carved heart

Chapter 98 Holding the Hand (3)
On the second day, Ah Yin was carried into the carriage, and the team moved on.The carriage bumped for two days, Ah Yin coughed up blood in the carriage.Gong'e, who was waiting on Ah Yin, was startled and got out of the carriage.The imperial doctor couldn't stand it anymore, so he dared to tell the emperor.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Miss Yin's body is already showing signs of tuberculosis. If she continues like this, she may not be able to survive for ten days, and it will harm the people around her. Your Majesty, the dragon's body is the most important thing, and you must not hurt the dragon's body because of a woman." .”

Emperor Yongsheng went to see Ah Yin.

She was so angry that the spittoon in the carriage was stained with scarlet blood, as if she would die in a few days.

The emperor finally agreed.

Ah Yin was thrown in an inn, and there was a maid and three guards left behind.Gong'e used to serve Ah Yin in the palace, she talked a lot, but since Ah Yin got sick, she avoided her and felt very unlucky.

After seeing Ah Yin's symptoms, the local doctor shook his head again and again, refusing to come to treat him again, and only left a prescription.Within two days, the shopkeeper of the inn learned about A Yin's illness from nowhere, and drove A Yin and others out that night.

Gong'e and the other guards thought they were unlucky, so they had to find other inns.

Gong'e decocted the medicine, and when she carried it into the room, she heard Ah Yin coughing again.She pouted: "It's really unlucky." She covered the veil on her mouth and tried to stay away from Ah Yin as much as possible, but Ah Yin couldn't drink the medicine by herself, and she didn't want to touch Ah Yin. After thinking about it, she finally poured the medicine into the In a pot beside it.

At this moment, Gong'e heard Ah Yin's voice on the couch.

"Yanmo."

Gong'e suddenly felt a chill down her spine, before she could turn around, her neck was already separated from her head.After a while, the door outside was opened, and Yan Shen walked in, saying, "It's resolved."

Ah Yin slowly sat up from the couch, the sickness was still visible on her face, she glanced at the dead body of Gong'e on the ground, touched the blood bag from her sleeve pocket, threw it aside, and coughed uncontrollably a few times.

Yan Shen was silent for a while, and said, "Young lady's health is important, why don't you rest for a day?"

Ah Yin said: "When you came here last night, I was already much better, it was just a common cold, which didn't bother me." After a pause, she coughed lightly, and said: "You don't need to tell you, Lord Marquis, about this."

Yan Mo squatted on the ground to dispose of the corpse.

Ah Yin leaned against the railing of the bed, and said: "He asked you to come, so you have to listen to me." As she spoke, she looked at Yan Shen and said, "The emperor is very suspicious, and he will send someone to question me every two days. The illness, I believe you can solve this matter, you stay."

Yan Shen said, "I am more familiar with the terrain of southern Xinjiang than Yan Mo."

She had already tied up her cloak, and walked to the door while coughing. When she heard this, she turned her head and smiled deeply at Yan, and said, "You are quite noisy." After finishing speaking, she walked out of the inn.Yan Mo took a look at Yan Shen, put the sack in his hand into his hand, and said in a rare voice: "I know she is the Lord Hou's life."

Yan sighed deeply: "The mistress is actually quite discerning."

After Yanmo walked to the door, "Hello" suddenly sounded behind him, and he didn't look back.

"... Be careful in everything."

There is no winter in southern Xinjiang. After entering southern Xinjiang, the surroundings are as warm as spring, and the ground is covered with green colors. When the wind blows, there is a fragrance of flowers.

Ah Yin untied the cloak on his body.

In just half a month, her wind and cold have improved a lot, and now she has fully recovered in southern Xinjiang.

She whispered: "No wonder this soil can breed Gu insects, the seasons are like spring, full of vitality." She said, suddenly said: "Yanmo, go southeast and stop when you encounter a river."

The words were silent.

Ah Yin likes Yanmo's temperament very much, although he is taciturn, he is not at all vague about what he should do.Along the way, the two of them didn't speak a few words, it can be said that Mo's affairs were done in a safe and thoughtful manner, and sometimes Ah Yin couldn't help feeling Shen Changtang's way of training people.

