Book 34 - Chapter 11 – The First Appearance of the Dawn (1/2)
“How do you feel?” Xu Ziling asked
Pondering over it, Kou Zhong replied, “The dragon pillars ought to be connected to steel rope, axle and wheel, or so like that You should feel the vibration as it twisted andstill could not believe what had happened; he said, “If these six dragonheads could indeed open a secret pathway in a certain building over a hundred zhang away, this is not just a coincidental snatching-the-heaven skill; it is absolutely shocking Lu Xiansheng’s ability really had the Gods-and-de hard, Kou Zhong said, “If I twist the other five dragon pillars like that, perhaps a secret entrance would appear inside the Xi Ji Yuan, and then wouldn’t we just present a great gift to Dugu Feng [peak] for nothing?”
Xu Ziling replied, “If that is the case, then you, Kou Shao Shuai is doomed to walk away in bad luck But in ’s conduct and style, that kind of scenario can’t possibly happen The ru’s Treasure, whoever obtains one of theht to have some truth within it The Jade Annulus of the He Clan need not be mentioned, because it was the seal of state that has been used since Qin shi+huang Ying Cheng The Duke Yang’s Treasure is in fact the underground base to be used to overthrow the Sui dynasty Although ‘obtaining the world’ seeeration, its real role shouldn’t be too far off”
Kou Zhong nodded his head in agreement
The Jade Annulus of the He Clan was the seal of state, the symbol of the imperial power Furtherin was heavy with legend and myth flavor, ould dare to doubt that only the Son of Heaven, ordained by heaven itself, would be worthy to obtain it?
The Duke Yang’s Treasure could inally there was no basis behind it But if one would stop to think about it, the current situation when Yang Su built the treasure-trove was that the world was the Yang Fa Clan’s world If there was a valiantout the weaponry fro in revolt, he would have had a chance to force entrance into the imperial palace, and kill the then e Jian
It was extre’s Treasure was the crucial point in obtaining the world was related to this fact
One truth understood, a hundred reasons beca and Xu Ziling started to understand the true e’, they could see through the way to open the Duke Yang’s Treasure
Ferociously clenching his teeth, Kou Zhong repeated the process with the other five dragonheads After he finished with the last one, breathing heavily, he said, “I ae said, “Li shi+min has appointed Li shi+ji to prepare an all-out effort to intercept your ‘wonder troops’ [troops appearing suddenly in a blurted out, “What kind of painful encourage only looked at hih and said, “This can be called another forement Now, even I am convinced that Li shi+min has the qualifications to be the eh, it’s impossible to assert the ‘follow me and you will prosper, oppose me and you will perish’ principle; I’d better just return home to coax the children and sleep peacefully”
“If that is still not enough, there is still another present,” Xu Ziling continued, “shi+ Feixuan is asking Ning Daoqi to, by all , forever”
This encouragement was obviously evenasked, “Did shi+ Feixuan tell you personally?”
Xu Ziling sighed and said, “I wished she would personally talk to me, it’s a pity that this is not the case Her public and private affairs are clearly divided, ’s pair of eyes e-self-confidence ‘divine light’ as he slowly held up the dragonhead, and spoke word-by-word in heavy voice, “Where did the inforaze toward the floater under the stone bridge, he lightly said, “It was your first-love sweetheart borrowing Shen Luoyan’sthat Shao Shuai could rein the horse just before the precipice, to avoid you falling into the too-late-to-regret situation”
Kou Zhong shook his head and laughed hoarsely; he responded by action, by slowly turning the dragonhead
‘Clack!’ The dragonhead returned to its original position
The entire bridge suddenly started to vibrate lightly, and did not stop until quite half a day later Were it not for the two boys were concentrating their attention, plus by relying on their acute senses, theycraned his neck to look under the bridge; he said, “The vibration ought to come from the riverbed and was transe ripples appeared on the surface of the water under the bridge Apparently there was a strange change on the riverbed There were also bubbles floating up and popping
Bewildered, Xu Ziling said, “That’s impossible; we searched the riverbed everywhere, if there is an entrance, how could we ht, “The impossible matter has become the ironclad fact before our eyes We’ll definitely have to go take a look Don’t you have the slightest bit of curiosity about the De water carefully, which was like a strea his head, he said, “If after the secret path is opened the water of the canal is rushi+ng into the storehouse, the treasure is going to be drown out And then Lu Xiansheng would be the nu already re, he said, “It makes sense But when I co climbed back to the canal’s bank, and cae Xu Ziling’s side Raising his thuood, your assessment is more accurate than me, this little master in the study of mechanism Unexpectedly there areon the riverbed, the water is flowing into those holes After the space underneath is full of water, the holes closed up The ingenuity is more than you dare to believe Lu Dashi+ must have used the water power [same character as in ‘hydraulic’] to activate a mechanism so said, “Therefore, we are only half-successful Only if we could find the real entrance of the secret path e have the chance to go in and explore Ay! I ae is not up to par; if you iround, and I have to beat the wall and tap the rampart to call people to rescue an”
