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Very quickly, the chief of the attraction site called the two guards on duty that night and the worker in charge of the lotuses over The two guards didn’t seelecting their duties, and confessed that they were really sleeping in the guards’ roo, and didn’t watch the surveillance ca Huan insinuated that there was souards insisted that they didn’t do anything else besides sleep!
The chief of the attraction site was eave the after patrolling, but these two guards had slept through the night without patrolling once—that’s extre him to the lotus pond to take a look
On the way to the lotus pond, the old worker told Zhao Yu about the situation back then He said he realized that there was so He was preparing to clean the trash in the pond, but he realized that many lotuses looked disturbed as all of theht, there wasn’t any wind or rain&8221; The old worker was very certain "It’s impossible that it was by a natural cause The lotuses had coed positions, and many petals were touched; it was an extremely awful mess! Oh, then a few of us went down to take a look and realized so suddenly recalled the situation Even the chief was shocked He asked, "Jiang, what do youit up?&8221;
"Mm… The water…the water level was different!&8221; The old worker creased his eyebrows as he spoke "The water level of the lotus pond was one foot lower than usual We could clearly see the water level marker from before!&8221;
"Huh?&8221; The chief creased his eyebrows again "Did the two of you pu that time? Maybe there was less water so the lotuses were more scattered?&8221;
"No! The water pump is in the store! We didn’t touch it We didn’t pump any water out As a matter of fact, we added a lot of water!&8221;
The pond wasn’t far Just as everyone was chatting, they arrived at the lotus pond in front of the Golden Buddha Pagoda The surface of the ancient lotus pond wasn’t big but the pond was in a figure eight shape There was also a bridge in theat the lotuses The pond water was murky; no one could tell how deep the pond was But, as the saying goes, lotuses rise unsullied froh the pond water was murky, the lotuses in the pond competed with each other as the ht!
Zhao Yu squatted next to the pond He first took a look at the pagoda opposite and the temple next to it He then lowered his head and observed the lotus pond carefully
"How deep is the pond?&8221; Zhao Yu suddenly asked as he was looking at the pond water
"It’s different!&8221; the old worker answered immediately "The middle is the deepest Some parts are one and a half meters deep, but most spots are not even one meter deep!&8221;
"What’s at the bottoain
"Mm…soil?&8221; The old worker was confused "What else could be there?&8221;
"Fish!&8221; The chief quickly continued, "Big carps! More than a dozen of them! Officer, do you mean someone tried to steal the fish?&8221;