Chapter 154
After dark, there was a period of time when the surrounding street lights were not turned on. People either turned on the lights at home or did not turn on the lights when going out. Everywhere was dim. Xu Miaoman stood up slowly, staggering with her numb legs, pushed open the door, and walked out. No one noticed her. She was like a ghost, passing by people, or like a gust of wind, drifting away.
It disappeared in an instant.
When some people noticed that she seemed to have not appeared in front of others for a while, they were all puzzled.
"Doesn't she love singing?"
"Yeah, I haven't seen her recently. Why hasn't she shown up? Even if she needs to rest, she can't rest for three days at a time! Could something have happened to her? Did she go to the hospital? Or let's go see her! I hope it's nothing serious. She never had this problem before."
"Who of you knows what she was like in the past?"
"Those of us who live here know this. She comes here very often. She is here whenever she is free. She doesn't have other work or studies to deal with. She comes here six out of seven days a week, and takes one day to rest. Sometimes, she doesn't even want to rest that day.
She insisted on singing, and no one could persuade her to do it, so I just let her do it. I thought she was happy, and since she didn’t have a job, I gave her a little more money to show my care for her.”
A group of people looked at each other, and they all thought that this was very strange.
They looked everywhere for her until one of them suddenly said, "Oh! I suddenly remembered that I saw her this morning. Didn't you know? I thought everyone saw her, but it seems like I was the only one who saw her! She was alone, staring blankly, with no expression on her face. It seemed like something had happened to her. She walked outside by herself. I looked in her direction and it seemed to be the beach."
People were stunned for a moment, and then they all started talking: "Maybe she went to the beach to relax, maybe to rest, maybe to meet friends, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, as long as we know she's still alive. We'll feel relieved knowing she's still alive, but for safety reasons, someone still needs to look for her. If no one goes to look for her, she might just find life meaningless and die!"
"Yes, yes, we can't give up on her. We have to find her first before we can rest. She is a life after all. However, everyone is busy. It is very tiring to search for a person who might be trying to commit suicide. It will take even more time to search for a missing person. I am afraid it is not easy to adjust."
Seeing that they seemed to be in a dilemma, Leyuan stepped forward and said, "In that case, who can give me a boat? Lend it to me, and I will go out to sea to look for her. If she is not there, I will come back and give you the boat. If she is there, I will find her and bring her back to rest. It will be a good thing. What do you think?"
After thinking about it, everyone agreed. They each found a way to lend him a boat and some people. "It's not safe for you to go out on the boat alone. If the person hasn't been found yet and something happens to you, we won't just have to look for one missing person. Consider asking your friend Sen Wan to sort it out. These people can help you. They are all locals and usually stay by the water. They won't be a hindrance."
Leyuan said: "I am not worried that they will fall behind. They are all locals and live by the water, so their skills will not be rusty. I am very satisfied."
But I am worried that they will encounter something that they cannot handle and cannot understand, and will end up being eaten by fish.
But this can make it seem like you are trying to discourage others from being proactive.
Leyuan thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Where did you meet my friend?"
One person said, "Yes, I have. He is upstairs. Do you want to tell him? Maybe he wants to go with you."
Leyuan said, "No need. He has his own problems. Why would he come with me? If he gets into danger, wouldn't it be me who harmed him?"
He spoke a little slowly, and the people over there had already started shouting, calling the car owner down from the high place.
The car owner was dazed. He rubbed his eyes and muttered to Leyuan, "You don't know, I was sleeping just now, and someone suddenly woke me up. It was so loud that my head almost exploded. It hurts so much. What's wrong with you? What time is it now? Why are you so anxious?"
Leyuan said: "We need to find someone, so we can't delay. If something happens to that person, it will be hard to deal with."
The car owner thought for a moment: "Xu Miaoman?"
Paradise responded.
The car owner hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll go with you to find someone."
He turned sideways with his back half facing the park, sighed and said, "I can't just watch you go there alone. If something happens, I won't know about it. I'll be late for that."
Paradise asked: "Do you really want to go?"
The owner said, “Yes.”
Leyuan said, "Then I won't advise you anymore."
The car owner asked, "What did you want to advise me?"
Leyuan said: "It's not a big deal, it's just to make you smile."
The car owner snorted: "Others have decided to go to sea for you, and you still want to laugh!"
He was about to get angry, but he was very sleepy. He wanted to yawn, but he couldn't. The yawn went back, and his anger disappeared. He whimpered, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. His face turned red, and he felt a little embarrassed: "Don't laugh!"
