Beside the water pool in the back mountain of Baiyang Village, the appearance of a strange middle-aged man broke the peace here.
Wen Zhong looked at the other party. Although he was wearing a raincoat, the wrinkles on his face and the calluses on his hands had fully proved his identity. The other party was probably a farmer in Baiyang Village.
The middle-aged man was also looking at Wen Zhong, his eyes squinting as if he had some kind of eye disease.
After a while, it was the middle-aged man who spoke first: "Young man, have we met somewhere? Why do you look familiar to me?"
"Huh? Of course not." Wen Zhong said: "I am a college student who comes here to travel. Today is my first time in this village."
"I say so. You don't dress like us." The middle-aged man said with a smile: "It's better to be a college student. You are young and energetic. Maybe it's because I think of myself when I see you. Young man, you
But don’t mind it.”
"It's okay." Wen Zhong thought for a moment and then asked: "By the way, brother, how deep is your pool?"
The middle-aged man grinned when he heard this and said: "Hey, this pool is just above my calf. It's certainly not deep, but it's still quite cool."
With that said, the middle-aged man walked around Wen Zhong and threw the bucket he was holding into the pool.
At the same time, as if to prove that the water pool was not as deep as Wen Zhong imagined, he took off his shoes and stretched his legs into the water pool under Wen Zhong's somewhat surprised eyes.
"Young man, how are you? I didn't lie to you." The middle-aged man said with a smile.
Wen Zhong said: "Brother, do you come here to fetch water every day? Why didn't I see you here yesterday?"
The middle-aged man said strangely: "Young man, that's impossible. I come here to fetch water at this time every day. My fields must be irrigated with water from this pool."
"Is that so? Maybe I remembered it wrong." Wen Zhong said, "Brother, since we met by fate, it shouldn't be a problem to ask you a few things."
"Hey, young man, what are you talking about? It's boring for me to fetch water here. If you have anything to ask, just ask." The middle-aged man said with a smile.
If it weren't for the fact that he was in Baiyang Village, Wen Zhong might have been moved by the simplicity of this middle-aged man, but right now he just felt a little scared.
He could tell that all the people who appeared in this Baiyang Village were living people, but it was precisely because of this that it seemed even more weird.
Wen Zhong thought for a while, and under the middle-aged man's enthusiastic gaze, he slowly said: "Brother, I want to ask you if anything strange has happened in Baiyang Village recently, or if there are any strange rumors."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and put on a thoughtful look. After a while, he said: "Young man, there is nothing strange in our small village. If you are talking about rumors, there are indeed some."
Wen Zhong pretended to be listening attentively. Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man said mysteriously: "Actually, it's nothing else, just rumors about this pool."
"It is said that this pool is actually a passage. It is said that it is connected to a very scary place. After dark, water ghosts will crawl out of this pool and pull everyone who is still here into the water."
aisle?
Wen Zhong was obviously startled. He didn't expect to get to the point so quickly.
"Water ghost, what is that?"
The middle-aged man heard this and said mysteriously: "Young man, don't be so loud. That's not a good thing. I'll drag you into the water and make you a scapegoat."
scapegoat?
"You want to make me a scapegoat? I'm afraid you've found the wrong person." Wen Zhong laughed at himself: "But brother, your story is fine for coaxing children, but it won't work for me."
The middle-aged man sneered and said: "Hey, that's why I said this is just a rumor. If there really was a water ghost in this pool, I would have been pulled in by it. How can I talk to you here?"
"Yeah, it's a rumor."
Wen Zhong glanced at the weeds next to the pond. There was an obvious drag mark on it, but it was very hidden. He could barely see it clearly with his ghost eyes.
"still have a question."
This question was very important, and Wen Zhong thought about it for a while before deciding to ask straight to the point.
"Brother, do you have another Baiyang Village here?"
Another Baiyang Village?
This time it was a middle-aged man who was stunned. He opened his raincoat and scratched his hair as if he was thinking hard about something.
But in the end, he looked at Wen Zhong with somewhat confused eyes and said, "Young man, what are you talking about? Our Baiyang Village has been like this for generations, so where did we get another Baiyang Village?"
"Young man, are you looking for fun at my expense?"
There was something obviously wrong with the middle-aged man's tone. There was a hint of anger in it, and his face became a little ugly.
"No, I'm just asking around casually," Wen Zhong said.
The conversation seemed useless, but in fact he had gotten what he wanted to know. Although it was still unclear why these people suddenly appeared, at least he knew that this was not going back in time.
Looking at the pool at his feet, Wen Zhong frowned and took a step back, then said, "Brother, is there anything similar to an inn in your village? I would like to stay here for a few more days."
The middle-aged man returned to normal at this moment. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "What an inn? There is no place like that in our village. If you don't mind, young man, you can stay at my house without charging you any money."
"Why is this so embarrassing? I have a friend. We are both here to travel. Although we don't have much money, we will pay for the room."
In this way, after the middle-aged man finished fetching water, Wen Zhong followed him to a residential house at the foot of the mountain. After calling Dai Zhibin through the intercom, the two of them temporarily stayed at the middle-aged man's house.
A middle-aged man named Hong Shuangquan is a farmer in Baiyang Village. He is over thirty years old and has neither father nor mother nor a wife and children. He is also a strange person in this Baiyang Village.
Perhaps because it is a mountain village, people here get married relatively early, and people like Hong Shuangquan who are still in their thirties and are not yet married are rare in this Baiyang Village.
However, for Wen Zhong and Dai Zhibin, this just provided a certain degree of convenience for their actions.
"In the evening, I will go to the pool in the back mountain again to see if it is the real passage to the supernatural land."
On the second floor of the residence, Wen Zhong was sitting at the table explaining his next actions to Dai Zhibin. He decided to wait until night to explore the waterhole again.
Now not only those four people, but also Wang Muyou are missing, and the reason for their disappearance is probably related to that pool.
Therefore, even if it was a bit risky, Wen Zhong decided to go there again in the evening.