in the head, knocking him out. "Fuck the god of the lake, I have been a witch for so long, and I haven't seen his grandpa's eggs! Now it's the water monkeys making trouble, everyone who wants to survive, give me strength! Hold on to the boat and go fishing Fork, take care of these beasts!" When the group of dragons had no leader, Bai Yanweng uttered cruel words, which brought the courage to live to the desperate villagers. Everyone picked up the steel forks and halberds scattered on the fishing boats and prepared to fight against the evil beasts in the lake.Bai Yanweng roughly estimated that there were only seven or eight white monkeys on the surface of the water. Logically speaking, they should not be able to shake the fishing boat, let alone stir up such wind and waves, unless there are a large number of such creatures hidden under the water.But Fuxian Lake has always been rich in fish, shrimp and river crabs. If such fierce water monkeys really lived here for a long time, they would have devoured the aquatic products long ago. Why did they stay until today and suddenly attack the fishing boats? He couldn't figure it out for a while, so he simply ignored those trivial matters.If they can't win against these animals in the water right now, then the whole boat will become food for them.The white-eyed old man went into battle shirtless and led the crowd to throw harpoons into the water continuously. Soon, their intensive offensive had achieved results.A water monkey trapped in the net called Bai Yanweng into his abdomen and let out a mournful cry.Other water monkeys wanted to rescue them, but Bai Yanweng saw the opportunity and pulled the harpoon upwards. The monkey in the net was immediately scratched by the barbs on the steel hook and disintegrated in the water instantly.The other water monkeys smelled the smell of blood, regardless of whether they were of the same kind or not, they pounced on the stump and gnawed it.Seeing this golden opportunity, the people on the boat dared not to wait, and drove the fishing boat out quickly with full horsepower.This group of people narrowly escaped death and dragged the damaged fishing boat into the wharf of Mad Dog Village. The people in this side of the village had been waiting impatiently. The death line was pulled back.However, his hands and feet have withered, and Master Gamiao is also helpless, so he can only watch his old man become a useless person.Zhang Daxian saw the cloudy air over Fuxian Lake and thick fog on the lake. Knowing that something was wrong, Zhang Daxian came to the pier ahead of time to meet him.Sure enough, he ran into a fishing boat that had just entered the port, and the crew were killed or injured, and Bai Yanweng was even more dejected.The old man Gamiao and the village chief