Although Nan Jingpei issued a strict order to arrest Nan Yinglin as soon as possible, I don't know if Chang Xinhou intended to indulge, or for some other reason, since a big mess in the Yushan Palace, there has been no news of Nan Yinglin.

As Nan Yinglin's most powerful subordinate, Wu Bei is naturally the number one person in the interrogation of Dali Temple, but this guy seems to have eaten the scales and has an iron heart, no matter how many tortures he endures, he will not confide half a word.

As a last resort, Dali Temple could only torture the owl that Nan Yinglin relied on, but the result was similar.

He is just a vicious warlock who is good at using all evil ways and concentrating on harming others, and Nan Yinglin's plans and great undertakings will not be revealed to him at all.

Then, Dali Temple searched the Jingwang Mansion again, this time in a hollowed-out box of wire-bound books, containing a stack of sealed letterheads, on which there was no payment, only a sheep's head pattern of red mud.

Dali Temple immediately sent someone to extract the contents one by one, but found that although the contents of these letterheads were different, they repeatedly mentioned the word "cave". Dali Siqing then asked someone to bring the owl to be tortured, and finally he could not bear the punishment, so he confessed the location of the cave.

The owl drew the next map, and the messenger of Dali Temple quickly found the so-called cave in a mass grave outside the capital.

The cave is covered by a cloud of dead grass, and the entrance is so small that if you don't look closely, you can't guess that there will be a hole here.

A soldier bowed down with a bean bamboo lantern and walked a few steps, and then he felt that the cave was gradually widening, and as he walked inside, there was a stone door.

The stone door looks a bit like the tomb door used in the mausoleum, and it is also impossible to push open. A team of government soldiers from Dali Temple dug in the stone gate with chisels and shovels for several days, and finally demolished half of the stone gate, barely able to drill into one person.

The government soldiers lined up and went in one by one, and there were people outside with torches to answer them.

There was no light inside, and if you shouted softly, you could hear the echo, judging from the sound, the world behind the door was more than ten times more spacious than the world outside the door. Someone lit the torch and looked around, only to see that there was a handmade candlestick on the wall.

Several soldiers fumbled and lit most of the candlesticks in the cave, and the whole cave gradually brightened.

When people saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but cry out in surprise, and on the other side of the wall, there were not only candlesticks, but also rows of dry bones and corpses that had not yet decomposed.

It was so horrible that some people immediately bent over and vomited.

Near the walls, there were not only bones, but also some strange ores, common cinnabar, mercury, etc., which were held in a small jar. There are also some hard, unnamed ores, piled one by one on the Bogu shelf against the wall.

There are also dry bones of animals, and there are some wild grasses whose names are unknown, or they are not weeds, but the government soldiers do not know the names, and they are all called weeds.

There are no poisonous snakes or toads here, but there is a row of jars containing snake gall bladders, tortoise shells, camel bone marrow and the like.

On the west side of the wall, there is a purple gold furnace with a pattern of yin and yang gossip painted on it, and on one side of the wall there are several wooden barrels with boiler ash or some waste materials piled up.

The soldiers did not dare to delay, immediately reported this phenomenon to Dali Siqing, heard that there is an alchemy furnace, Dali Siqing went to the city to invite a few famous Taoist chiefs to go together, these Taoist priests were also dumbfounded when they saw this scene, and after a long time, they reluctantly retracted their jaws.

"This is probably to refine the elixir, right?" The Taoist priests summed it up and said in unison.

They also often refine elixirs and pray for immortality, but like the raw materials stored in the caves, they have never heard of it, but they vaguely know that this is the legendary thing that can live forever.

Dali Siqing was also confused, and interrogated the owl again, only to learn from him that Nan Yinglin wanted him to refine the elixir of life.

This cave was discovered by Nan Yinglin a few years ago, because at that time he brought 10,000 Northern Han elite soldiers and prepared to besiege the capital, but Nan Jingpei had already prepared, and that place was the mass grave where the Northern Han soldiers were buried.

He came out of the capital in a gray manner, passing by here, only to feel that five thunders were thundering, and he didn't know how to explain when he returned to Beihan. He walked alone on the mountain road for a long time, and suddenly found a small cave, and walked in curiously, only to find this cave.

The white bones in the cave are the Northern Han army that was wiped out at the beginning.

He heard from the owl that refining the elixir of life requires a large number of living people to do the test, but where can so many living people go to find it? He really didn't dare to commit a crime against the wind, the situation at that time, the emperor was already very targeted at him, if he didn't know how to restrain himself, Nan Jingpei was afraid that he would be degraded again and again, so that he would never be able to turn over.

There is no way, he can only use those bones, although the effect of the dead is not as good as that of the living, but it is better than nothing.

