Well of Mystery

In the mirror closest to him, a window was reflected. If you look closely, the newspaper covering the window is slightly undulating.

It was a beautiful, womanly face, rising and disappearing as if in relief.Accompanied by its appearance, there was a slight buzzing sound from the newspaper——Bai Xiuqi suddenly realized that there were similar noises everywhere in the corridor.

"When you are in self-study, you are not allowed to whisper, and you are not allowed to seduce the teacher's family members. Please be quiet."

A rare and serious voice came from behind Bai Xiuqi.

Almost at the same time as hearing these words, the rustling of newspapers completely disappeared.

"The monsters here are cunning and dangerous, don't come into contact with them."

Jiang Chenglu lightly pressed Bai Xiuqi's shoulder, and semi-forced him to turn around on the spot: "The stinky foxes are looking for you, almost all the household appliances have been moved here."

After a period of comparison, Bai Xiuqi had a general feeling - the efficiency of the fox decoration team was about ten times that of the ordinary human decoration team, and perhaps because of the material, the newly renovated house did not have a strong smell of formaldehyde.Looking at the progress every day, there are great changes.

For example, today, major appliances have already started installation and commissioning.

Air conditioner, TV, refrigerator, water heater... Of course, what Bai Xiuqi cares most at this moment is the washing machine that also has a drying function.

Washing clothes in a poor place like Xuanjing apartment is already troublesome enough, not to mention that the sun is not open in the rainy season.It is certainly a blessing that there is no need to display underpants and coats in the corridors like a million flags.

"Why do you wear boxer shorts? I thought artists should be more passionate and romantic."

He still remembers what Jiang Chenglu said the first time he saw him hanging clothes.

When Bai Xiuqi went downstairs, the little foxes had skillfully fixed the washing machine on the base, and quickly connected the water pipes and power supply.The brand-new machine with silver-gray metallic luster is placed next to the floor cabinet of the same color system, which makes people want to try it out.

Different from decoration costs, the money for purchasing home appliances needs to be settled in advance.The delivery man took out the handheld credit card machine, and Bai Xiuqi led the man back to the next door, opened his bag and searched for it.

It's the same mood as the owner recently.The carry-on bag also looked a little messy.Bai Xiuqi finally found the wallet and took out the card to pay the bill, but his eyes fell on another thing.

The mysterious Japanese letter is still lying quietly in a corner of the bag.

After saying goodbye to the delivery man, Bai Xiuqi sat back at the table, carefully unfolded the letter again, and spread it flat on the table.

Thanks to Bai Xiuqi, the fragile paper has been broken into two pieces.Looking at the incomprehensible words above, Bai Xiuqi asked herself silently—is there really no way to figure it out?

After thinking about it, he took out the map that fell out together with the photo, unfolded it and laid it flat on the side of the letter paper.

There is no text on the map.Just some weird markings like circles or triangles.Generally speaking.The main part of the map should be a mountain range.There are thin black routes meandering through the mountain, and I don't know what it means.

What is the map of this place?

Bai Xiuqi had no idea at all, and was thinking about taking pictures with his mobile phone and posting them on the Internet to brainstorm ideas, when the door behind him was pushed open.

"Yo. Are you studying this damn thing again?"

Jiang Chenglu came over and hugged Bai Xiuqi.She put her head on his shoulder coquettishly: "The dark page has passed, the Chinese people have stood up, Xiaobai, why do you hold on to this little Japan?"

Before Bai Xiuqi could reply, Jiang Chenglu let out another "Huh" and pointed at the map spread out on the table.

"Where did this thing come from?"

"Didn't it fall out with the photo?!" Bai Xiuqi scorned: "I told you before that you didn't care. Your eyes are just decorations?"

"I was just looking at the photos before, so I didn't notice this piece of paper!"

It was rare for Jiang Chenglu not to argue with him, but went around the table and lay down on the edge of the bed.

"When I was tidying up the apartment, I once found a lot of books in a room. The owner of that room might be an old pedant... Some of the books were moved here by me, when I was fine. I just flipped through it, and it turned out that in a book, I found this..."

When it comes to this.He has already found a hardcover book from under the door panel. The dark blue cover is actually an English-Chinese dictionary. On the title page, there is an English name written in beautiful cursive characters under the book stamp.

But what Jiang Chenglu really wanted Bai Xiuqi to read was not the dictionary itself.

"Here!"

He took out a folded piece of paper from the pages with two fingers, and Bai Xiuqi couldn't help being dumbfounded after unfolding——

Very similar paper, very similar lines... Although the two maps clearly do not depict the same location, it is certain that the two maps must have been produced by the same maker.

"There are words on the back of this map."

Jiang Chenglu turned the map over, and sure enough, he saw a line of blue and black ink writing in English, which seemed to be a person's name.

"Mark? Green?"

Bai Xiuqi entered this name into the browser of the mobile phone to search, and God bless, there were some results.

"...Adventure merchant, cultural relic dealer?"

Search engines don't show many results, but they are useful.

The text shows that this name is Mark?Green's men entered China around 1920, and in the following 20 years have been wandering among famous mountains and rivers under the cover of war.On the surface, this celibate man pretending to be a missionary did not come for faith, but actually planned a crazy dream about wealth in his heart.