arrived one after another. Hearing that he had lost the fetishes enshrined by his ancestors for generations, the two respected old men almost died of anger on the spot.The eldest son of the village head learned that his wife Yang Liu was also lost, and immediately raised his fists to find Baiyanweng desperately. Bai Yanweng knew that the loss on this trip was too heavy, and it would not be too much to pay with his life, so he did not defend himself, only saying that everything was his own responsibility, and asked the village to do business properly.But the civil defense team members on the fishing boat did not agree. They said that they were on the water just now, and it was only thanks to Bai Yanweng and others that they survived.Then he told several elders about the encounter with the white-haired monkey, and everyone tried their best to plead for the white-eyed man. The old man Ga Miao had seen the world, and when he heard that there was something wrong underwater, he immediately understood that it had something to do with the case of Dinghaizhu's loss.He asked the village chief for favor, saying that the matter is of great importance at the moment, and Bai Yanweng cannot be dealt with lightly, and it will be of great use to save his life.Everyone naturally understood that he was making an excuse for his lover.Except for the village chief's son, Bei Dahai, no one else made a statement, which was regarded as acquiescing.That Bei Dahai insisted on asking Bai Yanweng to pay for his life, and it was true if you thought about it. If your daughter-in-law lost it inexplicably before she even got married, you would be anxious.The two groups of people quarreled over how to convict Bai Yanweng.At this moment, Zhang Daxian, who came from afar, suddenly spoke. He pointed to the fishing boat and asked, "Why is there any movement on the boat? Is there anyone who hasn't disembarked?" "We have a group of six people and two dogs. Except for the people and dogs who died at the bottom of the lake earlier, the rest of the people have already disembarked. At this time, when Zhang Daxian spoke, all of us focused our attention on the boat. On the fishing boat that was almost falling apart. Six of us brought two dogs. When we came back, there were only five people and a mad dog that was too frightened to move. As soon as we docked, we all ran desperately to the land. It is impossible to keep people. In an instant, everyone's eyes changed, as if there was a man-eating monster hiding in the boat. I leaned forward to listen carefully, and sure enough there was a 'creaking' sound coming from the cabin. The sound was very rhythmic, unhurried, as if someone was scraping the planks of the boat with his fingernails. Everyone heard the sound soon, and the members of the civil