Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

next moment.

Under everyone's gaze, the little bug finally returned to normal. It moved around the big dog's ankle with a bow and a retraction. After crawling for a distance of several centimeters, it seemed to have carefully selected one of the pores, and then He buried his beak-like head in it.

During this process, its tail was still twisting and assisting, and in an instant, half of its about 2 cm body got into it.

"Alas, benefactor!"

There is nothing more frightening than watching an unknown insect burrowing into one's body. The big dog shook his legs unconsciously when he saw it, screaming strangely, hoping that Wu Liang could do something.

Wu Liang was also well prepared.

Before the big dog could say the words for help, he stretched out his hand and pinched the tail of the bug, and then forcibly pulled it out of the big dog's pores with a little force.

Leaving the body of the big dog, the little worm immediately writhed as before.

At this moment, its front half has been dyed red by the blood of the big dog. Although it is pitifully small, it still gives people a cruel and ferocious feeling.

And the pore on the big dog's ankle, which was just drilled by the bug, was already oozing blood at this moment.

"Huh—thanks to benefactor's sharp eyesight and quick hands, otherwise the bug would have gotten in..."

The big dog then let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Wu Liang with a happy face.

However, Wu Liang looked at him with sympathy at this moment, and said helplessly: "From the luck just now, I guess, there should have been many such bugs that have entered your body, so this one is not too many, and this one is not too much." Quite a few, what needs to be clarified right now is what exactly these bugs want to do when they get into your body, and what kind of impact they will have on you in the end."

"..."

The big dog froze for a moment.

Although Wu Liang didn't make it too clear, even a fool knew that it was definitely not a good thing for such a cruel and bloodthirsty bug to get into his body, and it would definitely kill him in the end.

So the next moment, the big dog was about to cry, and he begged Wu Liang again: "Please save the villain, as long as the gentleman saves the villain this time, the villain is willing to be a cow and a horse for the gentleman from now on." , never mind!"

"Don't worry, if I can, I will do my best."

Wu Liang didn't talk too much.

However, he will not give up the big dog easily. Although this person is not related to him, but as a victim of this bug, he is currently the only clinical observation object, which can help him understand this bug from more angles. Kind of weird.

This also belongs to the category of archaeology and exploration.

More importantly, there are more floating corpses away from the place where Wu Liang and the Huan army are about to go. I am afraid that they will inevitably deal with this kind of thing. If they can understand this kind of thing in advance, then they can avoid it as much as possible. Similar casualties occurred in the Tuan Army.

"Thank you benefactor..."

The big dog kept thanking him.

Wu Liang nodded slightly, but suddenly thought of something, and then asked: "By the way, about the 'water monkey', do you have a saying that 'although the water monkey is powerful in the water, but once out of the water, it becomes limp and powerless'?" Kind of rumors?"

"It does."

...

This question was a little jumpy, Da Quan didn't know why Wu Liang suddenly asked this question, but he still nodded and said: "It seems that there are similar rumors, but to be honest, even though the villain was very young, he often I heard the older generation talk about water monkeys, and my parents used this as an excuse to forbid the villain to play in the water when I was young. But in fact, the villain has lived for so many years, fishing with nets in the Yellow River all the year round, and has never encountered a monkey. I am a monkey who has been in water, so I have no chance to verify these rumors."

"Hehehe, I believe this. If the rumor about the water monkey is true, you will definitely not be alive if you meet him."

Hearing the words, Yu Ji interjected, then turned to look at Wu Liang, and asked ponderingly, "My lord, you suddenly asked such a question, could it be..."

"Yes, I wonder if this thing is the rumored 'Water Monkey'?"

Wu Liang nodded, and said to everyone with reason and evidence, "There are rumors that the 'Water Monkey' is an evil thing transformed by the unjust soul of a drowning person, so it is closely related to the floating corpse in the water, and this thing is attached to the floating corpse. Coupled with the unique way it drags people into the water, and the bruises on the big dog's ankles that are somewhat similar to handprints, if it weren't for the sufferer who was dragged into the water and drowned, it would be difficult for other onlookers to tell clearly In such a situation, it is reasonable to spread rumors about a 'water monkey'."

