Chapter 236: Descendants
"At that time, the court painter had already painted the portrait of Hua Jinse, Yao Zhiyi put it into the shapeshift, and the production was quickly completed, Hua Jinse was very happy after seeing it, and praised Murong Liao again and again, so he was happy, and simply left him in the palace, specifically responsible for developing similar gadgets to please the queen, which is much easier than being a carpenter, Yao Zhiyi naturally can't ask for it, and life is enjoyable."
But by chance, as for how accidental this opportunity was, Yao Zhiyi didn't say anything about it, just a brushstroke, he said that he overheard Murong Liao talking to Hua Jinse, but because he was far away, he could only hear part of it intermittently, and what Murong Liao had said at that time, what did Murong Liao say about the underground palace, the transformation of shapes, and the fish people or something, and Hua Jinse said what to rest assured. Murong Liao, who didn't understand anything like that, went on to say that except for the two of them, no one knew, and so on, Yao Zhiyi suddenly guessed that the underground palace must have something to do with the transformation of shapes, otherwise, why did Murong Liao suddenly let him do such a thing, the emperor and empress of a country are really boring to such a point?"
"But even if he guessed what, he was just a carpenter, he didn't have such a big ability, the idea of hitting the underground palace was quickly left behind by him, and the good times didn't last long, and soon the palace was breached, and there was a big chaos inside and out, Yao Zhiyi actually took advantage of the chaos to escape from the palace with a change of shape, and he didn't elaborate on all kinds of internal information, but it must be thrilling enough."
"At that time, the situation was so chaotic that no one paid attention to it, and a little carpenter, Yao Zhiyi, secretly hid the shapeshift, pretending to be nothing, and returned home to reunite with his family, but there was no mention of it, and three years later, the situation of the Three Kingdoms was initially settled, and the situation gradually stabilized, so he dared to secretly take it out and study it."
Hearing this, Donglin Luo Xi couldn't help but sneer: "Yao Zhiyi is really naïve, even if he can find the underground palace, with his mere civilians, he will dare to get involved."
"What the emperor said is," Yu Wenheng nodded, "Yao Zhiyi was afraid and never thought of swallowing all the treasures alone, probably just thinking that if he could get three or two treasures, he would be able to have no worries about food and clothing in this life, but it was a pity that after he opened the shapeshift, he found that although there was indeed another piece of white cloth behind the portrait of Hua Jinse, he couldn't read it at all."
A hint of eagerness appeared in Donglin Luoxi's eyes again: "What is painted on that white cloth is a treasure map"
"There is no picture," Yu Wenheng actually shook his head, "There are only some strange patterns on the white cloth, the words are not like calligraphy and paintings, unlike paintings, it seems that they have nothing to do with the treasure at all, Yao Zhiyi was naturally disappointed when he saw this, thinking about it, it is also such an important thing in the underground palace, how could Murong Liao put it in a gadget"
"But even so, Yao Zhiyi was not completely dead, still looking forward to those strange patterns pointing out the location of the underground palace, so he hid the shapeshifter again, wanting to secretly wait for the opportunity to find someone from the Fish-Man Clan to take a look, maybe it was a kind of writing used by the Fish-People."
"However, after inquiring, he learned that because the world thought that it was Hua Jinse's enchantment and bewitchment that would cause the Datong Empire to fall apart, he sprinkled his resentment on the heads of the fish-man clan, threatening to exterminate the clan, and the clansmen were naturally frightened, so they had to turn into pieces, each disguised himself to seek a way to survive, Mo said that he couldn't find it at all, even if he found them, he would not admit his true identity."
"This time, Yao Zhiyi was completely desperate, and in desperation, he had to keep the secret of the shapeshift, but he was not willing to work in vain, so he recorded what happened and put it in the sandwich of the shapeshifter wrapper, and told his children and grandchildren that this thing should be passed on from generation to generation, hoping that someone would uncover the secrets of those patterns and get unexpected surprises, who knew that this would be seven or eight hundred years."
"At the beginning, Yao Zhiyi's children and grandchildren must have been very obedient and have been well preserved, but after hundreds of years, the shape and shadow have changed a few times, and the words used by the Ming Feng Kingdom have gradually changed, and the words of the Datong Empire are getting farther and farther away, and the people who can understand them are getting fewer and fewer, and the older the age is, the fewer people who know the purpose of this thing, plus the thing itself knows that it has no value at a glance, and it is naturally not valued, otherwise how can the family discard it at will when they move."
Only then did he know the ins and outs of the matter, Dongling Luo Xi couldn't help but let out a sigh: "Since Yuwentang can decipher the ancient characters of the Datong Empire, it must also be able to decipher the characters of the Fish-Man Clan."
Yu Wenheng smiled bitterly again: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the emperor, the minister just said that in order to avoid the pursuit of the world, the fish-people tribe went incognito and disguised themselves, and they didn't dare to reveal their true identities, not to mention that nearly a thousand years have passed, it is even more difficult to find them, their words can only be understood by themselves, and the most troublesome thing is that there is no record of the fish-man script in the palace of the Mingfeng Kingdom, that is, the Datong Empire, and it cannot be deciphered at all."
