Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 416 Lakeside Demon (4100)

"?!"

Hearing Fang Qiong's sudden scream, everyone was shocked and looked at each other with expressions of surprise.

Wu Liang went directly to the side of the carriage, opened the curtain and looked inside.

I saw that Yu Ji, Zhuge Liang and Bai Jingjing in the carriage at this moment also had expressions of surprise, while Fang Qiong, who was tied hands and feet, shrank in the corner of the carriage, but his face still had that very false and smug look on his face. It was a flattering smile, but there was a touch of fear in the smile, as if he had just been frightened.

"what happened?"

Wu Liang looked at Yu Ji, Zhuge Liang and Bai Jingjing and asked.

"do not know."

Bai Jingjing answered Wu Liang's question very straightforwardly, and then said, "In addition to always having this weird smile along the way, she would occasionally beg for forgiveness tremblingly treating us as masters like before. They were all very quiet, they just glanced at us nervously out of the corner of the eye, it was the first time we had made such an exclamation, and we didn't provoke her just now, and we didn't even talk to her."

Yu Ji also wrinkled his old face and added: "Miss Bai is right, but we heard the voice of Mr. Cai talking to Yang Wanli just now, and Fang Qiong must have heard it too, but I don't know if her sudden scream has something to do with it. .”

"I see……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly, his brows gradually furrowed.

Just now, the conversation between him and Yang Wanli was concise, and it was easy to understand the specific situation.

And it was when he decided to go to the small lake to check that Fang Qiong suddenly let out such a startling cry.

Therefore, if we analyze this matter from the perspective of a normal person.

Fang Qiong's exclamation probably has something to do with the small lake he just discovered and Wu Liang's decision.

But Fang Qiong at this moment is obviously not a normal person, at least there is a high probability that something has gone wrong mentally. In this case, more considerations are naturally needed, so that we can figure out the real reason for Fang Qiong's sudden scream.

"Fang Qiong, look up at me."

Thinking of this, Wu Liang looked at Fang Qiong who was trembling with her head buried.

"!"

Hearing Wu Liang's voice, Fang Qiong's body trembled suddenly. While subconsciously shrunk into the corner, she still raised her head tremblingly, showing that false but flattering smile, begging for forgiveness repeatedly, "Master forgive me, slaves will listen to master's words, slaves will work hard, master please don't punish slaves..."

"In that case, if I ask you and you answer truthfully, I won't punish you this time, do you understand?"

On a whim, Wu Liang suddenly changed his method, and asked in a condescending tone as the "master".

Wu Liang had already tried to communicate with Fang Qiong in a normal way before, but unfortunately, he didn't hear any useful information from her mouth. What he got in return was only begging for forgiveness over and over again, which made Wu Liang's ears almost grow calluses.

And just at this moment, Wu Liang suddenly realized that maybe the way he communicated with her was wrong, so there was no effect.

As far as he knows, when doctors of later generations treat or alleviate some patients with mental diseases, they will also adopt a communication method that cooperates with patients.

Otherwise, patients cannot extricate themselves in their own spiritual world.

And the doctor communicated with him in the way of thinking of a normal person.

The two are not in the same frequency band at all. You talk about yours and I talk about mine. There is no difference between speaking with a chicken and a duck. Naturally, there is no way for the two to achieve effective communication.

Although he has no research on this issue.

But you might as well give it a try, and treat it as a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and there will be no loss anyway.

result.

"The master will never dare to hide any questions from the slaves. He must answer the master's questions well. I just ask the master not to punish the slaves..."

Fang Qiong immediately nodded her head like a chicken eating rice, and the fake and ingratiating smile on her face became a little bit bigger, but there was obviously a different look in her eyes than before.

This expression is like a drowning person grabbing a straw, or like a hungry child getting a candy, which faintly reveals a hint of hope.

It worked!

Finally something different to say...

Wu Liang was extremely pleasantly surprised.

Even everyone's faces showed surprise. It was the first time Fang Qiong had connected with someone these days, and it was obviously on the same channel.

"That depends on your performance!"

