The adventure continues, and this process is extremely challenging for Yan Yueming.
First of all, darkness scares people. He cannot turn on the flashlight at will outside. He can only turn it on a little when entering the room. He must also make sure that the light of the flashlight will not be seen outside and expose himself. Secondly, the shadows are inconsistent.
Li Heping led the way, sometimes slowing down to wait for him, but he had no intention of helping.
Sometimes, Li Heping had already entered the room to search, and Yan Yueming managed to reach the wall. A man walked furtively, bending his waist and leaning against the wall, and walked for a while——
"Huh..." He breathed out in a low voice, he was so tired.
However, Huangtian paid off. After such sneaky and diligent exploration, they finally found the second message in simplified Chinese. Judging from the handwriting, it should be written by the same person.
It was in the small kitchen in the backyard, and there were still roasted sweet potatoes in the stove. This person probably sat here and roasted a few sweet potatoes to eat. While eating, he used the blackened firewood as a pen and wrote a line of small words complaining in the corner.
[Life is so difficult, I want to go home]
This sentence is too generic and provides little information. The two then left the small kitchen and finally came to the new house.
The new house is located in a separate small courtyard. What makes Yan Yueming more curious is that there is also a small pond dug in this small courtyard. It doesn't look big. At best, it looks like a pond. At worst, it looks like a large bathing pool.
The bottom of the pond is paved with pebbles and surrounded by a wooden walkway. Red silk and lanterns are hung on the railings of the walkway. The light shines on the small coffee table in the aisle. There are pastries and tea on the coffee table, making it look more like a bath.
Yan Yueming did not come close, but looked towards the water from a distance. The blood moon was reflected in the center of the water.
The water was rippling, and for just a moment, he felt a little dizzy and quickly looked away.
After he calmed down, Yan Yueming couldn't help but start to think, "Teacher, you said the rules restrict going out at night, is it related to the blood moon?"
Li Heping did not answer immediately. He took Yan Yueming and hid in the new house. There were red candles and incense burning in the new house. Li Heping immediately put out the incense and then asked Yan Yueming to sit down and rest.
Yan Yueming was indeed tired, so he sat down at the table.
Li Heping then said: "When I came in that day, it happened to be daytime. After exploring the village, it was night. I noticed that the speed of time passing was not right, but I did not hide in the house immediately, but stayed outside I stayed for a while and wanted to try the rules. At first I didn't encounter any danger, but after a while, I found something was wrong with my shadow."
Yan Yueming asked: "What's wrong?"
Li Heping: "It's getting lighter."
Yan Yueming only knows that when the blood moon appears in movies and TV dramas, it must be some kind of vision coming from the sky, and something is going to happen. But the shadow fades? This was the first time he heard of it.
"What's the impact of going lighter?" he asked.
"Not sure." Li Heping said sternly: "One thing you have to remember is that the danger encountered in the gap may not be felt by everyone. Sometimes it is silent, and when you really notice it, it may be It’s too late, and this danger is more subtle and terrifying, so we must not take it lightly.”
Yan Yueming thought about it carefully, but Li Heping continued: "Later I found that it was safe to sit down and eat. After resting there for a while, I found a way to enter the king's house. In short, it is safe not to go out, as long as you abide by the rules Just the rules in the house.”
After finishing speaking, Li Heping didn't say anything more, fearing that the young apprentice's little brain wouldn't be able to digest it if he said too much. Yan Yueming rummaged through his backpack and took out biscuits, ham and mineral water to replenish his energy. He also asked Li Heping if he wanted to eat.
Li Heping patted his backpack and said, "The teacher is carrying it."
Yan Yueming did not give up and took out another banana, "Teacher, do you want to eat bananas?"
Li Ping was happy, and suddenly began to wonder how many things the young apprentice had in his bag, and why he had everything. But this was the little apprentice's privacy, so he didn't ask any questions, just took the banana and ate it.
After a while, he finished eating his bananas. Just as he was about to put the banana peels on the table, he saw Yan Yueming take out another red plastic bag from his backpack, open the plastic bag with both hands, and hand it to him.
Li Heping was stunned for a moment, then he realized and put the banana peel in.
