As the groundhog led the way, it described to Lu Ruo what it had witnessed.
The elk antlers Lu Ruo was searching for had been buried under the cover of darkness. Because there was a local custom of sanitizing the remains of livestock that died of disease, digging deep pits in the ground did not arouse any suspicion. To conceal the elk antlers, the family had pretended they were burying a diseased animal, digging a deep hole and stashing the items Lu Ruo was looking for right along with the carcass.
"They ruined one of my burrows," the groundhog said, its tone laced with indignation. "I finally found a spot with enough cover to dig an escape tunnel, and they went and destroyed it."
Chapter 118