"Secret room?" Nanfeng frowned in confusion. He couldn't remember any secret room in the ruined temple.
The second pig nodded, "Yes, a small secret room, there seems to be some debris in it, and a strange corpse."
"What kind of corpse?" Nanfeng asked.
"I've never seen it with my own eyes. It's said to be a strange female corpse. You'd better go and have a look for yourself." Zhu Lao Er said.
"Let's go." Nanfeng waved his hand.
Zhu Lao Er went first, Nan Feng took a few steps, thought for a while, turned back, and waved to Yuan An Ning in the room. That would be Yuan An Ning's future residence, and she had to be informed of what happened there. This opportunity took her to see the construction progress of the courtyard.
Yuan Anning came out wearing a coat and put a cloak on Nan Feng, "What happened?"
Nanfeng raised his hand, indicating that he was walking and talking, and relayed in detail what Zhu Laoer said along the way.
After listening to Nanfeng's story, Yuan Anning asked, "Is there a secret room there?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I have lived there for more than ten years and I have never found any secret rooms."
"When was that temple built?" Yuan Anning asked again.
"He is very old. According to the uncle who visited the temple, there were seven or eight temple blessings before him." Nanfeng said.
It was snowing in the sky, and the snow on the ground was slippery. Nanfeng reached out and took Yuan Anning forward side by side.
Yuan Anning stretched out Xuan Tie's right hand and pointed at Zhu Lao Er walking in front, "Has it ever said what kind of female corpse it is?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I didn't say anything, but there seems to be something fishy about that corpse, otherwise it wouldn't have invited me to come over in person."
Yuan Anning's residence was neither far nor close to the ruined temple. A quarter of an hour later, the two of them arrived at the ruined temple.
The imperial court wanted money and people, and no matter what it did, it was done quickly. After working day and night, the construction of a three-entry courtyard was nearing completion. The courtyard did not occupy a large area and there were not many houses. It was obvious that this was the way to go. The style is simple and simple, but the materials used are very particular, either stone or wood, no gold or earth.
The ruined temple is located in the middle of the courtyard. Demolition has begun but has not been completely demolished.
There were officers and soldiers guarding the courtyard, and the craftsmen had been driven to the outside. On the day Yu Wenyong ascended the throne, Zhu Laoer and others had contributed a lot. They must have been granted some official position by Yu Wenyong. After showing the gold medal, he took the two of them directly to the ruined temple. go.
The debris in the ruined temple has been removed, and a large piece of the floor tiles on the east side has been pried open. The entrance is in the northeast corner of the ruined temple.
Zhu Laoer was in charge of inviting people, and Lao Huai was in charge of guarding them. Seeing the three people coming in, Lao Huai hurriedly came up to them, pointed at the hole and said to Nanfeng, "Sir, it's right here."
Nan Feng nodded to Lao Huai and asked, "When was this cave entrance discovered?"
"An hour ago," Zhu Lao Er said, "the craftsman discovered it first and informed the supervisor. The supervisor went to check it out. He was very frightened and hurriedly reported it."
"Has anyone been there?" Nanfeng asked again.
"It seems that there is only that supervisor. He is outside now. Do you want to call him to come?" asked the second pig.
Nanfeng waved his hand and stepped towards the entrance of the cave.
The entrance to the cave is not big, only five feet long and wide. The steps going down are paved with adobe bricks, which were not carefully built.
While Nan Feng was looking at the entrance of the cave, Lao Huai said from the side, "Sir, I have spoken to the supervisor before. According to him, there is a female body in ragged clothes. I don't know when it was buried here. The body has never decayed."
"Ragged clothes?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow and asked.
Naturally, Laohuai couldn't answer this question because he had never been there himself.
Nanfeng didn't expect to get an answer. The reason why he asked the question was because he couldn't contain the excitement and doubts in his heart.
Seeing Nanfeng's expression was different, Yuan Anning guessed what he was thinking of and cast a questioning look at him.
"Maybe it's the big eyes." Nanfeng whispered.
"Is it the sister among the seven of you who has never shown up?" Yuan Anning asked.
Nanfeng nodded, "She slept in this position back then."
Yuan Anning nodded lightly.
Nan Feng focused his eyes to detect the aura. He had the Dragon Eye, and any abnormal aura could not escape his eyes. But standing here, he did not notice any abnormal aura underground. This meant that there was no living person in the secret room.
"Let's go down and take a look." Nan Feng said to Yuan An Ning.
"Sir, we'll be on guard from here." Zhu Laoer was very sensible.
Nanfeng nodded and stepped onto the descending steps.
The entrance to the cave is very narrow, and you need to bend down and lower your head when going down. After going down a few steps, the situation in the secret room can be clearly seen.
This is a small secret room. There are many similar secret rooms in Chang'an. Most of them are used to avoid wars. Compared with the underground secret room in Li Chaozong's courtyard, this secret room is pitifully small, less than two feet long and wide. There were some bottles and cans, as well as some old tables and chairs and simple living utensils. In the northwest corner of the secret room, there was a short bed placed from the north to the south, and there was a person lying on it, a corpse to be precise.