"And if this conjecture is true, then the statement that 'although water monkeys are powerful in the water, but once they leave the water, they are paralyzed' may also be true."

"At least so far, I have tried some methods to stimulate those larger bugs, but it has not responded at all, and it has not shown signs of attack or entanglement like the big dogs encountered before, so I Just asked a question."

Having said that, Wu Liang paused for a moment.

Then he looked back at the big dog, and said meaningfully: "But it is also possible that this kind of thing will only respond when it feels fresh flesh and blood. I haven't tried this method yet, so..."

"what?"

The big dog froze again, stood up with a "huh" after being silent for three seconds, gave a gift to Wu Liang and said resolutely: "Thank you benefactor for saving your life before, the matter is over, and the villain has understood Knowing the truth that each person has his own destiny, if the villain is really killed by these bugs in the future, it will be the fate of the villain. The villain admits that it is... It's getting late, and the benefactor must be a little hungry, the villain Let’s go back and cook a few big fish for benefactor as a show of gratitude to the landlord, let’s go first.”

Without waiting for Wu Liang's response, the big dog walked resolutely into the distance. Although it was still turning around, its speed was comparable to that of a trot.

"This……"

Looking at the fleeing back of the big dog, everyone in the Huan army was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

Cao Ni stepped forward and pinched Wu Liang's lower back, and said with a smile, "Look at how frightened this man is, your legs and feet are so much better."

"I think Brother Youcai deliberately scared him away."

Zhuge Liang analyzed to everyone with a serious face, "Brother Youcai should have already thought about what to do next, but these things are not convenient for this person to see, and it is not good to directly issue an order to evict guests, so I deliberately scare him. Teach him to retreat in spite of difficulties, talented brother, am I right?"

...

"Is that so?"

After hearing the words, everyone looked at Wu Liang again.

Wu Liang smiled noncommittally, turned to look at Yang Wanli and said, "Yang Wanli, hurry back and fetch ten catties of refined salt we're carrying."

"promise!"

Yang Wanli responded and ran quickly to the fishing village.

"What do you want this thing for, my lord?"

Yu Ji asked with some doubts.

Everyone also showed puzzled expressions. In their consciousness, salt is a necessary condiment for cooking, and it is a necessity that people must eat, but they have never heard of other uses.

After all, whether it is now or in the past, salt is either monopolized by the imperial court or controlled by the powerful. With a proper industry monopoly, the pricing power is naturally completely in the hands of the imperial court and the powerful. Therefore, the price of table salt has never been cheap, and few people will If this kind of thing does those messy experiments, the understanding of it is naturally very limited.

"You'll find out later."

Wu Liang just smiled mysteriously.

……

Soon after.

Yang Wanli came back with a whole clay pot of refined salt.

Wu Liang took the salt jar and went straight to the floating corpse, then tilted the salt jar to sprinkle salt, and slowly turned around the floating corpse in a full circle.

Soon, a white circle similar to the fixed line of the traces of the murder scene in later generations appeared in front of everyone, just enclosing the floating corpse inside.

"It's quite interesting to look at, is this going to do something..."

Cao Ni stood aside with his hips akimbo, as if he had understood Wu Liang's intentions, and said with a proud face.

But the next moment.

"Shh!"

Wu Liang had already grabbed a large handful of salt and sprinkled it directly on the bugs entrenched in the abdominal cavity of the floating corpse.

"Hiss..."

As soon as the salt touched the worms, the worms immediately swayed and twisted crazily as if they had been greatly stimulated.

Even those little "fluffy" bugs immediately broke away from the big bug's body, and one after another scattered and crawled away as if they were fleeing for refuge.

Soon they crawled around the white circle that Wu Liang had arranged with refined salt.

Some worms writhed crazily as soon as they touched the white circle, but after only a few twists, they disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Some bugs were keenly aware of the danger, and began to change directions and crawl around.

