Mirror lake

The man was getting closer and closer, and Qin Yue gradually saw his appearance clearly. Fortunately, it was a person, but he didn't know him. The man walked up to the two of them and stood still.

Qin Yue stared at the person who came. This person had a serious face, and there was a fierce light between his brows. When he looked at you seriously, it made people speechless.

The man is looking at him, no!Looking at Tang Tang behind him, Qin Yue looked back, Tang Tang called out: "Second uncle", Qin Yue was surprised, is this Tang Tang's second uncle?No, maybe it's just a name in the village.

Seeing Tang Tang calling him, the visitor said in a low voice, "Tang Tang, he is Qin Yue? What are you doing here?"

Tang Tang didn't dare to look at him directly, and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Brother Qin said that he wanted to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, so we..."

"Picking mushrooms? Is it necessary to go so far? Tell me! What are you doing here?"

Qin Yue has been protecting Tang Tang. Seeing how the second uncle is persecuting him, he couldn't help but say, "Second uncle, we are really here to pick mushrooms. We just walked all the way to Jinghu Lake. I said I wanted to come and see it. Tang Tang couldn't bear it." Tell me, just take me here to have a look, but... I didn't expect..." Qin Yue pretended to think of something, and trembled.

The second uncle didn't say anything about Qin Yue's conversation between them, but heard Qin Yue's stammering words, frowned and said, "Just what?"

Qin Yue swallowed and said: "We...we saw... there is a human face among the bushes over there! A dead person's face! Didn't the second uncle come over from there and see it?" Qin Yue pointed at them The way to come.

The second uncle looked back in the direction he pointed, looked at it for a while, then turned back to look at Tang Tang and said, "No. Tang Tang, you should go back. It will be the day of sacrifice in two days. It's best to prepare well at home, and the priests can't make mistakes."

Tang Tang nodded and supported Qin Yue to stand up. After running so fiercely just now, Tang Tang felt that his feet were still a little soft, so he staggered unconsciously, paused and said to Qin Yue: "Brother Qin, I told you to be careful, but in the end I I sprained my ankle, so you can carry me back." Qin Yue glanced at his second uncle, turned around, and waited for Tang Tang to lie on his back.

Qin Yue carried Tang Tang on his back for a long time, during which neither of them spoke. Qin Yue had a lot to ask his Tang Tang, but now his face was pale and lifeless, and Qin Yue felt distressed when he saw it. , A lot of words have come to my lips but I can't open my mouth.

After carrying Tang Tang all the way, Qin Yue found that he was really thin and light, not the physique he should have at his age.What happened in this village?

Qin Yue thought about these things indiscriminately, no matter how anxious he was, he could only get the answer when he went home.As if there was a tacit understanding, Tang Tang put his mouth next to his ear and said, "Brother Qin, I'm sorry, I should have let you go earlier. Second uncle is a very alert person. If he sees that I can't walk, he will definitely let you go." I found it wrong, so I am sorry to ask you to carry me."

Qin Yue shook his head and said, "Tang Bao, whatever I said, we will face it together no matter what happens. You remember this sentence will never change in this lifetime."

Qin Yue felt the hands around his neck tightened, and he smiled silently because Tang Tang had listened to this sentence.He also expressed his relief that if there is anything that can be solved by the two of them, if it can't be solved, then go to Huangquan together. This is also a very happy thing!

After walking for a while, the two returned to Jinghu Lake. Qin Yue couldn't help but looked sideways at Jinghu Lake again, but this time... the feeling Jinghu gave him completely changed, not to say that he didn't feel it, but that It feels weird.

Tang Tang whispered behind him: "It shouldn't be..."

Qin Yue didn't hear clearly and was about to ask him what he said?But Tang Tang said to him before him: "Go quickly, something is wrong with Jinghu Lake, let's get out of here quickly, this situation is very similar to Jinghu Lake at night."

Qin Yue looked at the glasses lake a few more times, thinking that he should ask questions after returning home, so he quickened his pace.Leaving the range of Mirror Lake, that gloomy feeling disappeared all of a sudden.Qin Yue was puzzled, could it be said that Jinghu really has a spirit?

Qin Yue carried Tang Tang on his back and walked into the field path, and the outline of the village gradually became clear.Still no one, even though the sun has risen high, still feels lifeless.Qin Yue unconsciously quickened his pace, and ran towards the small building with Tang Tang on his back.

Finally arrived at the entrance of the small building, Qin Yue pulled out a hand and pushed open the fence door, opened the gate of the small building, and after entering the room, put Tang Tang on the sofa, while he himself knelt on the ground looking up into Tang Tang's eyes and asked : "How are you feeling, sugar baby? Want a drink or something to eat?"

Tang Tang shook his head and said, "No need, Brother Qin...I..."

Seeing Tang Tang's face showing bitterness, Qin Yue asked, "What's the matter?" Qin Yue stared at Tang Tang with his most loyal eyes, and encouraged Tang Tang to continue what he had not finished. He knew that his Tang Tang would not let him Disappointed.

Tang Tang seemed to really feel the power, so he said, "Brother, don't you have anything you want to ask?"

