Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 48
"The flowers that grow in the corpse... the flowers that grow in the corpse..." My face was pale, and I felt my hands and feet tremble intermittently.

Wan Juncheng put an open ancient book in front of us, pointed to the yellowed pages and said: "This is the flower of the Western Regions!"

I saw a dead body painted on the page of the book, and a blooming flower was spit out from the mouth of the dead body. Below is a detailed comment on the above picture in an ancient text.

When we saw this picture, our hearts were trembling crazily. I remembered the ancient Xixia corpse in the bronze coffin. A strange demon flower?In this way, that strange demon flower turned out to be the highly poisonous Western Region Underworld Flower?I remember that demon flower sprayed out a cloud of dense misty pollen at that time, could it be that we were infected with the poison of the underworld flower at that time?
I swallowed hard, and tentatively asked Wan Juncheng: "Professor Wan, what kind of symptoms will you have after being infected with the poison of the dark flower?"

Wan Juncheng said: "Generally speaking, the incubation period of the poison of the dark flower is seven to seven 49 days. The most obvious symptom of the initial infection is red eyes, but there is no pain. After entering the middle stage of infection, the toxin merges into the blood, and the infected person Pieces of strange red spots will grow on the skin of the infected person, and it will be slightly painful to touch. At the advanced stage, the toxin invades the internal organs, and all the red spots on the infected person's body will fester and ooze pus, and finally the whole body will fester and die of severe pain..."

Hearing this, my face was covered with cold sweat.God, I've started to develop red spots on the back of my neck, which means that I'm in the middle stage of infection. Could it be that... Is it not far from death?My heart was gloomy. Before, we were happy that we could leave the cave without incident, but we didn't expect that we had already been infected with the poison, and our lives were in danger.

Gu Meidi looked at me distressedly, then raised his head and asked Wan Juncheng: "Professor Wan, is there an antidote for the poison of the dark flower?"

Wan Juncheng nodded, and we saw the hope of survival in an instant. We only heard him say: "Everything in the world is born and restrained by each other. The well, the water in the well can cure all poisons, and it will never dry up. It's just..."

When Wan Juncheng changed the subject, our hearts immediately sank again, and we heard him continue: "It's just that the desert is vast, and no one knows where the legendary Devil City is buried. If you want to find the devil in the vast desert, City, it is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!"

Hearing this, I saw that my heart was like a falling plane, roaring into an invisible black abyss.

I sighed heavily: "According to this, aren't we doomed?"

Professor Ye was silent for a while, and said in an encouraging tone: "Don't be discouraged, aren't we still dead? Professor Wan, thank you very much for telling us about this matter, let's put this matter aside for now, I think What is the good news?"

Wan Juncheng said: "The good news is that I have deciphered the Xixia book on the stele!"

"Really?" We looked at Wan Juncheng happily, and couldn't wait to ask: "What is recorded in Xixia Book, can you tell us about it?"

Under Wan Juncheng's narration, a mysterious organization from the Xixia Dynasty gradually surfaced.

In 1038 AD, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, and the name of Jianguo was Daxia.In order to consolidate the dynastic regime, Li Yuanhao selected strong warriors and established a secret organization called "Yipintang".The nature of this agency is a bit like a secret service agency, with many missions, such as protecting the safety of the royal family, secretly suppressing political reactionary forces, monitoring the lives of ministers, spying on various news, and sometimes performing assassination missions.Yipintang directly takes orders from Li Yuanhao, and it can be said that it is the most elite armed force under Li Yuanhao.

Inside the Yipin Hall, it is divided into three halls: heaven, earth, and people.The identity of Yipintang is to tattoo an eyeball pattern on the back of the neck.This eyeball pattern was designed by Li Yuanhao himself, and it symbolizes the meaning of surveillance insight.

The warriors of Tianzitang have blood-red eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks, and they are mainly responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family.The samurai of Dizitang have green eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks. They are mainly responsible for monitoring the lives of the ministers in the court and secretly suppressing political reactionary forces.The warriors of Renzitang have ink-black eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks. They are mainly responsible for inquiring news and carrying out assassination activities.

After listening to Wan Juncheng's narration, we recalled the whole thing from beginning to end: Grandpa salvaged a turtle coffin containing a warrior from Dizitang from the Yellow River.Then we saw an ancient corpse of a warrior from Renzitang at the Xi'an Ancient Cultural Relics Exhibition and Trade Fair.Then a Tianzitang warrior appeared in Xi'an and assassinated the cultural relic dealer Fat Toutuo.Then, in order to find clues, we went up the river, entered the cave beside the Yellow River, and found the tomb of the warriors of the Dizitang. The warriors in the bronze coffin should be the master of the Dizitang. They were buried in the Jiaolong Cave. The strange upside-down pagoda is guarded inside, and there is a bronze eyeball buried in the pagoda for no one knows what it is used for.

