While talking, Jiang Shi and I had already reached the entrance of the town.
You can see the Red River Pier just outside the town.
At this time, the lights were brightly lit on the pier, and many townspeople were gathered together.
When I got closer, I saw people surrounding one person.
Isn't that person Gou Xuan?
At this time, Gou Xuan had short hair, a very poor complexion, and his clothes were wet.
On Gou Xuan's shoulder, there was a wound so deep that the bone could be seen. A lot of powder was applied on it to stop the bleeding.
When Jiang Shi and I passed by, many townspeople began to retreat.
But the next moment, a look of confusion appeared in their eyes.
Some people were even whispering to each other, saying in a low voice why Mr. Jiang didn't come and was replaced by another one?
I don't care.
Although I came to Honghe back then, my time here was never long.
There probably aren't many people who have an impression of me.
He Pheasant, Su Yun, and Jiang Mu's mother and daughter were all standing in the crowd on the right side of Gou Xuan.
Obviously, they haven't reached Gou Xuan's side yet.
Gou Xuan was holding his body up, as if he was about to go into the water.
The next moment, his eyes fell on me.
He was stunned for a moment, then his expression showed surprise.
"Li...Mr. Li?!" Gou Xuan shuddered and immediately bowed deeply to me.
I raised my hands and said, "No need to be polite. We'll talk about old times later. Let's explain what happened just now."
Gou Xuan looked ashamed, and his face became paler.
He said hoarsely: "The water ghouls in the Red River are a bit weird. Their number... has reached a terrifying level."
"In the past two years, something happened in the Red River and people drowned. When I came to retrieve the corpses, there were not that many water ghouls."
"Also, among these water ghouls, there is a very ferocious old water ghoul king. Under his command, the water ghouls become even more brutal."
"The six people who were dragged down just now are probably dead now."
Gou Xuan said angrily: "It's all my fault for not being able to rescue them..."
I frowned, shook my head, and said: "There are many water ghoul ghosts, and there is a leading water ghoul king. How can you deal with them with your own strength? It is not easy to save your life. This injury is on the Pipa bone. They are indeed extremely smart."
Gou Xuan's expression was still hard and he didn't answer anything.
He Fei pulled Su Yun and Jiang Munu to my side.
When Gou Xuan saw them, his expression was startled again, and he immediately saluted them again.
I frowned and said something else, so that he didn't need to be polite.
Gou Xuan stroked his shoulder and then walked to my side.
I had turned around and walked to the edge of the dock.
At this time, some of the townspeople were already discussing what happened that year.
Coupled with Gou Xuan's attitude towards me, there was no doubt in their eyes, only nervousness and uneasiness.
There was also a ship docked next to the pier, with suspended wooden boards on top. Half of the unloaded cargo was still on the ship.
Gou Xuan told me some more details. The reason why these boatmen had to unload the goods overnight was because Huang Zhiyuan, a wealthy businessman in the city, requested that the rice grains must be sent to the Red River to be unloaded tonight.
When I heard Huang Zhiyuan's name, I frowned again.
At this time, Jiang Shi beside me whispered: "Boss Huang is a kind man. He often sends rice and food to the people of Honghe. He has special respect for his father." Jiang Shi said this, and I am afraid he also represents most of the townspeople of Honghe. the opinion of.
But for me, that's not the case.
He Zhi next to me had a cold expression on his face, and Su Yun bit her lower lip slightly, looking uncomfortable.
Especially Jiang Munu looked a little panicked.
Huang Zhiyuan wanted to marry Jiang Munu.
He did these things to put pressure on Jiang Pan from the side...
A wealthy businessman can come up with such an idea.
I think this is extremely abnormal, and there must be someone behind me to point it out.
"Let's not mention Huang Zhiyuan's matter. If you are alive, you will see people, and if you are dead, you will see corpses. The gathering of water ghouls here is a big problem. These problems cannot exist in Mr. Tianyuan's territory." I said in a deep voice.
After saying that, I took off my Tang suit and gave it to He Zhi, and asked Gou Xuan to hand over the green hemp rope and pig urine bag he was wearing to me.
Gou Xuan's face changed slightly and he said uneasily: "Sir... you want to go into the water? This is absolutely not allowed. I have seen at least hundreds of ordinary water ghouls..."
"It's okay. I'll go down and take a look first. If I'm defeated, I'll come up." I said.
Water ghouls are indeed scary, but I have my destiny to protect me, and they are not scary to me.
This matter is also very strange and troublesome.
After a short pause, I said to Jiang Shi: "You go to the courtyard again, don't disturb your father, go and invite Taoist Master Liu here, and tell him that the water ghoul is causing trouble and harming people."
Jiang Shi was a little confused, but he nodded vigorously, turned around and ran towards the town again.
Gou Xuan handed me the green hemp rope and the pig urine bag.
I hung the green hemp rope that Gou Xuan handed me over my shoulder, tied the pig urine bag around my waist, carefully checked everything on me, and then walked to the front of the dock.
With a slight exertion on my feet, I jumped directly into the water...
The cold water stimulated my limbs and bones, and I shivered. The water here was a bit colder than the water I had been exposed to before...
I suddenly swam towards the depths of the water. At the same time, I took out the compass in my hand and looked at the pointer of the compass while swimming.
I was not lucky enough to think that those six people were still alive. After such a long time, they would have died long ago.
The water ghoul has a lot of resentment, and since people have died, it must be even more resentful. What I observe is the rotating needle of the compass, swimming in the direction of its fastest rotation.
As the water gets deeper and deeper, the compass needle rotates faster and faster...
I'm almost close to the bottom!
But what puzzled me was that I didn't see any water ghoul.
After reaching the bottom of the water, I saw several corpses in my blurry vision.
Of these corpses, only the bare bones were left, and the skin and flesh had been completely eaten away.
I just felt a chill in my heart.
The water ghouls coming and going are all death-eating corpses.
And these are actually eating living people...
Visibility under water is poor, not only because the water is too deep, but also because the water is turbulent and the sand and rocks are swimming, blurring the view.
I looked around carefully and realized that it was not just sand and gravel, but also many huge rocks...
In particular, on a slightly flat underwater sandy ground, there stood a dark shadow...
That shadow seemed to be staring at me...
My heart felt cold again, and I slowly swam in that direction.
I put away the compass and took out two things with my left and right hands.
One is the golden ruler that knows how to divide the body, and the other is the divination knife of the person who fished out the corpse.
When I got closer to the shadow, my scalp felt numb.
This is not a corpse...
No, not a human body.
Instead, it was a dark dog corpse.
Its scarlet eyes stared straight ahead.
Under the Red River, not only are there so many water ghouls of unknown origin, but there is also a dog corpse?
The corpse is full of resentment and is by no means a simple black dog.
The faint throbbing in my heart made me feel that this dog's body would not be simple.
Someone is eyeing Jiang Pan? !
