white night syndrome

Chapter 174 142. Can you tell me about past events?
Coming to the farmland, the waterfall named Xinshijie provides a lot of water for this farmland. In fact, from the appearance, the farmland should have been transformed into a scenic spot mainly for viewing, and the viewing is greater than the practicality. .

This farmland has a beautiful natural landscape. The waterfall named New World falling from the cliff is like a huge curtain covering the cliff. The water droplets slide gracefully from the sky, and then they are like a dancer. Along the river, fade out of sight and blend into the soil to nourish the crops here.

Li Ming noticed that the dealers here seem to be taken care of a little too much. They are not so much recognized by him as a label, a label to promote the natural scenery, just like cut square ornamental plants .

If you walk in the direction of the waterfall, you will find that there are many people gathered here.

Many people gathered in front of the waterfall to enjoy the beautiful scenery here, and there is a tourist sign in front of it.

The waterfall at [-] pm every day is the most worth watching. The sky near the evening and the rainbow slowly flowing down will bring you a very good experience.

"Look at the sign over there, the five-point waterfall every day is the most beautiful, I will come tomorrow, and I will also come the day after tomorrow!"

The tourists on the side were shouting with great interest, but they always felt a little weird.

And at this moment, he saw a familiar figure, the girl named Kinoshita, who was talking with some tourists, with that professional smile still on her face.

When she saw the young man, she warmly greeted Li Ming: "How are you doing lately? But you must visit the waterfall every day. The scenery is different every day. , but the scenery at five o'clock every afternoon is always the most beautiful."

For some reason, he always felt that the girl in front of him had been persuading him to come and see the waterfall every day, which was a bit strange.

She really wanted to come every day, maybe it was to persuade Li Ming not to miss some beautiful scenery, or there were other purposes.

Leaving the farmland and walking in the opposite direction, this is where the New World Waterfall used to flow.

There are a lot of trees here, but it is obvious that the trees around the road have been thinned out a lot. It seems that the trees here have been cut down for wood—maybe it is the wood of the hotel where he lives.

Li Ming saw a young man standing in the depths of the woods, next to two mounds of dirt, he was trembling slightly, his mouth seemed to be saying something, when he got close, he could vaguely hear "Mom and Dad", "Accident", "I'm absolutely I won't forget" and the like.

He seemed to be speaking to his own deceased relatives, as evidenced by the ceremonial objects placed at his feet.

Li Ming couldn't help but walked to him, wanting to talk to him, but at this moment his whereabouts were completely exposed to the eyes of the young man in front of him.

"Huh? Why did you, a tourist, come here?" The boy in front of him pushed his glasses and said indifferently.

Perhaps after seeing Li Ming's puzzled eyes, he looked at the mound in front of him casually, and explained: "This is my parents. When they were walking here before, their old illness relapsed and they fell down in this forest... ..."

After seeing the boy's work card, Li Ming called out his name "Kinoshita Taro".

"You know my name? Oh, by the way, my name is written on my work card." He looked at his work card, and vaguely felt his hands clenched a little, "Yes, I am a job here Staff Taro, if you have any troubles, you can call me to deal with them."

"That's right, I want to ask some questions about the village, after all I am a tourist..." Li Ming asked tentatively, "As a staff member, you must be able to tell me some related questions about the village Bar?"

"Don't call me a staff member... I'm just a part-time job, I'm just helping my sister." Taro Kinoshita said indifferently, "But what kind of tourists, it sounds ridiculous... By the way, I didn't say anything, what do you have? Just ask questions quickly, I still have things to do here.”

"The waterfall in the new world, why did you choose such a name?" Li Ming asked his question.

"Because the waterfall here has brought prosperity and prosperity to our village, it can be said that our village's god-like existence has transformed our village into a fresh world, so it is called the new world."

As if reciting the lines he had already memorized, the boy's voice was a little stiff, and his expression was a little rigid.

"Or it can be said that our village can already be called a fresh world, a brand-new world, so everything here is closely related to the waterfall. He provides us with water, vitality, and We have a source of wealth, so we are willing to enshrine it as a god."

"The word enshrining the gods sounds a bit strange, doesn't it?" Li Ming raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you take out the employee handbook and see if there are some mistakes in the words you memorized."

"You..." The young man clenched his hands even tighter, "If you have anything else to say, hurry up, it's the first time I've seen an impolite tourist like you, and you will pay the price here sooner or later."

"Is it a curse after becoming angry? What childish behavior, to be honest, if I hadn't contracted some disease from you, I really didn't want to stay in your damn village for even a minute."

For some reason, when communicating with the young man in front of him, Li Ming changed his previous calm appearance and became a little excited.

"Then you should leave as soon as possible, you don't have to stay in our village, you won't be angry with us." The young man wanted to leave but was stopped by Li Ming, he pushed his glasses impatiently, his face was gloomy, "Then there is still What's the matter? This guest?"

"It's nothing, just seeing that you are a little angry, and I just want to help you calm down." Li Ming's expression was relieved, and he made way for the young man, and walked in another direction by himself.

There must be a secret buried in this young man, but this secret has not been discovered yet.

I still need to establish a good relationship with this boy, or use some extraordinary means to make him reveal the secret, so as to solve the disease that I suddenly contracted on my body.

However, it seems that the symptoms of this disease have never been seen before. Is it from this village?This is getting more and more difficult.

Seeing a tall building from a distance in the village, Li Ming walked in this direction, only then did he realize that it was a library.