Later, Nan Yinglin gained power, so he dared to find some living people to do experiments, and those corpses that had not yet decayed were the dead after the experiment failed. Because Nan Yinglin was busy with state affairs, he didn't have more time and financial resources to support the owl to do this, and after coming and going, this cave was abandoned.

The people of Dali Temple recorded the words of the owl one by one, but before the words fell, they heard a report outside the door.

"My lord, in a cave near the mass grave cave, several caves have also been discovered, and many people are imprisoned in them."

Dali Siqing's face suddenly turned iron-blue, and he slapped on the table with a startled sound, almost shaking the inkstone on the table three times.

"Bold owl, don't recruit from the truth!"

The owl knelt on the ground in a panic, his skin had already been beaten, the new wound pressed the old wound, and there was hardly a good piece of meat on his body. He was now scared when he heard the voice of the startling wood, and he didn't care what Dali Siqing was saying, he just chattered and said: "I recruit, I recruit, I recruit everything!" ”

"In that case, tell the truth." Dali Siqing's face gradually calmed down.

"I'll recruit, I'll recruit, I'll ......"

He muttered for a while, and suddenly his whole body shook, as if every inch of the texture of his body was tense instantly, his eyes suddenly widened, like copper bells, his fingers immediately stretched into an arch, and his body slowly fell down.

"Wow! What kind of fame are you doing! Dali Siqing then stood up and glared at him fiercely.

The owl finally fell to the ground, like a limp dead dog, and gradually lost its life. Blood gushed from his mouth, and he gulped so hard that a tongue slipped out of his mouth.

"My lord! He bit his tongue and killed himself! A government official shouted.

Biting your tongue and killing yourself!? Dali Siqing's hairs stood upside down, and he slowly slumped on the chair, this matter is probably getting more and more complicated.

It happened that Nan Jingpei sent someone to urge him to close the case, and he had no choice but to present all the current files to the emperor first, Nan Jingpei stared at the file in front of him intently, and he also felt shuddering.

"What about the people in the caves?" Nan Jingpei asked him.

Dali Siqing hesitated for a while, unable to speak.

Nan Jingpei was a little annoyed: "Can you still do this Dali Siqing?" Can't you do this at all? ”

He exhaled heavily and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the people imprisoned in those caves, Weichen has sent troops to take them to Dali Temple, but they, they all have strange expressions, their faces are pale, and some of them have strange spots on their skin, and Weichen really doesn't dare to let them go without permission." called a doctor to treat them, but after several doctors looked at it, they didn't know what kind of strange disease it was. ”

Nan Jingpei also hesitated suddenly, not knowing what to say for a while.

After a while, his expression became dignified again: "Call the imperial doctor, I don't believe it, there are still diseases in this world that cannot be diagnosed." Could it be that the owl committed suicide in fear of sin, and Dali Temple couldn't find out the truth? ”

Dali Siqing secretly swallowed his saliva, the emperor said so, he really brought them a high hat. It is a trust, but it is a burden to them. In this case, who can guarantee that the cause will be identified?

Although the doctors he invited were not as experienced as Taiyi, they were all well-informed old doctors who had practiced medicine for decades. Even they said that they had never seen a strange disease in any medical book, so was the Taiyi sure?

He walked out of the imperial study in a daze, worried, and glad on the other hand, fortunately the emperor did not set him any time limit for judging the case, if there was a time limit, I was afraid that he would be the next to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

Donglai's injuries have healed a lot, these days have been able to walk around the ground, the emperor Jia'en, to him near the imperial study to recuperate, and every day to give him a part of the imperial meal to reward him, these graces are well known, so Dali Siqing saw him, will not treat him as an ordinary eunuch in charge, but a loyal minister loyal to the country.

"Father-in-law Donglai, it's polite." Dali Siqing bowed slightly to him.

Donglai also smiled at him, and bent down to give him a salute, but Dali Siqing held him up: "Father-in-law Donglai, your body has not healed yet, so don't do this." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Donglai aside and asked, "Is my father-in-law going to ask the emperor for peace?" ”

Donglai nodded: "Recently, thanks to the emperor's care, although the slave cannot serve the master, it is still possible to invite a general manager." ”

Dali Siqing immediately took out a silver ticket of one thousand taels from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into Donglai's sleeve. He smiled and said, "This is a little meaning, please ask my father-in-law to laugh." ”

Donglai was stunned at first, and then smiled again: "What do you mean, sir?" ”

Dali Siqing also smiled: "It's not interesting, it's just that Weichen is in a little trouble now, it's not that it can't be done, but it will take some time." I was afraid that the emperor would be in a hurry, so I wanted to ask my father-in-law to help accommodate him. ”

Donglai lowered his eyes slightly, the rare thing that had just returned from Dali Siqing, he had already heard what those little eunuchs who loved to chew their tongues. Now when I see him like this again, I know that it is for this purpose.

Donglai smiled: "Donglai is just a slave, where can he afford to be accommodating?" ”