Leyuan nodded: "Got it."
He turned around, and the dark shadow in his mind was pulling the third brother and laughing, and his head was full of laughter.
The car owner said, "Since this is a matter of life and death, we can't delay any longer. Let's go."
Rakuen nodded.
It was a small boat, blue and white in colour, with some traces of rattan growing on the bottom that had been cleaned up. The surface had turned slightly yellow from being weathered by wind and rain, and there was a strong fishy smell. Just standing in front of it, it felt as if a wave was coming towards you and was about to hit you in the face. At the same time, a gust of cold wind blew, and the sky became dark, but only for a moment.
The people around looked up at the sky and thought everything was fine. They muttered, "Maybe it's just God flipping his head. It's not going to rain or blow. Fortunately, fortunately, there will be no problem."
Leyuan and the car owner got on the boat, and everyone else was ready. As soon as the two of them got on, the boat started and slowly sailed into the sea.
Someone asked, "Hey, where are we going this time?"
Leyuan said: "If you want to find someone, but you don't know where she is, and you only heard that she walked inside, one person can't walk far, but you can't be careless. What if she is already dead and her body is floating around in the water? You still need to look for her outside, the farthest range a person can walk to and the closest range a body can float out. If you can find her, that would be the best."
Someone else asked: "If we find it, can we go back?"
Paradise said, “Yes.”
No one spoke after that. The boat searched the sea for a long time but couldn't find anyone. When it was time to eat, before the meal started, a man suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted, "Look! There's a person in the sky!"
People around him looked over but saw nothing. They joked with him, "You must be hungry and confused! Hahaha!"
Leyuan also looked up. He was in no mood to eat, so he walked out. Seeing the gloomy sky, he asked others, "Is it safe in this weather?"
The man replied, “Yes.”
He looked at the sky in surprise and frowned in confusion: "No problem! How can we not find the way when the sky is clear? Haha."
He thought that the park was joking, and felt that the park might be a little worried, so he comforted her, "It's okay. You will definitely be able to go back, don't worry."
Leyuan was skeptical and looked up at the sky to confirm that what he saw was different from what others saw. He hesitated for a while, picked a time, and said to those people: "I think we should stop here today and go back immediately."
No one would object to going to bed early.
They had been looking for it for a while but hadn't found it. So when they got the chance to go back, they were a little impatient and looked very happy.
The boat was slowly preparing to go back, but it found that it could not turn around. People repeated the experiment and got the same result. Some people were angry, some were panicked, and some were in disbelief. They asked the park: "We can't go back now, what should we do?"
"I don't know. Since we can't go back, let's take a rest first."
Paradise said to them.
The car owner thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it was held back by something underneath? Or maybe it got stuck? Have you all checked?"
The people nearby sighed, "How could we not have looked? We looked, but we didn't find anything underneath, so we thought it was so strange. We have been here before, many times, but we have never seen anything like this before. Everyone is worried that this has angered the Sea God, or that His Majesty the Sea God is angry because of the person we are looking for."
The car owner said: "Isn't that feudal superstition?"
The man smiled and said, "If you believe it, it exists. If you don't believe it, it doesn't exist. People won't cry until they see the coffin when the time comes. At most, we are unwilling to give up. We are all very scared. There is no other way. What is more important than saving your own life?"
The car owner thought about it and said, "That's right."
Leyuan said, "Then I'll go down and take a look. We can't move away from here anyway. Do you have any equipment? If so, give me a set and I'll come back after I've taken a look."
Someone heard me and came over with a set of wet equipment, saying, "This is it. Goggles that allow you to open your eyes underwater, an oxygen mask and oxygen tube that allow you to breathe underwater, and a waterproof suit. They're all here."
Leyuan nodded: "If it's okay, I'll come back soon. If it's not okay, I'll stay down there for a while longer."
Everyone around nodded.