Evidently Kou Zhong was in a very good hed and said, “Heaven helps the worthy Even if I a, I still need to look at Laotianye’s o to Xi Ji Yuan to grope around The last insulting thing that Xiaodi have to do is to teranny]”
“To want soet there [idio said, “The only thing you need to do now is to return to the Sha Mansion and have a good night sleep, to recover enough spirit, touise yourself as the divine doctor to serve You Pozi [old wooing then? The secret nest is no longer a secret nest; wouldn’t it o to Gao Zhandao’s place to pacify their heart,” Xu Ziling replied, “Also to guard against they becoet”
Reluctant to part, Kou Zhong stared resolutely at the water of the canal for a fewto look for the secret passage’s real entrance In the evening I a wine into the treasure-trove to drink to our heart’s content with you to celebrate”
Xu Ziling sighed inwardly, thinking that celebrating was really too early, because their real trouble has just begun
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Kou Zhong woke up at daybreak The first thing in his u Clan’s Xi Ji Yuan; proed clothes He was going to take advantage while Sha Tiannan and the rest have not woken up to sneak out of the Sha Mansion, but he ran into the Fifth Miss Sha Zhijing at the plaza of the outer courtyard
With several bodyguards [orig protector of the courtyard] waiting upon her, she was testing an extraordinarily spirited grey horse, but he did not see Chen Laiuard chiefs Chances are they went to escort the Second Young Master Sha Chenggong to check the receiving of the firear cheerfully called out, “Mo Xiansheng, what do you think ofsaw her wearing warrior outfit Although her heroic spirit was still lacking, but her char out without thinking, he said, “Horse is good, the person is even better”
Only after seeing that after hearing what he said Sha Zhijing’s pretty face was blushi+ng did he rely divine doctor; inwardly he cursed hiuard holding the horse’s head down, Sha Zhijing, like aat him, she said, “Turns out other than brilliantothers Mo Xiansheng is about to leave on a long journey, there will be a lot of people in Chang’an that will be extre looked at the clear sky after being washed with one full day of big snow; he said, “A year at the latest, half a year at the soonest, I ’an to visit Laoye and Xiaojie”
Slightly displeased, Sha Zhijing said, “We have just celebrated the New Year; can’t you stay a bit longer? Zhijing has not had any chance to consult Xiansheng on proble I am your little disciple!”
The last sentence was bri fro’shad no doubt that just like Dugu Feng [phoenix], Sha Zhijing also fell for hi the subject, he said, “This is an excellent horse; where did it cohtly moved her jade steps to come over to the horse Full of affection she reached out her delicate hand to gently caress and stroke the horse’s head, creating a touching picture of a fine horse and a beauty Laughing sweetly, she said, “This is a Tujue horse I changed its nae”
“What?” Kou Zhong blurted out
Taken aback, Sha Zhijing asked, “Is there any proble nearly held his head in his hands and cried for the pain,over Sha Zhijing’s beauty? And then after recalling the Second Young Master Sha Chenggong ht not shy away from any method to destroy any wild sche, he felt a bit better However, with his mouth he said, “There’s no problem, I just did not expect Wu Xiaojie to know Ke Dazhi; that’s all”
Sha Zhijing said, “It was Dong Guifei [senior concubine/i hero, his saber technique is formidable, before he came to the Central Plains he already beat everybody in Tujue and did not have anyShuni, bragging to Sha Zhijing on behalf of Ke Dazhi; otherwise, no ant Ke Dazhi was, he would not dare to say that he surpassed ‘Wu Zhun’ Bi Xuan, who ranked a the Three Great Grandht Dong Shuni have toward Sha Zhijing?
He was too busy to look after this matter; he neither had the time nor the leisurely mood toabout it, his heart felt uneasy; the contradiction was heavy
This kind of highest quality warhorse was ift
This jiu rushed over fro out?”
Seeing that everybody in the Sha Fa, inwardly Kou Zhong was not without any e to treat Dugu Lao Furen’s [old et back”
Sha Zhijing happily said, “I have not paid a New Year call to Lao Furen; why don’t Zhijing go together with Xiansheng?”
Again Kou Zhong cried ‘Headache!’ inwardly Fortunately Sha Chengjiu spoke up, “Zhijing forgot that today you are supposed to go with Niang to Dong Da Si to burn incense and worshi+p?”