He Zhenfu looked left and right, but he didn't see anything wrong in the tree pit. He just vaguely felt that the soil here seemed to be looser than when it was dug out yesterday.
It's just that the soil is loose, so it shouldn't be a big deal. If something big and earth-shattering came out of the well, it shouldn't be that the soil is loose. It should be that the edges of the well have collapsed.
He clapped his hands, turned around and said, "There's nothing here, maybe it's just the wind. Okay, you're tired after staying up all night. You guys should go back first."
The three inner guards exclaimed, and just as they were about to leave, they heard an exclamation from behind: "Wait a minute, this is wrong."
The inner guards paused and rushed to He Zhenfu's side.
He Zhenfu squatted on the ground, tapped his hand on the ground, and said with a solemn expression: "Look at this, this, and this, they are infested by insects."
The three of them looked at each other.
After He Zhenfu mentioned this, they noticed that the originally plain soil was filled with dense holes, as small as pinholes. It was extremely difficult to distinguish them without looking carefully.
Several people followed this small and faint trace until they reached the pond.
The pond is also covered with dense holes. A layer of white frost covers it, making the holes looming.
He Zhenfu frowned. What kind of insect was this? It had caused the ground to look like this. He didn't know whether the insect came out of the pond or the well.
He turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Go back to the Internal Security Department and ask the young envoy to come over. Be quick."
The three of them did not dare to be careless, so they went out to urge their horses to gallop towards the Internal Guards Department.
The matter was urgent. Han Changmu received the letter from the three of them and rushed to Sese Tower without even taking a breath. He casually threw the reins to the people around him, lifted up his robe and entered the door.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw He Zhenfu lying by the pond, looking at the little mud left in the pool without blinking.
He also walked over quickly and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
He Zhenfu quickly stood up, pointed at the traces on the ground, and explained in detail what he had just discovered, and said solemnly: "I just made a careful inspection. These traces extend from the well mouth to the pond. They should be insects coming from the well." Climbed out and crawled into the pond.”
Han Changmu also saw the tiny holes on the ground at a glance, and frowned slightly: "What kind of insects are there, and how many are there, that can cause the ground to become like this?"
He Zhenfu also had no clue at all, and said in a low voice, a little frustrated: "I have been looking here for a long time, but I didn't see any insects crawling out."
Han Changmu raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, waved his hand and said calmly: "Dig, dig the well first."
He Zhenfu let out a cry and called to the guards who came in. He first opened the jujube tree that had fallen to the side, waved the spade, and prepared to dig a well.
"Wait a minute," Han Changmu shouted urgently: "You can only dig with a shovel, and you must not touch the soil with your hands."
The guards all claimed so, rolled up their sleeves, and dug up dirt.
After a while, there was a crashing sound, gravel rolled to the ground, and the edge of the well collapsed.
The sun was gradually rising, and the inner guards exerted all their strength. There were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, which were shining brightly when illuminated by the sun.
More than a dozen internal guards started digging together and dug very fast. After a while, He Zhenfu exclaimed: "Sir, we have dug it out, and there is a big vat buried here."
Han Changmu's expression changed slightly, and he shouted loudly not to move as he strode over quickly and bent down to look at the large tank at the edge of the huge pit.
It is the most ordinary clay vat, used by ordinary people for pickling vegetables. The dark brown color almost blends in with the soil, and the mouth of the vat is tightly sealed.
Han Changmu jumped down the pit without hesitation, subconsciously stretched his hands back, and found a pair of gauntlets on his hands.
He looked back and saw that Yao Yao was squatting on the ground with a smile, putting gauntlets on his hands. Then he also jumped into the pit. He raised his eyebrows and put on the gauntlets.
The two people carefully peeled away the soil and sent it out handful by handful. The clay jar gradually revealed its true appearance.
This vat is half a person tall, and is dark brown all over. The glaze on the outside is extremely good, but it has not faded even after being buried in the soil. The glaze is still shiny.
Han Changmu looked at the vat and considered it for a moment, then said: "Yao Canjun, let's take out the vat and put it on top first."
Yao Yao nodded, and together with Han Changmu, each carried one side and handed the big vat to the person above him.
After the vat was moved out of the pit, the pit instantly became empty.
Han Changmu knelt down and looked at the mark left on the bottom of the tank, his face darkened.
The mark was very deep and covered with uniform round protrusions, about the size of a thumb. When compared to the bottom of the tank, it was the small holes that were opened at the bottom of the tank.
He took out his dagger, scraped up a bit of soil and wrapped it in a handkerchief. He took He Zhenfu's extended hand, jumped out of the pit, and stood on the ground.
He turned around and reached out to pull Yao Yao. Unexpectedly, Yao Yao tapped his toes, jumped out of the pit, and stood lightly on the ground.
His hand suddenly pulled away and stopped awkwardly in mid-air.
He Zhenfu curled his lips and looked away. He was so attentive and diligent that he had no eyes to see.
