No wonder Ye Jin was so angry. What Jiang Yan and the others did was indeed no different from seeking death.
Jiang Yan was scolded by Ye Jin so much that he dared not raise his head. It was not until Ye Jin lowered his voice that he said, "At that time, we didn't know what happened. We felt sorry for the cave girl and were moved by the tour guide. We even... we even felt that we had a kind of heroic spirit..."
Ye Jin said in a cold voice: "Tell me something useful."
Jiang Yan then said, "At that time, we all agreed to help the tour guide. Later, the tour guide disguised herself as a cave girl and lay on the stone bed. We took the made-up cave girl and left the village."
When Xiao Baitang heard this, he couldn't help but say, "You've been deceived. The Miao people were willing to send Luohua Cave Girl into the cave, of course, out of respect for the cave god, but more importantly, the cave girl was willing to marry the god."
"Think about it carefully. The geographical environment of Miaojiang has created the Miao people's tenacious and unyielding national character. If the Miao girls really don't want to marry the cave gods, will they rise up in resistance? The Miao people, who would rather die than surrender, will never be afraid of sacrifice. Moreover, the Miao wizards are the most powerful in the world. Wouldn't the Miao people ask the wizards to save the cave girls?"
"This..." Jiang Yan hesitated for a long time before saying, "We didn't think so much at the time."
Jiang Yan is not a sorcerer after all, so even if something is put in front of him, he may not be able to think it through clearly.
I said in a deep voice: "Go on."
Jiang Yan said: "Originally, according to the agreement between us and the tour guide, we took the cave girl to Phoenix City, and he would meet us at the agreed hotel, and then take the cave girl away. But we didn't dare to take the cave girl out..."
"After we walked with the cave girl for a day, we found that she was becoming more and more strange. Not only did she always have a blank expression on her face, but she also never said a word. When she walked, her hands always hung down by her side without moving. Especially her upper body, which was always straight, as if she had never bent over before."
"She never touched the food and drinks we gave her. Sometimes, we saw her licking the dew on the flower petals with her tongue. The further we walked with her, the more scared we felt. At that time, we even discussed whether we should abandon her halfway."
I looked at Jiang Yan coldly: "Did you really abandon him on the way? Tell me the truth."
Jiang Yan whispered, "At that time... At that time, we just wanted to get rid of her, but who knew that after we got rid of her, we would get lost. In the end, she found us and led us out of the mountain."
"It was only after the cave girl brought us all the way to Panshe Village that we really felt scared. At that time, there was an old man in Panshe Village who refused to let us enter the village no matter what, saying that dead people could not enter the village."
"We asked him: Who is the dead person? He pointed at the cave girl and said: She is the dead person. She has been dead for more than ten days. If she is allowed to enter the village, someone in the village will die. At that time, the cave girl stood far away outside the village, not saying a word, staring at the old man with the corner of her eyes, as if she had a deep hatred for him. Her eyes looked like she wanted to kill him!"
Jiang Yan said in a trembling voice: "We were all scared and begged the old man to let us hide in the village. Later, the old man agreed. We hid in the village for most of the night, and the cave girl stood outside for half the night without moving."
"That night, I looked out from the village several times, but no matter where I looked, I could see the cave girl standing far outside the village waiting for us."
"We had no other choice, so we asked the old man to show us the way. We begged the old man for a long time, and he finally led us out of the village through a secret passage and sent us to the vicinity of Phoenix City. We quickly booked a flight and left Xiangxi overnight. Later... you know what happened later."
Ye Jin was so angry that he yelled, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You've kept this important matter from me until now. If you want to die, don't drag others along with you!"
Jiang Yan whispered: "Even if we wanted to say it, we never had the chance..."
"You..." Ye Jin was so angry that he was half dead, but he could do nothing. Jiang Yan was telling the truth. They were not with us at the beginning, and we were always busy in the later period, so we had no time to sit down and talk about their experiences after arriving in Xiangxi.
Moreover, Jiang Yan and the others should have tacitly chosen to conceal some of the facts. They may not have known the power of the Three Evils of Xiangxi before, but after several encounters with the sorcerer, it is impossible for them to still know nothing about the Three Evils of Xiangxi. They chose to remain silent, which can only mean that they were afraid that I would abandon them and escape alone after learning the truth. However, they also led me into a misunderstanding, which put us in a completely passive situation.
Seeing that I didn't say a word, Jiang Yan couldn't help but said, "Brother Wu, actually, we didn't mean to hide it from you, we just..."
"Shut up!" What I'm thinking about now has nothing to do with whether they are hiding something from me. I'm thinking about that old liar Gu Piaoran.
No matter what the Rumor Sect members do, they always have a very strong purpose. Moreover, for one thing, they can endure loneliness and lurk for several years or even more than ten years to lay out their plans. This is the most terrifying thing about the Rumor Sect members.
