Chapter 524: The Past Was
"Secret room?" Nanfeng frowned in confusion, he didn't remember what secret room there was in the broken temple.
The second pig nodded, "Yes, a small secret room, there seems to be some clutter in it, and there is a strange corpse." ”
"What kind of corpse?" asked Nanfeng.
"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it's said to be a strange female corpse, so you might as well go and see it for yourself. Pig Er said.
"Let's go. Nanfeng waved his hand.
The second pig went first, Nanfeng took a few steps, thought about it and turned back, beckoned to Yuan Anning in the room, it will be Yuan Anning's future residence, and she has to be informed of what is happening there, and by the way, she will also take this opportunity to take her to see the progress of the construction of the courtyard.
Yuan Anning came out in a coat and put a cloak to help Nanfeng cloak, "What's wrong?"
Nanfeng raised his hand and gestured to talk as he walked, relaying in detail what Zhu Er said on the way.
After listening to Nanfeng's words, Yuan Anning asked, "Is there a secret room there?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I've lived there for more than ten years, and I've never found any secret rooms. ”
"When was that temple built?" asked Yuan Anning again.
"The years are not short, according to the temple watcher, there are seven or eight temple blessings before him. Nanfeng said.
It was snowing in the sky, and the snow on the ground was slippery, and the south wind reached over and led Yuan Anning side by side.
Yuan Anning stretched out his right hand and pointed at the second pig walking in front, "Did it ever say what kind of female corpse it was?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I didn't say it, but that corpse seems to be very strange, otherwise it wouldn't have invited me to come over in person." ”
Yuan Anning's residence was not far from the broken temple, and it was not close to the broken temple, and a quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the front of the broken temple.
The court wants money and money, people want people, no matter what they do, they are fast, under the day and night rush work, the construction of a three-entry courtyard has come to an end, the courtyard covers an area of not wide, and there are not many houses, it is obvious that the style of the road is simple, but the materials are very particular, not stone or wood, no gold and no soil.
The ruined temple is located in the middle of the courtyard, and the demolition has begun but has not been completely demolished.
There are officers and soldiers around the courtyard, and the craftsmen have been driven to the periphery, and Yuwen Yong ascended the throne on the same day, and the pig Lao Er and others have made efforts, presumably Yu Wenyong has been given an official position, and after showing the gold medal, he took the two of them directly to the broken temple.
The debris in the ruined temple has been removed, and the floor tiles on the east side have also been pried open, and the hole is in the northeast corner of the ruined temple.
The second pig is responsible for inviting people, Lao Huai is responsible for guarding, seeing the three people coming in, Lao Huai hurriedly greeted him, pointed to the hole and said to the south wind, "My lord, it's here." ”
Nanfeng nodded at Lao Huai, and asked instead, "When was this cave discovered?"
"An hour ago," said the second pig, "it was the craftsman who first found out, and informed the overseer, who went down to pay a visit, and was frightened, and hastened to report it." ”
"Who has gone down?" asked Nanfeng again.
"It seems that there is only that overseer, he is outside now, do you want to call him to come?" asked the second pig.
Nanfeng waved his hand and walked towards the hole.
The entrance to the cave is not large, no more than five feet long and wide, and the steps that descend are paved with adobe bricks, and the masonry is not very careful.
While Nanfeng was looking at the entrance of the cave, Lao Huai said from his side, "My lord, I have spoken to the overseer before, and according to him, this is a ragged female corpse, and I don't know when it was buried here, and the body has never decayed. ”
"Ragged?" asked Nanfeng with an eyebrow.
Lao Huai naturally couldn't answer this question, because it hadn't gone down in person.
Nanfeng didn't expect an answer, and the reason why he asked was just that he couldn't contain the excitement and doubts in his heart.
Seeing that Nanfeng's expression was different, Yuan Anning guessed what he remembered, so he cast a look at him asking questions.
"Probably big eyes. Nanfeng whispered.
"Is that the sister who has never been seen among the seven of you?" asked Yuan Anning rhetorically.
Nanfeng nodded, "She slept in this position back then. ”
Yuan Anning nodded slightly.
Nanfeng fixed his eyes to identify the breath, he had a dragon's eye and heavenly eye, and any abnormal aura could not escape his eyes, but standing here at this time, he did not notice any abnormal aura underground, which showed that there was no living person in the secret room.
"Let's go, go down and have a look. Nanfeng Chongyuan Anning said.
"My lord, we are guarding from here. "The second pig is very interesting.
Nanfeng nodded, and stepped up the steps to descend.
The entrance to the cave is very narrow, and when you go down, you need to bend down and bow your head, and after going down a few steps, you can see the situation in the secret room at a glance.
This is a small secret room, similar secret rooms are available in many people in Chang'an, most of them are used to avoid war, compared with the underground secret room of the Li Dynasty Sect Courtyard, this secret room is small and pitiful, the length and width are less than two zhang, there are some bottles and cans, and some dilapidated tables and chairs and simple living utensils, in the northwest corner of the secret room, there is a low bed placed in the north and south, and there is a person lying on the bed, to be exact, a corpse.