The inner guards on the side didn't know the inside story, so they didn't think much about it. They just secretly exclaimed, what a handsome Qinggong.
It wasn't until she stepped firmly on the ground that Yao Yao realized that she had done something stupid and slapped Han Changmu in the face.
She said with a smile: "Sir, do you want to open it?"
Han Changmu had recovered from his disappointment and nodded: "Open it, it should be empty inside, but you still have to be careful."
Yao Yao nodded, gave He Zhenfu a face towel, covered his mouth and nose, and carefully removed the wax seal at the mouth of the jar.
After removing the wax seal, the lid suddenly became loose.
Yao Yao and He Zhenfu looked at each other, nodded briefly, and then opened the lid.
A stream of turbid air wrapped in black smoke suddenly surged out, making people dizzy and crying even through the facecloth.
Yao Yao frowned. Well, the smell of age and decay was so overwhelming that she thought about turning around and running away in the next second.
He Zhenfu held up the lamp and shined it into the vat, leaned over and looked at it, then turned around and shouted: "Sir, it's empty."
Han Changmu had expected this, his face changed slightly, he stepped forward solemnly, took the lamp from He Zhenfu's hand, and illuminated the inside of the large vat.
The vat is also glazed, the glaze is warm and moist, and there are faint paintings underneath the glaze.
Han Changmu was stunned for a moment, and when he looked closer, his expression changed. After a moment of silence, he said to He Zhenfu without looking back: "Mr. He, the Internal Security Department will bring the hats, boots and hand guards." , let the guards put it on, dig the pond, and go and interrogate the people in Sesel Tower in person, be sure to ask when the jujube tree was planted and who planted it."
Although He Zhenfu didn't see Han Changmu's face, he listened obediently and heard that something was not right, so he walked out without delay.
Yao Yao also heard that something was wrong. He leaned forward to look into the vat, and his face changed. The inner wall of the vat was not a painted pattern, but a living creature sealed in the glaze. The ferocious body was still there. It could be clearly seen that they were five poisons, and she couldn't help but murmured: "It's five poisons, sir. This vat was buried during the Dragon Boat Festival."
Han Changmu pulled off his mud-stained gauntlet and threw it to the ground. He rubbed his brows and frowned for a long time without saying anything.
Now I’m in trouble. This vat is obviously used to raise voodoos. Apparently all the voodoos ran away last night and stayed there all night. I don’t know if they can still be found. I don’t know what the origin of these voodoos is. If they don’t find out as soon as possible. , I am afraid that a big disaster will develop in Ancheng.
While he was concentrating on thinking, Yao Yao had turned the big vat over, with the mouth facing down and the bottom facing up. There was a large stone under the mouth of the vat.
The sunlight shines on the tank, leaking into the tank from the small round holes drilled at the bottom of the tank, and the round light spots just shine on the ground, vaguely like an array.
Yao Yao squatted on the ground and looked carefully, almost staring at those light spots. He felt that this formation looked familiar, too familiar.
She was so fascinated by the sight that she forgot about her dignity. Without getting up or saluting, she opened her mouth and shouted: "Sir, come and take a look, this seems to be a formation."
After shouting, she held her forehead and couldn't let her mind wander. Once her mind wandered, her true colors would be revealed.
Fortunately, the inner guards dispersed and no one noticed this place.
Han Changmu didn't pay attention, walked over, looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "It's a formation, vaguely similar to the one in the Sese Tower and the one in the pond."
Yao Yao frowned: "It's a vat for raising voodoos, but there's a formation drilled into the bottom of the vat. It's so weird."
Han Changmu pursed his lips and said nothing.
Just when both of them were silent, the Internal Security Department brought something in. The internal guards put on their raincoat boots and gauntlets, jumped into the pond, and started searching inch by inch.
The sun has warmed up a bit, and the mud in the pond has become soft. When you step into a deep pit, the mud rushes into people's legs. Fortunately, these people are wearing knee-high boots, so the mud does not flow in. Into the boot.
The sun was hanging in the middle, and soft and warm light was falling down. A guard carried a food box and brought it into the backyard. Han Changmu waved his hand, put it on the ground and went out.
Yao Yao opened the food box and found two bowls of mutton buns with rich and meaty soup. She wiped the bamboo chopsticks and handed them to Han Changmu. She said with a smile: "Even big things must be eaten first. Only when you are full can you have the strength to ask questions." case."
Han Changmu raised his lips and smiled, and ate very quickly. Yao Yao was still suspicious that he swallowed it without chewing. In this bowl of mutton buns, there was no soup left.
At this time, the guards rummaged through the pond and sifted through handfuls of mud. Not even a single grass root rotting in the mud was found, let alone the insects that could eat the ground.
Listening to the feedback from the inner guards, Han Changmu's heart fell to the bottom inch by inch. He knew that this Gu insect was a very powerful one. It ate up everything in the mud. At this time, it had escaped invisible. He was afraid that it had returned. In the hands of the person who raised the Gu, he dedicated it to the main Gu.