The carriage traveled for about an hour and stopped at noon.

Yan Mo said, "Here we are."

Ah Yin got out of the carriage and checked the surrounding terrain, which was not much different from what she had imagined.After crossing the river, there is a forest on the opposite side, and further ahead is a continuous mountain range that occupies half of the land in southern Xinjiang. The towering mountains are covered with white snow.

Ah Yin does not have a map in his hand, but the treasure map has long been engraved in his heart.

The map she gave the emperor was real, but she had changed the real treasure location. If she guessed correctly, Emperor Yongsheng and his people must have climbed the snow mountain in the completely opposite direction from her.She clenched her fists, suppressing the excitement in her heart, and said, "Abandon the carriage, let's cross the river."

If it was in the past, Ah Yinding never imagined that one day the treasure map would be involved.When she was a child, she always felt that she was lying to children, but when she grew up, she found that she was actually on the road of treasure hunting.Jiang Gu is very cunning and knows that the most dangerous place is the safest place. The treasure is in the southern border, but not on the most dangerous snow mountain, but in the jungle in front of her.

There are many people from southern Xinjiang with tall noses and deep eyes in the jungle.

Southern Xinjiang has long been incorporated into Daxing's territory. Over the years, they have traded with each other, and many people from the Central Plains have come to southern Xinjiang.Therefore, the appearance of Ah Yin and Yan Mo will not appear abrupt, and few people pay attention to them.

Jiang Yang had given her some insect repellent powder, which came in handy at this moment.

There are probably more people walking in the jungle, and a flat road has been walked out.On the day of her birthday, her grandfather gave her the last nuclear carving, which was in the jungle. At that time, she couldn't understand the deep eyes of her grandfather, but now she understands.

He hid half his life and gave up his beloved, all because of the treasure buried under this jungle.

Ah Yin hired a local young man to lead the way.The location on the treasure map is very clear. Under the leadership of the locals, Ah Yin spent three days finding the entrance of the cave.

A Yin was always cautious, he thanked the young man at the entrance of the cave, and then went in with Yan Mo.The cave was winding and winding, but it was exceptionally quiet, and you could almost hear a needle drop.After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ah Yin saw a stone door by the light of the fire.

The stone gate was a full two feet high, standing in front of the two of them like a copper wall and an iron wall.

A Yin was about to stretch out his hand and try to push, Yan Mo quickly grabbed A Yin and said, "I'll do it." He stretched his muscles and pushed forward with all his strength, but Shimen didn't move at all.

Ah Yin said: "The treasure should be behind this stone gate." She walked a few steps at the stone gate and said, "There should be a mechanism to activate this door, let's look around, if there is a mechanism, it should not be far away .”

She held up the torch and looked carefully at the stone gates from the right side.The mountain wall is stone-gray, hard and hard, probably because it has never been exposed to sunlight, and there are strange lines on it. When Ah Yin was about to lean closer to take a closer look, he suddenly felt tremors creeping up his back. .

There was a chill on the neck.

She looked down and saw a sharp dagger, followed by Emperor Yongsheng's voice.

"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind, come and take these two down."

Ah Yin turned around stiffly, and gradually, the cave was as bright as day, and there were three or forty people crowded in, and the leader of them was Emperor Yongsheng.He looked at her condescendingly, and said, "I have never paid attention to your means."

Ah Yin and Yan Mo were taken down, and in front of them were long swords in all directions, as if poking their necks forward a little bit would splatter three feet of blood.

Emperor Yongsheng had no time to deal with the two of them.

The dream of three generations of grandparents and grandchildren is now within reach. He ordered: "Break the door open." About 20 people raised huge piles and slammed into the stone gate forcefully, and the deafening sound of impact was endless.

One, two, three, four...

Yan Mo judged the possibility of breaking in, and winked at A Yin.

Ah Yin shook his head at him, signaling him to stay calm.

Shimen is like wearing armor that is invulnerable to swords and guns. No matter how east, west, north, south, or north is bumped, it will not move.Emperor Yongsheng's face became more and more ugly. At this time, he ordered: "Stop." He looked at the stone door that was in the way, and said: "Go and see what organs are around."

At this moment, Ah Yin smiled lowly, looking so clear in the silent cave.

