Chapter Thirty-Nine: Floating Corpses in the River
At noon, Zhang Tian picked out the smoked black clods from the fire with a wooden stick in full view of everyone and sandwiched them on the big stone on the side.
"It's... Can you still eat it? Xia Xue looked at the pitch-black lump and stuck out her tongue.
Although the other people did not speak, they obviously did not have much hope, and planned to eat the cake honestly for a while.
"Hey, can you give me a little basic trust!"
Picking up a stone from the ground, Zhang Tian raised his eyebrows, "Next is the moment to witness the miracle!" ”
With that, he rounded the stone and smashed it, knocking off all the clods of earth that had covered it.
When the lotus leaf hidden under the soil was revealed, the aroma was overflowing in an instant, and Zhang Tian carefully tore open the lotus leaf, revealing the juicy pale yellow chicken inside.
"Wow! It smells so good! Shaochun stared wide-eyed, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"It turns out that this can really make delicious?!"
"You're so powerful, how did you come up with this method?"
Xia Yu and Xia Xue sisters, staring at the fat chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, sighed.
"I opened my eyes today, I didn't expect to be able to make delicious food with this method!" Hutong smelled the pungent fragrance, the Adam's apple rolled, and he was amazed.
Even Ji Lingyan sighed a little in her heart, her beautiful eyes looked at Zhang Tian, and she became more and more curious about him.
"Come on, come on, let's see how it tastes!"
Zhang Tian smiled and dismantled the chicken, and gave the two chicken wings to the Xia Yu sisters, and the chicken legs to Shaochun and Ji Lingyan, who were drooling.
He and Hu Tong also tore two large pieces of chicken and ate them.
This white-tailed meat is indeed tender, even if it is only seasoned with salt, there is no fishy smell, and the melt-in-your-mouth meat is mixed with a faint lotus leaf fragrance, filling the mouth, which is really amazing!
On the scones, a whole white-tailed child was eaten by everyone, and there were no potatoes left in it.
"Kill me, it's so delicious!" Shaochun rubbed her round belly, and she was still a little unsatisfied.
Not only her, but even Hu Tong sat on the stone, humming.
"Hehe, wait until the next time you meet this white-tailed child, I'll do it for you, young master!" Seeing the girl's mouth full of oil, Zhang Tian chuckled.
"Uh-huh! The young master is the best! ”
After resting for a while, Hu Tong, who had eased his strength, stood up, "It's not too early, let's pack up and get ready to go, right?" ”
Everyone has no opinion, they have indeed stayed here for a long time, and it is time to go.
A few people came to the river, intending to clean the oil stains on their hands, but before Zhang Tian squatted down, they heard Xia Yu not far away suspicious.
"Hey! Look, there's something floating on the river over there? ”
Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and saw that about thirty meters away, near the shore, there was indeed something slowly floating.
Xia Xue ran over curiously, waited for her to get closer, screamed in fright, and sat on the ground!
The crowd was startled by her scream and hurriedly ran towards her.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Tianchong was in front and was the first to rush to Xia Xue's side.
I saw Xia Xue pointing to something in the river, looking frightened, "It's... Person... It's people! ”
Zhang Tian was stunned, and hurriedly walked to the river, only to see a man in gray linen clothes, lying on his back in the water, and the corner of his clothes seemed to be hooked by something, so he was not washed downstream by the river.
The man's skin was swollen, his face was bloodless, his skin was pale and blue, and he was obviously out of breath!
Zhang Tian was also taken aback when he first saw the corpse, it was really a little scary, no wonder Xia Xue was scared to sit on the ground.
The few people who rushed behind were also startled by the terrifying appearance of the corpses in the river, and hurriedly retreated backwards and did not dare to approach.
"How can there be a corpse here?!" Ji Lingyan seemed to be much calmer, and quickly recovered her emotions, and said with some doubts.
Zhang Tian squatted on the shore and frowned, there was a two-foot-long wound in the heart of the corpse, which was obviously injured by a sharp weapon.
"It's... This is Awen, the Awen of Changyun Automobile Company! ”
Hu Tong, who came at the end, recognized the corpse floating in the river at a glance, and he pointed to the floating corpse with a frightened face, and said with his fingers trembling slightly.
"You know?" Zhang Tian turned his head and looked at Boss Hu and asked.
"Recognize... Acquaintance, Changyun car shop is not far from my shop, almost everyone I know! He must have met a bandit! ”
Hu Tong's lips trembled a little, but it was the first time he saw a corpse, and he was scared enough.
Zhang Tian nodded, the corpse was swollen, obviously it had been soaked in water for a long time, otherwise it would not have swelled like this.
"I heard in Huaishui City that mountain bandits generally only rob money and don't kill people?"
Hu Tong wiped the sweat from his head, and his expression was a little sad, "Hey, it was like this before, but it's hard to say now!"
These years have not been peaceful, there are too many people who have fallen into the grass, and it is inevitable that some people will kill indiscriminately without knowing the rules, and it is estimated that Ah Wen will die when he meets those mountain bandits..."
They will inevitably meet the mountain bandits on this road, and they will also pay some money every year, which has also become the rule of this industry.
But if you encounter a wild path that is halfway home, it's really hard to say whether you can survive or not.
"Hey, let's catch it and bury it, since we have met, we can't let him expose the corpse in the wilderness..."Zhang Tian sighed and said.
"Cheng, Gongzi is benevolent!"
Hu Tong respectfully hugged his fist at Zhang Tian, ordinary people encounter this kind of thing, but they can't avoid it, he didn't expect this imperial city master to do this.
Keeping the girls away, the two dug a shallow pit on the shore and simply buried the body.
Hu Tong was depressed, and it was inevitable that he felt a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, but at this time, he had been delayed for a long time, and he didn't stop for more, so he cleaned up and drove the carriage to continue his journey.
The atmosphere in the carriage was a little dull, and the girls were no longer interested in chatting, but they had been playing in the water for a while in the morning, and it was estimated that they were still a little nervous.
In addition, the river water used to clean Baiwei Zhizhi was also used, thinking of this, Zhang Tian himself was a little disgusted.
He hurriedly turned his mind, closed his eyes and began to meditate and cultivate, not daring to think about it anymore...
Outside Huaishui City, three eight-seater carriages exited the city gate and moved slowly towards the mountain road to the west, and the two carriages in front and behind were full of people dressed in black, except for the middle one, there were three people sitting in the carriage.
"Master, why bother you with a mere Zhang Tian, it's really a little too exalting him."
"yes, it's just a stinky hairy boy..."
Qi Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the carriage, dressed in a moire robe and slightly gray hair, slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the two people sitting next to him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
"This time I went to Wuyun Mountain, there was a more important thing to do, as for that Zhang Tian... I will cut him into a stick, so that he will not be able to survive or die, and I will relieve my son's hatred of his tragic death! ”