"Steward Liu, it is an ancient rule to use people's money to eliminate disasters. But let's not say whether we can find the third young master on this vast lake. Even if we find him, how will we bring him back here?" Yang Xiao He still wanted to struggle for the last time. What he said was the objective fact. The visibility on the lake was extremely poor and it was impossible to tell the direction.
Unexpectedly, Butler Liu narrowed his eyes and said in a tone that was unquestionable, "We have already prepared for this. After you leave by boat, we will erect a long wooden pole on the shore and hang a big red lantern from the top of the wooden pole. Find Third Young Master, you just need to follow the direction of the lantern and you can find it back."
"You guys are really well prepared." Yang Xiao smiled with a smile on his face and greeted Butler Liu and everyone in the Feng Mansion.
Seeing Butler Liu's increasingly impatient attitude, everyone had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on the boat. Seeing Xu Su and Su Tingting standing together, Butler Liu's face darkened, "Two women can't ride in the same boat. Get off." , you, go and be with him.”
After being arranged by Butler Liu, Kuang Hongyi Xu Su was on one boat, Shi Dalishi was on Guan Ming one boat, and Yang Xiao and Su Tingting, both newcomers, were assigned together.
It was obvious that Su Tingting did not want to be with Yang Xiao. Her first choice was an experienced player like Xu Su and Kuang Hongyi. However, due to the power of Butler Liu, she did not dare to refute.
"Everyone, in order to ensure your safety, the master has specially taken out the life-extending incense stored in the treasury. As long as you light the incense and place it at the bow of the ship, no evil spirits will notice you. But please remember, you only have one stick of incense. Time, before the incense burns out, we must find the third young master and bring him back."
As Butler Liu waved his hand, three servants each came over with a small incense burner. There were three sticks of incense inserted side by side in each incense burner. "This is precious, please light it after you get on the boat."
"The master has also prepared a white lantern for you to hang on the bow of the ship to facilitate your communication with each other. There is also a red sky lantern. No matter which ship finds the third young master first, remember to put out the sky lantern. The other ships will immediately see it. Get closer to respond.”
Yang Xiao took a look and saw that the so-called sky lantern was just a simple Kongming lantern covered with a layer of red paper.
After taking the incense burner, taking the white lantern, the red sky lantern, and the bamboo basket stuffed by a servant, the three teams boarded the boat.
With a slight tap of the pole on the shore, the three boats slowly sailed towards the mist. They opened the bamboo baskets and found two short knives and a fire breaker inside.
While driving the boat, Yang Xiao paid attention to the surrounding movements, while instructing Su Tingting to light the three life-extending incense sticks, and then hung the big white lantern on the bow of the boat.
But just when Yang Xiao was alert to the movement nearby, he saw Su Tingting with her back to him, holding the white lantern, as if in a daze.
"What are you doing?" Yang Xiao urged in a low voice.
Su Tingting turned her head, with a complex expression on her pale face, with fear and doubts. Then she raised the white lantern and took a closer look. Only then did Yang Xiao see two small paper figures stuck side by side on the lantern skin.
The paper figure is also white, and it can be seen that it is cut directly from the entire paper. It has only a thin layer, so it is not eye-catching.
The face of the paper man was blank, and there were no eyebrows or facial features, but the moment he saw the paper man, Yang Xiao suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.
The movements of this paper man were clearly that of him and Su Tingting. Yang Xiao instantly understood why Butler Liu had to adjust the personnel configuration on each ship. It turned out that all this was planned.
There should also be corresponding paper figures on the other two ships.
At this moment, the three ships were traveling side by side, and the surrounding fog was getting thicker. Only the outline of the opposite ship could be vaguely seen, as well as the gloomy light emitted by the white lantern.
There were three boats, Yang Xiao's was in the middle. He noticed a figure moving on the left boat. It was a man holding a white lantern, as if he was greeting him.
Yang Xiao knew without thinking that it was Kuang Hongyi and the others who also noticed the paper figures on the white lanterns. It was inconvenient to shout in the mist on the lake, so they could only use this stupid way to remind themselves.
He also asked Su Tingting to raise the lantern and shake it a few times as a response.
It was said that they were driving a boat, but in fact they were just clumsily moving the poles back and forth to try to maintain the stability of the boat. This lake was not stagnant water, there was a force in the water pushing them forward.
Looking back towards the shore, I could see a bright red light spot at a very high position. It was the big red lantern hung by Butler Liu, and it was also the lighthouse guiding Yang Xiao and the others home.
Before Yang Xiao could recover, the boat suddenly trembled violently. The strong inertia caused Su Tingting to fall instantly, and Yang Xiao was almost thrown out of the boat.
"What's wrong?" Su Tingting was horrified as she got up. Her knees and arms were injured to varying degrees.
Just now, the entire hull of the ship paused, as if it hit something. The thing was underwater and was quite large, otherwise it would never have made such a big movement.
Su Tingting subconsciously wanted to stick her head out to look under the water, but Yang Xiao pulled her back from behind and covered her mouth tightly. The two of them squatted down together without making any sound.
At this moment, Su Tingting realized something was wrong. The surrounding fog seemed to be thicker, and the most important thing was that the two nearby ships were missing.
In addition, even the big red lantern on the shore has disappeared. Now looking around, there is only endless fog on the entire lake, and the visibility is less than 3 meters.
"Stop talking." Yang Xiao gestured to Su Tingting, who was already frightened, and then pointed to his feet.
Su Tingting understood what Yang Xiao meant. There was something in the water, and it was at the bottom of their boat.
The two of them held their breath. For a few minutes, or less, the calm water surface suddenly surged, and their boat began to rock from side to side, which lasted for about a minute before calming down again.
Slowly letting go of his hand, Yang Xiao gasped for air, with cold sweat covering his forehead. He didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately paddled away.
The surroundings were filled with fog, and they couldn't tell the direction at all. They were bumping around like headless flies. Fortunately, there was still a long life-sustaining scent on the bow of the ship.
After an unknown amount of time, a strange sound attracted their attention. This sound was too abrupt on the lake where there was only the sound of water.
"It seems like someone is crying." Su Tingting tightened her body. Hearing people cry on this weird lake is definitely a very special experience.
Slowly, the fog on the lake dissipated a little, and a green and yellow reed marsh appeared in front of them, and in the reed marsh, a wooden boat slightly smaller than theirs was parked.
"Found it." Su Tingting looked happy.
There was a person squatting on the wooden boat, with his back to them, his body trembling, and the strange crying came from this person.
Judging from the gorgeous clothes, he must be the third young master of the Feng family.
A burst of red light rose behind him, Yang Xiao was startled, and then turned around suddenly, only to see that Su Tingting had raised the Kongming Lantern.
"Who the hell asked you to put the light on?"
Yang Xiao grabbed Su Tingting's collar, but before he could continue, the next second, the two of them were stunned at the same time. They turned their heads and saw two more red lights rising in the mist in the distance.
