Chapter 90 The Smell of Corpses in the Ruined Temple
Fang Xiaocao followed the map and walked through the dense jungle with a water bottle. Soon, a small dilapidated temple appeared in front of her.
Looking at the plaque full of mottled traces of time, Fang Xiaocao could vaguely make out the three characters "Mountain Temple" written on it.
“Mountain Temple?”
Looking at the plaque, Fang Xiaocao muttered.
"Your Highness, is this right here?"
The water bottle on the side asked softly.
“Well, it’s right here.”
Fang Xiaocao nodded and replied.
“Your Royal Highness, I will go and explore the way first.”
Aquarius pulled out the gun from his waist and whispered.
Fang Xiaocao thought for a moment and nodded.
According to the information given by Hot Mouth Noodles, this trip was just to get treasure, and there was no mention of danger.
But there are also many doubts.
For example, who dug the hole for theft?
The thief hole has been dug, why is the treasure still there?
With so many unknown doubts, Fang Xiaocao felt that there was no harm in being a little vigilant.
Seeing Shui Bottle holding a gun and cautiously approaching the mountain temple, Fang Xiaocao also took out his weapon and was on guard, ready to support Shui Bottle at any time.
Aquarius walked to the door of the mountain temple, squatted down slowly, stretched out his hand and wiped it on the ground, sniffed it in front of his nose, and then moved on.
Carefully stepped through the door and walked into the temple.
Looking at the disappearing figure of the water bottle, Fang Xiaocao felt a little uneasy.
I always feel that there is some danger somewhere in the corner, waiting for them to fall into a trap.
"Da da da~"
The sound of footsteps came from the mountain temple.
Fang Xiaocao immediately became alert and stared at the half-open wooden door of the mountain temple.
"Hoo~"
I saw the figure of the water bottle appearing in the door.
Fang Xiaocao exhaled a thick breath.
The tense mood relaxed a little.
“How is the situation inside?”
Fang Xiaocao asked in a low voice.
"It's a bit strange..."
Water bottle came to Fang Xiaocao and replied in a low voice.
“Weird?”
“What a strange way?”
Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao was stunned and asked.
“Can’t tell.”
Aquarius replied with a frown.
Fang Xiaocao was stunned when he heard Shuiping's words.
“The traces inside the temple are very messy, some left by humans and some left by wild beasts, mixed with blood stains and the smell of corpses.”
Shui Ping frowned and told Fang Xiaocao about the various traces she found in the temple.
Listening to Shui Ping's story, Fang Xiaocao also frowned.
"Sure enough!"
"My hunch is right, this temple is very weird."
Fang Xiaocao murmured to himself.
"Your Highness Princess, what should we do?"
Aquarius asked Fang Xiaocao for his opinion in a low voice.
“Go in and take a look!”
Fang Xiaocao said in a deep voice.
“Yes!”
Aquarius responded in a low voice.
Water Bottle loaded the gun and turned on the safety.
Leading towards the mountain temple.
Fang Xiaocao followed Shui Bottle with a gun.
The mountain temple in front of him is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and Fang Xiaocao still has to break into it.
Fang Xiaocao believed that scalding noodles would not harm him.
As soon as she walked into the mountain temple, the pungent rotten smell penetrated into Fang Xiaocao's nostrils. The fumes made Fang Xiaocao feel nauseated and made her frown subconsciously.
“What does this smell like?”
Fang Xiaocao asked, covering her nose and frowning.
“This is the smell of corpse!”
The water bottle on the side replied affirmatively.
“Does it smell like corpse?”
Fang Xiaocao frowned and muttered.
"Yes, there are many corpses smelling like corpses."
Water Bottle nodded and added.
"In other words, many people have died here?"
Fang Xiaocao asked thoughtfully.
“Many people have died, but only one person has died. After the corpse is disposed of in time, there will be no corpse odor.”
“The smell of corpse here is so strong now, it shows that this There are many corpses hidden in this temple," Shuiping explained to Fang Xiaocao.
After listening to Shui Ping's explanation, Fang Xiaocao nodded.
Looking up and looking at this dilapidated mountain temple.
The mountain temple is really dilapidated.
Looking at the architectural style, it looks like it was built in the last century.
The temple was very empty, with only a clay statue of the god and an offering table with missing legs.
The dark brown mottled marks on the ground were obviously the blood stains that Aquarius mentioned.
In addition to these scattered blood stains, there are also messy bloody footprints.
Someone’s there!
There are also wild beasts!
One of the palm-sized plum blossom footprints attracted Fang Xiaocao’s special attention.
"This is..."
Fang Xiaocao squatted down and looked at the footprints, feeling somewhat familiar.
She stretched out her hand to compare with the footprints...
Her palm could not cover the footprints.
Fang Xiaocao's visual inspection revealed that the beast's footprints were as big as an adult man's hand.
"The footprints are so big..."
"How big must the owner of the footprints be?"
Fang Xiaocao murmured to himself.
"Princess, these should be the tiger's footprints."
Aquarius said in a deep voice.
"Tiger!"
Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao exclaimed.
At the same time, Fang Xiaocao understood.
No wonder she felt that looking at this footprint gave her a familiar feeling.
Isn’t this an enlarged version of a cat’s paw print?
"Water bottle, do you think the corpses hidden in this mountain temple were all killed by tigers?"
Fang Xiaocao blinked and asked on a whim.
"It's hard to say..."
Aquarius said hesitantly.
“If a tiger kills someone, it shouldn’t hide the body.”
"Even if it is hidden, it is still used as food."
"There is no reason to hide it and not eat it..."
Aquarius frowned and analyzed.
“It makes sense!”
Fang Xiaocao nodded and said in agreement.
Although there are records of tigers killing their prey without eating it, this was only in places where there was plenty of food.
Fang Xiaocao doesn’t think that this mountain temple can accommodate too many people to eat all.
Fang Xiaocao's visual inspection revealed that the front hall of this mountain temple was only as big as a bathroom at most.
Fang Xiaocao is not sure how big the backyard is.
But it can’t be bigger than the front hall, right?
This is inconsistent with the architectural design.
Fang Xiaocao looked around the mountain temple and didn't see any robber caves, so he decided to go to the backyard to have a look.
"Water bottle, have you gone to the backyard?"
Fang Xiaocao asked in a deep voice.
“No!”
Aquarius replied in a deep voice.
“Then let’s go and take a look together.”
Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.
"Okay!"
Water Bottle responded, raised his legs and walked towards the backyard.
Fang Xiaocao was two or three steps behind, following the water bottle.
Watch the surroundings with vigilance.
"Water Bottle, what's wrong?"
After walking a few steps, Fang Xiaocao discovered that Water Bottle was standing there, motionless.
“Shh!”
Aquarius turned back to Fang Xiaocao and made a silencing gesture.
Fang Xiaocao was stunned and subconsciously closed his mouth.
Aquarius’s expression is very strange.
His face was pale and there was fear in his eyes.
Aquarius turned around, stared in one direction, and tiptoed backwards.
The hand holding the gun was raised, but Fang Xiaocao found that Aquarius's hand was trembling.
Fang Xiaocao was puzzled by the water bottle's movements.
But out of trust in Aquarius, Fang Xiaocao did not ask any more questions, but chose to retreat simultaneously with Aquarius.
Her eyes followed the water bottle's line of sight curiously and looked forward, wanting to see what the water bottle saw.
This look...
Fang Xiaocao was so shocked that he almost screamed.
(End of this chapter)