Chapter 589 The boots that shouldn’t have appeared!
In less than a minute, the entire cave was so clean that not even a grain of rice could be found. The two suppressed their excitement and left quickly.
"Hehehe... It's so satisfying to think about how they are in urgent need of food, but they spend so much time and effort running here and can't even find a grain of rice."
This was not the first time that Gu Yanchen had done such a thing, but this time the people he had tricked were the Yigui people. He couldn't help laughing whenever he thought about it.
"Using your words, I'm probably so angry that I'm about to explode..."
“Hahahahaha…”
The two of them left quietly the way they came, and only looked back when they passed the main exit.
"Don't mention it. You really didn't see it wrong. There is indeed someone at the entrance."
There was a bright light flickering in the cave entrance. Three figures were sitting together, but they all seemed to be resting. Only one of them stood up, walked a few steps outside and then returned, apparently wanting to see if there was anything unusual outside.
Gu Yanchen was secretly surprised in his heart. After all, Ran Qingxuan didn't have an inner mind. Even if he did, it would be impossible for him to see so far with his naked eyes...
"The place marked on the second piece of brown paper is also several hundred miles away from the Wanshi Grottoes. It will take us about two or three hours to drive there."
"Anyway, I'm not sleepy. Maybe we can gain something from this trip."
Gu Yanchen didn't think it mattered. It was safer to stay hidden during the day and come out at night. This was what they had agreed on before.
"Let me drive. The roads on the grassland are easy to drive on. If you feel tired, you can just take a rest."
"good."
The car drove out and sped all the way, and two and a half hours later it arrived safely in front of the obvious building marked on the brown paper.
"According to what Zheng Borui wrote, there is a swamp 20 kilometers east of this stone tablet. Going around the swamp and entering the dense forest 3 kilometers away is where my father was detained."
Starting from the Wanshi Grottoes where they first went, it would take eight or nine days to get here even if they rode a fast horse, let alone walking alone.
It is hard to imagine how Gu Yanchen's father managed to travel between these places on foot over the past few years.
In order to prevent accidents, Ran Qingxuan released Yuanbao, who was still sulking, and finally coaxed him into submission after using several live chickens.
With Yuanbao leading the way ahead, the two were not afraid of suddenly stepping into the swamp and sinking.
It was not until they entered the dense forest that Yuanbao finally found some fun. He jumped up and down so much that it was really hilarious.
"Okay Yuanbao, go and see if there is any with the same smell."
When leaving the island, Ran Qingxuan picked up a piece of tattered clothes thrown in the crevice of the rocks, which was stained with Gu Feng's scent. Yuanbao ran over and sniffed the clothes, then turned and ran towards the north.
Along the way, the two not only had to endure the cold and dampness of the dense forest, but also had to prevent themselves from slipping on the frozen dead leaves at any time.
Yuanbao would look back from time to time to see if the two were following him, and occasionally he would nudge Gu Yanchen's clothes around his waist, and then quickly run away.
The two followed all the way, and more than an hour later when Ran Qingxuan began to have slight asthma, Yuanbao finally stopped.
There was an extremely simple thatched hut where we stopped. Surprisingly, there was no guard there.
But what was strange was that the area around the thatched house seemed to have been deliberately cultivated by someone. Gu Yanchen turned over the ground and found some plant roots in the soil.
"Could it be that the Yigui people planted them when they were guarding my father here?"
This place is so remote. If we are detained for two or three months and occasionally run out of food, we may have to feed ourselves.
Ran Qingxuan walked forward and squatted down. After checking it out, he said uncertainly, "It shouldn't be. The Yigui people have a large piece of land, but they mostly eat meat and cakes as their staple food. They would never think of growing vegetables."
And after Ran Qingxuan identified them, she found that the crops grown in the fields were almost all vegetables that the people of Northern Qi were used to eating...
"Could it be Zheng Borui?"
Gu Yanchen said uncertainly.
"Who knows. Let's go check out the thatched cottage first to see if Zheng Borui left any information."
The thatched house was not big and the whole structure could be seen at a glance. The straw mat on the ground and the vegetable basket hanging on the beam caught their attention.
A ladder was leaning against the wall, facing the wooden beams that supported the thatched hut.
Gu Yanchen used his lightness skills to jump onto the crumbling beam, and indeed found a clue on the wood.
Using a knife to pry open the cracked wood block, Gu Yanchen carefully took out a stack of crumpled kraft paper.
After Ran Qingxuan caught it below, Gu Yanchen jumped down as well.
When it was unfolded, the content was the same as what was found on the island before, and it also stated that the person imprisoned was Gu Feng, Marquis of Zhenxi.
When the two saw this, they subconsciously concluded that Zheng Borui might have helped to treat Gu Feng, and the fields outside should also have been reclaimed by him.
The thatched hut was so small, and the two of them didn't find any underground entrance, and Yuanbao didn't find any cave where they could hide the treasure.
Just as the two of them put away the brown paper and were about to leave, Gu Yanchen inadvertently glanced towards the corner and stopped immediately.
Ran Qingxuan also stopped and looked in the direction he was looking at curiously.
"What's wrong? Did you find something wrong?"
Gu Yanchen walked hurriedly towards the haystack against the wall, and Ran Qingxuan followed him and shone the flashlight in his direction.
He pulled out a pair of worn-out shoes and held them in his hand. The original color of the boots could no longer be seen, but it seemed that the owner was an adult man.
Ran Qingxuan thought that the shoes were worn by Zheng Borui or Gu Feng, but just as she was about to step forward to ask, she saw that Gu Yanchen's hand holding the shoes was shaking.
"You...what are you doing? Don't scare me!"
Ran Qingxuan watched two bean-sized tears slide down Gu Yanchen's eyes, and was instantly filled with worry.
But before she could ask clearly, Gu Yanchen opened the boot and showed it to her.
Ran Qingxuan frowned and looked at it. When he saw the word "rui" that had already been drawn, he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Gu Yanchen.
"This is..."
"These are my fifth brother's boots, Qingxuan, these are my fifth brother's boots!"
Ran Qingxuan had not expected to find the relics of his deceased relatives here, and he was confused for a while.
When she realized what was happening, she slapped her head and said, "No, don't get excited. How come Fifth Brother's boots are here, and they are hidden?"
Gu Yanchen's body stiffened, and an expression of belated realization appeared on his face.
"I remember you said before that Fifth Brother was ambushed by the Yigui people. After his head was chopped off, Shan Qi and others only brought back the body. The head is still hanging on the wall of the Yigui tribe, but this..."
"After the fifth brother's body was brought back, it was put into the coffin. Our whole family was in great grief and we didn't even decide what clothes and shoes to wear..."
Gu Yanchen took off his boots with disbelief, turned them over, revealing the word "Chen".
"The shoes of each of us brothers are about the same size. In order to distinguish them, mom would write names on our shoes herself."
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