One by one, they faced the water with their backs to the sky, their limbs spread out, and their clothes were bulging after being soaked by the river water. They looked very strange.
At this time, it was getting late.
The appearance of these twenty floating corpses gave the dark canyon an eerie atmosphere.
"Boss, are they just..."
Before Xiao Zhan finished speaking, he heard Ye Qiu say to Master Changmei: "Old man, is this what you call a good omen?"
Master Changmei did not expect such a situation. He rolled his eyes twice and said: "Little bastard, don't worry, maybe these dead people are not people on this ship."
Ye Qiu sneered: "There are twenty Longmen disciples on this boat, and now there are twenty corpses floating on the river, and you still say it's not true!"
Changmei Zhenren rolled his eyelids: "You didn't see their faces, how can you be sure that they are people on this ship?"
Humph, you are still quibbling.
Ye Qiu snorted coldly and said, "Let me pick them up and see what other excuses you have."
"Xiao Zhan, go get the tools."
"Prepare to retrieve the body."
Xiao Zhan quickly ran into the cabin and took out something similar to a fishing rod. At the front end of the fishing rod, there was a small pulley with a thin copper wire wrapped around it. The copper wire hung an eagle-like talon.
Iron hook.
This is a corpse fishing rod commonly used by corpse fishermen.
Xiao Zhan stood on the deck, stared at a floating corpse on the river, and then flicked it.
Wow——
The iron hook was thrown out and a floating corpse was accurately caught.
"rise!"
Xiao Zhan shouted loudly, holding the corpse fishing rod in his right arm, and pulled the floating corpse from the water to the deck with force.
He was about to check on the dead body, but was stopped by Ye Qiu.
"stop!"
"The cause of death is not yet known, so be careful."
"I'll do it!"
Ye Qiu walked to the dead body and squatted down, turning the body over. Suddenly, a dead face appeared.
This is a young man, probably in his early twenties.
"I know him."
Xiao Zhan exclaimed and said: "His name is Zhang Wei, he is our Longmen disciple."
Ye Qiu carefully inspected the body.
He found that Zhang Wei's corpse had a swollen face, purple eyes, bloodshot eyes, and bloody foam in his nose and mouth.
Especially Zhang Wei's eyes, the eyeballs are very bulging, as if he is suffering from a very serious hyperthyroidism.
"Boss, how did Zhang Wei die?" Xiao Zhan asked.
Ye Qiu said: "Based on these symptoms on his body, it can be initially determined that he died of drowning."
"Death by drowning?" Xiao Zhan was stunned: "This is impossible, Zhang Wei is best at swimming."
Ye Qiu asked Xiao Zhan: "Are you familiar with him?"
Xiao Zhan explained: "I met Zhang Wei in the capital a few days ago. He was among the three thousand Longmen elites that Suzaku planned to take away."
"Suzaku sent me a form earlier, which contained the detailed information of the twenty disciples on Longchang No. 2."
"It is specially marked on it that Zhang Wei is good at swimming, and he has participated in many national-level swimming competitions and won the championship."
Xiao Zhan felt unbelievable and said: "I can't understand how a person who is such a good swimmer could drown to death?"
Master Longmei said: "Boy, have you ever heard of a saying that if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet?"
"Many people often die in the field they are best at."
"For example, killers are best at killing people, but as for them, they will basically be killed by others in the end."
"So, there's nothing surprising about that."
Ye Qiu asked: "Xiao Zhan, did the information Suzaku gave you say anything about Zhang Wei's disease?"
Xiao Zhan opened the form, took a look at it, and replied: "In the column of Zhang Wei's physical condition, the word health is written."
Ye Qiu nodded: "I understand, pick up all the other corpses."
Xiao Zhan took action immediately.
A few minutes later.
All the remaining nineteen corpses were fished out, and Xiao Zhan placed them neatly together.
Ye Qiu then ordered Xiao Zhan: "Check one by one to see if these people are the ones who disappeared on this ship?"
"yes."
Xiao Zhan held his cell phone and carefully identified the photos and corpses in the form.
"Wang Lei."
"Li Jun."
"Zhang Tao."
"Wang Shuai."
"Huang Wei."
"..."
Soon, Xiao Zhan completed the identification and reported to Ye Qiu: "Boss, after careful verification, these twenty dead people are exactly the twenty Longmen disciples who disappeared on the Longchang II."
Ye Qiu looked at the real person with long eyebrows and sneered: "Old man, your fortune telling is really accurate!"
Master Changmei heard that Ye Qiu was mocking him, and was not angry. He said with a smile: "Pindao is the best fortune teller in the world, and he has never made a mistake. But if he tells the truth, it would be revealing the secrets. Therefore, Pindao
Tao can only speak the opposite."
Ye Qiu said disdainfully: "Strong words are not reasonable."
"How can this be so unreasonable? Don't you know that once those fortune tellers tell the truth, they will be punished by God, ranging from blindness to death."
Master Changmei said righteously: "So, even if Pindao calculates the result, he will say the opposite."
"As for whether you can understand it or not, it depends on your understanding."
Xiao Zhan cursed: "I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people."
"Who are you talking about when you step on a horse?" Master Longmei glared at Xiao Zhan: "If you dare, say it again. Do you believe that I will throw you into the river to feed the fish?"
Xiao Zhan closed his mouth.
Facing a strong man who has cultivated the Nine Paths of True Qi, he is still a little afraid.
"Okay, let's get down to business."
After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he began to check the causes of death of these Longmen disciples.
He found that the condition of each corpse was almost the same. There were no external injuries or poisoning on their bodies. Judging from their facial expressions, they all died of drowning.
Ye Qiu frowned: "How can it be possible that so many people, including some who are good at swimming, all drowned? This is too abnormal."
"Something must have happened to them before they died."
"What could it be?"
Xiao Zhan asked: "Could it be that they encountered some unexpected situation before they died, such as a tornado?"
As soon as he said this, he was scolded by Master Changmei.
"You're ignorant! This is a canyon with high mountains and calm waters. How could a tornado appear?"
"Taking a step back, even if there was a tornado, their first reaction should be to run into the cabin to escape. It is impossible for all 20 people to drown."
"Also, if there was a tornado, how come the ship wasn't damaged at all?"
Xiao Zhan also knew that Master Changmei's analysis was reasonable, but he was unwilling to admit defeat and asked instead: "Since Master Changmei said they did not die from a tornado, tell me how they died?"
"How do I know this?"
"Why don't you know? Don't you know everything about astronomy, geography, and everything in the world?"
"You little bastard, I, I'll beat you to death!" He rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action.
