When Bai Zhi arrived at the scene, she saw a male corpse lying next to the river beach. She immediately took out the autopsy tools and knelt down to take a closer look.
"Drowning again." He was surprised.
The navy was very upset: "Just now, a soldier came to report that there was a water charm hiding at the bottom of the river, but a sailor like this was fished out. I don't know how many people have drowned recently."
Bai Zhi also frowned: "If this continues, the morale of the army will be unstable."
Dutou sighed deeply and ordered the soldiers to carry the deceased away.
It was extremely unusual for the navy to drown for no apparent reason. The entire military camp was aware of the incident. According to insiders, when the body was soaked at the bottom of the water, a strange black shadow seemed to be hovering around it.
The story is getting more and more mysterious. Some people say that the strange figure is full of fangs and is extremely powerful. It is the legendary water charm.
At this time, Liu Ruyan was squatting under the old tree, finishing a large bowl of sour plum soup that was refreshing and relieving heat, and raised her eyes: "It's just a rumor, it can't be believed."
Bai Zhi said gloomily: "The sailors died strangely. Now let alone going into the water to train, the soldiers don't even dare to go into the water to take a bath."
Liu Ruyan shook her head repeatedly. On a hot day, the sun was very poisonous. If everyone didn't dare to go into the water and covered themselves with stinky sweat all day long, wouldn't they have a strange smell all over their bodies?
"Pass a message for me." Liu Ruyan suddenly said, "All soldiers are strictly prohibited from going into the water at night. The training will be conducted during the day. We will see the results in three days."
Doctor Gou still had some prestige in the army. He made suggestions to the naval camp, and then the camp issued an order that no one was allowed to go into the water at night.
Three days later, Bai Zhi brought a bowl of mung bean soup and squatted under the tree with Liu Ruyan and Dong Qingxian.
"I heard that no soldiers have drowned recently." Bai Zhi has never believed in ghosts and gods, but she really can't think of the reason.
Liu Ruyan stirred the mung bean water with a spoon, and the yellow-green beans were floating and floating, which was very beautiful: "It's actually not difficult to catch the murderer."
"You mean, there's someone behind this?"
"That's right." She answered ambiguously, "However, if you want to catch the murderer, you will need the help of a few brave and careful sailors."
Dong Qingxian suddenly became interested: "Count me in."
Liu Ruyan remained silent, still hesitating in her heart. Qingxian's temperament was mediocre and she really didn't want him to take this risk.
Dong Qingxian was concerned about her safety, so he came closer, blinked his warm eyes, and said in a clear and soft voice: "Yan'er will promise this time, and I won't do it next time."
Under the bright sun, he was bathed in golden warmth, and his smile sunk into the pear dimple on his lips, clean and green. Liu Ruyan's heart seemed to soften instantly, and she unknowingly agreed to his request.
Bai Zhi witnessed everything, acted coquettishly and cutely, and said that she had learned it.
When the navy chief learned of Liu Ruyan's plan to find the murderer for them, he recruited eight sailors on the spot and cooperated with the search throughout the entire process.
These eight teenagers are lean, agile, and most importantly, courageous.
At night, the moonlight shines brightly.
Liu Ruyan held the net prepared in advance in her hand, while other sailors carried several buckets of live fish that were salvaged, which were large and plump in texture.
After arriving at the river, she picked up two bamboo poles left over from shipbuilding, tied them to both ends of the fishing net, and finally tied a string of copper bells.
"You guys hold the bamboo poles like me and spread the fishing net." She demonstrated the action and asked the sailors to follow suit.
"Now pour all the fish in."
"Whoosh--" After a few sounds, the live fish was poured into the net, jumping up and down from time to time.
The sailors worked hard to hold up the bamboo poles.
"Now put the fishing net into the water. Remember, everyone is stepping on the river beach and don't go into the water." She warned again and again.
The bamboo pole is long enough to sink the entire fishing net completely into the water.
The sailors held both ends respectively to prevent the fish from escaping.
Liu Ruyan and Dong Qingxian carried bamboo baskets on their backs and stood quietly on the shore.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the night was dark and the only sound was the sound of waves crashing on the beach. Suddenly, the ringing of bells came intermittently from ahead, until it became more intense.
Schools of fish fled in all directions and kept hitting the fishing nets until the ringing gradually faded away.
She raised her hand and ordered everyone to start closing the net.
The sailors worked quickly and quickly raised the bamboo poles to collect the fishing nets. Several of them used their strength to evacuate to the shore at the same time.
The fish in the net were crowded together, and among the dead fish with white bellies, a huge black strange fish suddenly appeared!
This fish is black and gray in color, looks like a catfish and is extremely long. It is indescribably weird. Especially the two rows of jagged white teeth are so terrifying that these soldiers from the Jiangnan water town marveled at it.
"Fortunately, I caught this ghost tonight, otherwise someone would have died again."
"What's the origin of this fish? It looks weird."
Everyone was talking to each other, but among the sailors, a soldier with sharp eyes could vaguely see circles of water splashing along the waterfront.
He thought to himself that maybe a fish jumped out of the fishing net just now, and it would be a pity to let it go like this, so the soldier picked up the bamboo basket and slowly poured it into the water.
The water at night was freezing cold, so the soldier held the bamboo fish basket, aimed at that spot, and headed towards it.
The fish at the bottom seemed to be frightened and swam away with their tall bodies. The next moment, the soldier suddenly fainted and water splashed out.
Everyone stood not far away and could clearly see the scene in the river, but for a while no one dared to go into the water.
Dong Qingxian made a prompt decision and skimmed across the water like a dragonfly.
His movements were swift and he rescued the man in the blink of an eye. The soldier gasped for air and lay on his back, choking on his saliva.
As soon as he regained consciousness, the soldier's face was full of horror, and he couldn't speak clearly: "There is a strange fish in the water, bigger and more ferocious than the one I just caught!"
Everyone gasped.
Liu Ruyan glanced at the fishing net and bamboo pole at hand, slipped out a dagger from her sleeve, raised the knife and separated the net from the pole, then she picked up the bamboo pole with one hand and ran towards the water bank.
Along the protruding rocks in the shoal, she walked around to the strange fish.
Liu Ruyan stood on the rocks and suddenly swung her bamboo pole towards the water, causing a huge splash in the dark river water.
She raised and lowered the pole without daring to stop at all until she drove the strange fish into the shallows.
"Qingxian——" she shouted.
Dong Qingxian understood what was happening, and like a cormorant, he jumped towards the shallows, and with the flip of his wrist, he pocketed the strange fish into the bamboo basket.
"It's a big guy." He tilted his head back slightly to avoid being swept by the exposed fish tail.
Seeing that he succeeded successfully, Liu Ruyan also took advantage of the situation and took back the bamboo pole.
Under the moonlight, the water surface was sparkling and finally calm.
"Have you caught it?" The sailors stared wide-eyed and gathered around, staring at the strange fish in the bamboo basket.
Liu Ruyan returned to the shore, abandoned the pole in her hand, and called to everyone: "Don't look at everyone, pack up your things quickly and go back to camp."
After this night, the teenagers looked up to the unattractive "Wang Dazhuang" and quickly packed up the fishing nets, all of them being honest and tight.