Chapter 714: Jiang Zongshi Remnants

The sky was gloomy, and the river was surging.

Hundreds of small boats braved the cold wind, spreading across the river.

The swimming experts rushed into the water to change their breath, holding their purple-red faces, and then plunged into the water again, leaving only bubbles drifting.

These experts all have the strength of Galloping Horse. If they are placed in the gangs and martial arts halls of Cangzhou, if they are operated properly, they can be called small leaders. Now they are ordered by the heads of families and leaders to put down their work, and in the cold weather, they run to the canal to salvage the sunken ship items.

April is not as cold as the first or second month of winter, and it has warmed up a lot, but it can still make people shiver when they get into the water.

"Hey, the big shots stomp their feet and wave their hands, and we little people all suffer, drifting like dust hundreds of miles away."

"People are the world's number one at eighteen, you are running errands for others at eighteen, what can you do?"

"Shh, you two, say less, do more work." The boat boss added firewood to the stove, "Finish early and rest early, this year the weather is warming up slowly enough."

"Walking south along a big river, couldn't find it in the first two days, now there is no way."

"Only salvaged two boxes today..."

"If you can't find it again, I'm afraid it's hard to find. Most of them have been washed downstream, or picked up by local villagers."

Not only the watermen, but officials at all levels in Cangzhou stood on the river bank and whispered, and the registrar counted the number of boxes one by one.

According to Liang Qu, there should be thirty-six boxes of valuables.

When the ship was salvaged, twelve boxes were lost. Now, thousands of people and many water beasts have searched the upper and lower reaches for three days, approaching four days, and only eight have been salvaged. The other four are missing.

In addition, there is another precious object that has always been elusive...

"My lord, my lord, found it! I found it!"

The shouting came from far to near, causing noise.

Small boats along the way stretched out bamboo poles, trying to help, but they were all pushed away by the youth, who focused on swimming forward.

The judge looked out from the shore and saw the frosty white sole pinched in the youth's hand, and his spirit was lifted.

"Drag it up! Drag it up quickly!"

The youth became more energetic, rowing his arms, swimming toward the shore, and after getting ashore, he dragged half a corpse with great effort.

Splash!

Water flowed.

The corpse brought ashore was actually a white corpse!

The judge's eyes shone brightly.

Because the corpse was only half, the cross-section was smooth and neat, and the upper part from the chest had completely disappeared. Scattered two small fish jumped out of the chest, pulling the intestines in their mouths, fierce and extraordinary, but no matter how they bit, they couldn't bite through, tough and extraordinary.

Can smell it, can see it, can't eat it.

The youth shivered: "Judge, the small one went into the water earlier and saw many big fish and old turtles at the bottom of the river, dense and fighting. When I got closer, I saw this corpse hidden in the silt. It couldn't be bitten or torn. I thought this was the Jiang Zongshi remnant the lord wanted to find!"

The registrar asked: "Where did you find it?"

"Upstream! This corpse didn't flow downstream, but was upstream. Thousands of people didn't find it in three days, so the small one guessed that it was probably rolled to the upstream by the blood whirlpool during the fight."

"Good, you guessed well!" The judge personally held the sixteen large treasure ingots on the table and stuffed them into the youth's arms. "Reward! Take it, take it! Eight hundred taels is yours. Come, give him a piece of clothing and lead him to roast the fire."

"Thank you, Judge!"

The youth kowtowed in ecstasy.

The judge soothed everyone to continue salvaging, then sent someone to hold the corpse and ran to find the Magistrate.

After a while.

Xu Wenzhu closed the tea lid: "Well done."

Deng Yingshen bowed: "I don't seek merit, I only seek no mistakes."

"Rest assured, Magistrate Deng handled it properly, and Liang is also fine. How Ning Gongcai came to Cangzhou, the Three Judicial Departments have roughly investigated it clearly, and it doesn't involve you."

