"..."

No one could answer Wu Liang's questions, not even Wu Liang himself had any clue.

At least there is definitely no way to explain it scientifically. It would make sense if this was a cellar or an underground palace, but this is a natural area on the ground. The air can freely exchange with the outside world and it can be exposed to sunlight for at least half a day every day.

Irradiation, this is very unreasonable.

Wu Liang stood there and looked around.

Soon he discovered a long depression a few feet away, so he led everyone forward to check it out.

"Old people say that this kind of pit was originally a tomb where the corpses of Tian Heng's disciples were buried. Later, the rotten corpses of those disciples somehow crawled out of the grave, leaving many such pits."

Jin Wei took the initiative to introduce Wu Liang.

"I heard your father say before that after the corpses of those retainers crawled out of the graves, they walked around Yuzhou Mountain like living people. When they saw someone approaching, they would take the initiative to attack. So what happened next? Do you know what happened next?

Where did the corpses of those hangers-on go?"

Wu Liang asked thoughtfully while looking into the pit.

"I don't know... that was hundreds of years ago. My father also heard it from the old people in the county, and the old people in the county also heard it from their ancestors in Qu County. Whether it was my father or not,

No one, not even the old people in the county, have seen the corpses of those hangers-on, so they can’t tell whether this is true or not, and who can tell clearly what happened next.”

Jin Wei is more like an extremely rare atheist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His words showed his doubts and opinions about this legend... This also explains why he dared to disobey his father's warning and take people into this place in Qu County.

Stay in the famous haunted house for a night.

"Has anyone in Qu County counted how many graves there are in total, and how many graves are there like this pit?"

Wu Liang then asked.

"This little guy knows about it, and he even checked it himself after arriving on the island."

Jin Wei said quite proudly, "There are a total of 486 graves without monuments here, not the 500 as rumored. Among them, there are a total of 142 graves turned into such pits."

"Then have you ever verified whether the remaining 344 intact tombs without monuments really contain the corpses of retainers?"

Wu Liang then asked again.

"this……"

Jin Wei was stunned for a long time before looking at Wu Liang with a strange expression like "I suspect you are fishing for law enforcement", and then clarified again and again, "Wu Taishi, even though I don't know a few words, I still know

Digging graves is a serious crime for the leader of the gang, no matter how brave he is, he would not dare to do such an outrageous thing."

The Han Dynasty did have such a clear law: theft of tombs, maiming, blackmail, murder and human trafficking should all be punished with the punishment of "zhe twice"!

This "beating" is not as simple as beheading.

Although the purpose of execution is also the same, the execution process of "Zhe Xing" is "first cut the flesh and bones, then break the limbs, and finally cut the throat." This set of procedures is almost the same as that of Ling Chi. Anyway, they are all going to be punished.

Before dying, he suffered unbearable pain and torture.

It seems that thick burials were popular in the Han Dynasty, and the ruling class of the Han Dynasty, the royal family and the gentry were the main groups for thick burials. They really worked hard to popularize the law in this area. A fisherman in Lianqu County, a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

It has been popularized... but it makes sense when you think about it. After all, this is basically protecting the interests of the ruling class and it is related to the big bosses themselves. How could they not care about it?

"..."

After listening to Jin Wei's words, everyone in the Hu army looked at their noses and hearts, and collectively fell into silence.

We are the outlaws who often do this kind of thing...

"Ahem."

Wu Liang quickly cleared his throat, changed the topic and said, "In that case, let's go into the mansion first and see if we can find any different clues."

…

It's said to be a mansion.

In fact, this is a group of stone houses clustered together.

The stone house in the middle is taller, and the surrounding stone houses are lower. They are clustered together to form a not too spectacular building complex, and there are still some stone paths for people to walk in the middle of the building complex.

The doors of these stone houses have long since disappeared.

All the furniture that might have been there was gone.

Only one empty stone room after another was left, looking like one gloomy prison after another.

