Chapter 10

Chapter 10: The Tomb of Hui Wang of Pixian [8]

Translator: Xah

Zhang Qiu was shocked, and Zhang ZuoJiu asked: “Xiao Qiu, what happened?”

“No-nothing.”

Subconsciously hiding his thoughts, Zhang Qiu was somewhat out of state, his mind full of overlapping images of that crimson eyes and the crimson eyes in Qinling’s Gu Mu Country underground. Speaking of it, he fainted at the first sight of those eyes, and then it was like a dream. Except for some pain at the beginning, the whole thing was a good wet dream. But the premise of all this was dreaming and had a intimate relationship with a man in the dream. After he had a good time, he was shocked and shaken down by his sexual orientation. Perhaps, he should find a boyfriend to try it. Seeing it, instead of now, the other was a Jiangshi, and making a big man pregnant.

Zhang Qiu was in a confused state of mind. He touched his nose and shook his head subconsciously. “Nothing.” Again, he stiffly diverged from the topic. “Is there anything else below?”

Li Shu paused and stared into Zhang Qiu’s eyes. Zhang Qiu felt as if he had made a mistake, and was immediately irritated.

Zhang YuShui interestingly swept his eyes at the two people and said, “What kind of riddle do you play between you two, go down and say again.”

“You go first.” Li Shu tied up the rope with one hand, stretched the rope straight, and signaled the two men to drag down the rope.

Zhang ZuoJiu saw Li Shu’s emaciated figure, which meant they had to change places. Li Shu didn’t say anything but his eyes said no. Zhang YuShui was the first to go down, and Zhang ZuoJiu thought about bringing up the rear, so he let Zhang Qiu go down first. Li Shu said, “I’ll take him down later.”

Zhang Qiu on the ground heard Li Shu saying this, he was a little afraid to retort, but seeing the pair of Li Shu’s eyes, he immediately resented. He could not help stomping on the ground angrily; how come he was so hopeless!

The Zhang brothers moved quickly and lightly along the rope, leaving Zhang Qiu and Li Shu above the ground.

Zhang Qiu looked at Li Shu up and down secretly. Both of his big brothers looked light. Li Shu looked a little handsome and effortless.

“You are afraid of me.” Li Shu said.

“Ah, no,” Zhang Qiu swallowed his saliva.

Li Shu stared down at Zhang Qiu’s hairy head. Zhang Qiu’s eyes were so hot that he could hardly tell the truth. He wanted to ask Li Shu whether he was the Millennium Jiangshi of Gu Mu Country, but Zhang ZuoJiu shouted: “We’re down.”

Zhang Qiu, who had just become a brave man, was exhausted again. He hugged his head, feeling pitiful.

Li Shu’s lips quirked up, but Zhang Qiu did not see it. He was so angry with himself that he could not be so angry with a big man. He was not usually so inspired.

Blame it all on Li Shu!

Zhang Qiu was so angry that he felt a cold hand on his head rubbing him down. Suddenly, he was shocked. He raised his neck stiffly and saw Li Shu looking at him.

“Hold my waist.”

What the hell?

When Li Shu saw Zhang Qiu standing still, he held Zhang Qiu’s waist in one hand, Zhang Qiu fell into a hard, icy embrace and with the smell of Li Shu at the tip of his nose, his brain stuffed with paste; he could not speak. Li Shu held him on the slab, in a split second the weightless feeling made Zhang Qiu’s arms consciously tightened around Li Shu, and his whole face was buried in.

In the dark, Li Shu’s lips smiled bigger.

The time to glide down the rope was short but Li Shu hugged Zhang Qiu in the air for a couple of moments. Zhang Qiu was so scared that he almost whined and wanted to stick all over Li Shu.

Zhang YuShui and Zhang ZuoJiu watched them hanging from under the floor, feeling something was wrong, but they couldn’t say it.

Li Shu jumped lightly on the ground. After a few seconds, Zhang Qiu hurriedly loosened his arms around Li Shu. He coughed and looked very serious, as if he had not just been scared and hid in Li Shu’s arms. “Ha-ha, everyone’s here, go!”

They stood on the edge of the underground corridor, there was a dense knife edge in front of  them about ten meters long. Who knew what material it was made of, but for thousands of years it was still sharp with cold light. As long as someone guessed the location of the tomb, when they stepped down the foot, they would only get stuck with the knife, really worthy of the name skewer.

But now they were down, still intact, all thanks to Li Shu.

Zhang Qiu’s guess grew as he thought of those eyes and looked at the knife ten meters beneath the slate, and how ordinary people could not leave harmless.

They went out along the corridor, and Zhang Qiu found a dagger stuck in the top of the stone wall. The whole body of the dagger was stuck in, only the handle was left, and a loop of rope was wound around it. Li Shu used this method to get them down.

“Keep up with me.” Li Shu’s voice was a bit cold; there was still some dissatisfaction with Zhang Qiu’s running away.

Zhang Qiu obediently said ‘oh’ and then annoyed by his own subconscious answer.

Stepping out of the corridor, Zhang Qiu forgot the entanglement just now.

In front of the narrow and long, but very exquisitely luxurious floor was bluish white jade paved brick. There were even carved patterns, and the radiant dome on top was actually transparent. Who knew what was installed inside it, but it was sparkling and brilliant, like the stars flowing back and forth with the overhead light shone on the wall –like the starlight.

“This is too exaggerated!”

Zhang YuShui was a little dazed at the sight, and Zhang ZuoJiu was also surprised. “It took decades to build a tomb in ancient times, but the specifications were rare and shocking,” he said.

