Chapter 713: The Jade Disc of Witchcraft
Nan Yan asked, "So, what's in here—the princess's clothes?"
"no."
"no?"
Nan Yan turned to look at Monk in surprise: "So, what's in there?"
The expression on Munch's face, which usually showed a smile, seemed a little uncertain under the firelight.
He looked up at the stone tablet, was silent for a long time, and said, "Jade Disc."
"Jade disc?"
This time, it was Zhu Feng who spoke.
He also walked forward, looked at the words on the stone tablet, and murmured, "Your Nian Kingdom also has jade discs?"
Monk smiled.
The jade disc is a genealogy that records the names of royal family members in the Central Plains dynasties throughout the ages. When Nan Yan was canonized as a noble concubine, she went to the Grand Altar to worship her ancestors. At that time, Eunuch Yu showed her that the royal jade disc was placed in a hall of the Grand Altar.
She was also told that if she was canonized as a noble concubine, her name would appear in the royal jade disc.
Unexpectedly, the royal family of the Neng Kingdom also had jade discs.
However, it is not difficult to understand. They had ruled Yan State for so many years before. Although they were driven out of the Central Plains by Emperor Gao, some customs were taken away by them and preserved.
Therefore, the royal family of the Neng Kingdom also began to refer to their family tree as jade discs.
only--
Why was the royal family genealogy buried in this place as a cenotaph for Princess Tana?
She was just wondering when she heard Monk say, "However, perhaps our jade discs are a little different from your country's jade discs."
Zhu Feng's eyes flickered: "What's the difference?"
Monk said, “You’ll know when you see it.”
Nan Yan opened her eyes wide: "You want——"
"We need to dig out the jade disc."
"ah?"
"Only in this way can your bloodline be determined."
Nan Yan just found it a little unbelievable. Princess Tana disappeared decades ago, before she was born. Even if she was really her mother, she had disappeared, so it was impossible for her name to be recorded in the family tree.
Seeing Nan Yan's surprised expression, Meng Ke smiled and said softly, "As I said, our jade disc is different from yours."
After saying that, he took a step back.
Pointing to the bricks on the ground in front of the stone tablet, he said, "Dig."
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Late at night, on the beacon tower on the top of the mountain.
The sound of digging could be heard from far away. After all, it was the Great Wall, and the ground had been repaired for many years. The bricks and stones were very solid, so Monk's men were busy there for a long time.
For a moment, gravel flew everywhere.
The others were fine, so they naturally stepped aside and waited for the bricks and stones to be opened. At that time, Zhu Feng had someone bring up a mat and a piece of clothing for Nan Yan to put on and sit on the ground.
And I sat behind her.
On the top of the mountain, the wind was much stronger than on the plain, and there was no place to block the wind. His tall body blocked a lot of the wind for her.
Turning around, I saw Nan Yan staring at the stone tablet in a daze.
Zhu Feng asked, "What are you thinking about?"
“…”
Nan Yan was silent for a moment and said, "No, I didn't think about anything."
“…”
"I thought a lot on the way there, but now that the time has come to face it, I can't remember anything."
“…”
"All we can do now is wait for the truth."
"That's right," she had just finished speaking when Monk's voice came from the side, and she slowly walked over.
There were many torches lit around, illuminating the smile on his face.
He said softly, "Sometimes, the truth is a gift to life."
“…”
"When the truth comes out, perhaps I will also have a gift for you."
Nan Yan looked up at him.
Zhu Feng beside him looked slightly gloomy.
Seeing his gloomy expression, Monk didn't mind at all and just smiled. At this moment, the voices of his subordinates came from behind him -
“It’s open!”
When they heard it, they hurriedly looked back.
Nan Yan also immediately asked Zhu Feng to stand up, but because she stood up too quickly, she suddenly felt dizzy and swayed. Zhu Feng immediately reached out to support her.
Nan Yan didn't have time to take care of herself. She grabbed Zhu Feng's hand and hurried forward.
Pushing aside the crowd and looking down, they dug up the layer of bricks on the ground, and in front of them was a stone slab!
There really is something there!
When I walked over and took a closer look, I found that the stone slab was actually two pieces, with a gap in the middle that was almost invisible if you didn't look carefully. There seemed to be two small rings on both sides of the gap.
It's a handle.
Is this a stone box?
Monk waved his hand and asked everyone to disperse. He walked over and squatted down, looked for a while, then stretched out his hands and grabbed the two small rings.
Arslan next to him immediately said, "Your Majesty, be careful!"
“…”
"Let me do it."
After all, these were things dug out from the abandoned old Great Wall, so there was no guarantee of any danger.
Munch is the emperor and cannot take risks at will.
However, Monk smiled and said, "The things in Princess Tana's cenotaph are safe. The wizard will not harm me."
After saying this, he raised his hands.
There was a muffled "clang" sound, and the stone slab was pulled open from the middle, slowly revealing the true appearance inside.
A cloud of dust rose.
Everyone stretched out their hands to fan the air, but they couldn't help but take a step forward. They saw below that there was indeed a stone box sunk into the ground. The space was not big, but inside, there was something neatly placed.
It was wrapped in bright yellow satin.
Although it had been stored for a long time, the silk still looked new because it had never seen the light of day. When Munch reached out to take it, he could still feel its soft touch.
Everyone's eyes were also fixed on this thing.
Monk handed the torch to the person next to him, then carefully opened the silk wrapping.
A jade disc carved from white marble appeared before everyone's eyes.
Surprisingly, it is a real jade disc!
Zhu Feng couldn't help but frown.
In Yan State, the so-called jade disc is actually just a document recording the royal family members. However, he did not expect that the jade disc of Neng State was actually a real jade disc.
And you can faintly see some words on it.
Although the characters are from the Kingdom of Neng, we can guess that what is engraved is probably the name of Princess Tana, her birth date, etc.
Nan Yan couldn't help but sigh softly.
"It really is a jade disc!"
Monk smiled and said, "I just said it's different from what you think."
but--
Nan Yan raised her head and looked at him: "Does this have anything to do with how to determine my blood relationship?"
Monk said calmly, "Didn't I tell you before? You need to use witchcraft."
Nan Yan looked at him with wide eyes: "Can you?"
Monk shook his head and smiled faintly: "I won't."
“…”
"It will."
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