The two of them walked up the path on the mountainside, followed the path back to the east, and soon came to the ruined walls of the mountain temple. Wu Zhiyuan looked around at the collapsed earthen walls around him, and restored the layout of the mountain temple when it was intact in his mind. The broken wall of the earthen wall is only four places in the north, south, west, and east, and there are only five steps in the north and south, and less than ten steps in the east and west, so it can be seen that this mountain temple is not big.

"What kind of gods are usually enshrined in the mountain temple?" Wu Zhiyuan saw that the position of the statue was empty, and turned his head to ask the Moon Shadow Fuxian.

Moon Shadow Fuxian didn't understand why Wu Zhiyuan asked such a question without depth, and after lowering his eyes and thinking lightly, he replied lightly: "It must be the statue of the mountain god." ”

Wu Zhiyuan almost laughed when he heard this, and he asked seriously: "Of course the mountain temple will not worship the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch or the Buddha, I mean which god is enshrined in this mountain temple?" Is this fairy male or female? ”

"Immortals are also divided into men and women?" Moon Shadow Fu Immortal asked curiously, "Didn't you bring me here just to ask me about the gender of the gods enshrined in this mountain temple?" ”

"Of course, immortals are also divided into men and women, Nuwa Niangniang is a woman, don't you know?" Wu Zhiyuan smiled and teased, seeing that Moon Shadow Fuxian didn't pay attention to his playful words, he took out the two handkerchiefs from his arms, "I don't know if you recognize these handkerchiefs?" ”

Wu Zhiyuan took out the handkerchief with a map drawn from the Maoshan treasure mirror and handed it to the Moon Shadow Fuxian, he originally wanted to ask "Do you remember this handkerchief", but temporarily changed his words, "recognize it" and "remember it" are two different things, since the Moon Shadow Fuxian didn't want Wu Zhiyuan to mention her past too much, he had to change his words.

"This handkerchief ......" Moon Shadow Fuxian grabbed the handkerchief in his hand, and his eyes suddenly glowed strangely, "Where did you get this handkerchief?" ”

Wu Zhiyuan saw that Moon Shadow Fuxian had this question, and knew that she didn't remember what happened before, but at this time, he didn't want to explain more, so he handed another handkerchief in his hand to Moon Shadow Fuxian: "Look at this handkerchief again, is there any similarity between these two?" ”

Moon Shadow Fuxian looked at Wu Zhiyuan suspiciously, reached out and took another handkerchief, put the two in his hand and compared, and said in a deep voice: "The materials and workmanship of these two handkerchiefs are exactly the same, but there are some messy patterns painted on this first handkerchief. After speaking, she stared at Wu Zhiyuan with her eyes, as if she was looking forward to it.

"When I was in the village, I suspected that the pattern of the house painted on this handkerchief was the layout of the mountain temple, but now it seems that it is not." Wu Zhiyuan looked around at the broken wall again, the size of this mountain temple was not large, and it obviously did not correspond to the twists and turns of the layout painted on the scarf.

"What does that have to do with the gender of the mountain temple statue?" Moon Shadow Fuxian asked, holding the two handkerchiefs in his hand.

"I got here because the eunuch who stole the baby was here." Wu Zhiyuan looked down at the stone slab under his feet, what was hidden under the stone slab was the mysterious hole in the ground, seeing the Moon Shadow Fuxian's face puzzled, he continued to explain, "The man who stole the baby can't be humane, just call him a eunuch, according to the villagers, it's not the first time that the village has lost a child, so they should have been premeditated to steal the baby." After stealing the baby, there must be a temporary hiding place, which must be very secluded and not too far from the village. I found this handkerchief from the eunuch, and it reminded me of the mountain temple here. ”

Moon Shadow Fuxian asked even more puzzled: "What does the Mountain Temple have to do with handkerchiefs?" ”

"You haven't seen the Nuwa Niangniang Temple, have you? The idol of Nuwa Niangniang holds a silk scarf in her hand, and if the mountain god grandmother is enshrined in this mountain temple, it is not surprising that the idol holds this handkerchief in her hand. Wu Zhiyuan speculated.

"You mean it's possible that this handkerchief was taken from the statue of the mountain god?" Moon Shadow Fuxian asked, holding up the handkerchief he had found from the eunuch's body.

"Yes." Wu Zhiyuan nodded, "That eunuch may have devotion to the mountain god, which is why he cares so much about this handkerchief." ”

"What about this handkerchief?" Moon Shadow Fuxian held up the handkerchief taken out of the Maoshan Treasure Mirror and asked, "Couldn't this one also be taken from the hands of the gods of this mountain temple?" ”

Wu Zhiyuan reached out and took the handkerchief in the hand of the Moon Shadow Fuxian, shook his head and muttered, "I haven't figured this out, how could the Maoshan faction have anything to do with this mountain temple and that inhumane man." ”

"You mean, this handkerchief is something from your Maoshan faction?" Moon Shadow Fuxian asked in surprise with an eager look on his face.

"Well, it was taken out of the broken Maoshan Treasure Mirror." Wu Zhiyuan replied casually.

Moon Shadow Fuxian stared at the handkerchief in Wu Zhiyuan's hand and nodded thoughtfully.