Emperor Yongsheng looked at her.

She said: "Your Majesty also said that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind. How would you know who is the mantis and who is the oriole until the end? Your Majesty, take seven or eight steps and see what it is?"

Speaking of it, it was also thanks to Emperor Yongsheng, if he hadn't appeared suddenly and forced her here, she would not have been able to discover the clue from this angle.

The mountain wall is uneven, and due to the erosion of time, there are many mottled holes of different sizes, like a large beehive. Counting carefully, there are hundreds of holes, and among them there are [-] small holes of the same size. The size of a peach pit is distributed in a patchwork manner.

Others may not be able to see it at a glance, but Ah Yin is different.

She has drawn the treasure map herself, and she can recognize the pattern at a glance.

Emperor Yongsheng said with a serious expression, "Put the core carvings in." Si Teng responded and carefully put the eighteen core carvings into the corresponding holes, but there was still no sound from the stone gate.

Seemingly remembering something, Emperor Yongsheng's eyes were burning like a torch.

A Yin said: "The Holy Majesty didn't bring a nuclear carving master? Even if he brought it, it may not be able to completely restore the real eighteen states of nuclear carving, but I am different. No one can be more important than me for the eighteen states of nuclear carving." Familiar." She raised her neck, obviously sitting very casually, but at the moment there was a kind of wise and confident dazzling for no reason, she said: "Your Majesty, how about we negotiate a deal?"

It was the first time that Emperor Yongsheng was threatened by someone, and his expression was extremely ugly.

There were obviously dozens of people in the cave, but because of the tension between Ah Yin and the emperor, it became audible.After a while, Emperor Yongsheng asked, "What deal?"

Ah Yin said, "Can your lord let your guards let go of their swords first?"

Emperor Yongsheng winked.

The white dangling sword was finally withdrawn. Amidst the sound of scabbards clashing, Ah Yin stood up and said, "The Holy Majesty knows that the treasure is behind this stone gate, and the only person who can open this stone gate now is I."

Emperor Yongsheng asked: "What do you want?" Then he said coldly: "A marriage?"

"No." Ah Yin shook her head slowly, and she said: "I used to think about what the state of mastery of nuclear carving is. Today I understand that it is to put aside the world and do whatever you want. I don't need any status today. , and I don’t need anyone’s approval for my marriage with Mingmu.” She pointed to the stone gate and said, “I will exchange the treasure behind this stone gate with the Holy One for a request, and I implore the Holy One to draw up an edict and announce it to the world, so that Mingmu can be free. .”

Emperor Yongsheng's expression was gloomy, and he looked at her with complicated eyes, so he agreed in a moment.

"I promise you."

Emperor Yongsheng ordered people to camp outside the cave.

Ah Yin did not start to carve the core until Emperor Yongsheng drew up the decree.Seeing Ah Yin's slow carving, Emperor Yongsheng knew that she still had concerns, so he ordered Si Teng to announce it to the world.Ah Yin asked Yan Mo to leave the jungle to inquire outside, and after confirming that it was correct, he accelerated the process of carving the core.

After Yan Mo came back, he looked at Ah Yin silently, and said after a long time: "Young lady is really cautious."

Ah Yin said: "Isn't it cultivated by your Lord Hou?"

Yan Mo said, "Miss, do you know about Mr. Sun's family?"

Ah Yin said, "I didn't know it at first, but now I know it."

Yanmo shut up, and decided to be more cautious in words and deeds in the future.Ah Yin took the polishing paper for the last step, rubbed it and said: "Actually, I have always wondered in my heart. When I was in Suizhou, I always encountered strange things by chance. Sometimes I always feel that someone is in front of me." At the time, I didn’t want to think too much about the fingerprints, but now that I think about it carefully, both those things and Sun Shilang have nothing to do with your Lord Hou.”

In the dark night, Ah Yin looked at the fire, and suddenly sighed: "I miss your Lord Hou a little."

Yan Mo said, "It belongs to the girl, not our family."

A Yin chuckled: "Actually, you are quite humorous."

Among the eighteen nuclear carvings, only two were wrong, and it took Ah Yin less than two days to recover them.The eighteen core carvings belonged, and the tightly closed stone door shook violently, making a loud bang, and opened from bottom to top.

