In the end, Lu Guizhou fainted from exhaustion, and Liu Butou made a temporary stretcher for the servants to carry Lu Guizhou to the ground. In this way, they can rush back to the government office before the sun goes down. Who knows what unexpected things will happen at night in the mountains.
Along the way, Shen Muxi didn't speak, but looked back from time to time.
"Doctor Shen, how did you fall down? That cave..." Catcher Liu couldn't bear it, walked up to Shen Muxi and asked in a low voice.
After recovering, Shen Muxi glanced at the wound on the tiger's mouth, and instead of answering Liu Butou's words directly, he asked, "Then how did you find it?"
"There was a masked person who came to report the news, that's why we rushed here. Everyone didn't expect you to be in the cave." Catcher Liu thought for a while, "No, we came here when we heard the news, it was you who were in the cave at the time." The ground is very solid at the position where we are standing, and we don’t see any grotto entrances.”
Shen Muxi was stunned, didn't speak for a while, and stared thoughtfully at Lu Guizhou who was in a coma.
"Doctor Shen, who is that masked man?" Liu Butou asked.
Shen Muxi shook his head, "Probably a knight passing by, I don't know his name or surname."
In retrospect, I was really rude and forgot to ask my benefactor's name. At that time, the fire was dazzling, and she seemed to see the red mark on the back of the man's hand, but unfortunately she couldn't see it very clearly.
"What's in the cave?" Liu Butou asked.
Shen Muxi shook his head, "It's all rocks, gloomy, and very scary!"
Liu Butou smiled, "There are some grottoes in this area. The older generation can't tell where these grottoes came from. Even bold people have gone in and explored them, but nothing was found. Over time, no one paid attention to them. Years Once the hole grows, the grass grows overgrown, and it will be difficult to find the entrance again!"
"It's better not to go into these gloomy places." Shen Muxi remembered the scene he saw when he ran out of the secret room.
A pale skeleton, it is not clear whether it is a man or a woman, judging from the posture, it should have died sitting behind the door. As for why he died, I don't know. He probably entered the secret room by mistake. When he wanted to escape, he found that the stone door had been closed, so he died inside.
Thinking about it now, if they didn't run in time, they would probably be locked in the secret room, and eventually die inside and become bones. That place was too weird and scary, Shen Muxi didn't want anyone to follow in his footsteps.
Dusty, might not be a good thing.
Liu Butou is a knowledgeable and interesting person, and he could see that Shen Muxi didn't want to talk about it, so he told his subordinates not to let this matter out to the outside world, it should be considered an accident.
Fortunately, the extermination of the snake lair went smoothly, and when we returned to the government office, it was already dark.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Muxi found an exquisite carriage in the courtyard of the government office.
"Mother!" Shen Zhi was waiting in the yard, and when he saw Shen Muxi, he rushed forward.
"Doctor Shen, are you okay?" Chunxiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then her eyes widened again, "Doctor Shen, what happened to your hand? There is also a bloodstain on your neck. Did you fall?"
Shen Muxi smiled, "It's okay."
"Uncle Lu?" Shen Zhi frowned, looked at Lu Guizhou lying on the stretcher with his eyes closed, and immediately grabbed his mother's sleeve, "Mother, what's wrong with Uncle Lu?"
Chunxiu was surprised, "Why did this kid come back with you?"
"It's a long story, let's go in first." Shen Muxi said, and when she left, she looked back at the carriage parked in the yard. She was sure that it wasn't Lu Guizhou's carriage, could it be that Dongdu came again
After prescribing medicine for Lu Guizhou, the yamen servant took it to the inn and handed it to Lu Guizhou's servant.
After confirming that Lu Guizhou was fine, Shen Muxi turned back to his room.
After closing the door, Chunxiu hurriedly grabbed Shen Muxi, "Doctor Shen, let me see your injury!"
"I fell down, it's okay." Shen Muxi prevaricated as if nothing had happened, got up and walked to the vanity mirror, the wound on his neck was not deep, it should have been scratched by a branch when he fell. The injuries on the neck and hands were all from before the fall, Lu Guizhou fell like that, why didn't he get hurt
Chunxiu and Shen Zhi looked at each other, for some reason, they always felt that something was wrong with Shen Muxi's return this time, as if he liked to be in a daze.
"By the way, is there someone here?" Shen Muxi came back to his senses, "The carriage in the yard..."
Hearing this, Chunxiu sneered twice, "What's more, he's a troublemaker again!"
Shen Muxi frowned and looked at the two, "He's from Dongdu?"
Shen Zhi looked at her steadily and nodded heavily.
Suddenly, there was a hasty knock on the door, "Doctor Shen!"