Chapter 214 A Big Event Happened

"How many people have died?"

The pace slowed down a little.

She remembered Yan Kuan once saying that no one had died in the Qinghai River in recent years, and no one had been heard of any deaths even in the nearby area.

Now Luo Nanyang's words that many people had died made her instantly confused.

"Tell me more about it."

"Could you elaborate?"

Not understanding what Feng Zhibai meant, Luo Nanyang moved closer to her.

"I just want you to be more specific!"

Look at him like a fool.

He uttered an "oh" and quickly explained, "There's nothing special going on. It's just that someone died. It's been a long time, almost ten years."

Ten years ago, Yan Kuan was not yet a deputy director, so it was normal for him not to know about the case of suicide by jumping into the river.

"There are only three possible causes of death: homicide, suicide, and accident."

He counted on his fingers and looked at Feng Zhibai seriously.

The two of them had already reached the bridge.

The moon hung in the sky, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the water, reflecting the street lights, making it look like layers of silver powder were sprinkled on it.

"This accident that happened ten years ago was a homicide and the body was disposed of."

Without interrupting him, Feng Zhibai took a few steps and stopped.

"The woman whose body was murdered and dumped was a woman who lived in the Central Building, the shopping mall behind Jindonglai. Rumor has it it was a murder of passion. It seems the man caught the woman cheating on him, and in a rage, he rushed into the Central Building with a knife. He hacked the woman to death on the spot, then proceeded to kill the man she had cheated on with with a knife, and then dumped both bodies into the river that night."

Make a gesture of throwing a corpse.

"Why does this sound familiar?"

Turned his head to look at Luo Nanyang.

Why did she feel that this storyline sounded so familiar?

Is it a bit similar to the story Fang Ning told before?

However, Fang Ning explained that after the man hacked the woman to death, he chased after her lover and hacked him, alarming the people on the floor. He then hacked fourteen people to death, injured fourteen more, and finally committed suicide by jumping off the building.

The story told by Luo Nanyang was that the woman and her lover were hacked to death by the man and their bodies were thrown into the river.

Same storyline, different ending.

"Are you sure the story you're telling is true?"

There was hesitation in his eyes.

He shuddered, raised his hand and made a swearing gesture: "I swear! Goddess, if I lie to you, I'm a dog!"

He withdrew his hand, looked around, and said cautiously, "This incident was quite bizarre at the time. The surrounding residents, passersby, and even the police knew about it."

"The day after the body was dumped, the police received a call and arrived with a large team and specialized equipment to retrieve the body. You wouldn't have known that dozens of people went down into the river, but in the end, nothing was retrieved and some nearly died in the river! After they came out, one of the officers who went down to retrieve the body said something was pulling at their legs. The leading officer was the police chief at the time; I think his last name was Guo. Director Guo was an atheist, and when he heard this, he became furious. He grabbed his clothes, put them on, and went down to retrieve the body. Who knew that the man hadn't even made it all the way down to the river and nearly drowned! The surrounding police officers who were also retrieving the body panicked and scrambled to pull Director Guo out of the water."

"The audience noticed something was amiss, and someone boldly suggested the police hire a professional body retriever to dig up the body from the river. "Goddess, you know, body retrievers are a niche profession. They specialize in retrieving bodies from the river."

There are eight mysterious professions among the people: Yin-Yang master, knife-wielding man, mountain walker, corpse retriever, sorcerer, horse-riding immortal, treasure-hunter, and fortune-teller.

In the past, China was a great country with a large population, and many of them were talented and outstanding people.

There are countless ways to make a living.

In order to survive, people have developed and created countless trades and professions.

These professions are collectively classified into various categories.

The three religions are Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

The Nine Schools refer to the various schools of thought.

Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Mohism, School of Names, Agriculturalism, School of Diplomacy, School of Yin and Yang and Eclecticism.

The nine classes are further divided into the upper nine classes, the middle nine classes and the lower nine classes.

The upper nine classes are emperors, sages, hermits, child immortals, literati, warriors, farmers, merchants and industrialists.

The nine classes are divided into scholars, doctors, fortune tellers, painters, scholars, musicians and chess players, Taoists, monks and nuns.

The lower nine classes are divided into legal advisors, yamen runners, scalers, matchmakers, peddlers, temptresses, thieves, and prostitutes.

The upper nine classes are active in public and hold high positions of power.

The middle nine classes live secretly in the world and walk the streets.

Most of the lower nine classes are those who do not see the light and follow orders from others.

Of course, the nine-rate professions are not limited to the ones mentioned above.

People like barbers, pedicurists, etc. are all considered as the ninth class of occupations.

However, these were the nine classes of factions in the old society.

In today's society, everyone values ​​equality, and there is little debate about the concept of "all kinds of people are equal".

All practitioners who earn money through hard work have legitimate careers, regardless of their background or status.

Society is much more inclusive than it used to be.

The corpse retrievers mentioned by Luo Nanyang were classified as the lowest class of people. Because they were not exposed to the light, they were also called the Yin-removing Sect.

The corpse catchers don't just catch any corpse.

They have three major taboos.

First, do not fish out anything standing upright in the water.

Second, those who fail to get on board three times will not be rescued.

Third, do not fish during thunderstorms.

Those standing upright in the water are not fished out because this type of corpse had deep resentment before death, and after death they became evil in the water. Not to mention fishing them out, it would be very disastrous if you encountered them.

Those who fail to get on board three times will not be rescued because they were very obsessed before they died and were unwilling to leave.

As a corpse retriever, you must respect their wishes.

The third reason is that the boatmen are affected by thunderstorms and winds, and their safety is threatened, so it is not appropriate for them to go down to the river to retrieve corpses.

"The police, having been educated in science, don't believe in ghosts or gods. After dispersing the crowd, they planned to retrieve the body from another location, but after a long time of searching, they couldn't get into the river! No matter how hard they tried, anything in the water was bound to cause trouble! Finally, Director Guo had no choice but to ask someone to find a body retriever. But before they even reached the river, the retriever said the job was impossible, saying there were so many ghosts underwater that the boat might capsize before even getting in."

"After a long discussion, the body was never retrieved, and no one dared to go into the river again. From that time on, the government erected iron chains and stone railings around the riverbank to prevent accidents."

Patting the stone pillars and railings beside him, Luo Nanyang sighed: "After that, no one dared to come here for several years. Only in recent years, when there has been no movement, people dared to come here for a stroll or something."

"How do you know what happened back then? And so clearly?"

Feng Zhibai yawned and looked at Luo Nanyang who was still sighing beside him.

How does he know so much about what happened ten years ago?

Noticing Feng Zhibai's mood, Luo Nanyang hurriedly waved his hands left and right: "Don't get me wrong, I lived nearby at the time. I was thirteen at the time, at the age of mischief, and often played and wandered around this area with my friends. I was here when the accident happened, and I remember the scene very clearly."