escape the nightmare

In fact, Lin Feng had already visited Yuanyang Pond under the leadership of the old horse, but he was still shocked by the sight in front of him.

The boundary of Yuanyang Pool became even more unclear amidst the clouds and mist.Lin Feng remembered that there was no water in the mandarin duck pool before, let alone anything else in the pool.But now the Yuanyang Pool is obviously filled with water, and there is a layer of light mist on the surface of the pool, which gradually merges with the surrounding thick fog.Along the edge of the pool, a string of lotus-like lamps are lined up on the water, extending into the distance.

The candles in the lotus lantern were lit, and light yellow candlelight came out through a thin layer of paper—it turned out that the yellow light that Lin Feng saw just now was reflected from the lotus lantern.

Looking at the mandarin duck pool in front of him, Lin Feng couldn't feel the joy of being drunk and dreaming of Huang Jiacheng and Yingyan described in the book at all. Instead, he felt that the environment here was more like the underworld filmed in TV dramas.

Just as Lin Feng took a deep breath and was about to get closer to find out, Jiang Zhang yelled "Wait" to him, stretched out his hand and pulled him to the side of the grass and squatted down.

As soon as they hid, they saw a headless maid floating faintly from a distance with a palace lantern. Although she had no mouth, Lin Feng could hear the gradually louder singing.

The headless maid put the palace lantern aside, turned around, and Lin Feng saw that there was a bamboo bucket hanging on her other arm, and the bamboo bucket was almost half as tall as her.She lifted the bamboo bucket with her hands, and the liquid in the bucket can be poured into the mandarin duck pool, making a huge splash.I don't know if it was Lin Feng's illusion, but he heard the water in the bucket making a hissing sound when it was poured into the pool.

The maid's movements were very mechanical and stiff.The bamboo bucket in her hand seemed like a faucet. Lin Feng felt that at least two or three minutes had passed since she started pouring it, but the water in the bucket showed no signs of being drained.

After another five or six minutes, the water flow in the bucket finally gradually decreased, and soon bottomed out.The maid put the bucket back on her arm, bent down to pick up the palace lantern, and slowly turned around and drifted away.

Seeing the palace maid left, Lin Feng was about to get up and go out, but Jiang Zhang grabbed the corner of his clothes.

Lin Feng looked at Jiang Zhang suspiciously, but saw Jiang Zhang frowned slightly at him, shook his head and shifted his gaze to the place where the maid was just now.Lin Feng roughly understood what Jiang Zhang meant, so he squatted down again, and continued to observe the movements around the pool with him.

When Lin Feng felt that his calf was a little numb, he finally saw a headless palace lady who was exactly the same as before, carrying a palace lantern and carrying a bamboo bucket, doing the same pouring action as the previous lady.She poured the water and left straight away.

Lin Feng turned his head and glanced at Jiang Zhang, only to see that Jiang Zhang was also looking at him.The eyes of the two met, and neither of them got up to go out in a tacit understanding.

The behavior of the court lady is very problematic.

They squatted in the grass and witnessed the four maids pouring water from the bamboo buckets into the pool one after another, and then left.Lin Feng felt that they were copied, and from a distance they gave people the illusion of being trapped in a time-space loop.

Lin Feng finally understood the pattern of their behavior - a headless court lady would come to add water to the mandarin duck pool every other period of time. According to his estimation, the time for adding water should be about the same each time.

After Lin Feng verified his conjecture again, he decided to tell Jiang Zhang.When he was about to speak, Jiangzhang took the first step: "The interval is 13 minutes, and the water is poured for 6 minutes. It appears once every 9 minutes on average."

Lin Feng turned his head in surprise and saw Jiang Zhang rolled up his long sleeves and stretched his arms.He lowered his head and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Excluding the time when she might see us when she came and left, we have a total of about 10 minutes." Just as Jiang Zhang finished speaking, when he looked up, the palace lady just finished pouring the water and was about to leave.

