The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 1001

The cave was very ordinary, so ordinary that if Ma Ji hadn't brought them here, they would have overlooked it.

Meng Shisan dismounted from his horse, and Ma Ji transformed back into a human. Huang Jing's eyes remained fixed on Ma Ji.

Only after Ma Ji pointed out the immortal cave they were looking for and turned around to see her staring at him did he frown and withdraw his burning gaze.

Meng Shisan found it somewhat amusing and asked Huang Jing, "Do you also want to ride one?"

"Is it okay?" Huang Jing asked Meng Shisan with bright eyes, then looked at Ma Ji.

Meng Shisan remained noncommittal, while Ma Ji's face darkened: "No."

"Why?" Huang Jing rushed to Ma Ji's side.

Ma Ji said, "Since you are neither my young lady nor my eldest young lady, it is naturally impossible."

Huang Jing understood. Meng Ying was acceptable, Meng Shisan was acceptable, but the rest were not.

It was a pity that I couldn't ride it, but I couldn't force it, so I gave up.

The inside of Fairy Cave is no different from its outside appearance; it's just an ordinary cave.

As Ma Jixian had said, if it weren't for the offering table, one really wouldn't be able to tell the difference from other caves, and would never imagine that a celestial being was once worshipped here.

"We can't find the statue of the immortal, so it's hard to determine whether this immortal is related to the incident we're investigating." Meng Shisan bent down and carefully examined the tall, square altar table that was pressed against the cave wall.

In the end, it was confirmed that it was just an ordinary altar.

Over the years, one leg of the altar had rotted away, and it was so shaky that it seemed about to collapse if touched. One could imagine that with the slightest force, the altar would be ruined.

Huang Jing also wandered around the cave, but found nothing.

Ma Ji was the first to discover and explore this cave. When Meng Shisan and Huang Jing were examining it, he stood closest to the cave entrance, waiting for their findings.

"On the way here, you mentioned two things, one about your mother and the other about your family enjoying the spring. Now that we're in this cave, which one do you think it concerns?" Huang Jing walked to Meng Shisan's side and looked at the only remaining altar in the cave.

"Shangchun's family." Meng Shisan deduced this from the fact that this place is the closest to the place where Shangchun's family had their accident. "Shangchun's younger brother may still be alive. Of course, the probability is not very high, or even extremely low. But since there is hope, even if it is only a sliver, we should not give up easily."

"You came here to appreciate the spring scenery, do you know that?" Huang Jing asked.

Meng Shisan shook his head: "That's not right. Although I say this, in the end, I'm doing it for myself. I'm investigating the truth behind the accident that happened to Shangchun's family back then because I think it's very likely related to my mother's death, so I'm taking it seriously."

She came without telling Shang Chun why she had come.

"Related? In what way?" Huang Jing asked again. "I suspect that my mother's sudden onset of hysteria back then was related to certain circumstances," Meng Shisan said.

Huang Jing lived with Meng Shisan in the Meng family mansion for quite some time. In Taichen Courtyard, she heard and saw many things and learned a lot about the past of the second branch of the Meng family, including Meng Zhinian's first wife, Zeng.

However, Meng Shisan never brought it up with her, and she couldn't bring it up even if she wanted to, so the two never discussed this topic.

This is the first time we've truly gotten to the heart of the matter when discussing the Zeng family.

Ma Ji walked over and said, "Miss, do you think that your mother's hysteria back then, besides possibly being related to the things the Zeng family covered up, also needed a trigger to bring out the hysteria?"

"That's what I think, but it's just my speculation and hasn't been confirmed yet." Ma Ji guessed exactly what Meng Shisan was thinking. "Finding the process of how Shang Chun's family was murdered might help me find this opportunity."

"You suspect that the opportunity is related to demons and evil spirits?" Huang Jing belatedly realized and pointed out the connection that Meng Shisan wanted to express.

"According to Shangchun's recollection, the time when her family members went out and did not return, and died in an accident, was exactly when my mother suddenly suffered a hysteria." When Meng Shisan heard Shangchun say this, combined with all the information about that year that the other three Shangs had helped her collect, she felt that this point should be taken seriously.

Perhaps this was precisely the main reason why Zeng fell seriously ill and died later.

Huang Jing glanced at Ma Ji: "Just now, Mr. Ma said that the Zeng family covered up your mother's hysteria back then. Why don't you go directly to your maternal grandfather or your eldest uncle and have them tell you?"

"You think I haven't looked for them?" The moment Meng Shisan deduced this conjecture, she thought of the Zeng family and had also looked for Zeng Kui and Zeng Lingsong, but they remained silent. "My maternal grandfather said that I should not get entangled in these unlucky things, and my eldest uncle also said that I have been weak since I was a child and have been drinking medicine for minor illnesses. It is best not to touch old matters, otherwise it will be bad for me."

"But you wanted to find out the truth about your mother's death back then, didn't you say that?" Huang Jing was puzzled by Zeng Kui and Zeng Lingsong's actions towards Meng Shisan.

"I told them." Meng Shisan went to the Zeng residence for Zeng Shi's sake, so how could he not tell them? But it would be useless to tell them anyway. "But they said that my mother's death happened many years ago, and even if we find out the truth, she won't come back to life. They told me to live my own life well and not to dwell on the past."

Ultimately, they simply didn't want to expose the real reason for Zeng's death to her.

Their silence only strengthened her resolve to uncover the truth behind the death of the mother in this body.

Huang Jing listened, slightly speechless: "I remember that your maternal grandmother passed away not long after your mother, only a few years later. It's clear that the real reason for your mother's death must have been complicated. Now your maternal grandfather and eldest uncle are both keeping it a secret... Hey, does your eldest aunt know anything about what happened back then?"

"I do know, but my aunt's knowledge is limited, and it's not the real reason for my mother's death." After Zeng Kui and Zeng Lingsong refused to tell the truth, Meng Shisan not only asked Hu Shi indirectly, but also inquired with Zeng Chongjin and Zeng Chongrong, and even asked Zeng Chongqi, whom she had met the least, but she still couldn't get the answer she wanted.

What they knew was all related to Zeng's death back then, but none of it was the key point; they were all insignificant details that couldn't help her.

Huang Jing wanted to talk about the other people in the Zeng family, but Ma Ji stopped her with a gesture: "Alright, Miss has already thought of everything you need to know. Why do you need to remind me? Don't ask any more questions about the Zeng family. Let's talk about the present."

Huang Jing was frustrated by the interruption, but there was nothing she could do. After all, Ma Ji was right. She then turned her gaze to the offering table: "But the statue of the immortal is long gone. Even if the immortal was unusual, we can't see anything unusual about him now."

"We need to find the statue of the immortal," Meng Shisan said.