樂園看他們知道了，穿好裝備就跳下水去，水裏明明有一大團的黑色頭發，這些頭發或長或短，在水裏飄蕩，有些是繞着船身，有些則紮根在水底下的泥土裏，就像是長出來的黑色海藻海帶，表面已經覆蓋了一層白色的顆粒，看起來應該是鹽。
實際上是不是，沒有嘗一口，所以不知道。
樂園繞着船底轉了一圈，突然被一只慘白色的人手吓了一跳，這手緩緩從船底摸出來，就像是一只年邁的綠甲龜正在爬出來，但驚悚程度不可同日而語。
樂園往後退開，那只手爬出來，原來不是一只手，而是一堆死去的人的屍體黏在一起，正在活動，這屍體堆有數不清的人，自然也有數不清的手和腳，看起來頗為壯觀，讓人驚訝這底下居然還有這麽大的東西。
這玩意兒沒有什麽攻擊性，就像是扒拉着船不放手。
樂園試探着戳了一下那只手，那只手一下子在水裏狂舞起來，就像是發現了什麽，連帶着整個屍體團都動了起來，就像是每一只手每一只腳每一具屍體都有自己的意識，相互之間可以交流，交流之後确認了同一個事實，開始尋找樂園起來。
水下起了旋渦。
上面的人都有些着急。
“不知道現在他怎麽樣了。”
“要是準備上來，還好了，要是準備繼續下去，等會兒可就上不來了。”
“這種情況，真是奇怪，天氣這麽好，不知道怎麽出這樣的事情。”
“怎麽還沒有出來呢？人到了哪裏了！船上總比水下安全一點吧！”
人們唉聲嘆氣的時候，水面咕嘟一聲，底下冒出來一個人頭，這人穿着和樂園一模一樣的裝備，爬上了船，船上的人們都以為那就是樂園，趕緊把他拉上去了，到了船上，給他解開裝備，他長得也和樂園一模一樣，其他人都認為那就是樂園，趕快要讓他去休息。
但是，車主不那麽認為，他猶豫地打量了一下樂園，狐疑地皺起了眉，邊上的人問：“你在想什麽呢？朋友回來了，還不高興？就算不是朋友，只是同事，他也是這船上的人，不至于見到了人回來還有什麽不高興的地方吧？要知道，沒有他，我們不會在這裏。”
另外一個人跟着笑道：“是啊，要論誰最想出海，非他莫屬了。我們都算是小魚小蝦的。有什麽不高興？說出來，讓大家高興高興。”
車主勉強扯了扯嘴角，笑了一下說：“不是你們想的那個意思。”
大部分人看他這個表情就不繼續問了，但有一小部分人非要問，執着于打破砂鍋問到底。
如果這是求知節目，這小部分人毋庸置疑非常擁有節目看點和求職欲望，但是，這裏不是節目，也不需要他們這樣對別人的想法感到好奇和渴望。
車主不想回答，但他們不依不饒。
因為他們一直在車主附近轉來轉去，雖然也有去做自己的事情，可他們打擾了車主要做的事情，車主對他們幾乎有些惱火了。
“你們這麽想知道？”
“當然！”
“好，那我告訴你們。我覺得那個東西就不是人，它根本不是我的朋友，一點也不像。一個不是我的朋友的怪物回來了，你們把它當作是一個本來應該出現的大活人，要我怎麽高興？我怎麽高興得起來？若真高興了，那才是沒心肝！我又不是沒心沒肺到天塌下來還高興的。”
車主哼了一聲，冷笑道。
邊上的人面面相觑，一部分人以為他在開玩笑，哈哈大笑起來，一部分人覺得被冒犯，皺了皺眉，黑着臉哼了一聲走了，這一部分人裏面，還有一小部分，他們不打算離開，看着這裏氣氛正好，非要找點麻煩，心裏才覺得有樂子，可以高興。
“哎！有什麽證據嗎？胡說八道可不行。雖然我們這裏不是抓人的地方，但你都這麽說了，我們之後不去看人也不合适，可總要有個理由吧。你要是空口白牙就說不好，我們信了你的，豈不是要冤枉別人了？”
“沒有證據，全是我的直覺，我本來連這些話也不想對你們說，你們之前不認識他，了解又不多，不知道也很正常，認錯了也不算什麽，但你們非要問，我只好說了，說了你們又不相信，既然如此，早些時候一直繞着我問那些話做什麽？你們跟他們是一夥兒的？”
車主眯了眯眼睛，調轉槍口，似笑非笑問：“難道要出海的人讓你們不高興了？他不見了，你們都高興，所以這麽迫不及待希望認定他已經不存在了，而把假貨奉為真理？我才不會認。我又不是瞎了聾了，連人都認不出來了。