Jiang Zhang beckoned to Lin Feng, signaling him to follow quickly.Jiang Zhang bowed his body and quietly followed behind the maid.

Just as Jiang Zhang calculated, they lurked next to Yuanyang Pool without any trouble.As they got closer, Lin Feng finally saw clearly the specific situation in the mandarin duck pool.

The surface of the pool was steaming hot, obviously the water in the pool was boiling hot, and what the maid poured into it just now turned out to be hot water.So... She was originally responsible for adding water to the mandarin duck pool?

Lin Feng supported the stone beside him, squatted down and leaned forward, stretched out a finger to touch the water surface.Probably because the air temperature is relatively low, there is so much water mist on the water surface. The actual temperature in the pool is not as hot as Lin Feng thought, but at least he can stretch his hand down.

Jiang Zhang walked back and forth along the pool for a few steps, then seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.Lin Feng looked in the direction of his finger, the mist in the center of the pool was relatively thin, so Lin Feng could clearly see that there seemed to be something red floating under the water at the place Lin Feng pointed at. fluttering.From a distance, it looks like something like a rope ribbon.

When Lin Feng wanted to take a closer look again, Jiang Zhang patted him, said "Come on", took his hand and ran into the grass again.When Lin Feng turned his head, he saw a headless palace lady slowly appearing from the thick fog, floating towards the pool.

They hid in the grass, briefly sorted out the clues they had so far, and discussed their next actions.

After the two expressed their views on the sentence in the book, they reached a consensus-the red thing in the pool should be a part of the costume.

So he, Lin Feng and Jiang Zhang, decided to wait until the next time the palace maid left, and take the time to verify their speculation.

The palace lady just appeared and was preparing to pour water.Lin Feng felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy. Anyway, there was nothing he could do now except hide here and wait, so he planned to say something to ease the embarrassment. After all, they are also grasshoppers on the same rope now.

Lin Feng shifted his weight to the other leg to relieve the numbness caused by squatting for a long time.He glanced at Jiangzhang's watch, it was still a Rolex.He really didn't understand Jiangzhang's taste of "combining ancient and modern".

Lin Feng: "If you don't have anything to do, you wear ancient costumes and watches, aren't you afraid that your sleeves will wear out after a while?"

Jiang Zhang: "Put on?"

Looking at Jiang Zhang's puzzled face, Lin Feng himself was confused by his reaction.

Lin Feng: "Aren't you an actor in the exhibition area?"

Generally, this kind of exhibition area will occasionally perform some programs related to the exhibits, so as to better introduce these exhibits to tourists, and it can also be regarded as a kind of advertising.So when Lin Feng saw Jiang Zhang wearing an ancient costume, his first reaction was that Jiang Zhang should be a cast member.

Jiang Zhang shook his head: "No." He rummaged through the sleeves of his long sleeves, took out something like a ticket and waved it in front of Lin Feng's eyes.

Jiang Zhang: "Do you play games?"

Lin Feng looked at the tickets in Jiang Zhang's hand and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Jiang Zhang: "I was invited to film an endorsement promotion. It can be regarded as a game experience. When I met you, I just finished changing my clothes."

Lin Feng: "...horrible...the company?"

Jiang Zhang: "...Yes."

Lin Feng: "..."

If Jiangzhang also came to speak for the Horror company, and he has already changed his clothes... Lin Feng seriously thought about the itinerary that the Horror company gave him for the past two days and the old horse took him non-stop Off topic is the various behaviors of not taking him to meet the negotiators.

No wonder he really felt like he was on vacation these two days!Dare he be a spare tire?

Lin Feng felt as if he knew something extraordinary.He suddenly felt a thunder in his ear.

"I'm going to fuck you, Xiao Chen!" Lin Feng roared angrily, and just blurted out, the maid by the pool suddenly turned her head, to be precise, she turned her neck, which frightened Lin Feng and quickly swallowed her voice back, gritted her teeth and said bitterly.