There is a thick layer of dust on the ground of the secret room, and there are two lines of footprints on the dust. One line of shallower footprints goes straight to the northwest low bed, and the other line of deeper footprints reaches the middle of the secret room and then turns around, leaving a trace behind where it turned. With extinguished torches.
The darker footprints were undoubtedly left by the overseer, while the lighter footprints belonged to the person lying on the low bed.
"Looking at the footprints, this person should be young. He hasn't gone out since he came in." Yuan Anning said.
Nanfeng didn't answer. He walked down the steps and walked slowly to the short bed.
"Is it her?" Yuan Anning asked.
"Yes." Nanfeng nodded. His previous guess was correct. The short girl lying down did have big eyes. Although there was a lot of dust on her face and body, she could still clearly see her appearance. The eyes were still the same as before, without any change. The moment he saw this face, he actually had the illusion of going back in time.
"Why is she here?" Yuan Anning looked at her big eyes.
"No wonder I haven't been able to find her all these years." Nanfeng answered the question inappropriately.
Yuan Anning didn't answer. Although her family was in poverty, she had always had enough food and clothing. It's hard to imagine the hardships of the poor. The female body she exposed was short and extremely thin. Only people who have been starving for a long time would be like this. She had never seen Nanfeng's desolate appearance in his early years, but based on this female corpse, she could infer how destitute and poor they were back then.
After a brief trance, Nanfeng raised his hand and waved away the dust that fell on Big Eyes. Because of his extremely accurate control of the spiritual energy, the spiritual energy he emitted only brushed away the dust and did not damage the rotten old clothes.
Nanfeng remembers the things in his early years very clearly. Big Eyes is still wearing the same clothes as before, but they are more tattered than before. There is a difference between tattered and shabby, and there is a difference between ragged clothes and half-clothed clothes. Big Eyes is now wearing the same clothes. It should be described as half-clothed. Her clothes and pants were severely torn, which was obviously caused by man-made damage.
"What is she holding in her hand?" Yuan Anning pointed to her left hand with big eyes.
When Nanfeng heard this, he turned his head and looked, and saw that his big-eyed left hand was holding something tightly. Through the gap between his fingers, he could see that it was a piece of silver, but the ground was wet and the silver had turned black.
After looking at it, Nanfeng reached out and took the ingot of silver from his big eyes. He estimated the weight to be about ten taels.
Although Yuan Anning didn't ask, Nanfeng still took the initiative to explain, "This ingot of silver was obtained by my eldest brother when he sold it to Li Li. He didn't use a tael, so he gave it all to her. It's a pity that she didn't have time to use it."
Yuan Anning nodded sadly, then pointed at the arms and face with big eyes, "She has injuries on her body and she had fought with others before she died."
Nanfeng shook his head slowly, "It was not a fight with someone, but a beating. The scratches on her arms were obviously made by men, and her clothes were torn. It was obvious that someone wanted to bully her."
"She is so thin, who can be so cruel?" Yuan Anning was surprised and angry.
"Despicable people abound," Nan Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You can't even imagine the things we experienced in our early years."
Seeing that Nanfeng was in a low mood, Yuan Anning comforted him, "The silver coins are still in his hand, which means the evildoers never succeeded."
Nan Feng nodded. He agreed with Yuan Anning's judgment, but his basis was not the silver in Big Eye's hand, but the preservation of Big Eye's body. This showed that someone was there when Big Eye was in danger. They rescued her, but in fact the person they saved was not Big Eyes, but Taiyin Yuanjun. Although the visitor rescued Big Eyes, they also took away Taiyin Yuanjun.
"Why is her physical body preserved?" Yuan Anning asked.
Nanfeng did not speak, but stretched out his spiritual energy to feel with his hands. After a while, he sensed an abnormal aura from his mouth. The aura was very weak, and it should be beads such as Zhuyan beads.
"There is a strange bead in her mouth." Nanfeng said.
"It must be Taiyin Yuanjun himself who wants to leave his physical body and will come back someday." Yuan Anning said.
"She'd better not come back." Nanfeng took off his cloak and covered his big eyes.
Even though Nanfeng said it was misty, Yuan Anning could understand what he was thinking. Taiyin Yuanjun had no good intentions towards him and had never helped him. The one he had an old relationship with was the thin girl lying on his bed.
"Is there any way to save it?" Yuan Anning asked.
"Her soul is no longer there. She may have been reincarnated after so many years." Nanfeng hugged Big Eyes. Big Eyes was very thin. Although it was not haggard, it was still as skinny as a stick. The moment he picked her up, Nanfeng The memory of Big Eyes secretly stuffing food with him in his early years flashed through his mind, and he felt very sad, "If there had been no accident, she should have been by my side."
"Don't be sad, there is always a way to remedy it." Yuan Anning comforted softly.
Nanfeng shook his head, "Some things can't be fixed. Don't say that she won't survive if I save her. Even if I can save her, I won't renew our relationship with her, and she won't like me anymore. I miss her." It’s just her before, and she only likes me before.”
"What are your plans?" Yuan Anning asked softly.
"You are actually relatives. She was the daughter of General Zhu Guo, that is, your cousin." Nanfeng turned around and stepped forward, "I want to help her recognize her ancestors and return her to the clan, and send her away according to the rules of the princess..."