It is impossible for Gu Piaoran to appear in Miaojiang for no reason and get involved with the leaders of three sects.
Jiang Yan and his companions were framed and brought out the girl from the cave, but he himself was poisoned.
The leaders of the three sects are fighting desperately for Jiang Yan and others, also for the poison in their bodies.
This means that the person who planned this used Jiang Yan as bait.
I am sure that the person who planned this must be Gu Piaoran. What is his purpose in doing this
It is absolutely nonsense to say that he wanted to kill Jiang Yan. If he wanted to kill someone, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
It was impossible for him to provoke a fight between the three sects. Even if the three sects fought to the death, Gu Piaoran would not dare to easily run up and take advantage.
What exactly does Gu Piaoran want to do
Gu Piaoran must have set up a trap in Miaojiang. I, Jiang Yan, and even Gao Yang and the corpse-driver, the leaders of other sects, are all his pawns.
What exactly does Gu Piaoran want to do
I'm sure that letting Jiang Yan take away the Fallen Flower Cave Girl was a deliberate plot by Gu Piaoran. Was he trying to create the illusion that Jiang Yan and his friends were being retaliated by the cave god and were poisoned, in order to trick Gao Yang and his friends into falling for it
If that was the case, why did he let Jiang Yan and the others leave Xiangxi? Wouldn't it be better to just trap them in Miaojiang
Judging from the fact that Jiang Yan and his men were almost controlled by the Xuan Jing Division, Gu Piaoran had taken a risky move. What if Sun Xiaomei did not take Jiang Yan to Miaojiang, but took them to find a medical expert to forcibly remove the poison? Wouldn't Gu Piaoran lose everything
I couldn't understand why Gu Piaoran wanted Jiang Yan to leave Miaojiang, and I couldn't figure out Gu Piaoran's real purpose. If he just wanted to incite the three sects to kill each other, it would be a bit far-fetched.
Just when I was confused, Ye Jin said, "Zhao Zi, what should we do now?"
"Let's go to the location of Luohua Cave Girl first, maybe there will be some clues." Now I can only choose to go into the cave. We are surrounded by Gumen masters outside, and we can't find another way out even if we want to. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope in the cave.
After we walked more than 50 meters into the cave with flashlights, we gradually saw water in the cave. When the water on the cave floor began to cover our feet, a very flat stone finally appeared in my sight. That should be the stone bed that Jiang Yan and his friends mentioned.
I shone the flashlight beam on the stone bed: "Is this the place where you saw the Fallen Flower Cave Girl?"
"Yes, yes..." Jiang Yan nodded repeatedly, "It's right here! At that time, the stone bed was surrounded by flowers, and the Flower Cave Girl was lying in the flowers."
I lowered the flashlight in the direction of Jiang Yan's finger: "Where are the flowers here?"
Before Jiang Yan could say anything, I heard someone whisper, "You are mistaken. That is the position of the cave god. The Fallen Flower Cave Girl is on your right."
I asked in a calm voice, "How do you know the cave girl is on the right?"
The man said again: "Didn't the tour guide tell us once when he brought us here? He also said that we were not allowed to look at the stone bed of the cave god casually. At that time, you were all looking at the cave girl, and no one noticed the movement on the stone bed of the cave god, but I felt it."
"At that time, I took a special look towards the stone bed. Although I didn't see anything with my eyes, I knew in my heart that there was a person lying on the stone bed, looking at us with his eyes open. Didn't you feel that someone was watching you from behind?"
Jiang Yan said in a trembling voice: "Zhu Hong, don't talk nonsense! It's already this time..."
I reached out and touched Xiaoying on the side, meaning to let her pay attention to the person who was talking, and I shone the flashlight to the right of the stone bed. The flashlight beam passed from left to right for a short distance, and sure enough, I saw another relatively smaller stone bed full of flowers.
There was clearly a person lying among the flowers on the stone bed, but the person was wearing a pair of hiking shoes on the toes that were exposed from behind the flowers.
That is not a Miao girl. A girl who has fallen into a cave would definitely not wear Han people's clothes, especially after falling into the cave.
“Let me take a look…” I had barely said half of my words when Jiang Yan screamed, “That’s Zhu Hong… Those are Zhu Hong’s shoes!”
Before Jiang Yan finished speaking, a hand slid down from the edge of the stone bed. On that wrist was clearly a lady's watch.
At the same time, Lu Xiaoying beside me also said: "Who are you?"
The person who had spoken originally said in a low voice: "I am Zhu Hong! You don't recognize me so quickly? Weren't we just walking into the cave together?"
When I quietly moved the flashlight towards the ground, I saw that both of Zhu Hong's feet were on the water.
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