Chapter 394: The Fiancé Ran Away with the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (19)
"But even if I can find it, it will take me a lot of time and energy. Maybe what I get in the end won't even be worth the money I spent on the search." Shu Shichu said again.
"..." The old man was choked by her words. He had spent most of his life looking for this treasure, so he knew that Shu Shichu was right. But at this moment, apart from this treasure map, he had nothing else to ask her for help. So, with his last hope, he told her another important news, "Miss, have you noticed that the martial arts world is very lively recently? Not only have the big sects become active, but even many heroes who have retired from the martial arts world have come out."
When Shu Shichu heard what he said, he immediately perked up and asked excitedly, "Did something big happen?"
The old man nodded and said, "It's for the treasures of the previous dynasty. Legend has it that before the last emperor of the previous dynasty completely perished, he had people secretly hide all the money in the treasury, hoping to save it for future restoration of the country. But later, the last emperor failed to escape and was killed. The whereabouts of the treasures he took away were lost. It has been almost two hundred years, and no one has found it yet.
But in the past two months, there have been rumors that a treasure map of the former royal family's treasure has been circulated, so everyone is eager to get their hands on it. After all, it is such a huge fortune. Whoever gets it will be truly rich enough to rival a country. Even those famous and upright people cannot resist this temptation. "
After Shu Shichu finished listening to this very classic legend, his excitement disappeared. This rumor was unreliable no matter how he looked at it. It seemed like a trap set for people in the underworld. Maybe the person who spread this news behind the scenes wanted to disrupt the underworld and wipe out all the forces in it.
"You're not thinking that the incomplete treasure map you got might be the treasure map of the previous dynasty's royal family, are you?" Shu Shichu asked the old man directly, "But didn't you find this treasure map more than ten years ago? It's a long time away from the treasure map that has been rumored in the past two months, right? Also, was the tomb you robbed the tomb of the previous dynasty?"
The old man shook his head and said, "It's not a tomb from the previous dynasty, but it's the tomb of a famous eunuch from the previous dynasty. That eunuch was named Zhang Ying." After saying that, he looked at Shu Shichu meaningfully.
Shu Shichu understood immediately that Zhang Ying was the most useful eunuch leader around the last emperor of the previous dynasty. He was trusted by the emperor and had great power. It was said that he could even review memorials for the emperor. If he said that he had a treasure map of the royal treasures of the previous dynasty, it would be highly credible.
"Didn't they say that he disappeared after the fall of the previous dynasty? Didn't no one know his whereabouts? How do you know that is Zhang Ying's tomb?" Shu Shichu asked again.
"I found his identity certificate in his coffin, as well as many treasures specially bestowed on him by the emperor of the previous dynasty. These are consistent with the historical records, so that must be Zhang Ying's tomb." The old man said confidently.
Shu Shichu believed him temporarily: "Well, you can use that incomplete treasure map to exchange for my help."
The old man was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, young lady! My daughter and I are very grateful!"
Bai Xiuxiu was also very happy and said, "We dare not beg too much. We just hope that the young lady can help us get out of the city when the city gate opens tomorrow."
"Okay." Shu Shichu agreed readily and fed them the other half of the antidote. After a while, the two men completely regained their ability to move.
The old man took out an envelope from his underwear, took out the well-preserved treasure map, and reluctantly handed it to Shu Shichu, saying, "I'll give this treasure map to you, young lady. I hope you can successfully decipher it."
Shu Shichu took it and looked at it. There were very complex and abstract patterns drawn on it. It looked like messy scribbling lines and did not look like a map at all. No wonder the old man had spent most of his life trying to find this place. Shu Shichu was also confused after seeing it, but now was not the time to decipher it, so she put the treasure map away.
"I will disguise you as other people who have nothing in common with your current appearance. I will also leave tomorrow, and you just need to follow me out of the city then." Shu Shichu said straightforwardly.
"Can you disguise yourself?" Bai Xiu Xiu asked in surprise. She herself had also thought about disguising herself and leaving, but she didn't have the skill, so she could only roughly smear mud on her face. It was simple and crude, but very unsafe. As long as she wiped it with water, her true appearance would be revealed. Now that she heard that Shu Shichu could disguise himself, she was naturally very happy.
Shu Shichu nodded, glanced at her, and said, "Don't worry, my disguise skills are pretty good. I guarantee that even your biological father won't be able to recognize you after you've disguised yourself."
"That's great!" Bai Xiu Xiu was very happy, and Old Man Bai looked at her excitedly.
Shu Shichu asked them to sit down at the table, found his disguise tools, and began to disguise the two of them.
Because Bai Xiu Xiu was now wearing men's clothes, Shu Shichu simply disguised her as a lifelike young man.
She first wiped the dirt off Bai Xiu Xiu's face, then took out the disguise potion she had prepared and applied a layer of white and yellowish camouflage on Bai Xiu Xiu's face. Then she used a strange pen to start putting on makeup for her. This makeup was not the kind of makeup that ordinary girls put on to look good, but a makeup that would obviously change the shape of the eyes, the height of the nose bridge, the size of the lips, etc.
The old man Bai watched Shu Shichu slowly help his daughter change her appearance. He was so shocked that his eyes widened as he watched his daughter change from a pretty girl with soft features to an ordinary-looking boy with yellowish skin and tough features. If he had not seen with his own eyes how his daughter changed, he really would not have believed that this honest boy in front of him, who had changed not only her appearance but even her gender, was his daughter!
Shu Shichu stuck the carefully pinched "Adam's apple" to the middle of Bai Xiuxiu's neck, and used disguise potion to carefully blend the edge of the Adam's apple with the surrounding skin. Only when he was sure that it was seamless did he stop with satisfaction.
"This...is this a good disguise?" the old man asked in a daze.
"Not yet." Shu Shichu said, pulling up Bai Xiuxiu's hands, painting her hands the same color as her face, and deliberately thickening her finger joints to make them look like the hands of a teenager who was used to doing rough work, and then said, "Now you have changed your appearance."
When Bai Xiuxiu heard her say this, she quickly picked up the bronze mirror and looked at her face carefully. Looking at the strange boy in the mirror, she blurted out in shock: "Who is this?!"
After saying this, she realized, isn't this her? Realizing this, she touched her face with shining eyes and said, "It's really alike, there's no flaw at all..."
(End of this chapter)
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