Surprised, Wu Liang still maintained his "master" status, and continued to say condescendingly with a stern face, "Let me ask you, why did you cry out in shock just now, but it has something to do with the lake I'm about to investigate? "

"Returning to the master, that's exactly the case. It must be the slave who disturbed the master. The slave knows that he is wrong. Please don't punish the slave..."

Fang Qiong hurriedly begged for mercy again nervously, but finally answered Wu Liang's question head-on.

"Tell me the reason. If it satisfies me, I will spare you this time."

Wu Liang said again.

"The master forgives the sin, and the servant will tell the truth..."

Fang Qiong trembled slightly, tried to lean forward a little bit, but still maintained a smile, but there was a strong look of fear in his eyes, and he said tremblingly, "I will tell you the truth, the servants have been to this place before, and the water in the lake can Killing people is invisible, and the people by the lake are no longer human beings, but evil ghosts that take people's lives. Just now, the slaves heard that the master was going to investigate by the lake, so they couldn't help screaming out of fear, please don't blame the master , the servant girl explained the truth, and never dared to hide anything!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Wu Liang suddenly showed a look of surprise and doubt.

The people in the Huanren Army also became nervous and moved closer to each other to listen.

After pondering for a while, Wu Liang asked again: "You tell me how the lake kills people invisible, and how the evil spirits by the lake take people's lives? I make my own decision."

"Returning to the master, this servant once saw someone enter the lake to fetch water, but soon after entering, they seemed to be fixed by something and could not move any more. Some people ran in to save people, but they were all locked in the lake after not walking too far. , and soon I couldn't even call for help, so I just stood inside."

The fear in Fang Qiong's eyes grew stronger, and he replied in a trembling voice, "A few days later, some of these trapped people were dumped in the lake and disappeared, while some somehow came back to life and walked ashore step by step. Come, and then stand quietly on the shore, waiting for others to pass by, and then come back to life, trying to drag people into the lake to drown...Master, this is all witnessed by the servants, if the servants were not careful, I am afraid that they would have already He was dragged into the lake and became a wronged soul of that strange lake."

"..."

Hearing these words, Wu Liang couldn't help being even more suspicious, even in the scorching heat, he still felt a bit of coolness from the soles of his feet to the top of the sky.

A strange lake that can hold the living...

Can revive the "evil ghost" who came ashore and dragged people into the lake...

These two things are obviously not things that can be explained by common sense. No matter how you think about it, they have been equated with "evil things", which makes people shudder.

"This... son."

Yu Ji had unconsciously approached Wu Liang, and wrinkled his old face, persuading him earnestly, "According to what this old man sees, the lake ahead may not be easy. We came here from Shanshan City, so we should reach our goal directly. It's really inappropriate. Extra problems arise, please think twice before acting, young master."

"Old boy, why is it you who are the first to retreat every time? You have lived for nearly a hundred years anyway, but the more you live, the more you go back. I really despise you."

Before Wu Liang could speak, Yu Ji's old enemy Yang Wanli had already mocked him with contempt.

"What do you know, what the old man said is just an expedient measure, can it be done if you have to be as brave as you are?"

Yu Ji counterattacked without showing any weakness, "You don't look down on me, and I still don't look down on you. The reason why I can live to such an old age is because I am cautious enough. Therefore, I also hope that you will live a long life by admonishing the young master like this. A hundred years old, it doesn't look like you only know how to encourage your son to enter a dangerous situation, but when something happens, you only wipe your tears, what a fool!"

"Hey, I have a bad temper, don't think I'm afraid to beat you up because you're old!"

"Come here, the old man is here, you can touch the old man and try!"

"Don't hide behind Young Master if you have the ability!"

"Come here!"

"..."

"enough!"

Wu Liang finally stopped the two of them with his words. Since the "artificial respiration" incident happened, these two guys have transformed into a relationship of loving and killing each other, and it is common for them to belittle each other and quarrel.

However, at critical moments, these two guys can extend a helping hand to each other regardless of their own safety, it seems that it is not just as simple as mutual dislike.

Therefore, Wu Liang usually didn't care about the quarrel between the two, and sometimes he even watched the battle with great interest, anyway, it was absolutely impossible to really fight.

