When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Amid the noisy sound of cicadas, a bride in wedding dress and red veil stood on a huge rock beside the waterfall.

The rushing water hits the rocks, adding a touch of coolness to the hot weather.

The sunlight hits the bride's wedding dress, but it doesn't feel hot. Instead, it makes the dress look particularly bright, just like a pomegranate flower blooming gorgeously in summer.

There is a red string tied around the bride's wrist, on which is a rosy, plump and bright red bean.

"Tick-tock! Tick-tock!"

The dark red blood slid down the bride's wrist, staining the red rope at her wrist, flowing through the red bean, and dripping into the river drop by drop.

Then, this bright red leaped into the waterfall.

The figure was resolute, without a trace of hesitation.

In the dark night.

Lin Lezhi suddenly woke up from the intense suffocation brought by the water pouring into his nasal cavity and the dull pain in the back of his head.

After choking on some water in his mouth and nose, Lin Lezhi finally realized that he had fallen into the water.

The water was flowing so fast that it was difficult to stand up.

In the desperate situation, Lin Lezhi burst out with a strong desire to survive. He held his breath, waved his already cold limbs vigorously, and swam towards the surface of the water.

"Ahem! Ahem!"

The moment he stuck his head out to blow the air in his face, Lin Lezhi took big gulps and greedily breathed in the hard-earned air, coughing out some of the water that had filled his chest.

Fortunately, fortunately, my life is saved.

Lin Lezhi now began to thank himself for going to the river to fish many times when he was a child.

However, as the water flowed rapidly downwards, Lin Lezhi did not have much time to be proud.

Lin Lezhi looked in the direction of the water flow, and the water flow suddenly stopped a hundred meters away.

Seeing how fast the water is flowing, I'm afraid there's a waterfall ahead. If I'm washed down at this speed, I'll be crippled even if I don't die.

Lin Lezhi assessed his current situation as quickly and calmly as possible. He quickly scanned his surroundings and saw a huge rock protruding out of the water in front of him.

Intuition told Lin Lezhi that he only had one chance.

If you miss it, you can only see it in the next life.

Unfortunately, Lin Lezhi overestimated his physical condition and the roughness of the rock surface. The rocks, which had been soaked in flowing water for a long time, were covered with a thick layer of green moss, making it difficult to climb the rocks using only the strength of his hands.

Just as Lin Lezhi was thinking about the probability of surviving the fall and preparing to say goodbye to this beautiful world, Lin Lezhi touched a thick strip in the water.

With his life hanging by a thread, Lin Lezhi didn't care what was in the water. He desperately grabbed the only thing he could hold on to with both hands, then closed his eyes resignedly.

When his body showed no signs of sliding down further, Lin Lezhi slowly opened his eyes and looked down.

Half hanging in the air, looking at the hundred-foot-high waterfall and feeling the rush of the water above his head, Lin Lezhi felt as if he had survived a calamity.

Since God has given us the opportunity to live, we must cherish it.

Facing the strong current, holding tightly onto the only life-saving straw in his hand, he stepped on the rock under the waterfall and moved upwards little by little. Finally, when he had exhausted his last bit of strength, Lin Lezhi climbed onto the huge rock that protruded above the water.

After experiencing the thrilling life-and-death moment, all the energy and strength are used up, replaced by exhaustion that makes you want to just ignore everything and fall asleep.

Lin Lezhi lay on his back on the cold rock like a salted fish, staring at the starry sky above his head and breathing heavily.

The stars in the sky are connected together as if they are within reach.

He had seen the same starry sky many years ago.

When exactly?

Lin Lezhi's eyes alternated between light and dark.

When he almost sat up after resting, Lin Lezhi still held the life-saving straw tightly in his hand.

Lin Lezhi carefully looked at the life-saving straw in his hand, and with the help of the moonlight, he could see clearly that it was a vine.

The vine is made up of several vines intertwined together, with one end of the vine extending downward along the waterfall, while the other end is wrapped around the boulder beneath it.

It must have been man-made to help people who unfortunately fell into the water escape death.

After surviving the disaster, Lin Lezhi laughed absentmindedly.

Although he escaped death, Lin Lezhi was puzzled as to why he fell into the water.

He was in his own home just now.

The messy desk is piled with all kinds of books. The most frequently read material books are placed on the top. Behind the books is a photo frame upside down on the table.

Some books on criminal investigation were pushed to the edge of the desk by the books next to them and were about to fall off. Many of them had already fallen to the ground.

It was covered with dust, and if you put your hand on it, it would leave a palm print.

Lin Lezhi put his bare feet on the chair, curled up in the chair, holding a mobile phone in his hand, typing rapidly.

His hair was too long to reach his shoulders, and the long hair in front of his forehead almost covered his eyes. His mouth was covered with stubble, and he was grinning foolishly as he stared at his phone.

