Dragon Scale Dagger 9

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable under Wan Jingshou's "fiery" gaze, and quickly raised her head to point at the box on the altar, saying: "What is this?"

  He said, and then felt that the pattern on the box was a bit familiar, saying: "Hey, this pattern is a bit like the birthmark on my shoulder."

  He finished speaking, and Xi Chi stared at him in surprise, blinking her big eyes.

  Wen Baiyu pointed to a place below and to the left of her own left shoulder blade.

  He was curious, just wanting to reach out and touch the box, when Wan Jingshou raised his hand to stop him, saying: "There is a mechanism inside the box. As long as there is a slight vibration or the box is picked up, it will trigger the miniature crossbow machine inside the box."

  Wen Baiyu's hand trembled slightly and quickly withdrew it back.

  The box was locked with a bronze lock and quietly placed on the altar, Wen Baiyu said: "There is no key, how can it be opened?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Do you want to open it?"

  "Of course," said Wen Baiyu matter-of-factly, "aren't you curious what's inside?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou didn't say a word, he simply raised his hand and gently grasped the bronze lock on the box. Wen Bai Yu didn't see how he did it, but then heard a soft "click" sound, and the bronze lock was broken off as easily as if it were made of clay.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was now left with only Zhang Da, who had his mouth agape and was tongue-tied. Wan Jingshou did not have any expression, he just said: "Fall back."

  Wen Baiyu hastily retreated, pulling Xi Chi back a great distance as well.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou finally loosened his grip, the bronze lock fell to the ground, and the box lid immediately popped open with a "pa" sound. At the same time, Wen Bai Yu heard a few "whooshing" sounds, and some black shadows shot out of the box.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was very close to the box, and he didn't see how he dodged it. He just slightly raised his hand, and in the blink of an eye, Wan Bai Yu saw three needle-like things appear on his hand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou threw the needle on the ground and said, "It's okay."

  Wen Baiyu no longer knew what expression could express his astonishment. The three needles shot out so quickly just now, ordinary people simply couldn't dodge them.

  However, Wan Kuang Jing Hou himself was no ordinary person, and Wen Bai Yu had already experienced it before...

  The box was opened, and it was empty inside, with only a silk book in it, nothing else.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out his hand and took out a silk book. The silk book was very large, and when he unfolded it, it seemed to be a map.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes lit up with excitement and he said, "A map? Could it be the design plan for this tomb? Then we can get out of here!"

  But on closer inspection, it didn't seem to be a map of this tomb's layout.

  The silk book is very large, depicting not just one ancient tomb, but more than sixty big and small tombs scattered about. Many of the tombs have markers on them, and several have been highlighted with special symbols. A detailed topographic map of the area around the ancient tombs has also been drawn.

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat puzzled, so many tombs, what is this thing?

  Wan Qi Jinghou took a glance and said: "Sixty-six seats, it's Xiang Wang's tomb."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered, earlier when Wan Kuang Jing Hou read the text on the sacrificial platform, he also mentioned that King Xiang ordered the construction of an underground palace. However, when King Xiang passed away, sixty-six coffins were carried out of the capital at the same time, which means that at least sixty-five of these ancient tombs are fake and empty.

  Wen Baiyu said with a tongue click: "This Xiang Wang is not only rubbish, but also quite suspicious, setting up so many graves."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took another look at him, but Wen Bai Yu didn't notice. Wan Xi Jing Hou withdrew his gaze and said: "This tomb looks like an ancient tomb from the Warring States period, but inside the tomb there are many characteristics of other periods. The owner of the tomb is obviously intentionally confusing the truth. Adding this silk book, it's not difficult to see what the owner did for a living."

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "What's going on?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "Tomb raiders are either thieves or corrupt officials."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said, waving the silk book in his hand: "Sixty-six Xiangwang tombs, at least forty of them have already been mapped out with detailed topographic maps. Such a large project is not something that one person can complete alone, so the possibility of official tomb raiders is higher. Unfortunately...the tomb owner spent his whole life and never found the real Xiangwang tomb."

  Wen Baiyu listened as if he understood and didn't understand. He had never been in contact with these things before, so he said: "I know what a grave robber is, but what exactly is an official thief?"

  Although Wan Qi Jing Hou's temper was cold and calm, he was very patient with Wen Bai Yu, explaining: "The official thief is the tomb-robbing army. In ancient times, Cao Cao set up the Faqiu Zhonglang Jiang and Mogu Xuewei, who were specifically responsible for excavating ancient tombs and treasures. It is said that Cao Cao relied on the excavation of an ancient tomb to obtain silver, which could support his army for three years."

  "Three years?!"

