Chapter 382 The Third Corpse
After opening the coffin, Yun Fu immediately glanced inside the sarcophagus.
The coffin was indeed empty.
The general did not lie to them.
Qi Hanzhou also silently glanced at the sarcophagus, then turned to look at Meng Kuo: "Where is the corpse in the coffin now?"
Although the two did not personally admit their identities, Meng Kuo knew that he was not wrong. The person in front of him was the third son of the Qi family.
Seeing that he was standing in front of him in good health, and not as blind as the rumors said, and a useless person who had lost all his martial arts skills, Meng Kuo felt relieved.
I don't care whether he admits his identity to me or not.
"Yuanzhou's remains have been reburied by me."
"Reburied? Where?"
Meng Kuo said, "It was inconvenient to move around in Shengjing. After arriving on the island, I took out his remains and buried them somewhere on the island. What are your plans next? Do you want to take the remains away?"
Qi Hanzhou nodded: "Take it away."
"Okay, then I'll take you to where the bones are buried."
Meng Kuo knew that he was Qi Hanzhou, so he naturally would not stop him from taking the corpse away. He supported himself with his arms and tried to get out of bed.
"No need, just tell us the approximate location. For example, which direction of this big tent is it? How far away is it? Are there any special memorable spots nearby?" Yun Fu glanced at him and let him know that he just needed to tell her the location.
Meng Kuo said: "How about this, wait for my people to come over, and I will let them lead you there."
Yun Fu raised her eyes slightly and asked, "Can you trust those people?"
Meng Kuo was a little unhappy: "Of course I can trust the soldiers I brought with me. They have all followed me to the battlefield to kill the enemy! They will not betray me!"
Yun Fu thought it was better to be cautious about this matter.
"The fewer people who know about this, the better. No one can guarantee that they can keep a secret for a lifetime."
Meng Kuo stopped trying to persuade her and told them the burial place.
"Leave this tent and walk southwest for about four miles. You will see a pine forest. Yuanzhou's remains are buried in that forest, beneath the tallest and largest pine tree."
Meng Kuo paused and sighed, "He said he liked pine trees, so I buried him under a pine tree."
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In the southwest pine forest, Yunfu and Qi Hanzhou quickly found the tallest and largest pine tree that Mengkuo had mentioned.
Compared with other pine trees in the pine forest, that pine tree is indeed much taller.
"It should be here."
Yunfu pointed to the small mound of earth under the pine tree.
Perhaps because he was afraid of being discovered, Meng Kuo did not erect a monument here.
Yun Fu entered the space directly, picked up two engineering shovels, and started digging at the mound with Qi Hanzhou. Soon, they dug up the wooden box buried underneath.
Before coming, Meng Kuo told them that if they transported a new coffin to the island, it would attract too much attention. So, he picked up Qi Yuanzhou's body from the sarcophagus, put it in a large box, and buried the box underground.
The two men moved the box out of the pit, and after opening it, they saw a pile of bones inside the box.
Then, the two men wrapped the bones in the box with a large piece of cloth and put it into the box they carried with them. Both of these were provided to them by Meng Kuo.
After the two men dug out the bones, they buried the empty box back.
Only then did he rush back to Meng Kuo's tent.
At this time, several of Meng Kuo's men had already returned to the big tent.
"Did you retrieve the things?"
Meng Kuo's question was obscure.
Yun Fu nodded at him and stopped talking about the topic: "How's the evacuation going?"
Meng Kuo said, "The order has been passed down. Let's set off and meet up on the beach."
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On one side of the island, there are more than a dozen large and small ships anchored.
Yun Fu and the others set out together with General Meng Kuo, so they had a smooth journey. Even if they encountered soldiers, they didn't need to hide.
"Is everyone here?" Meng Kuo felt as if his leg was injured. He could only move a chair and sit on the deck of the ship, looking at the busy crowd on the shore.
His deputy general replied, "They should all be here."
Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou were also standing on the deck of the largest ship. They glanced at the crowd below and locked their sights on the group of women. They paused for a moment, but did not see the figure of the fishing village girl named Xiaoyu.
"Where is Xiaoyu? Why isn't she with you?" Yun Fu ran off the boat and asked the group of women.
"Xiaoyu heard that something happened to her father and brother, so she ran to look for them."
Yun Fu frowned: "What happened to her father and brother?"
"I heard that he was trapped in a cave and couldn't get out." These women didn't know much information.
Yun Fu had no choice but to return to the large ship and tell Meng Kuo about this.
Let him come forward and clear up this matter.
Soon, Meng Kuo's men delivered accurate information and brought over the person in charge of that area. "General, there is indeed a group of strong men, about thirty or forty people, who were quarrying in the cave. Due to the earthquake caused by the earth dragon, huge rocks fell and blocked the cave entrance, trapping them inside."
Meng Kuo's face was extremely grim. "Dozens of lives were lost, and you actually wanted to get away with it! You're just going to leave like that and abandon them here?"
"General, please forgive me. It's not that I don't want to save them, but I really have no other choice! The stone is blocking the entrance to the cave, and more than ten people combined can't move it even a little bit." The head of the officers and soldiers in charge felt his knees go weak.
The fire dragon is about to turn over, who would dare to stay on this island any longer?
"Get out! This is not a reason to hide the truth!" Meng Kuo used his uninjured leg to kick the person kneeling in front of him.
Yun Fu didn't want to listen to any more nonsense, so she looked at Meng Kuo and made her request: "Let him lead the way. I'll go and take a look."
If it was just a big rock blocking the cave entrance, perhaps she could find a way.
Meng Kuo recalled the scene of her pushing open the sarcophagus by herself, and his eyes lit up: "Okay."
The officer led the way, and Qi Hanzhou and Yun Fu arrived directly at the scene of the accident without taking a detour.
From a distance, I saw a thin and small figure desperately hammering the big rock blocking the cave entrance.
Yun Fu saw that figure and slowly exhaled: "Alright, stop hitting me."
"Yun, Brother Yun, why are you here?" The little girl rubbed her tearful eyes and cried, "My father and brother haven't come out yet. They're in there! I want to rescue them!"
Yun Fu pushed her aside: "Okay, stop crying, I'll find a way."
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