On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1617 Exploring the Valley

Yan Ruyu looked at Li Zaibiao's red eyes and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Huo Changhe patted Li Zaibiao on the shoulder and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

After several people walked out of the fence, Huo Changhe asked, "Yu'er, has this place returned to its original state?"

"No need." Yan Ruyu swept the beam of light in her hand over the round stone. "It is estimated that the stone cannot be restored if it is put back. It doesn't hurt to let them know. Maybe it can lure the snake out of its hole."

"it is good."

Leave here and come to the entrance of the valley.

In the middle of the night, the night wind howled out from the valley, making all kinds of strange noises.

Jiang Paopao whispered, "I passed by during the day and there was no such noise."

Yan Ruyu smiled lightly: "This is nothing strange, and there is no need to be afraid, because other sounds are quieter at night, so the sounds here can be heard more clearly, and the wind is strong at night. Wind is flowing air. Although it cannot be seen, it exists and flows."

"Trees and rocks become obstacles in the flow of water, and they make different sounds."

Several people listened and showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"The princess knows so much," Yinding exclaimed sincerely.

Jiang Paopao nodded repeatedly: "That's right."

Yinding glanced at him, and Jiang Paopao was confused: "Brother Yinding, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Heh, from what you just said, I thought you were possessed by Quan Dao."

Yan Ruyu suppressed her laughter and took out the prepared ropes: "One for each person, be careful when using them."

Each student was given a small flashlight and taught how to use the switch.

This was the first time Li Zaibiao saw it and he was extremely curious.

Huo Changhe ordered: "Li Zaibiao, follow Yinding and Paopao, three of you in a group, search the right side."

"Yes."

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu searched the left side.

First, looking from the ground, about a mile into the valley entrance, you can see the scene of the incident. It can be seen that the so-called opera troupe had an accident not far from the entrance.

Yan Ruyu swung the flashlight and looked up: "There are no signs of rocks rolling down here. It's not that some loose rocks fell off and crushed them to death."

"But according to rumors, their carriage was smashed and their bodies were in that state." Huo Changhe took over the conversation, "If it wasn't hit by rocks, what else could have such power?"

Yan Ruyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go up and take a look."

Huo Changhe was good at Qinggong, so Yan Ruyu asked him to hold one end of the rope, jump onto a tilted tree, and pick up the rope.

Yan Ruyu tied the rope around her body and used it to climb up.

The two stood on the tree and looked around.

You can't see clearly from the bottom, but when you get to the top, you can see a lot of traces.

"This, and this," Yan Ruyu pointed at two places, "both have traces of being pressed by something."

Huo Changhe whispered, "Something must have rolled down and killed them. Could it be a man-made rolling log or thunder stone? I'll go to a higher place. You wait here for me."

Huo Changhe leaped up to a higher place.

Yan Ruyu waited patiently, while the silver ingot on the opposite side also jumped onto the cliff wall, looking for traces.

She looked around and suddenly saw something between the branches of the tree she was on.

I walked over carefully and slowly to take a look. I saw something hanging on a branch, a thin string that trembled in the night wind.

It was a strip of cloth torn from a piece of clothing.

Yan Ruyu took the strip of cloth down from the branches and leaves, looked at it carefully, and recalled the corpses. It seemed that the female corpse with half of its left ear missing was wearing clothes of this color.

But... she was puzzled. Weren't the six people crushed to death? They should be on the ground, so how could the cloth get on the tree?

Yan Ruyu was thinking about it when Yinding shook the flashlight opposite her: "Princess, there is a discovery over here."

"what?"

"The grass on the wall had traces of being scraped and pressed, and I also found an earring."

"I've put it away. I'll talk to you later."

As he was speaking, Huo Changhe also came down from above.

"There are still traces all the way up there. I guess we need to go to the top and take a look."

Yan Ruyu nodded and took out the cloth: "Your Majesty, look at this."

"Cloth strip?" Huo Changhe was surprised. "Where did it come from?"

Yan Ruyu pointed to the branch in front of her: "There."

Huo Changhe also had the same doubt: "The body is down there, how did the cloth get up there?"

"Not only that, a silver ingot was also found on the opposite side, and it was an earring."

The two looked at each other and felt that this matter was not simple.

"Let's go down first."

Several people met downstairs, and Yinding gave the earrings to Yan Ruyu.

"Yes," Yan Ruyu was sure, "It was from one of the corpses."

"Then how did it get up there?" Yinding was also confused.

Yan Ruyu stood in the middle of the valley, feeling the night breeze blowing from the front.

"Move forward."

Going further, after passing the scene of the incident, about two hundred meters away, Yinding stopped.

The flashlight shone towards a place on the side.

Jiang Paopao had sharp eyes and saw the place where he was taking the photo at a glance.

“Something was placed here.”

There is a circular area on the ground, about the size of a large millstone, which presses the land down a little, forming a shallow circular depression.

Li Zaibiao blurted out: "This was pressed out by the lifting frame."

Yinding's eyes lit up: "That's right."

Li Zaibiao continued, "When I was in the mountain stronghold a few days ago, I repaired some houses in the back mountain and took them to use it. It was also often used in the army. The catapult is similar to this."

Yinding and Jiang Paopao nodded: "That's right."

Yan Ruyu raised her head and looked up: "Go up and take a look."

Yinding and Huo Changhe went up, and Yan Ruyu also went up using the rope. Li Zaibiao and Jiang Paopao watched from below.

"There is a cave here!" Yinding exclaimed in a low voice.

The place where they landed was a protruding stone. It was flat under the feet and upon closer inspection, it was found to have been processed and simply polished by someone.

There is a small cave nearby, hidden by branches.

Huo Changhe looked at it carefully and said, "It should have been dug out by humans, and it didn't take long."

Yan Ruyu pointed the beam of light inside: "Go and take a look."

The cave is not big, only about four square meters, and there are no valuable objects, just some stones and rolling logs.

Huo Changhe frowned: "It seems that our previous judgment was correct. The death of those six people was not an accident. Someone did it deliberately."

Yinding took a breath and said, "Good fellow, you really spent a lot of thought and effort just to kill these six people?"

Yan Ruyu nodded: "Yinding's words make sense. In order to kill these six people, we had to dig a cave, transport stones, and transport logs. It was a bit too much trouble."

"Why not just cut his neck with a knife?"

Huo Changhe touched one of the stones and said, "It is indeed much easier to wipe it with a knife, but..."

He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "That's not right. What I meant was that it would be easy to kill them with a knife, but the head is still there, the body is intact, and the dead people are unrecognizable. Is it possible that the real purpose is to make them unrecognizable and difficult to identify?"

Yinding blinked his eyes: "But, they have been to the inn before, and many people have seen them, including Master Si."

As he spoke, he flicked his flashlight to the side: "What is that?"