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

It is already quite chilly in late autumn.

In order to avoid waking up Guan Ziheng and also to avoid bringing his own coldness to Guan Ziheng, Lin Lezhi stayed as far away from Guan Ziheng as possible.

Fortunately, Guan Ziheng slept soundly, his sleep sounds were faint, and there was no sign of waking up.

During this period of time, Guan Ziheng had to accompany me and it really took a lot of effort.

Not long after, as his slightly chilled body gradually warmed up, he also felt tired. Lin Lezhi fell into a deep sleep as Guan Ziheng slept soundly.

Yin Shi.

Five watch.

From outside came the sound of gongs beating, "Dong! Dong-dong-dong-dong!" and the night watchman's shout, "Early to bed, early to rise, take care of yourself!"

Lin Lezhi opened his sleepy eyes, and it was still night outside the window.

The rooster hasn't even crowed yet. I have to say, the ancients were really accurate in telling time.

In another hour, it will be the Mao hour.

Lin Lezhi planned to sleep a little longer, at least until the rooster crowed, but when he turned slightly to the side, there was no expected obstruction or temperature.

Lin Lezhi reached out to touch the bed beside him, but found it empty. The room was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything through the small window.

Lin Lezhi, who wanted to sleep a little longer, woke up instantly.

Then, Lin Lezhi got up from the bed, and relying on his familiarity with the house, he walked to the table and lit the kerosene lamp in the room. The moment it was lit, with the faint light, Lin Lezhi felt relieved.

The bowl on the table was gone, and one of the neatly arranged medicine packs on the cabinet was missing.

Lin Lezhi sat down at the table, supported his forehead with his hands, let out a light breath, and his expression gradually relaxed.

The sleepiness disappeared and there was no desire to sleep anymore. Lin Lezhi fixed her hair, walked to the bed, put on her clothes, and washed her face with the cold water in the room.

The slightly cool water brought away a hint of tiredness.

When he raised his head and turned sideways to pick up the cloth hanging on the side, in the dim light, Lin Lezhi inadvertently discovered a small irregular shadow on the pillow where Guan Ziheng had been lying.

Lin Lezhi leaned forward to take a look and saw that it looked like a stain left by sweat.

It seems that even in late autumn, it is still a little hot for two grown men to sleep in one bed. It is better for me to sleep on the outside, as I can kick off the quilt when I feel hot.

In the past, when we two had no money and had to sleep together, we were often woken up by the heat at night.

At that time, people would always fight for the outside of the bed, and whoever lay down first would get it.

Thinking of this, Lin Lezhi couldn't help but smile.

However, after Guan Ziheng moved into the same room with me, he did not compete with me for the thing. I guess he was worried about the injury on my shoulder.

With a creaky sound, the door was pushed open, and a scent of Chinese herbal medicine that Lin Lezhi didn't want to smell drifted into the room.

"Lezhi, why did you wake up so early? I wanted to wake you up when I got back."

"I got up when I heard the night watchman's ring." As Guan Ziheng closed the door, Lin Lezhi glanced at the corridor outside the room. Apart from the sound of two people talking, no other sound could be heard outside the corridor.

Guan Ziheng placed the bowl on the table and urged with a smile, "Drink it while it's hot, it has a better effect."

Lin Lezhi tidied his clothes and walked to the table. Looking at the steaming Chinese medicine, a look of worry appeared on his face, but Guan Ziheng had gotten up early on purpose, and he could not refuse Guan Ziheng's enthusiasm.

To be honest, Lin Lezhi really doesn't like taking medicine.

Lin Lezhi grew up with his grandfather in the mountains. The mountains are different from the city, so naturally there are no big hospitals, but there are still small pharmacies.

In addition, compared with Western medicine, my grandfather trusts traditional Chinese medicine which has been passed down since ancient times more, so once he gets sick, what awaits him is the bitter Chinese medicine.

However, every time after drinking the medicine, my grandfather would put a spoonful of sugar in the bowl and then mix it with warm water.

The bitterness on the tip of the tongue will be diluted a little by the sweetness of sugar.

It seems that I have to carry a few pieces of candy with me from now on.

Thinking of this, Lin Lezhi poured all the medicine in the bowl down his throat.

Seeing Lin Lezhi drink it, Guan Ziheng showed a satisfied look on his face, but it was soon covered by worry. Guan Ziheng sat down beside him and asked with a worried look in his eyes: "Are you really going to the lake island?"

"Why not go? Just go and see the world." Lin Lezhi smiled and responded easily.

Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi with a look of fear, as if Lin Lezhi was seriously ill, and said, "What if there really is a ghost up there?"

"If it's really haunted..." Lin Lezhi looked at Guan Ziheng and continued as if it was a funny thing: "Then why don't we just catch the ghost?"

After a moment of silence, Guan Ziheng moved away from Lin Lezhi and raised his eyebrows slightly, saying, "You are not kidding."

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Lin Lezhi responded with a smile, then stood up and said, "I haven't seen a ghost yet, so it's nice to be lucky enough to see one."

"Stop talking, the more you talk, the more scared I get."

Lin Lezhi smiled evilly, turned around, moved closer and asked deliberately, "Are you really not going to go with me to take a look?"

Guan Ziheng quickly waved his hand and said, "I'm not going."

"Don't you want to go and see the monthly lantern boat?" Lin Lezhi further tempted, "Once we leave here, we won't know when we'll see it next time."

