Tomb robber: I am the tenth of the nine gates

[Changsha - Mine]

Lu Jianxun frowned and waved at the entrance of the mine, and his guards came closer.

"How long have they been down there?"

"It's been three or four hours. Do you want to take someone down to take a look?"

Lu Jianxun looked a little anxious, "Three or four hours?

What are you looking at! There is no movement from these two groups of people going down, what’s the point of just looking at them!”

Chen Pi sat on the transport box, listening to Lu Jianxun's slightly exasperated voice with a half-smile.

Isn't he just worried that those people from the Huo family took the good things from the tomb without his knowledge? He acts like he cares about the lives of his men. What a pretense!

"Tell Huo Sanniang to send more people. Doesn't she claim to be the number one in Xia Sanmen?

Don’t ruin your reputation.”

"Yes."

As the guards walked away, Lu Jianxun turned sideways to look at Chen Pi who was sitting steadily beside him.

Chen Pi pressed down the corners of his mouth and put on a fierce expression. After Lu Jianxun put pressure on Huo Sanniang, he was going to put on trouble with him again.

"Captain Chen, it's already this late, are you still sitting still?"

Chen Pi raised his eyebrows, "Don't you trust Huo Sanniang?"

Lu Jianxun understood and then felt relieved. He did not blame Chenpi for his sarcasm and ridicule over the past few days and began to comfort Chenpi.

"It turns out that Captain Chen was angry because of this matter.

Mr. Huo has already found an expert outside the city, so it might be a good idea to let her go and test the waters.

Besides, the fact that she dared to let Er Yuehong go without permission proves that she is no longer on the same page with us.

Isn't it better for us to kill her now and have the best of both worlds?"

Chenpi's face became even more vicious, he knew that this rat had no good intentions.

"Oh~ So this is what Commander Lu was thinking. I admire you.

But I don't have time to wait here with you.

gone. "

After Chenpi finished speaking, he waved his hand and the guys behind him followed and left with their men.

He had no news of the brat yet, but he didn't have time to watch this man's double-dealing.

The Huo family is also stupid. The worst thing is that they are willing to be plotted against.

Chenpi walked and kicked a wooden box that was blocking his way away in annoyance.

Lu Jianxun watched Chenpi leave with a smile, straightened his tie, and when Chenpi turned around, his expression showed undisguised disgust.

"what."

If I didn't still need them...

[Northeast——Beile Mansion]

"Where's Xiao Ning? Has any of you seen him?"

Yin Xinyue asked several people in the hall. Qi Tiezui and Adjutant Zhang looked at each other and both shook their heads.

Er Yuehong raised her eyes slightly and said calmly, "I'm resting in the room."

Yin Xinyue nodded with relief. They had been living here for several days, but there was no news from the prince.

Chu Ning was visibly thinner. Although Yin Xinyue remained calm, she felt anxious in her heart. She couldn't waste time here.

Er Yuehong nodded to Qi Tiezui, and Qi Tiezui stood up and walked to Yin Xinyue.

"Ma'am, please be patient.

Judging from the wealth of Prince Beile, he has influence in the Northeast.

I actually think it’s good news that there has been no news for such a long time.

Think about it, if the Buddha's family could be found out so easily, we wouldn't be so helpless all this time, right?"

As he was speaking, he saw the prince approaching with his hands in his pockets, walking in a square step.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time."

Several people raised their hands in return, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Beile."

The prince looked around and was angry that one person was missing.

"Ah, Xiao Ning is still not feeling well and has been resting in the house."

Qi Tiezui stepped forward and explained to the prince that it was not their intention to neglect the person who helped them.

The prince waved his hand, he didn't care about that, he stepped aside to make room, and a man carrying a medicine box came forward and bowed to them.

“I found a famous doctor here.

They have been practicing medicine for generations, and my grandfather worked in the Imperial Hospital. Let him take a look at Brother Chu."

As the prince said this, he wanted the servant to take the doctor to Chu Ning's courtyard.

Er Yuehong frowned slightly. Chu Ning was so resistant to medical treatment, how could he let this doctor see him?

What the prince meant was that this doctor was of no ordinary background and was obviously an excellent medical skill.

But Chu Ning's situation was special, and the prince obviously had good intentions, so Chu Ning had to come in person to refuse...

Er Yuehong thought of this and stood up to stop him, buying time for Chu Ning.

"Don't bother the people around Lord Beile. I would like to thank Lord Beile for his kindness.

I'll take this doctor to see Xiao Ning."

The prince nodded with a smile on his face.

Er Yuehong made a gesture of invitation and walked away with the doctor.

Although the people who stayed behind were paying attention to the situation over there, they also had important matters to inquire about.