你們放心，早晚有回去的日子，只不過，不知道哪一天罷了。”
邊上的人都有點生氣了，但想要往前一步的時候被人攔住了。
是樂園出現了。
他已經換上了一身正常的衣服，走到車主面前，步子也是正常的，但不是樂園平時的習慣，車主歪着頭看他，并不認為他是個人，只覺得他看起來像長得和樂園有兩分相似的海底寵物。
“你認為我是假的？”
樂園開口問。
他說話有點嘶啞就像是在海水底下被泡壞了嗓子。
車主笑了笑：“不是我認為你是假的，而是我覺得，你就應該是個假的。”
樂園有些不解，眯了眯眼睛問：“你在戲弄我嗎？這兩種說法有什麽區別？”
車主直起身來，伸懶腰似的哎了一聲，笑了笑說：“不知道也正常，畢竟你不是真貨。既然你都問了，我給你解釋解釋吧。我認為你是假的，我應該擁有切切實實的證據，證明你假。我覺得你假，不需要證據，我是這麽想的，這就夠了。至于最後一句，當然是因為，你假。”
樂園笑道：“你說這麽多，無非是沒有證據，胡亂猜測罷了。你腦子出問題了，我不和你計較。但你要是再這麽說話，讓大家害怕，我就對你不客氣了。”
車主問：“奇怪，你能對我怎麽樣不客氣？”
樂園咳嗽兩聲說：“我能讓人把你丢出去，反正這裏周圍沒有人也沒有船，出了事也正常，我們又是遇上這樣的沒法離開的地方，雖然天氣風和日麗，但被困的時候有人太着急，不小心跌落海水，嗆到了，被救上來的時候，已經沒氣息了，也不是不可能發生的事情。”
車主睜了睜眼睛：“哦，你的意思是，我就是那個不小心掉下水的人？”
他哼了一聲，不太高興：“我才不會不小心，真要是有事，我跑得比你們快。”
樂園笑道：“這就由不得你了。你樂意也好，你不樂意也好，你要是不聽話，我們就這麽對付你，反正，選擇在你，你選了哪一條路，就是哪一個結果，也怪不得別人，是不是？”
他笑了笑，也不繼續閑聊，轉身就走了。
有人問他去哪裏，他說回房間休息去，說話的時候，還在咳嗽，聽聲音像是壓抑着什麽喉嚨裏即将爬出來的東西似的。
問話的人點了點頭：“好，您休息。”
車主猛地意識到，周圍的這些人，之前對樂園的稱呼還是很普通的，你我，現在就變成了您，感覺态度恭敬了不是一點半點。
他們恐怕不是不知道，只是在裝不知道，保證自己的安全。
要麽，他們真的不知道，又蠢又毒，一門心思偏幫，還覺得自己沒錯。
不管是哪一種，車主都察覺自己的處境不太好了。
正如他所說，他之前和樂園的關系比其他人都算不錯，他又認識樂園比其他人更長時間，如果假的樂園要在這艘船常住下去，又看不慣他，要殺他是遲早的事情，雖然剛才說了如果他聽話就不會對他做什麽，但是要相信一個陌生的冒名頂替朋友的怪物的話，車主難以做到。
想到了這裏，車主有些坐立不安起來，他迅速地吞掉了黑面包，用面包屑擦掉了盤子上的黃油和奶酪，喝掉了橙汁，起身離開餐廳，回到了自己的房間，來回踱步，如果坐以待斃，只有死路一條，他也不想聽話，但鬧事是不可能的，對面人多勢衆，他一個人贏不了。
更何況，就算是在這裏贏了，又能有什麽用處？
怪物從水裏來，肯定還能逃跑回到水裏去，他要是跳下去，也是死路一條，但要是等他穿好裝備追出去，只怕怪物已經跑了二裏地了。
不能低估怪物的警覺性。
自然界的動物總比人更快察覺危險來臨。
而且，怪物代替樂園上岸，還不知道樂園怎麽樣了，萬一樂園是被怪物困在水下動彈不得，這裏出事，怪物下水去把人殺了，那就白幹。
車主想來想去，想不出來辦法，走到甲板上散心，周圍的人都忙忙碌碌的，有些人嘴裏不幹不淨在罵髒話發洩情緒，車主懶得管他們，他們看了一眼車主，有些人想找麻煩，但是手裏還有事情沒有辦完，只能罵罵咧咧繼續，也沒空管車主了，最多喊兩句號子似的髒話來罵人。
但他們的髒話罵出來，也像是尋常時候罵的，沒有指向性，車主只當自己沒有聽見什麽。
生氣的人更生氣了。
船還是沒有動彈。
車主走回了自己的房間，坐下來進行更進一步的思考。
也許，這怪物是樂園送回來的？
