Chapter 620 The Second Hole
"Ma'am, watch your step."
The winding cave was dark and eerie. The flickering firelight cast the shadows of the two people on the cave wall, like ghosts.
The passage in the cave was not wide, so Lu Huang walked in front and Yang Liushi walked behind. The footsteps of the two echoed in this enclosed space, and after several overlapping reflections, it seemed as if there were several more people out of thin air.
Looking up and observing the situation around him, Yang Liushi walked steadily but his expression was somewhat serious.
It is obvious that this deep hole was not man-made, but exists naturally.
But later it was discovered, and stone steps were chiseled in it, making it a secret treasure trove.
“.”
Following Lu Huang a few steps away, Yang Liushi walked for about a few dozen breaths, but did not see the corpses all over the ground as the former had said.
She frowned and was about to ask.
But before he could finish his words, as they turned a corner, they saw that the front suddenly became open, revealing an open space that was at least several dozen feet long and wide.
"this"
Yang Liushi suddenly stopped and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Just as Lu Huang said, there were indeed bones everywhere here.
White skeletons were scattered everywhere, and at a glance one could tell there were no less than a hundred of them.
And since they have turned into bones, it means that these people and animals have been dead for a long time.
"Madam, I just did a quick check."
In front, Lu Huang also stopped and turned back to whisper, "Some of the skeletons here have already rotted away. It's been at least a dozen years since then."
"But some are still well preserved and must have been dumped here in recent years."
The time required for the process from the decay of a fleshy corpse to the decay of white bones varies depending on the environment.
In a warm place like Shuzhou, it would only take about a year.
But in an extremely cold place like Tianshan Mountains, it will take at least four or five years.
This means that the owners of these corpses have been dead for at least several years.
“.”
Yang Liushi took light steps and did not say anything immediately. Instead, she squatted down next to a pile of bones and observed them carefully for a while.
After about half an incense stick of time, she asked Lu Huang softly.
"General Lu, don't you find it weird?"
"eccentric?"
Lu Huang was stunned: "I don't know what Madam is referring to."
"General, please look."
Yang Liushi pointed to the soil beneath the bones and said, "The soil here is darker than other places, and there are many scratches on it, which means that these people and animals must have been thrown in alive."
"But where are their clothes?"
"Um?"
Lu Huang reacted instantly and turned his head to look around, but he really didn't see any clothes, weapons or the like.
Even small items like jade pendants and hairpins have never been seen.
In the huge cave, besides the bones, there were only more than a hundred large wooden boxes piled on one side. Some of the boxes were open, revealing neatly stacked silver ingots and copper coins inside.
"Ma'am, perhaps these people were thrown in naked?"
Lu Huang thought for a moment and analyzed seriously: "Those wealthy families who repaired this temple will inevitably have many enemies. Perhaps they used this cave as a place to dump corpses?"
"Throwing away the body?"
Yang Liushi shook her head: "General, if they were dumping corpses, why didn't they kill the people first, but threw the living people in instead?"
"Besides, even if you are afraid of being investigated by the government and want to dump the body in the wilderness, wouldn't it be easier to dump it anywhere else in Tianshan Mountain? Why do you have to choose this mountain temple where people come and go?"
"this"
After hearing Yang Liushi's series of questions, Lu Huang was suddenly speechless.
Although he is just a warrior and his brain works slowly, he has now discovered the problem.
That’s right, if these corpses were really thrown in by the wealthy families who built the temple, then the questions raised by Yang Liushi would be unexplainable.
So. "Madam, if it wasn't them, who else could it be?"
"I have no idea."
Yang Liushi answered, her nose twitching slightly, and suddenly said, "General Lu, there is another thing that is also quite strange."
"Although these bones have been here for many years, there is no other exit from this cave except the one hidden under the statue."
"In such a closed place, there should be a fishy smell even after a long time."
"But do you smell any fishy smell?"
"hiss"
Lu Huang took another breath when he heard this, and then he realized that there was indeed not the slightest stench of rotting corpse in the entire cave.
"Madam, is there another way in and out of this cave?"
“It should be.”
Nodding, Yang Liushi stood up and looked around, her eyes falling on the large wooden boxes stacked together on one side of the cave.
At this time, Lu Huang also suspected that there was something strange about this pile of wooden boxes, so he immediately drew his sword, walked closer, and turned to look at Yang Liushi.
