There are rotting corpses in here! And I'm afraid there's more than one!
Todayama's heart sank. Where did he fall into?
At this time, a woman's voice came: "Toda, where are you?!"
"I'm here!"
The woman rushed over and hugged him, and looked around with her eyes wide open. However, the room was pitch black, there was not even a trace of light, and she could not see anything at all. She exclaimed: "It stinks! What is so smelly?"
The woman is the personal bodyguard of Queen Baoli, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Apart from practicing martial arts all day long, she doesn't have many opportunities to do anything with others, so she doesn't dare to kill. She only started quitting after coming here. I have never seen her before.
Dead bodies. I have never smelled the stench of a rotting corpse, so I can't tell what it is.
Todayama didn't tell her the truth, for fear of scaring her, so he just pretended to be stupid and said, "Yeah, it stinks!"
"What is this place?
"I don't know, it should be a cellar." Todasan said, "When we picked up the account book, we may not have canceled the corresponding mechanism, but triggered the mechanism and fell into this cellar."
"Is this a place where garbage is stored? It's so smelly, and there's a long slide. It's like it's full of oil."
Todayama smiled bitterly: "Does the garbage dump need any mechanism?"
"That's true." The woman panicked and grabbed Todayama's arm. "Then what should we do?"
"Don't panic, there will be a way." Todayama thought, he used the ledger to shoot through the roof. The people on guard outside will definitely find the clues. Once they find the mechanism, they will be saved. He added: "Let's check first.
No Exit."
Todayama pulled the woman and was about to explore it when suddenly, a child's childish voice came: "Mom, they are here..."
Immediately, the voice was muffled by hands and stopped muffled.
"Who?" Todayama pulled the woman behind him and asked vigilantly toward the source of the sound. At the same time, his ears were listening for any suspicious movements.
Nothing happens.
The woman felt warm in her heart. At this time, a weak scholar from Todayama took the initiative to protect himself in front of her, which showed that she really regarded her as her lover. She quickly pulled him behind her and said: "You hide behind me!"
, said to the voice: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we came down from the top unintentionally. Who are you?"
Still no response.
Todasan said: "To tell you the truth, I am a palace guard. I am here to investigate a murder case, and I accidentally triggered the arrest of the machine. You don't have to be afraid. Who is here? What is your relationship with Zhanhutang?"
"
Finally, a woman's voice came: "You..." Are you really a palace guard...?"
As soon as Todayama heard the woman's voice, he subconsciously blocked his private parts with his hand. Then he thought that it was pitch dark here, and even if he didn't block it, the other party wouldn't be able to see him at all. But he still didn't let go.
"That's great!" The woman's voice suddenly became much louder, "Master, Master Qingtian, help me, my son and I were kidnapped by the Zhanhutang Gang. What kind of Chaos Beast do they want, but I really don't know the Chaos Beast."
What is it? They have left us here for a day and a night, without water or food, and they want to starve us to death. Please help us!"
Todayama and the woman were shocked: "Zhan Hutang kidnapped you? Who are you?"
"The civilian woman is the first wife of Li Fu, the largest merchant in Baoxiang Kingdom, and this child is our only son. On the way back from visiting relatives with my son, the Zhanhutang gang knocked down the servants who were following our family and beat us
We robbed a house, and later..." Later..." Wuwu, a man..." raped me..." Wuwu, Lord Qingtian, please make the decision for me!"
Todayama said angrily: "Are you sure it was someone from Zhanhutang who did it?"
"Yes, one of their leaders named Hu Xian once came to my house to look for my husband. He told me that they were from the Zhanhu Hall and asked my husband to hand over some Chaos Beast. They told me when to hand over the Chaos Beast and when to release him.
.However, they raped me and brought us here without giving us anything to eat or drink. Apparently, they wanted to starve us to death!"
"Is there no exit from here?"
"No!" the woman said, "Since I was thrown in yesterday, I have touched it carefully bit by bit. They are all thick bluestone slabs! There are thick iron plates on top. I kept shouting for help, but there was no response.
Maybe you can’t hear it outside.”
"Where's the slide?" Todasan asked.
"I didn't touch it."
"Didn't touch it?"
"yes."
"Do you have flint?"
"No."
"Where is it on the ground? Have you looked for it?"
"No..." I didn't dare to look for it. The ground was full of... "It was all..."
Todayama guessed from her horrifying voice that she had noticed that there were rotting corpses inside. Although it was not yet certain whether it was a human corpse, it was enough for a mother to collapse. She was able to hold on until now and could not bear to tell her children.
, already quite commendable. He said: "Okay, I understand."
Todayama gently patted the woman's hand and said, "Momohui, I'll check around again to see if I can find a way out."
"I'll help you!"
"No, you just stay here." Todayama was worried that Yamaguchi Momoe would be afraid of corpses.
"Okay." Yamaguchi Momoe also felt that there was something weird under her body. She didn't know what it was, and she didn't dare to reach out and touch it. It would be better to wait for Todasan to touch it first. Anyway, it was just an exploration, there would be nothing wrong with it.
Danger.
Todayama stood up and groped upwards. As soon as he raised his hand, he touched the top. It seemed that the cellar was not high. He groped over little by little.
Sure enough, it was just as the woman said, there was no hole that should exist above his head! He clearly remembered that they fell from here, so how could there be no hole? Where did the hole go?
He touched all the places on the ceiling above his head, all the way to the four walls. Sure enough, there were no holes, not even a crack as big as a thumb!
Could it be that there is a flap at the end of the slide, above the cellar? When they fell down, the flap closed automatically?
It's very possible, as evidenced by the fact that you didn't touch the exit just now. At the same time, the two flaps can isolate the sound as much as possible to prevent the screams of the people below from being heard by people outside. It also prevents the smell of corpses below from spreading to the outside and being smelled by others.
arrive.