Seeing Lin Feng's aggressive reaction, Jiang Zhang raised his eyebrows, obviously guessing roughly what happened - because Xiao Chen was responsible for the advertisement.

Jiang Zhang patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.Because Lin Feng's expression was too ferocious, Jiang Zhang suddenly found it very funny.

Lin Feng looked at Jiang Zhang with a very obvious suppressed smile on his face. If he wasn't his teammate, Lin Feng really wanted to slap him over.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, and he carefully looked at Jiang Zhang from head to toe.Jiang Zhang felt a little uncomfortable being watched by him. As soon as he frowned, he heard Lin Feng say: "You said that you, a person with a sullen face and unable to utter a good word for a long time, rely on to make a live broadcast?"

He really didn't understand why Horror Company would choose Jiangzhang and use himself as a backup.

Jiang Zhang seemed a little surprised by the conclusion that Lin Feng came to after watching him for a long time.As if to match what Lin Feng said, Jiang Zhang frowned again, and said in a very serious tone:

"He's handsome."

Lin Feng: "..." You won.

Looking at Lin Feng's face covered with the word "collapse", Jiang Zhang couldn't help it, coughed twice to cover up the smile on his face.Lin Feng glared at him fiercely.

It was fun to tease him.Jiang Zhang raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he received Lin Feng's murderous eyes.

All jokes aside, Jiang Zhang still kept an eye on the movements of the maids.When he saw the maid leaving with the bamboo bucket, he immediately put away the smile on her face.He nodded towards Lin Feng.

Lin Feng also knew that it was time to deal with the business, temporarily put aside the grudge against the spare tire, got up and ran towards Yuanyangchi together with Jiang Zhang.

They went straight to the edge of the pool closest to the red ribbon. The two roughly measured the distance between the ribbon and them, and it was obviously unrealistic to reach for it directly.Moreover, the water in the pool was very still and the surrounding area was very dark, so it was difficult for them to accurately judge how deep it was.

The two fell into deep thought at the same time.

Lin Feng looked around, but there was nothing to salvage.Also, this is a bath, not a pool, so there is nothing to salvage under normal circumstances.

Since there is no tool, it seems that I can only swim to get it by myself.

Lin Feng and Jiang Zhang obviously thought of this most helpless solution at the same time.For a moment they looked up at each other in unison.

Lin Feng received Jiang Zhang's eyes, and at the moment they looked at each other, Lin Feng always felt that he could read an innocent, weak and helpless expression from Jiang Zhang's eyes.From Jiang Zhang's face, Lin Feng saw the words "I won't, you go into the water".

... He doesn't like this!

Lin Feng also looked back at Jiang Zhang without showing any weakness.

……

"Okay, I'll go."

In the end, Lin Feng let out a long sigh and made a compromise.There is not much space left for them, and it is not an option to continue this stalemate.Besides, he couldn't really force a person who couldn't swim into the water.

Not being able to get things is a small matter, but losing one's life is a major matter.He can't do anything to harm others just to save himself temporarily.

Lin Feng quickly took off his suit jacket and threw it aside. Just as he was about to stretch out his legs and try to get into the water, he saw that Jiang Zhang also untied his belt and even took off his jacket.

...?

This guy suddenly found out his conscience?

Seeing Lin Feng looking at him expectantly, Jiang Zhang showed a smile that he thought was full of kindness and friendship, pulled off his belt, tied it with his jacket, grabbed one end in his hand, and threw the other end to Lin Feng .

Jiang Zhang: "Just in case, I will hold it, don't worry."

Lin Feng: "...you're pulling me, I'm really worried." Where did he get the courage to expect this guy to have a good heart just now?

Lin Feng gave Jiang Zhang a pure white eye, tied the rope around his waist briefly, turned around and plunged into the mandarin duck pool.