Chapter 1170 The fourth stone
The torch flashed, and the atmosphere in the stone chamber seemed very strange. No one would feel comfortable when talking among the thick white bones.
"You said that besides you and Yao Weng, there are two others who survived?" Chu Huan stared at Xin Guiyuan's eyes, "How did these two become traitors?"
"After that internal strife, there were very few of us left, and the food problem was temporarily solved." Xin Guiyuan said slowly: "I was seriously injured at that time. The medicine man needed to take care of the king and helped me with the injury, but we couldn't sit here and wait for death."
Liuli asked, "Do you continue to find an exit?"
Xin Guiyuan nodded and said, "That was the case, at that time, the two traitors could only find the exit. They were loyal to the king on the surface, but we didn't expect that they had already hidden evil intentions at that time. Time passed, and hundreds of people were not able to find any gains when they looked for exits. We just thought that they could not get anything... These two people were pretending to behave, and it seemed that they really had nothing to gain."
Chu Huan spread his eyebrows, "In this way, did he find the exit?"
"No," Xin Guiyuan said with a hatred: "We later found out that they were very lucky and found an exit, which was the only exit..."
"Where is the exit?" Chu Huan couldn't help asking.
Xin Guiyuan smiled and asked back, "Do you want to know?" Shaking his head, "I can't tell you now. When you finish listening to everything I said, you will choose yourself if you want to know where the exit is."
Liuli frowned and asked, "Why do they deceive you? Since they have found the exit, why don't they tell you clearly?"
"I said that the two traitors were hiding evil intentions." Xin Guiyuan clenched his fists and his bones sounded, "They had planned and prepared to surrender to the Qin people."
"surrender?"
Xin Guiyuan sneered: "Maybe in their opinion, Xichang has no hope of restoring the country. Only by relying on the Qin people can they continue to be prosperous and prosperous..."
Liuli said: "If they really defect to Qin, as long as they leave here and tell Qin about the place where King Xichang is, they will be able to make great contributions, and wealth and honor are naturally within their reach."
"They do think so, betray the king in exchange for wealth and glory." Xin Guiyuan said coldly: "But they are thinking about another thing. Since they surrender to Qin, they naturally want to offer a big gift to Qin..."
Chu Huan touched his chin and said, "If you want to offer a big gift, the best gift should be the head of King Xichang."
"They have this heart, but they don't have this courage." Xin Guiyuan said: "The king is both civil and military, and although he is weak, they dare not act rashly."
Liu Liqi said: "Since that's the case, what kind of gifts are they going to offer to Qin?"
Xin Guiyuan did not speak, but stretched out a hand and lit his palm in front of the two of them. In his palm, there was an extra stone.
Chu Huan saw the stone in Xin Guiyuan's palm and his pupils contracted. Although he wanted to hide his emotions, the corners of his eyes still couldn't help but twitch twice.
If he read it correctly, this is the fourth stone he saw.
There are so many stones under the world, like cow hair, rocks, ores, jade, marble..., but Chu Huan still remembers the stone in front of him and can also be identified at a glance.
Perhaps he could not tell whether this was a stone or not.
The red stone obtained from Lin Daier, the white stone of Xuanyuan Shao, and the green stone given to the King of Qi by the Queen but was transferred to Mo Lingshuang by the King of Qi. Chu Huan at a glance determined that the stone in front of him was definitely from the same lineage as the three stones.
Since he got the red stone, Chu Huan was surprised every time he saw the same stone.
He really couldn't have imagined that Xin Guiyuan would take out such a stone.
This stone is almost exactly the same shape and texture as the three stones Chu Huan saw before, but the only difference is the color, which is a blue stone.
The color is green and dark, and under the fire, it shines with a faint luster.
Liuli looked at Chu Huan and saw Chu Huan’s strange expression, and couldn’t help asking: “Have you seen such a stone?”
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I'm just curious. Is this the generous gift that Xin Xiangguo said?"
Xin Guiyuan sneered: "In your eyes, is it just an inconspicuous stone?"
Chu Huan sighed: "I didn't say he was inconspicuous, but I was very surprised. Is this stone more valuable than gold, silver and jewelry? The two traitors defected to Qin. If they just took this stone, wouldn't they be afraid of being executed by Qin as a joke?"
Xin Guiyuan suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter was strange. Chu Huan felt goosebumps when he heard the strange laughter, but he was expecting in his heart. This time he had already understood the origin of the Peacock Picture and solved a mystery in his heart. He only hoped to know the secret of this stone from Xin Guiyuan's mouth.
He didn't know how many such stones there were, but the three stones he had been in before were not ordinary people.
Although the red stone was obtained from Lin Daier, the real holder was Lin Qingyuan, the former general of Tianbao, and Xuanyuan Shao, the owner of the white stone, was even the first-class general of the empire.
Even if it is a green stone, the one who holds it is the queen.