defense team immediately yelled that it was a water monkey who came to claim his life. I told Master that there might be some unclean things coming, and I wanted to go up and have a look. He didn’t object, and first appeased everyone and told them to disperse first. Then he explained to me that this was an opportunity to prove myself. I started I didn't understand what Master meant, but after thinking about it later, the old man just wanted me to capture the monster myself, to show my ability in front of the villagers, so as to seek a chance of redemption to find Dinghaizhu." Bai Yanweng agreed, asked for a flashlight, and drew out his dagger to go back to the boat, but Bei Haihai suddenly grabbed him and said he wanted to go with him.Everyone didn't understand, since this Bei Dahai and he were irreconcilable, why did he go to die with him?Bei Dahai sneered and said: "The ghost knows if you have colluded. When the time comes, you will pretend to fight, and then take out the beasts you have prepared a long time ago. I just don't believe in this magic stick. I want to go together and be a witness." .” Zhang Daxian was originally listening, and when he understood what Bei Dahai meant, he laughed and said that he would also go to see and see together. "The two of you are enemies, and when the time comes, you will each speak your own words, and there needs to be a referee. I think everyone is willing to believe the notarization done by me, a foreigner." In fact, the villagers have long been distracted by the strange sounds of scratching the wall, so they don't care about whether it is notarized or not.Most of the people nodded indiscriminately and entrusted the matter to them, and then fled straight back home.The village chief didn't want his son to participate in such dangerous activities, but he couldn't resist Bei Dahai's stupidity, so he had to let him go in the end.So Bai Yanweng, Zhang Daxian and the unconvinced Bei Haihai boarded the fishing boat that had just returned from Fuxian Lake.After boarding the fishing boat again, Bai Yanweng always felt that something was wrong. This boat was clearly the one he had just boarded ten minutes ago, but in the blink of an eye, when boarding the boat again, there was always such a chill coming from the boat. The soles of the feet drilled straight up.The small fishing boat seemed to become dark and large in an instant, like an iron cellar.Bei Dahai didn't seem to notice anything amiss, he yelled, "It's just a dilapidated ship, it's so dilapidated because it's been in disrepair for a long time, you can't fool me. Where did the water monkey come from, where did the white-haired zombie come from? You What happened to Yangliu and the others, hand them over quickly!" Bai Yanweng was very anxious, he saw that there