Chapter 568: Betrayal
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When Zhou Quanbei and Li Hongmei heard this, they hurriedly looked towards the scabbard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The scabbard is very quaint, the shape is very simple, it can even be said to be simple, there are no gold diamonds, no golden tassels, and even the imitations sold in stalls in the Seychelles Islands are not as good as the imitations sold in the Seychelles Islands today.
But this quaint heaviness is far from being comparable to these imitations.
At this time, Zhou Quanbei and Li Hongmei also saw a line of small characters on the scabbard.
The handwriting is located on the back of the scabbard and is very, very small and easy to miss if you don't look closely.
But what was written on it should be in Arabic, Zhou Quanbei didn't know it, and looked at Lu Linglong busily, "Sister, do you know me?" ”
Lu Linglong shook her head, "This seems to be an ancient Arabic language." It's not Arabic now, and I can't tell. ”
Li Hongmei whispered at this time: "Xiaobei, I seem to be able to understand this word." ”
Lu Linglong couldn't help but be stunned, "Sister Hongmei, do you still know Arabic?" ”
Li Hongmei smiled, "I don't know too much." Back then, when I was in school, I wanted to enter the Foreign Affairs Office, so I studied hard for a while. However, now that you have forgotten about it, you don't have much hope. ”
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but smile and lit a cigarette.
Li Hongmei said this, it must be to protect Lu Linglong's face, after all, Lu Linglong is a professional language major, and she is also a main palace......
"Sister Hongmei, what is written on it?" Zhou Quanbei didn't want Li Hongmei to continue to be entangled, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to open the topic.
Li Hongmei looked at it carefully, frowned tightly, and after a moment, she said, "It seems that it is written about the blade of the king." That's probably what it means. I'm not sure, though. ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded, 'King's Blade', it makes sense to use it on the body of this Arab king.
"Anything else? Is that all? Zhou Quanbei was eager to get more useful clues, and asked hurriedly.
Li Hongmei shook her head, "That's what this line of small characters means, there's nothing superfluous." ”
Lu Linglong also reacted, "Don't worry, let's continue to look for it." ”
It's a pity that there is nothing else on this male corpse except this short knife.
The three of them couldn't help but look at each other.
At this time, Lu Linglong suddenly said: "Xiaobei, look, there seems to be a mechanism under your hand and on the handle of the knife. ”
Zhou Quanbei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at the handle of the knife, and sure enough, in the lower part of the handle, there was a short bulge.
Zhou Quanbei pulled hard, and with a "snap", a match-thick leather roll fell out.
Zhou Quanbei hurriedly picked it up and opened it carefully.
It was supposed to be the skin of some kind of animal, quite old, with a few lines of small print written on it.
Zhou Quanbei hurriedly handed it to Li Hongmei and asked him to translate.
Li Hongmei took a closer look and looked at Zhou Quanbei with some horror, "Xiaobei, he, he asked us to look at his back." ”
"What?" Zhou Quanbei and Lu Linglong were stunned.
Li Hongmei had to say again: "He asked us to see him on his back." ”
Zhou Quanbei reacted at this time, gestured to the two women, came to the back of the male corpse, and took a closer look.
Unfortunately, his back was pitch black, shriveled up to his spine, and there was no hair.
"Sister Hongmei, are you sure?" Zhou Quanbei looked at Li Hongmei and said.
Li Hongmei's delicate body was trembling slightly, "Xiaobei, he, he said, he wants us to cut off the skin on his back." ”
"What?"
Hearing Li Hongmei say this, Rao is Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Actually let people cut off the skin on their backs? What is this Arabian king selling?
Lu Linglong was also stunned, "Xiaobei, let's, shall we cut or not?" ”
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Li Hongmei also calmed down a little at this time, "Xiaobei, what he means is that he wants us to cut it off." ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded, "You guys retreat first." Since this king asked us to do this, then we might as well be respectful. ”
Zhou Quanbei immediately did not hesitate, and directly used this short knife to cut off the skin on the back of the Arab king.
This short knife was extremely sharp, and it was almost useless to use too much force, and Zhou Quanbei completed the job and placed it in front of several people.
Li Hongmei and Lu Linglong were a little afraid to look at it, and it took a while before they dared to focus their eyes on this black skin.
"Sister Hongmei, it's okay. He has been dead for hundreds of years. We're doing this now, just to find out what happened back then. Since the king of Arabia wants us to do this. It must have its intentions. Perhaps, we are rescuing him. Zhou Quanbei comforted.
Li Hongmei also calmed down a little at this time, and nodded hurriedly.
It's a pity that this piece of skin is so black that I can't see what is on it at all.
Lu Linglong said: "Xiaobei, there is nothing on it at all." ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded, and gently scraped the skin with a blade, but it was still black and did not have much effect.
Li Hongmei said: "This may need something, right?" ”
"What's that?" Lu Linglong said.
Li Hongmei hurriedly explained: "Linglong, I mean, this skin may need something, let it start a chemical reaction, so that we can see what we want to see." ”
Zhou Quanbei said: "Sister Hongmei, in the previous note, didn't the Arab king say it?" ”
"Him." Li Hongmei glanced at the male corpse, and stopped talking.
