Chapter 271: Not for the sake of the tile
The roar came from under our feet again, and the entire Jieshi Palace began to shake violently again, and it seemed that the submarine volcano burst out more and more violently, this time lasting longer, and the wooden box in Tian Ji's hand was also shaken to the ground.
A roll of paper fell out of the wooden box, and our previous attention was all on He's Bi, and we didn't notice anything else in the wooden box.
When the tremors had subsided, I picked it up from the ground and unfolded it to find that the scroll was covered with incoherent lines and mutilated text.
It occurred to me that in the underground altar of the Aoki River, there was also a paper scroll of the same size hidden in the bronze Ryoma in the wooden box we found.
Just in case, before going to Kunlun Jinque, I burned the paper scroll, but I memorized the strokes on it, and the two paper scrolls together just happened to be a complete map.
"Maps? Where's the map? Gong Jue asked.
In my mind's eye, I overlapped the two scrolls of paper, with mountains and rivers, and detailed text of place names.
"Judging from the place name, it is a map of the Qin Dynasty, and there are some places marked with place names, but there are no special places marked." I said as I thought.
"I thought it was a treasure map, since it was an ordinary map of the Qin Dynasty, why bother to hide it so hidden?" Tian Ji asked.
"I don't know, maybe this map is used for another purpose, but we don't know yet." I shook my head blankly.
"We came here, didn't we come here to find He's Bi and this paper scroll, and now we have found it, this wooden box should be the biggest secret in the Jieshi Palace, but we still haven't found anything." Gong Jue said dejectedly.
"Sometimes, it's not a good thing to know too much, and you can live longer if you don't know......"
The voice came from behind us, and Yoshitaka Akai and Toeito walked in slowly, and Yoshitaka Akai looked at the wooden box in my hand, and his voice was very relaxed.
Tian Ji lifted Tai'a Sword and stood in front of us, what I had been worried about finally happened, but now there is no scruples, after all, we have no choice at all, only to retreat along the steps.
"The reason why you say this is to find the remains of your ancestors, and it seems that your trip was not in vain." I pointed to the corpse at the bottom of the steps.
Akai Yoshitaka walked up with light steps, squatted next to the corpse, and the Dongying people behind him handed him the wooden box, Akai Yoshitaka ignored us anymore, and knelt on the ground with a respectful expression and kowtowed to the corpse.
Then he carefully pulled out the knife that had pierced Akai Nobunari's chest, and said casually while wiping it, "You want to ask me the real reason why you came here?" ”
"There's a whole mountain of gold outside, you haven't cared about it since you came here, so you're not here for the treasure, you told us before, your ancestors have been chasing this treasure for generations, and it must be fake, Akai Nobunari, like you, has other purposes here." I say.
"You really want to know?" Yoshitaka Akai placed the wiped knife on a flat black cloth.
"You've said it, it's not a good thing to know too much, anyway, you don't plan to let us out alive, since we're going to die, I want to die clearly." I smiled faintly.
"Tracing back to the source, I should have been the same as you, I am from the Central Plains, the ancestors were ordered by Emperor Qin to look for the whereabouts of Penglai Xiandao in the East China Sea, and the deep sea is unpredictable and shipwrecked, and the catastrophe is immortal and lives in Dongying." Akai Yoshitaka said unhurriedly while taking off Akai Nobunari's armor. "There is a lot of gold and silver on the ship, and the ancestors have multiplied in Dongying through this, and even the name has been changed, but there is one thing that has never been forgotten."
"What's the matter?"
"Penglai Immortal Island."
"It's just a building built in the sea, it's similar to the Jieshi Palace, why keep remembering it?" Gong Jue asked.
"Do you think Penglai Immortal Island is just a building?" Akai Yoshitaka carefully wiped each piece of armor and placed it neatly on a black cloth.
We looked at each other and continued to listen to him.
"What Emperor Qin has been looking for is not an immortal island, he is exploring the footsteps of the gods!"
"God?!" I was taken aback.
"Our ancestors believed in the existence of God and founded Shinto Buddhism in Toei, which has been passing down the secrets of God." Akai Yoshitaka said calmly. "For a long time, the descendants of the Akai family and their followers only regarded Shinto as a religion, a religion that celebrates God, but no one has ever understood the true meaning of God until ......"
Akai Yoshitaka was silent for a moment, and when the last piece of armor was removed, a complete corpse was presented in front of us.
Akai Yoshitaka reverently and respectfully bowed again, his eyes were full of reverence, he looked at the bones formed by Akai and said, until Akai Nobunari was defeated and fell to the coast of the Central Plains, he pinned the hope of reviving the family in an originally ethereal legend.
"A legend about the treasures of the Jieshi Palace?" I asked.
"No, the legend of summoning the gods to awaken!"
...... "We were taken aback and looked at each other." God? Summoning a god? ”
"The ancestors founded Shintoism, and the gods they believed in were omnipotent, and they were real, not the spiritual sustenance of those pathetic people's imagination, and the secret of summoning the gods was in the Jieshi Palace."
"There is a summoning temple secret in the Jieshi Palace?!" I was dumbfounded, but quickly calmed down. "How do you believe it's true?"
