Reborn as the spoiled male wife of the mortal enemy

Chapter 284 The Death of a Loyal Man

"After half a month, when the poisonous gas had dissipated, I went in again. There was a long road inside, with exquisite murals and reliefs on the stone walls on both sides. There were also many stone statues on both sides of the road, which were carved in great detail and were very lifelike.

It took me a long time to complete this journey. It looked like a straight path, but in reality, it was riddled with traps. I was injured twice, which delayed me considerably. Eventually, I arrived at a tomb chamber. Inside was a large sarcophagus, surrounded by numerous and valuable burial objects.

"The Fourth Master said before that you found dozens of treasures. Are they here?" Nanchun asked.

"That's right. There are so many burial objects before we even reach the main tomb chamber. There must be many more in the tomb. Just as I was transporting these things out, I noticed unusual noises coming from the direction of the cave entrance. I guess it's the Bai family's team coming here."

The newcomers to the Bai family were easy to fool, but the old ones who had followed me on my tomb-hunting expeditions were harder to fool. They must have dug another tunnel next to the previously collapsed tomb passage, bypassing the collapsed area.

If they were allowed to return to the cave, they would surely discover the path above them, and this door as well. I hurried out of the tomb, found Ming He, and asked him to contact Sheng Si. "Nan Chenglin said.

Sheng Yu'an said: "After I learned about the situation, I found an excuse to leave Jincheng and took my men to Xinchuanling. When I arrived, the people who were secretly monitoring the Bai family team came to report that the Bai family members were already preparing to go to the tomb.

The situation was urgent, so we had no choice but to launch a surprise attack and disrupt their actions by force. Fortunately, some of their men were stationed outside the tomb, while others were inside, dividing our forces. We quickly repelled those outside the tomb and then rushed inside.

"Grandpa Nan made some strange noises in the cave to frighten them. When they panicked and fled, they weren't expecting anyone to come charging in, leaving them with no time to resist. In the end, only two skilled fighters managed to escape during the chaos. After we dealt with them, we blew up the passage they had dug."

"Fortunately we made it in time, otherwise they would have succeeded." Nan Chun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, the tomb passage was blown up. It will take them another year or two to find it again. We also have a chance to catch our breath." Nan Chenglin said.

"So what are you going to do next?" Nanchun asked.

"During this period, I will continue to explore the tomb, find the real underground palace, and then hide the treasures inside. I also need to rearrange the mechanism in the cave. If the Bai family breaks in later, they will never come back." Nan Chenglin said.

"Grandpa, you must be careful!" Nanchun said worriedly.

"I will, don't worry." Nan Chenglin said.

"I have instructed Minghe to bring some people to accompany the old man to the tomb. Minghe is very skilled and will definitely be able to protect the old man." Sheng Yu'an said.

"It's getting late and I should go. You have to take care of yourself and your mother." Nan Chenglin touched Nan Chun's face reluctantly.

Nanchun choked up and said, "Well, Grandpa, take care of yourself too."

"It's almost successful! After it succeeds, our family will be reunited!" Nan Chenglin's eyes were red.

After Nan Chenglin left, Nan Chun sat in the house wiping her tears.

"Victory is just around the corner, don't be sad." Sheng Yu'an sent the man away, and when he came back and saw that he was still crying, he comforted him.

"You have been in Xinchuanling for so long, have you found Zhongliang?" Nanchun asked.

Sheng Yu'an paused as he poured the tea, then lowered his eyes and said, "We can't find it. Old Man Nan searched the tomb for a long time. He went to the collapsed tomb passage that Lao Shi mentioned. According to him... Third Brother must have detonated the explosives in that tomb passage and died with that group of people."

"That group? Who are they?"

Sheng Yu'an shook his head and said, "I don't know. But I guess... it should be related to Sheng Da and Sheng Er. They are the only ones who have a grudge against Third Brother. They have sent people to follow and assassinate Third Brother more than once."

"Why?" Nanchun asked in confusion.

"For the family property. The old man actually likes the third brother very much. Although he minds that he is born to a concubine, the third brother is smart and sweet-spoken. Compared with the eldest and second brothers, he can please the old man better." Sheng Yu'an said.

"So...what happened to the Third Master?"

Sheng Yu'an took a sip of tea and said, "According to Lao Shi, Third Brother and his companions did find the cave and even walked onto the suspension bridge. From the bridge, they actually saw a palace that towered majestically and seemed like a fairy palace, but it quickly disappeared. Third Brother and the guide didn't see it, but the other three did."

"Palace? Grandpa didn't say there was a palace, he only said there was a door." Nanchun said in confusion.

"The palace disappeared, and they wanted to continue forward, but someone in the group fell ill. Aside from the third brother and the leader, the other three were poisoned, forcing them to retreat. I mentioned this to Old Man Nan, and he said the palace they saw might have been an illusion caused by the poison.

Fortunately, they retreated. Otherwise, if they had continued forward, the bridge would have broken and none of them would have survived. The poison was in the needle hidden in the rope of the suspension bridge. The three of them grabbed the rope with their hands.

The poison was very strong and spread quickly. Before they could get out, someone had died. The third brother acted decisively and cut off Lao Shi's arm, thus saving his life.

The guide took Lao Shi to the village at the foot of the mountain to recuperate. Third Brother stayed behind, alone with Ao Quan and Yu Zhu, to handle the funeral arrangements for the two men. After two days, when Third Brother still hadn't returned, Lao Shi, despite his illness, went looking for him. Upon reaching the mountain, he discovered that the passage they had dug had collapsed.

He hurried back to the village to look for the guide. When he got to the back of the house, he found a group of masked men running out of the guide's house. He hurriedly hid himself. When the men were far away, he went inside and saw that the guide's family had been killed. "This group of people is so cruel that they didn't even spare women and children!" Sheng Yu'an said through gritted teeth.

"How cruel! So... Shopkeeper Shi is Qinghua. The ninety-ninth letter home was written by him, not Zhongliang." Nanchun frowned.

"That's right. I asked Lao Shi to write it on purpose. I wanted to tell those people that there is indeed an underground fairy palace in Xinchuanling. And the tomb seeker Wuming has indeed been to the underground fairy palace." Sheng Yu'an said.

"No wonder I felt it was a bit strange when I first read it. It didn't feel like it was written by Zhongliang." Nanchun suddenly realized.

Sheng Yu'an asked curiously, "Some people suspect that the contents of the letters are fabricated, and some suspect that the people mentioned in the letters don't exist. But no one has ever suspected that these letters were not written by the same person. How did you realize that?"

"Because the last sentence of the letter was just... I hope everything is well. There was no sentence about missing you very much." Nanchun said.

In the last letter, Zhongliang had been away from home for a long time, and he must have missed Yunjin very much.

Therefore, he will never forget the words "I miss you very much".

It turned out that Zhongliang was no longer around at that time.