Chapter 85 The Twelve Treasure-guardian Families (2/2)

Long Xi breathed and imitated what ”princess” did just now. With the help of Mo Kun, she sat slowly onto the chains and pulled herself forward by inches.

After moving two steps, the sound of the water smashing into the deep pool dashed into her ears. She looked down and dizziness struck her. Now she was about 40 meters above the pool. Once she fell...

She could not help trembling a little since she once suffered from drowning and thus never dared to learn how to swim.

She was facing a dilemma, not bold enough to move forward but not willing enough to retreat back.

Xiaolu asked Mo Kun, ”How about doing what Niu Xi has done? I can carry her to the cave.”

Mo Kun said, ”It is me who should do that. You shield us.”

He reached out his hands and caught Long Xi by the arm, slowly pulling her back.

He took two black plastic belts with hooks out of his backpack, picked Long Xi up and let Xiaolu tie them together. And then he imitated Niu Xi, carrying Long Xi on his back and climbed forward bare-handed.

Long Xi held him tightly with her eyes close, not even daring to move a little.

Mo Kun could feel her plump breast glued onto his back. It was a pleasant feeling and it suddenly tickled.

At this moment, he should hope that the way could be longer and it would be even better than it could extend to forever, hahaha!

However, his wish was not granted. The waterfall was already in sight.

The two got across the waterfall and felt the strong power of the current. Fortunately, they wore the raincoats so they only wetted a bit of hair.

Soon they came to the opening of the cave.

Mo Kun unbuckled the belts and put Long Xi down.

After Xiaolu arrived safely, Niu Xi took the iron chains back.

Long Xi realized that it was a stone cave. There were various shapes of stones on the wall, some like Chang'e flying to the moon, some like a wolf and some like a flower.

And it was quite spacious with a high ceiling. Moreover, there were caves in the cave, one connected to another. It seemed that there was no end.

Within each hole, there was stone-made furniture and a wooden door was fixed, making the hole look like a room.

”Princess” said proudly, ”This is what we called 'a sly bunny has three hideouts'! We have made ourselves a hideout. Once the log cabin is discovered, we can hide here.”

She waited for Xiaolu to come and join them and then said with a smile, ”Let me introduce myself first. I am Zhu Junyao, a royal descendant of the Ming Dynasty. Although I look pretty young, I am already 40 years old.”

Long Xi said in amazement, ”My dear sister, you bear your age incredibly well. You are a really beautiful witch.”

”Princess” smiled and asked, ”What is a beautiful witch?”

Long Xi beamed and said, ”It is used to describe ladies who are already around 40 years old but still look beautiful with youthful vigor!”

”Princess” felt impressed and said, ”I have never heard about the phrase. We spent most of the time living seclusively in the mountains and forests. Apart from it, we are always on the way of escape. So we even don't know how the outside world has changed.”

Niu Xi motioned to Granpa Shu and said, ”This is Grandpa Lai Shu, whose ancestor was Lai Chuan, the first disciple of the geomancy scientist, Qing Wuzi. There was a celebrity among the descendants of Lai Chuan— I guess you all heard about him— Lai Buyi in Song Dynasty. My ancestor was a military officer of the King of Dian. He immigrated to Inner Mongolia later on and became a local warrior afterwards. My Han name is Niu Xi and my Mongolian name is Bartel, which means 'hero'. 'Princess' is my wife. As for Feng Zihao, he is the descendant of both the Chicken family and the Monkey family. His father is the descendant of Feng Jiutian, the foster son of the ancient King of Dian. Feng Jiutian was recruited by the emperor of Han Dynasty, later on, crowned as Lord of Yulin.”

”Lord of Yulin? I do not expect that he has some relationship with Lord of Yulin! We graduated from Yulin High School. It is said that the grave of Lord of Yulin was right on the back hill in our school. Word has it that Lord of Yulin was the adopted son of the ancient King of Dian and local high priest. After the ancient Dian Kingdom was broken down, he was recruited by Han and became a resourceful warrior. Afterwards, he was crowned as Lord of Yulin because of his extraordinary establishment in war and the honored rescue of the emperor. I heard that X City was one of his fiefs.” said Xiaolu.

Niu Xi said, ”My father said Lord of Yulin was afraid that someone would rob the grave so he left 12 suspected graves. You mean the one on the Yulin Hill in X City? That is one of the suspected.”

”Ah? Then Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period is not the first one who left 72 fake graves!” Long Xi said.

”Princess” said, ”In fact, we did some research on it. Many archaeologists have confirmed that Cao Cao's suspected graves are actually large-scale ancient tombs of the Northern Dynasties. And the exact number is 134 rather than 72. In the ancient perspective, 72 is merely an approximate number, not an exact one. However, Cao Cao's grave is not included in those. I personally doubt that the grave of Lord of Yulin is not among these twelve.”

Niu Xi said, ”You wander off the point again! Does the grave of Lord of Yulin have something to do with us? Hao is the one who keeps the secrets of the Chicken family. Hao's mother is the descendant of Hou Yuzhang, the descendant of the disciple's disciple's disciple's disciple of Lu Ban. Oh, it sounds like a tongue twister, my tongue is tied!”

Long Xi suddenly understood and said, ”I get it. I'd like to introduce myself officially, too. My name is Long Xi. This is Mo Kun. And this is Fan Xiaolu.”

Granpa Shu said, ”Let's talk about the history of the ancient Dian Kingdom. 2,000 years ago, it stood alongside the Dian Lake with its fantastically splendid culture. It existed on the Earth for above 500 years.”

Granpa Shu said, ”The ancient King of Dian had twelve most trustworthy ranis, royal brothers and his fellow courtiers. When the kingdom came to an end, they all chose to be the martyrs to their own country. On his deathbed, the king gave the 12 valuable items which each had a clue of treasure to these 12 most trustworthy people.”