Of course Yan Yueming will not change his mind. Once he sees something and makes a decision, he will not be easily shaken.
In the next three days, he conducted physical training under the guidance of Li Heping, running, doing exercises, and boxing. Li Heping created his own boxing technique. It is said that one punch can make a "little third son". He doesn't know how long it will take to master it.
Anyway, after three days of training, Yan Yueming felt like, maybe, probably, he had become a little stronger, right? At least he won't turn around and run away if he gets into a fight with a dog.
On the third day, at six o'clock in the morning, Yan Yueming was woken up from bed by Li Zheng, saying that the entrance to the gap had appeared.
Yan Yueming saw the dew on his hair and judged that he had just come back from outside, so he quickly got up and got ready. He had a backpack that he brought to Huayuan Road from home, and then brought here from Huayuan Road. It contained the emergency supplies he had prepared, as well as a change of underwear and so on.
After breakfast, a little after 6:30, the master and apprentice trio set off.
Walking up the mountain along the stream next to the campsite, hiking for about half an hour and bypassing the mountain spring, Yan Yueming saw a wooden plank that looked like it was about to collapse... a toilet?
"Is this here?" He couldn't help but wonder.
Li Zheng has been going up the mountain alone to investigate in the past few days, so this is Yan Yueming's first time here. He looked left and right and found that there were words carved by some evil person on the wooden wall behind the toilet: XXX is here for a visit.
Facing the little apprentice's doubts, Li Heping said calmly: "Teacher, I am very concerned about public health. I urinate, and I don't do it casually."
In short, he really just wanted to go to the toilet that day. Who knew that when the toilet was opened, he fell into the gap. Of course, based on his experience, he noticed something was wrong with the toilet when he saw it. As an outstanding retired employee of the Qi Xiang Bureau, for the sake of the safety of the public, he naturally put himself at risk and went to investigate.
Li Zheng: "Aren't you afraid it will collapse?"
Li Heping: "How can a man be so cautious about what he does?"
Without further ado, Li Heping pushed open the precarious door of the toilet and walked in first. Yan Yueming followed closely behind, while Li Zheng meandered at the back.
The toilet has been abandoned for many years, so it doesn't stink. When Yan Yueming entered, Li Heping was no longer inside, but as soon as he stepped in, he found that like a movie transition, he came to another place - the toilet.
A foul smell hit my face.
Yan Yueming hurriedly opened the door and saw Li Heping waiting outside, as well as the picturesque and simple mountain village that he had only seen in movies and TV series.
The warm sunshine comes from afar, like broken gold falling on the roof. The black tiles are stacked on top of each other, and the corners of the eaves are tilted up, revealing the mottled carvings below, which has a unique ancient charm.
The breeze blows, the air outside is fresh and natural, and you can still vaguely hear the crisp chirping of birds coming from nowhere.
"This village is surrounded by mountains. Our current location is probably in the center of the village." Li Heping's voice sounded at the right time. "Low-level gaps only have characters and no plot, so the risks are low; the danger of this village is The level is about medium, and starting from medium level, there will be a plot.”
Yan Yueming immediately realized that the knowledge class was starting again.
"How many levels are there in the classification of gaps?" Yan Yueming asked actively.
"Four. Low, medium, high, and deep. The hooligans you saw before came from the deep, which is the most dangerous." Li Heping said.
Hooligan?
Yan Yueming couldn't remember what it was for a while, so he frowned and thought hard. At this time, Li Zheng also came in. Yan Yueming looked at him and suddenly remembered that he was there last time. The memory gradually began to loosen, and some impressive things emerged one after another. Such as Hobo's mark, such as Hobo.
"You remember it now?" Yan Yueming blinked, feeling a little strange.
"Your memory is already higher than normal." Li Zheng said, walking slowly to the front, "Last time you were able to memorize all the Hobo marks in the mirror in a short period of time. This is a talent. Of course, The fact that you can remember it so quickly is also related to the fact that you came out of the last gap not long ago."
I see.
He praised me.
Yan Yueming was quite happy, but when she thought that the teacher was right next to her, she quickly calmed down her expression.
Li Heping's words are easy to understand. Last time in the quiet neighborhood, what was displayed in the houses was the character. No. 9 is an old lady who lives alone who likes to knit, and No. 12 is a gentleman who loves to be clean, but they are not related to each other and will not be connected to form a plot.
And now...
Yan Yueming's thoughts couldn't help but start to diverge, "Then what is the plot in this small mountain village?"
"This is complicated." Li Heping was also carrying a bag. He looked like an ordinary fat old man, but his fat belly actually contained decades of rich experience. No matter what came into his mouth They all seemed relaxed.
He told Yan Yueming like he was telling a story: "There are fifty households here. There are no modern products in the village. They wear ancient clothes and use traditional Chinese characters. The rich family at the east end of the village, whose surname is Wang, is marrying his only son. There is a large table with flowing water. The exit of this gap and the message I found are both in the royal residence, so the plot of the wedding banquet must be the top priority. In addition, the incense burner in a farmer's house in the north of the village collapsed and the house caught fire. Half of it was burned; someone seems to be preparing to flee in the south of the village, and the packed luggage is piled up in the main room. Look at the front - "
The two of them walked forward while talking, while Li Zheng followed slowly without interrupting, as if he was traveling around the mountains and rivers. br />
In front is a small courtyard with a single family, but the courtyard is very small and the gate is old and a bit shabby. There are two "Incoming and Outgoing Instructions" posted on the old courtyard door. One belongs to this house, and the other is the general rules of the village. I think it was the work of teacher Li Heping.
