Chapter 617 Isn't that just a corpse floating around?
The group moved slowly along the damp, narrow, and low stone path.
Li Qingluo was still being closely protected by Que'er and Granny Zheng, so much so that she couldn't walk freely and quickly, and instead found the path slippery and difficult to traverse.
She looked at the two of them with a helpless expression: "Could you please let me walk properly on my own?"
Que'er and Granny Zheng both refused her in unison: "No way!"
Granny Zheng gently advised, "Miss, what if you fall and get seriously injured?"
"Let this old servant help you."
Sparrow: "It is you, Miss! This servant will absolutely not let you go!"
Zhuiyu, who was walking in front, looked back again.
Were their behaviors today a little too strange?
He had barely squinted when he met Li Qingluo's eyes.
Li Qinglu smiled slightly.
"Kill Three, take Sparrow away!"
Sha San dared not disobey the order and quickly stepped forward to grab Que'er.
He held on tightly, refusing to let go, preventing her from approaching the girl again.
"I'll kill you three times! You idiot, let go of me right now!"
Sha San: "I'm sorry, Sparrow, I have no choice but to obey you, young lady."
Sparrow stomped her foot angrily: "What do you know?"
"Young lady, she, she is..."
Que'er was warned by Li Qingluo's glare, and her face turned red with anger. She dared not tell the truth and could only stomp hard on Sha San's back.
Sha San remained expressionless and did not let go.
Sparrow was speechless with anger, "Aren't you in pain?"
Kill Three: "It hurts."
Sparrow laughed angrily: "You don't even show any expression or reaction when you're in pain?"
Kill three without saying a word.
Que'er felt like she had punched cotton.
She tiptoed closer to Sha San and whispered, "Are you listening to me or the girl?"
"I wouldn't possibly harm the girl, would I?"
"We're getting married soon, can't you just do what I want this once?"
Sha San stared at Que'er and declared, "Que'er, I love you."
His sudden confession stunned Que'er.
Then his face turned bright red, and before he could stammer out a word, he heard Sha San say, "But between you and the young lady, I will still listen to the young lady first."
"Feel sorry."
I think you are too, right?
Que'er was rendered speechless by his words.
Although he was telling the truth, it was still infuriating!
Seeing the girl walking further and further away, Que'er was so angry that she shoved Sha San hard in the chest.
Before Sha San could fall backward, he was pushed heavily towards Que'er by a force.
Sha San quickly reached out to brace himself against the wall behind him and protect Que'er's head. Although the two were tightly embracing each other, fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.
Before Sha San and Que'er were angry, they were pushed forward by a bunch of Sha from behind.
Everyone winked and made faces at them, looking like they were enjoying the show, leaving Que'er and Sha San speechless and helpless.
Whoever killed twenty-seven, twenty-six of them would still be bachelors.
Over here, Li Qingluo finally managed to shake off one of them and pushed Zheng Mama forward quickly.
Zhuiyu then squeezed behind her.
"Girls, are you hiding something from me?"
After Zhuiyu completely let go of Que'er, he seemed to become much smarter.
Before Li Qingluo could answer, Qin Ling suddenly shouted, "Look! There's a corpse!"
There is a dark, underground river just around the bend.
Isn't that a corpse floating in the river?
Moreover, judging from their clothing, they are indeed from Daliang.
However, it's unclear how long the corpse has been floating there, as it's emitting a foul stench.
In an instant, the stench made everyone feel nauseous and want to vomit.
Li Qingluo couldn't hold back any longer and turned around to vomit.
Soon after, he vomited all over his face and felt very uncomfortable.
Granny Zheng patted her back with heartache: "Miss, my goodness, Miss..."
Qin Ling squeezed through the crowd and slipped something into her hand.
"Put on a veil, then quickly place this in front of your nose; smelling it will definitely help."
Li Qingluo nodded and followed the instructions, and indeed felt much better.
But after vomiting, she felt much weaker.
So this is what morning sickness feels like.
It's a rather uncomfortable feeling.
She had just taken two steps forward when her foot suddenly slipped. Before Zheng Mama could react, another hand swiftly reached out from the side.
"careful--!"
Li Qingluo was also surprised.
The person who reached out to him was none other than Li Yunchu.
"Th...thank you."
Feeling uncomfortable being watched by everyone, Li Yunchu quickly shrugged and darted forward.
Even Qin Ling was completely baffled and quickly chased after them.
"My wife, wait for me, my wife—"
Granny Zheng, still shaken, helped Li Qingluo up.
"Girl, is she planning something bad?"
"Don't believe her!"
"She's no good! After all, she was born to Aunt Deng!"
Li Qingluo: "Let's go."
Li Yunchu and Qin Ling caught up and quickly explained, "I didn't mean to curry favor with her."
Qin Ling: "Hehe, my wife, you've worked hard."
“I know that my wife has been compromising for my sake.”
"We'll still be living under the same roof with her for at least another year. We'll be seeing each other all the time. It's hard on my wife, who's willing to humble herself for my sake."
"Be kinder to her, and our lives will be easier. You saw it today; she never hurts her own people."
"They gave us all those precious antidote pills without even asking us to eat them."