This library is full of high-end and modern atmosphere. There are various rest areas, reception rooms, and bar restaurants. It seems that various rich people rest and chat here, and the bookshelves distributed in this room are in line with the scenes. The fit is pretty good, but that's the downside here.

The scene they were really treated as a background board, no one cares about the books yeah, people who want to take a break or come to expand their circle, don't care about the books.

On the contrary, Li Ming, who started to borrow books to check, became a sight here, and became the biggest heretic here.

Li Ming learned from the history books borrowed from the library that the famous waterfall New World originally fell straight from the mountain to the current road.

Under the suggestion of the entrepreneur, the villagers unanimously revised it, and the village vigorously developed tourism, so the village won the right to build a dam after fighting for the purpose of changing the landing position of the waterfall.

Now the waterfall has turned a corner at the top, and the place where it falls happens to be around the farmland, which not only frees up space for road construction, but also provides the nearest water source for irrigation of the farmland.

After inspection, the quality of the water handles is up to standard, and it has been put into use more than ten years ago. The establishment of the dam is inseparable from the vigorous guidance and investment of Mr. Entrepreneur.

Li Ming looked at the cultural books on the other side, from which he learned that there are some ancient legends in this village——

A long time ago, there was a land god in the village, and this land god blesses the people here to grow peacefully, but if someone breaks this rare peace, if someone hurts his companions, the land god will be angry, At that time, the sky will fall apart and the whole village will be destroyed.

Just because they don't want to make the land god angry, people live peacefully, and the land god also gives the people here sufficient vitality. Many people claim that they feel the call of the land god.

But then the land god saw that people were happy enough, so he left the new world.The waterfall is a gift for the benefit of mankind, but the land god himself has left here, and no one can feel the call of the land god anymore.

By the way, because the god of land left after shedding a rainbow, people call this god of land the god of water.

What feudal superstition?
Will there really be a priesthood like the land god?
With a materialistic thought, Li Ming scoffed at the information given in these books.

But what is the name of the entrepreneur?

In order to get answers to such questions, Li Ming asked some questions to the surrounding villagers and got some useful information.

"You mean an entrepreneur? I remember his name seems to be Shenmu Lintong... I have mixed opinions on him. Although he gave us jobs, I think he broke the simple happiness of the village. .

To be honest, I prefer to look at the straight waterfall in the simple yard than to see the villas, but the times always have to develop, keep pace with the times, so I voted for it back then. " said a young villager.

"Maybe it's because I'm too stupid, but we feel that the god of water gave us the life-like water in the new world, but we use water to separate it, so that the god will be angry. People grow up in awe of water, but now they use water as a tool in construction sites. Anyway, I think it is quite sad.

But seeing that the surname Shenmu had a firm attitude, trying to convince us to vote for it, I voted for it because I was annoyed. "An old man recalled with an impatient expression on his face.

And at this moment, Li Ming saw the girl who came here to sort out the books and that Kinoshita Taro.

After the girl saw Li Ming, she continued to put on a professional smile, and patted the shoulder of the young man beside her: "This is my brother, he also works here."

"Hi, I'm Kinoshita Taro, I'm the staff here, you can come to me for help." The young man next to him pushed his glasses, sighed under the girl's gaze, and turned to the person in front of him indifferently Said.

"You don't need to introduce yourself. I know your brother very well. If there is anything I will come to your brother and ask your brother to help." Li Ming said to the girl in front of him with a smile, "By the way, I can talk to you. Shall I talk about Mr. Shenmu?"

"Well... the God of Water gave us a new world, and Mr. Shenmu made the new world a better place. They are both good gods and people." The girl bowed her head together with Kinoshita Taro next to her. , was silent for a while, then nodded

I can vaguely feel the anger and unwillingness mixed between the two of them, but right now I can't continue to ask any more questions. Instead, I will startle the snake, so I might as well go to other places to search.

After saying goodbye to each other, under the watchful eyes of the two, Li Ming came to the office area of ​​the village.

This is a small consultation area, and he found that the internal files are all in the office area next to the consultation area, but it seems that he does not have permission to enter, and he needs a key card to enter.

And because Li Ming had already accepted the commission from Shenmu before, it was the man in the suit, so after calling to confirm, the staff immediately nodded to the young man in front of him and opened the door of the archives room for him.

"Mr. Shenmu will give you the green light for almost all actions in the village."

After Li Ming nodded for a moment, he walked along a corridor to the archives room.

The lights are turned on, and stacks of documents are neatly arranged here, waiting to be consulted by their masters—people will forget their memories because of interests or time, but the documents will not—as long as they are recorded truthfully.

Li Ming found a piece of information. This seems to be the only unsolved case in the village. It seems that a middle-aged couple was beaten to serious injuries during activities in the forest, and died within a few days after returning.

The murderer has been arrested and brought to justice. In order not to arouse everyone's disinterest in the village, this case has been temporarily shelved.

However, from more than ten years ago to the present, the case seems to have been completely ignored, and the two children left by the couple were adopted by a traveler named Sato, and they are currently involved in the investigation of the village. Tourism work is under construction.

Why does it sound so familiar?
Could it be the Kinoshita brothers and sisters?
Li Ming raised his eyebrows, his face was a little pale.

And here, he also saw the entrepreneur, the guy with mixed positive and negative reviews.

"Mr. Shenmu, I didn't know your name before, so I asked the villagers, so...can you tell me the details about the past cases in the village?"

(End of this chapter)