I'm the villain in the book

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Although this approach seems a bit unkind at first glance, Yang Liushi does not have any psychological burden.

In her heart, Wei Changtian is the only one who can make her willing to take risks and even sacrifice her life for it.

If Lu Huang were replaced by Wei Changtian, then Yang Liushi would never let the former enter the cave alone to explore the way, and would definitely ask herself to go in first.

Even if Wei Changtian disagreed, she would at least go into the cave with Wei Changtian.

But now... the more secure the better, of course.

The cold wind is still there, and the moon and stars are rare.

Yang Liushi, who was squatting among the rubble and rubble, did not wait too long.

After about a stick of incense, the sound of footsteps reappeared from small to large, and soon Lu Huang walked out of the cave.

"General Lu."

Yang Liushi asked softly, "Are you okay?"

"fine."

Lu Huang shook his head, with a strange expression on his face.

"Madam, there are indeed a lot of property stored in this cave, and there is no danger."

"But... madam, you'd better not go in."

"..."

Hearing what Lu Huang said, Yang Liushi couldn't help being taken aback.

"General Lu, what happened in the cave?"

"Ma'am, it's really not that the villain is hiding something on purpose."

Lu Huang smiled wryly: "It's just that the scene in this cave is a bit... Alas, apart from the gold and silver treasures, there are no less than a hundred corpses seen by the villain alone, including human bones. There are also animal bones, all over the place."

"Is it?"

Yang Liushi slightly widened her eyes.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally got up and walked into the cave.

"General Lu, please go in with me to have a look."

"..."

......

On the other side, the extreme north of the Tianshan Mountains.

At the same time that Lu Huang accompanied Yang Liushi into the entrance of the cave for the second time, Wei Changtian and the others, who had driven for a long time, finally stood on the mountain peak closest to the border of Ji Kingdom in the entire Tianshan Mountains.

As Huang Sheng said, standing on the top of this peak, one can indeed see a big city in the distance.

It's just that it's late at night, and the lights in the city are sparse, so I can't see clearly.

"My lord, that is Nanshan County of Ji Kingdom, and it is also the only way for the enemy army to enter the mountain."

Huang Sheng's face was full of exhaustion, but his tone was a little excited.

His mission on this trip was to bring Wei Changtian here, and now he is lucky enough to live up to his fate.

"..."

"it is good."

One step ahead, Wei Changtian nodded.

He took a few more glances at the blurry black shadows and dots of light in the distance, then turned his head and asked Zhang San.

"Liu Shi and Lu Huang haven't gone back yet?"

"This...General Liang hasn't sent the letter yet."

Zhang San shook his head: "So Madam and General Lu should not have arrived yet."

"..."

It has been three days.

The place where the two groups of people separated was only one day away from the mountain temple. Even if Yang Liushi and Lu Huang had rested on the road, they would definitely be able to arrive in a day at most.

Coupled with the time it took to return to Liangzhou City from the mountain temple, Yang Liushi and Lu Huang were at least a whole day late.

More importantly, they haven't returned yet.

So...what was the delay?

Shaking his head, although Wei Changtian still felt that nothing unexpected would happen, he was still a little worried.

"Send a letter to Uncle Liang and ask him to send someone to the mountain temple to take a look."

"Yes!"

Hearing the words, Zhang San immediately found out the son-mother jade, and soon sent a message to Liang Zhen, and received a reply after a stick of incense.

"Young Master, General Liang said that he immediately ordered the scouts near the mountain temple to investigate the situation."

"it is good."

Wei Changtian responded, and slowly sat down cross-legged.

"Okay, I've been tired these days, so take a good rest tonight."

"The three of us take turns to watch the night, each with an hour."

"The rest will be made tomorrow morning."

Chapter 618 The Second Hole

"Ma'am, watch your step."

The winding cave was gloomy and gloomy, and the flickering firelight reflected the shadows of the two on the cave wall, like ghosts.

The passage in the cave is not wide, so Lu Huang walked in front and Yang Liushi walked behind. The sound of their footsteps echoed in the confined space.