Zhou Quanbei was a little speechless, "Sister Hongmei, it's all in this state, let's stop inking." This is not a place to stay. ”
Li Hongmei nodded hurriedly, "He said with blood." with blood. ”
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but smile, "Is this still such a big deal?" ”
Saying that, Zhou Quanbei didn't hesitate too much, and casually cut his finger and dripped some blood on this skin.
Soon, there was a chemical reaction on the skin, and the black and gray gradually faded a little, revealing some patterns and some complex ancient Arabic characters.
Zhou Quanbei handed over the skin to Li Hongmei and asked Li Hongmei to translate.
Li Hongmei looked at it for a while, and her pretty face couldn't help but turn a little pale.
"Sister Hongmei, what the hell is going on. Don't hide it, speak slowly. Zhou Quanbei didn't want to put too much pressure on Li Hongmei, so he tried to ease his tone.
Li Hongmei nodded and hurriedly explained: "Xiaobei, the king of Arabia, discovered an important problem when he was dying. One of his most trusted retinues betrayed him. The fiasco in the previous battle with the French was also revealed to the French in advance by this entourage, so that the French accurately captured his main force. ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded.
Forts are often breached from within.
This Arab king, in terms of employing people, should have certain problems.
Li Hongmei continued: "It's just that by the time he found out all this, it was too late. He was already terminally ill at that time, and the power around him was also controlled by that entourage, even if he wanted to exert his strength, there was no way. However, he did not give up. Because, in the past, by chance, he mastered an evil curse method left by the ancient Egyptians. He lied to his retinue that he was no longer capable of taking revenge on the French, and that his time was running out, and that he had decided to curse the French by resorting to this ancient evil method of curse, so that they would be punished by the prophet. ”
Zhou Quanbei and Lu Linglong both nodded and motioned for Li Hongmei to continue.
"He has already had people build this fortification. It has been under construction for several years and has not been completed. he
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) of the wealth, stored here. But at this time, he also knew that his wealth was destined to be unpreservable. He ordered his retinue to have the captive black slaves, as well as a few Frenchmen, executed in this ancient way, and buried for him. ”
Lu Linglong hurriedly said: "Sister Hongmei, what is this ancient way he said?" ”
Li Hongmei hurriedly explained: "He didn't say anything about this. Let's just say that this is an ancient method of making offerings. The toothed whale below should be his achievement. Before he died, he ordered his close craftsmen to record these things on a parchment roll, and after his death, sew them on his back. Wait for his children and grandchildren, and avenge him. Unfortunately, after his death, his retinue did not spare his descendants, his descendants were slaughtered, and women and daughters were also given to the French as gifts by this retinue. ”
Zhou Quanbei lit a cigarette and exhaled a long breath of turbidity, the end of the hero, no wonder it is so.
Li Hongmei continued: "This craftsman is his close acolyte, and after the death of the king of Arabia, he also knew that he could not live, so he recorded these things and left them for future generations. I hope that their descendants can find them here and avenge them. ”
Lu Linglong hurriedly said: "Sister Hongmei, do you mean to say that the skin behind him is a sheepskin?" So how did his descendants find these? And by what means to avenge them? ”
Li Hongmei said: "He didn't say in detail, but just said that all the answers were on the toothed whale." ”
Lu Linglong couldn't help but be speechless, "Isn't it?" Sister Hongmei, that big guy. This, how to play this? ”
Li Hongmei said: "This knife is a token that summons that toothed whale." ”
"Oh? This knife, how does this knife summon that big guy? Lu Linglong was a little surprised.
Li Hongmei asked Zhou Quanbei to pick up the scabbard, and asked Zhou Quanbei to look at the drawings on the parchment roll.
Zhou Quanbei also understood at this time that this scabbard turned out to be some kind of musical instrument.
Presumably, back then, this Arab king used this thing to summon his toothed whale pet.
"Xiaobei, what should we do? Are you going to summon that big guy? Lu Linglong said.
Zhou Quanbei smiled, "Since we are here, if we don't figure things out, I'm afraid that this Arab king will not let us go." You rest here, and I'll cover him. It's always our seniors. ”
Zhou Quanbei quickly closed the lid of the coffin, restored the room to its original state, and took the two women to the bottom of the cross.
At this time, the three of them found that at the bottom of the cross, there was a raised bluestone, which was in a very good geographical location, like an offering platform, but it was the best place in this cave to get close to the sea.
Zhou Quanbei was not sure at this time, so he naturally didn't dare to let the two girls take risks easily, so he let the two girls hide behind, and he washed the scabbard with seawater and blew it hard.
This simple instrument emits a 'woo-woo-woo' sound, and in this silent cave, it is extremely lonely.
In a moment, there was another squeaky arthropod sound around me, and countless small insects gathered from all sides and jumped into the water.
In a short time, the sea was covered with a layer.
As expected, the big guy ran out again, and used these bugs as snacks.
Standing on this piece of bluestone, Zhou Quanbei could clearly see the outline of this giant Mac, and at this time, Zhou Quanbei found that behind it, it was full of handwriting and patterns.
"Sister Hongmei, come and see. Fast. Zhou Quanbei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly beckoned to Li Hongmei.
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