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "That's really rich."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "The owner of this tomb spent his whole life unable to find the real Xiang Wang's tomb, it seems that he died with a lingering regret, wanting future generations to fulfill his wish for him."

  Wen Baiyu thought of the seal script they saw in the tomb chamber earlier, which was written with the words "隔世弟子" (separated by generations, brothers). It turned out that "隔世弟子" was used for this purpose. But Wen Baiyu was an owner of a restaurant, even if he accidentally spilled blood on it, he wouldn't be grave robbing.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's think of a way to get out of here, this place is too eerie. What if we run into Zongzi again? And those people who tied me up, there were many of them. If we meet them again, we'll be outnumbered."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded and let Wen Bai Yu put away the silk book, saying: "The dagger is carried on the body, the dragon scale dagger is cast by Ou Yezi with divine iron, can ward off evil, ordinary zombies dare not approach."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So fierce?"

  He quickly took out the dagger and, imitating the TV show, also stuffed it into his boot. Then he thought for a moment and said, "What's an ordinary zongzi?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou had already gone ahead to check around the tomb chamber and said: "Several hundred years old zongzi."

  Wen Baiyu laughed and said: "But those we met earlier, how come they all look like they're several thousand years old?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou still had no tone, and said very naturally: "What about me?"

  Wen Baiyu's face turned bright red after hearing that, and she quickly reached out to touch her face, which was actually scalding hot!

  Xi Chi followed Wen Baiyu's side, then secretly smiled.

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and glared at Xi Chi with a look that made him reveal an expression she could understand, truly a little angel who understood people's intentions...

  The tomb was very large and everyone split up to find the exit mechanism, but Wen Baiyu didn't understand anything. He didn't dare touch anything, so he could only follow behind Wan Kuang Jinghou, just like a tailgater.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou took a step forward, and Wen Bai Yu followed suit, then seemed to want to say something but didn't, opening his mouth several times before ultimately not making a sound.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou seemed to have grown eyes in the back of his head and suddenly stopped in his tracks, causing Wen Bai Yu to almost bump into him.

  "What's the matter."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  He rubbed his temples and said: "You're so capable, why come to my small restaurant as a partner? What kind of person are you?"

  Wan Jie's gaze fell on Bai Yu, who looked puzzled for a moment. He furrowed his brow, and his expression seemed to indicate that even Wan Jie was pondering the question.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou finally said only one sentence, "I don't know."

  Then continued to find the organ again.

  "Don't know?"

  Wen Baiyu was stunned for a moment, and then he caught up again, saying: "What do you mean by 'don't know'?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou no longer bothered with this issue.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was chasing after Wan Xi Jinghou, Xi Chi suddenly ran over and tugged at his clothes, pointing to a corner of the tomb chamber, indicating for Wen Baiyu to take a look.

  Three people walked over and saw that there was a stone slab on the wall of the tomb with some unusual marks around it, as if it could move.

  Wen Baiyu smiled and patted Xi Chi's head, saying: "Still your eyes are sharp, we've been searching for half a day without finding it."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou simply gave a cold glance at Xi Chi and didn't say anything, raising his hand to press the stone slab.

  Then came a loud "boom" sound...

  The stone wall on the north side of the tomb suddenly cracked in the middle, as if it were a stone gate. Behind the stone gate was a long and narrow passageway.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou led the way, Xi Chi walked in the middle, just as Wen Bai Yu was about to step into the tomb path, the stone gate suddenly closed quickly.

  Wen Baiyu let out an "ah" of surprise, "Wan Xi..."

  Just as he hadn't finished shouting, the stone gate suddenly slammed shut with a "bang".

  Wen Baiyu felt a little flustered. This was an ancient tomb, and it was full of dead people. It was lucky to encounter the dead, but if they encountered a zombie, it would be disastrous.

  Wen Baiyu hastily went back to press the stone slab again. Fortunately, the stone gate "rumbled" and opened once more.

  Wen Baiyu hastily stepped into the stone gate, but in front of her was a dark and empty space, without even a shadow of Wan Jiahao or Xi Chi.

  Wen Baiyu shook slightly, although he had known Wan Kuang Jing Hou for only one day, but according to Wen Baiyu's understanding, the other party would absolutely not leave him alone and walk away, even if the stone gate was closed, he would definitely stand in the tomb path waiting for him to come out.

  Have you encountered danger?

  Wen Baiyu's heart tightened and she quickly walked forward, softly calling out: "Wan Xijinghou? Why are you late?"

  "Ten thousand years... slow..."

  The empty echo came from the tomb passage, but no one answered him.

  Wen Baiyu held her breath, desperately swallowing saliva, and subconsciously reached out to touch the boot on her foot, where a dragon-scale dagger was inserted.

