Chapter Seventy-Two: The Map of Human Skin
The white powder fell to the ground gently, some were still snow-white, and some were slowly turning rusty red, the whole process only took a few seconds, and Mo Shihuan clapped his hands and smiled with satisfaction.
"Looks like this is it, Flying Eagle, you dig this place hard, the area is a little bigger, from there to here, maybe we will find something amazing."
Zhuo Chen didn't speak, just looked at Mo Shihuan who was looking forward to it on the stone chair, and said in his heart that this little girl knows a lot and is delicate, I don't know how many surprises are hidden.
Maybe he was a little impatient to wait, Mo Shihuan couldn't sit still, and ran to the pit dug by the flying eagle to look. Unconsciously standing closer and closer to the flying eagle, the flying eagle took a few steps back very consciously, and the next moment Mo Shihuan leaned over in order to see the recent progress in the dirt pit.
Zhuo Chen stepped forward and stretched out his hand to pull her back, and said with a smile.
"Look at what, if you fall into the pit in a while, you still want this king to save you."
"Who do you look down on! This pit is not deep, and I can come up myself. ”
Zhuo Chen didn't answer, but just untied the cloak on his body and wrapped it around Mo Shihuan, who unfolded the cloak very generously and wrapped him in.
"My body is much stronger than yours, and I'm not afraid of the cold, but for the sake of your kindness, it's not easy for me to refuse, and half of one person is just right."
"Well, exactly."
Mo Shihuan's hand was on Zhuo Chen's shoulder, and the two sat very close, breathing each other.
Maybe it was because it was too quiet, it didn't take long for Mo Shihuan to start dozing off, while Zhuo Chen watched with a smile on her face as she tilted her shoulder again and again, approaching but leaving quickly.
If you go on like this, you will definitely fall tomorrow, right?
Thinking like this, Zhuo Chen adjusted his sitting posture slightly, and this time, Mo Shihuan's head landed on Zhuo Chen's shoulder accurately.
I don't know how long it took, Feiying came with a half-large wooden box, the two layers of fabric wrapped around the box were no longer recognizable, but the box was not worn, Mo Shihuan opened the box with his own hands, and found that there was an envelope horizontally placed inside, without signature, it was a standard kraft red checkered envelope.
I couldn't wait to open it and realize that she didn't know any of the words inside.
This is embarrassing, could it be that there is no unified text at this time?
Looking at Mo Shihuan's embarrassed look, Zhuo Chen only felt that it was very interesting, and in order not to collapse the whole paragraph, Mo Shihuan held the letter with both hands and looked left and right without making it up, so he simply threw it directly in Zhuo Chen's hands.
"You've got what it takes...... Then you read it. ”
"I don't know this king, are you satisfied? Flying Eagle, find someone to translate the text above and give me the result as soon as possible. ”
I don't know what you were laughing at just now! Mo Shihuan complained silently in his heart, then took the box, and took a closer look only to find that there was something on the ground floor of the box.
Picking it up with one hand, I found that it was slightly translucent, and it felt very good, and I saw that there seemed to be something on it, and I looked at it carefully and touched it, and Mo Shihuan directly dropped it on the ground.
"Yes, it's human skin!"
Not to mention that those lines are left on it with tattoos, but the peeling of the skin is enough to make people creepy.
Zhuo Chen picked up the human skin again and looked at it carefully.
"It's like a map, but there's a clear tear mark on the edge, and that's only part of it."
Mo Shihuan really didn't expect to encounter a human skin map, not that he was afraid, but he felt that it was too cruel to use human skin to make a map.
Turning his head to take a closer look, Zhuo Chen had already put away the human skin map and handed it to Feiying along with the box and letters. then pulled Mo Shihuan out of the yard together.
"Go back to sleep, are you going to sit in a yard like that all night?"
Mo Shihuan was also really sleepy, he went back to the room and fell asleep, and after freshening up the next morning, he heard someone talking next door, and quietly hid aside to peek.
Zhuo Chen sat in the main seat, with the wooden box dug up last night in his hand, and standing in the room at this moment was the housekeeper and a few maids in charge, although he didn't raise his head, he looked a little nervous.
"Back to Your Highness, the slave doesn't know this thing."
"Okay, then I'll show you a few more words."
Zhuo Chen copied a few of the letters full of strange words that he turned out last night, and asked Feiying to show them to the maid, but the maid didn't dare to raise her head.
"Slaves, slaves are illiterate."
The three of them all denied it neatly, and Zhuo Chen was not good at using it, so he stretched out his hand and waved everyone away, raising his eyes to look at the shadow by the window.
"What are you still hiding? Come on in. ”
Mo Shihuan walked in slowly, sat directly beside Zhuo Chen, and took the paper with strange words written on it and put it on the box.
"If you ask like this, of course they won't answer, but judging by how resolutely they deny it, someone must have issued a strict order not to leak it. Alas, if they don't cooperate, it will be troublesome to investigate. ”
A big secret was discovered for a while, but there was no progress under the investigation, Mo Shihuan was really a little disappointed, lying on the table and reaching out to dip the tea to write and draw.
His eyes were just on the lock in front of him, Mo Shihuan's eyes lit up, and he sat up straight and looked at Zhuo Chen.
"It is said that the jade key is the key to open the treasure map, so this human skin map, could it be a treasure map?"
"It's been so many years, and who knows. It is still important to understand the words on the letter. ”
Maybe the words on it are descriptions of treasure maps, and it's safer to use niche words. But when will you find someone who can read those words?
Mo Shihuan was bored and began to draw turtles on the table, but Xu Ying suddenly ran in, came to Zhuo Chen's side, saw the box, and asked curiously.
"Cousin, you're really here, I'm missing you when you're not there! Eh, what is it? I'm going to see it too. ”
"The box for the letter is all other people's family affairs, what do you think? Why did you come here? ”
Xu Ying sat down on the side with a pouting and explained in a low voice.
"His Royal Highness King Wu said that there is something serious, let me go around by myself. I heard that my cousin was also there, so I asked the maid where you live, and I came straight to me. ”
Xu Ying pulled Zhuo Chen's sleeve and shook it, looking coquettish, and Mo Shihuan felt disgusted when she saw it. But after all, people are related to each other, but they can't afford to provoke them, so let's hide. got up and was about to make room for her, but Xu Ying saw the turtle that Mo Shihuan drew on the table.
Originally, the thickness of the water stain was uncontrollable, and the appearance of the painting was even more ugly and cute, and Xu Ying deliberately grasped this point. A look of surprise at the water stains on the table.
"I just thought, why is there tea stains on this table, it turned out to be painted by the third lady of the Prime Minister's house? Is this a picture of a turtle? Alas, with such a background, you are not to blame. Cousin, do you remember when I was a kid and I read and read with you? At that time, my husband was very strict, and my cousin helped me study before the exams several times. ”