The guard at the door let out a cough to urge Murong Zhining.
She whispered, “I must go, in case Gao Chenghao suddenly comes back.”
She pulled out a hairpin from her hair and threw it through the bars, then turned around to leave the prison. Chiyun Yuexuan picked up the hairpin. Gently caressing it, he put it to his lips for a kiss before stowing it in his robes.
At noon the next day, Chiyun Yuexuan violently shook the iron door to his cell. “Make your damn master to come see me, I want to fight that turtle one-on-one!”
A man guarding him shouted, “Our Prince left early in the morning and won’t be back until evening. Obediently stay where you are and quit fussing. Save your strength, because you’ll get to suffer soon.”
Upon hearing this, Chiyun Yuexuan was secretly delighted. He shook the iron bars even harder like he wanted to destroy it.
Scared that they couldn’t handle Chiyun Yuexuan alone, one of the two guards ran to call for help from the ot
Gao Cheng was unable to get close to women for now, but his guards had been working very hard to find the treasure for him, so he planned to provide them women to win over them and also boost their morale. Therefore, Gao Chenghao ordered his men to chase the thugs away and took the two dancers inside.Afraid that Chiyun Yuexuan would come find him for trouble, he secretly took his people and moved to another estate at night. Finally without worry this night, Gao Chenghao drank with his subordinates while watching the Persian dancers in their enchanting dance moves. He was in a particularly good mood, as he had discovered something in a cave in the dragon-shaped mountain. He believed that he was getting closer to the Murongs’ treasure.Gao Chenghao drank as he started indulging in his sweet fantasy: With his own ability, he acquired the world’s most amazing book – “Secrets of Emperor Qin.” His imperial father was overjoyed and ceded his throne to him. Relying on “S
The guards pointed sharpened iron bars at the stone door and began to beat them with hammers. Bit by bit, stone chips fell off from the door. This was Gao Chenghao’s new strategy.Originally, he wanted to use the explosive and blow the door open, but that was only a last resort in case he had to rush for time. Using violent means would have a high chance of destroying that peerless book inside. According to Gao Chenghao’s calculation, it’d take at least two days to chip away at the stone door. Without the threat from Chiyun Yuexuan, he had enough time to take it slow with the treasure. Thinking of the treasure that was soon to become his, he could already foresee the future where he dominated this world.Evening in Gao Chenghao’s estate, there were noises of people playing “raise fingers, guess number[ A drinking game: two people raise their fingers and say a number at the same time. The one who guesses the total number fingers raised by both will be the winner. T
Qin Shi Huang realized that he had not long to live, that the country that he had risked his life to conquer could not be under his control forever, and that the super weapons and pills he ordered invented in secret would fall into the hands of others after he died. In order to monopolize these technologies, he silenced everyone who were involved in the research by death, and at the same time compiled the production steps as well as their blueprints into a book, naming it “Secrets of Emperor Qin.”One day, Qin Shi Huang brought his guard-in-waiting to go supervise the completion of his own mausoleum. The newly built underground tomb was majestic, filled with bright-colored terracottas of varied height as well as all sorts of weapons, bronze horses and carriages.Observing his underground palace from a high ground, Qin Shi Huang told his guard. “I have thought it through and finally understood. True immortality only starts after mortal death. Here in this underground nati
