Chapter 464: Trumpet Creeper
Pei Qingning told Jiujiu all these things.
After listening to this, Jiujiu said, "It seems that Zhongzhou is not peaceful anymore! The people of the Supreme Alliance have also started to have evil intentions. The world will be in chaos."
"Yeah." Di Jiang nodded with a heavy expression.
Next, there are some troubles!
"I'm going to kill them!" Qin Nian didn't care whether these people stole the treasure or not. As long as they achieved their goal, they deserved to die if they dared to target Jiao Yan.
Qin Nian went to kill people right after he finished speaking. He was already feeling depressed, so when he killed people, he naturally showed no mercy and was extremely brutal.
Jiujiu and Dijiang were both shocked when they saw this.
This method of killing is really cruel!
Pei Qingning only took a few glances and then started vomiting. The scene was too bloody and too nauseating.
Pei Qingning's face turned pale from vomiting, and there was sour water coming up in her throat.
Jiujiu looked a little worried. She patted Pei Qingning's back with concern and asked, "Miss Pei, are you okay?"
"...I'm not going to die yet." Pei Qingning waved his hands with his back to Jiujiu, complaining in his heart: "What kind of living devil is this Qin Nian? He is so cruel? It's too scary."
"If it weren't for the princess and the others, I would have run away."
Di Jiang glanced at Jiujiu and said, "Let's go to Zhongzhou later! Check these things, and then we can talk about taking down Dongcang."
"Well, okay." Things have to be prioritized. It seems that the conflicts in Zhongzhou are huge, so we have to resolve the issues in Zhongzhou first. Jiujiu understands this.
After Qin Nian finished killing the man, he took off his blood-stained robe, threw it aside, and said, "Princess, Your Majesty, shall we continue to move forward?"
Several people continued to grope forward. After two incense sticks, they came to a stone room and there was no way ahead.
The stone chamber is surrounded by stone walls on all four sides, and at the four corners of the walls, there are four tomb-guarding beasts.
The tomb-guarding beast is not tall, but has a strange appearance, like a god but not a god, like a beast but not a beast, something in between the two, and exudes a somewhat mysterious and terrifying aura.
Looking at the location of the tomb guardian beast, it seems to be guarding the center of the stone chamber.
Logically speaking, the coffin of the Mermaid Saint should be in the center.
But, there is nothing in the center.
"How strange."
"Something's wrong."
Qin Nian muttered.
Jiujiu reminded, "Could there be a hidden mechanism here? A secret room? Let's try these bricks? See if there are any that are hollow, or have some hidden secrets?"
"Jiujiu is right, let's try it."
A few people tried it and really found a few empty bricks that corresponded to the position of the tomb-guarding beast. As long as they aimed at the tomb-guarding beast and pressed the mechanism, they could enter the tomb chamber on the next level where the Mermaid Saint was.
With the cooperation of several people, the main tomb chamber of the Mermaid Saint was opened.
The main tomb chamber is located below the center of the stone chamber.
Just follow the opened bricks and step on the stairs to go down.
Several people walked down slowly.
This tomb is more magnificent than any other place above. There are many funerary objects in it, which are extremely valuable. There are also some broken books, porcelain, cloth, incense burners and so on...
And in the very center, there is a huge coffin.
Let’s not talk about the person lying in the coffin, let’s talk about the skeleton outside the coffin.
There were no signs of fighting in the tomb, and the gold, silver and treasures were all there, so the skeleton should not be that of an enemy. It might be a person buried with the deceased, or it might be someone who had a close relationship with the Saint Maiden Jiaoyan.
However, burying living people with the dead was prohibited when the Western Chu Kingdom was founded. It was presumed that the man was not a burial companion, but someone who had a close relationship with the Saint Maiden Jiaoyan.
Several people came forward to check.
Judging from the appearance of the skeleton, it is a man. Looking at the posture of the skeleton, it can be inferred that the man must have died lying on his side, leaning against the coffin.
Seeing that his skull is always looking at the coffin, he must be very attached to the person in the coffin and looking forward to reuniting with him, which is why he keeps this posture.
"Look, there is a sword covered in dust next to the skeleton." Pei Qingning said.
Jiujiu and Dijiang stepped forward to take a look. This sword is a good sword, no worse than their Longyuan Sword and Fengming Sword. Seeing the words "Chixiao" engraved on the hilt, this sword should be called Chixiao Sword!
Scarlet Sky Sword? Xiao?
Ling Xiao?
Could it be Ling Xiao’s sword?
And could this corpse be Ling Xiao’s corpse?
Jiujiu looked at Qin Nian in confusion. Qin Nian was already in tears at this moment. He suddenly let go of all the grudges in his heart. All he was left with was heartache, powerlessness and pain.
As if he knew Jiujiu and the others' questions, he finally stopped avoiding mentioning Ling Xiao, and said bluntly: "The owner of this corpse is Ling Xiao."
"This sword is his, too."
Seeing that Qin Nian was very firm and did not have any doubt, Jiujiu asked, "Why are you so sure?"
"The reason why I recognized Ling Xiao at a glance, besides because of this sword, was also because of the toe bones of the right foot of this corpse."
"Many years ago, Ling Xiao and I fought, and Ling Xiao stabbed me twice with his sword. In a fit of rage, I cut off two toes on his right foot."
After hearing this, Jiujiu and Dijiang hurriedly looked at the toe bones of the corpse, and sure enough, two toe bones on the right foot were missing.
"But when Jiao Yan died, he was fine and not dead!"
"Why are you here now?"
"Could it be that he committed suicide for love?"
Qin Nian shook her head with tearful eyes.
"He is such a modest gentleman, a unique person in the world, he always has a smile on his face, and he has never had any dark or shameful thoughts in his heart. How could he commit suicide for love? I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
Qin Nian looked around the coffin, trying to find some evidence to prove that Ling Xiao did not die for love, but he found nothing.
Instead, Jiujiu found a few words carved on the coffin where the corpse was lying on its side.
The engraving is crooked, but you can still make out what the words are.
"Life and death follow each other."
A life and death companionship explains everything.
After Jiao Yan died, Ling Xiao committed suicide for love.
After seeing those four words, Qin Nian stood there for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing this, Jiujiu changed the subject, "Qin Nian, don't think about anything else, just open the coffin and take a look. Aren't you anxious to see the Holy Maiden Jiao Yan?"
"We also want to see the peerless beauty of the Mermaid Saint."
"In the past, I only heard various news about the Holy Maiden Jiao Yan from other people, but I have never seen her. Since her body is not decayed, I must take a good look at her today."
"Yes, yes!" Pei Qingning agreed.
Qin Nian didn't say anything, nor was he in a hurry to open the coffin. He just stared blankly at the corpse leaning against the coffin, with indescribable complex emotions in his eyes.
Jiujiu and Dijiang waited for a long time, and seeing that Qin Nian still had no intention of opening the coffin, they took the lead and opened the coffin.
The moment the coffin was opened, what they saw was not the Holy Maiden Jiao Yan, but trumpet creepers. The coffin was full of trumpet creepers and there was a strong smell of medicine. It should be the trumpet creepers that were preserved by medicine.
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