was something wrong with this boat, but that hard-headed Bei Dahai thought that after studying foreign books for two years, he would treat others in every way, so he was not allowed to live in peace for a while. "I always look at it from the deck, and I can't see the famous hall." Zhang Daxian lit the fire book, pointed to the half-covered cabin and said, "Let's go down and have a look first, I heard the sound seems to be coming from inside." Bai Yanweng nodded, he pushed Bei Haihai away, raised his sharp dagger and slowly opened the hatch.Strange to say, there was clearly a bright sun outside the cabin, but once inside the cabin, it immediately became pitch black.The windows in the cabin are like thick kraft paper, so no light can penetrate.Bai Yanweng was not only surprised, was he so dark when he was tied up in the cabin earlier?The sound of scratching the wall came intermittently from the darkness, Zhang Daxian followed behind with a torch to illuminate him, neither of them dared to make a sound easily.That Bei Dahai hid behind the door panel, probably frightened by the weird atmosphere on the ship, and didn't dare to continue talking nonsense.Bai Yanweng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, took a deep breath, and then scrambled into the cabin.As soon as you enter this square building, the sound of "creaking" becomes even louder. When you listen to it, you can feel that there is still a slight gasp in it, as if a dying person is desperately holding on to his last breath. .Bai Yanweng saw that the fire pocket was not bright enough, so he was going to touch the oil lamp hanging on the railing.He remembered that there was a lamp hanging on the post where he was tied, so he dragged Zhang Daxian forward to light the lamp.Bei Dahai squatted at the door alone, feeling embarrassed, and didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a while, but Zhang Daxian was more kind, told him to "watch the wind" at the door and gave him a step to go down. Bai Yanweng looked down on the bullying son of the village chief. He took the fire bag from Zhang Daxian and reached for the lamp hanging on the fence. He didn't want to feel something fluffy and sticky when he stretched out his hand. .As if he had been electrocuted, he immediately withdrew his hand and took a closer look with the fire folder, only to see a big bloody dog's head nailed to the place where the lamp should have been hung.Seeing such a bloody scene suddenly in the dark cabin, even Bai Yanweng couldn't help feeling sick.Zhang Daxian stepped forward to have a look and asked him, "Is this the dog from your village?" "A dog of this size can only be from our island. This one was probably dragged into the water before." Bai Yanweng handed the Huozhangzi to Zhang Daxian, then