The fire flashed past and quickly disappeared.
After a while, there was fire again, but it also disappeared quickly.
This kind of fire appeared many times, a bit like the fireflies seen on the grass in summer, bright and dim, erratic.
Xiao Luoan also saw the flashes of fire many times, and frowned, "It looks like a torch, could it be a hunter who goes into the mountain to hunt?"
"If hunters roost at night, they will probably burn a fire to scare the wild animals, but most of them will not move back and forth." Lu Qiyan said.
As a result, hunters ambush wild beasts during the day and need to rest at night to recover their strength, especially in the cold winter months.
Secondly, when wild beasts come out at night, because they have night vision and other abilities, they are much more ferocious than humans. Most people will find a safe place to hide instead of walking around to give wild beasts an opportunity.
Most of the people walking back and forth like this are not hunters.
And in Meiling, it might be someone from the mine!
"Go and have a look." Lu Qiyan raised his feet and left.
The rest of the people followed along with Wu Jin.
In the barren mountains and forests, a few people walked cautiously, and because they couldn't burn torches for lighting, their speed became a bit slow.
But fortunately, several of them are very skilled and have good physical strength. Compared with ordinary people, their speed is more than twice as fast.
They reached the ridge from the hillside where they were, and then walked from the ridge to another mountain. When they reached the distance, Wujin stopped first when the torch appeared nearby.
Seeing this, Lu Qiyan hurriedly stopped Xiao Luoan and others.
Seeing everyone stop, Wu Jin lowered his head and sniffed around. When he found something strange, he didn't bark "woof" and just bit Lu Qiyan's trouser leg.
Lu Qiyan followed Wu Jin and found a corner of oil paper on the ground, as well as a few messy but fresh-looking bones.
After studying it for a long time under the faint light of the starlight and Huozhezi, Lu Qiyan could tell that it was a chicken bone, and the small piece of oil paper was printed with a red seal. Although the seal was not complete, the word "Ju" could be seen.
This is...
Lu Qiyan frowned, "Juxian Pavilion."
"Juxian Pavilion is the most expensive restaurant in Ronghe Mansion. Hunters who make a living from hunting will not go there to drink and eat, let alone buy the frighteningly expensive smoked chicken and bring it to the mountains to eat." br>
Xiao Luoan was a little excited, "This must have been eaten by those in the mine, and from the looks of it, it must have been eaten secretly by the people down there, fearing that they would be discovered, so they threw it here."
There are wild beasts in the mountains, and such chicken bones will be quickly smelled by the little beasts and swallowed into their bellies.
This is probably the reason why those people dared to throw the bones here after eating them secretly.
And being able to eat secretly here shows that this place is not far from where they are.
Lu Qiyan patted Wu Jin's forehead and motioned it to continue searching.
Wu Jin continued to sniff the area, and based on the smell he smelled, he continued to move forward.
Lu Qiyan, Xiao Luoan and others did not continue to follow, but deliberately kept a certain distance from Wu Jin to avoid being noticed.
And Wu Jin relied on his sense of smell to search all the way, and soon found another thing, a completely burned torch that was randomly discarded. Continuing forward, I discovered a strange place.
There are traces of excavation on it, and the soil is loose. It seems to be a pit that was recently excavated and then completely filled.
While the soil above was still fresh, Lu Qiyan, Xiao Luoan and others began to dig. When they dug to a depth of about half a foot, they came across coarse cloth clothes.
It was obvious that a body was buried here.
It is unknown whether the corpse belongs to those in the mine or whether it was brought to the mine to work as a coolie.
At this point, Lu Qiyan and others did not continue digging, but instead buried the soil again to avoid being noticed.
Continuing forward, there is a small forest of steles.
The tombstones are one next to another, some are large, some are small, and they are well arranged, and each one has words engraved on it.
Dead husband, dead father, dead wife... each is different, and the tombstones are already mottled and shabby after being exposed to wind, sun and rain.
On a night like this, this forest of tombstones looks weird and scary.
Xiao Luoan was stunned for a moment, then he saluted respectfully towards the tombstone and thought silently in his heart.
Please...you...Collect_6Ⅰ9ⅠBookⅠ(Six\\\Nine\\\Book\\\!)
The place where the deceased is placed should be quiet and undisturbed. They have their own reasons and have no intention of disturbing them. I hope they will not be blamed.
Seeing this situation, Lu Qiyan frowned and thought for a long time. After carefully observing all the tombstones one by one, his expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly pulled Xiao Luoan and others back, "Quickly Get out of here!”
Xiao Luoan and others didn't know why, and even Wu Jin was a little confused at this time.
But seeing that Lu Qiyan looked very nervous, he didn't ask any questions and hurriedly followed Lu Qiyan to the side.
It wasn't until several people hid behind the rocks and were quite far away from the forest of steles that Xiao Luoan lowered his voice and asked, "Commander Lu, is there anything wrong with the forest of steles?"
"I just looked at the forest of steles. There are a total of twelve tombstones, but the distance between each tombstone is too close. The distance between the front and back is not enough to place the coffin. Moreover, although there are bulging graves behind the tombstones, they are full of overgrown graves. There were no weeds, as if no one had taken care of them for a long time.”
Lu Qiyan explained, "There are no candles or tributes in front of the tombstone. Apparently no one has come to worship for a long time."
When talking about this, Xiao Luoan became more and more puzzled.
Isn’t this a logical sign that it has not been taken care of for a long time and that no one has worshiped it for a long time?
Lu Qiyan continued, "But I just took a closer look. Among the twelve tombstones, the edges of two of the tombstones are very smooth and shiny, as if someone has touched them from time to time, and the edges of these two tombstones are very smooth and shiny. It’s also the least dusty.”
"Some people often caress the tombstones, but no one worships and tidies the tombs. This is not consistent with common sense. So I was wondering what kind of mechanism these two tombstones are. There must be an entrance and exit near the tombstones."
In other words, the fire that suddenly appeared and disappeared just now was precisely because of this.
That's why Lu Qiyan hurriedly led them away from this place, in order to prevent someone from suddenly coming out or someone from outside trying to enter from here and discover them.
"So that's it." Xiao Luoan pondered, and then his eyes widened, "If that's the case, then their mine is in the cave?"
"Even if it's not in a cave, at least there must be a cave inside, and it's their hiding place."
Lu Qiyan pointed to the connected mountains in the distance, "Looking from here, the mountains over there are steep and dangerous. If you want to get there, you have to climb over the mountain in front of you to get there, but if you use a cave as a passage, it will be much more convenient. ."(End of this chapter)