Hearing his words, the others all became silent, all of them had a sorrowful look on their faces, even Wu Ying was not an exception, resting for a moment. Wu Ying did not say a word, and picked up his shovel, starting to dig.
After digging until sunset, I said, "Let's stop work and go back to sleep. We'll continue tomorrow."
Wu Ying said: "Team one, stay here to guard, the rest should go back and rest."
I frowned and objected, "Forget it, there's nothing much to guard. Let's go back." "At night, there might be wild beasts, so safety is more important."
However, Wu Ying coldly snorted and said, "No, the Flying Tiger Company cannot even handle a mere wild beast and is not fit to be a servant of the Emperor."
I was so angry that I wanted to beat him up. I could only say to the leader of the team, "Little Li, if you are in danger, you must survive. Do you hear me? This dog shit treasure is lost, if something happens, I'll bear the burden. "
Xiao Li was so moved that he couldn't say anything. Looking at the group once again, all of them looked like they were about to cry. I sighed in my heart. It has been a long time since these people last experienced warmth.
After returning to the yamen, I reported on the situation, but I didn't sleep that night. I kept feeling uneasy. Thus, when the sky just started to brighten, I pulled Wu Ying along to the col. Wu Ying was naturally unhappy as he mumbled to himself, I really wanted to knock him out.
Arriving at the entrance of the cave, I suddenly smelled a dense smell of blood. In my heart, I thought, "Not good." Throwing Wu Ying inside, the cove was littered with corpses, ears, eyes, hands and feet, as well as internal organs … It was as if there was a pair of invisible hands grabbing at him. They were mercilessly torn apart.
"What beast is so powerful that it could kill ten of my team members in one go?" Wu Ying said with his eyebrows knitted, his tone showing that he did not feel the sadness of his comrade.
I angrily grabbed his collar and shouted, "It's all your fault! You have to keep them! I'm telling you, the people who killed them are not wild beasts, but ghosts and demons!"
My anger scared Wu Ying. His lips trembled, but he did not say anything. Until a pair of gentle big hands held me in my arms, the gentle voice comforted me: "It's okay now, it's not too late yet."
I sighed and replied, "This place is strange, especially at night. Perhaps it really is the doing of the fiendish demons."
Zhan Zhao hugged me tightly and said, "I'm going back. I should be more careful myself and go back earlier."
I nodded and rebuilt the stove, but it was a long way from where they were digging, and I didn't want to cook in a pile of dead bodies. I saw that Wu Ying ignored the broken corpses on the ground. He would even spit on them if he stepped on them, while the others carefully stepped aside.
I was dissatisfied. "I ordered you to collect the broken corpses on the ground and bury them. We can't let them die like this in the wilderness."
Wu Ying frowned and said: "We don't have time to care about them … "Ah …" I cut off his bun with a wind blade, and he shut up.
I coldly replied, "What if you die here?"
Gulp … When I heard Wu Ying gulping down his saliva, he didn't dare to refute and started to clean up the wreckage with his teammates. He couldn't tell who was who, so he had to dig a big hole and bury them all together.
I stood in front of the grave and looked at the grateful gazes of the eighty-nine people. I smiled. "Sometimes, orders may not be followed."
The noon was roasted wild boar, fat and big, but I had no appetite. The sky was not dark yet, so Wu Ying urged everyone to return quickly. Since Wu Ying did not ask for anyone to stay and watch, this strange appearance of his was useless.
The next day, I started work early. In the afternoon, Wu Ying suddenly screamed and disappeared. I was startled and quickly ran over, only to discover that he was stuck inside a hole and climbing up with difficulty.
I smiled. "Congratulations, you've found the entrance."
Wu Ying was pulled out like a radish. Coming out, even though he was dissatisfied, he was more excited. He had finally found the entrance. Everyone moved together to expand the entrance, only to discover that there was a thick golden brick underneath. Even after working for half a day, they were only able to create a hole around two feet in diameter. "Inside was black at least. I lit a fire piston and threw it inside, causing it to drop down a few meters and extinguish immediately. I shook my head.
Wu Ying found a rope and was about to go down, I stopped him: "Go back, if you insist on going down, I am not responsible for pulling your corpse up."
After Wu Ying heard what I said, the corner of his mouth twitched. Scratching, he said, "Then what do we do? It's almost dark, and we can't stay here and watch. "
I smacked him with a chestnut and said, "Go back and eat and sleep. Someone will naturally open the way for us."
Even though Wu Ying didn't understand what I said, he didn't dare refute me. He had been restraining himself for the entire day. Thus, our group returned back to the yamen to rest and told Bao Zheng the good news. He was very happy to hear it and indicated that he would come with us tomorrow.
That night, a huge boom was heard. It wasn't just the officials in the magistrate court who were woken up, but the entire city as well. I walked out of the room to take a look before saying, "It's fine. Let's go back to sleep. There's someone helping us open up a path."
Wu Ying shouted after hearing: "Are you saying that someone has gone over?"
I yawned and replied, "That's right!"
"Then... "Then that …" He could not speak. He was extremely anxious.
I shot him a glance and said, "It's so late at night, so they won't have any good results. Don't tell me you forgot how those ten people died."
Wu Ying shivered, then returned to his room and fiercely closed the door. Seeing that I was not in a hurry, Bao Zheng and the rest were relieved, and went back to sleep without a care in the world.
The next day, we came to the cove and found the little mountain that had been dug out. The hole had been enlarged to a size of three square meters. When the sunlight shone into the hole, one could see that it was a palace. However … The ground was littered with blood and scattered with fragmented corpses. It was like an arena of carnage.
Bao Zheng was aghast, exclaiming, "There are actually so many fragmented corpses?"
Gongsun Ce looked at them and said: "These people seemed to have been cut apart by sharp weapons."
Zhan Zhao saw that I was about to jump down, so he pulled me back and said, "Sky, let me jump down first."
I raised my head and smiled. "It's fine. Don't worry. I'll go down and get a ladder. You guys wait here." However … "I guess there will be a guest coming soon." I mysteriously blinked my eyes as Zhan Zhao smiled to show that he understood.
I jumped down and carefully avoided the corpses. Now, I finally knew what it meant to become accustomed to nature. In the past, when I saw mice, I would jump 3 feet into the air. Wouldn't it ruin my life if I couldn't tell the difference between reality and the game? Hmm, this is a problem. Go back and chat with Shi Kongfeifei, lest I turn back into a homicidal maniac.
This hall was very simple. There were no complicated carvings, only neat gold bricks and pillars. It did not look like a shrine, because there were no totems or statues. I found scattered gold bricks and made a simple staircase out of murderous intent, like the triangular ones used at airports. Just as he placed the stairs down properly, he heard Zhan Zhao shouting from above, "Who are you people?"