Xu Wenzhu pressed on the Magistrate's shoulder, and without waiting for a response, waved his hand, and someone stepped forward to piece together the Jiang Zongshi's remains.

Long Binglin pushed the "wheelchair" to let Liang Qu move closer to observe.

Since he was pretending to be sick, he naturally had to carry it through to the end.

On the wooden table.

The upper body with a layer of flesh peeled off, the lower body soaked white.

The two were pieced together.

A few anomalies suddenly generated in the dark.

Just at this time, the heart that should have stopped beating twitched, and actually started to beat slightly again!

"This..."

Xu Zishuai, Xiang Zhangsong, and others retreated together, shocked and speechless, their minds recalling the fear of being dominated again.

Liang Qu's pupils dilated, looking at Xu Wenzhu and Lan Jicai.

"No need to panic, it's just the gathering of remnants."

Xu Wenzhu's face remained unchanged, obviously not seeing this scene for the first time.

"A centipede dies but doesn't stiffen. Ning Gongcai's spirit has long since dissipated, but his body is not completely dead. The dissipated spirit attached to it gathers in strands, which will cause the body to respond, such as heartbeat and twitching, but it can't do anything more."

"Strange... same as a snake!"

"Heh, what is a snake, a Jiang Zongshi is far more than that." Lan Jicai laughed, "I remember a Jiang Zongshi who died for more than half a month. The eleventh... twelfth concubine he just married, sneaked into the coffin in the spirit hall in the middle of the night, came out at dawn, and gave birth to a son with a handle nine and a half months later. The mistress in the family was a good talker, and for the sake of face, she divided a very generous family property."

Long Binglin and Long Eying were stunned, staring blankly.

Xu Zishuai scratched his head: "The time matches, is it really his seed? It's not easy for a Jiang Zongshi to give birth to offspring, right? I heard that when you reach the Jiang Zongshi realm, you can only conceive a fetus if you are lucky for a few years."

Xu Wenzhu smiled.

"Who knows."

"It's out! General Xu!"

On the table.

Following the heartbeat, faint gray mist rose, silently corroding the table.

Divine ability reappears!

Xu Wenzhu raised his hand and gripped, and the gray mist gathered in strands.

Lan Jicai took the opportunity to apply a circle of strange golden grease to the bottom of the pottery jar, and the gray mist immediately felt an inexplicable attraction, taking the initiative to drill into the jar.

No wonder Jiang Zongshi remnants are dangerous.

Liang Qu saw it clearly. The remnants released gray wind aimlessly. If you are not careful and touch a few points, you will definitely die completely.

Three days passed in a flash.

The last strand of gray wind was taken away by the pottery jar, and the gray mist in the jar surged, struggling to get out.

"The quality is worrying."

Lan Jicai looked regretful, raised his hand and patted the jar, a ferocious human face appeared at the mouth of the jar, but it seemed to be pulled by countless small hands, unable to get rid of it.

Liang Qu asked: "Mr. Lan, how much money can this remnant be worth?"

"One or two ten thousand."

"Gold?"

"Silver!"

Liang Qu was greatly disappointed. His fake plaque, top-quality mutton-fat soft jade, could be worth a few thousand taels. Ning Gongcai's remnants were so stretched.

"How can it be so cheap?"

"No way, who told you to use the Martial Saint plaque? The spirit not only dissipated, but was annihilated more. The quality and quantity of the remnants are not very good. Fortunately, the divine ability it brings is not bad, a technique of killing, which can have a premium, otherwise there wouldn't even be one or two ten thousand."

"What about bones and flesh?"

"Confiscated, returned to the Imperial Observatory for divination."

"Confiscated?" Liang Qu looked suspicious.

Lan Jicai rolled his eyes: "Twenty great merits, wait until summer to send a large creation, in total killing a Jiang Zongshi, all the benefits in the world are occupied by you, kid, beautiful you, I also want to take away the remnants!"

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