Along the 1000-meter corridor, the pattern at the foot were exactly the same, carved very finely, with similar jade color, almost no color difference. Such a project, who knew know how much sweat and blood had been robbed from the people for the construction of the underground palace.

After walking a few meters, the two sides of the wall began to appear strokes and colors. The painted scenery characters were very vivid, left and right contents were connected.

Zhang Qiu looked at the tomb owner’s life with his eyes fixed on it. First he guessed it, but later it became more and more unlike him. First he was a sprouting little cute boy, but then he was too serious and kept a straight face. He was not a child of an ordinary family with his clothes and momentum. The little prince was the crown prince.

Calculating the ages of the murals, Zhang Qiu’s historical knowledge was still OK. The key was to finish the exam and overcome the memory.

This little prince should be Emperor Zhang of Han[1], Liu Da.

“No! This is not the tomb of Pixian HuiWang?”

Zhang ZuoJiu answered, “look back later.”

The painting style changed in a few steps, more gentle than solemn. The picture appeared a very gentle and beautiful man, the age of the man could not be distinguished, he was often smiling and looking very gentle, chatting with the little prince in class. And later the little prince ascended the throne, the man knelt at the feet of the little prince. The little emperor at a very young age, kept a straight face and the pressure could be felt through the murals.

After that, the contents of the murals were all the daily life of the emperor and the man. The man was always accompanied by the little emperor, even sleeping was on the Dragon bed.

“This man is the master of the tomb, Pixian Hui Wang.” Zhang Qiu speculated based on the vague historical contents. He did not know if it was because he was a little bent,  but looking at the little emperor in the murals with Pixian Hui Wang, he felt weird. He could not help but patted himself in the heart; too impure, not looking at the little emperor only nine or ten years old.

The more the moved through the murals, the young emperor in the picture grew older, his body was long, his face was the same as he was when he was a child, but he looked particularly serious and sorrowful. His temperament changed probably because he was now a man. However, Zhang Qiu always felt that this little emperor that had grown up, was a bit familiar. In contrast to Pixian Hui Wang, the little emperor seemed to have eat a growth agent.

Zhang ZuoJiu stared at the eyes of the little emperor who grew up to the fourteenth-fifteen-year-old on the wall, and turned his head to look at the younger brother in front of him. He did not speak.

They were getting closer and closer to the door of the tomb, and the little emperor in the mural finally grew up.

Zhang Qiu absent-mindedly looked at the little emperor who grew up and in a split second, when his sight landed on Zhang YuShui, his mouth grew amazed.

“Sec-second brother –”

Zhang YuShui stood in front of the murals, and with the solemn look of the little emperor behind him, the two of them were exactly the same. For a man to say that, it was not an exaggeration.

“Come on.” Li Shu said in front of the tomb.

Zhang Qiu discovered that he had come to the door of the tomb. In the early Han Dynasty, influenced by the Qin Dynasty, the black and red colors were respected. The door of the tomb was painted black and red. The ancient atmosphere of the carving, the wood did not have a bit of decay. The two red-lacquered doors were closed. In a split second, they returned to the millennium, in the court of the former Han Dynasty.

Zhang YuShui returned to senses, but his eyes were uncertain. He raised his hand and gently pushed the two red-lacquered doors, as if he was afraid of disturbing the people inside.

Zhang Qiu thought that second brother was a little weird now. He looked at Li Shu subconsciously. Li Shu seemed to know what he wanted to ask. For his peace of mind, Li Shu reached out and naturally pulled his hand.

Zhang Qiu: …

Do not want to be pull, hug, or raise high!

Forget it. Zhang Qiu’s eyes on Li Shu were starting to kick up again; as long as you’re happy.

The door slowly opened, and the dark chamber lit up in the next second. Zhang Qiu contracted his neck in horror. Li Shu pressed Zhang Qiu’s hand, meaning not to be afraid.

“Not afraid.” Zhang Qiu whispered, but his heart settled down.

Zhang YuShui walked in.

The tomb was very large, the coffin had not yet been seen, and what came into his eyes was a screen fold; silk embroidery sealed with transparent materials. Zhang Qiu could not wait to feel the material that could make the silk inside immortal for thousands of years. His eyes shifted to the content of the painting.

Fuck, I knew the little emperor was a bent one.  He was so shocked that he couldn’t believe he was really bent, and that he could seamlessly docked and identified his fellow-comrade.

Zhang Qiu was frightened by his own ideas.

In the giant screen, the little emperor was pressing his uncle to do something shameful. They didn’t show anything under their clothes, but the contents of the painting could make people blush and heartbeat quickened, knowing what they were doing.

The layout behind the screen was like a dormitory, and some decorations appeared in the murals of the little emperor’s dormitory.

According to this assumption, the coffin of Pixian Hui Wang should be in the rear.




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The author has something to say: what misunderstanding do you have of my Gong?

Li Shu is Gong, Zhang Qiu is Shou, these two are main CP.

This universal base, there will be many side cps, such as Zhang YuShui and Pixian Hui Wang, inspired by the <Historical Records> ‘… Pixian Hui Wang Yan, Yongping 15th year, Yan have a tolerance appearance, although Su Zhong(the emperor) took up the throne, he was always around.’ But I have processed it in the text. Well, it’s good to have fun.

The fierce and cruel Emperor Gong X wife gently seeks power to usurp the throne Royal Uncle Shou

I will not stand on the wrong side this time.

Footnote:

[1] Emperor Zhang of Han was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty from 75 to 88. He was the third emperor of the Eastern Han.

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