My five elements belong to water, and I am naturally suitable to be a corpse-snatcher, but the first time I went to the Yellow River to fish for corpses, I made an industry taboo.

　　There are three taboos for corpse fishers, namely, do not fish corpses in heavy rain, do not fish upright corpses, and do not fish corpses that cannot be fished for more than three times. However, I broke two taboos in the first year of my career. Breaking the first taboo killed my master and breaking the second taboo killed me half-life.

　　The fortune teller said that my five elements belong to water, and I will be engaged in water-related work all my life.

　　It is purely an accident to say that I am a corpse fisherman. This industry is not a stable industry at first, but an industry dealing with dead bodies.

　　I used to work as a travel company, and I also worked as a tour guide myself. I have been to all kinds of mountains and rivers, and my physical strength and water are not a problem. Of course, I have earned a lot of money, and I was really right by the fortune teller. However, in the past two years, the tourism industry plummeted, and the company lost a million dollars in business. In the end, I sold all my houses and owed hundreds of thousands, and my girlfriend broke up with me, so I went back to my hometown to rent a house and wanted to do odd jobs to pay off my debts.

　　I haven't made any money for months, and the bank will sue me next month, and I'm worried.

　　Just at this moment, I saw someone in the circle of friends agency looking for someone with good water skills to fish for people, and once they fished for 1000 yuan, I thought it was equivalent to the work of lifeguards. I have been traveling for so many years, and every year, tourists fall into the water, and more than a dozen people have been rescued by me. I got this job easily, and I contacted that person without thinking.

　　The intermediary simply asked me what I do. After learning that I used to travel and I was good at water, I immediately gave me an address and asked me to go tomorrow.

　　The next day, I went according to the address given by the man. When I arrived, I saw not only me, but also seven or eight young people. I knew that the salary of fishing in the water was so high that there must be many people.

　　After seeing me coming, the intermediary took seven or eight of us on the bus and drove all the way to the local countryside.

　　The car finally stopped in front of a small two-story building, and the intermediary knocked on the door. An old man with a thin figure and some turbid eyes came out.

　　"Uncle Zhou, I have found everyone for you. Do you see which one can enter your eyes?" The intermediary said with a smile.

　　I didn't know that after Zhou Shu swept us around, he shook his head and said, "No, it's too white to eat this bitterness." Then he turned and left.

　　"Ah, Lao zhou! Aren't you fooling around? Do you want to try it or not? " The intermediary was in a hurry, so he wouldn't let Lao Zhou go.

　　"This industry is easy to kill if you try it!" Although Lao Zhou is short in stature, he seems to have great strength in his hands, and he pushed the intermediary nearly one meter away with one hand.

　　Seeing that Lao Zhou was leaving, this thousand dollars was going to be wasted. I was anxious to speak, "Master Zhou, I can bear hardships! I used to travel, I used to be a lifeguard, and I fished people in the water. That's all right! The fortune teller said that my five elements belong to water, and I was born in the water industry! "

　　As soon as my voice fell, Lao Zhou was in the same place.

　　And others have also started to speak. These people who came here are all swimmers in Shiliba Village, and what's more, they have swam across the Yellow River.

　　Lao Zhou turned around and walked up to me, looked at my face carefully, took out my hand and looked at my palm print. The gods said, "The five elements belong to water and are doomed. It really is born to do this industry, and it's you!"

　　Lao Zhou selected me, and then gave me an intermediary fee of 2,000 yuan. The intermediary walked away with others.

　　Two

　　Lao Zhou led me into the house, which was spotless and smelled of incense.

　　Lao Zhou let me sit down, and he took a few incense sticks and bowed to a niche in the corner. At the same time, I saw that he took out some yellow papers from under the niche and put them in his clothes.

　　After he bowed, he looked at my face again, as if he were confirming something. He nodded and muttered, "Sure enough, numerology belongs to yin, and the five elements belong to water. Life is hard enough! I was born to eat this bowl of rice. "

　　I'm still a little surprised. It's just fishing for people in the water. What does it have to do with not being hard?

　　Then he went on to say, "I'll fish for the body later, and there are a few taboos I have to tell you in advance, so as not to get into trouble."

　　I blew it up as soon as I heard it. "Let's not fish for people. How did it become a corpse? ！”

　　Fishing for people is fishing for the living, and fishing for corpses is fishing for the dead. Although it is also fishing, the difference is too big! Normal people, who is going to fish for the body!

　　Lao Zhou looked at me with a reluctant face and frowned and said, "I'm only fishing for dead bodies. It's not too late for you to leave now."

　　I hesitated, thinking of my hundreds of thousands of debts, and if I don't pay them in installments next week, I will be sued by the bank.

　　I gritted my teeth and said, "I will do it!" But you have to add money! I want two thousand! "

　　Lao Zhou didn't say anything. He turned to the drawer under the Buddhist shrine and took out two thousand yuan. He put it in my hand. The money is a deposit, two thousand yuan for boating, and I'll give you eight thousand yuan if it's done. "

　　Seeing that I have no objection, Lao Zhou continued to talk about tomorrow's rules.

　　"You don't have to go into the water for a while, and you don't have to know the taboos under the water. I will tell you about the taboos on the water."

　　"First, when lifting the body, you can't lift the head of the corpse."

　　When I heard Lao Zhou say the rules, I suddenly interrupted him with curiosity. "What would happen if I held it above my head?"

　　Lao Zhou gave me a white look and said in a cold voice: "The body is over the top, you will never wake up!" If you don't want bad luck, just try. "

　　I shivered, curled my lips and didn't dare to answer.

　　Lao Zhou continued to talk about the rules of salvaging the body tomorrow.

　　"Second, you can't see the face of the body. Be sure to let the body face underwater."

　　"Third, you can't put the body on the boat. When transporting the body back, the body should be hung at the stern and dragged back."

　　Lao Zhou looked serious when he said the rules of salvaging corpses. I knew that he was definitely not joking, but I also heard cold sweat. If I hadn't owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the bank, I wouldn't have done the part-time job of salvaging corpses, but it was this part-time job that completely changed my fate for the rest of my life.

　　At this point, a car drove into Lao Zhou's yard.

　　"Master Zhou, it's time. Let's go." A middle-aged man, gaunt and red-eyed, stood in the yard.

　　Lao Zhou and I went out, got in his car and drove towards the Yellow River.

　　On the way, I learned the cause of this body salvage through Lao Zhou's mouth.

　　It turned out that it was the summer vacation. Three primary school students were playing on the edge of the Yellow River and unfortunately fell into the water. At this time, two college students passed by, so they jumped into the Yellow River regardless of their lives.

　　However, they underestimated the complexity of the Yellow River water and were not familiar with the water situation. In addition, they went to save people without warming up. In the end, the two college students not only failed to save the three children, but also took their lives.

　　I couldn't help feeling sorry when I listened to their conversation.

　　Came to the edge of the Yellow River, and dozens of people have gathered here.

　　There were several cries in the crowd.

　　three

　　When everyone saw me and Lao Zhou coming, they all gave up a path automatically.

　　"Master Zhou, please, you must salvage my child." A sister in her thirties grabbed Lao Zhou and cried.

　　"No problem." Lao Zhou nodded his head.

　　The elder sister's painful face took a hint of relief. "Then please ask Master Zhou to get the body quickly."

　　Lao Zhou shook his head. "Pay the money first, 10,000 yuan for one person. When the money arrives, I will go to the river to fish for the body."

　　Ten thousand dollars per person, which is a lot of income in our country, ordinary people can't earn tens of thousands of dollars a year.

　　"Can't less? Our family is not very rich. " Another child's parents spoke.

　　Lao Zhou shook his head. "No, I can't fish for a corpse in the river. If I can't fish for a corpse of 10 thousand, I'll refund you the money. I'm making money with my life, not expensive."

　　There is no room for relaxation when listening to Lao Zhou. When parents see their children's bodies still soaking in the water, how can they feel bad about money? All five parents have paid the money.

　　Then Lao Zhou took out five needles and said to everyone, "I need one thing from you besides money."

　　"What is it?"

　　"One person and one drop of blood." Lao Zhou said to the parents of the drowning person.

　　"Why is this?"

　　"rules." Lao Zhou looked serious and didn't explain the reason at all.

　　Five parents broke their fingers with needles respectively, and Lao Zhou took out the yellow paper from his clothes, dropped the blood drops of five parents on the yellow paper respectively, and wrote the names of the deceased correspondingly, and then he put these yellow paper with blood drops in my hand.

　　Lao Zhou looked cautious. "Take it well for a rainy day."

　　I took the yellow paper and didn't ask much. Lao Zhou was mysterious, which completely aroused my curiosity. I thought, I will know what he did with the yellow paper when I recovered the body.

　　It is not a simple matter to find a corpse in the boundless Yellow River. Lao Zhou first determined the general orientation of the water with everyone, and then took me on his sheepskin raft and rowed to the water point.

　　Lao Zhou frowned and stared at the Yellow River. His muddy eyes seemed to be able to see through the Yellow River.

　　He shook his head and said, "Not here, row down."

　　According to Lao Zhou's instructions, I rowed down a few hundred meters, and finally Lao Zhou stopped.

　　"Well, everyone should be down here." While talking, Lao Zhou began to take off his clothes and put on goggles.

　　"Master Zhou, why are you sure you are here?" I can't help asking.

　　"This is the deepest place in this water, with a small pass at the bottom and many aquatic plants. It is the easiest place to get stuck in the body of the owner, so it is also called the swallow cave." After Lao Zhou finished speaking, the whole person was ready. He tied a rope behind himself and took another rope in his hand.

　　"I'll salvage the corpse later, and the taboo on the water must not make mistakes!" Lao Zhou told me again.

　　I nodded and said yes again and again. I can recite the three taboos backwards, so I can't commit them.

　　Lao Zhou plunged into the Yellow River.

　　I used to be a tour guide and lifeguard, and I once saved people in wild waters. I know that the complexity and danger of the river outside is far from that of the swimming pool, not to mention the Yellow River. Although the surface of the Yellow River is calm at this time, there are countless undercurrents and eddies under the water, which are easy to wash people away. There are also aquatic plants at the bottom of the water. Once they are entangled, they will kill people.

　　Lao Zhou went into the water without an oxygen bottle, all by one breath.

　　Just when I was worried that Lao Zhou had been in the water for too long, a head appeared on the water. It was Lao Zhou.

　　"How, have you found it?" I asked nervously.

　　"Four were found, and one was not found." Lao Zhou wiped the water on his face and gulped in the air. "It's all tied, please pull it up."

　　Lao Zhou climbed onto the boat and lay on it, panting, obviously tired.

　　After I took the rope in Lao Zhou's hand, I pulled it up hard. I vaguely saw the body, so I stopped.

　　"Nothing, the body is facing down, so you can't make a taboo." Lao Zhou saw my behavior and appreciated me very much.

　　I didn't continue to pull the bodies up until I heard Lao Zhou say this, so that all the bodies surfaced. These bodies were facing the bottom of the water and facing the sky.

　　"How can I find a body?" It's getting dark when I look at my mobile phone.

　　"Get off the hook." Lao Zhou said, got up and threw the iron hooks on the raft into the bottom of the water. "Sliding upstream will definitely hook the body."

　　I listened to Lao Zhou's command and talked all the way up. I saw that I was about to fall into the water. At this moment, the chain suddenly stretched straight and the hull trembled slightly.

　　"It's hooked!" Lao Zhou said with a heavy voice.

　　four

　　So I started to pull up, but before I pulled it a few times, I felt the hook loosen and the whole body was pulled out of the water by me.

　　The face of this corpse is white and scary, the whole face is swollen, ferocious and terrible, and two eyeballs protrude from the eyes.

　　When the body was pulled out of the water, I vaguely saw a mouthful of water from the mouth of the body.

　　Just when I was shocked by the horrible corpse, Lao Zhou on board shouted, "Oh, no! Why did you pull him up! The body is facing the sky, and the power is boundless! You have made a taboo! "