It was just after eight o'clock in the evening, and the sky seemed to have a big hole, and it rained all night, and the country roads were already muddy with rain, and the wind was blowing fiercely, and the rain did not stop at all, because of the dark clouds, it was darker than usual.

There was a rapid knock on the door of the old Chen family at the east end of the village, but it was mixed with a huge rain, and the knocking movement could also be heard by the old Chen family in the house. Haining Village is a small fishing village on the outskirts of Yunzhou City, there are not many people on weekdays, and the remaining families also rely on fishing and selling fish for a living.

Lao Chen was drinking a little wine alone, and when he was stirred up like this, he was immediately a little displeased, and yelled outside the house: "Who? Even if it's raining heavily, don't stay in the house! Lao Chen's daughter-in-law's surname is Li, and the people in the village all call Aunt Li, she is a kind person, and when she saw Lao Chen scolding outside the house, she immediately dissuaded: "Maybe it's the people in the village, the heavy rain has washed away the house, and they came to us for help." As he spoke, he got up and opened the door. Lao Chen was still muttering in his mouth, but it could be seen that Aunt Li had already gotten up to open the door, so she didn't say anything more.

The door opened, and there was a man standing outside the door, wearing a black raincoat, and the hat of the raincoat covered half of his face, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but it could be seen from the exposed skin that the man was a little white! As the door opened, a gust of cold wind suddenly poured into the room, and Lao Chen shuddered and said unhappily: "Who?" What's the matter? ”

Aunt Li was also a little stunned, even though the hat covered half of the man's face, Aunt Li knew in her heart that she didn't know the man in front of her. The man paused, and asked in a deep voice, "May I ask if this is Master Chen's house?" ”

Aunt Li nodded, and hurriedly replied, "This is it, young man, do you have something to do with my Lao Chen?" ”

The man was unhurried and replied, "I want to trouble Master Chen to help me go... Scoop up a corpse! ”

Lao Chen heard the man's words clearly, and his heart was even more displeased, and he immediately said loudly: "What kind of weather is this, you let me go and retrieve the corpse!" The black light is blind and the rain is so heavy, are you planning to let someone else come to catch my old man tomorrow? ”

In fact, in addition to being a fisherman, Lao Chen also has a profession of corpse fisher. A few years ago, several young people went to Yunzhou Lake outside Haining Village to play, one of the women accidentally fell into the water, drowned, Lao Chen happened to row a fishing boat by, under the pleading of several young people, Lao Chen helped to fish up the female corpse, and later the family of the deceased came to the door and gave 3,000 yuan to express gratitude, Lao Chen found out that this is not a side door to make money.

The scenery of Yunzhou Lake outside Haining Village is pleasant, there are often tourists to play, but here is the entrance of the river, the water flow is turbulent, there are many undercurrents at the bottom of the river, often people fall into the water and die, whenever something happens, someone finds Lao Chen to be responsible for retrieving the corpse, one comes and goes, the fame of Lao Chen's corpse collector spreads here. Therefore, Lao Chen is not taboo about the matter of retrieving corpses, but someone came to him on this rainy night, and he was really uncomfortable.

The man outside the door spoke again: "I can raise the salary higher, and I have to trouble Master Chen to come with me." ”

Lao Chen put down the dishes and chopsticks: "Taller?" How tall can it be? Don't you know that we have a rule for corpse collectors, don't pick up corpses during thunderstorms? I'm afraid that your reward will be earned and not spent! As soon as he finished speaking, another thunderclap sounded outside the house. Aunt Li was kind, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull the man into the house, and closed the door: "Young man, it's windy and rainy outside, and you say when you enter the house." ”

"Five thousand yuan, can I go?" The man said coldly.

Lao Chen had already set the reward for the first time to retrieve the corpse as the price of the corpse, and the man's opening of 5,000 yuan had already doubled, and Lao Chen's tone couldn't help but ease a little when he heard it: "Young man, it's not a matter of money or not, the main thing is that we really can't go to the corpse on this thunderstorm, this is the rule..."

"Ten thousand! May I? The man spoke again.

Lao Chen frowned, this 10,000 yuan is not a small amount of money for their family, although he can earn some money by fishing and corpses on weekdays, but this person can't drown often, right? Lao Chen asked tentatively, "Young man, this... Who are you? Do you have to go fishing tonight? I'll go again after the rain stops tomorrow, old man, okay? ”

The man shook his head and whispered, "It's my girlfriend!" We were passing by here tonight, and she actually fell into the water! I can't swim either, and if it rains so hard, if I don't catch it tonight, where will I find her tomorrow? ”

"Falling water tonight? Your girlfriend? Lao Chen repeated in a low voice, and couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, this man had just died and his girlfriend could be so calm, besides, what kind of road were they in this big night? Lao Chen's heart was full of doubts.

"Fifteen thousand! I only have so much on me now, Master Chen, you can help me, if it's not enough! I'll figure it out tomorrow! The man spoke again.