"I see!" Wu Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and exclaimed, "Could the layout pattern painted on this handkerchief be in this cave?" ”

Moon Shadow Fuxian looked at Wu Zhiyuan suspiciously, noncommittal, and did not answer. Wu Zhiyuan handed the torch in his hand to the Moon Shadow Fuxian, bent down and lifted the stone slab under his feet, took the torch and shone it inward, and found that there was actually a row of steep steps leading straight down at the entrance of the cave, the hole was not deep, and the light of the torch had already illuminated the bottom of the cave.

"Let's go down and have a look." Wu Zhiyuan turned his head to greet Moon Shadow Fuxian, and took the lead in walking down the steps.

Moon Shadow Fuxian's face showed helplessness, and he followed into the cave.

There is a passage in the cave, the passage is not wide, can accommodate two or three people walking side by side, the cave wall is built with stones, it is not very smooth, but it is obviously man-made. Wu Zhiyuan walked in front with a torch in hand, and Moon Shadow Fuxian followed closely behind, both of them were extremely cautious, because there was no guarantee that there would be no hidden weapon mechanism in this strange cave.

The aisle was straight, and the two walked forward for more than ten steps before they reached the end of the aisle, and at this end, Wu Zhiyuan found that there was a stone door on the left and right sides.

Wu Zhiyuan looked at the two stone doors on both sides, there was almost no difference in their size and shape, which one to open could only be done at will, hesitated for a moment, he decided to open the stone door on the right hand side first.

As soon as his hand touched the stone door, Wu Zhiyuan suddenly remembered the stone door that fell from above in the ear chamber of Longshan Cave, the stone door could not be opened, it could only be pushed down, I don't know how this stone door was opened? He shone the torches on both sides of the stone door, and found no place that might be the door opening mechanism, he tentatively pushed it gently, and kept an eye on the movement behind his ears, because many hidden devices are often triggered the moment the door is opened.

The stone gate did not move at all, and there was no hidden weapon mechanism bursting out.

"Isn't this stone door pushed forward?" Wu Zhiyuan was puzzled, he looked carefully at the cave wall next to the stone gate, and still found nothing suspicious, but he saw a candlestick chiseled on the stone wall, and an oil lamp was placed on the candlestick.

"The kerosene inside is full." Wu Zhiyuan picked up the oil lamp and looked at it, then turned his head to the Moon Shadow Fuxian and said.

If the kerosene is full, it means that the cave is inhabited, and if it is uninhabited for a long time, the kerosene in the oil lamp will have evaporated long ago. Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan handed the torch in his hand to the Moon Shadow Fuxian, and walked to the stone gate again, this time he didn't push forward, but pushed the stone door to the side.

Hearing only the sound of "Hulong", the stone door was pushed aside, and there was indeed a stone room inside the door.

Wu Zhiyuan did not recklessly walk into the stone room, but took the torch and stretched the torch into the stone room, so that the scene in the room could be seen from the outside, and he could retreat in case of danger.

The light of the torch was extremely bright, illuminating the entire stone room almost as bright as day, Wu Zhiyuan stood at the door and saw that there were two beds side by side in the corner of the stone room, and the beds were covered with futons, and there was nothing else.

Wu Zhiyuan looked back at the Moon Shadow Fuxian, motioned for her to follow, and then walked into the stone room.

The stone chamber is not large, but it is extremely empty because of the scarcity of furnishings. The walls were damp again, and there were patches of water leaking out, Wu Zhiyuan looked at the futon on the bed, and it was hard to imagine how this kind of place lived.

The futon was also very damp and looked filthy, Wu Zhiyuan didn't reach out to check it carefully, but the rice grains that fell on the ground under the bed attracted Wu Zhiyuan's attention. He bent down and pinched a grain of rice, gently pinched it with his hand, and found that the grain was soft, apparently just ready, that is, it was very much like a grain of rice left over from the previous meal.

Wu Zhiyuan deduced from this that this stone room was inhabited, and the people in it had just left, and the reason for leaving was unknown, it may be that they went out temporarily, or it may be that Wu Zhiyuan had disturbed them by driving the corpse before, so they knew that this place had been discovered, so they moved the place. Wu Zhiyuan felt that the second possibility was more likely.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and pointed outside the door, signaling to go to the stone room opposite to investigate.

The two came to the stone gate opposite, Wu Zhiyuan pushed the stone door open in the same way, this time he no longer had scruples, but walked in directly with a torch.

This stone chamber is almost identical in size to the previous one, the only difference is the furnishings inside, this stone chamber is completely empty, nothing has been found.

Wu Zhiyuan turned around a little disappointed, and at the moment when the torch flickered, Wu Zhiyuan suddenly found that a chain stretched out from the stone wall at the corner of the wall, the chain hung down to the ground, extremely thick, and there was a steel ring as thick as a wrist on his head.

"What do you think this is for locking or something?" Wu Zhiyuan looked at the Moon Shadow Fuxian and asked.

Hearing this, a strange look flashed across Moon Shadow Fuxian's face, and he shook his head suspiciously.

Wu Zhiyuan picked up the steel ring and weighed it with his hands, at least it weighed twenty pounds, at this moment, he found that the steel ring had a buckle, and if he pulled the buckle away, he could put the steel ring on the animal's neck. He measured the steel ring around his neck, and a strange thought flashed through his mind.

Could this steel ring be a lock?