Chapter 109: A cave full of bones
"Lord Weichi, look at this."
A government soldier took a small piece of rag glued to the mark and handed it to Yu Chi Fulin, who was already exhausted.
Yu Chi Fulin barely cheered up and took the object handed over by the soldiers, which was a small piece of brocade scarf, which should have been torn off from the skirt of the woman's body. If Yu Chi Fulin is not mistaken, Jiang Zhu should have a gauze skirt like this, he had seen her wear it once not long ago.
"Keep up!"
Wei Chi Fulin searched for a few days, and was originally a little discouraged, but after seeing the tulle on his hand, he came to his senses again and gave orders to his subordinates. He had already taken leave with Lan Yue, and took the men and horses given by the Qin Mansion to look for him along the way, if he couldn't find it again, he didn't know how to deal with the Qin Mansion.
"Yes, sir."
The government soldiers were ordered, and the group marched forward along the mark.
Yu Chi Fulin, who had already left Luozhou City, never thought that someone would leave a mark on them, a white arrow, pointing directly in the direction of Jingshan, and Jingshan was dozens of miles outside Luozhou City.
After most of the day's work, Yu Chi Fulin's men finally came to the foot of Jingshan, everyone found a place with a stream to rest, Yu Chi Fulin asked a soldier named Duan Kang next to him, "Are you sure this is called Jingshan?" β
"Yes, my lord."
Duan Kang leaned forward and replied respectfully with his fists clenched.
"What's the closest way up to the top of the mountain?" Is there a good place to stay in the mountains? Or a habitable cave or something? β
Yu Chi Fulin stood on a large raised rock, looked up at the uninhabited Jingshan, and asked again.
"This... My lord, this subordinate doesn't know very well, you better ask Gong Lang, his hometown is near here, and he probably knows better than his subordinate when it comes to the nearby terrain or something. β
Duan Kang replied.
"Where is Gong Lang?"
Yu Chi Fulin looked at the dozens of people in front of him and said loudly.
"The subordinates are here."
A man with a slightly short stature squeezed out of the team and came to Yu Chi Fulin's face.
"Tell me, what's the closest way we're going up the mountain? How fast can I reach the summit? Are there caves in the mountains that are suitable for habitation? β
Yu Chi Fulin threw out several questions in one breath, thinking that Jiang Zhu might be suffering from hunger and cold somewhere on the mountain in front of him, Yu Chi Fulin's heart hurt so much, how could his pampered fiancΓ©e spend so many days in the hands of gangsters in such an environment?
Perhaps, by the time he found her, he might have been a cold corpse.
"My lord, the subordinates closest to the way up the mountain know that it will take about an hour and a half to arrive soon, but..." he muttered for a while and said, "There are no people on this mountain, but there are often wild beasts, although there are caves, but they are not very suitable for habitation, unless it is a person who has kung fu, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not dare to spend the night on the mountain." β
Gong Lang said to Yu Chi Fulin.
"So bad?"
How will his little bamboo spend these few days?
Yu Chi Fulin's heart rose higher and higher, and he was really afraid that when he saw her, there would only be a pile of dry bones left.
"Yes, in the past, if someone in our village went hunting, they all went together, and one person did not dare to go, one was afraid of getting lost, and the other was afraid of fierce beasts, and other prey did not hit but lost his life."
Gong Lang said seriously.
"Gong Lang, then you lead the way."
When Yu Chi Fulin heard Gong Lang say this, he was even more determined to go up the mountain quickly, before he found Xiaozhu, he couldn't even sleep at night, whenever he closed his eyes, it was Jiang Zhu crying and asking him to save her, or being whipped and abused... He really couldn't wait any longer, not even a quarter of an hour.
"Yes, sir."
Gong Lang clenched his fists, and then led everyone around the creek and walked up a mossy path next to the stream.
The clear stream, winding from top to bottom, beside the stream, is full of many towering trees, large and small shrubs under the big trees, and some unknown wildflowers, between the walks, there are occasionally running hares and unknown birds flying by, plus the fresh air makes the whole forest exude a quiet and peaceful beauty.
Such a beautiful scenery but no one stopped to appreciate it, Yu Chi Fulin was full of heart to find Jiang Zhu as soon as possible, while Gong Lang and the others under him walked up quickly, while listening to the surrounding movements, no way, they really listened to what Gong Lang said just now, in case there are really large beasts such as tigers and leopards or something, although there are many of them, it is quite scary.
Half an hour passed, and the more you went inside, the denser the woods became, and the light became darker and darker.
"Lord Weichi."
Duan Kang took a few quick steps forward and came to Yu Chi Fulin's side, wanting to speak.
"What's the matter, just say."
Yu Chi Fulin didn't mean to stop at all, and replied without looking back as he walked.
"My lord, it's getting dark, maybe it's going to rain, should we find a place to rest before leaving?"
Duan Kang asked cautiously.
After listening to Duan Kang's words, Yu Chi Fulin looked up at the sky, the sky covered by the dense forest, he could only see a trace of dark clouds in the sky sparsely, and a layer of white mist was filled over the trees, was it really going to rain?
He glanced back at the people behind him, they were all sweating, from the morning to now, except for the time when they rested and ate dry food at the bottom of the mountain, they didn't take a breath.
