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

The patriarch's wife, Zhang Shengwan, has a face very similar to Nan Xing's mother.Facing her, Nan Xing always feels more clearly that the couple sitting opposite are her grandparents.

Zhang Shengwan put the pair of boxes in his hands on the table, looked at Zhang Qiling and Nan Xing, nodded, and motioned for them to open.

The box is made of gloomy wood, with a golden thread-like texture revealed after polishing, like drops of water after rain, and also like a map.

Opening the box, there is a piece of rolled white silk inside.

"These two pieces of silk are recorded on the secrets of the ancient city of Sizhou." Zhang Shengwan took out the silk, "You should also be curious? We put so much effort into hiding this secret, why did we hand it over to you so easily? .”

As she spoke, she opened one of them, and it was empty.

"Because, this secret can only be seen by a certain person at a specific time, at a specific place, and the right time, place and people are indispensable. If one day, someone who can see this secret appears, you must share this secret." Give him two things."

"How can we be sure, who is that particular person?" Nan Xing asked.

"When this person appears, you will know." Zhang Shengwan rewound the silk and put it back into the box.

She handed the box to Nan Xing and Zhang Qiling, signaling them to keep it one by one, "Let's go, the Zhang family will find out here too soon."

"Ma'am, then you..." Nan Xing said as he glanced at Zhang Shengwan's stomach.

In the previous life, Zhang Shengwan was assassinated in the ancient city of Sizhou, and Nan Xing's mother Zhang Erya was born early.This time, because of Nan Xing's intervention, Zhang Shengwan is still pregnant, but it can be seen that the child is full-term and may be born at any time.

"Son, don't worry about our safety, let's go."

It was this "child" that suddenly made Nan Xing breathe.

A certain long-lasting bitter taste spreads along the root of the tongue.

She opened her mouth and said hoarsely, "Take care."

With that said, she put away the box and stood up.

"Wait, Nan Xing, I have a few words to tell you alone, come with me." The head of the Zhang family suddenly said.

Nan Xing glanced sideways at Zhang Qiling, and he nodded towards her.

Nan Xing got up and went into the back room with the Zhang family members.

"You are poisoned." The head of the Zhang family closed the door.

"My little brother has solved it for me." Nan Xing said.

"Your unicorn blood is losing its effectiveness." The head of the Zhang family said in a deep voice.

"I know, my brother tattooed me a tattoo, I can see it." Nan Xing said in a low voice.

"Nan Xing, your body seems to have undergone some kind of change that reversed the laws of nature a few years ago, which led to changes in the Qilin blood in your body." The head of the Zhang family looked at her with lowered eyebrows, "Your current failure speed is that of ordinary Qilin blood. After being poisoned several times, according to this rate, within a month, you will..."

Nan Xing's pupils tightened slightly, and a question that she hadn't figured out before came to her mind: she forcibly changed the assassination of Zhang's family head, what was the consequence?

There was an indescribably complex taste on the back of her tongue, and at this moment, she understood.

So, this is the price she pays for forcibly changing the future.

Her original lifespan of hundreds of years is now less than a month.

In her previous life, in her more than 50 years of life, she has experienced all kinds of flavors in life, and even walked through the gate of hell once. Her life is already exciting enough, and she is not so afraid of death.

It's just...she couldn't bear to leave Zhang Qiling.

If she withdraws from his life so early, he will go on alone again in the long years to come.

And, hundreds of years later, when they meet again in that world, will he still remember her?

She didn't dare to let herself continue thinking, stopped her thoughts, and said in a hoarse voice, "Everything has a price."

"What did you say?" The head of the Zhang family didn't seem to hear clearly.

Forcibly suppressing the inner emotions, Nan Xing looked away, "Patriarch, thank you for your concern, I have a sense of proportion. I will try my best to finish what I need to do before the final time."

Nan Xing glanced over the desk by the window inadvertently, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a book on the desk.

It was a language she was all too familiar with.

There are also black and white photographs of the Flatiron Building and Manhattan neighborhoods.

Those scattered details flooded into my brain in an instant, and Zhang Shengwan's words echoed in my ears, "This place will be discovered by the Zhang family soon.", "Don't worry about our safety."

So, going around and around, the couple will eventually go to the United States, Nan Xing's mother Zhang Erya will still grow up in the United States, and maybe one day in the future, she will still meet Nan Xing's father.

"You were poisoned because you helped me and Wanwan. I can't ignore your situation." The head of the Zhang family said as he took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Nan Xing. The medicine can regenerate your unicorn blood once, and after the regeneration, it can last for another 20 years. However, taking this medicine will induce the early occurrence of the heavenly gift, and you need to find the right time to take it."

20 years is enough for Nan Xing to accomplish what she wants to do.

Nan Xing took the porcelain bottle, put it in his pocket, and thanked him again.

It was already evening when he and Zhang Qiling left.

Nan Xing pushed aside the dense bushes and said, "Brother, we may have to speed up the progress of the investigation. There are currently two breakthroughs. One is the opportunity for the discovery of the ancient city of Sizhou. I suspect that the people behind it deliberately The one that released the clues. The other, as you mentioned before, the timing when the dragon stone box was opened is also very coincidental."

"About the dragon pattern stone box, there is another breakthrough point." Zhang Qiling said flatly, "Do you know how the dragon pattern stone box was discovered?"

Nan Xing nodded, "I have heard that it was dug out by a death row prisoner during the Qianlong period."

"This was just people's speculation at the beginning, and it became a fact after a long time." Zhang Qiling said in a deep voice, "Actually, the first thing people discovered was the body of this death row prisoner. After removing his body, they saw The stone box with dragon patterns under his body. Just because he didn't have any fatal wounds on his body, and he didn't have any signs of poisoning or suffocation, everything looked like he was exhausted to death during hard labor. At that time, ten death row prisoners Eighty-nine times they will die in the process of hard labor, so no one will pay attention at all."

"The Zhang family has never suspected this matter?"

"I did, but at that time the Zhang family was already on the verge of collapse and urgently needed the belief in longevity as a support, so this humble doubt was ignored intentionally or unintentionally."

Nan Xing stopped and looked at Zhang Qiling.

The setting sun shines on Nan Xing's body line by line through the canopy of the tree, casting a light golden light on her pupils. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Does this condemned prisoner have any descendants?"