A group of soldiers gathered on the bow deck, discussing in hushed voices.
"What a unfortunate thing to fish out, why did it have to be this."
"You can say that again, it's disgusting, and such a bad omen, can our journey ahead still go smoothly?"
When Xiang Ying walked over, she heard them shaking their heads and sighing.
From the midst of the crowd came the crying voice of Xiang Qianqian: "I... I didn't expect the net to hold this thing."
Supervisor Ke pointed at her and scolded: "You really are a fool. When you saw it was a dead body as you hauled it in, why didn't you throw it back into the river along with the net?"
Xiang Ying's voice suddenly cut in: "Dead body?"
The soldiers surrounding them immediately made way for her.
Xiang Ying stepped in to look and indeed, it was a dead body.
The body had been dead for several days, bloated from soaking in water, rendering it unrecognizable.
