Chapter 406 Those Are Harmful

Ling Yun quickly said, "Nothing, did you find anything?"

He felt embarrassed, so he changed the subject.

Su Nuan found Ling Yun's guilty look amusing. He had the courage to doubt but not the courage to question.

In fact, Su Nuan also knew that anyone who saw her holding a man would think there was something wrong, so she didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

Following Ling Yun's topic, he said, "I found a strange stone. Do you recognize it?"

These stones must have some important purpose, otherwise the person who found them wouldn't have used such a good box to store them.

Ling Yun lowered his head and walked to the box. He squatted down to check.

Su Nuan lowered the torch so that he could see more clearly.

Ling Yun frowned as he looked at the stones reflecting different lusters in the firelight. His expression changed, "This is a disease-causing stone. It will slowly cause people to fester and die."

Su Nuan didn't expect Ling Yun to actually know it, so she asked, "How do you know? Have you ever seen something like this?"

After asking the question, she felt that she had asked a stupid question. People wouldn't talk about it if they had never seen it before.

Ling Yun said with a serious expression, "There was an official who had ulcers all over his body, but the doctors couldn't find the cause. Later, his son moved into the main house and also started to suffer from ulcers, which aroused suspicion."

"After searching, they found this stone inside the bed legs. After testing, they found that this stone can cause a person to die from festering."

Su Nuan asked, "If you experience any abnormalities in your body, wouldn't it be enough to search your home for this kind of stone?"

"It stands to reason that this is something he can easily defend against, so why are they collecting these stones?"

Ling Yun said, "They have many tricks up their sleeves, and their hiding places are so bizarre that it's hard to guard against them."

"Furthermore, it takes a long time for the stone to be removed before symptoms appear. Once symptoms appear, there is no way to cure them."

Su Nuan nodded. "Yeah, that's true. If you break the stone into small pieces, or grind it into powder and put it in your shoes, it will be impossible to prevent it."

Ling Yun looked at Su Nuan in surprise. Sure enough, his sister-in-law was more vicious. Grinding it into powder was impossible to guard against and could not be detected at all.

Hailan asked: "How do we deal with these?"

Ling Yun looked at Hai Lan, "Who are you?"

Su Nuan introduced, "His name is Hai Lan."

Hai Lan must have analyzed the psychology of humans during this period. He said slowly, "Su Nuan is my master. She saved my life."

Others may not believe this, but Ling Yun does, because Su Nuan has saved so many people.

However, among the people Su Nuan has saved, those who are grateful are all very capable people, while those ordinary people are ungrateful. Maybe this is also her characteristic.

Ling Yun nodded, "Yes, I am her uncle Ling Yun."

Hai Lan found it a little funny that Ling Yun revealed his identity and didn't forget to swear that Su Nuan was his family member.

"I know. I know all my master's relatives."

Seeing him calling him "master" all the time, Ling Yun's guard dropped a lot, and he immediately asked, "What are you doing here?"

Su Nuan took out the blueprint and handed it over, "I found this in the city, take a look."

Ling Yun took the blueprint and looked at it before saying, "I know this. I've also had someone investigate. The area with the highest iron ore content isn't here."

Seeing that he knew it, Su Nuan didn't say much, but she didn't know what he was going to do with these stones.

Ling Yun thought for a moment and said, "Let's bury these stones and fill this area up later."

Su Nuan looked at Hai Lan and said, "You go."

Hai Lan immediately reached out and picked up the box and walked to the corner. Finally, she took the stone away and buried the box.

Ling Yun didn't expect that this guy named Hai Lan was so obedient. He was not afraid even though he knew that stones could make people sick. His liking for him increased a little.

Su Nuan walked around with a torch and asked in confusion, "There's nothing here, why are we digging?"

Ling Yun replied, "This place was probably used to kill miners, but it was abandoned later for some unknown reason."

Su Nuan was shocked. "Killing miners? Is that really necessary?"

Ling Yun nodded solemnly, "This is an illegal mine. The people who come here to mine are either slaves or beggars. The mine owner kills them before they leave to prevent the news from leaking."

"Something must have happened, causing all the miners to flee, so there's nothing here."

Su Nuan nodded in sudden realization, "So that's how it is."

Ling Yun continued, "The corpse you kicked down was the overseer."

Su Nuan nodded, now everything was explained clearly.

Ling Yun suddenly asked, "Aren't you feeling dizzy?"

Su Nuan shook her head, "No, what's wrong?"

Ling Yun frowned and replied, "People in the city have been feeling dizzy these past few days, and have been seeing evil spirits. I've been investigating for a while but haven't found anything."

"But staying outside for too long does make you dizzy. Detoxification pills won't help, but Qingxin pills will."

Su Nuan had forgotten about the Qingxin Pill and had always thought it was poisoning. She took out a bottle from her backpack and handed it to Ling Yun, "Here."

Ling Yun's eyes lit up with joy as he reached out to take it. "I found where the rich people in the city hid their belongings, but the boat didn't come today so I can't take them away."

Su Nuan came to the rope and asked as she climbed up, "Is there any gold?"

Ling Yun laughed, "No."

Su Nuan was very disappointed and didn't want to say anything about her disappointment.

The three of them returned to the mine tunnel, and Ling Yun said slowly, "Since you don't want to go back, then follow me. I want to find out what's going on with the evil spirits in this city."

Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, is there anyone else in the restaurant?"

Ling Yun asked in confusion: "Are you hungry?"

Su Nuan shook her head. "I caught some scorpions and fried them for snacks."

Ling Yun, “…”

He only knew that scorpions could be used as medicine, but he didn't know that they could be eaten. However, he was familiar with Su Nuan's craftsmanship, so he was looking forward to it.

He nodded, "Someone, I'll take you there."

Su Nuan originally wanted to say that if there was no one around, she could just borrow the stove. But if someone wanted to borrow it, how could she do that? Would it cost money?

As Ling Yun walked out, he said, "The people here heard the rumors I spread and thought that people from Kyoto would soon come and massacre the city, so everyone with free household registration moved away with their families."

"The remaining people have no free household registration. Unless they hide in the mountains and forests, they can't enter the surrounding cities and have no way to survive, so they don't leave."

Su Nuan sighed, "Maybe he feels that it doesn't matter where he dies, so he's too lazy to bother. At least here he can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain while he lives."

Ling Yun agreed with Su Nuan's opinion, but said with some regret: "Those people have the courage to wait for death but don't have the courage to go to the Northland. It's ridiculous."

Su Nuan didn't find this funny, and said quietly, "This is their country. No matter how bad it is, they are unwilling to give it up. On the contrary, I think such people are quite courageous."

Ling Yun was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense. If he put himself in other people's shoes, no matter how chaotic his country was, he would not want to leave.

"But...the people above them have abandoned them. Why can't they move to another place?"

Su Nuan didn't answer. She really needed to think carefully about this matter and think of some reasons to make people from other countries willingly settle in the North.

Suddenly, she remembered the ghost town, so she asked, "How many people are there in the ghost town? Are they going to the ghost town?"