But the ancestors refused to repent and continued to cause chaos in southern Xinjiang. The empress could not bear to kill him, so she imprisoned him in this place with iron chains. ”

As Pei Qingcheng spoke, Su Jiu had already walked to the bones.

Only the skeleton remains, and it is hard to tell what they looked like when they were born.

She said lightly, "If this male skeleton is your ancestor, then who is this woman?" ”

Pei Qingcheng was meaningful, "Yes, who is this woman?" Why did the ancestors go crazy and use Gu poison everywhere? Even if he commits a great disapproval in the world, even if it causes public indignation in the whole world, he will not hesitate to ......"

"He's experimenting with something possible." Su Jiu thought about it and narrowed his eyes, "He didn't use those Gu poisons to harm people, but to save people." If I'm not mistaken, he wants to save the woman next to him. ”

She had learned about the secrets of the royal family in southern Xinjiang.

Hundreds of years ago, the empress and her brother competed for the throne, and it was the imprisoned prince who helped her take the throne.

Unfortunately, however, the empress was assassinated and killed in the final battle of the palace.

This ancestor probably loved her very much, and did not hesitate to capture her brother alive, and used the secrets of southern Xinjiang to bring the empress back to life.

It was supposed to be a happy ending, but within two years, this ancestor suddenly began to use Gu poison on a large scale, and seemed to be very eager to verify something.

"It's the aftermath." Yan Yu let out a voice and glanced at Su Jiu's side face in a complicated manner, "The Southern Xinjiang royal family can bring people back to life, but this 'life' is not without a price. Although the empress lived, the sequelae quietly appeared in her two years later, she aged rapidly at an unimaginable speed for ordinary people, with green silk and white hair, as if she would die in a short time. ”

Pei Qingcheng continued: "The ancestors loved her so much that they couldn't bear to see her pale hair, so they vowed to regain their youth for her. He experimented with thousands of Gu poisons at any cost, and although he went against the sky and caused public anger, he still couldn't solve the sequelae. And the strange thing is that although the empress looks old, her life seems to stop there, and she has no near-death characteristics in the next three years. It can be said that she seems to have gained immortality in another sense. ”

Su Jiu listened quietly, and his thin white hands hanging in his wide sleeves were already clenched into fists.

She remembered Xiao Tingchen.

Xiao Tingchen also used this method to bring the dead back to life, calculating that there are still a few months left before the onset of sequelae, will he also ......

She shook her head, her mind returned to the bones, and said, "This female skeleton is actually the empress hundreds of years ago, right?" She and your ancestors were in love, so that although she imprisoned him here, she came to him before she died and chose to die with him...... It's just that I don't understand, you just said that she gained immortality in another sense, so why did she still die? Did she commit suicide? ”

Pei Qingcheng bent down and pulled out a broken sword from the black sand.

The blade of the sword was rusty and mottled, weathered like a piece of iron.

He shook his head solemnly, "There is no record of these legends in history, they are all passed down by word of mouth. We don't know what happened later, and how the empress who had obviously gained immortality died. ”

Su Jiu was in a heavy mood.

In the middle of the night, she rolled up her sleeves, trying to lower the bones from the iron stake.

Before her fingertips could reach it, Yan Yu had already grasped her thin wrist, "Don't!" They have a poison left on them, and the slightest touch can lead to death! ”

Su Jiu didn't speak.

She just smiled softly at Yan Yu, and gently removed his hand.

The iron chain has been weathered for many years, and the small white hand touches it, and it has broken before it is forced.

Su Jiu carefully placed the two skeletons flat on the ground, for fear of shattering them.

She took two steps back, "You two dig a big pit here, and I want to bury our ancestors properly." ”

Pei Qingcheng raised his eyebrows in surprise and glanced at Yan Yu with a puzzled gaze.

Yan Yu clearly saw that his face was full of "Is there something wrong with our empress", "What do they do if they are dead", "It's too stupid to waste time with dead people here instead of finding a way out", "Why should we be loyal to such a stupid woman".

Yan Yu silently retracted his gaze.

He wasn't emotional.

He drew his saber and obediently began to dig a grave.

Pei Qingcheng's pestle didn't move next to him.

Su Jiu was surprised, "Why don't you help?" ”

Pei Qingcheng: "My hand is broken, I can't move." ”

Su Jiu pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

When fighting at the altar before, this thing was clearly happier than anyone else.

Yan Yu dug the grave, and Su Jiu carefully spread the big fat inside.

She was afraid that Yan Yu's strength would damage the bones, so she personally moved the bones into the grave one by one.

Yan Yu worked hard to cover up the soil and pile up a simple grave.

Su Jiu knelt in front of the tomb and seriously added a handful of soil, "Our Central Plains pays attention to entering the soil for safety, the bones of the ancestors have been here for hundreds of years, and they must also want to be reincarnated." Although the tomb is simple, it can be regarded as sustenance for ghosts. When we go out, we will find a way to erect a decent tombstone for our ancestors. ”

Yan Yu knelt down beside her in silence and followed Tian Tu.

Pei Qingcheng stood silently in the corner, and as the black sand fell one after another, he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance.

Just like the sweet pear fragrance all over the mountains, and just like the dignified and cold Baolian fragrance outside the Buddha hall, in a trance, it seems to be brewing the fragrance of fairy wine under the moon in the dream, and the strange fragrance gradually diffuses in all directions.

Obviously there was no wind, but the dark and strange plants trembled and swayed.

The leaves are falling off, the bark is mottled, and the colorful poisons are fleeing in all directions as if they have smelled a natural predator.

The blood-red sky seemed to have a trace of turmoil because of this strange fragrance.

Pei Qingcheng slowly looked down at his wrist.

The bloodshot that had surfaced on the surface of the skin since birth, the ominous mark that represented the curse, quietly faded!

Don't......

Burying the empress and ancestors is the way to unlock the curse?!

"These poisons were born because of your ancestors, and now that they are in the earth, they should gradually perish." Su Jiu got up and shook his skirt, "It's a blessing in disguise, but we can solve the troubles that have plagued southern Xinjiang for hundreds of years when we fall off the cliff, which can be regarded as an alternative luck." ”

Pei Qingcheng looked at her, with more appreciation and admiration in his eyes.

Su Jiu said again: "Let's go, let's find a way to get out of here." ”

There is only one way out, and that is the cliff.

Fortunately, there were countless vines growing on the cliff, and the three of them climbed along the vines, and it took a lot of effort to barely see the end.

Su Jiu was about to lose his strength, and his white and tender little hands had already been worn by the vines, and the skin was bloody.

Yan Yu helped her below, hugged her knee socket and lifted her up the cliff.

Su Jiu was lying on the edge of the cliff with his upper body, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw Xiao Weihua leading a team of elite soldiers, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the altar and staring at the cliff.

Looking at each other, Su Jiu was a little embarrassed.

The embroidered shoes stepped on Yan Yu's head downward, and she pinned one hand behind her back and gestured quietly.

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See you tomorrow