Looking up at the surrounding situation, Yang Liushi walked steadily, but her expression was a little serious.

Obviously, this deep hole is not man-made, but exists here naturally.

It's just that it was discovered later, and stone steps were dug in it to serve as a hidden place for hiding treasures.

"..."

Following a few steps behind Lu Huang, Yang Liushi walked for about tens of breaths, but she didn't see the bones everywhere that the former said.

She frowned, just about to ask.

But before they could say anything, when the two of them turned around a corner, they saw that the front suddenly opened up, and there was an open space with a length and width of at least tens of feet.

"This......"

Yang Liushi suddenly stopped in her tracks, a trace of unconcealable surprise flashed in her eyes.

As Lu Huang said, there are indeed bones everywhere.

White skeletons and skeletons are scattered all over the place, and at first glance, there are no less than a hundred 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 just checked briefly."

In front, Lu Huang also stopped and stood still, turned around and whispered: "Some of the bones here have been rotten, let alone more than ten years ago."

"But some are still well preserved, and should have been discarded here in recent years..."

From the decay of fleshy corpses to dense bones, the time required for this process varies according to the environment.

In places as warm as Shuzhou, about one year is enough.

But in an extremely cold place like Tianshan, it will take at least four or five years.

And this means that the owners of these bones have been dead for at least several years.

"..."

With light footsteps, Yang Liushi didn't say anything immediately, but squatted down next to a pile of white bones, and observed 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 don't know what Madam is referring to..."

"Please take a look, General."

Yang Liushi pointed to the soil under the bones: "The color of these soils is darker than other places, and there are many scratches, indicating that these people and beasts should have been thrown in while they were alive."

"But where are their clothes?"

"Ok?"

Lu Huang reacted in an instant, and quickly turned his head to look around, but he really didn't see any clothes, weapons or anything like that.

Even small items like jade pendants and hairpins have never been seen before.

In the huge cave, apart from the bones, there are only more than a hundred large wooden boxes stacked on one side, some of which are open, revealing the neatly stacked silver ingots and copper coins inside.

"Perhaps these people were thrown in naked, ma'am?"

Lu Huang thought for a moment, then seriously analyzed: "Those big families who repaired this temple will inevitably have many enemies. Maybe they use this cave as a place to throw their corpses?"

"Throwing away the corpse?"

Yang Liushi shook her head: "General, if it's throwing corpses, why don't they kill the people first, instead throw the living people in?"

"Besides, even if you are afraid of being traced by the government and want to throw the corpse in the wilderness, wouldn't it be easier to just throw it in other places in the Tianshan Mountains? Why do you have to choose this mountain temple where people come and go?"

"This......"

Hearing Yang Liushi's series of questions, Lu Huang was a little dumbfounded.

Although he is a martial artist, his head turns slowly, but now he has discovered the problem.

That's right, if these bones were really thrown in by those wealthy households who built temples, then the questions raised by Yang Liushi would not be able to be explained.

so......

"Madam, if they didn't do it, who else would it be?"

"I do not know."

Yang Liushi replied, her nostrils fluttered slightly, and she suddenly said:

"General Lu, there is one more strange thing."

"Although these bones have been here for many years, there is no other exit from this cave except the hole hidden under the statue."

"In such a closed place, no matter how long it takes, there should still be a fishy smell."

"But do you smell the slightest stench?"

"hiss......"

Hearing this, Lu Huang gasped again, only to realize that there was no stench of rotting corpses in the whole cave.

"Ma'am, is there another way in and out of this cave?"

"should be."

Nodding, Yang Liushi got up and looked around, her eyes fell on the large wooden boxes stacked on the side of the cave.

At this time, Lu Huang also had some doubts about the strangeness of the pile of wooden boxes. Dang even drew his sword and walked closer, looking back at Yang Liushi.

"lady......"

"Well, General Lao is here."

"Yes!"

With a promise, Lu Huang no longer hesitated, and immediately began to check the pile of boxes one by one.

There were no abnormalities in the first few boxes, and they were all silver ingots without official seals, which should be very old from the outside.