By the time I got to Lanzhou Station, it was already dark.
I quickly transferred to the bus again, and after a bumpy ride of more than two hours, I finally arrived at this place called Niangniangba.
This is a very inconspicuous village along the Yellow River, with a population of only a few thousand and only a few hundred families living here.
Most of the people in the village make a living by fishing and live in relative poverty. At a glance, almost all of them are tile-roofed houses.
Originally this was a little-known place, and even in this area of Lanzhou, few people knew about it.
After all, there are too many fishermen villages like this along the Yellow River, and they are nothing special.
But this time the corpse floating on the river incident made this unknown little village suddenly become well known to everyone.
Now is the peak tourist season. After reading the news, many tourists came here to join in the fun.
But you said that hundreds of corpses appeared on the river, what's the point of joining in the fun?
Mainly because the identities of these deceased people are too bizarre.
It is said that until now, no one can tell clearly where these corpses came from?
The police immediately sealed off the entire Yellow River waters, and the boats that salvaged the corpses worked hard for a whole day and night before finally salvaging all the corpses ashore.
But the bodies piled up on the riverbank went unclaimed and soon began to rot and stink.
Although the autumn season has arrived, the climate here is still hot.
Some people even said that none of the corpses were modern people, and seemed to be wearing ancient clothes.
Therefore, some people speculate that an ancient tomb may have appeared under the Yellow River. After the tomb was washed out by the river, all the corpses inside floated up.
Even archaeological experts have arrived here to survey the salvaged corpses.
These are all the news I heard from people after I came here. Now everyone in this place, whether in the alleys or teahouses and taverns, is talking about this matter.
I haven't seen the recovered bodies yet, so I'm not sure what happened.
Just listening to what these people say is definitely unreliable. Human nature is to like hearsay and spread rumors. In the end, the truth has been spread beyond recognition.
Now the area of the Yellow River has been completely blocked by the police, and someone is watching the body. In this case, what I can do is actually very limited.
After all, it’s difficult for people in our profession to deal with the police, mainly because you can’t explain certain things to them clearly.
So after arriving here, I didn't rush to see the corpses. Instead, I went to the Sifang Hotel that Chen Ling told me about.
The conditions in this place are really limited. There are not many hotels like this, let alone a hotel.
When I knocked on the door, Chen Ling and Su Manman were both in the room.
The room was so small that it felt like there was no room for anything except a bed.
"Why did you come to a place like this? Now that the police have taken over, there will definitely be nothing wrong with us. Why don't you go back quickly?"
After I saw Chen Ling, I quickly said.
"Do you think the police can solve this kind of thing? There must be something under the water. I went to see those corpses yesterday, and none of them are modern people. It is very likely that something like this will cause problems."
Chen Linglue said with some worry.
"Are you saying those corpses will transform into corpses?"
I asked with a frown.
"Of course, those corpses have been dead for who knows how many years, and they haven't rotted yet. This must be a problem. Now that they have suddenly surfaced, there is a high possibility of corpse transformation."
Chen Ling lowered his voice and said with some vigilance: "And those people are all Xuanmen people."
"What? People from Xuanmen?"
When I heard this, my brows furrowed even more.
It's just that there are hundreds of corpses of unknown origins on the river. Why are they still from Xuanmen?
And how can we be sure that this thing is from Xuanmen?
"Look at this."
Chen Ling said as he suddenly handed me a black token the size of a palm.
I took it and looked at it. The token was made of iron, and it was very cold. It should be black iron.
The token is oval in shape as a whole, with many lines similar to fish scales on it, and a large "Xuan" character is engraved on the front.
I turned the token over and looked at it. There were a lot of strange runes engraved on the back. I don't know what they mean?
"What is this?"
I looked at Chen Ling in confusion.
"Xuan Tie Ling? This is the status symbol of people in Xuanmen, so I guess those corpses should be people in Xuanmen, and they were people in Xuanmen before Xuanmen was divided into five channels, because Xuanmen was divided into five channels. After that, no one will use this Black Iron Order anymore.”
Chen Ling looked at me and said thoughtfully.
"Where did you hear this? Why didn't I know there was a Black Iron Order? This may be the identity token of an organization in ancient times."
I said disapprovingly.
"It's normal that you don't know. I saw this Black Iron Order in a book about Xuanmen by Chen Ling at home. At that time, our lineage of gods was still in its heyday. After so many years, people now I guess not many people know about this."
Chen Ling said matter-of-factly.
When she said this, I remembered that she and I were really not from the same generation.
There's nothing more to say.
"What should we do now? How about we take a look at the corpses first?"
I asked with a frown.
"Can."
Chen Ling nodded and said: "But those corpses are specially watched by someone now. We can only sneak in to check. It's so late at night, so there's probably nothing wrong with them."
"good."
I nodded, and then went out directly with Chen Ling.
As for Su Manman, he turned into a little snake and wrapped itself around Chen Ling's arm.
I subconsciously touched the cloth bag on my shoulder, and I put Lin Qing in a soul-calling flag and brought it with me.
Mainly because she was afraid that she would run out again if she was left alone at home.
After we left the hotel, we headed straight out of the village.
At this time, the whole village was quiet, and not even a single person could be seen outside.
After all, with so many corpses fished out of the river, everyone was certainly scared, so no one would dare to wander around at night.
But people in our profession are definitely exceptions.
So the people I met outside at this time, if they were not colleagues, must be people who heard the news and came to fight for their fortune.
After all, there are hundreds of ancient corpses floating on the river. Anyone who knows anything should know that there must be a large tomb underwater.