雖然沒有預兆，也沒有提前溝通，但是，那怪物現在還沒殺人。
事情還不能确定。
如果樂園會自己回來，總是需要準備什麽東西的。
不能下水去，因為水下情況模糊，也不能引頸受戮，因為會死，那就在船上等待真正的樂園回來，随時做好準備，确保他不會因為意外再掉水裏去不知所蹤。
車主想好了。
只是依舊不知道樂園現在在哪裏。
水下的樂園被一大堆的屍體黏住，哪裏也去不了，一開始還只是他往哪邊，屍體跟着堵住哪一邊，漸漸屍體膨脹起來，把他黏住了，他就甩不開了，一點點被吞進屍體的縫隙之中去，好像下一刻就壓變成這屍體的一部分。
不知道是不是氧氣已經不夠充足的原因，或者是因為這些屍體在擠壓設備，樂園感覺頭昏腦漲的，他的身體并不是尋常需要每時每刻進行呼吸的東西，理論上說，不應該這樣，也有可能是因為他沒有看見明亮的光，又被困住，大腦短路，産生了幻覺。
樂園眨了眨眼睛，将老三換了出來，老三按住屍體，那是一只慘白的手臂，手臂微微顫抖，像是在戰栗。
老三低聲說：“死亡。”
屍體整個瓦解，數不清的人頭從屍體中間滾落出來，一個接着一個，消失在樂園眼前，都不見了。
一陣吸力強大的漩渦從海底漫延，漩渦一開始還只是在水下，漸漸浮到水面，一下子就把水面上的船打翻了，那船猛地轉了個方向，上下颠倒，裏面的人都像是被倒進裝滿水的瓶子裏攪拌均勻的奧利奧餅幹碎片，渾身上下灌滿了海水，散發出一股鹹味，表面黑黝黝的。
路過的魚張開嘴咬了他們一口，血流出來，血腥味比不過海腥味，但血液的腥甜，在鹹味的海水之中越發甜蜜了起來，吸引了許多周圍的魚蝦游過來查看情況。
許多人都只是啊了一聲就失去了自我控制身體的能力，完全像是破布娃娃，在海水之中任由漩渦擺布，扭曲着身體，猙獰着五官，一聲不出，鼻子裏卻還是逃不脫命運似的被灌注了許多的海水，一旦想要嘔吐，就會喝掉更多的海水，也許海水裏面還有活蹦亂跳的魚蝦。
他們都想，這簡直是無妄之災。
沒一會兒，漩渦平靜了，船還是打翻的狀态，尚且有餘力的人湊過去，努力将船翻了個面，爬上去，在船面上休息，清點人數的時候，發現一個人都沒有少，松了一口氣，車主最後上去，眼角餘光突然看見了不對勁的地方，轉過頭去看，發現是樂園。
他不太确定這個樂園是真的還是假的，皺了皺眉，定睛一看，樂園身上沒有裝備，濕漉漉的，看起來好像在水下待了很久，并不是游動的狀态，而是漂浮，就好像他身上有一個別人都看不見的救生圈套在了腰間保證平衡和浮力帶來的安全似的。
這種情況，無論如何也不該認為這是真的。
但車主心想，這就是真的。
這是一種直覺。
車主對樂園揮了揮手。
樂園對他說：“我找到一條路，你們先回去吧，等我處理完了，我會回去找你們的。”
說完，樂園一頭紮進水裏不見了。
車主猝不及防，喊了一聲，不知道樂園是沒有聽見還是不予理會，反正之後也沒有再出來。
船上的人催促說：“別看了，先上來吧。底下可不安全。”
車主只能上去。
船上的人說：“既然要來這裏的人已經找到要做的事情了，我們就不摻和了，趕快回去吧。安全總比不安全好。今天真是。”
他們本來要說邪了門了，但是，怕說出來就晦氣，不太好，就沒有說。
不過，互相之間，可以意會，都知道是在說什麽。
車主說：“那你們就回去吧。”
其他人問：“難道你不回去嗎？”
車主說：“我也要回去，我跟着你們回去，等你們回去了，我另外找一條船出來，在附近再找一找他。也許就找到了。”
其他人互相看了看，都搖了搖頭，嘆了一口氣：“既然你這麽想，那我們就回去了，萍水相逢也不好勸你什麽，但你還是看開些，朋友沒有了，可以再交一個嘛。”
車主笑了一聲：“知道。”
他們以為車主是聽進去了，很高興，開着船回去了。
車主沒有改變主意，等他們都走了，另外找了一艘船，自己去了之前的地方，四處找尋。
找了一段時間，人還沒有出現，他也有點心灰意冷了，但又不願意就這麽放棄了，于是花了錢，讓人每天都在這附近轉悠，要是能找到人就找人，要是找不到人就随便捕撈一點當地的魚蝦，給他送回去，當工作的證明，也好讓他知道人确實沒有出現。