Todayama squatted down and started groping on the ground. He wanted to find flint. Since the woman had spent two days groping without finding a passage, it meant that there must be no obvious exits on the four walls. Therefore, he had to find flint.
Only with light can we find the exit. Since there are bones on the ground, there should be something. I hope to find flint.
He first touched around the body, and sure enough, almost all he touched were skeletons! Judging from the appearance, they were definitely human bones!
Todayama's heart sank. Could it be that the master of the Zhanhu Hall branch is a murderous butcher? He killed people and threw their bones here?
At this moment, I heard Yamaguchi Momoe crying: "Brother Toda, this..." This is all... "What are they all?"
"What's wrong?" Todayama asked.
"The things on the ground seem to be people..."
"It's okay! Don't think about it! I'm not afraid of children, so what are you afraid of?" Todayama knew that she must have touched the human bones on the ground, so he interrupted her.
Hearing the mention of children in Todayama's words, Yamaguchi Momoe immediately understood and quickly shut up. She clasped her hands in front of her chest and did not dare to touch anything on the ground again.
Not finding a single corpse, Todayama groped up and down carefully. Most of the corpses had turned into skeletons, but were still wearing clothes. A few corpses were still rotting, and they felt like they had been soaked in water for a long time.
Same as above with soap.
Todayama still groped for each corpse carefully. These corpses were male and female, old and young, and there was basically nothing on them. Just when he was almost desperate, he finally touched a small box!
You can tell it's a flint when you touch it, so take it out carefully.
The tinder in the flint is only used to ignite fire and cannot illuminate for a long time, so it is necessary to find a tinder. He just touched it and there is nothing else on the ground except the corpse. The only thing that can be used as a tinder is the clothes on the corpse.
, just dry hair.
Burning clothes will produce toxic gases, so only hair can be used.
However, before lighting the fire, one had to find clothes to cover up one's shame, so as not to frighten the woman. Of course, Yamaguchi Momoe's body should not be exposed in front of the little boy.
He found two skeletons that had completely turned into white bones. He stripped off the clothes on them and found two robes. Now he had no choice but to make do with them. He touched the side of Yamaguchi Momoe and said: "Put on the clothes."
The two of them got dressed. Todayama's piece was a bit small, while Yamaguchi Momoe's piece was very wide, so they found another belt to tie it on.
Todayama then started groping for the skulls on the ground, looking for a hair suitable for igniting. Fortunately, there were many skulls on the ground, and he found one. He put it at his feet and picked up the flint. He said to the woman: "Take good care of the child.
I have found a flint, and I need to light it up to find the exit."
"Okay, thank you sir."
For a moment, the Toda Mountain fire ignited the tinder, and then ignited the hair on the ground.
The cave was immediately illuminated by dim light.
Todayama saw a young woman in the corner, gorgeously dressed and beautiful. She hugged a four or five-year-old boy in brocade clothes tightly, covered the child's face with her sleeves, and looked at him with surprise.
There are dead bodies everywhere on the ground, stacked on top of each other as high as half a person!
No wonder, you can reach out and touch the roof. It turns out that the entire lower half of the cellar has been filled with dead bodies!
These dead bodies, like the woman and the child, were almost all of people in gorgeous clothes.
What Zhan Hutang was doing was robbing houses and kidnapping hostages? After extorting ransom, they threw all the hostages they held in this hidden cellar and silenced them?
Seeing this scene in front of him, Todayama immediately remembered that when he proposed to live in the small courtyard, the butcher hall master looked very embarrassed, but it turned out that it was because this was the place where they killed people and hid their bodies!
Yamaguchi Momoe found that she was indeed sitting on a pile of corpses. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she rushed forward and hugged Todayama.
Todayama stood firm. He hugged her with one hand and held up the burning skull with the other, saying: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, I'm here!"
Yamaguchi Momoe was also frightened for a moment. After all, she had martial arts skills. She quickly calmed down, raised her head from Leng Yi's arms, looked at him and said: "What on earth is going on?"
Todayama glanced at the little boy hiding in his mother's arms and said vaguely: "Let's find the exit first, and then we'll talk after we get out!"
"Okay! I'll help you find it!"
Yamaguchi Momoe gritted her teeth, grabbed a skeleton from the ground with trembling hands, lit it on fire in Todayama's hand, and said: "You look for it over there, I'll look for it here!"
Todayama saw the account books on the pile of corpses. They were the account books Yamaguchi Momoe found in the secret room. One of them was thrown out by Todasan. When he was about to read the other books, the flap opened.
, fell in with them.
Todayama flipped through a few pages, and was suddenly surprised and delighted, saying: "This is the account of Zhan Hutang's robbery of merchant ships! It turns out that Zhan Hutang actually engaged in such a deed of seeking wealth and killing people!"
Yamaguchi Momoe also took it and looked at it, and said: "Yes, this woman is right, Zhan Hutang is indeed a ruthless person! Let's go out, report to the queen immediately, and catch them all!"
Todayama nodded and put the account book into his arms.
The two began to carefully examine the walls and ceiling. When their hair was almost burned out, they changed to another one. Anyway, there were many skulls on the ground.
The four walls were made of bluestone slabs, which were very tight. Leng Yi tried to push hard, but nothing moved. He knew that the back must be solid earth or something. And the bluestone slabs must be very thick. After checking the four walls, he couldn't find it.
Go to any exit and start checking the top of your head again.
Everywhere above the head was as tight as the wall. However, in the middle, Todayama finally found a different place. He pushed hard, and it didn't feel like the other places he just pushed. He tried hard, but it didn't move at all.
Momoe Yamaguchi came over to help push, but there was still no movement.
The two tried hard for a long time, but still couldn't push it, so they had to give up.
