I nodded, the current appearance of the shopkeeper Wang is indeed a little scary. No wonder it's so tightly wrapped.

I thought about it carefully and decided to go back to the Zhen family's old mansion. It's a haunted mansion now, and no one wants to get near it. Occasionally, a few travelers stop here, but they don't last long. What's more, the Zhen family's old mansion is still relatively large! We had no problem finding a place to shrink up.

After arriving in the room, the shopkeeper gently took off his clothes.

I saw that his face, arms, and hands were already full of carrion, and there were even maggots rolling back and forth on them. It looks a little disgusting.

Logically speaking, the current king's treasurer should be dead. But he had a mind of his own, and he knew where his home was, and even found it. It struck me as weird!

I looked at the shopkeeper Wang: "First of all, what happened?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded, sat there with a wry smile, and began to tell his story.

It turned out that the shopkeeper Wang was sleeping when there was a big flood, and when he woke up, he had already woken up in a cave in the lower reaches of the Dragon River. The cave is not very large, but it is very spacious inside, and when the shopkeeper woke up, he did not realize what had happened. He wanted to leave the cave, but it was completely closed to the front and back, and he was washed into the cave by the flood. The only exit is at the top of the cave, and it is almost impossible to climb up with the body of the king's treasurer!

He cried out there for a long time, and no one came to his rescue.

But it's also strange to say, the shopkeeper Wang has been there for many days, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of hunger, but the strange thing is that there is a faint smell of foul smell on his body, and the smell is very unpleasant. However, at the beginning, the shopkeeper Wang didn't care, thinking that it was just caused by not taking a bath for a long time.

Later, the shopkeeper found that the flesh on his body was rotting little by little. He panicked.

He tried a lot of ideas, but none of them worked. He didn't need to eat anything, he didn't need to drink anything to survive. But at the same time, his body was decaying little by little, and his soul seemed to be imprisoned in his body, which made him very afraid.

He had been in the cave for a month or two, until a few days ago he had dug a hole in the wall, and climbed up the hole step by step. However, by that time, his body was already rotting, and the dampness in the place would increase the rate of decay.

There is a saying in the industry, dry for a thousand years, wet for 10,000 years, not dry or wet for only half a year! In other words, a person's body can be preserved for thousands of years in a completely dry environment. Of course, it's not that it's not rotten, but it's relatively intact. In the case of complete immersion in water, relatively closed. Things can last for 10,000 years. However, if it is not dry or wet, it can be kept for half a year without rotting, which is already considered a very good cow.

Therefore, in just two months, the degree of decay of the shopkeeper Wang's body is very large. After coming out, he was very afraid in his heart and wanted to go home, but he was in such a state all over his body, and he was afraid that he would be killed by others as a monster before he went out for a long time. That's why I sneaked into a farmhouse, stole some winter clothes, wrapped myself tightly, and lowered my head all the way before walking back home.

He didn't know anything about what was going on at home.

After listening to the story of the shopkeeper Wang, I felt a little embarrassed.

In the end, he shook his head helplessly, looked at the shopkeeper Wang and said, "The Dragon River has been completely flooded, and no one in your family should be alive!" Those who fled are now scattered in all directions, and no one knows where they have fled. It's even harder to find! The dragon river is gone! ”

"Why, how could this be!" The shopkeeper's hand trembled slightly, as if he couldn't believe it.

One by one, the maggots fell to the ground, looking unusually disgusting.

I picked up one of the bugs, put it in the palm of my hand, and looked closely: "This is not an ordinary maggot!" ”

"What's that?" Liang Wansheng and Shopkeeper Wang looked at me and hurriedly asked.

I pondered for a moment: "This thing is called the River Turning Worm, I have seen it in the "Collection of a Thousand Things", it is very difficult, but this thing generally only appears in the Yellow River Valley. There is a popular profession in the neighborhood called the corpse digger, which is the most troublesome thing for the corpse digger. But it can be used as medicine to detoxify dozens of toxins. ”

"How did this thing end up in the Dragon River?" Liang Wansheng listened to my story. I was a little surprised!

I shook my head slightly: "It's impossible to say, there may be something wrong with the Dragon River." It is also possible that someone deliberately brought this thing to the Dragon River, but if this river insect does not pose any threat to the living, but just likes to attach to the dead thing, under normal circumstances, it will not take long for a corpse to be swallowed by this river turning insect, only the skeleton remains! ”

"What do you mean!" After listening to my words, the voice of the shopkeeper Wang was slightly entangled, and he couldn't believe it: "I, I'm already dead?" ”

"At least now I can't say you're alive. However, you're in a weird state right now! I took a deep breath and carefully examined the shopkeeper in front of me, there was no corpse on the shopkeeper's body, and most importantly, there was an indescribable vitality on the shopkeeper's body. This is strange, not to mention whether the river insect likes corpses, even if it is an ordinary person, the body is decomposed to such an extent, how can he not still be alive.

However, in the body of the king's shopkeeper, I can clearly feel it. The man is still alive.

"That little coffin, is there any way now?" There was a hint of crying in the king's words, and then he continued: "As long as you can help me solve this problem, no matter what you have in the future, I will definitely not say anything!" ”

I shook my head slightly: "I've disappointed you, and there's nothing I can do to solve your troubles right now." But you can give it a try, and you don't have to be nervous yet. Take off your shirt and I'll look at you! ”

"Good! Good! The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, and then took off his shirt.

At that moment, I felt a feeling of nausea surging in my heart, and I could clearly see the skeleton of the king's shopkeeper, among the bones, countless river worms were swinging back and forth, and the position of the heart was already full of holes, but it was still beating strongly. It looks weird.

In addition, there is not even a complete place on the king's shopkeeper.

My heart hurts when I see it, and this feeling is really uncomfortable.

When Liang Wansheng saw this scene, he also hurriedly turned around.

"Little coffin, look ......" There was a hint of hope in the eyes of the shopkeeper Wang. It was as if all the hopes were pinned on me.

And I was stunned, to be honest, I had never seen anyone like this before: "I don't have a way, but there is a place where I can take you there, but before I do that, I want to go to the cave you talked about, do you think it's okay?" ”

"No problem!" After hearing that there might be a way, the shopkeeper Wang hurriedly nodded and said, "As long as it can make me well, or say dead, it's okay!" This kind of appearance is really uncomfortable, you don't know my little coffin. Eat, can't eat, can't drink. When I saw people, I wanted to hide, I didn't dare to look up at all, I thought about death, but after falling off the cliff, I found that I was still alive! ”

When I heard what the shopkeeper said, although it was a little miserable, I don't know why, I always felt a sense of absurd joy, and I held back my smile and said, "Well, I'll find a way, let's go!" ”

After saying that, the king's treasurer led us towards the cave.