Qinghe looked down at the exquisitely crafted forbidden step on Lianxin's waist and said, "Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll keep an eye on it for you."
After Lian Xin left, Ouyang Ming came over in his wheelchair. "Madam, is Lian Xin gone?"
Qinghe replied, "She's gone. I asked her to go investigate something. She probably won't be back for a day or two."
Ouyang Ming knew that she was not in a good mood, so he put the current issue aside and asked, "It seems that the person she is waiting for didn't come. I didn't see any new faces."
Qinghe sighed softly and said, "I don't think her mood is too affected. I just don't know the background of the person she is waiting for."
Ouyang Ming smiled and said, "Just now, I saw you from afar with your head down. Were you looking at her forbidden steps? That thing is really beautiful."
Qinghe said that it was not something that an ordinary craftsman could make. Not only was the workmanship exquisite, but the materials used were not something that ordinary wealthy people could afford. "Alas, if you want to find the craftsmanship, it's really easy to find. But I haven't seen the person yet, so I don't dare to check in advance."
Seeing how hard she worked, Ouyang Ming said, "That's enough. She's not young anymore. If she really has plans, she'll tell you sooner or later. Don't worry."
Qinghe looked at the direction Lian Xin had left from afar, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his attention back to the poor people of unknown origin on the shore: "Have you found out what kind of poison they were infected with?"
Ouyang Ming shook his head slightly and said, "It's a bit complicated. It will probably take some time."
The poison on the corpse wasn't a big deal; the main thing was to find out the identity of the corpse. The most crucial thing was the river water. I wondered if it would be affected. "Then I'll tell everyone to keep the news secret for now. Look at the river water, it should be fine, right?"
Ouyang Ming said that it was fortunate that the river water was flowing, that it was living water; if it were stagnant, it would be a serious problem. "It's not a big problem. Have the brothers from the Cao Gang tell the residents along the river that the ground energy has been rising in recent days and the river water is a bit silty. Tell them not to drink the raw water. It will be fine in a couple of days."
Hearing Ouyang Ming's words, Qinghe felt a little relieved. "Well, that's good. I've asked the brothers from the Canal Transport and the people from the Liuxiang Tavern to help investigate the bodies. It won't be long before we have results. However, looking at the clothes these people are wearing, I wonder how many of them can be identified."
Ouyang Ming looked at the things on the riverbank and frowned. "Do your best. The sudden appearance of these poisonous corpses is not a good sign. If I remember correctly, Chen Xin should have helped to treat the poisonous corpses in Xiaoshan, right?"
Qinghe recalled for a while and said, "I heard Achen say it before, it should be him. I don't know where their team is now. It would be great if Qinghe County was on their route."
Ouyang Ming said these things appeared suddenly, and he hadn't heard of anything strange happening near Qinghe County before. He hadn't had much of a clue at the moment. "To be completely safe, we don't even know their route. We can't rush this."
Just as Qinghe and Ouyang Ming were discussing something, the person in charge of salvaging the body accidentally scratched his hand with something that looked like a branch or a bone that emerged from the body. "Hiss!"
Everyone was startled when they heard the guy yell. They were already filled with awe at salvaging these things, and they thought he had seen something else: "What's wrong?"
After rinsing his hand in the water, the young man raised it up a little embarrassedly and said, "It's okay, I just got scratched."
After everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they all said, "Really? Be careful."
“I know, I know!”
By evening, after the river had been cleared of most of the debris, the clothes of the men responsible for the salvage were stained with sweat and mud. Fortunately, Qinghe had asked Lianxin to prepare some clean clothes and leave them by the river.
After everyone finished their work, they all went to change clothes together. The leading captain saw the newcomer, who had injured his hand today, squatting by the river without moving. He thought he was new and felt embarrassed to change clothes with everyone else, so he let the others go first and ran over to call for help. "Master Zhang said it's time to call it a day, go change clothes and go back. What's wrong with you squatting here? Did you eat something bad?"
After the captain helped the newcomer up, he took a closer look and saw that the man's eyes were lifeless, as if he had lost his soul. No one knew what had happened to his right hand, the skin was torn and the blood was purple and black. "Ahhh!"
When everyone heard the noise by the river, they rushed over without even changing their clothes: "What's going on?"
The captain quickly took off his shirt and said in shock, "Oh my God, look at his hands! He's not saying anything. What's going on?"
Qinghe was just about to push Ouyang Ming back when he saw the group that had just dispersed gather again. Something felt off. Ouyang Ming gestured for Qinghe to stop for a moment. "Something seems to be going on over there. Come on, let's go check it out."
Qinghe said that if anything happened, she would go first. Only if everything was fine would Ouyang Ming's turn. "I'll go. You stay here and don't run around."
When Qinghe ran over and saw the man holding the right arm that was no longer resembling a human, he frowned and took off the dagger from his waist. With a wave of his hand, the knife slashed down, and the moment the arm left the body, the man who had just lost his soul suddenly regained consciousness.
After seeing his suddenly lost arm and feeling the unbearable pain, he finally cried out, "Master Zhang, my hand, my hand!"
"What are you still standing there for? Take him downstairs and bandage his wounds." After Qinghe called out, those people who were still fascinated by the scene of Qinghe's broken arm suddenly came to their senses and hurriedly sent the man back to the dock to bandage his wounds.
After making sure the man was alright, Ouyang Ming pulled the team leader aside and asked, "Why did he suddenly become like this? Has he eaten or encountered anything in the past few days?"
The team leader was also confused and said, "We eat, drink, defecate and urinate together. If there is any problem, it was when we were handling those things today that the guy seemed to have been scratched by something."
Ouyang Ming said he had examined the back of the severed arm and it was indeed a symptom of poisoning. It seemed that the bodies had some serious origin. "...Everyone should be careful when handling those things. In addition to wearing deerskin gloves, wear a layer of thick cotton gloves over them. Be careful not to get hurt."
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