“I’ve seen it. I can’t replicate that thing even now… In the end, Luo Fan is still a cut above the rest.”
Qinling seems somewhat disappointed.
Li Yunchu didn't speak, but she understood to herself that the reason she went back with Qin Ling to see Li Qingluo, and even reached out to help her up, was because of the unintentional "aunt" that Li Qingluo had uttered...
In her heart, was she really considered her aunt?
After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a fork in the road appeared before us.
"Miss, shall we go left or right?"
The choice fell into Li Qingluo's hands.
She first looked at the direction of the water flow.
To the right is upstream.
To the left is downstream.
Li Qingluo: "If Nanping is really still here, she will definitely go downstream."
"Only downstream industries can have exports."
Without further delay, everyone quickly turned left and continued downhill.
They soon came to a slightly open and flat shallow beach and found some signs that someone had been there.
"Girl, here's a shoe!"
And it's a women's shoe.
“There is a hairpin here.”
"This looks like a shortbread."
Everyone picked up the scattered items from the ground.
It's also strange that these things are scattered here and no one has picked them up.
"No one picked it up. Could it be that the princess... has met with misfortune?"
Kill Four said something and was slapped across the face by Kill Two.
"You jinx! Spit it out!"
Sha Si glanced at the girl's face, then quickly turned his head and spat a few times.
Li Qingluo's expression turned serious: "Everyone, search the area."
Granny Zheng came up to comfort Li Qingluo: "Miss, don't worry, we'll find it eventually. Whether it's alive or dead..."
Que'er, however, was worried: "If all of these hundred-plus people are still alive and hiding here, surely we'll be able to spot one of them?"
"But we came across a dead body, which was soaking in water and had long since rotted."
"What if Liu Li lied to us..."
Granny Zheng: "Stop talking!"
She glared at Que'er, scolding her for not knowing how to read the girl's expression.
“Miss, Princess Nanping must have highly skilled guards by her side, so it’s not necessarily true that something bad has happened.”
"To put it bluntly, we need to see the person alive or dead. If something really bad has happened, we'll at least be able to find out something about them."
Before Li Qingluo could answer, Sha Wu touched something else.
"Huh? It seems like I can move around here again?"
He tried to twist, but before he could react, his foot slipped into the air.
"ah--"
With a scream, Sha Wu rolled down the slope.
"Kill five!"
Everyone rushed forward, but no one managed to catch Kill Five.
The empty black wind rushed in from below, and there was no sound left.
"Kill five!"
"Kill five?"
Sha Yi quickly shouted a few more times.
However, there was no response except for a deathly silence.
Everyone's hearts sank.
Li Qingluo's face turned pale: "I want to see him alive or dead!"
"try to find!"
Sha Yi was about to go down first: "Let me go first!"
He turned around to go down into the cave, but the entrance suddenly slammed shut again.
Fortunately, Kill Three reacted quickly and pressed down on the stone that Kill Five had pressed.
The opening then slowly slid open again.
Kill One rolled over and crawled into the hole, and then Kill Two followed suit.
But after the two men went down, there was no sound for a while.
The crowd's expressions grew increasingly grim, and then Kill Three and Kill Four also volunteered to go down.
Li Qingluo said, "If anyone should go down, it should be me."
"I am your master."
"It's not just you who protect me, I also want to protect you."
"No one is permitted to disobey this order!"
After saying that, she sat down directly at the entrance of the cave.
This terrified Granny Zheng so much that she almost lost her mind.
He rushed forward and hugged her tightly, exclaiming, "Girl, you mustn't do this!"
"Let this old servant go!"
"This old servant would gladly die, but I absolutely cannot let you, young lady, take such a risk!"
"Young lady, you can't just take care of your own health, you also have to take care of other things, right?"
"Young lady, please listen to this old servant!"
Sparrow was also anxiously at a loss.
Li Qingluo simply pushed their hands away forcefully.
"Alright."
"I'm not that fragile."
"Don't worry, Granny, I know what I'm doing."
"Kill three or four! Pull Granny and Que'er away from me!"
"Chasing the Rain, you've been with me all the way."
After saying that, Li Qingluo covered her head with one hand and protected her stomach with the other, then slid down.
Upon hearing the sound, Zhuiyu quickly followed.
He didn't stop Li Qingluo, but he heard Qin Ling shouting furiously from behind, "Nonsense! How can this be nonsense?"
"Li Qingluo, you'd better come up here right away—"
"You're so reckless, even if I were a divine being, I couldn't save you!!"
"You're going to drive me crazy—"
However, Li Qingluo was determined to slide downhill, and soon she could no longer hear any sounds behind her.
It's like those above can't hear the voices below.
All sounds were shut out!
Inside the pitch-black tunnel, Li Qingluo continued to slide downwards, with Zhui Yu silently following behind.
Both of them were a little nervous, wondering what was underneath this dark tunnel, or even how long it was.
"girl!"
Suddenly, Zhuiyu grabbed Li Qingluo's shoulder.
"etc."
"There seems to be a sound."
Li Qingluo also heard it.
The sound seemed both very close and very far away.
"Thump—thump—"
The sound was clearly the sound of a heavy object striking the stone wall again and again.
Who is it?
Or rather... what is it, and where is it being struck?
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