It's a pity that the white circle arranged by Wu Liang has no gaps at all, and the white circle is filled with those "fluffy" bugs all over the place. At first glance, it looks like someone just filled the white circle with red paint.

"How is this going?"

Everyone in the Huan army suddenly widened their eyes.

I have to admit that although this scene looks very scary, it is also a rare spectacle, even a little spectacular.

It's just the principle, but everyone couldn't tell clearly, and some even thought that Wu Liang was performing some unknown witchcraft at this moment.

"Shh!"

Seeing this, Wu Liang immediately sprinkled another handful of refined salt.

When the refined salt fell on the small worms, they quickly disappeared, and when it fell on the big worms, it made them twist crazily as if eating pain.

at the same time.

...

Water was still oozing from the bodies of these big worms, and soon a puddle formed under the floating corpses.

"Shh!"

Wu Liang said again.

The big worm that was first sprinkled with refined salt had its smooth and plump tubular body become wrinkled, and its size was much smaller than before. It's like being sucked out of life.

This is what Wu Liang thought of.

Although he didn't understand what these things were, it wasn't difficult to judge that they were actually a kind of mollusk.

And salt is undoubtedly the nemesis of all molluscs, even saltwater creatures in the ocean, such as conch and shells, once sprinkled with salt powder much higher than the content of seawater, they will soon become dehydrated and lose their vitality. It will also disappear soon.

And right now the bugs are going through a painful dehydration process.

As for the small bugs that disappeared, they didn't disappear, but because they were too small, they would dehydrate and die immediately after being exposed to refined salt, and their size would shrink even smaller in the process, even as small as a strand of hair. If you don't get close and look carefully, you won't find it at all.

"The old man seems to know what the young master is doing. This kind of thing is afraid of salt. The young master plans to kill them all first and then study them."

Yu Ji suddenly realized, "This principle should be the same as making dried meat. Salt can dehydrate fresh meat and also preserve it. Then after a large piece of fresh meat is made into dried meat, only a small piece remains. These bugs are probably the same. in this way."

"Isn't that right, old boy?"

Yang Wanli retorted: "It's not like we haven't seen jerky meat before. In addition to using salt, jerky meat also needs to be hung in a ventilated place to dry for many days. How can we think that these bugs will usually wilt immediately when they come into contact with refined salt? "

"The old man is saying that the truth is the same, but this bug should be somewhat different from fresh meat, so the effect produced is not the same."

Yu Ji said seriously again.

"Um……"

Yang Wanli didn't continue to argue this time, and looked back at Wu Liang again.

"Shh!"

Wu Liang continued to sprinkle salt.

His idea is to kill all the bugs on the dead body, and then disassemble the floating corpse with peace of mind, to see how these bugs are related to the floating corpse, and what kind of form they are entrenched in. floating corpse.

In this way, it should be possible to figure out what the state of the little bugs that got into the big dog's body is, so as to judge what it is and how to deal with it properly.

At the same time, spreading salt like this can also disinfect and sterilize the floating corpse together.

As far as Wu Liang knows, most microorganisms, bacteria, and germs cannot survive in high-concentration salt, just like the Dead Sea, which is known to people in later generations. There is no living thing in that place, and there are very few aquatic plants that can survive even on the shore. Scientists have only found a very limited number of salt-tolerant bacteria in it.

……

More than ten catties of refined salt were sprinkled layer by layer on the floating corpse and the bugs.

During this period, Wu Liang would wait for a few minutes after each sprinkle, until the salt was dissolved by the water seeping from the bugs and floating corpses, and then spread another layer, as if he was curing bacon.

This operation lasted for nearly an hour, and Dian Wei was replaced in the middle.

It wasn't until the dozens of catties of refined salt were all used up that Wu Liang felt that it should be pickled... Bah, it should have killed all the bugs and harmful germs, bacteria and microorganisms that may exist in the floating corpse.

At this time, there were only crumpled and shriveled corpses of large insects left in the abdominal cavity of the floating corpse. The belly of the floating corpse that was originally bulging was completely sunken, and the outlines of ribs and vertebrae could be clearly seen.

Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb