Cao Cao asked me to go rob a tomb

Chapter 823 Yellow River Corpse Fisherman (4000)

After marching eastward for three days, the Tuan Army crossed the border of Bohai County.

Then we went south for another day, and finally saw the Yellow River flowing endlessly.

Finding the Yellow River is equivalent to finding the mouth of the Yellow River. Next, you only need to travel all the way down the Yellow River to reach your destination accurately.

And the scenery along the way also made Wu Liang appreciate the awesomeness of this mother river in China.

Unlike the Yellow River, which has undergone numerous rectifications in later generations, the Yellow River at this moment is still an uncontrolled above-ground river, also known as the Hanging River.

As the river with the highest sediment concentration in the world, especially after flowing through the Loess Plateau, the sediment concentration in the river water has reached a terrifying level, so when it goes downstream, a considerable part of the sediment will be accumulated, so Forms a river bank higher than the surrounding terrain.

However, such a river bank is not stable. Once the precipitation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River increases, or other factors that affect the water level of the Yellow River appear, the mother river, which is already higher than the surrounding terrain, will immediately break through the bank formed by the accumulation of sediment, and the river will be destroyed. Everything around was devoured cleanly.

This is the main reason why the coastal area near the Bohai Sea has become a no-man's land in this era. Even the people of later generations cannot fight against such a Yellow River. They can only make the Yellow River gentle by dredging and unblocking .

And at this moment in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

What Wu Liang saw was only the traces of the mother river that had been ravaged by the mother river.

Some centuries-old trees were uprooted and leaned crookedly in the dry yellow sand;
Some of the smaller peaks still have obvious traces of being visited by the Yellow River on the mountainside, as if they were lightly dipped in yellow paint;
On the top of some rocks, there is a small broken boat out of thin air, which obviously cannot be human performance art;
In some corners, there are some dead bones of humans and animals...

Wu Liang has been to Lop Nur before, crossed the desolate Bailongdui, and entered the unsurviving camel grave, but even compared with these extremely harsh environments, this only no-man's land in the lower reaches of the Yellow River is not far behind. Let, the only difference is that this land is not barren of grass, on the contrary, the Yellow River has brought a lot of sediment here, making this uninhabited land more fertile than many places in the Celestial Dynasty. Plants and animals are like ducks in water here. It's just that human beings now have no way to maintain a stable life here, so they can only retreat.

However, although it is said to be a no-man's land, this area is actually not without any human habitation.

During the march, the Tuan army came across a very small village. There were only about households in this village. The houses were built on a slightly higher hill, and there was a fertile field under the hill. A small piece of farmland has been reclaimed from the land.

They came here to escape the war.

This area is not within the territory designated by the Han Dynasty, and the warlords will not pay attention to it, so these people fled here. They would rather face the risk that the mother river might burst at any time than get involved A brutal war that has nothing to do with oneself.

When I saw the Huan army.

The villagers in this village were a little nervous, unwilling to communicate with them too much, and they showed that they were not welcome in every gesture.

So Wu Liang didn't bother them, he just chatted briefly, asked about the mouth of the Yellow River, and took them away.

In this way, I walked along the river bank for two days.

The Tuan army saw another village, which was even smaller, with only seven households in total. Unlike the previous village, they were obviously not that afraid of the Yellow River, so they directly built the village near the river bank.

Not only do they have boats, but fishing nets are drying on the bamboo poles in the middle of the village, and dried fish are drying on the roofs.

It is not difficult to judge from these details that the people living in this small village should be some fishermen who live on the Yellow River.

"Young master, shall I go to the village to find out the news?"

Standing a hundred meters away and observing the small village, Yang Wanli came to Wu Liang to ask for orders.

"No, isn't there just one person there?"

Wu Liang pointed to a huge brown boulder with a height of one person on the edge of the Yellow River and said.

I saw a person wearing a straw hat sitting on the boulder, who was also wearing gray clothes, facing the Yellow River, motionless like a statue, it is not easy to spot unless you look carefully.

But at this moment, he had noticed the arrival of the Huan army, and turned to look at them.

"Hometown."

Wu Liang took the initiative to raise his hand to say hello, trying to make himself appear kind, so as not to cause unnecessary tension in the villagers like going to another village.

"Ugh!"

The man didn't admit that he was born, and he responded quite briskly, and then performed a move of "Waist and Horse Unite", jumped down with one hand supporting the boulder, and walked towards the Huan army. .

"You wait here first."

In order to avoid putting pressure on the other party, Wu Liang gave a few instructions to everyone, and went up to meet them alone.

When he came to the front like this, Wu Liang realized that the man was a middle-aged man after the man took off the straw hat on his head.

Years of exposure to wind and sun made this person's skin dark and shiny. Although his figure looked a little thin, his exposed arms looked very powerful.

"You don't look like refugees fleeing famine, where did you come from, and how did you come to this sparsely populated place?"

Without waiting for Wu Liang to introduce himself, the man looked at him and the Huan army behind him and asked.

"The folks are really accurate at seeing people. We are indeed not refugees fleeing famine. The reason why we came here after traveling thousands of miles is actually to find a historic site."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"Ancient monuments?"

The man frowned.

"good."

Wu Liang also half-truthfully said, "Since I was a child, I took Tai Shi Gong as a role model in life, and I determined to write a more detailed and true history book than "Tai Shi Gong Ji" to pass on to future generations, so I spent all my family money traveling around collecting rumors. , whenever you hear that there are ancient relics left by your ancestors, you must go to find them to confirm."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds very inspirational."

The man was stunned for a while after listening, but finally shook his head and said.

"..."

Wu Liang was ashamed, but the illiteracy rate is extremely high these days, not to mention the people who live in the "no man's land", it is normal that they have never heard of Taishi Gong, so he said, "Actually, there is nothing to say, but it is enough to eat Just find something to do that you think is interesting.”

"I understand when you say that. It seems that your family background should be very good. Otherwise, in today's turmoil, ordinary people would have to get up early and work hard just to fill their stomachs. How could they have the time to travel around like you?"

The man nodded and said again, "But speaking of ancient sites... I have lived here since I was a child, and I haven't seen a living stranger in this place for several years. How can there be any ancient sites? You were washed away by the Yellow River, could it be that you were deceived to come here?"

living strangers?
These words sound a little strange. Could it be that you can often see dead people?

Wu Liang secretly kept this detail in his heart, and then said with a smile: "If you don't have it, just take it as a sight to visit here... Speaking of which, I would like to ask this elder brother for advice, since elder brother has lived here since childhood I should be familiar with the situation here, can I ask Brother, how far is it from here to the mouth of the Yellow River?"

"You're asking the right person."

The man smiled complacently, and pointed to the direction of the Yellow River, "If you want to go to the mouth of the Yellow River, you only need to continue walking along the river bank for another 50 miles. If you accidentally fall into it, you will never return. You should be more careful... Hey! Speaking of the mouth of the Yellow River, I suddenly remembered that there seems to be a historic site built at an unknown time. Couldn't Xunzang be there?"

Hearing this, Wu Liang lifted his spirits and said hastily: "Can you please describe to me what are the distinctive features of that historic site?"

"I just remember that there were three gatehouses carved out of stone in that place."

The man recalled and said, "But I have never been to that place, I just saw it from a distance. If you want to go there, you'd better not think about it."

"Why is this?"

Wu Liang asked strangely.

"Because during a diversion of the Yellow River decades ago, that place was surrounded and became an isolated island in the river. However, a fault formed a waterfall on the edge of the isolated island, which made the water so turbulent that ordinary boats couldn't get through it at all. If you don’t use boats to float across the water, it’s tantamount to asking for your own death.”

The man said seriously, "And that place is not a good place to go. Since you came from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, you should know that there are often floating corpses going down the Yellow River. The fishing nets I set in the water will be entangled with a floating corpse every few days." , You have to salvage the floating corpses to take back the fishing nets. I am very upset, and now there are floating corpses gathering in that place all the year round. At most, hundreds of floating corpses can gather on the shore together. Crossing the river between floating corpses?"

"..."

Listening to the man's description, Wu Liang has already made up the picture in his brain.

Dare to feel that now that "fairy mountain" has become a delta?

And rushing waterfalls?

And the floating corpses gathered in pieces?
Isn't this a scene only in hell?
Speaking of the number of floating corpses, Wu Liang felt that the man should not be exaggerating. Even in later generations, floating corpses often appeared in the Yellow River, so the mysterious profession of "Yellow River Corpse Fisherman" was born.

And in this era of starvation everywhere.

Wu Liang has seen with his own eyes some places where the dead bodies were pushed into the river for simple disposal. In history, Boss Cao also threw all the dead bodies into the river when he massacred the city in Xuzhou, which once caused the river to be blocked. No one cared whether this would cause a plague. ...and the Yellow River flows through the Central Plains from the Western Regions. Almost all of these areas are in war-torn areas where military strategists must contend. Naturally, floating corpses flowing down the river are indispensable.

When saying this.

"Big dog, it's getting late, don't hurry up and take back the fishing net!"

An abrupt female voice came from a distance.

Wu Liang followed the prestige, and saw a middle-aged woman came out of the village at some point, and was shouting at the man who was talking to Wu Liang.

It was impossible for the middle-aged woman not to notice Wu Liang and the others, but she just ignored them and turned back to the house after getting the middle-aged man's response.

"Hey, women and Taoists have never seen anything in the world, and they don't even know how to say hello when they meet people."

The middle-aged man smiled and explained, "Speaking of which, do you know why I have such a cheap name as Big Dog?"

"Why?"

Wu Liang probably guessed what he wanted to say in his heart, but he asked very cooperatively.

"I'm the eldest in the family, so it takes up a big character."

The middle-aged man said, "The word "dog" was specially chosen by my parents. They said that using the animal as a name can deceive Shou Caoshi and teach the death judge to think that I am not a human being, so that I will not be hooked like others. Let's go, it's hard to name this name."

Sure enough, it was similar to what Wu Liang had guessed, but he still cooperated and said: "So that's the case, your father and Lingtang are really insightful."

"Hahaha, your words are really pleasant to hear."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Okay, I've already told you everything I know. If you still want to look for that historic site, I can't stop you. I'll collect my net...but before I leave I still advise you, that place is by no means a good place, you can just go and look across the river, try not to cross it by force, or you may never come back.”

"Thank you bro for the pointer."

Wu Liang saluted and thanked him, watched the middle-aged man board the boat docked on the shore, and then returned to the side of Huan Renjun.

Just now, the two of them spoke without hiding it.

Although the people in the Huan army didn't approach them, they were not far away, so they listened to what the middle-aged man said just now.

So naturally, Wu Liang didn't need to repeat it to them again, he just nodded and said: "Let's go, there are still fifty miles to go, go ahead and find a suitable place to camp, rest overnight and you should be there tomorrow."

"promise."

Everyone was a little tired after a day's driving, but they still responded and proceeded step by step.

After experiencing the indifference and unwelcomeness of the previous village, they no longer thought about staying in this village. What's more, there are only a few small houses in this village, which can't accommodate so many of them. In the end, they still have to camp. There is not much difference.

As a result, just after walking more than ten meters away, a middle-aged man shouted and cursed from behind: "Damn, he got wrapped up in a floating corpse again, and the one who returned his mother was a female corpse, so unlucky!"

"Hehehe..."

Everyone in the Huan army couldn't help laughing when they heard this voice.

I didn't know it was next.

"what!"

Immediately behind him came another man's exclamation, and then there was a "plop" sound of falling into the water.

Wu Liang and the others looked back quickly, only to see that there was only an empty boat left on the river, and the huge splash of water that had just fallen beside the boat.

(End of this chapter)