That's a corpse!

Just before the big dog fell into the water, he discovered this corpse wrapped in a fishing net, and it should be a female corpse.

However, Wu Liang had a hard time judging the gender of the corpse, because the corpse was lying face down on the water at the moment. He could only see the long black hair floating in the water and the small half of the corpse's back, and this

The times emphasized the importance of parents having the same body and skin, so both men and women had long hair. This detail alone could not distinguish the gender of the corpse.

However, when he saw the corpse, Wu Liang also temporarily ruled out the possibility that the corpse was related to the "water monkey".

Because the fishermen who lived in the same village as Big Dog said before that the "water monkey" was transformed from a young woman who drowned. Once the "water monkey" is dragged into the water, its hair will tightly wrap around the drowned person.

hands and feet, just drowning it.

But now the body, which was first discovered by the big dog, is still tightly entangled in the fishing net. It is obviously impossible for it to drag the big dog into the water.

"Yang Wanli, you guys can take a boat and go downstream to fish it out. Maybe the big dog has been washed down by the current."

After briefly observing the situation of the fishing boats and fishing nets, Wu Liang immediately told Yang Wanli and others on the other boat, and he took Dian Wei and three soldiers of the Hu army to continue exploring near the fishing boats.

"promise!"

Yang Wanli responded and rowed downstream on the bamboo pole.

While rowing, there were two other soldiers who were using another spare bamboo pole to test the water. If the bamboo pole was pushed down and touched a foreign object, they would feel it soon.

The soldiers on Wu Liang's ship were also doing the same thing.

This is what Wu Liang meant. Those fishermen from the same village as Da Quan have been fishing here all year round. They know the environment here very well, and the water quality must be good. Even they dare not go into the water easily. Wu Liang naturally

Nor will they teach the soldiers of the Hu army to take risks in the water. Being able to do this is already the end of benevolence and justice.

"Dianwei, you come with me to board the ship to investigate, and the rest of us will continue to drive the ship to search around here."

While speaking, Wu Liang had already grabbed the side of Da Quan's empty ship, stabilized his body and jumped over gently.

Dian Wei also imitated Wu Liang's example, and jumped over steadily in one step. Although he weighed two or three times the average person, his jump was even more impressive than Wu Liang's, and the hull under his feet was even more impressive.

Not much shaking at all.

This completes the transfer.

Wu Liang once again looked at the fishing net that had only been closed for a short period and the body entangled in the fishing net but still floating in the water. He pondered for a moment, then looked back at the fishermen on the shore and asked loudly: "Brothers

, I wonder how you usually deal with floating corpses that get tangled up in your fishing nets?"

"There's nothing to deal with!"

One of the fishermen quickly replied, "If it can be untied, just try to untie it and let the floating corpse float away. If it really can't be untied, let's see if it's a male corpse or a female corpse. If it's a male corpse, just take it with the fishing net."

Drag it ashore, untie it, and then find a place to bury the body. It's all about doing good deeds. If it's a female body, you'll have to consider yourself unlucky and don't need the fishing net... By the way, it's actually easy to find a male corpse and a female corpse.

To tell the difference, if the floating corpse is facing up, it is almost always a female corpse, while if the floating corpse is lying face down, it is usually a male corpse. Although there are sometimes exceptions, most of the time it is not wrong."

"If so..."

After listening to the fisherman's words, Wu Liang looked at the corpse again.

According to his experience, the corpse lying face down at the moment should most likely be a male corpse, not the female corpse that Big Dog had called out before.

And as far as Wu Liang knows, his words of experience actually make sense.

If Wu Liang remembers correctly, this matter was recorded in "The Record of Cleansing Wrongs" written by Song Ci, a famous executioner in the Song Dynasty: drowned, men bowed down and women looked up to them.

However, Song Ci demonstrated this matter based on the theory of yin and yang. The Chinese dynasty has used this yin and yang theory since ancient times. It is believed that a man's back is yang and his side is yin, while a woman's face is yang and her back is yin. After falling into the water and drowning, the yang side is facing up and yin.

Facing down is consistent with yin and yang, so men naturally face up and women naturally face down.

And in the later generations when Wu Liang lived, although people who were proficient in the theory of yin and yang and the five elements were already rare, medical science also confirmed this statement through the differences in the physiological structure of men and women. At least theoretically, the differences between men and women

The center of gravity of the body and the distribution of fat layer are inherently different, so the phenomenon of men leaning forward while women do tend to appear.

