Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1026 A Joke of a Narrow Escape
"Wait a moment!"

Lei Yu took a step forward and shouted, "Are you going to kill so many of us just for him?"

Master Jia sneered and said, "I have just said that people die for money and birds die for food. Since you have come here for the treasure in Zuo Gong's Tomb, you should be prepared to die here for these things."

Lei Yu frowned and was speechless.

Who would have thought that this man was so paranoid that he would kill someone just because they coveted Zuo Gong's tomb; moreover, from the fact that he suddenly disappeared last night and reappeared now with full preparation, it was obvious that he was determined not to let them leave this stone chamber alive.

Seeing that Master Jia was about to light the tung oil on the ground again, Lu Xiao suddenly said, "But this is not the tomb of Zuo Gong, is it?"

"..."

His hand hesitated for a moment, then stopped and looked up at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao slowly stood up. Even at this critical moment of life and death, she still maintained her charming charm. However, only she knew that her palms were full of cold sweat while she was speaking, which stimulated the wound and caused it to hurt continuously.

She sneered and said, "Even if all of us have to die for money, at least we should know where the money is."

"..."

"It's worth even taking a look."

That Master Jia sneered and said, "You guys, you can't see it."

Lu Xiao was startled, and Ashina Zhuxie immediately asked, "What do you mean?"

Master Jia said, "In fact, your guess is correct. Zuo Gong's tomb is indeed on Tianding Mountain, but not on the South Peak."

Ashina Zhuxie calculated silently in his mind and immediately understood that the slightly lower mountain they were walking on was in the south, which was the South Peak he mentioned, and the taller one was obviously the North Peak. So he asked, "Could it be on the North Peak?"

Master Jia shook his head coldly.

Ashina Zhuye was even more confused: "Then what do you mean by saying that Zuo Gong's tomb is suspected to be in Tianding Mountain?"

Everyone was also confused by Master Jia's words, and at this moment, Wang Shaoqiu's weak voice sounded, and he said: "I... know."

Everyone looked back hurriedly, only to see that he had managed to prop up his upper body and sat in a corner against the stone wall. This movement had obviously exhausted his strength. His face was red, almost black, his lips were purple, and the bottom of his eyes were bloodshot. He looked like a demon crawling out of hell. Lu Xiao only glanced at him, then turned away with a complicated expression.

Master Jia looked at him coldly: "You, know something."

Wang Shaoqiu's breath was already very weak, but he took a few deep breaths, as if trying his best to keep himself alive, and said, "Yes, it's because of the earthquake that happened back then..."

"..."

Master Jia didn't say anything, but his eyes dimmed slightly.

Wang Shaoqiu said: "The suspected tomb of Zuo Gong... is indeed on Tianding Mountain, but eleven years ago... there was an earthquake... that changed the Tianding Mountain Range. After the sky collapsed and the earth sank... these two peaks in the north and south were left. Since it is not on these two peaks, there is only one possibility -"

Ashina Zhuxie looked at him: "What's possible?" Wang Shaoqiu looked at him weakly, and suddenly a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. There seemed to be an unspeakable irony in that smile, but he didn't know whether this irony was directed at the other person or at himself.

He said: "I'm afraid Zuo Gong's tomb has long been buried deep underground."

"What!?"

Ashina Zhuxie was horrified, stepped forward and stared at him: "Are you telling the truth?"

Wang Shaoqiu spoke those words just now very softly, but each word was so heavy that it seemed to crush everyone here. After he finished speaking, he did not have the strength to speak again. He just drooped his eyelids weakly, shook his head gently and chuckled.

This smile means consent.

Ashina Zhuxie seemed still unable to believe it, and seeing his powerless appearance, he quickly turned back to look at Master Jia, only to see that for the first time a trace of desolation flashed in the other's cold eyes.

Ashina Zhuxie was stunned.

When Lei Yu, who was standing beside him, heard these words, he looked at Wang Shaoqiu's eyes which gradually dimmed, like a candle in the wind, then looked at Ashina Zhuxie with a frown and a haggard expression, and then looked at the people around who had followed them here after risking their lives. Each of their faces showed numbness and helplessness after being shocked, and suddenly an endless desolation arose in his heart.

I see.

When Zuo Chen'an died, in order to prevent disaster after death, he set up several fake tombs to confuse the world, and secretly built his real mausoleum in Tianding Mountain. He thought that he could escape the covetousness of the world, but he still underestimated the greed of human nature. There are still people who go to great lengths to travel thousands of miles and cross thousands of mountains and rivers to find the treasure inside; but he did not expect that after so many hardships, some people were injured and even died for this, but it turned out that more than ten years ago, an earthquake had completely buried his tomb deep underground, and it had long been difficult to find any trace of it.

Everything is empty.

All the hardships, intrigues, and scheming they had gone through along the way now seemed like a joke of a life-and-death struggle.

Ashina Zhuxie's expression gradually turned ugly. He shook his head vigorously and said, "I don't believe it. How could it be possible? We, we went through so much trouble to find this place, but it had already been - I don't believe it!"

Along with his furious voice, Wang Shaoqiu also let out a chuckle that sounded like a sigh.

He shook his head, and slid down to the ground with increasing powerlessness, saying, "Things in life are unpredictable."

Lei Yu turned to look at him, his brows furrowed, unable to utter a word.

At this moment, a soft sigh came from the long tomb passage.

The sound was so soft that no one in the stone chamber seemed to have heard it yet, but Master Jia heard it immediately. His body stiffened, and the hand holding the torch trembled slightly. He turned his head slowly as if in disbelief. Before he could see what was in the dark tomb passage behind him, he heard a familiar voice sighing and saying, "The palaces and palaces will eventually return to dust."

"..."

"What's more, what about a small suspicious grave?"

Upon hearing this voice, Master Jia's face immediately darkened.

This time, the people in the stone chamber also heard it, and there was a sudden chaos in the crowd. Lei Yu and Lu Xiao both showed surprise and joy on their faces. Lu Xiao couldn't wait to take a step forward, but with the torch held high by Master Jia in front of her, she couldn't see clearly what was in the dark tomb passage behind him. But Master Jia also turned his head, and the firelight flickered, finally illuminating the way they came.

In the dark tomb passage, two familiar figures slowly walked into everyone's sight.