stretched out his arms and pulled it out vigorously, removing the dog's head nailed to the nail.The animal's skull is the hardest part of the body, and it is not known how the dog's head was nailed on. The back of the head was pierced with a big iron nail.When he pulled it out, not only blood sprayed all over the ground, but also some sticky and slippery things flowed out from behind the dog's head.Zhang Daxian frowned and said: "It seems that that thing is probably still on board, it is demonstrating to us, everyone must be careful." Bai Yanweng looked back, shook his head and said: "There are no other people here, only you and me." Pointing to the empty doorway, he said, "That bastard is gone." It turned out that it was Bei Dahai who saw the dead dog's head at the hatch just now and was so frightened that he left without saying goodbye.Baiyan Wengxin said that it would be better for that worthless idiot to run away, so as not to be delayed.Then he searched around the fence again, and finally found the miserable kerosene lamp, but the outer cover was already cracked. "Make do with it!" He picked up the kerosene lamp and handed it to Zhang Daxian.Zhang Daxian stretched out his hand, and quickly connected the lamp, but there was no movement for a long time. Bai Yanweng asked him why he didn't turn on the light in the dim light of the fire, but suddenly his shoulders sank.Zhang Daxian's voice came from behind: "Where is the lamp?" Bai Yanweng almost jumped up, he instinctively pulled back, throwing the people behind him out of the darkness.The man didn't expect Bai Yanweng's reaction to be so intense, and he didn't prepare at all. He was thrown into a shit with an "oops", and the dim light that was originally on was also instantly extinguished.Bai Yanweng hurriedly squatted down to check, only to see Zhang Daxian fell down to check, only to see Zhang Daxian fell on the ground.He gasped, covered his head and said angrily, "What are you doing!" Bai Yanweng picked up the fire that was about to go out and stammered: "I, I just... You were not next to me, and you took the oil lamp away, why did you run behind me again?" "Oil lamp?" Zhang Daxian's expression was particularly distorted in the darkness, "You, didn't you ask me for a fire discount just now? I've been wondering why you snatched it?" Bai Yanweng's heart skipped a beat, he helped Zhang Daxian up, and said in a deep voice, "There is a third person in this room." As if to verify his words, the harsh sound of scratching the wall sounded again, accompanied by bursts of sharp laughter. Bai Yanweng glanced outside the cabin and shouted: "Bei Dahai, are you playing tricks!" There were only three of them on this boat, no one saw Bei Dahai just left, who knows if he ran in while chaotic, trying to scare