Now that the blue stone appears in the hands of the black-clad divine figure in Xichang Kingdom, Chu Huan naturally wonders what the reason is.
After hearing Xin Guiyuan laugh, he snorted coldly and said, "Of the mortal body with naked eyes, naturally, I can't see the mystery of this piece of Buddha jade."
"Buddha Jade?" Chu Huan was stunned, but his expression was calm. "So it is called Buddha Jade? It really doesn't look like a piece of jade."
"This is Buddha jade, of course it is not comparable to ordinary vulgar jade." Xin Guiyuan said lightly.
Liuli moved the lotus step lightly, stepped forward, looked at the green Buddha jade eyes, and said strangely: "Prime Minister Xin, you just said that the two traitors wanted to offer generous gifts to Qin. What they are talking about is this Buddha jade?"
"Not one piece, but six pieces!" Xin Guiyuan said calmly: "This is just one piece, and there are five pieces, which are not in my hands now."
Chu Huan thought to himself that there were six such stones, including this green Buddha jade. He had seen four of them, and two of them were unknown.
Liuli asked in confusion: "So where is the other five?"
"This is also the answer I want to find." Xin Guiyuan sighed: "The six pieces of Buddha jade were all in the hands of the king. They were rare treasures that the king regarded as his life... They were also treasures given to the king by Master Zhu Luoyan back then. The king was the first king to convert to the Xin Sect. The Xin Sect attached great importance to the king, so he specially gave six pieces of Buddha jade."
Liuli asked, "So, did the two traitors want to get these six pieces of Buddha jade into their hands and then offer it to Qin?"
"That's true." Xin Guiyuan nodded and said, "They are hypocritical and loyal. Not only me, but even the king is deceived by their falsehood, thinking they are loyal ministers..."
"What happened later?" Liuli asked with a frown.
Xin Guiyuan said angrily: "It was not until one day when the king discovered that six pieces of Buddha jade suddenly disappeared. He was shocked and found that the two traitors had no trace. We searched every corner of the cave, but no trace of them was found. At that time, we finally realized that the two thieves had stolen the Buddha jade and left the cave."
"Stolen Buddha jade and presented it to Qin State as a gift to seek high-ranking officials and wealth and glory." Chu Huan sighed softly: "Can they not know that the Qin iron hooves conquered the world, and the rare treasures obtained by the Qin Dynasty were as numerous as cow hair and a mere six pieces of Buddha jade, how could they bring them wealth and glory."
He seemed indifferent, but he had other thoughts in his heart, just wanted to use this to inspire Xin Guiyuan's words.
He vaguely felt that these six pieces of Buddha jade were not just for appreciation, but also had a lot of mystery in it.
Xin Guiyuan also smiled indifferently and said, "No matter what, the six pieces of Buddha jade were taken away by them. The king can give up everything, but he must not have those six pieces of Buddha jade, because... for the king, without the Buddha jade, he would have waited for nothing..." After a pause, he said, "There is no place to bury!"
Chu Huan and Liuli looked at each other and felt strange. Liuli had already asked: "Why did the Prime Minister of Xin say this? What does the six pieces of Buddha jade have to do with the burial place of King Xichang?"
"Buddhist Cave!" Chu Huan suddenly thought of something and immediately said: "Xin Guoxiu seemed to mention the Buddha Cave just now."
Xin Guiyuan nodded and said, "No," he pondered for a moment, and then said, "Do you know what is the greatest wish of the disciples of Xin Sect?"
Chu Huan and Liuli didn't say anything, Xin Guiyuan had already continued: "For believers in the Xin Sect, the greatest honor is to be buried in the Buddha's cave after death, because only by burying into the Buddha's cave can one avoid the six realms of reincarnation."
"Where is the Buddha's cave?" Chu Huan asked.
Xin Guiyuan shook his head, "I don't know either... only the people from the Xin Sect know where the Buddha's cave is."
"What do you mean is that the wish of King Xichang is to be buried in the Buddha's cave after his death?"
Xin Guiyuan nodded, "So when the king was alive, he never thought about building a tomb for himself. He was the most prestigious believer of Xinzong in Middle Earth and one of the earliest believers. Xinzong promised the king that when the king passed away, they would take the king away and bury him into the Buddha's cave..."
Chu Huan sighed: "But Xichang Kingdom was destroyed and the King of Xichang was finally trapped here. Even if Xinzong wanted to take him away, he could not find you."
Xin Guiyuan did not speak, but moved his footsteps and slowly walked towards the small stone chamber. Chu Huan's intention for Xin Guiyuan was not clear yet, but he was afraid that he would suddenly hurt Liuli. When Xin Guiyuan's footsteps moved, Chu Huan's feet had also moved and protected Liuli. When Xin Guiyuan saw Xin Guiyuan walking into the small stone chamber, the two of them followed him in.
Chapter completed!