Guan Ziheng thought about it seriously for a while, and was obviously persuaded by Lin Lezhi, so he said, "We should go and see this, but I will never go to Shanghu Island."

Lin Lezhi smiled and looked towards the small window in the room. At this moment, the night outside the window was covered with a layer of white, and then the roosters raised in the inn began to crow one after another.

At an angle that Guan Ziheng couldn't see, the smile in Lin Lezhi's eyes faded, and the color of his eyes was like the sky outside the window, a mixture of light and dark.

The trip to the lake and island is unpredictable as to whether it will bring good or bad luck.

Lin Lezhi naturally didn't want Guan Ziheng to go to such a dangerous place, but he went there himself because he wanted to know something.

"Knock, knock, knock!" There was a knock on the door. Guan Ziheng walked up to open the door and said in surprise, "Why is it you?"

"Why can't it be me?" The man refuted Guan Ziheng's words and said with a reasonable look: "We applied together yesterday. It was almost time, so I was afraid that he couldn't get up, so I came to wake him up out of kindness."

There is no other person like this who speaks one thing and means another.

Lin Lezhi smiled and turned around, jokingly saying, "Young Master Liu got up so early to call me. It seems that I was biased when we were in Zhouqing Town."

"What's biased?" Liu Yunhe asked puzzledly.

Lin Lezhi walked slowly to the door, got closer, patted Liu Yunhe on the shoulder, shook his head and said with regret: "That table is really terrible."

table?

Liu Yunhe searched his memory and thought about it carefully. Suddenly, his eyes widened and his face felt hot and embarrassed. Liu Yunhe turned around and shouted at Lin Lezhi, "It's been such a long time, and you are still mentioning that matter. If it weren't for you...!" If Lin Lezhi hadn't insisted that he was a lazy beddler, how could he have slammed the table!

However, when he turned around, Lin Lezhi had already disappeared.

"If it wasn't him, what?" Guan Ziheng blinked, walked forward and asked curiously.

Liu Yunhe covered up in annoyance, "It's nothing, he was just talking nonsense!" After that, he followed Lin Lezhi's direction and chased out.

Guan Ziheng scratched his head in confusion, and as he closed the door, he muttered in confusion: "What nonsense, he really said something."

When they arrived at the lobby of the inn, Jiang Lian'an, Xiao Yihuo and his group were already waiting there.

Not only those who were going to the lake island, but also the people of Pinghai Town got up early, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Looking at the direction the people are walking, it is Pinghai Lake.

Guo Yong and his brothers also came out from the back, laughing and saying, "I didn't expect everyone to get up so early. It seems that the return of the lantern boat is really worth seeing."

Lin Lezhi smiled and responded, "I wanted to invite a few brothers to watch the moon together last night, but I didn't expect them to come back first."

Guo Yong said with a sigh, "How can we, the rough guys, appreciate the moon? We are too tired from running around these days, so we will come back to sleep first. Brother Lin wants to appreciate the moon. Once the things here are finished, Brother Lin can go to the mountains with us to hunt and appreciate the moon. The moon on the mountain is bigger and brighter!"

"In that case, I would like to thank you, brothers." Lin Lezhi responded politely.

Guo Yong laughed a few times, patted Lin Lezhi on the shoulder and said, "What are you thanking me for? Brother Lin, please don't be polite to us!"

Lin Lezhi coughed lightly and responded with a smile: "Okay, then I'll listen to you brothers."

Liu Yunhe saw it, frowned slightly, and then immediately came over to push Lin Lezhi forward, urging him: "Hurry up, or you won't be able to get a good seat later."

Lin Lezhi smiled faintly and replied with one word, "Okay."

In the early autumn morning, a layer of white mist condensed on the surface of the lake, making it impossible to see the scenery in the distance.

When they arrived at the celebration location, the ships ready to set sail were already lined up on the lakeshore, and Cheng Su and his troops were also already standing by the lake.

Everything just waits for the lantern boat ceremony to be over.

At the hour of Mao, a dozen boatmen walked to the lakeside, pulled up a specially made thick rope in the water, and at the command, pulled it back with all their strength.

"Listen to my command, one, two, three--!"

After they shouted one, two, three, more than a dozen people pushed together, but the next second more than a dozen people fell to the ground one after another. They were trapped like this, and everyone looked confused.

Cheng Su realized something was wrong and walked forward to pull the rope in the water. Although it was a bit heavy, there was not much resistance when he pulled the rope.

Cheng Su's vision darkened, and he said in a low voice: "The rope tied to the boat broke."

The people started talking about it, with panic on their faces.

"This is how to do ah……"

"The rope broke, but it's a bad sign. Could it be that God is going to be angry with us?"

"I said that the lake island must be haunted. Oh, what should I do?"

"........."

Amid the noise, Xiao Yihuo's ears moved.

Cheng Su raised his hand, as if listening carefully to something. Hong Mingxu immediately understood and shouted loudly: "Why are you arguing? It's just that the rope broke, and we don't know what happened yet. Shut up and stop arguing."

But Hong Mingxu's words had no effect.

Hong Mingxu drew his knife and said angrily, "Whoever makes a noise again, I will send him to see the King of Hell first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers around him drew their swords, and the common people, who had been very effective this time, shut their mouths with fear on their faces.

After the people quieted down, a gust of wind blew across the lake. Although it was very light, one could vaguely hear the clear sound of bells coming from the lake.