them.Zhang Daxian said: "It can't be him, he doesn't have such courage. Let me ask you, did you see the other person's face clearly just now?" Bai Yanweng shook his head: "No, that person moved very fast, and took it with a swish. I just thought you were lighting a lamp for me, and didn't pay attention at all." Zhang Daxian said: "I was standing next to you, but then a shadow swayed past. When I turned my head, the fire pocket was taken away. I thought it was you who wanted to use fire..." He stopped halfway through his words, and listened carefully with his ears pricked up, "I don't know where the sound of scratching the wall came from, but it's everywhere. Could there be more than one!" "It's very possible that we met at least seven or eight of them when we were in the lake. It's not surprising if they are. It's just that the cabin is so small, only seven or eight square meters in total. Where can they hide?" After saying this, he walked to the door and locked it behind him with a bang. "They had an advantage in the water just now, but now we can't let them go on land. We will catch those alive later and send them to the city to be slaughtered in the museum for specimens." Although he yelled like this, he actually didn't have any foundation in his heart, it was nothing more than to embolden himself.Zhang Daxian is not the case, he has a lot of experience and is a Taoist priest wearing a crown, so he is naturally a hundred times more familiar with the tricks of these ghosts and monsters than Baiyanweng.So he analyzed and said: "Fuxian Lake is deep in the mountains and high in the shape of a gourd. It is also a feng shui bureau for the old man to make alchemy. There should not be any filth. I saw that the mountains and rivers changed color last night, and there was miasma rising on the lake. I am afraid it is from the bottom of the water. Question, something has broken the feng shui here." Bai Yanweng felt that what he said made sense, and remembered that he had lost the Dinghai Pearl used to enshrine the lake god, and suddenly realized.I'm afraid that the reason for the change in Fuxian Lake is because he made a big mistake and lost Dinghaizhu.He had originally blamed himself for the disappearance of the members of the God Team, but now seeing that the entire village would be implicated, he suddenly became anxious, and his eyes were dark. Zhang Daxian didn't know about Baiyanweng's loss of Dinghaizhu, he simply expressed his thoughts, and seeing Baiyanweng shaking suddenly, he thought he was unwell. "I'm all right. To tell you the truth, it's all because of me. I, I shouldn't have left them last night." 张大仙并没有多问，他安慰说眼下最重要的就是将藏在船上的晦物逮住，人谁无过，过而能改善莫大焉。白眼翁知道这件事与外人解释很难说明白，只好打起了精神，准备与张大仙一同先搜查船舱。 张大仙随身携带的火折子已经烧到了尽头，连吹了几口气，火光却越发的羸弱。