"Instructions for Visitors to Qin Shusheng's Household"
One: Don’t make loud noises.
Two: If a man enters, do not close the door tightly.
"Instructions for entering and exiting small mountain villages"
One: No drinking.
Two: You must hold an umbrella when it rains. If the rain is red, ignore it and don't be surprised.
Three: In all houses, you must knock on the door when entering or exiting.
Four: Don’t stand under a tree with a lantern on.
Five: Don’t pick up things dropped on the ground at will.
Six: Don’t go out at night.
Seven: But it is safe to sit down and eat. Clean dishes and chopsticks represent empty seats. If you are in danger, you can take refuge here, but remember not to sit in the wrong position, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.
Eight: The time here flows at twice the speed, with six hours of day and night respectively. Please note the time.
Li Heping: "Last time I came alone, the rules I summarized were limited, and I couldn't explore the entire village. So even if there are rules and regulations, you still need to be cautious. Do you understand?"
Yan Yueming wrote down carefully, "Understood."
"There lives a scholar named Qin, and he has a widowed mother at home." Li Heping said, knocking twice on the door skillfully, then opened the half-open door and went in.
Scholar Qin's house has three rooms in total, plus a small courtyard. A vegetable plot was opened in the small courtyard. Next to the vegetable plot was a chicken pen, but there were no chickens in the chicken pen.
"On the happy day, some strange things happened in the village, such as chickens and ducks dying mysteriously." As he said this, Li Heping walked towards the water tank. I saw a few dead chickens floating on the water, huddled together, and the water was so dark that I couldn't tell the original color, let alone whether there was blood in it.
But what surprised Yan Yueming the most was that there were actually animals here. Just now he vaguely heard the singing of birds.
In the quiet neighborhood, not to mention the birds, even the wind is almost still.
He immediately expressed this doubt, and Li Heping said casually: "In addition to the plot, there are occasionally animals and insects in the medium-level gaps. In the high-level or deep gaps, you can even see 'people'."
Yan Yueming was slightly stunned, "Human? NPC?"
Li Heping smiled and said, "You can also say that. At that time, you have to carefully distinguish whether what you see is a wanderer from the real world like you, or an NPC created by the consciousness of the world."
After finishing speaking, Li Heping looked at the dead chicken again and said, "Chickens don't jump into the water tank to die. They follow each other one after another, and they are not crowded."
A happy day, a bloody disaster.
These eight characters suddenly flashed through Yan Yueming's mind, and at this moment, Li Zheng, who had been a quiet and handsome man, suddenly spoke, "How did this chicken die?"
Li Heping casually picked up a wooden stick from the side and put a chicken on a fork, "I fished it out and looked at it last time. There were no wounds on the body, and there was no sign of poisoning. There was no smell of blood in the tank, just like It was - drowned."
Drown? But people in the village raise chickens, either for food or for sale. Who would drown a few chickens on a whim? Yan Yueming thought of the mystery of the gap world and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Are there any ghosts here?"
Li Zheng curled his lips and said, "Even if there is a ghost, I won't kill you first."
Yan Yueming was confused, "Why?"
I look the best to kill!
Li Heping responded quickly: "Because your senior is the prettiest. Don't all ghosts like pretty things?"
Yan Yueming suddenly realized that when Li Zheng saw his expression, he couldn't help it. He reached out and grabbed the strap of his backpack, and pulled him away from Li Heping with a cold face, "Stop listening to his nonsense."
What can Yan Yueming do?
When gods fight, Xiao Ming suffers. He had no choice but to follow Li Zheng obediently and went into the house with him to investigate. They say poor scholars, poor scholars, but Scholar Qin’s family is indeed poor. The table and chair at home are missing a leg, and they don’t have the money to repair them.
"The rich man Wang married his only son and held a grand wedding banquet. So on a day like today, would the whole village go out to have a drink?" Yan Yueming asked.
Li Heping smiled, narrowed his eyes, and shook his head, "I can't be sure whether he went to the wedding banquet, but he must have gone out, leaving his widowed mother alone at home. This is my first time here, and I just discovered the rule of knocking on the door. Be cautious and close the door as soon as you come in. Who would have thought that after closing the door, when I walked into the main room, I was almost strangled to death by the rope hanging from the beam above."
Yan Yueming was slightly stunned, "Why... is it because of the widow?"
Li Heping: "There are many disputes in front of the widow's door, so she keeps the door open to prevent others from gossiping. But when a foreigner comes in and closes the door, if a man and a widow live together in the same room, the crisis of 'hanging' will be triggered." If her son is here, probably not."
Hearing this, Yan Yueming couldn't help but look up, and subconsciously covered his neck with his right hand. The beams were empty at the moment, and there was no sign of a trap at all.
But this rule is weird and unpredictable, how can it be seen with the naked eye?
Amitabha.
Good, good, good.