"Old Chen, you... You can help him, this rainy day... It's not easy for lads either! Aunt Li said in a low voice, she didn't go for money, but when she heard that the man had just died of his girlfriend, she naturally felt a little unbearable!

Lao Chen gasped and said slowly: "Young man, it doesn't take so much, 10,000 yuan will be done!" But I'm talking ahead, this thunderstorm is a taboo in our industry! I'll give it a try, if I can't catch it tonight, I can't help it! ”

The man nodded and said in a low voice: "Even if I can't get it, I will pay the money, thank you Master Chen." ”

Master Chen ordered the money, changed his clothes, put on a raincoat and followed the young man out of the door, plunging into the heavy rain. The roads in the village were washed away by the rain and were extremely muddy, but after a while, the two of them also arrived at Yunzhou Lake, and Master Chen sailed his fishing boat out, due to the heavy rain, there was already standing water in the fishing boat, but this stagnant water did not affect the fishing boat.

The man pointed to the side of the lake: "Master Chen, it's falling water around there!" ”

Lao Chen waved his hand and replied, "With such a heavy rain, people are no longer there!" The lake has an inlet, and there's a fence there, where usually corpses are washed away! After many years of experience in retrieving corpses, Lao Chen also summed up one of his own methods, instead of driving a boat around the lake to find blindly, it is better to go to the fence and wait, the corpses will be washed there nine times out of ten, and the rain is heavy tonight, even more so! This is also one of the reasons why Lao Chen is willing to come out in the rain, but he has never mentioned this trick to anyone, so as not to rob others of his job.

With years of experience, Lao Chen stretched the bamboo pole into the fence and stabbed it, but these few blows were empty, and there was nothing under the fence. Lao Chen was suspicious, could it be that he hadn't been rushed over yet? Lao Chen was unhurried, and waited in the boat in the heavy rain for a while, but after a few rods went down, it still fell short!

Lao Chen was puzzled: "Young man, when did your girlfriend fall into the water?" ”

The man replied in a low voice, "At least... It's been two hours! ”

"Huh? This shouldn't be! Lao Chen scratched his head, "You wait on the boat, I'll go down and take a look!" After that, Lao Chen pulled himself out in three or two strokes, wrapped the rope on the boat around his waist, and then jumped off the boat! The rain on the water is heavier, but it seems calm underwater, Lao Chen's water nature for many years is not a problem at this time, he looked for a while near the fence, and did not find it, so he floated back to the surface in one breath, he climbed into the boat, and said: "The body is not here, it may have tripped over the aquatic weeds after falling into the water, and it didn't rush over, let's go to the place where it fell into the water and look for it." ”

Under the guidance of the man, the two came to the place where his girlfriend fell into the water, Lao Chen stabbed him in the water with a pole as usual, but he didn't find anything, the water here was relatively deep, and it was expected that the corpse sank, Lao Chen tied his waist with a rope again and jumped down. Lao Chen has never been in the water in this area, he was a little panicked as soon as he was in the water, he never thought that there would be so many aquatic plants here, he just picked up a few times, his arms and ankles were entangled by aquatic plants, fortunately he had better water nature, and he slowly broke free without hurrying, he poked his head out of the water and gasped: "Young man, there are too many aquatic plants here!" If your girlfriend doesn't know how to be watery... It is estimated that there is less luck and less luck! ”

After listening to Lao Chen's words, the man looked calm, and replied coldly: "Then trouble Master Chen to look for it again!" ”

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and although Lao Chen felt strange, he couldn't let him think much at the moment, so he immediately took a big breath and turned over and returned to the water. Lao Chen was looking back and forth in the aquatic plants, and suddenly felt some itching on his face, he thought it was aquatic plants, so he reached out to dial it, but when his hand touched it, he found that the white belt on his face was actually there, and he looked in the direction of the belt... Lao Chen was immediately shocked, the scene in front of him frightened Lao Chen poured a few mouthfuls of lake water, choking his head straight dizzy, he desperately swam to the lake, until his head was out of the water, holding the hull of the boat and gasping for a few breaths, coughing up a lot of water before he was relieved.

The man on the boat was lying on the side of the boat and asked coldly, "Master Chen, did you find it?" ”

Lao Chen said in a trembling voice: "Find... Found it, but don't fish it tonight, catch up... Come again early in the morning! ”

The man asked coldly: "Since you have found it, let's catch it, I can't wait for tomorrow morning." ”

Lao Chen trembled again: "Young man, you don't know, the female corpse in the water is... Standing! Those of us in the industry know that this is too much resentment! She's not a corpse anymore, she's a demon! If you catch it, you're going to be out of luck! ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about, since I find it, hurry up and catch it!" The man's voice had a commanding tone!

Lao Chen was also very displeased at this time, and couldn't help yelling at the boat: "Young man, do you understand the rules!" Are you planning to put my life on the line? ”