[Grave Raiders Notes bg] Lost Notes 2: Heavy Fate

"Why do you want to go to the ancient city of Sizhou?" Zhang Qiling's voice brought Nan Xing back to his thoughts.

The movements of Nan Xing's hands paused, and then returned to normal in an instant.

"Brother, do you...know that I'm going by myself?"

Zhang Qiling looked at her with lower eyebrows bandaged, with a calm expression that didn't match his age: "The patriarch was assassinated, did you know in advance?"

Nan Xing nodded and didn't shy away: "I'm not very sure why my adoptive father went to the ancient city of Sizhou, but he was too obsessed with it, and the patriarch's whereabouts have been hidden recently. proposed to go together."

Nan Xing tied the last knot and asked while tidying up the gauze and medicine bottles on the table: "Brother, if I say that the patriarch is not dead, would you believe me?"

Did not hear Zhang Qiling's answer, Nan Xing looked up and met his deep eyes.

"You're taking a risk."

"Isn't it me who is alive in the end?"

"That's not what I'm talking about." Zhang Qiling shook his head and said slowly, "The assassination of the patriarch is suspicious."

Nan Xing had doubts in his eyes, so he sat closer and motioned for him to say.

"The Zhang family has been rotten from the root, and it will be destroyed sooner or later. Assassinating the patriarch at this time will be a fatal blow to the Zhang family." Zhang Qiling said softly: "After the assassination, no one in the Zhang family will be willing to become a subordinate. Ren Zhang Qiling. This situation is not good for anyone in the Zhang family, but so many people have been involved in this matter, and even the reason is unclear."

A look of surprise flashed across Nan Xing's eyes: "So, do you think someone designed this?"

"It's not just this one thing," Zhang Qiling's eyes were as black as jade soaked in ink at the moment, "there is also the matter of the Holy Infant. From the discovery of the dragon stone box, to the opportunity to open the stone box, and the fact that I was taken away The time of returning to Zhang's house seems to be random, but it is too coincidental in some details."

Zhang Qiling paused for a moment, then changed the topic, "So, your interference in the assassination of the patriarch is equivalent to exposing yourself to the people behind you."

Zhang Qiling didn't continue talking, and stopped to look at Nan Xing.

Nan Xing didn't have the slightest doubt or fear because of this sentence, he just looked at his scratched wound thoughtfully, and then shook his head.

"This time, I was going to expose myself and let them notice me. Moreover, I am going to do more things to make them unable to hold back and kill me."

Zhang Qiling silently looked at the table with a gloomy expression.

After a long while, he said flatly: "The other party was able to design the Zhang family to this level in the subtle details, and the Zhang family has not noticed any abnormalities so far. For them, it is not easy to lure the snake out of the hole to be effective."

"I don't intend to fight with my own strength. Although the Zhang family is not as good as before, as long as the other party comes to the surface, the rest is unnecessary and I can't do it." Nan Xing looked at Zhang Qiling's immature but With a quiet face, he paused for a second, "And, I'm not alone, I still have you."

Zhang Qiling's eyes moved slightly, and he looked up at Nan Xing.

After a long time, he said softly: "The patriarch was assassinated, so he must have discovered something this time."

Nan Xing said thoughtfully, "This is very beneficial to us, and if he is still alive, we will not be held accountable when we return to the Zhang family."

Zhang Qiling shook his head, "The news of his death has been announced in the Zhang family, but he hasn't shown up yet."

Intuition flashed across Nan Xing's mind: "Could it be that he doesn't plan to go back to Zhang's house?"

Zhang Qiling was noncommittal.

Nan Xing understood the answer from his eyes, and after thinking for a while, said: "I know where he is, it's very close for us to go there."

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On the edge of the deep pool connected with the ancient city of Sizhou, there are lush and ancient giant trees with more than a thousand years of age, towering into the clouds, with thick shade like tents, and the warm sunlight passing through the leaves, leaving mottled shadows on the water surface.

There is a single building beside the deep pool, hidden in the shadow of trees, and misty cooking smoke lingers on the roof.

"After the flood of the Huanghuai River in the Kangxi period, Sizhou City sank forever, and it has been sinking for more than 200 years." The head of the Zhang family sat opposite Zhang Qiling and Nanxing, and a few rays of light filtered into the window through the leaves. Cast a faint halo before them.

"Patriarch, why did the Zhang family rush to explore Sizhou City these years?" Nan Xing asked bluntly.

The head of Zhang's family glanced at Nan Xing's face with sharp eyes, and the aura that had been accumulated for a hundred years caused an imperceptible sense of oppression in the house, "This is not something you should know."

Nan Xing met his gaze, thought for a few seconds, and said slowly, "In the beginning, there was a lake above the ancient city of Sizhou. The underground lake we are now was originally connected to that lake. Drought, under the scorching sun and the drought-resistant water, the water level of the lake dropped sharply, leaving almost only a depression in the center of the lake. When the village name went to the center of the lake to find water, he suddenly saw some large stone pillars looming under the silt. The villagers went to dig, but they only found these stone pillars, and nothing else. Later, the villagers regarded it as a geomantic treasure and used it as a place to bury their ancestors' graves.

After the Zhang family learned about it, they explored there immediately, and discovered the ancient city of Sizhou, as well as a secret hidden in the ancient city. "

The head of the Zhang family focused his sharp eyes, and his pupils constricted as he watched Nan Xing.

Nan Xing continued: "Patriarch, we can know this not because the people in touch with this secret leaked any information, but through the analysis of the information we have so far. Even if you don't tell us, we will learn from the ancient city of Sizhou Continue to investigate clues, one month, several months, or even years, sooner or later we will be able to find out who is behind this incident."

"Where do you have a chance? I was assassinated this time, and you two are the only ones who came back alive. What do you think is waiting for you?"

Nan Xing keenly sensed something was wrong, and asked, "Patriarch, aren't you planning to go back?"

The head of the Zhang family silently cast his eyes on the lady who was cooking in the back room, and all the momentum he had gathered just now relaxed at this moment, and his face softened.

Nan Xing and Zhang Qiling looked at each other and saw the answer in each other's eyes.

After a moment of silence in the house, the head of the Zhang family sighed, and said, "When you return to the Zhang family, you need to have the capital to protect yourself. Take away the secrets in the ancient city of Sizhou. Because of this, the Zhang family will not touch you for the time being. But if you keep procrastinating and not handing it over, your situation will be even more difficult than mine, have you thought about it?"

Nan Xing looked sideways at Zhang Qiling, who nodded.

"Okay." The head of the Zhang family wandered around the two of them, responded without emotion, and then rushed to the back room and said, "Wanwan, help me get the picture."

The author has something to say:

I'm really sorry, I stayed overnight in the hospital a few days ago, so I didn't have time to update the article.I was also slow in writing the text, and I needed to be very cautious in laying out the plot in the early stage, so it took a lot of time.I will try to keep it updated two to three times a week~