Yan Yueming put the plastic bag back in a normal manner, and continued to eat ham sausage. After finishing the ham sausage, he ate biscuits, and after finishing the biscuits, he took out a few candies. Li Heping saw that he was eating like a hamster, and unknowingly, he was fed a lot of food even though he was about to refuse.
The two of them were eating together, and while they were eating, Li Zheng also came over.
"Tuk, duh."
"Enter."
Li Zheng pushed the door open and came in, and what he saw was a scene of a large family and a small child sitting in someone's new house eating spicy strips. The evening breeze blew into the new house from behind, the red candles were swaying, and there were still unwiped cookie crumbs at the corners of Yan Yueming's mouth.
Silence is the king's house at this moment.
"Senior!" Yan Yue Mingyong acted as the icebreaker. He was just stunned for a moment. Seeing Li Zheng come back, he was more surprised than embarrassed. He reached into his backpack again, took out a thermos cup, opened the lid, poured out a cup of hot coffee and handed it over, "Senior, do you want some coffee? It's a bit cold in this village at night."
Li Zheng hasn't responded yet, so Li Heping quits now. They had eaten so much just now, and it could be said that their relationship had improved by leaps and bounds. Why didn't Yan Yueming take out the thermos cup?
My little apprentice is partial.
Li Heping was deflated, and Li Zheng was happy. He raised his eyebrows, took the cup, and then sat down slowly, holding it calmly and calmly in every movement.
That is the calmness of the winner.
"You don't drink instant coffee?" Li Heping asked.
"It's okay to drink occasionally." Li Zheng said.
It’s strange that I believe you.
Li Heping looked at him suspiciously, and because Yan Yueming was nearby, he didn't ask any more questions and turned to talk about the study. The last time he came, he had never been to the study.
Li Zheng took out his mobile phone and opened the photo album to show them, "Wang Fuhu also works as the village chief. He has a roster of the entire village in his study. I took pictures of them all, but there are no girls of the right age in the village, or they are too young. Or married.”
Yan Yueming: "In other words, we still don't have any information about the bride?"
Li Zheng: "It's not just the bride who has problems, the groom also has problems."
After finishing speaking, he motioned to Yan Yueming to
Move to the next photo in the mobile photo album. Yan Yueming crossed over and found that it was a letter from home. The letter was half-finished and left there half-written. There was a sentence in it that caught his attention:
[My son is stupid, even if he has delusions, what's the problem? Life is only a few decades, I just hope you can enjoy it to the fullest】
Of course, the original sentence had no punctuation. Yan Yueming read it out in fragments. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong with this happy event. "A fool's delusion? What could it be?"
Li Heping touched his chin and said: "There are a lot of concubines in Wang Fu's family, but he only has one fool as his son. It's normal to pamper this fool to the sky, and it's normal to do some abnormal things. The thoughts of a fool It must be different from ordinary people and cannot be inferred using common sense." Li Zheng: "This wedding banquet is strange. The deeper it is hidden, the more important it is. When you go out during the day, you can maybe go to the south of the village to have a look."
Yan Yueming immediately thought of what Li Heping said, "To the south is... someone trying to escape? Yes, there must be a reason for escaping. This person might know something."
Li Heping nodded in agreement, and then told them what they had discovered.
Hearing this, Li Zheng said: "I also went to the big kitchen. There is still a little bit of meat sent by the butcher. I'm almost sure it's dog meat."
Yan Yueming expressed anger, "The dog did something wrong again!"
Li Heping thought thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, it's really strange that there is only one yellow dog in the whole village. That is, the other dogs were killed by the butcher? But even if he is a butcher, if he wants to kill the dog, there is a risk. He You can't be discovered yet, otherwise even if others don't care, the wealthy Wang who paid for the meat will care about it, after all, the meat will be used for his only son's wedding banquet."
Li Zheng: "The most likely way to start is with medication."
Yan Yueming: "Is there a pharmacy in the village?"
"No." Li Heping shook his head and grinned, "But there is a doctor. The doctor probably lives in the southwest of the village, near the river and the mountains."
As he said that, he simply took out a pen and paper and drew a map according to his memory. Yan Yueming curiously leaned over to take a look, and was given a brief introduction to how maps are drawn and how various signs are marked.
At this time, there are still three hours before dawn in the small mountain village.
