the last priest

This is a floating corpse, the corpse is already highly decomposed, the long-term blisters have already made the corpse deformed, the swollen legs are as thick as a washbasin, and the facial features are completely unrecognizable.The water in the underground river is full of rocks, and the body was stuck here by two big rocks. The black hair swayed back and forth along the water, like water plants. Those hairs were all waist length. At first glance, Cha Wenbin thought that this It should be a female corpse.

Cha Wenbin is not a forensic doctor, but he knows that even if a normal corpse is soaked in the cold underground world, it will not last more than two years, let alone such a group of maggots.Either, this is a person who died not too long ago, or he was washed out by the flood.

The three-legged toad was probably full, so he jumped up with his swollen belly, stared at Cha Wenbin with his invisible neck and hiccupped.After all, an animal is still an animal, so it doesn't care how disgusting the corpse is, how bad the smell is, since this is its food.

Cha Wenbin deliberately wanted to go around, and it was not a good thing to encounter such a corpse in an unfamiliar place.

"Let's go." Cha Wenbin knelt down and said to the greedy toad on the ground.

According to the past, when Zha Wenbin made this movement, the toad would definitely jump up and jump into his sleeping bag, but this time it didn't move, but readjusted its body to face the river.

Cha Wenbin had no choice but to smile and said, "Is it too full to jump?" So he stretched out his hand and wanted to catch it.Unexpectedly, before the hand touched it, the toad jumped into the water one step ahead, and when it showed its head again, it floated on the water and shouted at Cha Wenbin: "Cack!"

Cha Wenbin waved his hand, and waved with some displeasure: "Let's go, we have to go."

Hearing what he said, the toad dived into the water again, and after a while it came out of the water and continued to shout to Cha Wenbin, "Cack!" Probably seeing that Cha Wenbin was still indifferent, it simply circled around. The floating corpse kept turning in circles, screaming while swimming.

Although the three-legged toad is a very spiritual animal, its temperament is very lazy. It must have something to do with such an abnormal behavior.Seeing it kept circling the corpse, Cha Wenbin pointed at the corpse with the mentality of giving it a try and said, "You want me to bring it up?"

Although the three-legged toad couldn't speak, it kept pointing its chin at the water surface, as if people were nodding their heads in approval.Zha Wenbin immediately followed and jumped into the water. Although the current was small, it was very fast. He tried to turn the dough-like corpse with his hands, but it was very heavy. He was just recovering from a serious illness, and he couldn't use his strength.After returning to the shore, he untied his Qiankun bag, took out an old Taoist robe, tore it into a pile of cloth strips, and connected these cloth strips to make a rope.

The swollen head was already as thick as the neck, and the limbs were also connected to the body, so there was no telling what kind of torso it was.Finding a place that can withstand the force, Cha Wenbin returned to the shore and began to pull desperately. Finally, he moved the corpse from the two stones a little, and the rushing water immediately rushed the corpse downstream.

The three-legged toad saw the corpse being washed away, so it swam ahead quickly by itself, put its mouth on the corpse, and tried to resist the current with its own strength, but unexpectedly, it was also carried downstream. The scene made Cha Wenbin also find it funny.

After struggling several times in a row, he finally found a rock that could withstand the force. Cha Wenbin leaned on the rock and slowly pulled the corpse to the shore inch by inch, while the three-legged toad pushed hard on its three legs. Regardless of whether it has the strength or not, it is doing its best.

After a lot of effort, the corpse that had been soaked beyond recognition was finally pulled up.The body weighed several times after being soaked in water. When Cha Wenbin saw the front of its body, he felt something was wrong.The clothes on the corpse had long been washed clean by the water, and the vaguely recognizable male physiological structure formed a strong contrast with its long hair!

This is a male corpse!Modern men would definitely not have such long hair, Cha Wenbin thought to himself, could it really be an ancient corpse?What is the purpose of the three-legged toad to bring it up?

But there are only two things that can attract the three-legged toad, which is listed as a fairy by Taoism: food and treasures!

The food, obviously it has had a full meal, and when the corpse was pulled just now, more maggots fell into the water, but it didn't care, but just kept on the corpse. Compared with the food, it obviously cared more about the dead corpse .What reason does a deformed corpse make it so exciting?