"I didn't believe in it, even my ancestors, it was just a vague hope." Akai Yoshitaka also looked at Akai Nobunari's bones. "But there is one person who can prove it, but no one has found out."
"Who?"
"Emperor Qin, who swept through the six countries in ten years and unified the world."
Akai Yoshitaka began to clean up the wreckage, he never looked at us from beginning to end, and told us very calmly that his ancestors told their descendants on his deathbed that Emperor Qin had seen God and received guidance from God, so he could be invincible all over the world.
In order to keep this secret, Emperor Qin built the Jieshi Palace, which is said to hide the footprints of the gods and the secrets of summoning the gods.
Akai Nobunari didn't care about these rumors originally, after all, no one would believe such a ridiculous thing and a palace built under the sea, but Akai Nobunari was at the end of his rope and pinned his last hope on it.
It was also learned that Lei Yingwei had been to the old dragon head and built strong fortifications, but the old dragon head was not a border defense area, Akai Nobunari connected everything, and vaguely noticed that things were strange, as if Lei Yingwei was deliberately protecting this place, the more so, he gradually began to believe the rumors left by his ancestors.
In the last battle, Akai Nobunari sent someone to bring home a book, which mentioned the matter of Jieshi Palace, perhaps not just a rumor, but to remind future generations to continue to investigate, but unfortunately the text about the location of Jieshi Palace and the setting of the mechanism was damaged, and the whereabouts of Jieshi Palace disappeared.
But since then, the Akai family finally began to pay attention to this legend, but unfortunately after the last battle, Akai Nobunari's whereabouts are unknown, and the Akai family was no longer able to get close to the Central Plains coast, until the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Akai Tsunafu returned to Jinxi, chasing the traces of Akai Nobunari, but still found nothing.
"Unexpectedly, I actually fulfilled the last wish of my ancestors." Akai Yoshitaka packed up the last piece of bones and put them all in a wooden box.
"Looks like you're going to be disappointed, there's nothing here." I say.
"No, it's not that you don't know." Akai Yoshitaka looked up, still not looking at me, his eyes fell on the box in my hand.
"Does it have anything to do with this?" I reacted with a frown.
"The ancestors told the descendants of the Akai family that the traces of the gods are hidden in the Heshi Bi, but the whereabouts of the Heshi Bi have been unknown for thousands of years, which is the main reason why no one has believed in this legend."
"I'm willing to say it, it seems that he really didn't intend to let us live." Tian Ji smiled coldly.
"Give it to me, it's not what you should have." Akai Yoshitaka slowly raised his hand.
"This deal is not cost-effective, whether it is handed over to you or not, you will not let us go." I said with a disapproving smile.
"I have many ways to kill people, some can make life worse than death, but some are very happy, you have seen my knife, you should believe that I am not untrustworthy, I have no intention of sparing your life, but you can choose how to die." Akai Yoshitaka stared at us coldly. "If you hand over your things, I promise you'll die without any pain."
Bang dang!
As soon as Akai Jialong's voice fell, Tian Ji didn't think about it, he took the Heshi Bi from my hand and slammed it on the ground, the jade shattered in response, and Akai Jialong's face suddenly changed.
"Lao Tzu is greedy for money, but he also has to ask for face, if this thing is handed over to you, even if I get out alive today, my old man will have to kill me." Tian Ji said impassionedly.
"If you smash fifteen cities, you won't be heartbroken." Gong Jue asked with a smile in the back.
"Integrity, this thing can't be bought with money, we can't lose face in front of these grandsons." Tian Ji said righteously. "This is called, it is better to be broken than to be broken."
I laughed out loud, I didn't expect Tian Ji to say such a thing, and shook the paper in my hand in front of Akai Yoshitaka.
"My brother doesn't agree, let's talk about another way to die."
After saying that, I rolled the paper in the torch and lit it, looking at the fragments and fluttering ashes on the ground, Akai Yoshitaka was furious, the corners of his mouth involuntarily squirmed, his eyes were cold and violent, he didn't plan to do it himself, he stepped back and waved his hand lightly.
Dongying people immediately pulled out their knives and surrounded them, Tian Ji smiled contemptuously, threw away the torch in his hand, and clenched Tai Ah to go down the steps.
"Lao Tzu didn't give birth to the right time, and he didn't catch up with any of the good things that killed the Japanese and resisted Japan, and now it's time to wait for the opportunity, that is, your blood is afraid that it will dirty this Tai'a sword."
The torch thrown by the rooster ignited the fire trough in the stone chamber, and suddenly the whole stone chamber brightened, and the rooster walked down the steps, but suddenly Akai Yoshitaka and the people of Toei were all stunned, and I saw fear in the eyes of Akai Yoshitaka for the first time.
A person who can slay an ancient beast would be afraid.
"Why, I'm scared, don't worry, I promise to give you a good time." Tian Ji said triumphantly.
Akai Yoshitaka is not even afraid of candles and nine yin, how can he be afraid of the field chicken, their frightened eyes have been looking behind us, I suddenly realized something, slowly turned my head, the steps behind me spread up a smooth stone platform, when our eyes looked up, suddenly shocked speechless......