Chapter 0045: Man-eating Reservoir
Sansheng Reservoir is located in Shengli Township at the end of the eastern suburbs, 50 kilometers away from Dongzhou City. It is named after the confluence of three small rivers and is surrounded by mountains with beautiful scenery.
It was originally a great place for tourists to escape the summer heat and cruise the lake, but it was hastily closed three years ago.
It is said that due to defects in the construction of the dam and insufficient safety measures, unfortunate incidents of tourists falling into the water and drowning often occur.
As more people died, the reservoir gradually became unclean. When it was windy and rainy, waves would arise and sweep passers-by into the water.
Anyone who fell into the water has never been found alive, nor has his body been found after death.
Some people say that it was a water monkey that ate people, while others say that it was a water ghost that pulled a substitute.
But whatever the reason, no words related to the bride appeared.
It seems that we can only conduct on-site inspections at the local area.
I rubbed my eyes, turned off my phone, fell on the bed, and fell asleep with a heavy heart.
The next morning, I went to a specialty store and bought a set of diving equipment and some miscellaneous things, filling a mountaineering bag.
Then, carrying a heavy bag, I wandered around the city for two rounds, looking for an opportunity to shake off the little tail behind me, and took a taxi to the bus station.
The taxi merged into a crowded lane. I looked through the rear window and saw a very eye-catching short-haired beauty standing in the crowd, looking around for someone with an anxious look on her face.
After we parted at the Eight Immortals Baozi Shop that night, this beauty did not give up and followed me almost day and night.
Wherever I go during the day, she goes there. When I go home at night, she drives a car and waits outside my house, like a tail that can't be shaken off.
I admire her amazing perseverance, but I don't want her to disrupt the live broadcast.
The taxi drove away and Zhan Lan's figure disappeared in the crowd. I turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.
I got to the bus station and took the fastest bus. After an hour of shaking, I arrived at Shengli Township.
I had a bowl of beef noodles at a small restaurant, then found a black car and rushed to Sansheng Reservoir.
Carrying a heavy backpack and changing buses all the way, I was exhausted and sweating. I couldn't help but sigh that this was too troublesome. It seems that I have to make money and get a car as soon as possible.
The van drove into the country road. There were dense trees on both sides and the scenery gradually became desolate.
"Brother, look at you carrying so many bags, are you going to the reservoir to fish too?" On the way, the driver, with a cigarette in his mouth, chatted with me.
"Fishing? Isn't it said that the reservoir is not clean and people often fall into the water? How can anyone dare to go fishing?" I asked in surprise.
"The reservoir has been in trouble for a few years. Few people from our area have been there, and I don't know what the situation is now. I heard him say that as long as you go when the weather is good and leave before dark, there will be no problem."
"Brother, you are a local, do you know what happened to the reservoir?"
"The reservoir has been closed anyway, so it's okay to talk to you." The driver is a talkative middle-aged man, and he talks nonstop. "When the reservoir was built, the elders in our village disagreed."
"They said the location of the reservoir was not chosen well, which disturbed our Feng Shui. They couldn't suppress the resentment, so people kept drowning."
"Except for us, no one outside knows that the reservoir used to be a small pond called Bride's Pond."
The driver spitted the cigarette butt out of the window and his expression became mysterious.
" Bride's Pond ?" I grasped the key words and opened my eyes wide. I finally heard the word related to the bride and quickly gave the driver a cigarette.
"Brother, I love listening to stories. Can you please tell me what ?"
The cigarette was the good one given to me by Fatty from Longfu Town. The driver was very satisfied with the cigarette and my curious reaction. He put the cigarette between his ears and continued talking.
"It was said to be in ancient times, but I don't know which era it was. A high-ranking official fell in love with the daughter of a poor family and sent a sedan chair with eight bearers to marry her. But the girl didn't want to marry him, so they killed her parents and forced the girl to sit on the sedan chair."
"On the way back, they got lost for some reason. The bearers strayed into a small pond. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, but suddenly dark clouds appeared, covering the sun. Then a strange wind blew, blowing the sedan chair and the bride into the pond."
"Later, when the sedan bearers fished the bride out, she was already dead. They had no way to explain to the high official, so after discussing it, they decided to just put the dead bride in the sedan and carry her back."
"After returning home, they gave money to the matchmaker and sent the dead bride to the bridal chamber. Because the bride was wearing a red veil and was a concubine, they went through the back door, so no one noticed the bride's problem."
"At night, the drunken official entered the bridal chamber and fell silent. No one in the mansion paid attention and thought he was drunk."
"On the second day, water began to seep out from the crack of the bridal chamber's door, and everyone realized something was wrong. The servant kicked the door open and rushed in, and was so frightened by what was going on inside that he fell to the ground."
At this point, the driver paused, turned his head and looked at me with a gloomy face.
"Guess what they saw?"
