Ma Baojin was stunned for a moment, and then he replied in a low voice: "Nearly a hundred, some of them were stored by corpse collectors, and some of them were sent to mortuary bodies from all over the country. They have not yet been buried."
I paused and then said, "I want to borrow twenty corpses."
Ma Baojin's face changed slightly and said: "Mr. Li...don't you want to use the corpse to lure the water ghoul out?!"
"Mr. Li... listen to me... there are too many water ghouls. Even if you are a well-matched gentleman, you can't get rid of them..."
"Really, there are too many water ghouls... It would be okay if there were hundreds of people fishing for corpses here... And Mr. Li, you don't know, there are more than 20 white-haired water ghouls, and their descendants are almost here. A thousand."
"With the current situation in Yangjiang, too many people have died. With more food, their numbers will grow rapidly!"
"It's been three years, who knows how many more have been added..."
"I think... it will be difficult to eradicate them even after Master Yuan is released from seclusion... unless we invite a large number of corpse collectors..."
Ma Baojin was so anxious that his words were somewhat incoherent.
I raised my hand and patted his shoulder, his expression even calmer.
"Don't be afraid, I can solve this problem, and I won't be alone."
"Take me to the living corpse collector first," I said again.
"This..." Ma Baojin looked embarrassed.
At this time, Ma Baozhong said in a low voice: "Dad, you and your brother should go back first, I will take Mr. Li there."
There was more bitterness on Ma Baojin's face, and he whispered: "Baoyi, go and pull up the body. Let's go up the mountain to prepare first."
Then, Ma Baojin bowed deeply to me and said: "Sir, there are twenty corpses and twenty families. If something happens, my village will not be able to continue running. Those people will have to move me to another place." One leg was removed.”
"You must be sure!" His voice was trembling slightly.
"Don't worry, since I said this, I am confident."
Ma Baojin's face was very cruel. He looked at Ma Baozhong carefully and whispered: "Don't make any mistakes and take Mr. Li with you."
Ma Baozhong immediately walked forward with a huff.
I walked behind him.
About a quarter of an hour later, we left the river bank and entered a small road. After walking for half a cup of tea, we arrived at a village downstream.
During this process, Ma Baozhong looked back at me several times, with a seemingly honest smile on his horse face.
I responded with a slight smile.
But I don't have a good impression of this young man.
Because when he smiled, his teeth were exposed, and he seemed honest and honest, but his eyes were slightly shaped like willow leaves, and even the sound of the urn just now was a bit erratic.
This person lies a lot and is a habitual thief.
After we entered the village, we walked many twists and turns, and finally came to a dilapidated courtyard.
The fence in the yard collapsed, leaving only some broken tree sticks. Under the eaves of the earthen house, there was a dark coffin.
Entering the yard and approaching the door, I smelled the stench of alcohol.
"His name is Gou Zhou. His face is rotten and his wife has run away. Now he drinks every day and is almost drunk to death. I sent him a coffin in advance."
Ma Baozhong pointed under the eaves.
I frowned slightly and nodded.
I thought that this coffin was made of Heshou wood prepared by Gou Zhou himself. Unexpectedly, it was actually sent by Ma Baozhong?
There are some hiccups here.
Ma Baozhong doesn't look like a kind-hearted person. Not only is he a habitual thief, but he's also not too arrogant.
The current honesty is just an illusion, his appearance is already changing.
While I was thinking, Ma Baozhong had already stepped forward and knocked hard on the door.
After a while, the door was opened, revealing a terrifying face.
Half of his face is round, his eyes are bloodshot and there are many spots.
The other half of his face was rotten, full of knotted muscles, with no intact skin at all, not even eyeballs, and a piece of the lower eye socket was missing...
The strong smell of wine made me frown slightly.
"Where's the wine?" A hoarse voice came from his mouth, and his dirty and thin arm was put on Ma Baozhong's shoulder.
"I brought a gentleman to see you, Lao Gou." Ma Baozhong smiled and whispered.
"I just want wine! If you don't have it, get out!"
Gou Zhou suddenly looked ferocious and pushed Ma Baozhong on the shoulder.
Ma Baozhong groaned in pain and fell backward.
I raised my hand to support his shoulders and looked at Gou Zhou's face with an even more frown.
Gou Zhou wanted to retreat into the room again.
"I want to get rid of the water ghouls in Yangjiang, and I want your help." I narrowed my eyes slightly and said.
Gou Zhou was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard some big joke, he covered his stomach with one hand and let out a hoarse laugh.
Then, he didn't answer me and just closed the door.
I let go of Ma Baozhong and was about to block the door.
Ma Baozhong obviously had good eyesight. He suddenly rushed forward and hit the door with a bang!
Gou Zhou screamed in pain and was knocked to the ground.
The wooden door is almost cracked.
Ma Baozhong got up from the ground tremblingly. He took two heavy breaths and said in a deep voice: "Old guy, I'm trying to talk to you, but you don't listen."
Gou Zhou propped up his body, looked at Ma Baozhong, took a sip, and spit out half of his dirty yellow teeth.
"Little bastard, don't think that if you gave me wine for three years and told me to collect the body, I won't touch you. Be careful, I'll chop you up and drink it!"
Ma Baozhong obviously turned pale.
He immediately hid behind me.
"The only ones who eat dead human flesh are water ghouls. The ones in Yangjiang are even weirder. They eat the faces of living people. I really want to get rid of them."
"Since you don't want to help, how about I ask you to help me?" I frowned and asked.
"After all, you are like a walking corpse now. You are just a corpse hunter. Your hands and feet are intact, and you can't even drink."
"I'm so lazy, I might as well fight for a drink."
"I guess you are afraid of those things. Your wife and children have been forced to leave, so you don't dare to do anything."
"I just want you to stay with a group of corpses on the boat. If I can't get rid of those water ghouls, you can run away."
"I ran once, I should be able to run again."
I said this very calmly.
However, I severely wounded Gou Zhou in the details.
Sometimes, words are even more powerful.
Gou Zhou was not crazy either.
He just looks too ugly and his emotions are too extreme.
Gou Zhou's one eye turned redder. He stared at me and touched his waist.
"Do you want to find a knife?" I said again.
"If you don't want to live anymore and want to be eaten by the water ghoul, I might as well kill you!" Gou Zhou replied hoarsely.
He pulled out a rusty divination knife.
I narrowed my eyes even further and said, "In that case, why don't you take a gamble with me? I'll let you stab me and you can kill me as much as you can! If you can't kill me, then you might as well not How about taking my money and doing what I ask?”