Up to this point, things are still confusing and full of doubts.

Why did the mysterious organization thousands of years ago appear in Xi'an in the 21st century?Could it be that this mysterious organization has never disappeared, and has existed secretly for thousands of years?But why did they kill the cultural relic dealer Fat Toutuo?Is this related to the ancient corpse of the Renzitang warrior held by Fat Toutuo?Are they hiding some unknown secret?And that bronze eyeball, why was it buried at the bottom of the pagoda?What exactly is it really for?
With all kinds of questions, we thanked Wan Juncheng and were about to stand up and leave, but Wan Juncheng suddenly stopped us: "Wait!"

We looked at Wan Juncheng in puzzlement, and Wan Juncheng said coldly: "Professor Ye, I have told you everything I know, but you are very uninterested and have hidden a lot of things from me! Tell me , where did you find this Western Xia stele?"

Professor Ye said: "Didn't I say before that we excavated an ancient tomb, and there is this Xixia stele in the tomb!"

Wan Juncheng asked, "Then where is this ancient tomb?"

We feel that something is not quite right, why does Wan Juncheng's tone sound like an interrogation?But we definitely can't tell him the real story of the whole thing, so we can only lie to him and say, "In Xi'an!"

"Xi'an?" Wan Juncheng looked at us coldly, showing a look of complete disbelief: "Well, apart from this stone tablet, have you found anything else?"

"No! There is only this stele in the tomb!" Professor Ye replied firmly.

Wan Juncheng snorted coldly: "Professor Ye, you are really dishonest! If you don't explain the whole thing clearly today, then you will never leave here!"

Our hearts skipped a beat, Wan Juncheng was clearly threatening us, what exactly was he trying to do?
My stubborn temper suddenly rushed up, and I fought back not to be outdone: "This is the way things are, what do you want us to say? Tell you, we are not frightened..."

Before the words fell, there was a bang bang sound coming from beside him, and I saw Professor Ye and Gu Meidi fainted on the ground for some reason.I was shocked in my heart, and I wanted to say something, but I opened my mouth but couldn't make a sound.I felt like my head had been poured with a scorpion, and after a while of dizziness, I fell to the ground weakly, weak like a dried fish, and struggled desperately on the ground a few times, but I still couldn't get up.

Wan Juncheng sneered and said, "How about it, is the tea delicious?"

I suddenly understood in my heart, bastard!This abominable Professor Wan actually drugged our tea, what the hell is he trying to do?
My consciousness gradually became blurred. When I closed my eyelids, I saw Wan Juncheng slowly take off his coat with his back to us. A blood-red eyeball tattoo suddenly appeared on his neck!
I don't know how long it took before I woke up with a splitting headache.

In the darkness, I subconsciously reached out and groped for a bit, and found a soft mass.

Suddenly, I heard Gu Meidi's scream: "Ah?! Who touched my chest? Hooligan!"

chest? !

OMG!

I trembled all over, the soft thing I just touched was Gu Meidi's chest? !
I quickly retracted my hand and kept silent.

But I changed my mind, there are only me, Gu Meidi, and Professor Ye here. Am I going to push the charge of hooliganism on Professor Ye?This is not good!

So I gritted my teeth and said, "Uh, are you awake? Just now... I'm sorry... It was dark, I... I didn't see it... It wasn't on purpose... Don't take it to heart..."

Gu Meidi said: "I think you did it on purpose, attacking me while I can't see!"

"I..." I was speechless for a while: "Don't wrong a good person, I really didn't mean it!"

"You two are still in the mood to flirt!" Professor Ye's voice came from the darkness, followed by a faint fire, and Professor Ye's face appeared in the fire.

"Are you injured?" Professor Ye asked.

I touched my whole body, and there was nothing serious: "It's okay, it's just that my head hurts badly!"

Gu Meidi scolded: "Wan Juncheng is that old bastard, thanks to him still holding the title of professor, he actually... actually did such a nasty thing! When I go out, I will definitely beat him to the ground. !"

Gu Meidi squeezed his fist resentfully, and his knuckles made a crackling sound.

I shook my head: "I don't understand why Professor Wan drugged us, what does he want from us?"

Professor Ye said: "I think this matter is still related to the eyeball tattoo. When I passed out, I saw Wan Juncheng also had an eyeball tattoo on the back of his neck. That means Wan Juncheng is also from Xixia Yipintang!"

(End of this chapter)