"Ma'am, watch your step."
The winding cave was dark and gloomy, and the flickering firelight reflected 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. Their footsteps echoed in the closed space. After several overlapping reflections, it was as if there were several more people out of thin air.
Raising his eyes to observe the surrounding situation, Yang Liushi's steps were steady, but his expression was a little serious.
It is obvious that this deep cave is not man-made, but exists naturally.
But it was discovered later, and stone steps were carved into it to serve as a hidden treasure hiding place.
"..."
Following Lu Huang a few steps away, Yang Liushi walked for about dozens of breaths, but did not see the corpses everywhere as the former said.
She frowned and was about to ask.
But before they could say anything, as soon as the two of them rounded a corner, they saw that the front suddenly opened up, and there was an open space with a length and width of at least dozens of feet.
"this......"
Yang Liushi suddenly stopped, a trace of unconcealable surprise flashed in her eyes.
As Lu Huang said, there are indeed bones everywhere.
White skeletons are scattered everywhere, and at first glance there are hundreds of them.
And since they have turned into bones, it means that these people and beasts have been dead for a long time.
"Madam, the general has just made a brief inspection."
Ahead, Lu Huang also stopped and stood still, turned back and whispered: "Some of the skeletons here are mostly rotten. It must be more than ten years ago at least."
"But some are still well preserved and should have been abandoned here in recent years..."
From the decay of the fleshy corpse to the dense white bones, the time required for this process varies depending on the environment.
In a warm place like Shuzhou, it only takes about one year.
But in extremely cold places like Tianshan, it will take at least four to five years.
And this means that the owners of these bones have been dead for at least several years.
"..."
Stepping lightly, Yang Liushi did not say anything immediately, but squatted down next to a pile of bones and observed them carefully for a while.
After almost half a stick of incense, she asked Lu Huang softly.
"General Lu, don't you think it's weird?"
"eccentric?"
Lu Huang was stunned: "I wonder what Madam is referring to..."
"General, please look."
Yang Liushi pointed to the soil under the bones: "The color of this soil is darker than other places, and there are many scratches, indicating that these people and animals should have been thrown in while they were still alive."
"But where are their clothes?"
"Um?"
Lu Huang reacted instantly and quickly turned around to look around, but he didn't see any clothes or weapons.
Even small objects such as jade pendants and hairpins have never been seen.
In the huge cave, apart from the bones, there were only more than a hundred large wooden boxes stacked on one side. Some of the boxes were open, revealing neatly stacked silver ingots and copper coins.
"Madam, maybe these people were thrown in naked?"
Lu Huang thought for a moment and analyzed carefully: "The big families who are repairing this temple will inevitably have many enemies. Maybe they regard this cave as a place to dump corpses?"
"Dumping the body?"
Yang Liushi shook his head: "General, if they are throwing corpses, why don't they kill the people first and throw 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 just dump it somewhere else in the Tianshan Mountains? And why do you have to choose this mountain temple where people come and go?"
"this......"
Hearing Yang Liushi's series of questions, Lu Huang suddenly became speechless.
Although he is a martial artist and his head turns slower, he has now discovered the problem.
That's right, if these bones were really thrown in by the wealthy families who built the temple, then none of the questions raised by Yangliu Shi can be explained.
so......
"Madam, if they didn't do it, who would?"
"I have no idea."
Yang Liushi replied, her nose twitched slightly, and then she suddenly said:
"General Lu, there is another thing that is quite strange."
"Although these bones have been here for many years, this cave has no other exit except the entrance hidden under the statue."
"In such a closed place, no matter how long it takes, there should still be a fishy smell."
"But did you smell any fishy odor?"
"hiss......"
Lu Huang took another breath when he heard this, and then realized that there was no smell of rotting corpses in the entire cave.
"Madam, is there another way in and out of this cave?"
"should be."
Nodding, Yang Liushi stood up and looked around, his eyes falling on the large wooden boxes stacked on one side of the cave.
At this time, Lu Huang also suspected that there was something strange about the pile of wooden boxes. He immediately drew his sword and walked closer, looking back at Yang Liushi.
