Chapter 1025 Full of Deadly Intent
Green Silk's eyes were initially panicked and numb. When she saw the handkerchief, she was still somewhat dazed. She subconsciously took it but didn't know what to do. However, when she thought of something and looked down at it carefully, she immediately recognized it. Her soft and charming eyes were filled with disbelief.
She looked up at Wang Shaoqiu: "What happened to you—"
Wang Shaoqiu continued to look at her.
The entire stone chamber fell silent.
The Turkic soldiers had no idea about the deep-seated hatred between the two, nor did they understand what the seemingly ordinary, half-new handkerchief meant. But Lei Yu, standing behind Lü Xiao, understood perfectly. She was also somewhat incredulous, but at this moment, nothing she said was more real or clear than what she did.
She looked at Wang Shaoqiu's face with a solemn expression, and the hand that was holding Lüxiao's shoulder could feel her trembling uncontrollably. In an instant, it was as if she was also swallowed up by some sudden, overwhelming emotion, almost suffocating her.
Wang Shaoqiu—
Just as Lüxiao was in a state of confusion, with hundreds of thoughts bubbling up in her mind like bubbles in a boiling pot of soup, she seemed to actually hear the sound of water.
At this moment, the crowd, who had been quietly and blankly watching Lüxiao and Wang Shaoqiu, suddenly noticed something, and someone shouted, "What is that!"
Everyone hurriedly turned their heads and looked in the direction the person who shouted was pointing, and they were immediately shocked!
A stream of water suddenly flowed down the passageway they had come from, quickly spreading across the floor of the stone chamber and soon reaching their feet. The Turkic soldiers standing on the outermost edge hurriedly stepped away from the water, and then their brows furrowed and they inhaled sharply, as if they had smelled something.
Li Miao and Gao Chen sniffed and immediately recognized the smell: "It's tung oil!"
"What!?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was even more shocked. Before they could react, they saw several planks of wood suddenly fly out of the passageway, along with wood chips that fell down, instantly covering the passageway leading into the stone chamber.
Then, a ball of fire flickered from outside and slowly approached.
A familiar face appeared outside the cave.
It was actually that young master Jia!
He was dressed in all black, his thin figure seemingly about to be swallowed up by the surrounding darkness. Fortunately, he held a torch high in his hand, which illuminated his disheveled face and his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"you--"
Upon seeing him appear behind them, and noticing the tung oil on the ground and the pile of wood scraps clearly intended to burn them alive and block the escape route of those inside the stone chamber, Ashina Zhuxie immediately understood. His face turned ashen, and he stepped forward, shouting, "How dare you—"
Young Master Jia's thick beard trembled slightly, as if he were smiling, but no one could see his smile; all they could see was the bone-chilling coldness emanating from his eyes.
He said coldly, "Khan, why bother?"
Only then did everyone finally hear his voice clearly.
Because he no longer deliberately lowered his voice, his voice was not only youthful, but also powerful and full of energy. It was not only clearly the voice of a young man, but you could also feel that he was physically strong and even a martial artist!
He said slowly, "As the saying goes, people die for wealth and birds die for food. Since you have come for the treasure of Zuo Gong's suspected tomb, you should be prepared to die here along with the treasure. Otherwise, what kind of death is it to die for wealth?"
Ashina Zhuxie was startled and his eyes widened.
Meanwhile, Wang Shaoqiu's face had turned bright red, his lips were gradually turning blue, and the veins in his eyes were bulging, making his eyes look as if they were about to be squeezed out of their sockets by blood. This made him look particularly ferocious and terrifying. He said in a hoarse voice, "You, so this place really is, Zuo Gong's suspected tomb?"
Young Master Jia coldly observed his clearly poisoned state and said, "Does it make any difference to someone who is about to die?"
"..."
"Just remember that it was your brother who forced my brother to his death, so you should pay with your life here today. That's enough."
Upon hearing this, no one else reacted, except for Lei Yu, Li Miao, and others who frowned. Lü Xiao gasped sharply, her grip on the handkerchief tightening.
She had followed Xiao Yuansui and participated in the Zuo family rebellion. Although Li Miao and Gao Chen had not participated in the suppression of the rebellion, they had heard about the battle back then. They both knew that although Zuo Heng's rebellion was suppressed by the loyalist armies from various places, the person who finally besieged Zuo Heng was Wang Shaoji, the Right Guard General at the time!
However, Wang Shaoqiu was on leave due to illness and did not participate in the battle.
I have never met any of the people involved.
for example--
"You, are Zuo Tian?"
At this moment, Lüxiao finally regained her composure from the shock. She silently stood up and walked to the front of the crowd. Finally, by the light of the fire, she could see the disheveled and unrecognizable face, but she still couldn't believe it and said, "You, you are really Zuo Tian?"
Those sharp eyes glanced at her only once before coldly turning away.
Ashina Zhuxie silently stepped forward, standing in front of everyone. Beneath his feet was the accumulated tung oil, the somewhat pungent smell of which was only now becoming clear. His mind also cleared up a bit, and he guessed that this tomb passage and this tomb chamber must have been dug out by this "Young Master Jia" some time ago to bury the headless corpse in the coffin. Judging from his arrangements here and his wariness of everyone, he probably had long anticipated that one day someone would come to Tian Ding Mountain to find him because of Zuo Gong's suspected tomb. Therefore, he must have dug another inconspicuous tunnel in the passageway as a hiding place, and he also hid tung oil in it.
Just now, taking advantage of the fact that everyone opened the coffin and the pungent smell inside confused their sense of smell, he was able to take the opportunity to splash the tung oil down.
Before the group, startled by the venomous snake, could notice that he had moved the pile of wood scraps in the outer passageway to the cave entrance to block them—the wood scraps were probably leftovers from making the thin-skinned coffin.
Having figured all this out, a cold glint flashed in Ashina Zhuxie's eyes.
He asked, "What do you want to do?"
Young Master Jia said coldly, "What can I do?"
"..."
"For so many years, all I've wanted is peace and quiet, but I know there will always be people in this world who won't let me or my loved ones have peace and quiet."
"..."
"So now, I will get rid of the person who is preventing me from having peace and regain my peace."
After saying that, he bent down and was about to use the torch in his hand to ignite the tung oil on the ground.
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