Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2339 Bring a Message 1.0

Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao all came over, looked at the three pictures in Shen Cha's hand, and shook their heads at her.

"I can't tell where this place is. It seems that we can only know it after we catch the person." Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Cha, "What were you whispering with Xiao Linzi and Xiao Ye just now?"

"Nothing, just let them go out and put on a show." Shen Cha smiled, looked at the three pictures spread out, pointed to the last one and said, "This landform looks like an island, which is completely different from the other two. But you're right, we can't tell anything from this. We're not very familiar with many places, so we still need to find someone familiar to take a look."

"Do you want to draw this picture too?" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, "I'm afraid Lao Liu doesn't have the ability to do so."

"No, since this map is hidden in such a secret place, it is naturally more important, so we will accept it without hesitation." Shen Cha folded the map intact, wrapped it in oil paper again, and handed it to Shen Haolin, "I will feel more at ease if I leave it with my brother." Seeing Xue Ruitian looking at her, she raised her eyebrows slightly, "Don't look at it. People who always lose something every time they go out are not trustworthy."

"That's right!" Jin Miaomiao patted Xue Ruitian on the shoulder. "You don't have to refute it. When we received the news and rushed over, this guy almost threw his jade pendant away. We don't know how he did it. So, no matter what good things we have, we can't give them to him."

"I thought so too." Shen Cha watched Shen Haolin put the oil paper package away properly, and breathed a sigh of relief. He asked the guard next to him to bring the black iron box over and checked it carefully. He was relieved when he found nothing. "I don't know where they stole this box from. Black iron is very rare. Ordinary people, even royal relatives, would not easily use it to make big things, right?"

"Black iron is generally used in weapons, such as knives, swords, or bows and arrows, because it is hard and indestructible. If you have a weapon made of black iron, you will be invincible on the battlefield, but it is not far behind." Shen Haolin nodded gently, "It also has another advantage, which is that it is impervious to water and fire, and it cannot be burned or deformed. It can also be immersed in the deep sea for a long time without any changes." He looked at Xue Ruitian and saw that he was staring at the box thoughtfully, so he reached out and pulled him, "What are you thinking about?"

"I heard a rumor."

"What's the rumor?" Jin Miaomiao looked at Xue Ruitian curiously, "Tell me about it."

"The last emperor of the previous dynasty once got a large piece of black iron. He didn't use it to make weapons, but no one knows what he used it for. But the black iron is indeed gone." Xue Ruitian carefully studied the carvings and patterns on the iron box. "Look at the pattern on it. It is indeed the style that the royal family liked at the end of the previous dynasty. And you see." He pointed to the pattern on the front of the box. "Auspicious dragon pattern, who dares to use this except the royal family? Even though the last emperor of the previous dynasty was a puppet and was not welcomed by others, no one dared to use this. If caught, it would be a serious crime of killing all nine generations of the family."

"Brother Xiaotian, what you mean is..." Shen Cha couldn't believe her own guess, "They robbed the tomb of the Last Emperor? Impossible?" She looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu, and then at Jin Miaomiao, "I know that Master Falian hates everyone who sat on that chair after his father, but the Last Emperor was also forced to do something. It's unreasonable for him to hate the Last Emperor!" "Master Falian may not be judged by ordinary people. He had the opportunity to sit on that chair, and even felt that he had the ability to change the fate of the previous dynasty. But because of the confrontation between the forces in the court and his father, he became an abandoned child. Not only was he forced to become a monk at such a young age, he also almost lost his life. If it weren't for his mother, master and the people around him who saved him again and again, he would have died long ago." Xue Ruitian sighed softly and looked at the box, "If it were you, would you not hate him?"

"That's true, but..." Shen Cha touched his chin, still a little hesitant, "Is this enough for him to rob the tomb of his own junior? Even if he wanted to rob, he should have robbed his father's, right?"

"Maybe he didn't go there on purpose, but happened to come across it and took it by chance." Xue Ruitian touched his chin. "Master Falian knows his origins, but his subordinates may not know. He may have to wait until his subordinates robbed the ancient tomb before he realized it was his family's tomb. But what he did was done, so it's useless to say anything more, right?"

"That's quite reasonable." Shen Cha sighed softly and looked at the black iron box. "This box is not light or small. How did they sneakily bring it back? Anyone who knows a little bit about black iron will know that they will treasure it. How did they get it? There is one more thing." She looked at Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, and then at the others. "If the owner of this box is the Last Emperor, then the three pictures in the oil paper package, did the Last Emperor find out something? Did he know about the existence of Master Falian?"

"Yes, this is the key." Shen Haolin nodded. "According to this line of thought, he either sent people to these places to kill Master Falian, or went to this place to find Master Falian. Unfortunately, no matter which one he did, he failed."

"That's true. He has no useful people under his command, and he has no way to escape from the imperial city. So, even if he knew that Master Falian was likely in one of these three places, he could do nothing about it." Xue Ruitian spread his hands, "But who helped him find Master Falian?" He looked at the others, "It can't be Master Falian himself, right?"

"I don't know." Shen Cha shook her head gently, "He may have someone, but not enough for him to hurt Master Falian, nor enough for him to escape from the imperial city. After all, he is just a decoration, just a puppet, and can't do anything." She looked at the box and couldn't help but curled the corners of her lips, "This last emperor's little thoughts and little calculations are quite loud."

"What do you mean?" Jin Miaomiao was puzzled and looked at Shen Cha, "What's the little abacus?"

"If I'm not mistaken, he left these things behind on purpose, hoping that someone could use the contents of the box to deal with Master Falian. In his opinion, the fall of the previous dynasty is only a matter of time, and the newly established dynasty will not tolerate the existence of the princes of the previous dynasty. If this box is lost and falls into the hands of the rulers of the new dynasty, they will follow the clues and annihilate Master Falian in one fell swoop."

"Use our hands to kill the person he wants to kill?" Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, both of whom nodded in agreement with Shen Cha's statement. Then she looked at Xia Jiu and Shen Jiu, who seemed to be thinking about something, and sighed softly, "Sure enough, those who can sit on that chair are not easy to deal with!"