Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 144 Back Mountain Cave ([-]) [-]nd Watch

On the way, Song Gu found an opportunity to ride beside Wu Chen and said, "I persuaded Deputy Envoy Yu to go up the mountain together today. Although I don't know why there is a gap between the two of you, I think it is best for Deputy Envoy Yu to follow along. "

"Song Tixing is for my own good, I understand."

Song Gu stopped talking.

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It was already noon when the group reached the foot of the mountain, they got off their horses, leaving two yamen servants to watch the horses, while the others strode up the mountain.

Yu Shi'an asked Song Gu, "Do you know how to get to the Houshan cave?"

Song Gu turned his face to look at Wu Chen, Wu Chen said: "Yesterday I asked the ghosts in the cave to wait in front of the fork in the road. If they are still there, they will naturally lead the way. If they are not, we have to go back and come back tomorrow."

Yu Shian resisted the urge to draw his sword, and sneered, "What a big joke! It's broad daylight, and ghosts lead the way!"

"Yeah, it's just a joke. I'm afraid that Deputy Envoy Yu will be tired from leaving, so I will make Deputy Envoy Yu smile when I tell it." Wu Chen smiled playfully, and the sophomore in high school hurriedly tugged at Wu Chen's sleeve.

Song Gu coughed lightly and began to deduce the case, and changed the subject.

When he reached the fork in the road, Wu Chen stopped, looked towards the forest and said loudly, "I couldn't go up the mountain last night due to something. If you are still here, come out and lead us to the cave. If not, we will go back first."

Yu Shi'an sneered again and again, and continued walking up the mountain road without stopping, but at a slower pace.

A few ghosts were hiding in the trees, and at this time half of their bodies were exposed, telling Wu Chen how to get to the cave.

Wu Chen waved his hand and said:
"What's the rush? Even if you don't want to lead the way right now, you have to lead the way! You really want to leave, and you believe Su Chang's words, and you want to wait for me to trigger the mechanism to destroy the cave, your corpse, and myself. Quietly leave... Then don't think about it, I already know Su Chang's plan, how can I let you do what you want?"

The ghosts suddenly panicked, and Wu Chen said again:
"If you want to leave, you can only rely on me right now! Do you understand? I found the cave to save the living, and then destroy the cave, so you can leave too. Lead the way, we will walk with you through the mountains and forests, don't worry , there is always a way, I don't care if you have lied to me, and you don't trust Su Chang so much, if he hurts you once, he can hurt you a second time, if something happens to me, you should really cry."

Several ghosts discussed it, and one ghost asked: "How do you know that you can reach the entrance of the cave through this forest?"

"Nonsense, otherwise how did you get here?"

Another ghost hurriedly said: "It is true that you can reach the entrance of the cave through this mountain forest, but the road is more difficult to walk."

Wu Chen turned to Song Gu and said, "Follow me."

But at this time, Yu Shi'an had already walked up the mountain road with his soldiers, Song Gu had no choice but to catch up and invited Yu Shi'an down.

Just as Wu Chen was about to say a few words of ridicule, his mouth was covered by the sophomore, and he was dragged directly into the forest.

Yu Shi'an felt that Wu Chen was playing tricks on him and wanted to drive him away. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods. The more Wu Chen did this, the more it meant that there must be something wrong with this trip. Wu Chen didn't want him to know.

Thinking about these days in Yang'an County, Wu Chen went out every day, but never explained to him what he did. If Song Gu hadn't come, he wouldn't have known that Laojie Mountain had already been checked. At first, he couldn't say anything, how could he blame Wu Chen and the Imperial City Investigative Department?

Yu Shi'an held back his anger, and only waited to point out Wu Chen's mistakes at last.

But Wu Chen kept chatting with the ghost.

"I'm not talking about you, why are you so easy to deceive? You even lost your life by lying once, and you still trust Su Chang so much. Do you want to wake up after your soul is gone?"

"What else can we do? The corpse is in his hands. I don't know what method he used. We just can't leave. We don't listen to him. When the corpse is whipped by him, we will also feel pain. They all say that life is worse than death. We It's better than death."

"Whipping a dead body also hurts you?" Wu Chen asked in surprise.

"It used to be, but not now."

"Are there any ghosts like you in the cave?"

"A lot! We are not allowed to float freely. We are usually imprisoned in the formation by Su Chang. Unless he releases us, we won't be able to get out."

"What did you say? A lot?!" Wu Chen was surprised again.

"It's been so many years, and we've gotten used to it. We were as surprised as you at the beginning. We could hear screams all day long, and the voice of a woman pleading. After a long time, we got used to it."

Wu Chen stopped in his tracks. He felt a chill running down his back. He asked, "Before you came out this time, did you still hear the screams and pleadings of women?"

"Yes, it will last for a while every once in a while, and this time it has just started for a few days, so there should be still people alive in the cave."

Wu Chen muttered to himself, "So he can't leave."

"Are you going or not? You want to play tricks again?" Yu Shi'an roared.

Wu Chen continued walking subconsciously, but what was the purpose of Su Chang's astonishing move in his mind?
"You just said that you are not allowed to float around in the cave at will, and you will be imprisoned in one place. Isn't the cave very big and deep?"

"That's natural. After so many years, we haven't been able to see the whole picture of the cave."

"There is only one hole?"

"You may not believe it. We have never been out of the cave for so many years. This time we came out to lie to you, and we were the first to come out. Su Chang let us out of the formation. First, he explained what you look like and where you will appear. We need you How to answer, if the answer is correct, he promises us to destroy our bodies, and we can leave, if the answer is wrong, and his business is ruined, he will seal up our bodies, so that we will never leave! We live in A thick branch climbed up to the entrance of the cave, and then was let out, and when going back, it returned to the branch first, and then was brought into the formation, so I don’t know the whole picture of the cave.”

"What if you don't go back after you come out?"

"What else can I do, I will be a lonely ghost forever."

Wu Chen asked in confusion: "Then what are you doing in the cave? Su Chang didn't rely on you to come out to scare people? He was simply imprisoned?"

"Well, we don't know what he wants to do. We didn't die at first, and we don't know what method he used. We can see our physical body lying there, but we can't go back, but every three days we die. We can return to the physical body again, but we can’t move. Su often feeds us some food and drink, and when we become more conscious, the soul will leave the physical body again. I remember very vaguely, and repeated this many times, and I don’t know how long it took until we could no longer return to the physical body.”

"What does he want to do?" Wu Chen muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)