"Let's see if we can find a cave nearby where we can live and rest for a while." Write a book
Yu Chi Fulin sighed and ordered everyone.
The soldiers of all the mansions were relieved when they heard Wei Chi Fulin's words, they had been looking for many days in a row, and there was little rest time at night, but it was another whole day, they only ate some dry food pads, all of them were in the prime of life, and they were already hungry, and they were so happy that they could only cheer when they heard that they could rest.
"My lord, we're running out of dry food."
A government soldier stepped forward with a bag and whispered.
"This is easy to do, who is that... Didn't Gong Lang say it, there are a lot of small animals on the mountain, wouldn't it be nice to come back and roast them? β
Yu Chi Fulin said.
The government soldiers got the order, and then divided a few people with slightly better kung fu to pay attention to the movements around them while walking, while the other part of the people went all the way to see if there was a cave suitable for living for a while, after all, a huge mountain, who knows where Miss Jiang is? If it rains or there are beasts or something, they might as well take shelter for a while.
"My lord, there's a dry cave here."
Because Gong Lang was familiar with the terrain, he took people to find a place to live, and then came back to report to Yu Chi Fulin.
Yu Chi Fulin came to the place that Gong Lang said, it was a hole nearly one zhang high, and there was a pile of rocks on the side of the hole, covering most of the hole, if it rained or the beasts attacked, this was an excellent place to hide.
"Can you send someone in to investigate?"
Yu Chi Fulin checked the traces of the cave entrance, looked at Gong Lang hopefully and asked.
Gong Lang was stunned for a second, and instantly understood what Yu Chi Fulin meant, he shook his head gently, "There are no traces of people living in it, but there are some corpses, which should be left by animals." β
Yu Chi Fulin's eyes dimmed, and then he waved his hand and ordered, "Clean up, let's stay here tonight." β
"Yes, Lord Weichi."
Gong Lang got the order, and then led people down.
Yu Chi Fulin circled around the entrance of the cave, the stream at the entrance of the cave was the one they had been following up, the higher they went, the smaller the stream became, but the moss in the stream was still clearly visible. Yu Chi Fulin took a sip of water and tasted it, a faint sweet taste spread from his mouth, straight to his throat, he couldn't help but lie down and drink his fill with a "gurgling", after climbing the mountain for so long, he even forgot to drink water.
As soon as he looked up, the white arrows on the trunk of the tree on the opposite side of the creek caught the attention of Yu Chi Fulin.
They had found the right place, but the direction of the arrow made him a little confused.
Yu Chi Fulin stood up, jumped with the hem of his clothes, and jumped in front of the big tree with arrows painted on the other side of the stream, and he looked in the direction of the arrows.
That's right, it's the direction of the cave where they are going to stay!
However, didn't Gong Lang say that there was nothing in the cave except animal bones?
Yu Chi Fulin felt that his heart was skipping half a beat, jumped back, and ran quickly to the cave.
"Huh? Lord Wei Chi? β
Gong Lang and the others were carrying the dead grass and the bones of some small animals in the cave, piling up a lot outside the cave, it can be seen that I don't know how many small animals have died here.
Yu Chi Fulin only glanced at it, and entered the cave despite Gong Lang's inquiry.
In the cave, a pile of firewood has already been lit, and the crackling sparks illuminate the originally black rumbling cave as if it were day, and in the wide cave, the bones and garbage have been almost moved, revealing a slightly moist cave wall.
"Any other discoveries?"
Yu Chi Fulin asked everyone.
"Other discoveries? No, I don't. β
Everyone was stunned, what was there but a pile of rotten and terrifying bones?
"Really no people or human bodies found?"
Yu Chi Fulin reminded that he was suddenly a little afraid of seeing Xiaozhu now, and if he saw it here, it was estimated that there would only be bones.
"Nope."
"We've all examined it carefully, and there are only the bones of some small animals like rabbits and pheasants, and we haven't seen even the larger ones."
"My lord, and these bones look like they were left from a long time ago, and there are no traces of fresh bones at all."
Another soldier added.
Hearing everyone's words, Yu Chi Fulin was finally relieved, if he didn't see it, there was always hope, wasn't it?
"Alright, you guys are busy."
Yu Chi Fulin nodded, picked up a burning wood, and walked towards the cave wall, he put the fire close to the cave wall, and checked it side by side, he always felt that the arrow on the tree did not look like teasing him.
Since leaving Luozhou City, the clue they have been following is this mysterious white arrow pattern, because when they saw the first arrow, there was a line of small words next to it, "If you want to find your sweetheart, you need to use this as a guide." β
Behind that line of small characters, there was no payment, so Wei Chi Fulin couldn't guess who the other party was.
Uncle Jiang did not come with Yu Chi Fulin, because he was not lightly injured last time, so he temporarily stayed in Qin Mansion to recuperate. If he wanted Uncle Jiang to be there, he might be able to guess who it was.
There is no water seeping out of the moist cave wall, but there are some strange mosses growing on the cave wall, which are sparsely attached to the cave wall, and if you are not careful, you may be mistaken for a snake.
Yu Chi Fulin knocked the wall of the cave with the hilt of his sword one by one, and when he hit one place, he made a strange sound.