After the three-legged toad came ashore, it continued to dance around the corpse, then came to Cha Wenbin's side and rubbed his feet, and then ran to the corpse and croaked.

Cha Wenbin saw that it kept pushing its nose against the same part of the corpse, apparently trying to turn the corpse over.

"I'll come, I'll come." Cha Wenbin looked at its funny look, and didn't care about whether it was disgusting or not. He took out the Seven Star Sword and inserted it under the corpse as a crowbar. With a slow force, the corpse would Then slowly turned over.

The corpse just turned over and couldn't wait for Zha Wenbin to inspect it, so the three-legged toad jumped away, opened its mouth wide, rolled its tongue and contained something in its mouth.Just now, Cha Wenbin only noticed that a touch of green flashed in front of his eyes, and then he was swallowed by it.

Two pieces of dark red rope were exposed from the three-legged toad's mouth, and the part of the rope was tied around the neck of the dead body.Zha Wenbin squatted down and took a look. The rope was an ordinary rope, a small red rope used to make some jade pendants and gold ornaments. It was obviously a product of modern mechanization.

After the three-legged toad had something in its mouth, it began to retreat in two steps and three steps, but the rope was still tightly tied to the corpse, and it looked like a fish that had bitten the hook.

Cha Wenbin patted his little head, which was afraid of it, and said, "Hey, spit it out."

The three-legged toad's sneaky eyes turned and still refused to let go. On the contrary, it struggled backward with greater strength, and its neck was stretched longer and longer, and it kept shaking its head. The posture was: I won't give you even death.

Cha Wenbin simply sat on the ground, looked at the three-legged toad that continued to pull hard and said with a smile: "Since you are worried, then I don't care. Otherwise, you spit it out first, and I will return it after I untie it." You." One person and one toad started negotiating in this ghostly place.

The three-legged toad swayed from side to side and finally locked its eyes on the red rope. It probably knew that it could not complete this difficult task with its own strength, so it chose to compromise with reality.Opening his mouth wide, a green ring fell into Cha Wenbin's hand.

Gently wiping off the saliva on the ring, he could tell at a glance that it was an ancient jade, because the color on the jade was so perfect that it had already merged with the jade itself.This is a jade ring the size of a copper coin. The hole in the middle is so small that a thin string can barely be squeezed in. The whole piece of jade is green with emerald green. : "It's really a piece of precious jade!"

Needless to say, it is not Fanpin who can be so missed by the three-legged toad. You must know that when Chaozi got back those antiques that he regarded as treasures, the three-legged toad didn't even bother to sniff. It can be called a national treasure among national treasures, and I haven't seen the three-legged toad think twice about why such a piece of jade ring makes it so nostalgic.

In Zha Wenbin's hand, there was only a fire folder with a slight flicker of fire. Even with such a little light, the jade ring could look transparent from front to back.Following the light, there was a faint dragon-shaped pattern flashing in the jade pendant. In order to see it clearly, Zha Wenbin lit another candle for the first time. As the flame swayed, the dragon started to dance with it. !

Since ancient times in China, there has been a saying that gold is valuable and jade is priceless. A piece of fine jade can attract princes to fight each other, and its value is often measured by several cities.For jade, every generation of the ancient Chinese civilization is deeply obsessed with it, and behind every piece of valuable jade is often hidden a piece of unknown history and secrets.

The surface of the jade ring is also engraved with some simple and complex lines. Some of those lines are raised, some are sunken, and they are criss-crossed.

Zha Wenbin put the piece of jade in his arms and smiled at the three-legged toad on the ground: "Let me stay here for a few days, and I will give it to you after I get out."

The three-legged toad shook its head desperately, which meant that it was quitting. It jumped high several times in succession, and it seemed that it was about to be snatched by Cha Wenbin.Zha Wenbin grabbed the three-legged toad that was jumping high, nodded its small nose and said: "People say that good jade should be raised with beauties, and this piece of jade will be raised with toads in the future. Don't worry, I will keep my word." , I will give it to you after I go out, how about it?"

I don't know if it chooses to believe in Cha Wenbin again or thinks that it is really no match for this cunning master. It slipped its head into its sleeping bag and fell asleep...