PNB Chapter 602 We are a family
Chapter 602 We are a family
While crossing mountains and rivers, Jiang Shangxian and Zhao Shan had a good talk about the issue of his kidnapping.
Zhao Shan had wanted to say this a long time ago. Although he had not suffered much hardship on the ship, he was always harassed by Qi Sanlang just because of his official status.
But ever since entering the mountains, the suffering has been endless. "That Zhao Ji bastard is nothing but a scoundrel. He thinks he's a dragon in heaven just because he's connected to the King of Wei. What a shameless wretch! He's just a bastard son of the Zhao family in Dunhuang, yet he tries to act like an elder to me. How shameless! And that Qi Sanlang he brought with him, that idiot from nowhere, totally clueless, and he keeps telling me about national affairs. Do I even understand him?"
Jiang Shangxian hadn't expected Zhao Shan to be such a good swearer. His non-stop chatter was giving her a headache, so she quickly interrupted him, "He probably captured you to threaten Jiulang and me, and now he's running into me. You're lucky. Did he say anything to you?"
Threats are one thing, but seeing Zhao Shan jumping around and cursing without even taking a breath, it seems that Zhao Ji should be pretty nice to him.
Jiang Shangxian couldn't help but suspect that Zhao Ji had other plans. Otherwise, he was just a hostage. Not whipping him with a whip was already considered a good treatment for the prisoner. Why would he bring him good food and drink?
"this...."
Zhao Shan, who had been eloquent just now, suddenly fell silent. With a look of hesitation and caution on his face, he covered his mouth furtively and whispered, "He said there is a secret elixir of longevity in Zhao Tuo's tomb..."
Jiang Shangxian stopped and looked him in the eye: "Do you believe me when I say I don't have any?"
Zhao Shan pursed his lips, he didn't know whether to believe it or not.
Although the Tianshui Zhao family was not as powerful as the Five Clans, they were not completely useless. Zhao Shan was well-read and knew the connection between Zhao Tuo and longevity from the moment Zhao Ji said it. Although his family had no relatively accurate information, he had pondered Zhao Ji's words along the way.
In his opinion, the possibility that Zhao Tuo had a secret elixir of longevity was very high.
When Zhao Ji proposed that they work together, pretending to use him to threaten Cui Bianxu, or when he could get close to Cui Bianxu and wait for an opportunity to steal the secret medicine, he agreed.
As the favorite son of His Majesty, the Prince of Wei has a certain prestige and real power in the court. If he is willing to help, Li Xueyan may not have to go for the marriage.
However, there was more reason why he agreed.
At that time, he was in Zhao Ji's hands. Whether he obeyed or not, the treatment would definitely be very different. Based on a man's intuition, Zhao Shan privately thought that he would not be able to bear the pain of disobeying.
Jiang Shangxian looked at the boy unkindly: "Are you planning to be a spy?"
"As the saying goes, he who knows the current situation is a hero..."
Being looked at like this by her, Zhao Shan couldn't help but blush, and he forced a defense: "I was just delaying the war. You know what delaying the war is, right? What is my relationship with Cui Yi? What is your relationship with Xueyan? We are a family. I'm telling you about this matter. Can you not help me?"
Zhao Shan has been accustomed to looking for Cui Bianxu when he has trouble since he was a child. From the very beginning, he wanted to ask Cui Bianxu to help him find a wife, but he could never find anyone.
"Then I'll tell you plainly that there is no such thing as a secret elixir for longevity."
Jiang Shangxian glanced at him sideways, showing no emotion on his face, but he was already on guard in his heart. He couldn't let this kid get desperate and cause any trouble.
It's not that she is unwilling to help Li Xueyan and Zhao Shan, but the frogman's method of using Gu to prolong life not only requires the lives of countless people, but also requires a Gu woman who can do the work of transferring lifespan.
Now that the Xiou tribe’s inheritance has been cut off, and Qiqi doesn’t know how to do it, what good can it do even if it finds the frogman Gu?
If the existence of the Frogman Gu were to be known to those in high positions of power, it would only add to the suffering of the Xiou tribe and the people.
Human greed is endless. If you can live to be a hundred, you will want to live to be two hundred, three hundred...
The consequences of this evil were too heavy, and she knew she couldn't bear it.
Zhao Shan still had some doubts: "Then why do we have to enter Zhao Tuo's tomb now?"
"If you don't believe me, just go in and see for yourself. Jiulang and I are just taking something to hand over to the Cui family." Jiang Shangxian had something on his mind and didn't have the patience to say anything more to him.
As for Li Xueyan's matter, she planned to ask Cui Bianxu to go with her to visit the Jiangxia Prince's Mansion when she returned. As long as this matter had not been announced to the world, there was still room for reversal.
As for what method to use, she hasn't figured it out yet.
Zhao Shan also tactfully shut his mouth, believing what she said 80% in his heart. After his hopes were dashed, he couldn't help but wonder what to do next.
Jiang Shangxian had watched many TV shows about tomb robbing in his previous life, and he had many speculations on the way to Liuzhou.
But when we finally got there, we were a little confused: "Qiqige, is this the place? Are you in the right place?"
She looked at the cave entrance in front of her, which looked nothing special, and raised a little doubt.
After staying in this mountain for a few days, what I saw the most, besides various plants, was the countless caves. How can there be so many caves!
Qiqige appeared very confident and took the lead, striding inside. "It should be correct. I once heard the clan leader say that if life in the clan becomes truly difficult in the future, and they can't even get jars of gold, they can come here to think of a solution."
Of course, she was eavesdropping.
The patriarch said this to his own son.
Xiao Jiang became more and more unsure after hearing the word "should", but all his doubts were thrown behind him soon after he entered the cave.
The scene before me was different from any cave I had ever seen before. The entrance to the cave was not big, and it looked ordinary from the outside, but once I entered, I felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.
The road at the entrance of the cave is covered with strange-shaped stones, some large and some small, with green plants growing compactly and tenaciously in the gaps.
The road from the outside to the inside slopes downward at a gradient of about forty-five degrees. Whether on the slope or in the area where sunlight can reach, all that comes into view is green mosses and dark green ferns, in addition to sparse but huge rocks.
Sunlight slants in from outside the cave. The upper layer of white mist is as thick as smoke from cooking in the countryside, while the lower layer is as thin as a veil. It contrasts with the sunlight and presents a vague mottled colorful light. Being in it is as if a legendary inner world suddenly opens its mysterious veil before your eyes.
Jiang Shangxian looked towards the cave entrance facing the light. Based on his height, he roughly estimated that the difference in height between the cave entrance and where they were currently standing was more than five meters.
What is even more bizarre is that the green that was everywhere just now also disappeared where the sunlight disappeared. The rocks in the dark place could not be seen in their original color, but were a wet yellow.
"It's so dark." Yingzi rubbed his arms and quickly took out his small torch and lit it.