Yan Han then sighed, “What I’m most worried about is actually not this, but how both Xuan’er and the emperor have fallen for Princess Fengyi of Shangxia. It’s giving me a headache, I fear that the two of them will act out ‘brothers mulilating each other’ over a girl.”Ning Zezhi was shocked. “Several days ago, I also heard His Majesty mention this in the court. He said General Chiyun ran to Shangxia of his own accord to capture Princess Fengyi and even wanted to have him executed to make an example. However, it’s been days without His Majesty mentioning this matter again. By the way, His Majesty still doesn’t know about General Chiyun’s real identity yet, does he?”Yan Han sighed. “I was afraid he’d really punish Xuan’er, so I already told him about it. When I reflected back on it afterwards, it was indeed worrying.”Ning Zezhi cupped his hands. “Your Majesty can rest assured. His Majesty the Emperor is a wise monarch, I know he won’t make things difficult for Gene
Drawing close to Murong Zhining, Gao Chenghao closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath with an intoxicated expression. “I admire your courage, Princess. Only you would dare to stand here before me all alone and talk about conditions. Return with me first and I’ll release her.”Gao Chenghao lifted Murong Zhining onto the horse and sat behind her before riding off towards the northern suburbs where another estate of his was located. Far behind, Chiyun Yuexuan followed them in night-walking outfit.…Tuoba Lan was emotional as she hugged Murong Zhining. “Big Sis how can you be so foolish? Even if I die, I don’t want to see you be put at risk because of me.”Murong Zhining turned to look at Gao Chenghao. “I’m now under your control. Please let Miss Tuoba go.”Gao Chenghao chuckled. “Naïve! How can I get you to listen if I let her go? Please first take a bath, Princess. We need an examination.”Murong Zhining glared at Gao Chenghao in rage. “Fourth Pr
Evening, an arrow zoomed into Lian Kun’s estate. Chiyun Yuexuan pulled it out from the tree trunk and unfolded the paper attached to its tip under the lamplight.The rest gathered around him, urgent to know the contents of the note.Chiyun Yuexuan quickly read it aloud, “I will bring Princess Fengyi to Shunyi. Don’t push your luck and try any tricks. Tuoba Lan has been fed a deadly poison. I will you send her antidote regularly. Only after taking it for 10 days in a row will she be completely detoxified. As long as I acquire that precious book, I will release Princess without asking for anything else. Don’t try to think of rescuing her; she’s also poisoned. I’m sure you don’t want to risk her life.” Tuoba Zhi had a maid bring Tuoba Lan out.Tuoba Lan’s face and arms were covered in stripes like that of a snake. She scratched all over. “It’s so uncomfortable. What’s happening to me?”Tuoba Zhi tried to hold back the tears of his heartache. “You’ve been
Three days later, the group arrived at the outskirts of Shunyi County where they settled into a tea manor owned by the Tuoba family.Because Gao Chenghao had delivered the antidote on schedule every day, Tuoba Lan’s condition improved and the snake marks on her body had gradually faded.As soon as she was sober, the girl urgently inquired about Murong Zhining’s situation, “How is Princess? If it weren’t for me, she wouldn’t have fallen into the hands of that thief Gao Chenghao. He didn’t bully her, did he?”Chiyun Yuexuan comforted her, “First, take good care of yourself and don’t worry. Gao Chenghao only wants that book in the treasure hoard, he won’t dare to cause trouble for Princess. Not to mention, the poison I gave him won’t allow him to act impudently.”In the tea garden, everyone was splitting up to search for clues. Chiyun Yuexuan discovered something at a huge pond on the east side of the garden.He called everybody over, “This must be the cen
Yuan Dong personally went out and ordered the servants to cut down five pine trees, then had them bound into a raft with rope and rowed it over to the hole. Then, over a dozen servants took great pains to carry the completed raft into the tunnel.Chiyun Yuexuan started to instruct them on the work needing done. First they used two trunks as support to prop up the raft, then attached the ropes to the tip of the trunks before steadily lowering the raft to the opposite cliff so it could act as a temporary bridge. After Yuan Dong dismissed the irrelevant personnel, the six remaining men carefully crossed the bridge to the other side, breaking out into a cold sweat as they imagined the river under the bottomless cliff.Upon reaching the stone door, Chiyun Yuexuan meticulously searched for a key point. On the left frame of the door, he finally found a leaf-shaped groove.Chiyun Yuexuan took out Biwu from his lapel. “Fourth Prince, this is the key to the treasure. First,