The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 206
Western Sichuan, Leshan

It’s almost late autumn, but the scorching sun still hangs high in the sky, causing the water vapor in the river to rise continuously, forming a faint mist, like a furnace of boiling hot water, making people feel scorching hot.

But if you really put your hands and feet in, apart from the warmth on the surface, there will be a feeling of cold comfort from below.

It is precisely through this cool air that the weeds by the river are not scorched yellow by the scorching sun, but still show a lot of vitality.

Even in such a hot moment, there is actually a fisherman in white sitting on the small stone embankment on the river bank, holding a flexible and slender fishing rod in his hand, fishing quietly.

The transparent fishing line is almost invisible in the sun, with only occasional brilliance scattered.

With such a vicious sun in the sky, the white-clothed fisherman on the ground didn't even wear a straw hat to protect the sun. His bare skin faced the scorching sun, as if he was not afraid of being burned at all.

What's even weirder is that this person has sat under the sun for a long time, but he hasn't even a drop of sweat from his body, as dry as a piece of pig iron.

Crash - clatter -

The trickle of the river evokes light sounds, which are as crisp as wind chimes, and seem to be endless like the years that never return.

As the sun gradually turned from east to west, the scorching sun gradually became milder.

huh-huh-

The autumn wind rises suddenly, and at the same time it wrinkles the water surface, it also bends the aquatic plants on both sides of the bank, crashing into people's arms with a hint of coolness.

At this time, a few young and beautiful girls in clothes came in groups.

Dressed in colorful clothes, they competed for splendor, laughing and talking like a hundred birds singing together, and shouted loudly at the young fishermen on the other side from time to time.

"Hey! Little brother on the other side! How many big fish did you catch today?"

"Fishing every day is so tiring, come home with me!"

"Yes, I'll cook for you when I go back to the house, it's delicious!"

They are all girls from nearby villages and towns. Every day when the temperature turns cold, they come to the river to wash clothes.

These lively girls are at the age when their minds are sprouting, and they like to tease men of similar age the most, so they will tease the young fishermen on the other side with words from time to time.

These days, they have seen each other around here every day. Although the locations are different, they are always along this waterway.

Sometimes in order to find the figure of this handsome man, they joked with him, and they would delay the laundry time, and they would be scolded at home.

But even so, the girls still enjoy it.

The young Mu Ai was born by nature, regardless of gender.

This country woman is not bound by all kinds of weird and strict rules like a lady like a lady, so she naturally appears enthusiastic and unrestrained.

It's a pity that their enthusiastic calls failed to get a response.

The fisherman on the other side seemed to be asleep, sitting there motionless.

It also made the girls very worried, fearing that he would fall into the river if he was not careful.

Amidst bursts of laughter like silver bells, the girls shook their jade hands as tender as onion roots, and turned their colorful clothes back and forth in the river, causing bursts of splashes.

wow wow wow-

Rows of clothes spread out with the flowing river, like flowers blooming in the water, or like rainbows reflected on the river, giving people a unique color impact.

The girls in the clothes were moving quickly with their hands, and they couldn't stop talking, bursting with cheers and laughing.

Even the fish swimming back and forth in the water seemed to be infected by this joyful atmosphere, and their bodies were moving very vigorously.

On the other side, the angler, who was sitting quietly, also suddenly opened his eyes, and the flexible fishing rod in his hand trembled, as if a big fish with a gluttonous appetite was biting the hook.

zi-boom-

Pulling and pulling, the fishing line collapses and tightens like a spring.

wow-

A white strip more than a foot long was thrown out of the water and rushed into the air, struggling like a canvas swinging in the wind, extremely light.

Generally speaking, it is very rare for a white stripe to be half a foot long, and it is even more rare to find a white strip that is more than a foot long.

Although the girls on the other side didn't know much about fishing, they all waved their hands and shouted after seeing this situation, as if they were cheering for the fisherman.

Even the clothes that several girls were washing were almost washed away by the river.

"Hey! Little brother is so amazing! Such a big white note!"

"Why don't you come home with me, I'll steam fish for you!"

However, facing such a huge harvest, the young fisherman only shook his head slightly, as if he was not satisfied.

Soon he took the greedy big fish off the hook and released it back into the river without hesitation.

As soon as he touched the water, Bai Tiao turned around and swung his tail, then rushed to the bottom of the river and disappeared.

The fisherman in white also took up his rod and reeled his line, stood up slowly, and prepared to try another place.

He tried this place many times, but it was not what he was looking for.

"Little brother, don't go, let's go fishing for a while!"

"If you want to go, go to my house! My bed is big and soft!"

Amid the voices of the girl on the other side to stay, the handsome young man slowly disappeared on the shore, disappearing like a fish in water.

This young man is naturally none other than Shen Youzhi after parting with Lian Xing.

After more than ten days of open and unannounced visits, he finally found out some news about the Xiantian Wuji Gate.

However, after a hundred years of time, not only have the famous wealthy families in the past disappeared and become little known, but even the remaining ruins have been submerged by the river.

According to the local elders, about a few decades ago, in order to release floods and drain water, the river channel was expanded many times, encroaching on a lot of wasteland and fertile land.

Many old monuments were demolished and buried at that time.

In other words, if you want to find those ruins, you have to go to the bottom of the river to find out.

However, it is rare to say that the great river stretches for thousands of miles. Even if there are blueprints dictated by the elders, if we cannot determine the approximate direction, where can we find them?
In order to achieve his goal, Shen Youzhi thought of the way of fishing.

First sink the fishing line into the bottom of the river, then use true energy to control the fishing line, check and feel around the bottom of the river to see if it can pick up the remaining old objects to determine the direction.

He looks like he is in deep sleep, but he is actually concentrating his mind on the fishing line to check the underwater situation.

That's why his fishing rod is always easy to break.

Because he wasn't fishing at all, but was looking for ancient relics buried deep in the mud at the bottom of the river.

Fish are alive and can be used skillfully, but ancient objects are dead and can only be dragged by force.

It's a pity that Shen Youzhi has been busy for several days without gaining anything.

These days, he changed at least seventeen or eighteen places, and tried more than half of the possible locations, but he still couldn't find the right one.

Taking out the hand-painted topographic map from his arms, and confirming the direction of the next location, Shen Youzhi quickened his pace.

Walking halfway, a stunning green-clothed girl approached in front of her.

His face looks only twenty-eight years old, but when he walks, his steps are graceful and his waist is light, giving him a mature and attractive charm.

Generally speaking, this kind of demeanor and posture can only be displayed by those young women who have been in love for a long time, and it is definitely not possessed by this immature girl.

(End of this chapter)