At that time, there was an oasis near the Damascus Desert that had been flowing for thousands of years, which could provide food for Cushing's family, and they lived a carefree life. Cushing mainly did research on mathematics and astronomy. In addition, his family had been interested in Damascus for generations.

He has extremely unique research on the local customs and geography, and can be regarded as one of the best local scholars.

Just when the Cushing family was living an ordinary and fulfilling life, trouble came knocking on their doorstep

At that time, Schiller, the emir of Damascus, was a corrupt official who loved to plunder the people's wealth. He had amassed countless treasures over the years. He was afraid that the treasures would be reported or robbed by bandits. Schiller racked his brains.

I came up with an idea: Find someone who knows the most about the nearby desert area and let him preside over the construction of an underground palace.

As long as Schiller hid the treasures he collected in the underground palace, and set up countless murderous traps to ambush the main entrances and exits to prevent thieves and other people with evil intentions, everything would be foolproof.

The sinister and vicious Schiller quickly selected the person to build the underground palace. That person was the famous scholar Cushing near Damascus. Scholar Cushing had a family background, extensive knowledge and extensive records, and he was very familiar with the desert geography around the ancient city.

, he knows the local customs and environment very well, and is really the best choice to build your own private underground palace treasure house.

Knowing that there was a capable person like Cushing, Schiller certainly had no reason to let him go. He first sent people to bring expensive gifts and repeatedly urged him to meet at his official residence. However, Cushing politely refused because he was not feeling well.

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In the end, Schiller suddenly realized that because his reputation was so bad, the upright Cushing would rather stay home saying he was sick than meet him. Schiller, who was so angry that he led his men like wolves and tigers, directly came to Cushing's home.

In front of Cushing, the vicious Schiller slashed the old servant to death and tied up Cushing's two sons and one grandson with ropes.

Seeing his children and grandchildren being arrested, Cushing was shaking with anger, but he was helpless and had no choice but to finally agree to Schiller's request to force him to build an underground palace, and all Cushing's family members were escorted away

He went to the underground palace and worked as a coolie.

Three years, a full three years, in order to build this underground palace treasure house, Cushing worked so hard that his gray hair turned into white frost, and his face gained a lot of haggardness and wrinkles, but just as the underground palace was about to be fully completed.

At that time, a craftsman working there risked his life and fled to Cushing's house. He brought shocking news: As early as the first year of the construction of the underground palace, all three of the old man's children and grandchildren were crushed due to landslides.

died inside

In order to allow Cushing to build an underground palace for himself with peace of mind, Schiller deliberately blocked the news. Anyone who dared to tell the news of the death of the old man's children and grandchildren would be killed without mercy.

Hearing the news, the old scholar Cushing was struck by thunder. He rolled his eyes and fainted. The craftsman took care of him for a long time, and then told Cushing who woke up the news. He escaped because he overheard the supervisor saying,

After receiving Schiller's secret order, on the day the underground palace was completed, not a single one of the more than 300 craftsmen was spared, and all were killed to prevent the news from leaking.

The craftsman had a family of young and old. He had expected to be reunited with his family after finishing his hard work. Who would have thought that he would hear the news. He immediately got out of the cave he accidentally discovered while working and fled desperately.

Cushing trembled with rage when he thought that Emir Chief Schiller was so cruel and ruthlessly killed people. He sent away the fleeing craftsmen. After much thought, he decided to privately modify some of the mechanisms in the underground palace. On the day of completion, once Schiller

Le's people wanted to seal the exit and trap all the craftsmen, so Cushing could use the mechanism to secretly let the craftsmen go.

Just do it, and a battle of wits between good and evil begins. The days fly by, and in the blink of an eye, the day when the underground palace treasure house is completed comes. The supervisor and a few of his usually wolf-like subordinates change their usual attitude towards the craftsmen.

They had a bad attitude of hitting or scolding them. Instead, they brought out a lot of wine and meat for everyone to eat and drink.

However, the craftsmen had been notified by Cushing in advance and knew that the food was poisoned. They pretended to eat without showing anything. When the supervisor was unprepared, he and a dozen of his thugs were knocked unconscious and tied up with ropes.

Throw it into an inaccessible desert and leave it to fend for itself

Cushing appeared at this time. He brought a large number of camels and gave them to the craftsmen, asking them to ride them quickly. He sacrificed his life to distract the pursuers led by the emir chief Schiller. In the end, Cushing was blocked by the villains.

In a dead end of the underground palace, he smiled happily and activated the mechanism, and died together with Schiller and his minions.

It turns out that this is how Guan Heng listened to the grievances between Schiller and Cushing. He felt a lot: Alas, good people can only end up dying together with bad people. It is really not worth it.

Hahaha, there is nothing unworthy. The old scholar Cuxin twisted his beard and said with a smile: Guan Heng, don’t forget that I also saved the lives of hundreds of craftsmen. They will spread their branches in the future. Counting the people I saved

There are too many to count. Using my waning life to save them will be very profitable.

Because of this, you see Cushing spread his hands, stood up and turned around twice: I can stay in this world for a long time and continue to do my knowledge. There is nothing wrong with this.

You are easy-going, open-minded and cheerful. Guan Heng smiled: This is something I didn’t expect.

However, your attitude of loving studying knowledge is very similar to that of my teacher Howard Stark. Guan Heng smiled and said: I will definitely introduce you to each other when I have time. You two old scholars will definitely become friends.

Okay, now that you say it, I really want to see him. Cushing stroked his long beard and asked: Where is Mr. Howard now?

Guan Heng told the story of how he and Howard got to know each other, and it was so novel and exciting that even Cushing, an old scholar with strong memorization and knowledge, was amazed: Very good, it seems I must pay a visit to Mr. Howard, this is a

Wonderful man

Then let's do it. After this ancient ruins expedition is over, I will take you back to my home in New York City to see Uncle Huo. Guan Heng lowered his head and thought about it: Well, for now, let's go to the underground palace to search for the Schiller family genealogy.

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If you go to the underground palace, I can go with you. Cushing said with a smile: I presided over the construction of the underground palace. I am very familiar with the inside of the underground palace.

Thank you Mr. Cushing. Guan Heng smiled and said: I am really grateful. For the convenience of movement, I hope you don’t mind entering the small space where I have the tattoo on the back of my hand for a while.

Oh, a small space that can hide ghosts. Cushing said with a smile: It's really rare. Then I'll go in.

Hiding Cushing with the ghost-swallowing beast tattoo, Guan Heng didn't waste any time, donned the exorcist armor with a swish, flew directly in the direction pointed by Cushing, and found the location of the underground palace without any effort.
Chapter completed!