After he said this, the other people also had doubtful looks in their eyes.
Moreover, when their eyes looked at the statue of Ai Gong around my neck, they showed even more resistance.
Gou Xuan's expression changed. He suddenly took two steps forward, grabbed the wrist of the skinny corpse collector, pushed forward hard, and directly held down the man's waist.
He looked around sternly at the rest of the people, and his eyes immediately fell back on the skinny corpse collector, and his words were cold: "Gou Fu, pay attention to your tone and attitude! Can you doubt Mr. Li? I When I entered Dixianglu in person, Mr. Jiang personally said that Mr. Li was his disciple."
"Mr. Xiao Li is another corpse collector scattered in Xuanhe. If the owner of the house is awake right now, he will ask me to hand over the statue of Ai Gong to Mr. Xiao Li!"
After finishing his words, Gou Xuan pushed hard again.
Gou Fu was already on the shore. He staggered and was pushed almost into the river.
It was because of his nimble legs and feet that he jumped onto a corpse boat before falling.
Gou Xuan glanced at him coldly again and continued: "Also, you know that the person who carries the statue of Ai Gong is the leader. You must abide by the ancestral precepts and not be rude to Mr. Li!"
A moment ago, I didn't pay much attention because Gou Fu was targeting me.
Now I understand, this statue is called the Statue of Ai Gong? This thing can only be brought by the consul leader of the Gou family's corpse collectors?
I decided to take it off without caring about anything else.
Gou Xuan quickly turned around. He was obviously a little panicked and told me not to take it. If I took off the statue of Duke Ai, he would definitely be scolded by his ancestor.
Maybe something will happen if he gets into the water later, and when the owner of the house wakes up, he will definitely be punished.
Gou Xuan's words were too serious, so I couldn't take off the statue of Duke Ai.
At this time, except for Gou Fu, everyone else had a bit of fear in their eyes.
Except Gou Xuan, no one respects me.
I was actually not surprised, after all, only Gou Xuan met me in front of Jiang Yihong.
For others, it is impossible to convince others at my age.
If I knew that the Ai Gong Statue was such a symbol, I wouldn’t have been able to bring it with me before...
While thinking, I frowned slightly and put my hand down.
Gou Xuan looked obviously relieved, and he invited me to board a corpse boat with him.
At this time, the other nine corpse-recoverers, including Gou Fu, had all boarded the boat.
Gou Xuan held the bamboo pole that supported the boat with one hand, put his other hand to his lips, and blew a whistle hard.
The shrill whistle pierced the night sky, and the corpse boat moved steadily forward.
It didn’t take too long to reach the tributary of more than 100 meters, and soon we entered the main stream of Xuanhe River.
There is wind at night and there are quite a few waves on the water surface.
As the corpse boat moved forward, I kept feeling like I was being watched from behind, as if a thorn in my back.
I turned my head slightly and glanced out of the corner of my eye.
The ten corpse collectors were actually looking at me, but nine of them had an appraising look.
Only Gou Fu looked at me with a cold expression. It felt like he was looking at a corpse?
Being looked at and being stabbed in the back are two completely different feelings.
I felt vigilant and careful in my mind.
The boat moved forward for a while, and something similar to islands and mountains began to appear in the middle of the river.
There is no such island in the river near the Xuanhe River Basin in Jiuhe County, but this is also related to the fact that the Xuanhe River there is not wide enough.
Under the faint moonlight, it seems that there are many more shadows since the island mountain, and it is no longer a simple river.
The corpse-retrieving boat docked slowly and reached the edge of the island.
In fact, after arriving here, the current is not so fast. Even if there is wind, the waves are still much smaller.
The corpse-retrieving boats behind quickly came to the side. I noticed that the corpse-retrieving men took down some objects similar to hooks and chains from the bow of the boat, and even hung them from the head and stern of all the corpse-retrieving boats. , it was like becoming a raft, suddenly more stable.
By the moonlight, I turned my head and looked back at the island mountain.
We were leaning against a bare rock wall, and only vaguely visible vegetation could be seen at the top. At least from this angle, there was no way up.
The person who stole the corpse-fixing beads jumped into the river here?
This distance is a bit far, and it’s too weird...
"Mr. Xiao Li, let's go to the water with five people to explore first. You wait on the boat." Gou Xuan spoke first.
They were already making preparations for entering the water, checking ropes, divination knives and other things.
I didn't hold back and asked my doubts directly.
Gou Xuan shook his head and told me with a slight frown that this was the place where they salvaged the sunken ship and the bodies.
The traitor escaped once, was caught, and pretended to hand over the corpse beads, so his supervision was relaxed.
Originally, they thought he was going to escape this second time, and sent people to chase him. However, he chose to go on a punt instead of going on land.
As a result, when they arrived at this place, the traitor jumped directly into the river. Before jumping, he smiled weirdly and sinisterly.
I was shocked.
Gou Xuan cautiously added, saying that he felt that when the corpse turned into evil, the traitor might be the first one to hit him.
It knew that the traitor had transferred the corpse-fixing beads, so it let the traitor die here. In this way, no one could get the corpse-fixing beads.
While talking, Gou Xuan and the five corpse collectors were all ready to go into the water.
Gou Xuan signaled to me, and he took the lead and jumped directly into the water.
Five more corpse fishers entered the water one after another, and the spray was quickly swallowed up by the slight ripples in the water.
I vaguely felt that it might not be that simple underwater, otherwise Gou Xuan wouldn't be so careful.
They salvaged a sunken ship here before, but there may be other dangers in this place.
His eyes glanced towards the other side of the shore.
Our place is at least a hundred meters away from the shore. This section of the hanging river basin is really wide.
Time passed by in a flash, and after waiting for almost a quarter of an hour, there were ripples on the water surface.
Amidst the sound of rushing water, Gou Xuan emerged from the water first, followed by the others.
They were all breathing heavily, but Gou Xuan's face was much more solemn. He wiped the water stains on his face.
However, he did not continue to enter the water. His eyes fell on Gou Fu and the others, and he asked them to get down too.
Gou Xuan spoke very quickly, saying that they had already fished out the body from the water once, but failed and could not be fished out. There was no room for carelessness this second time. Everyone worked together to fish the traitor ashore!
My expression changed slightly, are they going to find the body now? Did you catch it once?
However, these six body-pickers did not pick up the recently deceased body.
You can imagine how weird it is...
Gou Fu and the others also began to make preparations for entering the water.
While I was deep in thought, Gou Fu suddenly said: "Consul, the traitor just died and his body didn't come ashore. It's very strange."
"If we fail to recover the body the second time, we don't dare to try the third time. Is it safe to call Mr. Li? After all, the statue of Ai Gong is on his neck."
Obviously, when Gou Fu said this, there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.
A chill suddenly rose in my heart.