He was still chatting about the plot with the girl the previous second. Because he was too absorbed in the conversation, when he saw that the girl wanted to meet him in person, he excitedly stood on the chair. After jumping a few times, his foot misstepped and he fell on his back, hitting the back of his head. Then he passed out with black eyes.

How did you get into the river?

Feeling a dull pain from the back of his head, Lin Lezhi raised his hand and touched the back of his head. His hand was covered in blood and he gasped in pain.

Facing the moonlight, Lin Lezhi traced the fabric at his wrist and looked at his body. Only then did Lin Lezhi realize that the clothes on his body were not the ones he wore at home.

The long-sleeved shirt is quite fresh.

Most of his clothes were torn, revealing half of his left arm. It must have been because he was struggling in the water and his clothes were torn by the rocks in the water.

There are many scratches on my hands and arms, which are painful.

Lin Lezhi looked around and found that the surrounding buildings were very different from the ones he was familiar with.

There are no tall buildings, no bright lights, and no sounds of cars.

There were only the sounds of cicadas chirping and night birds flying by.

At the door of the house in the distance, you can vaguely see a hint of bright red.

Judging from its placement and shape, it should be a lantern.

It is still summer, but there are red lanterns that don't belong to this season.

An indescribable sense of disharmony and weirdness.

Could it be... that I was dreaming after falling into a coma?

Suddenly a cold wind blew, and his clothes stuck to his body with dampness. His body was already thoroughly soaked in cold water, and with the added breeze of the night, Lin Lezhi shivered with cold.

Because of the cold, Lin Lezhi instinctively crossed his hands and placed them on his arms.

If this was a dream, this feeling of coldness was too real. Or was it that I was already dead and this was the afterlife?

No, how can he die!

The girl asked her if she wanted to meet him in person, but he hasn’t replied yet!

It's a dream!

It's definitely a dream!

Lin Lezhi shook his head violently, which affected the wound on the back of his head and made him grimace in pain.

Regardless of whether it was death or a dream, I should first find a place to avoid the cold and treat the wound on my head.

Lin Lezhi walked towards the house, wringing out the water on his body to reduce the weight. He walked to the nearest home and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"anyone there?"

"Someone please speak up!"

After knocking on several doors, Lin Lezhi received only silence.

All the houses were built with a mixture of yellow mud and straw. Lin Lezhi stood under a lantern and looked inside. The lanterns were not made of silk but paper and thin wooden strips. There was no electricity inside but red candles.

After looking at the lanterns, Lin Lezhi leaned on the door and looked inside through the crack. The yard was also filled with red silk and red lanterns, as well as some wedding sedans made of paper and colored paints and paper dolls that had not yet had their eyes painted on.

Listening to the night talks of the older generation, the paper figures made by paper-folding craftsmen are all handmade and look lifelike. Once these paper figures, which are stained with human essence, have eyes painted on them, they will easily absorb the spiritual energy and resentment of heaven and earth and attract bad things.

Thinking of this, Lin Lezhi felt a chill on his back.

Not to mention, if a pair of bleeding eyes suddenly appeared from the crack of the door and stared at him, he would not feel it was out of place. He would even clap his hands in approval, roll his eyes and pretend to be dead on the spot.

It's really unbearable.

I can't even have a good dream. What do you want to do when it's so gloomy?

Lin Lezhi did not give up and went to several more houses. Finally, he found a house that did not have a lantern hanging at the door and did not lock the door. The door was pushed open lightly, making the unique creaking sound of a wooden door.

It looks like it has been in disrepair for a long time.

The scene in the yard was very different from the previous ones. There was no light in the whole house and no one was visible.

The door of the room in the center is opened, and under the moonlight, one can see the word "囍" pasted in the center of the room.

"anyone there?"

Lin Lezhi shouted politely into the house, and after making sure that no one responded, he walked into the house.

The house looked dilapidated, with dust and cobwebs everywhere. The Chinese character "囍" (囍) pasted on the wall was about to fall off the wall, which must have been there for some time.

The furnishings in the house are very complete.

It was clearly a happy event, but the people living here seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

The bronze mirror diagonally opposite the door in the room was also covered with a layer of dust. Next to the bronze mirror was a wooden shelf, and on the shelf was a bronze basin.

Out of curiosity, since he was dreaming anyway, Lin Lezhi really wanted to see what he looked like now. He stretched out his hand to wipe the dust off the bronze mirror, but halfway through he revealed a look of disgust.

"Sizzle! "

Lin Lezhi tore off a piece of cloth from his already tattered clothes and rubbed a small area on the bronze mirror.

Unfortunately, the room was extremely dark and I could only vaguely see myself in the mirror with my long hair disheveled and wet and hanging on my body. I couldn't see my face clearly.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Lin Lezhi slightly turned sideways and caught a glimpse of a ghost-like creature with disheveled hair behind him, in the direction of the door.

Lin Lezhi held his breath and confirmed again and again that it was not his head.