The cold wind blew into the mountain temple from the vast snow-capped mountains in the distance, blowing away the smoke and dust caused by the collapse of the statue.
Looking at the cave entrance in front of them, Yang Liushi and Lu Huang looked at each other, their expressions gradually becoming serious.
Obviously, this hole can only have two functions.
Either it's a secret passage leading somewhere, or it's the entrance to a secret room.
You have to go in to know what kind of situation it is, and as for whether you should go in now...
"General Lu, did Captain Huang say that this place was once the sect of a certain small sect?"
Without making a decision in a hurry, Yang Liushi raised her head and asked, "Later, several wealthy families in Liangzhou City paid for this place to be converted into a mountain temple?"
"Yes, Colonel Huang did say so."
Lu Huang nodded, as if he understood something: "Madam, do you mean that this organization was secretly run by those wealthy families?"
"right."
Yang Liushi nodded slightly: "Since it is a temple built later, it would have been impossible not to discover this cave if it had been there a long time ago, not to mention that the statue of the god was cast at the entrance of the cave."
"Best regards, ma'am."
Lu Huang flattered him lightly and relaxed: "In this way, there won't be any big danger in this cave."
"Maybe it's just a place where a few wealthy families secretly store their property and treasures."
"Well, logically it should be like this."
Yang Liushi looked at the entrance of the cave again, and saw nothing more except a few stone steps leading deep into the cave.
There is actually nothing wrong with their analysis. This place is most likely a secret warehouse used by wealthy households in Liangzhou City to store their belongings.
Even if it has other uses, I don't think there will be any life-threatening mechanisms in it.
In other words, no matter how powerful the mechanisms set up by these ordinary big players are, they cannot hurt Lu Huang, who is in the third grade.
"General Lu, I want to go in and have a look..."
After thinking over and over again, Yang Liushi finally made a decision.
She didn't care about ordinary belongings, but she was afraid that the little fox would hide in them.
If we didn't go in now, but waited until we found helpers from Liangzhou City, the little fox would have disappeared long ago.
Taking a step back, even if the little fox is not inside, the Solar Eclipse Pearl may have come from this.
Anyway, there's no harm in going in and investigating right away.
The only risk is that white light just now.
If it is really the treasury of ordinary wealthy people, then why are there such strange phenomena as white light?
Yang Liushi couldn't figure it out, but after considering it comprehensively, she still chose to enter the cave entrance to find out.
Lu Huang, on the other hand, didn't think so much at all and nodded immediately after hearing her words.
"Okay, then I will go in and investigate first. If there is no difference in the cave, madam can go back in."
"Well, the general must be careful."
"You will eventually understand."
"..."
Soon, Lu Huang walked into the cave entrance holding a torch in one hand and a knife in the other.
Yang Liushi stood outside the cave and waited, while listening carefully to the movements inside the cave.
The steady footsteps became smaller and smaller, and after more than ten breaths, they were no longer heard.
However, there were no other sounds besides this, indicating that Lu Huang probably did not encounter any unexpected situation.
Bent over and squatting by the entrance of the cave, Yang Liushi had no intention of going in, but planned to wait until Lu Huang came back safely before making any plans.
Although this approach seems a bit unkind at first glance, Yang Liushi does not have any psychological burden.
In her heart, Wei Changtian was the only one who could make her willing to take risks and even sacrifice her life.
If Lu Huang were replaced by Wei Changtian, Yang Liushi would never let the former go into the cave alone to explore the way, and would definitely ask him to go in first.
Even if Wei Changtian disagrees, she will at least go into the cave with Wei Changtian.
But now...it is natural to be as safe as possible.
The cold wind remains, and the moon and stars are scarce.
Yang Liushi, squatting among the rubble and tiles, did not wait long.
After almost a stick of incense, the footsteps started to sound again from small to loud, and soon Lu Huang walked out of the cave entrance.
"General Lu."
Yang Liushi asked softly: "Are you okay?"
"fine."
Lu Huang shook his head, his expression a little strange.
"Madam, there is indeed a lot of property stored in this cave, and there is no danger."
"But...ma'am, you'd better not go in."
"..."
Hearing what Lu Huang said, Yang Liushi couldn't help but be stunned.
"General Lu, what happened in the cave?"
"Madam, it's really not the villain's intention to hide anything."
Lu Huang smiled bitterly: "It's just that the scene in this cave is really... Well, in addition to the gold and silver property, there are no less than a hundred corpses that the villain has seen, including human bones.
There are also animal bones everywhere."
"Is it?"
Yang Liushi's eyes widened slightly.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally got up and walked into the cave.
"General Lu, please come with me to go in and have a look."
"..."
...
On the other side, the Tianshan Mountains are in the far north.
Just as Lu Huang accompanied Yang Liushi into the cave entrance for the second time, Wei Changtian and the others, who had traveled for most of the journey, finally stood on the peak closest to the border of Ji Kingdom in the entire Tianshan Mountains.
As Huang Sheng said, standing on the top of this peak, you can indeed see a big city in the distance.
It's just that it's late at night now, and the lights in the city are sparse, so it's hard to see clearly.
"Sir, that is the Nanshan County of Ji State, and it is also the only way for the enemy to enter the mountain."
Huang Sheng's face was full of exhaustion, but his tone was somewhat excited.
His mission on this trip was to bring Wei Changtian here, and now he was lucky enough to live up to his mission.
"..."
"good."
One step ahead, Wei Changtian nodded.
He glanced at the blurry black shadows and dots of light in the distance a few more times, then turned to ask Zhang San.
"Liu Shi and Lu Huang haven't gone back yet?"
"This... General Liang still hasn't sent a message."
Zhang San shook his head: "So Madam and General Lu must not have arrived yet."
"..."
It's been three days.
The place where the two groups separated was only a day's walk from the mountain temple. Even if Yang Liushi and Lu Huang rested on the way, they would definitely be able to get there in one day at most.
Coupled with the time it took to return to Liangzhou City from the Mountain Temple, Yang Liushi and Lu Huang were already at least a whole day late.
What's more important is that they haven't gone back yet.
So...what exactly is the delay?
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian still felt that nothing unexpected would happen, but he was still a little worried.
"Send a message to Uncle Liang and ask him to send someone to the mountain temple to take a look."
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang San immediately took out the Zimu Jade, and soon sent the news to Liang Zhen, and then received a reply after burning a stick of incense.
"Sir, General Liang said that he would immediately order the scouts near the mountain temple to investigate the situation."
"good."
Wei Changtian responded and slowly sat down cross-legged.
"Okay, I'm tired these past few days. Let's have a good rest tonight."
"The three of us take turns to stay on duty at night, one hour each."