Liu Shengsheng nodded, "You three wait here, we'll come back as soon as we go."
After saying that, they left hand in hand.
Bai Quan, who was pushed away, looked depressed, "No, I..."
"Young prince, please try to keep your voice as low as possible. After all, in this strange place, I'm afraid the walls have ears." Xiao Jiang reminded softly.
Baiquan made a sound, "I don't want to go yet!"
"..."
When Liu Shengsheng and Nan Muze walked to the well, they happened to see Lai Yi sitting in a daze in the pavilion nearby.
Because the well was not far from the pavilion, Lai Yi also saw them. "Why didn't you two go to rest? You must be tired after a long journey."
Liu Shengsheng smiled and said, "I found that your well was drilled very well. It is much larger than an ordinary well. We don't have such a big well there. I was curious, so I came here to have a look."
Lai Yi stood up and walked towards them, "Everything in our clan is the best, and so is the well. If there is a chance, I can take the girl to see other things, which are more fresh."
Liu Shengsheng said thank you, and then fetched a bucket of water with Nan Muze.
Lai Yi thought they were surprised and didn't think much about it. He just said slowly: "It's already dark. You haven't eaten yet, right? How about I cook something delicious and send it to you?" qs
Liu Shengsheng observed the well water for a moment, then looked at Lai Yi with a smile, "No, we are not hungry. We ate too much dry food on the way here, and our stomachs are still full."
"That's it..."
Liu Shengsheng nodded, "If you dug such a big well, will the whole clan come here to drink water?"
Now it was Lai Yi's turn to laugh, "What did the girl say? Our Lin tribe is very big, and almost every household has a small well. But now that the plague is rampant, many people in the tribe live together in order to take care of each other. So there are only about a dozen wells that are still in use..."
After a pause, she added: "But there are also some families who like to go to the mountains to fetch water, saying that mountain spring water is sweeter."
Hearing this, Liu Shengsheng had a rough idea.
She walked slowly to the pavilion, sat on the stone bench in the pavilion and said, "I heard you mention some curse or retribution. What did you mean at that time?"
Lai Yi looked around and saw no one, then sat next to her and said, "I don't really believe it, but everyone says that this plague is a curse from the gods and retribution from the Dragon King. Who knows if it's true or not?" Woolen cloth."
"God? Dragon King? I don't quite understand what you are saying."
Seeing Liu Shengsheng's curious face, Lai Yi sighed, "The Dragon King is the god that our Lin tribe believes in. For decades, we have had good weather here and there has never been a major disaster. Everyone says that the Dragon King is protecting us. So over the past few decades, we have given very precious and generous gifts to the Dragon King."
"It's just that a young man suddenly appeared a few years ago. He quietly took away the generous gifts given to the Dragon King. When the tribe found out, they became furious, thinking that he had destroyed the feng shui of our Lin tribe. He did not abide by our customs and despised the gods. , after causing public outrage, he was beaten to death on the beach..."
Having said this, Lai Yi lowered his head.
"The sea is not far from us. You can reach the seaside through the forest in the back mountain. But now few people go there. People only go there when giving gifts."
"What kind of generous gift can make the whole clan angry and beat people to death?" Liu Shengsheng asked.
Lai Yi was silent for a long time and said: "It's okay not to mention some vulgar customs. Anyway, after the young man's death, our Lin clan has never been peaceful, and not long after, a plague appeared. The whole clan thought this was a punishment from the Dragon King, because That boy robbed the Dragon King’s gift, so the Dragon King returned the plague to everyone.”
After a pause, she added: "After this incident, no one dared to go out, and the business they did gradually decreased. Of course, no one dared to say that the plague originated from us, for fear of spreading the word. If we go out, people from other places will come to take revenge on us..."
As he was talking, a cough suddenly came from not far away.
the sound of.
Lai Yi was startled and quickly stood up and walked over.
"Clan leader, why did you come out?"
Patriarch Lin said with an unhappy expression, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing, just asking them if they are hungry."
Patriarch Lin sighed, "I have already asked people to cook some rice. Let them eat some together."
After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the hall.
Lai Yi turned around and looked at them cautiously.
Liu Shengsheng said: "Please tell Patriarch Lin, please, that we have all eaten. I'm sorry to disturb you."
Lai Yi nodded and followed Patriarch Lin back to the hall.
Wait until the surrounding area is quiet. Nan Muze took Liu Shengsheng's hand and said, "Maybe it's revenge."
Liu Shengsheng was silent, "I also think that it is possible that the young man was not dead at all, and then secretly poisoned the well?"
Nan Muze nodded, "It's possible, but it's also possible that someone around the man was poisoning him."
"It's impossible for us to guess it so easily. I think the patriarch is acting weird. Why don't you tell them directly that this isn't a plague?"
Nanmu Ze said: "You might as well put the antidote directly into the well."
Liu Shengsheng rolled her eyes and said, "This is okay."
After a pause, she added, "But if we don't find the person who poisoned us, what if he continues to poison us after the poison is detoxified?"
While talking, the two of them had walked back to the backyard.
Yizhou leaned against the door of a room, holding his stomach pitifully, "Girl, I'm so hungry, haven't they cooked yet?"
Liu Shengsheng said helplessly: "You can't eat it even if it's boiled. The well water here is poisonous, and based on my guess, every well in the clan is probably poisonous."
Hearing this, Yizhou's eyes suddenly widened.
Bai Quan frowned even more, "Who is so vicious? He poisoned every well? He wants to exterminate the clan!"
Xiao Jiang said: "If it is true that every well has been poisoned, then this Lin clan should be sealed off, and then everyone should be arrested and questioned one by one."
Nan Muze didn't say much, but Liu Shengsheng said seriously: "I'm not sure whether every well is poisonous, so you need to go out together."
Yizhou blinked, "What do you mean, girl?"
"Just let us all check every well in the clan." Bai Quan said irritably.
Liu Shengsheng nodded, "Pull some water from each well back to me. After I check it, I will know whether each well is poisonous."
Yi Zhou nodded, and walked out directly with Xiao Jiang.
Bai Quan looked at Liu Shengsheng uncomfortably and said: "I don't want to fetch water. If you want me to take action, you have to come with me. I can use Qinggong to lead you. If I lead you, I will know directly. Is the well water poisonous?"
After saying that, he explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just too lazy to bring water back. I don't really want to take you with me."