Qin Yue said with a smile: "I have a lot to ask, such as why Jinghu Lake becomes scary at night, but everyone can only go out at night; and why no one has gone out at night, why does Tangbao know that it is nighttime? The appearance of Jinghu Lake; and what is the sacrifice, why are you so thin? Why does the second uncle want you to rest well. I have too many questions, I don’t know where to start, even though I have stayed here for half a year, but with me There is a big difference in the villages I saw in less than a day..."

When Qin Yue spoke, he kept staring into Tang Tang's eyes, peeling his heart open in front of Tang Tang. Qin Yue was so cunning that he gave Tang Tang the right to choose whether to tell him or not.

Tang Tang looked at Qin Yue, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pat Qin Yue's head and said, "Brother Qin, you bullied me."

Qin Yue touched the place where he was photographed and said with a smile: "How dare, I am a 24-filial husband, and my wife is the biggest."

Tang Tang was amused by Qin Yue's deliberate playfulness and said: "This is a very long story... When humans may not have appeared, Jinghu... has been guarding this land for thousands of years. This piece of land, this piece of forest, it loves this piece of land and the people who grow on this piece of land, it uses almost everything in it to breed everything here, but suddenly one day, the villagers found that Jinghu Lake is not It is exuding vitality at any time. When night comes, Jinghu Lake changes from a gentle aura during the day to a dead and cold one. At the beginning, people didn’t know the reason, but they still respected Jinghu Lake as always, until people began to feel more and more Tired, I went to the hospital, but still couldn't find the reason, until one day a child in the village suddenly said that it was Jinghu absorbing people's life force, and everyone realized that Jinghu can only be able to recover after gaining a certain amount of power. Release its aura during the day, in fact, this is very fair, what you want to get has to give something, there is no free reap in this world. In fact, Jinghu absorbs only a small part of the vitality at the beginning, so there is no People have discovered, but they don’t know when, Jinghu’s demand for life force is increasing, and people gradually feel powerless, so they can only reduce the time of night activities to reduce the absorption of life force, and also reduce the amount of energy absorbed during the day. The activity allows the aura released by Jinghu Lake to breed forests and crops. People will come out to work only in the evening when the aura of Jinghu and Yin Qi are exchanged. Perhaps this method is effective. The crops in the village are indeed growing well. People There is no problem in life, but as time goes by, this situation is gradually deteriorating, especially young people often feel weak and listless. The priest explored the reason and found that modern electronic products like mobile phones are extremely harmful. After the villagers stop using these things, the symptoms are obviously relieved. But just like people have a malignant tumor, Jinghu's symptoms are constantly getting worse, and finally some people can't stand it and want to leave the village, but those who want to Those who want to leave the village either die or are unable to leave anymore. At this time, everyone knows that Jinghu is dying of illness. It does not allow anyone to leave. Anyone who wants to leave will be sucked dry by it. And people from outside, as long as they use the lake water, they will become a part of it. Like the villagers, they can't leave here. They can only passively use their lives to fill the appetite that Jinghu can't satisfy. I can live a little longer, so I join forces with Jinghu to deceive those ignorant beings, which is why I want you to leave as soon as possible, but it is too late..." Tang Tang paused and continued: ""Jinghu In the past, the lake would not put our lives in danger, because it still needed our vitality, but...the person we met today is definitely not an illusion... Maybe Jinghu can't take it anymore, the current life force Strength can no longer satisfy it, so it is squeezing the power of life now...Qin Yue...I'm sorry...If I hadn't been greedy for your tenderness, I should have sent you away earlier, so that I wouldn't meet my second uncle, and you would also I can leave...I'm sorry..." Tang Tang said with tears in his eyes.

Qin Yue didn't expect this to be the case. If he had known earlier, he would never have agreed to leave. If he had left, the next one to die might be his Tang Tang. Thinking about it now, Tang Tang said he would come to him, maybe It was also a lie to trick him away.

Qin Yue squeezed Tang Tang's hand tightly, got up from the ground and hugged Tang Tang, lowered his head and kissed Tang Tang's forehead lightly, hugged him tightly in his arms, and comforted him in a low voice: "Tang Bao, it's okay. Not for pure living, I live aimlessly outside, but here, even if I die, I will be accompanied by someone, so I am extremely happy."

Tang Tang was taken aback for a moment, then pressed his body closer to Qin Yue and said, "Thank you, Brother Qin, and you have to remember that in the future, I won't cook the food for you, or I'll bring you the water, you don't want any of it. Eat, I am a priest, I have a way to deceive Jinghu, in fact, I know Jinghu better than I know people."

Qin Yue inexplicably felt that Tang Tang's words were full of sadness, but the sadness arose for some unknown reason, so he nodded and said, "I'll listen to you... What's the meaning of the sacrifice?"

"In the beginning, the memorial ceremony was a way for people to thank Jinghu, so that those who could feel the aura of Jinghu would return their life energy to Jinghu on a specific day, but... Today's Jinghu is no longer accessible to people. I can accept it." Tang Tang said lightly.

Qin Yue panicked when he heard this, and quickly turned Tang Tang's face to himself and said, "That doesn't mean your life will be in danger!"