Yin Xinyue retracted her gaze and asked Lord Beile, "I wonder if there is any gain?"

[Beile Mansion - Evening]

Chu Ning, dressed lightly, knocked on Er Yuehong's door.

As soon as Er Yuehong opened the door, he saw a layer of frost on Chu Ning's eyebrows and eyes. He pulled Chu Ning into the house with a cold face and poured a cup of hot water for Chu Ning to warm him up.

"Do you know what you are like now? Are you going to die?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he expressed his helplessness about the child's lack of care for his health.

Chu Ning shook his head slightly. Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to get away with it by just acting coquettishly, but his current state seemed to be wrong.

Er Yuehong looked solemn, "What happened?"

Chu Ning raised his eyes, his eyes were clear, his expression seemed sad yet confused.

"Second Master, help me."

Er Yuehong was shocked. He had never seen a child looking so helpless.

"I need to go somewhere, can you help me keep it a secret?"

As Chu Ning spoke, his face looked earnest, but his voice gradually became weaker.

Here he was, with many voices in his mind, struggling to sort out the connections among them. No matter what it was, he had to go and take a look.

Among the group, the only one Chu Ning could ask for help was Er Yuehong. Chu Ning was worried that Er Yuehong was unwilling to help him, and he was prepared to be rejected by Er Yuehong.

"it is good.

Come back before daybreak."

Then I heard a warm voice beside my ear.

Chu Ning's eyes lit up.

Er Yuehong rubbed Chu Ning's head distressedly, "I don't know why you are like this, I think I need to find the reason.

If you encounter something you can’t solve, be sure to tell me and I will help you.”

After Er Yuehong finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and added another sentence.

"Don't worry, no one will suspect that you will do anything that is harmful to us."

With just this sentence, Chu Ning felt the blood and flesh in his body warming up again. This trust was the confidence that Er Yuehong gave him to retreat.

Chu Ning lowered his eyes and exhaled softly, "Okay."

How could he betray that trust?

With his hand on the door, Er Yuehong called Chu Ning again, "Wait a minute."

Chu Ning's fingers trembled slightly, and he didn't look back. He thought that Er Yuehong had changed his mind, so he used his actions to show his determination to get out.

Er Yuehong sighed, saying that it was harder to control the child now that he had grown up.

"Wear something thicker. There will always be clues to find the cause of the disease."

Chu Ning felt a little sour in his nose, and wrinkled his small nose. He said, "Hmm." with a trembling sound at the end.

【Late Night】

Chu Ning's figure continued to hide in the shadows of the buildings, moving decisively towards one place.

The closer we get, the thicker the black air seems to become.

In the winter in the north, people's bones and flesh were frozen stiff, but Chu Ning seemed unaware of it and climbed to the top of a mountain, one step deep and one step shallow.

Looking down, in an instant, the blood in my body froze. At this moment, the biting wind and snow were not as chilling as the scene before my eyes.

What a pit it was, with broken bodies, broken arms, and piles of bones...

This pit that was filled into the mountain was a mountain of corpses covered with blood and flesh. Some people were not even dead yet, but were forever frozen in this sacrificial site.

The blood dyed the ground red, but was buried by the wind and snow.

Chu Ning's eyes were bloodshot and his ears were buzzing, as if he heard the heart-wrenching shouts and curses in the mass grave.

Black air swirled in the sky, it was anger, unwillingness, fear and even more powerlessness...

The powerlessness under the suppression of absolute force, the despair of wanting to escape but being unable to escape...

Thinking back to the villages and towns I encountered on my way north, and the most recent one...

……

That was when they first arrived in the city.

Chu Ning frowned and looked at the old man kneeling on the street begging for mercy. Just as he stood up, a hand pressed down on his shoulder.

"Eighth Master?" Chu Ning tilted his head, puzzled.

Qi Tiezui looked away reluctantly, "Saving them now would be like asking for their lives. After we leave, they..."

Qi Tiezui frowned and his eyes were red.

Adjutant Zhang clenched his hands on the table into fists and continued Qi Tiezui's unfinished words.

"They will be slaughtered."

Chu Ning was stunned for a moment, and looked over again. The puppet soldiers punched and kicked the two people who reported the group, then walked away cursing.

The old man was shaking as he struggled to clean up the smashed stall cart...

Chu Ning kept this scene firmly in mind and stared at that place motionlessly until Er Yuehong's figure appeared on the street.

…………

A tear slid down from the corner of Chu Ning's eye, hit the frozen ground, and merged into the bloody Changbai Mountain.

I knelt down and bowed in worship, facing one direction. The top of the mountain over there was covered with snow all year round.

But what Chu Ning saw was the towering Fusang tree rising straight into the sky.

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