After drawing the map, the three of them rested for a while and then searched the new house again. There is not much information about the new house, because the furniture is all new and there are no traces of the old days. There were no letters in the room, there were only young men's clothes in the cabinets, and there were no peanuts, dates, etc. that should have been on the bed.
Did the groom really marry Tuan Qingqiu?
Yan Yueming didn't believe in evil, and even boldly looked under the bed, but found nothing. In the entire small courtyard where the newlyweds live, the most concerning thing is the pool outside the door.
The pond is not like a pond, and the bathhouse is not a bathhouse. Why should it be built like that?
There is no answer to this question yet.
There was no progress in the new house, so the three of them moved their positions again, all the way from the concubines' house to the back room.
The size and layout of the concubine's rooms are almost the same, but they are particularly exciting. This concubine is taking care of the accounts and secretly subsidizing her parents' family; the other concubine is cuckolding the rich man Wang. Her lover's surname is Pei, and Pei Lang has sent a dozen love poems in total. The person painting in the rockery pavilion is called "Orchid". She seems to be obsessed with Wang Fuhu, but unfortunately she also hides her own little secret that there is no girl of the right age, either too young or married. "
Yan Yueming: "In other words, we still don't have any information about the bride?"
Li Zheng: "It's not just the bride who has problems, the groom also has problems."
After finishing speaking, he motioned to Yan Yueming to move to the next photo in the photo album on his phone. Yan Yueming crossed over and found that it was a letter from home. The letter was half-finished and left there half-written. There was a sentence in it that caught his attention:
[My son is stupid, even if he has delusions, what's the problem? Life is only a few decades, I just hope you can enjoy it to the fullest】
Of course, the original sentence had no punctuation. Yan Yueming read it out in fragments. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong with this happy event. "A fool's delusion? What could it be?"
Li Heping touched his chin and said: "There are a lot of concubines in Wang Fu's family, but he only has one fool as his son. It's normal to pamper this fool to the sky, and it's normal to do some abnormal things. The thoughts of a fool It must be different from ordinary people and cannot be inferred using common sense." "
Yan Yueming blinked, "But there's nothing here."
Li Heping: "Not now, but there were then."
Li Zheng: "It's just a dog hole."
Li Heping: "Tsk."
Anyway, the exit is gone again, which is not good news.
"Don't worry so much, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. In the gap, maintaining a good attitude is the most important." Li Heping mainly said this to Yan Yueming, and then he took out a piece of paper from his bag He picked up his pen and said, "Now that the entire house has been explored, let's write down the entry and exit instructions for the Wang House."
Yan Yueming quickly came over.
This was the first time that he witnessed the birth of a "Incoming and Outgoing Instructions" with his own eyes, so he took it very seriously. Li Heping has rich experience and writes naturally and quickly, with almost no pause when writing.
"The responsibility of the Qi Physics Bureau is to discover the rules, record the rules, and make them known widely. There are many and complicated rules in the gaps, and they are too weird to be studied deeply. However, we must try to record them in simple and straightforward words to reduce the difficulty of memory. The public does not We need to think about the logic behind it, and we don’t need to explore the plot in this small mountain village. This is our job. We explore, pursue, trial and error, and then tell everyone in the simplest way what to do and what not to do. What."
Yan Yueming nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had listened.
Li Heping continued: "There is also an issue of scope and choice here. For example, don't pick up things on the ground at will. We picked up the broken bowl to beg. This move was safe, but last time I Picking up a red paper bag near Wang's house broke the rules. The village is so big, you can't be sure where and what kind of things are safe to pick up, and it's impossible to list everything. It’s impossible for anyone to remember them all, so the last rule you write down is – don’t pick things up randomly on the ground.”
Yan Yueming: "Understood."
Li Zheng: "And..."
Half an hour later, the small class on "Incoming and Outgoing Instructions" finally ended, and the sky turned white. The blood moon was gradually covered by the morning mist in the mountains, the sun rose, and the oppressive and weird atmosphere was slightly relieved.
Yan Yueming moved his somewhat stiff neck and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Let's go." Li Heping posted the "Incoming and Outgoing Instructions" on the door of the royal residence, and the three of them embarked on a journey of exploring the mountain village again.
