Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 168 Back Mountain Cave ([-]) Third Watch
Yu Shi'an nodded and said, "That's the jug..."

Senior Two hurriedly said: "The jug belongs to me. Brother Wu borrowed it. If you want me to say, it's a human thing. Brother Wu has supernatural powers. If you hold the jug hard, the water in the jug will produce miraculous effects."

Wu Chen scratched his forehead and said, "Don't guess, don't tell anyone about this when you leave the cave, I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm just afraid that the rumors will get more and more outrageous, maybe someone will steal this jug someday, They don't know how to use them, they will only cause trouble, and besides, if you happen to be by my side again in the future, if you happen to be by my side, then you will only end up being eaten by ghosts."

Several people looked at each other, Song Gu said: "Don't mention this matter again."

Yu Shi'an hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Where do we leave the cave from?"

"It's best to leave from here." Wu Chen stood at the edge of the cave entrance and looked outside: "When the reinforcements arrive, it's best to transport these people out from here, and go through the cave in front again, let alone the first time." Even if you come here once, you will still be afraid, and it will be really difficult to bring these people with you."

Yu Shi'an also leaned over and poked his head out carefully to have a look.

Wu Chen reminded:
"The previous vines fell down the mountain. I am afraid that they are as poisonous as the poisonous vines at the exit of the Taoist temple. When Deputy Envoy Yu leads the troops back, remember to be careful. When these people are rescued, they will be ordered to remove the poisonous vines from the mountain. Just clean it up."

Yu Shian snorted and said:

"You really think long-term! Going up here is the place you said before that the ghost led us. The advantage of going this way is that those people at the bottom of the mountain will not expect us to go out from here, and the way down the mountain will be faster. "

The second year of high school also came over to look at it and said: "This is easy. I will go up first, and then I will throw the rope for you, and I will drag you two up. When I come back, I just need to bring more rope hanging ladders."

Saying that, the second grader grabbed the rocks at the entrance of the cave and stretched his legs and stepped out.

……

The cave was a lot cleaner.

Wu Chen checked again to see if the person lying on the ground was still alive, then sat down on an armchair and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Song Gu asked, "Are you hungry? Thirsty?"

Wu Chen said: "I can't think of these things when I'm nervous, but now you ask me, I'm thirsty and hungry."

"There is water here, but we dare not drink it." Song Gu smiled wryly.

"Be patient, Su Chang is too wicked."

Song Gu also sat on the bed and asked: "You said earlier that there is no alchemy furnace here, and I also felt strange. How could there be no alchemy furnace?"

Wu Chen scratched his forehead and said:
"What ability do you think Prince Cheng can control Su Chang? I heard that he is just an idle prince who ignores government affairs, doesn't walk around with the royal family and senior officials, and only wants to become a fairy. How can such a person make Su Chang Are you willing to work for him? It can’t be because you admire him as a cunning man, right?”

"You mean...Prince Cheng is really making alchemy, and he exchanged alchemy with Su Chang?"

"It looks like this at the moment, but before Su Chang said that his eight apprentices left with the pills first, his words cannot be believed, but why did these eight apprentices leave the master and leave first? What they took away would be What?"

Song Gu frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly looked at Wu Chen in horror and said, "They took away some of the ferocious ghosts that have already been trained?"

Wu Chen said with a solemn expression: "That's what I'm worried about. To be honest, what I took away were pills and secret books, so there's no need to worry. But if you take away the hideous ghost, count the time... Su Chang said he knew about me. If you want to close the mountain, let the apprentice leave with the pill and the secret book, it will not be a few days, but you can't believe what he said, if it was a few days earlier, he might have arrived in the capital."

"What can I do!" Song Gu stood up abruptly.

"Don't worry, it's useless to worry, I'll let Feige, the sophomore in high school, pass on the letter when I get back, but..."

Wu Chen's mind flashed the scene of encountering ghosts before. Firstly, the person who dominates must be nearby, and secondly, the encounter is either at night or in an illusion.

"Eight people, eight people, how many will they take away?" Song Gu paced back and forth in the cave anxiously.

"No more, Su Chang doesn't think that this place will be discovered, and he doesn't think I have the ability to escape from his illusion. How could he send the ghost out so easily?"

"If not many are sent away, how can all eight apprentices follow?"

"Yeah, why did all eight apprentices leave? The journey from here to the capital is not that close, and ghosts need living people to feed them. They are not afraid of being discovered along the way?"

Song Gu went back to the front of the collapse and sat down, and said solemnly: "The most important thing now is to interrogate Su Chang after I go back. You must still have a way."

Wu Chen smiled bitterly and said:
"Su Chang was able to make this place look like this. Do you think he is an ordinary person? Before I just took advantage of his unpreparedness and asked some useful things, but we didn't know the situation here at that time, and I didn't know what to do." What to ask, now that I have given him time to prepare, if I want to ask again, I am afraid that if there is no truth, we will still be tricked by him."

"Could torture work?"

"Now I'm not afraid that he won't tell the truth, but I'm afraid that what he said is not the truth, and even said something that misleads us. We don't understand what he did. It will take a lot of trouble to prove whether what he said is true."

Song Gu nodded, then sighed, shook his head again and again and said: "Just look at the things in this cave... once it appears in ordinary people's homes..."

"Ghosts can't see the light!" Wu Chen suddenly thought of this, and stood up excitedly: "The eight apprentices can only stay out at night, so in this way, they may not be able to go too far. Moreover, the eight disciples did not follow for the sake of To control the ghosts, someone needs to take the first step. Think about it, there are not mountains and forests everywhere on this road. If they reach the plains, there are no mountains and forests. Where do they hide during the day? Does someone need to be prepared in advance? For example, dig a hole in the ground and find a house?"

Song Gu leaned forward and listened carefully.

"I've seen hideous ghosts before I went to Laojie Mountain."

Song Gu looked surprised.

"Song Tixing also knows that I was a beggar in Anping County before. By chance, I helped Si Zun. Later, I escorted some very important things to the capital. On the way, I saw ghosts. It was night, and they could float around at will. Among the soldiers, raising an arm and dropping it is a life, but the people around don't know why the comrade died."

"Ah!" Song Gu's eyes widened and his mouth opened.

"Of course, in the end I made a move, and they were gone, but I couldn't make them appear as soon as I arrived, so several soldiers died... To get away, they can't see the light, and they must be killed on the way." There is a delay, after I destroy this cave to make sure nothing is missed, I will set off for the capital, and Song Tixing wants to find out who Zhang San is as soon as possible, this person...is definitely not a kind person!"

　The children upstairs became more and more mischievous, and their steps became heavier and heavier. During the running process, they sometimes brought chairs down and shelves, but listening to the cheers of the little girl, she should be very happy.

　　In the small garden downstairs outside the window, a group of big ladies are teasing the children who haven't gone to kindergarten. Do you like Dad or Mom?How about grandma or grandma?The child's immature answer is good, the aunts don't give up and continue to ask, until the child is crying, the aunts laughed, and finally coaxed the child, they asked again, I will go to your house for dinner at noon, and the child cried again , the aunts laughed again... It was a beautiful day to wake up to such a sound.

　　Alas, the weather is hot, and I can't sleep with the windows closed.

　　I wondered, is it a rewarding thing to make a child cry?The old people laughed as happily as the children upstairs.

　　It's hot, take care to prevent heatstroke and cool down.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)