It was the same this time, although Wu Liang stopped the two of them, he didn't reprimand them for this incident.

Instead, he skipped over the two of them and looked at Fang Qiong again, frowned and said, "I am very satisfied with your answer, and I decided to reward you."

"Owner?"

A look of surprise flashed across Fang Qiong's eyes, but she still kept that fake and ingratiating smile, bowing repeatedly and said, "The slaves dare not ask for rewards from the master, and they are satisfied as long as the master does not punish the slaves."

"But before that, I still have a few questions to ask. If you answer well, I will reward you a lot."

Wu Liang said again to himself.

"Thank you, master. The servant will definitely answer well, knowing everything without saying anything."

Fang Qiong continued to bow, thanking Dade for his thanks.

"Okay, listen."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, and asked, "Since you have been here, did you ever go to the desert outside the city when you left Shanshan, and saw some mysterious wooden pile circles in the desert?"

"The circle of wooden piles..."

Fang Qiong seemed to be remembering the words in detail, but after recalling for a while, she immediately begged for forgiveness, "Master forgives the sin. Since the slaves have become the master's servants, they have worked hard for the master every day and never left. I have been half a step away from the Shanshan Kingdom, and I have never been to the desert outside the city, if the servants are lazy and go out of the city, even if they are only there for an hour, they will not be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the master, how could the master not know, please learn from the master!"

"..."

Hearing these words, Wu Liang suddenly realized something.

Although Fang Qiong's memory has recovered a little now, it seems that he only recovered the memory of the period when he was a slave in Shanshan Kingdom.

Otherwise, in her previous description, she had already used a hatchet to slit her master's throat when she was being raped by her master. With the medical level of this era, her master would probably not survive.

After that, although she experienced a lot, she was no longer a slave. Even if she was reduced to Chen Liu's Pinxiang Pavilion, she became the real master of Pinxiang Pavilion after some operations...

and so.

In order to confirm his guess, Wu Liang thought for a while and asked, "Fang Qiong, how old are you?"

"Returning to the master, the servant girl will be double six this year..."

Fang Qiong replied cautiously with a smile.

really!

What Fang Qiong now has is the memory of when she was 12 years old, and now she only regards herself as a 12-year-old child, and in this memory, she has not cut the owner's throat to escape, so she has not been to In the deserts outside Shanshan, I have never seen those "tombs of the sun".

"You answered well. Since that's the case, I won't bind you anymore from today on. If you obey me obediently, I won't punish you anymore. Do you understand?"

Wu Liang finally stopped asking, nodded and said.

"Thank you, master. The slaves must be obedient and do their best to work for the master. Thank you, master, thank you, thank you..."

Fang Qiong immediately kowtowed to Wu Liang in gratitude, her forehead banged on the floor of the carriage, but she didn't feel any pain at all, and the fake but flattering smile on her face remained the same.

"..."

Wu Liang slightly nodded at Dian Wei.

Dian Wei immediately stepped forward and cut the ropes on Fang Qiong's hands and feet. Fang Qiong did not struggle during this process. He didn't immediately retreat into the corner and shiver like before, at least he didn't look so nervous and timid, but after untiing, he immediately took a rag from his body and wiped the carriage.

Take Fang Qiong's current performance in his eyes.

Wu Liang suddenly thought that if he exempted Fang Qiong from slavery as the "master" now, Fang Qiong might also believe it and enter a better state.

But after thinking about it, he decided not to do it for the time being.

Because he still needs Fang Qiong to recall more things as a slave, maybe after entering the Shanshan Kingdom and revisiting her old place, she will be stimulated again and remember more useful information.

And as the "master", it is easier for him to ask him.

If there is no way to get more information like this, then it is not too late for him to consider using other methods.

"Yang Wanli, lead the way."

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Wu Liang turned to Yang Wanli and said.

As far as the information obtained so far, there are indeed many strange places in the small lake in front, and there may be unknown dangers, but the more so, the more curious Wu Liang is, the more he wants to go and investigate.

Curiosity will kill the cat though.

But for an archaeologist, curiosity is the core motivation for action, and Wu Liang never avoids it, nor will he forcibly suppress it.

(End of this chapter)