The accompanying Hu army was left outside. Wu Liang led the backbone of the Hu army and Jin Wei into these stone houses one by one, but found nothing.

Finally, they arrived at the door of the stone house, which was the tallest among the buildings and closest to the mountain.

"Wu Taishi, this is the place where the three brothers of the Lu family had an accident. Although the rumors are very evil, I took people inside to avoid the rain all night, but nothing strange happened. It's just that even if there was a fire, it was still cold inside.

People are shaking."

Jin Wei added in due course.

"Um."

Wu Liang nodded slightly and walked in, escorted by Dian Wei and Yang Wanli.

As soon as I entered, a chill hit my face.

The temperature here is obviously a few degrees lower than the previous stone houses, but it is not the kind of cold that the human body cannot bear. Perhaps it is because it is a sunny day, which is different from the rainy day when Jin Wei entered before?

Wu Liang tightened his clothes and continued to penetrate deeper.

The situation here was no different from other stone houses. There was not even a piece of wood or a piece of leftover utensils inside. Wu Liang only saw a pile of very thin ashes in a corner.

"That's where you started the fire, right?"

Wu Liang asked, pointing to the pile of ashes.

"Exactly."

Jin Wei nodded and said, "There were seventeen of us at that time. We lit such a fire and it was not warm enough. Unfortunately, dry firewood was not easy to find during the heavy rain, so we all had to huddle together and survive the night."

"When you came here, was this place the same as it is now?"

Wu Liang asked again.

"Yes, after all this time, nothing has changed here."

Jin Wei nodded again.

Wu Liang didn't ask any more questions and continued to observe the situation of this stone house.

The layout of this stone house is like a small living room. If the guess is correct, Tian Heng should probably hold discussions with the guests here.

Of course, this stone house may also be a court hall.

After all, although Tian Heng came here with only 500 guests, he had already established himself as King of Qi at that time, and he still had the pomp and dignity that a vassal king should have.

It is worth mentioning that.

Tian Heng was also the last King of Qi in the history of the Celestial Dynasty, and was known as "King Heng of Qi" in history.

Although Qin Shihuang had already destroyed the Qi State when he unified the world, he did not actually exterminate the Qi nobles. Tian Heng is a serious descendant of the Qi royal family, and his political legitimacy can even be traced back to the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty.

In the early days, the first prince of Qi was Jiang Taigong Jiang Ziya.

As we all know.

The Qi State in history can actually be divided into two major stages, the first half is Lu Qi, and the second half is Tian Qi.

During the Lu Qi period, as the name suggests, the descendants of Jiang Taigong Lu Shang were in power.

In Tian Qi, after the "Tian family replaced Qi" incident, the Tian family, a descendant of the Duke of Chen who had already destroyed the country, took charge of Qi.

After that.

The Tian family has been the leader of the Qi State for generations until Qin Shihuang destroyed the Qi State and was controlled by the Qin State for a short period of thirteen years. The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising broke out, and the Tian family's descendants once again took the opportunity to revolt and restore the country.

, established himself as King of Qi.

It took seven generations of Qi kings to reach Tian Heng. Finally, with the death of Tian Heng, the Qi Kingdom was finally completely destroyed...

"This stone room is the coldest. Is it possible that it is the source of this strange cold air?"

Feeling the chill in the stone chamber, Wu Liang muttered.

"Sir, although I felt the cold air hit my face when I came in, I didn't feel any airflow inside. I'm afraid it's hard to say."

Yu Ji frowned and said.

"When I came in, I felt the cold air blowing on my face. This is because there is some temperature difference between here and outside. This is understandable..."

Wu Liang was still analyzing by himself.

Zhuge Liang suggested at the right time: "Brother, you are talented, why don't we use our old method to check it?"

"Well, you can give it a try."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

"Then I'll go."

Zhuge Liang responded and ran quickly outside the house.
To be continued...