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

"No way, you can't even let me have peace of mind even in my dream." Lin Lezhi shouted in his heart.

Watching the ghost thing approaching him step by step from the door, Lin Lezhi held his breath and swallowed involuntarily. His legs began to feel weak and his heart rose to his throat, beating wildly.

Lin Lezhi pretended not to notice it, and glanced at the copper basin on the shelf beside him. As he moved to the side, he watched the movements of the ghost thing through the copper mirror. He stretched his body and sighed, "It's a pity that such a nice house is not occupied. Why not stay here for one night?"

Just when the ghost thing reached behind him, Lin Lezhi quickly turned around, smeared the dirty cloth in his hand that he had used to wipe the bronze mirror on the ghost thing's face, picked up the copper basin on the shelf beside him, and smashed it several times at the ghost thing. Then, before the other party could react, he threw away the copper basin in his hand and ran out of the house.

Afraid that the ghost would catch up with him, Lin Lezhi hid in a bush and crouched down.

But that ghost thing didn't seem to chase out.

Lin Lezhi raised his hands and looked at them. His scalp went numb when he saw his wet hands. When he hit the ghost thing just now, the ghost thing was wet.

"It can't be a drowned ghost."

Before Lin Lezhi could recover from the shock and figure out what was going on, he suddenly heard the sound of night watchmen beating, followed by the sound of deafening drums.

The sudden noise frightened Lin Lezhi so much that he shrank back and covered his ears.

It's too noisy at this late hour.

Accompanying the drum beats are children's nursery rhymes, but compared with the deafening sound of the drum beats, the nursery rhymes are much softer and not very clear.

Lin Lezhi listened attentively several times before he heard the nursery rhyme completely.

Lin Lezhi followed the child's soft murmur.

"June 6th, the bride."

"The river god smiles, and his grace descends."

"When Feng Shui rises, all things come to life."

Out of curiosity, after confirming that the ghost thing did not follow him, Lin Lezhi walked towards the direction of the sound, and the sound of the nursery rhyme became clearer and clearer.

He kept repeating these words to the beat of the drums.

In the river where he had just been, a bamboo raft floated by, followed by fifty or sixty small boats made of the bamboo raft.

On the leading bamboo raft, a bride, wearing a phoenix coronet and a red veil on her head, stood on the raft, tied with ropes to the wooden pillar behind her.

The bamboo raft was surrounded by lanterns and red silk, with paper-made boys and girls standing on both sides, with eyes already painted on them.

On the bamboo rafts at the back, drummers and children were standing on the rafts. The children were either boys or girls, and there was a child and a drummer on each raft.

There were villagers standing on the shore holding lanterns, with red paper lanterns at their feet.

The scene was spectacular with loud gongs and drums and firecrackers blasting.

It’s strange that there are young and middle-aged people, old people, and young children in this village, but there are no young women.

The bamboo rafts behind stopped one after another after reaching a certain position. The drumbeats and nursery rhymes continued, and the villagers put the lanterns into the river in order.

The bamboo raft with only the bride and the lantern in the water was still moving forward along the river, and not far away in the river was a waterfall rushing down.

If the bride's bamboo raft were to drift down the rapids, she would surely die.

Even if it was a dream, Lin Lezhi didn't want someone who was alive in front of him at this moment to die in front of him the next second.

Without much hesitation, Lin Lezhi jumped into the river and swam to the bamboo raft.

Lin Lezhi climbed onto the boat. The bride glanced in his direction, then turned her head back to the front, without showing much reaction to his getting on the boat.

Even through the red veil, one could still sense the bride's calmness and composure as she faced death in front of her.

Lin Lezhi was somewhat impressed by the courage of the new bride.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you."

The bride paused slightly, and before Lin Lezhi could get around her, she put the tip of the knife back into her sleeve.

Lin Lezhi untied the rope on the bride, and when the bamboo raft was close to the huge rock where they had just escaped, he pulled the bride onto it.

Looking at the bamboo raft falling into the abyss, Lin Lezhi stroked his chest and consoled himself: "That was a close call." Then he turned to the bride and asked: "Are you okay?"

The bride was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The ceremony could not proceed smoothly. The villagers on the bamboo raft all looked terrified and shouted, "It's broken, it's broken," pushing the raft towards the river bank. Several people who were close to the shore chased after them along the shore with lanterns in their hands.

"Someone is ruining our memorial service, catch him!"

"No, run away!"

Action speaks louder than words. Before saying this, Lin Lezhi had already grabbed his bride's hand and ran towards the woods.

From behind came the sounds of villagers anxiously chasing after us.

"Hurry up and chase him. Don't let him take the sacrifice girl away, otherwise the river god will bring disaster!"

"Don't run, stop!"

"........."

It’s so funny. If I don’t run, I’m just waiting to die!

Logically speaking, Lin Lezhi shouldn’t have any other thoughts while he was running for his life, but this girl’s hands… didn’t feel soft at all, and were a bit… rough?

But soon, Lin Lezhi realized that it was too rude to think of a woman like this.

Women in the countryside often do farm work, so it is normal to have calluses on their hands.

Looking around, this man was unfamiliar with the place and did not want to be caught by the villagers, so he could only run into the depths of the dark forest with his head down.

There was a thin layer of mist in the woods at night, making it impossible to see the direction clearly.

The deeper we ran into the woods, the thicker the fog became, and the cold air kept rushing into our clothes. Fortunately, running could keep our bodies warm.

As they ran, they passed through a layer of fog and saw a long piece of red silk swaying in the wind, stretching for several miles to the left and right, with only one gap.

Without thinking too much, Lin Lezhi pulled his bride and ran in through the only gap.

Away from the villagers, Lin Lezhi felt relieved. After relaxing, he felt the warmth on his hand, and then he realized that he was still holding the girl's hand.

My face felt hot and I felt embarrassed, so I quickly let go of my hand.

Because of the running just now, Lin Lezhi's breathing was a little unstable. With an embarrassed expression on his face, he said, "Sorry, girl, I was in a hurry just now, and I... offended you."

Through the red veil, the bride shook her head.

It was already cold at night, and after soaking in water and sweating from running, the night wind made it even colder.

Lin Lezhi couldn't help but shudder.

The villagers hadn't caught up yet, and Lin Lezhi's spirit relaxed. He finally had time to take a closer look at the new bride in front of him.

The situation was critical just now and there was no time to take a closer look. Lin Lezhi only now discovered that the bride was almost as tall as him, and even looked taller than him.