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,
After a brief exchange of glances, Tuoba Zhi tacitly understood Chiyun Yuexuan’s idea. It was then that Chiyun Yuexuan took out a paper sheet from his chest and began to discuss with Tuoba Zhi. The left side of the paper recorded the music score with 12 zodiac signs translated from Xianbei’s language, and on the right side were the 12 divinatory symbols hidden in Biwu.Gao Chenghao went over and glanced at the paper. “You guys use my dictionary to decipher the Xianbei characters on the score? The left pillars are simple, just step on the in the order of the 12 animals on the score. As for these 12 hexagrams, I have no idea where you even got them from.”Chiyun Yuexuan gave him a provoking glare. “None of your business where we got them from. I wonder if Fourth Prince has the courage to play stepping on these pillars with me? We each take a side, do you dare? After all, you have to take risks if you want to enter.”Murong Zhining tugged on Gao Chenghao’s clothes and
Tuoba Lan gently soothed Murong Zhining, “Big sis, don’t be scared. General Chiyun isn’t a bad person, that Gao Chenghao is.” Only to be responded with Murong Zhining’s hostile gaze.Tuoba Lan reached out, wanting to stroke her face, but Murong Zhining struggled to swat the girl’s hand away with her body. Unable to bear seeing her like this, Tuoba Lan tearfully walked over to Gao Chenghao, squatted down and pleaded, “Fourth Prince, I beg you, please give the antidote. I’m willing to be your hostage and make sure you can escape.”Ignoring Tuoba Zhi’s dissuasion, she picked up the dagger on the ground to cut the rope binding Gao Chenghao, then delivered the dagger right to his hand.By now, Gao Chenghao had calmed down from his craze. Pressing the tip of the dagger to Tuoba Lan’s waist, he retreated toward the door.Chiyun Yuexuan pressed on step by step. “Lan’er you’ve become muddled! You think you can make him hand over the antidote this way?!”T
Chiyun Yuexuan burst out laughing. “Peepee… Hahahaha that’s adorable hahaha…” He carried her off the carriage and placed her into a bush on the roadside, then returned to the road and stood with his back to her.Murong Zhining yelled with discontent, “What can I do with my hands tied?!”Chiyun Yuexuan walked back. Untying the rope, he warned, “If you dare to run, I’ll kill your foster mother’s family.”Murong Zhining said innocently, “So I have a foster mother, that’s great. If you didn’t tell me, I wouldn’t know.”Chiyun Yuexuan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. All of the advantages he had to threaten her with had become useless.While Chiyun Yuexuan walked away with his back facing her, Murong Zhining bent down and untied the rope binding her feet. Around Chiyun Yuexuan, she always felt uneasy and her head was full of the thought to escape. Although she didn’t know where she could run off to, escaping him was her most instinctive idea.Ch