There was a thick layer of dust on the floor of the secret room, and there were two lines of footprints on the dust, one of the lighter footprints leading to the northwest low bed, and a deeper one of the footprints turned around when it reached the middle of the secret room, and left a extinguished torch in the place where it turned.
The deeper footprints were undoubtedly those left by the overseer, while the shallower footprints belonged to the man lying on the low bed.
"Judging by the footprints, this person should not be very old, and he hasn't gone out since he came in. Yuan Anning said.
Nanfeng didn't answer, went down the steps, and walked slowly to the low bed.
"Is it her?" asked Yuan Anning.
"Yes. Nanfeng nodded, his previous guess was correct, lying on the low bed was indeed big eyes, although there was a lot of dust attached to her face and body, but she could still clearly see her appearance, the big eyes were still the same as they were back then, there was no change, the moment he saw this face, he actually had the illusion of going back in time.
"Why is she here?" Yuan Anning looked at the big eyes on the bed.
"No wonder she hasn't been found all these years. Nanfeng replied to the question.
Yuan Anning didn't answer, although she was in the middle of the road, she had been worry-free, it was hard to imagine the hardships of the poor, the female corpse on the bed was not tall, extremely thin, only people who had not eaten for a long time would be like this, Nanfeng had never seen the depressed appearance in her early years, but from this female corpse, it could be inferred that several of them were depressed and poor back then.
After a brief moment of distraction, Nanfeng raised his hand and waved away the dust that had fallen on Big Eye's body, and because of the extreme precision of his aura, the aura only swept away the dust, and did not destroy the rotten and shabby clothes.
Nanfeng remembers the early years very clearly, the big eyes are still wearing the same clothes as they were back then, but they are more broken than back then, there is a difference between broken and shabby, ragged clothes and uncovered clothes are not the same, big eyes should be described as unclothed at this time, her clothes and hakama are torn very seriously, obviously caused by man-made.
"What she held in her hand. Yuan Anning pointed to the big-eyed left hand.
Hearing this, Nanfeng tilted his head and looked at it, only to see that his big-eyed left hand was holding something tightly, and through the gap between his fingers, he could see that it was an ingot of silver, but the ground was damp, and the silver had turned black.
After looking at it, Nanfeng stretched out his hand and took the ingot of silver from his arrogant eyes, estimating the weight, about ten taels.
Although Yuan Anning didn't ask, Nanfeng still took the initiative to explain, "This ingot of silver was obtained by the eldest brother who sold it to Mo Li, and the eldest brother didn't use one or two, so he gave it all to her, but unfortunately she didn't have time to use it." ”
Yuan Anning nodded gloomily, and instead pointed to the big-eyed arm and face, "She has injuries on her body, and she used to fight with people before she died. ”
Nanfeng shook his head slowly, "It's not a fight, it's a beating, the scratches on her arms are obviously from a man's hands, and her clothes are torn, it's obvious that someone wants to bully her." ”
"She's so thin, why is she so ruthless?" Yuan Anning was surprised and angry.
"Despicable people abound," Nanfeng shook his head with a wry smile, "You can't even think of the things we experienced in our early years. ”
Seeing that Nanfeng was depressed, Yuan Anning comforted, "The silver taels are still in your hands, which means that the wicked have not succeeded." ”
Nanfeng nodded, Yuan Anning's judgment was recognized, but his basis was not the silver held in Big Eye's hand, but the body of Big Eye was preserved, which shows that someone rescued Big Eye when she was in danger, but in fact, the other party did not save Big Eye, but Taiyin Yuanjun, although the person who came saved Big Eye, he also took away Taiyin Yuanjun.
"How did her physical body remain?" asked Yuan Anning.
Nanfeng didn't speak, but extended the aura to probe and perceive, and after a while, he sensed an abnormal breath from his mouth, the breath was very weak, it should be a bead like a Zhuyan bead.
"There was a strange bead in her mouth. Nanfeng said.
"Presumably Taiyin Yuanjun himself wants to stay in the flesh, and he will come back one day. Yuan Anning said.
"She'd better not come back. The south wind untied his cloak and came down and covered his big eyes.
It was the ethereal words of Nanfeng, but Yuan Anning could understand what he was thinking, Taiyin Yuanjun had no kindness to him, and he had never helped him, and what he had with him was this thin girl lying on the bed.
"Is there a way to save it?" asked Yuan Anning.
"Her soul is no longer there, and I am afraid that she has already been reincarnated after so many years. Nanfeng hugged the big eyes, the big eyes were very thin, although they were not withered, but they were also skinny, the moment they picked her up, Nanfeng's heart flashed the situation of the big eyes stealing food and him in the early years, and his heart was very sad, "If there was no accident, she should be by my side." ”
"Don't be sad, there's always a way to remedy it. Yuan Anning comforted softly.
Nanfeng shook his head, "There are some things that can't be remedied, Hugh said that saving her from life is saving her, I won't renew my relationship with her, and she won't like me anymore, I only miss her before, and what she likes is only the old me." ”
"What are your plans?" asked Yuan Anning softly.
"You are actually relatives, she was the daughter of the general of the Zhu Kingdom before her death, that is, your cousin," Nanfeng turned and walked, "I will help her recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, and send her away according to the rules of the county lord......"