Tanglin Luoxi frowned, didn't speak for a while, and Dongling Chenyang, who had been silent for a long time, asked: "The pursuit and killing of the fish-man clan was a matter when the Datong Empire was just destroyed, and by the time of Yuwentang, seven or eight hundred years have passed, everything has passed in time, and there is no need to hide your identity and hide in the east."
"That's true," Yu Wenheng nodded, "so after deciphering the words on the white cloth, Yuwen Tang immediately secretly reported the matter to the emperor and ancestor Yu Wenzhuo at that time, and the ancestor was very pleasantly surprised when he heard this, so he sent Ouchi secret agents to secretly visit the descendants of the Fish-Man Clan, for hundreds of years, their descendants have long been scattered all over the Lingyuan Continent, and the number is already very scarce, the difficulty of finding can be imagined
"But fortunately, the hard work paid off, and after the secret investigation of the Ouchi secret agent, he really found a descendant of the fish-man clan and brought it back, but after showing it to him, he said that he couldn't understand the words on the white cloth at all."
"I don't understand," Tanglin Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, "The descendants of the Fish-Man Clan can't understand the text of the Fish-Man Clan, so they are looking for the wrong person."
Yu Wenheng sighed and shook his head: "That's not the emperor, don't forget, hundreds of years have passed, the Fish-Man Clan has long dared not use the original words, even if they are used occasionally, they have changed over time, just like we can't understand the words of the Datong Empire."
Tanglin Luo Xi nodded: "That's what happened later."
After talking for a long time, seeing that he was a little dry-mouthed, he asked while signaling Tanglin Chenyang to serve tea, took the tea and thanked him, and after a few sips, Yuwen Heng continued: "Full of hope and disappointed again, the ancestors were naturally disappointed, but the descendants of the fish-people tribe provided an important clue: the descendants of the fish-people patriarch may be able to interpret those words, because they have a special physique, talent, and an inexplicable sensitivity to words, he heard that Hua Jinse, the queen of the country, has many children of the patriarch before, and they have successfully interpreted the ancient books of the fish-people."
"Although there is this clue, the ancestor still can't help but scratch his head: in the vast sea of people, to find the descendants of the fish-people is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, but where to find the patriarch's children, but no hope is better than no hope, so the ancestor asked him what are the characteristics of the patriarch's children that are different from ordinary people."
"After all, the old man obviously knows very little about the fish-people, and he can't help the ancestors, so he has no choice but to continue to look for a needle in a haystack while trying to find more clues, and then the ancestor Yuwenzhuo died, Yuwentang inherited the throne and continued to work hard for this matter, and after he ascended the throne for twenty years, he finally found a clue from the vast ancient books."
Here, the father and son couldn't help but glance at each other: good perseverance
Knowing what the two of them meant, Yu Wenheng didn't care: "It turns out that the children of the patriarch of the fish-man clan always look similar every few generations or tens of hundreds of years, for example, the fifth generation of the patriarch will be very similar to the patriarch, and the tenth generation of grandchildren may be similar to the fifth generation of grandchildren, or it is possible that the dozens of generations of grandchildren will be similar to the patriarch, and so on."
Tanglin Luo Xi pursed his lips and reacted instantly: "Duanmu Youning is a descendant of Hua Jinse"
Hua Jinse is the daughter of the patriarch, Duanmu Youning is naturally a descendant of the patriarch, so she is so similar to Hua Jinse, so ...... She should be able to decipher the Fish-Man text
Yuwen Heng smiled, and finally nodded: "It is very likely that after the ancestor Yuwentang found this clue, he also thought of sending someone to investigate, but except for Hua Jinse, he didn't know what the other descendants of the patriarch looked like, in other words, he could only wait for someone similar to Hua Jinse to appear, but until he died, he still found nothing."
"Since then, the throne of the Ming Feng Kingdom has also changed hands many times, and the ancestors have also tried to find people who are similar in appearance to Hua Jinse, but they have always ended in disappointment, until the last time the Three Kingdoms Grand Meeting, the ministers simply brought the shape-shifting shadow to the Yulin Kingdom, wanting to test the masters of the two countries, and all the important things have been taken out, not afraid of being seen."
"All the clues found by the ancestors have always been only passed on to the crown prince, and others have no way of knowing it, even if someone sees Hua Jinse's portrait, it doesn't matter, but the minister thinks that it is inappropriate to do so, and some opportunities may be missed, for example, if other princes obviously see people similar to Hua Jinse, but because they don't know the inside story, they don't pay attention, wouldn't it be a pity."
"Therefore, not long ago, the minister suggested that the father and the emperor let all the brothers and sisters know about it, so that they could seize as many opportunities as possible, but even so, the ministers and others had never seen Miss Duanmu's true face during the last Three Kingdoms event, so they didn't know that the person who had been looking for hundreds of years was close at hand."