"lady."
"Well, thank you, General."
"yes!"
After agreeing, Lu Huang no longer hesitated and immediately began to check the boxes one by one.
There was nothing unusual in the first few boxes. They contained silver ingots without official seals, and they looked very old.
But when Lu Huang opened the fourteenth box, his expression suddenly changed for a moment.
He was stunned for a moment, then slowly picked up the box towards Yang Liushi.
The scene of silver ingots and copper coins spilling all over the floor did not occur, and the box was actually empty. Hmm? Yang Liushi frowned and immediately whispered:
"Look at the others!"
"I understand."
Throwing the empty box aside, Lu Huang turned around and continued checking.
After that, the twenty or thirty boxes he opened in succession were all empty.
There were more than a hundred large boxes, and only the outermost layer contained valuables, the rest were empty boxes.
This was definitely not because the property had been stolen, but it was obvious that someone deliberately used these boxes to hide something.
"General Lu, move all the boxes away."
Yang Liushi had also walked closer at this time, and her sixth sense told her that the strange white light and the whereabouts of the little fox might be related to this place.
She gave an order and stopped talking. She just stared at Lu Huang moving the wooden boxes away one by one, and her breathing gradually became rapid.
Then, when Lu Huang threw a wooden box aside again, the eyes of both of them suddenly froze. A hole appeared in their sight.
“.”
Lu Huang turned around with an expression of admiration.
It can be said that the discovery of this cave within a cave was all thanks to Yang Liushi, and if nothing unexpected happens, the real secret of this cave should be in this second entrance.
"Madam, I will go and take a look first."
He smashed the other wooden boxes blocking the entrance of the cave, and Lu Huang, holding a torch, was about to enter the cave again to explore the way.
However, Yang Liushi's reaction was completely different from when she discovered the cave under the statue just now.
"Don't worry, General!"
She shouted softly, stopping Lu Huang, who was only one step away from the cave entrance, with an extremely serious expression on her face.
Although in Lu Huang's opinion, the current situation is not much different from just now.
But from Yang Liushi's perspective, the more than a hundred bones in the cave made the second cave entrance dangerous and unpredictable.
So even if it was just Lu Huang, she didn't want the other party to take the risk.
"General Lu, let's go back to Liangzhou City and invite more people before we come."
After thinking for a while, Yang Liushi said slowly: "Anyway, no one will come to this mountain temple now, so there is no need to worry about someone else getting to this cave first."
"Well, that's fine."
Lu Huang did not refuse. He just held the torch and probed towards the cave entrance again, wanting to take a rough look at the situation inside from the outside first.
This is actually a very normal behavior.
However, such a simple action actually led to a jaw-dropping scene.
Just as Lu Huang put his hand holding the torch into the cave, the originally dark cave entrance suddenly began to ripple like the surface of water, and a huge suction force immediately erupted.
The suction was so strong that it dragged Lu Huang's left arm into the cave like a giant hand.
However, the latter is a veteran warrior after all, and his reaction speed is very fast. He made a decision almost immediately after the sudden change occurred.
"ah!!!"
His eyes suddenly widened, veins popped out on his forehead, and after a loud shout, he raised the long knife in his right hand without hesitation and slashed at his left arm that had been dragged into the cave.
“Puff!”
Blood splattered everywhere, and the severed wound was a bloody mess.
After one of his arms was cut off, the suction force naturally disappeared along with the broken arm. Lu Huang, who escaped the disaster, fell backwards violently, and his body smashed several empty boxes.
Pain mixed with fear caused him to be drenched in cold sweat in an instant as he sat paralyzed in the broken wood.
However, before Lu Huang could come to his senses, his eyes suddenly widened again the next second.
"lady!!!"
In a flash, he only had time to let out a cry of surprise, and Yang Liushi's figure had already disappeared into the dark cave, leaving only a long skirt and a white robe slowly falling from the air.
“.”
Looking at this scene of "people gone but clothes left", Lu Huang opened his mouth in a daze, but couldn't breathe in even a little air.
At this moment, he even forgot the pain of losing his left arm.
What is this hole?
Yang Liushi clearly didn't touch the cave entrance, so why was she sucked into the cave???
Did she go in on her own initiative? ? !
(End of this chapter)
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