这个船舱虽然小，可里头堆满了杂七杂八的物件，什么渔网、渔叉、竹筐、水箱都是平日里渔夫们用惯了的捕鱼器械。白眼翁越找越急，眼看这最后一丝火光就要熄灭了。张大仙说这样找不是个办法，咱们还是先回村子里去，找些照明的器械来。正说着，一声惨叫穿透了木板门从对面传来。白眼翁大惊，他认得这是贝大海的声音，这小子不是早跑了吗，怎么此刻会突然叫了起来，难不成是遇到了危险？两人不敢等，寻着贝大海的呼救声冲出了狭小的船舱，可这渔船总共就屁大点地方，出了门一望到底，却到处都找不到贝大海的身影。 “在那里！船头，船头下面有人！” 眼尖的白眼翁一下子就看见船头的栏杆上吊着一只人手。他飞扑上去，只见贝大海大半个身子都挂在船外，只剩两只手攀住了围栏。贝大海一见有人来了，立刻大声呼救：“快救我，救我。” 他说着向下看了一眼，就听“滋滋”两声怪响，一只长满白毛的“人”手从他腰间探了出来。白眼翁单脚跨在围栏上，一眼就看见了一只白色的水猴子正往贝大海身上攀。这是他第一次在如此近距离里，看清楚这东西的真面目。传说中的水猴子与普通猴子并无半点相似，长马脸，佝偻背，还有一双与人类极为相似的双手。它身长爪子上带有倒钩，它扣住了贝大海死活不肯松，很快贝大海的腰间也渗出了鲜血“管不了啦，你拉住他。我下去收拾那个畜生！” 眼见人就要被拖下水去，白眼翁索性松开了双手，将脚边的绳子往桅杆上一拴，叼起匕首滑下了船头。贝大海被钩住了皮肉，疼得嘴角直抽搐。那只白毛水怪见有人要下来与他抢晚饭，龇起嘴牙，抽出一只爪子挠向白眼翁。白头翁抱着绳子轻轻一荡晃过了要钩皮带肉的利爪。贝大海就没那么好的运气了，水猴子在抽爪的瞬间，带去了他一大片皮肉。他疼得几乎昏死过去，不断地叫骂，看样子也是怕到了极点，有点怒火中烧的意思。白眼翁哪有心思去管他死活，他两脚登住了船身，一手绕绳稳住了身体，而后反手握起匕首朝着水猴子的颈脖狠狠地插了上去。 因为悬挂在半空中，他这一下很难控制力道，一刀过后根本掌握不了平衡，径直朝贝大海身上撞了过去。 “好在老天有眼，我那一刀正中靶心，生生地捅进了那畜生的背脊。它吃疼之下，狂叫了一声，那声音又尖又锋，如同一把刀子割得人心头发麻。当时我与贝大海撞到了一块儿，那畜生眼看就要扑上来。我哪敢松手，握住刀子的手打着战，又是一捅一划，只把那畜生半侧的身体都掀出一块儿天窗来才停手。” 而后他与张大仙合力将受伤的贝大海拉了上来。那只叫白眼翁捅穿了的水猴子尚未断气，它身体里流出尽是些绿色的脓水，腥臭无比。白眼翁将它摔在甲板上，然后又取了渔网缠了个结实，一路拖回了村中。这个时候村中的人早就等得不耐烦了，好多人聚在村头上，在等着他们回来。有几个穿开裆裤的孩子，远远地看见白眼翁就开始欢呼。贝村长领着大伙迎出了村子，他被贝大海浑身的伤口吓了一大跳，急忙叫人将儿子抬去了医疗所。嘎苗老人拄着拐杖来到了渔网边上，这个时候水猴子还没有断气。白眼翁踹了它一脚，向大伙解释道：“这畜生不光在水里头凶，还想跟进村来。大海叫它啃了两口，估计要躺一段日子了。” 村里的百姓都没见过这种浑身长白毛的动物，纷纷围上前观看。 村长听说这是湖里的东西，建议说要放生，白眼翁第一个不同意。他说：“这东西是个祸害，现在放虎归山留后患，日后倒霉的还是我们。” “你这个混账东西，”村长抄起手杖一棍砸在他背上，“弄丢了定海珠，惹恼了湖神才会派这些虾兵蟹将来找疯狗村的晦气，连大海都叫你给拖累了。你还有什么脸说话，我打死你，打死你！” 他说着又狠砸了数下，最后还是嘎苗师父与张大仙一同说情，才勉强拦下了村长的追打。 嘎苗师父说：“依我的看法，抚仙湖里发生的异象的确与丢失供品有关。这是他失职，也是我做师父的责任。这样吧，待会儿我去宗堂里开坛作法告慰祖先，请他们代向湖神求情。宽限我这徒儿几日，叫他把人和东西统统寻回来。要是到时候找不回杨姑娘和信物，我这个当师父的第一个把脑袋卸下来以平天怒！” 德高望重的嘎苗师父发了毒誓，在场的人没有一个敢说个“不”字。白眼翁知道师父已经尽力，他立刻跪在众人面前，以天地起誓，三日之内寻不回珠子，他就自毁双目做个有眼无珠的废人。疯狗村素来是个平静的地方，相亲邻里就跟一家人似的，从未出过如此血腥的要命官司。这一眨眼的工夫，伤的伤死的死，还有两位地位尊贵的神巫当场立下了毒誓，所有人无不屏息自叹不知道该如何是好。张大仙最先打破了沉默。他笑着说：“小道在外行走多年，这样的怪物怪事见的不算少数。要我说，各位大可不必惊慌，一切皆有定数。” 用今天眼光来看，他这番话是纯粹得不能再纯粹的废话，可放在当时，老百姓就偏好信这个白胡子老道士，觉得够权威。刚好早先那几个民防队的人也在，他们指着地上的水猴子说：“这怪物害了我们兄弟的性命，留它做什么，剁碎了喂狗！” 这话一出，气氛一下子活跃起来，疯狗村是个偏僻地方，平日里也没有什么大的娱乐活动，了不起是谁家娶媳妇生娃娃唱一台大戏而已。“杀怪物的头”这话题一听就带劲儿，很快村里的老头老太太、妇女小孩都被动员了起来，敲锣打鼓将只剩下半条命的白毛猴子拖上了广场上的戏台。村长原本想要阻止大伙，但他儿子受了重伤，根本没有心情跟着其他人搅和。于是就将现场交给了嘎苗和民防队，自己先行去医疗所探望贝大海的伤势。 这头村民们将白毛猴子连同渔网吊在了戏台子上，而后又把家里养的猛狗牵了出来，三下五除二的工夫就分得一干二净。白眼翁在旁边看着，心里泛起了一阵恶寒，这不干不净地就叫家狗吃了，万一食物中毒，那疯狗村以后可就就要改名叫死狗村了。 收拾完了白毛水怪，嘎苗师父向张大仙道了谢，而后语重心长地将白眼翁叫到了边上：“湖中生异，只怕全和定海珠有关。据说此珠能够镇邪避祸。这才刚丢，湖里边就出了白毛僵尸。我看这事拖不得。” 白眼翁问他湖底下是不是还藏了别的东西。嘎苗老人沉吟了一下，说道：“滇王墓的传说并非虚构，而是确有此事。只是情况比较复杂不是一两句话能够交代清楚的。如果到了万不得已的时候，非要下水，务必要准备三口棺材用作开路的法器。” “棺材？” 白眼翁从未听说过此事，他又想再追问两句。但嘎苗老人话已至此：“我做了大半辈子的神巫，该知道的不该知道的，都懂个七七八八。这滇王墓的事情，从前几辈神巫起就有研究，只是那玩意儿与我们村子无害亦无益，便没有多作探究。现下湖底生变，若是日后它成了祸害，你千万要记得毁掉。” 说完他又交代白眼翁去准备祭祖的法器摆设。随后便先行去了宗堂处理场地问题。 此时的白眼翁不敢有半点怠慢，立刻去官楼里收拾施法的家伙。张大仙表示想要一同去见识见识。白眼翁不好意思拒绝，但也声明苗家的官楼分东西，东官楼是村长家的，西官楼是神巫家的。这两座楼外人是轻易进不得的，就算张大仙于他有救命之恩也只能在二道门外头转转，内院说什么都不能带他参观。张大仙说尊重少数民族的习俗，一定不乱闯。这俩忘年交便一同去了嘎苗老人的官楼中取法器。 在苗人的习俗里祭祖告神不但要黄纸红符，还需制备一些通神的物件，一般来说大多是死者用过的东西。但神巫通告祖先，一律使的是虫蛊。这西官楼是疯狗村中的重地，里头只住神巫与他的接班人，外人很难窥探到楼中布置，所以外界多有传说，这西官楼里头藏满了毒虫药蛊。神巫不吃饭，都是靠吞虫子过活，这才练就了一身趋虫下蛊的本事。这些坊间传闻自然可笑至极，但其中有一部分还是有些可信性的。就拿白眼翁住的地方来说，除了日常生活用品来说，大部分地方都用来堆置养蛊的玻璃缸。这些毒虫猛蚁在旁人看来狰狞可怖，却是神巫们用以救人祈福的良药。白眼翁将师父要用的通灵虫小心翼翼地引入了巴掌大的圆形小瓮之中，再以红布将小瓮包了个结实，接着又将师父点了名的法器一一打包，最后统统塞进了包里。 他扛着包袱来到院子里，看见张大仙正在研究一株花草：“我这里收拾好了。大仙你逛完了？” 张大仙直起腰来，见他背了一包东西就想上前帮忙，白眼翁摆手说：“不碍事，师父还等着我呢，咱们走吧，去宗堂。” 张大仙恋恋不舍地与他离开了西官楼，路上说道：“我游历各地，对这些民俗怪力之事很有兴趣。此番进了苗地，想研究一下蛊物，一直没有机会，等这件事结束了。你我可要好好聊一聊。” “这事你找我师父就对了，别看我学了十来年，其实大多不通。” 白眼翁叹息道，“要不是这样，何来丢了贡物？” 张大仙自知戳了人家的伤心处，急忙换了话题，与白眼翁谈起了大孤岛之外的世界。听得他两眼放光，表示如果这趟有命回来，一定要随张大仙出去走一走看看外边的世界。两人一路闲话很快就到了宗堂，却见门口人声鼎沸，里里外外被围得水泄不通。 白眼翁开始还当是村民们凑热闹，赶来瞧神巫作法。不想村长忽然从人群里冲了出来，一把抓住白眼翁结巴道：“不见了，宗堂，不见了。” “什么不见了？你说清楚一点儿。” 白眼翁只当自己听错了。可大伙一看见他来了，像见了救星一样，纷纷围了上来，七姑八婆各个拉着他喊救命。 村长颤颤巍巍地指着人群后边的建筑说：“不见了，整个宗堂都不见了。你师父，师父也在里边……” 乍听之下，一栋祖宗祠堂凭空消失简直是疯子才会说出来的话，可大伙围了一圈，各个都说不见了。真叫白眼翁有些不知所措。他一听师父也在里边，立刻拨开人群冲到了宗堂门口。 一看见宗堂，他整个人都傻了眼，背在肩头的包袱都掉了。张大仙年纪大了，好不容易才挤过了人墙跑到白眼翁边上，饶是他见多了世面，也忍不住“啊”了一声只见原本屹立在村子中央广厦青砖的宗祠堂，此刻只剩四角的围柱与天顶健在，房屋中央凭空汪出来一潭深不见底的碧水，如同一个大澡堂子。而祠堂里原先供奉的牌位灵牌，还有座椅板凳全都不见了，如同被这一滩碧波吸进去一样。 白眼翁的第一反应就是祠堂淹水了，可好端端地哪来这么许多湖水？这里既不是井眼也不是河道口，那些水如同从地下凭空渗出来的一样。这诡异的现象让白眼翁无所适从。他愣了半天才想起来，忙问：“我师父呢？他不是在宗堂里边准备法事吗？” 村长皱着一张老脸，恨不得挤出一朵菊花来：“嘎苗师父也不见了，他进门之后一直没有动静。我们担心了好一会儿才把门推开，谁知道，谁知道……作孽啊，这是祖宗们发怒要惩罚我们……” 白眼翁自然不信这一套，他丢下法器蹲到水边伸手去摸，像是要确定眼前的一切是不是幻觉。“给我拿绳子来，越长越好。” 他一说话，立刻有村人去取了织网用的编织线。白眼翁在绳子一头拴了一块儿大石头，而后将石头丢进了水中，那卷尼龙线少说也有三十四米长，绳子不断地往水中沉，好半天也不见停。随着绳子渐渐告短，他心头也越发慌张。最终一整卷绳子全都被大石头拽入了水中村人看到这一幕无不震惊，已经有人在传说这是通到地府里的黄泉水，疯狗村就要完蛋了。白眼翁身为神巫也无法解释这到底是怎么一回事儿。唯一确定的就是一切都与丢失定海珠有关，难道真是湖神发怒了，要毁了疯狗村？他不信，又叫人去准备潜水用的器械，打算下到这潭碧水里去一探究竟。张大仙说这水底必定有蹊跷，他要一同前往。这个时候忽然有人推开了人群走到了白眼翁身边。他一看，原来是贝大海。贝大海身上缠着纱布，裹着一件外套嚷着说要一同去。他爹劝他说：“哎呀，都这个时候了，你还闹个啥，神巫要去就由他去，你身上有伤，怎么能下水？” 贝大海去意已决，他指着张大仙说：“我欠他俩一条命呢！再说了，我是贝家的儿子，不能叫外人抢了先。” 白眼翁心说刚在船上倒不见你有这等觉悟，现在当着全村人的面反知道装英雄。他冷笑了一声，说：“潜水用的装备，村里多的是。贝少爷你想去没人拦着。只是，我不喜欢有人拖后腿。你一会儿下去了，可别跟着我。” 贝大海瞪了他一眼，拍拍胸口：“我是为了村子做事，不像你这个坏胚。我已经叫人去小孤岛上找杨柳他们了，等找着了，自然知道你在耍什么花样。” 白眼翁懒得跟他解释。他伸展了筋骨，背起渔民专用的水下呼吸肺，一个猛子扎进了那一潭深不见底的碧水。张大仙与贝大海紧随其后也都下了水。这碧潭看似清澈见底，下去才知道这底下是别有洞天。白眼翁沉了十来米左右就看见一张木头桌子飘在水中，他游过去一看，居然是祠堂里红木桌。张大仙跟到他边上，见了桌子忍不住比画了起来，问他是不是祠堂里的东西。白眼翁点点头，心中喜忧参半，他喜的是祠堂果真如他所想，是陷入了水底。可又不禁为师父的安危担忧起来。这少说也有半个多钟头的时间了，嘎苗老人没有携带潜水器械，要如何在水下呼吸，会不会已经……想到此处，他急忙打住了这个荒唐的念头。 此时贝大海从另一面游了过来，他指着远处不停地招手，像是有什么重要的东西要领他们去看。白眼翁与张大仙对视了一眼便朝着贝大海的方向游了过去。他越游心中越是疑惑，这潭水的实际面积比他想的要大得多，至少从他所在的角度来看，远不止祠堂这么大，难道疯狗村底下真有一个地下湖？ 他们游到贝大海面前，顺着他指的方向一看，远远地看见在碧潭深处有一处通光的小点。白眼翁立刻想到那可能是一个水下通道，只是不知道能通向何方。当时的潜水器械相当粗糙，当地渔人潜水捕珠多半靠的是自身的技巧，一口气憋下去，再加上水肺能潜上半个多钟头。白眼翁他们几个都不是专业选手，此刻已经在水下待了十来分钟，再撑下去很可能会出危险。 贝大海身上带伤，张大仙年事已高，白眼翁拍了拍胸口表示自己先下去探一探，叫他们二人先行上去换气。那两个明白水底下的事情不容耽搁，于是向白眼翁抱拳一拜，随后就转身朝着水面浮了上去。白眼翁深吸了一口气，憋足了劲，向着水下的亮点潜了进去。 他又游了十来分钟，终于见到了亮光的真面目。那是一个巨大洞窟，也不知道通向何处，洞口有明显的人工痕迹。他犹豫了一下，水肺中的氧气可能不够他再折回去了，于是决定先进到洞里去赌一赌，没想到还真叫他赌对了。那个洞窟里头居然是一处用天然溶洞改建的石室，石室两壁的洞壁上刻有朱砂描红的篆体大字，顶端绘有神仙百兽的壁画，看上去如梦似幻，仿佛回到了古代。