Chapter 205 The Fifth Ancestor is a Concubine

Song Jie: “…”

Song Jie was about to ask something, but Jia Jidao suddenly tilted his head, lay on the golden silk quilt, and closed his eyes.

Song Jie: “…”

"He looks dead."

Li Jidao also discovered it, how could it be such a coincidence?

Song Jie raised his hand, and Li Jidao knew that he wanted to use his perception to detect whether Jia Jidao was really dead or not.

She grabbed his wrist and said, "Don't do that. He's very powerful. If he's faking his death and deliberately waiting for you, what if he bites you back? You might die or become disabled."

Song Jie thought: "What should I do?"

Li Jidao thought for a moment and said, "We don't want to use mysterious methods when we encounter problems. Think about it, how do ordinary people live? What do ordinary people do when they encounter such things?"

"It may not be accurate to sniff your breath." Song Jie said, "Since he said he was waiting for you, maybe he knew that you knew he stole your ancestor's corpse, so he planned it in advance, said some nonsense, and then faked his death to deceive you."

Li Jidao blinked his eyes and said, "I mean, scratch your soles. Even if you have a high level of cultivation, you will be afraid. Scratch your soles, right? If not, how about scratching your groin?"

Song Jie:?

Is this what ordinary people do?

You are such an ordinary person, you can't be too worried when you see others dead or not.

Song Jie looked at Li Jidao speechlessly.

Li Jidao handed him three "thin ropes" made of hair.

"Me?"

"What else?"

Song Jie: “!!”

Fortunately, the old man was not wearing shoes or socks. Song Jie hit him twice with his hair, but he didn't move. He injected his perception, but he still didn't move.

I tried the dimples on my waist and armpits, but nothing moved.

"He is really dead." Song Jie said.

Li Jidao was speechless: "But..."

She came to look for the body and ask questions about the body.

I just heard the truth, don't marry Song Jie, why did the old man suddenly die?

Isn't that the clue broken?

Song Jie walked to the entrance, picked up a torch that had been placed there, and waved his head towards Li Jidao: "In fact, we already have a lot of clues. Let's look for more."

They began to climb the tower level by level.

There was a patio in the middle of the tower, which meant it was hollow, and there was almost no place for people to stay except on the stairs.

However, these boards have been in disrepair for many years. They creak when you step on them and feel like they will collapse at any time, which is a bit scary.

Li Jidao leaned on the railing and looked at the top floor: "This body needs to be chopped up. Can it be placed on top?"

So there can't be a corpse on it.

Song Jie used his perception to magnify his consciousness. He frowned slightly and said, "There is no body on it, but there are several urns of ashes with labels on them. They have the names of your family members and yours."

Li Ji said: "..."

“Ashes?”

No need to ask, it must have been burned by Jia Jidao.

But didn’t Jia Jidao say that a corpse was needed to unlock the legendary map? Why did he burn the ashes?

Can it be opened only by ashes?

Li Jidao shook his head secretly. He had never heard that ashes were more useful than flesh.

So, is this Jia Jidao going against the royal family and destroying the corpse in the hope of preventing the legend from being passed down?

Of course, these assumptions are based on the assumption that the ashes really belong to their family.

If not, then it is just a cover-up, but where is the body?

Just as Li Jidao was thinking, a voice came from the terrazzo floor of the patio: "Don't look for it anymore. The bodies are all fake. These ashes should be real."

Song Jie reminded Li Ji: "It's Cui Chengfeng."

Li Jidao said, "He must have seen the vulture fly away and followed it."

Li Jidao asked Song Jie to help bring down a jar of ashes.

Song Jie took the altar that belonged to her.

She reached out and touched it, and indeed felt a blood connection. It must be her own relative.

It seems that Jia Jidao really burned these bodies.

So, what Jia Jidao said before his death might be true. He hated the emperor and started to oppose the Song family, so he told Li Jidao this secret in the hope that Li Jidao would stop the Song family from opening the heirloom map.

Li Jidao thought to himself that I can’t just kill one person and burn them all, so the only option is rebellion.

But she still doesn't know what the corpse is used for.

Aren’t living people useful?

But if the corpse was useful, why did this old man suddenly talk about her marriage with Song Jie?

Li Jidao felt like he had missed something, and the key point was that he couldn't grasp it.

She couldn't figure it out, so she looked at Cui Chengfeng: "How did you find it? What did you find?"

Cui Chengfeng glanced at Song Jie and said, "That Qian Lang is still trapped. He told me everything when I asked him. That's why I came here."

Li Ji said: "..."

Forgot.

I really forgot about Qianlang.

Cui Chengfeng handed a wooden sign to Li Ji and said, "I found it in the underground secret room, under the old man's quilt.

Li Jidao took it and looked at it, frowning slightly. Isn't this the green card in the palace?

Used by the emperor to flip the cards.

The sign was very old, and the name had been painted off, but Li Jidao felt sick when he saw it.

Because the name above is the name of her fifth ancestor.

Li Ji said: "..."

"It must be someone with the same name..."

But concubines don’t write their names.

Concubines’ titles were all written here, why did this one use her name?

Which concubine's title is the name of Li Jidao's fifth ancestor?

Song Jie took it and looked at it, saying, "This is the green card of the Crown Princess's concubine."

"The founding emperor had only one daughter, the crown princess. In order to continue the family line, he selected 3,000 concubines, and finally gave birth to a son."

Li Ji said: "!!!"

I understand. It makes sense.

I remember.

The fifth ancestor took one child away and left the other child with the other party.

Considering his status, who could make the Fifth Ancestor live in seclusion like a lost dog? It turned out to be the Crown Princess.

Why did the Crown Princess want to kill the Five Ancestors?

They all have children.

Li Jidao looked at Song Jie and Cui Chengfeng, feeling a little disappointed.

She suddenly thought of one thing: Song Jie was a member of the royal family, a prince.

Who is the Crown Princess? She is the heir to the throne.

But the Fifth Patriarch was too powerful.

If two princes were born, one would definitely be made the crown prince. The royal family was afraid that the fifth ancestor, Emperor Zongxian, would allow the princes to overthrow the dynasty, so the concubines must be killed, and the crown prince's biological father could not be spared.

No wonder there is still resentment between the lines of the Fifth Patriarch's handwritten letter.

This is how he was stabbed in the back by the woman he loved.

Li Jidao also thought of one thing. Song Jie was also a descendant of the Crown Princess. So Song Jie was also a descendant of the Fifth Ancestor.

The fifth ancestor, the sixth ancestor, the seventh ancestor, Aye, and myself.

It’s not even five mourning periods yet.

Fortunately, I died quickly in my previous life, otherwise this would be so inappropriate.

Cui Chengfeng asked at this time: "Ah Jian, this name sounds familiar to me, is he a relative of yours?"

"no."

Li Jidao put away the green card and shook his head, saying, "How could a relative of mine become a concubine? Don't joke about this."