They chatted and laughed all the way to the cave.
There was a stream next to the cave, so they stopped by the stream.
Gu Xin asked Gu Si and the others if they wanted to go into the cave together. Zheng Ling and Meng Yan had already been told by Gu Si to go, so the three girls shook their heads, saying that they were preparing food and that the two girls should go by themselves.
Lu Zheng silently gave Gu Si a thumbs up. His sister-in-law usually seemed silly, but she would never let him down when it mattered.
Gu Si gave a silly smile, then called Zheng Ling and Meng Yan to pack their things together.
Lu Zheng asked Bai Er to keep an eye on Gu Si and the others in case of wild beasts, while he pulled Gu Xin into the cave.
After the ice and snow melted, there were no traces of human or animal activity around the cave.
Lu Zheng observed carefully as he walked.
He didn't think Gu Xin was mistaken; he knew this girl had excellent eyesight and could see things clearly from a great distance.
But the snow has melted, making it impossible to discern any traces. We can only hope to find some clues after entering the cave.
Upon reaching the cave entrance, Lu Zheng pulled Gu Xin behind him. With one hand holding his sword and the other holding Gu Xin's hand, he used his sword to clear away the sparse weeds at the cave entrance, creating a path for Gu Xin in front of him.
This was the first time Gu Xin had ever entered a cave in her life. Even when she was in the village, there were caves in the back mountains, but she had never been inside. She had only dug up various weeds for Gu Nian at the cave entrance to extract toothpaste ingredients.
The time she and Lu Zheng fell off a cliff on their way back to the village from Yuzhou, they were only at the entrance of the cave and didn't have the strength to go into the cave.
There was a jar of water in the cave, and water was still dripping from the stone at the top. In this empty cave, the sound of the dripping water was very clear.
The two of them stood by the water basin and both felt that the temperature was lower than outside.
Gu Xin looked around: "How strange. If what I saw that day wasn't a person but an animal, there wouldn't even be any animal droppings around here. Animals are afraid of the cold in this freezing weather, and this place is quite clean. There isn't even any dry grass for warmth!"
Lu Zheng frowned; he also found it strange.
Logically speaking, such a cave should not be so clean, as if someone had deliberately tidied it up. However, the environment, which is so clear at a glance, does not seem to be a place where people live.
Lu Zheng pulled Gu Xin to the stone wall, tapping and prodding it here and there with his sword. After walking around, there was no secret passage or hidden room.
Gu Xin suddenly pointed to a corner and said, "Brother Yuanyuan, doesn't that look like sheep droppings?"
Lu Zheng pulled Gu Xin over and used his sword to pry open the small stones. There were indeed a few sheep droppings inside: "Could it be that someone didn't notice this corner when they were cleaning up?"
Gu Xin's eyes lit up: "Brother Yuanyuan, you also think that what I saw before was a person, not an animal, right?"
Lu Zheng couldn't explain it either: "If it were a person, during the snowy season before the New Year, even if he entered the cave, he would have to light a fire to keep warm. But there are no traces of fire around here."
Gu Xin guessed, "Was that person particularly clean? After the snow melted in January, he cleaned this place up. This pile of sheep droppings in the corner, maybe he brought a sheep in, intending to slaughter it when he got hungry? After he left this cave, he cleaned it up, leaving it for anyone who needed it to live in later!"
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "You're quite clean too. Think about it, if you were that person, would you be this clean?"
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