But just as the fisherman said, although under normal circumstances the floating corpses should be men lying on their backs and women lying on their backs, there are occasional cases.

"This... Dian Wei, come and help me."

Realizing this problem, Wu Liang felt it was necessary to first determine whether the floating corpse was male or female.

So he immediately worked with Dian Wei to pull the partially closed fishing net. With the help of Dian Wei's strange strength, he pulled the floating corpse and the fishing net onto the boat in a short time.

However, at this moment, the floating corpse still remained face down.

Wu Liang didn't want to touch it easily, so he had to ask Dian Wei for an engineering shovel and used prying to turn it over. Then a disgusting stench hit his face.

The body was severely decomposed.

The skin and flesh on the face were whitened and swollen by the river water, and part of it had fallen off as if it had been cooked, revealing the white facial bones under the skin and flesh.

As for the other main torso, it is wrapped in clothes that are barely complete. However, it is basically supported by the skeleton and still maintains its human shape. However, in the exposed parts, the skin and flesh are more or less missing, not just after decay.

It falls off naturally and becomes food for fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the river.

Judging from the style of the clothing, this should indeed be the body of a male.

And judging from the height and shoulder width of the corpse, this is more in line with the characteristics of a man.

so……

Is this really a male corpse?

Wu Liang's brows immediately wrinkled, and he specifically asked Dian Wei for confirmation: "Brother Dian Wei, you should have heard Big Dog yelling about a female corpse being entangled in a fishing net, right?"

"It's true, the big dog did say that it had entangled the female corpse."

Dian Wei nodded firmly.

"Hiss...this is strange. Could it be that the big dog admitted his mistake?"

Wu Liang muttered to himself, "It shouldn't be. Big dogs have been fishing here all year round and have seen countless floating corpses. They shouldn't make such a mistake."

"In other words, Big Dog did see the female corpse at that time."

"And now that we are here, we only see such a male corpse... Do you think it is possible that there are actually two corpses entangled in the fishing net, one is a female corpse, and the other is a male corpse? What if the female corpse

It is indeed related to the 'water monkey' they mentioned, so maybe the big dog fell into the water and was killed by the female corpse, so when we came here we didn't see the female corpse, but only the male corpse?"

Dian Wei listened at the side and responded in deep thought: "Wei thinks Young Master's analysis is very reasonable. If Big Dog hadn't made a mistake before, then this seems to be the only possibility."

"Doesn't that mean that the rumored 'water monkey' really exists in this place?"

Wu Liang frowned even more tightly.

"..."

Dian Wei Tong shrank, already holding a pair of halberds in his hands and fully alert.

Wu Liangze was still frowning in thought.

At this time, at least two or three minutes had passed since Daquan fell into the water. Even people with good water skills were almost at their limit. What's more, the big dog fell into the water due to an unexpected situation and had no time to make some preparations for apnea diving. Therefore, it was impossible to survive underwater.

The time will definitely be shorter.

"Yang Wanli, did you find anything there?"

Wu Liang knew that he could not delay it any longer, so he immediately asked Yang Wanli, who was searching downstream, about the situation.

"Sir, I haven't found anything yet!"

Yang Wanli responded quickly.

"what about you?"

Wu Liang looked at the soldiers of the Hu army on the boat next to him.

"There's nothing gained."

The soldiers of Ji Minghuan Army also shook their heads.

"this……"

No matter what, at this moment, at least it is still within the best time to rescue the drowning person. If it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that even if the person is found, it will only be a corpse.

"Yang Wanli, brothers on the boat, please stop and sit still. No matter what happens next, don't panic. Everything is under my control."

After gathering his composure, Wu Liang finally made up his mind, and then loudly gave instructions to everyone.

"ah?"

Yang Wanli and the soldiers of the Hu army obviously still didn't understand what Wu Liang was talking about, and they couldn't help but look suspicious.

"Sit tight!"

Wu Liang gave a very brief drink.

"promise!"

Although Yang Wanli and others were confused, they also realized that Wu Liang was not joking, and they hurriedly squatted down one by one and grabbed the waistband to stabilize their bodies.

next moment.

"Gulu-Gulu!"

Many huge bubbles suddenly appeared in the originally calm water surface. The originally turbid Yellow River water became even more turbid, and even fine sediment could be seen rolling in it.

Wu Liang concentrated and held his breath, staring at the water with his eyes.
To be continued...