After the tangy dust dissipated, there were piles of sandalwood boxes, but everyone's first eyes fell on the coffin behind the sandalwood boxes.It was not an ordinary coffin, but made of gold, and the golden light could not be concealed by time.

Emperor Yongsheng walked towards the golden coffin involuntarily, as if possessed by a demon.

Si Teng stopped Emperor Yongsheng and said, "My lord, be careful, there is danger."

Emperor Yongsheng walked straight forward as if he had never heard of it.

Ah Yin stood behind the stone gate, looking carefully at the layout of the room. The guards behind her rushed forward and pushed Ah Yin out a few steps.Yan Mo stood by Ah Yin's side, only to hear Ah Yin whisper: "Don't go inside, it's not yours to see and it's not yours."

Emperor Yongsheng came to the golden coffin.

He ordered someone to pry open the coffin lid.

Finally, he saw the true face of Mount Lu in the coffin lid.The huge golden coffin was also made of pure gold, but there was only a palm-sized bronze box inside.He stared at it intently, and the hidden frenzy slowly grew stronger.

He picked up the bronze box.

Si Teng was still worried and said: "Your Majesty, why not..."

Emperor Yongsheng suddenly said: "Hush." ​​He held the bronze box devoutly, and opened it bit by bit, and there was a piece of parchment lying inside.He held his breath, and unfolded it carefully. The intricate terrain was clearly marked on the parchment, which was similar to the previous nuclear carving of the Eighteen States.

This is a new treasure map.

Emperor Yongsheng squeezed it, and laughed loudly: "God bless me!" Si Teng knelt down and said, "God bless me, my emperor will last forever!" : "God bless me, my emperor will last forever!"

A mass of black heads knelt on the ground.

Emperor Yongsheng hadn't recovered from his excitement yet, when he saw Ah Yin outside the door, he said, "Grab her!"

Yan Mo said loudly: "You are not joking!"

Emperor Yongsheng sneered coldly: "I only promised to let Shen Changtang go, and I never mentioned the Yin family from the beginning to the end." As soon as the words fell, Emperor Yongsheng shouted: "Catch her, I will reward you very much."

The guards looked like hungry wolves in the wild, their eyes seemed to have green light, staring at Ah Yin excitedly.

Yan Mo stood in front of Ah Yin and said, "Miss, go first."

A Yin didn't move at all: "Is there any king in the world, escape is never a way." At the same time, a dazzling fire suddenly appeared in the entrance of the cave, and a tall figure jumped on the mountain wall. The voice as deep as the mountain wind beating the pines has already arrived.

"Is it Wang Tu in the whole world? If you are forced to escape, why not change Wang Tu's surname."

The black and gold-woven cloak fluttered.

He arrived in a hurry, stood in front of her, and looked at Emperor Yongsheng in the stone room.

As soon as these words came out, the guards in the cave were dumbfounded and kept silent.

Emperor Yongsheng was not furious, and even had a look of relief on his face, he said coldly: "Shen Changtang, you are about to rebel."

He shook his head and said, "When you heard this, were you relieved? You always thought that one day I would confront you and take your place. Brother Huang, you never believed me."

Emperor Yongsheng looked at him and said: "You really know." He was not surprised at all, and said in a calm tone: "If you don't come today, I can still spare your life, but if you come, don't blame me. I don't care about brotherhood."

Shen Changtang asked: "For the illusory treasure, is it worth it?"

Emperor Yongsheng said: "You are not of pure Sima family blood, you don't understand the beliefs of the three generations of our Sima family. Come and take down the rebels and the Yin family." Yan Mo immediately drew his sword and stood in front of Shen Changtang.

The swords and swords were intertwined in front of him, the silver light on the tip of the sword was cold and gloomy, Shen Changtang still did not change his face, as if the front were not thousands of troops trying to take his life, but just piles of grass and trees in the garden, he said: "Pure It’s not pure, it’s not up to the emperor’s brother. All these years, the emperor’s brother has kept the queen mother on guard against my mother, is it because of this thing?”

Suddenly, a bright yellow scroll appeared on the broad palm.

(End of this chapter)