"lady......"
"Well, General Lao is here for you."
"yes!"
After agreeing, Lu Huang no longer hesitated and immediately began to check the pile of boxes one by one.
There was nothing unusual about the first few boxes. They were all silver ingots without official seals. They should be very old from the outside.
But when Lu Huang opened the fourteenth box, his expression suddenly changed.
He was stunned for a moment, then slowly picked up the box in the direction of Yang Liushi.
The scene of silver ingots and copper coins scattered on the floor did not appear, and the box was actually empty...
Um?
Yang Liushi frowned and immediately shouted softly:
"Look at the others!"
"You will finally understand."
Throwing the empty box aside, Lu Huang turned his head and continued to check.
After that, the twenty or thirty boxes he opened one after another were all empty.
There were more than a hundred large boxes, but only the outermost layer contained property, while the rest were empty.
This is definitely not because the property has been stolen, but someone is obviously deliberately using this pile of boxes to hide something.
"General Lu, move all the boxes."
Yang Liushi had also come 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 said nothing and stopped talking. She just stared at Lu Huang as he moved the wooden boxes away one by one, and her breathing gradually became rapid.
Then, when Lu Huang threw a wooden box aside again, their eyes suddenly froze...
In his sight, another hole appeared.
"..."
Lu Huang turned around with an expression of admiration.
It can be said that the discovery of this cave within a cave is all due to Yangliu Shi, and if it is not unexpected, the real secret of this cave should be in this second cave entrance.
"Madam, I will go in first and take a look."
Lu Huang casually smashed the other wooden boxes blocking the entrance of the cave, and held up the torch to explore the way into the cave again.
However, Yang Liushi's reaction was completely different from when he discovered the cave entrance under the statue.
"General, don't worry!"
She shouted softly and stopped 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 view, the current situation is not much different from just now.
But from Yang Liushi's perspective, the hundreds of bones in the cave made the second cave entrance dangerous and unpredictable.
So even if it's just Lu Huang, she doesn't want the other party to take this risk.
"General Lu, let's go back to Liangzhou City and invite more people before we come back."
After thinking for a moment, Yang Liushi said slowly: "Anyway, no one will come to this mountain temple now, and we are not afraid that others will climb the cave first."
"Well...that's fine."
Lu Huang did not refuse, he just held the torch and explored the entrance of the cave again, wanting to take a look at the situation inside first.
This is actually a perfectly normal behavior.
However, such a simple action actually triggered a jaw-dropping scene.
Just when Lu Huang put his hand holding the torch into the hole, the originally dark hole suddenly rippled like water, and a huge suction force immediately erupted.
This suction force was extremely strong, dragging Lu Huang's left arm toward the hole like a giant hand.
However, the latter is also a battle-hardened warrior after all, and his reaction speed is not bad. He made a decision almost as soon as the sudden change occurred.
"ah!!!"
His eyes suddenly widened, and the veins on his forehead popped out. After shouting violently, he raised the long knife in his right hand without hesitation and slashed at his left arm that had been dragged into the hole.
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered everywhere, and the wounds were bloody and bloody.
After breaking off his arm, the suction force naturally disappeared along with the broken arm. Lu Huang, who had escaped from the injury, fell backward suddenly, smashing several empty boxes with his body.
Pain mixed with fear made him slumped in the broken wood and his whole body was instantly soaked in cold sweat.
However, before Lu Huang could recover, his eyes suddenly widened again in the next second.
"lady!!!"
In the flash of lightning, he only had time to let out a exclamation, and all the figures of Yang Liushi in his sight had disappeared into the dark hole, leaving a long skirt and white robe slowly falling from the air.
"..."
Seeing this scene of "people taking off their clothes and leaving them behind", Lu Huang opened his mouth in confusion, but couldn't take in any air.
At this moment, he even forgot the pain of losing his left arm.
What exactly is this cave entrance? ?
Yangliu Shi clearly didn't touch the hole, so why was she sucked into the hole? ? ?
Did she... go in on her own initiative? ? !
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