  Wen Baiyu slowly walked forward, the path to the grave was completely straight without any intersections. As he walked, he suddenly saw a black shadow blocking his way ahead.

  Wen Baiyu stared in shock and suspicion, it was actually a person!

  And judging from his clothes, he is one of the kidnappers who abducted me.

  The man lay on the ground, face up, with his legs and arms splayed out in all directions. What was most terrifying was that the man's eyes were wide open, yet a sinister smile spread across his face, making Wen Baiyu's back feel numb.

  Wen Baiyu hesitated for a while, seeing that the man was still motionless, before slowly moving over and kicking him with her leg.

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu felt a chill run down her spine, and the man's limbs were stiff. Wen Baiyu squatted down, reached out to press on the man's neck, there was no pulse beating, and the temperature of his hand was very cool.

  "Dead...... died......"

  Wen Baiyu almost fell to the ground, but quickly scrambled up and ran forward after the man.

  As he walked, Wen Baiyu suddenly found that there was a faint light in the tomb passage. He was overjoyed, thinking it was sunlight and could return to the ground. Rushing over to take a look, he found that it was actually a mirror on the ground.

  The copper mirror was polished very brightly, but the brighter it was, the more distorted the reflected figure became...

  Wen Baiyu picked up the mirror, he only took a glance, but suddenly felt that he was a bit mesmerized, his eyes seemed to be stuck, staring at the mirror intensely.

  The image in the copper mirror began to twist and distort slowly, then became brighter...

  In the copper mirror, a yellow silk coffin appeared. Old Five stood in front of the open coffin and grabbed a golden mask. Then he shouted "Open your eyes!" The room suddenly darkened, and Wen Baiyu clearly saw that a white hand stretched out from the coffin and grabbed Old Five's neck, pulling him into the coffin with great force.

  The thing in the coffin was also unknown. Lao Wu was dragged into it, struggled for a moment, and then suddenly stopped moving, before slowly being dissolved...

  Wen Baiyu was frightened and opened his eyes wide, but he still stared at the copper mirror in a daze, motionless.

  Very soon, a man in white clothes stood up from the coffin. His face was covered with a golden mask, and his figure was slender and tall. He slowly came out of the coffin. The big brother seemed to be crazy, but also like Wen Baiyu's demon, his eyes were wide open, staring at the white-clothed man walking out of the coffin.

  The man slowly walked forward, in the dark chamber, he elegantly raised his hand to slowly remove the golden mask from his face, revealing fine eyebrows, dense eyelashes, a pair of bright phoenix eyes, pale lips, a slender chin, and a pair of blood-red gleaming eyes...

  "Ahhh!!!!"

  The big brother suddenly shouted loudly, his face turned green, and blood flowed from the five senses. With a "bang" sound, he fell to the ground.

  The face of the man in white clothes...

  In front of Wen Baiyu, with a hint of loneliness and coldness, yet resembling the lovely Qi Qi...

  Wen Baiyu felt like she couldn't breathe anymore, and the reflection in the mirror began to distort again, turning into a magnificent palace.

  The hall is empty and desolate, with black iron chains stretching out in all directions.

  "Kala..."

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and found herself standing in the palace, with iron chains wrapped around her body. Her hands, feet, and even her neck were all bound by black iron chains.

  "Ugh..."

  The gate opened with a creak, and a man in black clothes stepped inside from outside, against the light.

  Wen Baiyu narrowed his eyes and couldn't see the person's face clearly.

  "Bai Yu, have you thought it through? Are you willing to die with me?"

  The man in black emerged from the shadows, step by step, until he stood before him. He wore a crown on his head and a majestic aura surrounded him, with a handsome face and narrowed eyes that exuded an unyielding authority.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou

  Wen Baiyu stared at the man, somewhat surprised.

  The man in black walked over, and surprisingly bowed down, stretched out his hand to gently stroke Wen Baiyu's cheek. His cold eyes softened a lot as he said: "Baiyu... promise me, promise me, okay? No matter if it's life or death, promise me. Even if I'm condemned by heaven and can never be reborn, I won't let you go, Baiyu..."

  The man said, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with Wen Baiyu's indifferent reaction, his movements suddenly becoming violent as he fiercely pinched Wen Baiyu's chin and said: "Don't go, I won't let you go..."

  As he spoke, the man suddenly kissed him violently, Wen Baiyu was so frightened that his whole body stiffened. The man's movements became more and more brutal, tearing open his clothes, pinning him to the cold ground, and fiercely grasping his waist...

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu felt like he was going to pass out from the pain, but when the man heard his anguished voice, he slowly calmed down, and his movements changed from violent to gentle, as he bestowed one sincere kiss after another.

  The man said: "What about Shén Qí, accompanying Gū, Bái Yǔ..."

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