再住在桃花鎮，像是沒有必要了，車主離開了桃花鎮，獨自回到了住處，等待消息。
日子還是一樣。
但樂園從水下的路，到了另外一個地方。
那個地方，似乎是許多年前的桃花鎮，滄海桑田，樂園出現的地方并不是一條水脈之中，而是一個冰冷冷的湖。
湖水冷得就像是初春尚未化開的寒冰。
樂園從湖水裏出來，都有些打哆嗦，踉踉跄跄的，扶着旁邊的一棵樹坐了下來，打算休息，一個東西飄到了他的頭上，他猛地轉頭将東西晃了下來，發現是一朵桃花，擡頭一看，才意識到自己是在一片桃花林之中。
他看着桃花樹上的桃花，想到了之前在隔壁客人聽見的關于桃花夫人的故事。
桃花夫人似乎在故事裏，就是死在了桃花林。
樂園一下子站起來，拍了拍頭發，免得還有其他的桃花趁着他不注意落在了頭上，沒有了，只有那一朵桃花，樂園松了一口氣，雖然他并不特別害怕見到桃花夫人的屍體或者鬼魂，但總覺得在這種有人非常凄慘死掉的地方被相關的東西落在身上，尤其是頭上，感覺很不妙。
一陣馬蹄聲傳來，樂園左右看看，一時間沒有地方可以躲避，他只好想了想就跳入湖中。
湖水泛起漣漪，而後漸漸平息，馬蹄聲越來越近，越來越急，越來越緊，停下來了，好像有一大群馬匹都在附近喘氣。
一個男人的聲音，居高臨下說：“把那賤婦拖過來。”
一個女人的聲音咒罵道：“你不配為人！你算什麽東西？也敢拉扯我！你個狼心狗肺的玩意兒！在我面前還挺腰子充人呢？你以為自己是個人？你要真是個人，也不會做這種喪良心的事情！你還有心嗎？沒有了！沒有了！早就沒有了！哈哈哈！”
聽起來，女人是早就瘋了的。
男人說：“殺了！”
血濺出來的聲音。
人頭落地。
男人說：“走！”
馬匹跑動。
那群人似乎離開了。
又等了一會兒，樂園慢慢從湖水裏爬出來，左右看了看，周圍一個人也沒有，地上也沒有馬蹄的痕跡，就好像剛才這裏根本什麽人也沒有似的。
樂園有點疑惑，想了想，感覺有可能是鬼魂制造的幻覺，也有可能是自己太緊張所以聽了這出戲。
他拍了拍衣服，打算離開這裏，走了一段路，不知道走到哪裏了，打算再休息一下，突然邊上傳來了一個女孩的聲音，聽起來十五歲左右，小心翼翼問：“你是哪裏的人？”
樂園轉過頭去看：“什麽？”
女孩眨了眨眼睛問：“我住在附近，你要不要跟我回去，我家比這裏幹淨，你可以洗一洗。”
樂園問：“你不怕我是個壞人？”
女孩笑道：“壞人又不會在臉上寫字，我怎麽知道？不過，一般這麽說的，都不會是。更何況，我是住在這裏的，尋常時候都到這裏來，平時沒有見過你，你肯定是外來的，就算是壞人，也是個比我處境危險的壞人，我有什麽害怕的？”
樂園問：“為什麽處境危險？”
女孩左右看了看，低聲說：“你不知道啊？城裏貼告示了，說是侯爵大娘子晚上做了個夢，夢見有一個紅衣女鬼向她索命，還對她說，不出三日，我的人就要到了，到了你的地方，就是你的死期，你以為天理昭昭，你逃得過嗎？”
樂園問：“你怎麽知道這麽清楚？”
The girl smiled and said, "I heard from others that this matter is known everywhere and it is very lively. If you want to see it, I will take you to the city. I guarantee that the notice is still there. It is really a coincidence that today is the third day. You showed up. Could you be the person mentioned in the notice?"
Paradise asked: "What did the notice say?"
The girl said, "Catch the bounty!"