With the help of seasoned exploration experience and language talent, Mark?Green often haunts rural areas in remote areas of China.Using missionary as a cover, listen to clues about cultural relics and tombs everywhere.For some important clues, he will personally investigate, mark the location after confirming it, and return quietly.

Why did Green only mark and not do anything?Because he knew that with his own abilities, he couldn't touch the truly valuable treasures.

So he decisively chose another way to make money——

"Selling maps?!" Bai Xiuqi frowned, seeming to understand.

Whenever Green sells maps, there are only terrain and special marks created by himself. Firstly, because his customers have them from various countries, and secondly, it is to make the meaning of the map unclear to the common people.

Like now.Bai Xiuqi and Jiang Chenglu looked at each other.

"According to the meaning above, the Japanese bought this map from this foreigner named Green. Then they put the map, Ai Wanxuan's photo, and a secret letter into a Japanese elf. in his arms?"

"...I've already said that it's not Ba."

Of course the point is not here.The two were silent for a while, looking for new clues.

Bai Xiuqi put forward his own views again.

"First of all, I think this map should depict a mountain in this city or the surrounding area. Maybe we should find someone from the Geological Bureau or the Mountaineering Association to take a look."

"...It makes sense."

Jiang Chenglu also sat down across the table, propped his head on one hand, and tapped the Dayang point with his index finger: "Look for an acquaintance to take a look... Wait a minute, it seems that I really know someone like this. "

Finish this sentence.He took out his phone and opened the WeChat interface.But before officially looking for someone.He looked up again.He solemnly asked Bai Xiuqi for his opinion.

"Do you still remember the girl named Feifei who gave me the bracelet? I just want to ask her for help."

"That... Faffy?"

Bai Xiuqi barely remembered that it was the female clerk she met near the hospital that day: "Aren't you looking for an expert? Why are you looking for coffee beans?"

"Who told you that she has grown from coffee beans?" Jiang Chenglu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The little girl just likes to have a foreign name, but she is a fake earth dragon!"

"What is an earth dragon, please speak in human terms, please."

"Hey, even the earth dragon doesn't know it! It's an earthworm." Jiang Chenglu hooked his index finger to imitate the squirming posture of the insect.

"That girl's family is a well-known family in the country. It's just that she has a bit of brain...how should I put it, it's not normal. She just crawled over to work because she likes to eat the coffee grounds from that shop. She also has a twin sister, uh...not really. Said to be strict twins..."

"What do you mean 'not strictly twins'?" Bai Xiuqi asked a lot.

"It's the acquired twins. When the sisters were young, they were originally alone... No, an earthworm was cut in half by a brat. Fortunately, didn't I tell you before? Their family is also considered a famous family, I tried my best to preserve the two halves, and when I grew up, I practiced together, and both became human figures."

"...The world of monsters is really full of 'surprises'."

Bai Xiuqi suddenly felt himself asking a question.It's just a broken Tucson pattern.

Back to the topic, what Jiang Chenglu is looking for now is the elder sister of girl Fifian, Jiajia.

Perhaps because of occupying the original brain, Jiajia's life, no, Chongsheng is obviously much more normal than that of her younger sister.The current human identity is a researcher at the Provincial Institute of Geological Exploration.

The reason why Jiang Chenglu found her was another more sufficient reason.

"The ancestor of their family used to be an earth fairy. Do you know the father-in-law of the land? It's the short old man with white beard in Journey to the West. He knows everything about the earth. It's not bad to pass on to this generation."

Bai Xiuqi asked naturally: "Then why don't you just ask him the old man?"

"Hey! People are long gone."

Jiang Chenglu sighed: "I still remember that it happened to be the rainy season that year. The nearby rivers swelled one after another, and the city was about to be flooded. It was the old man who personally supervised the battle on the top of the mountain. While blocking the torrent, every flower, every tree, every piece of mud and rock on the surrounding hilltops worked desperately to store water, which prevented the flood from entering the city and saved many lives. The rain has stopped, the old man has done his best and left."

He paused at this point, and then smiled wryly: "In the few years since the old man left, many places have been remodeled. Wetlands and rivers have been filled up, and even paddy fields have been filled with cement to lay the foundation. Then, the temperature dropped. year after year flew by, turning the city into an oven..."

The summers in recent years have indeed been a bit ridiculously hot.Bai Xiuqi felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to say from the standpoint of a human being, so he could only lean over and give him a gentle hug.

"Not everyone is willing to destroy nature as the price of development. Look, haven't many rivers been re-dug, and wetlands have been re-stored and rebuilt?"

"That's a must." Jiang Chenglu patted Bai Xiuqi's back in turn, and chuckled in his ear: "Secretly tell you, the current mayor, the old man, likes to eat white radishes with big tassels pulled from his hometown. Yes, it has been washed with mountain spring water, it is called crisp."

"...It's better not to tell me." Bai Xiuqi shuddered: "My three views have been seriously injured."

"It's so miserable?" Jiang Chenglu took advantage of the situation and shook his head and smacked his forehead: "Come on, brother heal you."

Ps:

1 Whether earthworms can regenerate at both ends is not yet conclusive, this is just a plot requirement.

I have that blue English dictionary at home, but it is a bit earlier, it seems to be a version in the late Qing Dynasty...

The part where the water enters the city is half-fabricated~