"Once upon a time, there was a man who went to a hot pot restaurant and ordered a clear soup pot. As he was eating, his tongue became numb. He was very confused, so he called the boss over and asked why the clear soup pot he ordered tasted numb. The boss took one look and said, 'Ouch, the pot is leaking electricity.'"
The fat man was telling a joke. When he finished, he looked up and found that the clouds had disappeared. The fat man was a little confused and muttered, "Hey, isn't it funny?"
Yuncai walked over to Wuxie, pointed at the fat man and said, "Boss Tianzhen, Fatty is calling you."
Wu Xie slapped his gloves and said, "Fatty, you're giving me a random nickname again!"
"Fatty, are you looking for me?" Wuxie walked over and asked.
The fat man looked up and said, "No, I'm chatting with Yun Cai, why would I look for you?"
“That Yuncai…” Wu Xie turned around and saw Yuncai standing next to Ji Huaichuan. Wu Xie exclaimed, “So it turns out that this little girl doesn’t like you!”
The fat man stood up hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"I just want to chat with Xiaochuan. It seems that my dear Fatty is going to be heartbroken again~" Wuxie joked.
"Go away!" The fat man pushed Wuxie away.
Wuxie was about to leave when the fat man suddenly called out to him, "Tianzhen, listen, what's that sound?"
Wuxie stopped, listened carefully, and then ran to the shore with the fat man.
"Hey, bro, what's that noise?" asked the fat man.
"The sound of the tide."
The fat man was puzzled. "How can there be a tide in such a small lake?"
"The soil is wet, which means the water level is still dropping. It should be the siphon effect." Wuxie squatted down and pinched the soil on the ground and said.
"What the hell is siphoning? Siphoning Erguotou?" said the fat man.
Ji Huaichuan explained: "This siphon is just like a flush toilet, it's the same principle."
"It seems that this lake is not a stagnant lake. There must be an underground river at the bottom of the lake connecting to another larger lake. When the gravity changes, the lake water here will be pumped over." Wuxie said.
"It's over, it's over. According to what you said, the thing we are looking for has long been sucked to the bottom of the lake by the water." said the fat man.
Wu Xie frowned. "That's really the end of us. We have no idea how deep this lake is. If what we're looking for is right in the middle of the lake, we'll need diving gear."
"Diving equipment? Sister Yuncai, there is no diving program in our tourism industry here, right?" the fat man asked with his arms folded across his chest.
"Diving? There's no diving in our valley." said Yuncai.
The fat man sighed, "Oh, Third Master, it looks like I'll have to trouble you to go and get some diving equipment tomorrow."
"What about you, Fatty?" Wuxie asked through gritted teeth.
"Fatty, I... of course I... I, I will stay behind. Look at Sister Yuncai and Xiaochuan'er, they are so weak, don't I have to protect them? And little brother, don't I have to cook for them?" The fat man said as a matter of course.
Wu Xie was speechless. He looked at the fat man and sneered, "Humph, appearance is one thing, feelings are another."
…
"Shen Zujun, please take another look at this." Xie Yuchen handed the paper printed with Qiongqi to Shen Tingsi.
Shen Tingsi raised his eyebrows and took a look, "This is Zhang Qishan's tattoo."
"Buddha's tattoo? Isn't this Qiongqi a ferocious beast?" Xie Yuchen asked.
Shen Tingsi smiled and shook his head. "You don't know, the tattoo of Zhang Dafoye's family is Qiongqi. He is a member of the Zhang family. The Zhang family is divided into two branches. One branch is the Northeast Zhang family, which is the real Zhang family. The tattoo of that family is Qilin. Zhang Qishan is a branch of the Zhang family. The tattoo of the branch is Qiongqi."
"Grandpa Rishan was Lord Buddha's personal soldier back then. He must know this tattoo. How dare he tell us he doesn't know!" Huo Xiuxiu said angrily.
Shen Tingsi's eyebrows flickered, and he smiled calmly, "Little girl, what did Mr. Zhang say?"
Huo Xiuxiu put down her teacup and said, "Yin Nanfeng said that Grandpa Rishan didn't want to tell us, so he said he didn't know."
"What do you mean?" Shen Tingsi asked again.
"If you don't know, just say you don't know!" Huo Xiuxiu became angrier the more she thought about it.
"That's it, such an obvious message, it's telling you that you don't know." Shen Tingsi put away his fan and knocked on the table.
Huo Xiuxiu fell into deep thought, "If this is a message, then I wonder what it is?"
"I don't know...it might be the address of the secret room." Xie Yuchen said.
Seeing this, Shen Tingsi stood up, straightened his sleeves, and said softly: "Okay, that's enough, Ruoan, let's see the guest off."
As soon as he finished speaking, a paper figure emerged from the darkness. Unlike the previous one, this one was dressed in blue. Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu were led out of the house by the paper figure. After the paper figure disappeared, Huo Xiuxiu spoke, "This Shen Zujun is really weird. He only speaks half of what he wants."
Xie Yuchen smiled and said, "But the harvest is not bad. At least I learned some things."
Huo Xiuxiu nodded. "But even if that's the address of the secret room, it's been so many years, it's probably impossible to find it."
"So we have to find the old version of the map. If we add the locations on the old map to the locations that are not on the new map, maybe the Buddha's secret room will appear." Xie Yuchen said.
…
Ji Huaichuan was sitting by the lake throwing stones into the water when suddenly a few ripples appeared not far from the shore. Zhang Qiling suddenly emerged from the water, splashing silvery white water. His inky hair was covered with water droplets and scattered around. His eyes slowly opened, calm but with a hint of sharpness, which stunned Ji Huaichuan.
Damn, his baby is so handsome!
"Qi Ling baby, put on your clothes quickly!"
Ji Huaichuan handed the clean clothes to Zhang Qiling. Zhang Qiling reached out to take the clothes. Under Ji Huaichuan's naked gaze, his ears turned red uncontrollably.
Next to the tent, the fat man was holding an eye mask and showing it off to Yuncai.
"Gas mask?"
"No," the fat man raised his head.
"Then... an insect-proof mask?" Yuncai guessed again.
"Guess again!" A smug expression appeared on the fat man's face.
Yun Cai frowned and took the blindfold from the fat man's hand and looked at it carefully. Finally, he gave up struggling and said, "If you don't tell me, then forget it. I'll go ask those bosses." Then he turned and left.
"Hey, hey, stop!" The fat man caught up with Yuncai, "Sister Yuncai, guess two more times, and I'll tell you, Sister Yuncai!"
"Boss Wu, take a quick look at what this is." Yun Cai ran to Wu Xie with an eye mask and asked.
Wu Xie looked at the fat man behind Yuncai who was giving him crazy hints, and said helplessly, "Come on, Fatty, stop teasing the little girl. This is something my brother just fished out. Judging from the material and appearance, it should be an old diving mask from decades ago."
The fat man nodded. "Yes, the quality is very good. It hasn't deteriorated at all after being underwater for so many years."
Agui, who was standing next to him, waved and asked, "Boss Wu, shall we go?"
Wuxie nodded and said, "I'll go call Xiaochuan'er and Xiaoge."
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