kingly way

Chapter 109 Chapter 109 Four Axis Treasure Map

"grandfather……"

Tao Yilan waved her hands with a sad expression on her face.

Had the same dream again, and the dream brought her back to the scene of leaving home:

Tao Yilan and her grandfather were having dinner, and her grandfather suddenly made eye contact with her. Tao Yilan knew from his grandfather's eyes that someone was coming.

Grandpa pretended to pick up vegetables as if nothing had happened. Suddenly, he flicked his chopsticks...

"Chi..." The chopsticks let out a soft whistling sound, and shot towards the roof like a meteor.

"Ah..." There was a scream from the roof, and then a burst of chaotic footsteps came from the roof.

Tao Yilan was startled: in this remote mountain village, someone came over and spied on the thatched roof.

As soon as the grandfather jumped out of the door, Tao Yilan jumped out following the grandfather, and saw a masked man supporting another masked man, running into the woods.

"Run there?!"

Grandpa shouted loudly, jumped up, and slapped them.

The injured man in black turned around and slapped his grandfather. The other man pushed him from behind and jumped into the woods with his strength.

Grandpa met the injured man in black, and his body slowed down. The man in black immediately drew his sword out of its sheath and stabbed at grandpa, who was forced to take another step back.

Tao Yilan chased after the man in black who was running towards the woods, the man raised his hand, and a hidden weapon flew out of his hand and shot at Tao Yilan.

Tao Yilan swung his sword and knocked down the concealed weapon, his body slowed down, the man in black had jumped into the forest and disappeared.

The injured man in black was Grandpa's opponent, and within a few rounds, he was knocked down by Grandpa's palm; as soon as Grandpa tore off the black cloth on his face, he suddenly showed a strange smile, and after a while, his lips began to change. Hei tilted his head and closed his eyes: he bit the poison and died.

"Hey, what should come will always come."

Grandpa looked at the black figure disappearing into the forest, then looked back at the dead man in black and sighed.

"Grandpa." Tao Yilan looked up at Grandpa.

"Little Lan'er. Go back with Grandpa."

While talking, Grandpa dragged Tao Yilan to rush to the thatched cottage.

As soon as he entered the room, Grandpa opened the bed board, and he dug out a jar from under the bed; opened the lid, and took out two identical scrolls from inside.

Grandpa let out a sigh, and he calmed down his slightly panting breath.

"Hurry up, Lan'er put on the suit of grandpa and tie up her hair." Grandpa said hastily.

"grandfather……"

Tao Yilan looked at Grandpa puzzled.

"Quick, there's no time." Grandpa said anxiously.

Tao Yilan did as her grandfather said, and after changing her clothes, she couldn't help smiling, she looked exactly like a scruffy farmer, her grandfather also simply packed up some belongings, as soon as Tao Yilan came out, he pulled Tao Yilan up and ran outside.

"Grandpa, we haven't packed the other things yet." Tao Yilan broke free from Grandpa's hand and said.

"I don't want those things, hurry up, it will be too late if you don't go."

After the grandfather finished speaking, he took Tao Yilan's hand again and ran away.

Tao Yilan was dragged by her grandfather, she ran for an unknown distance, they were tired from running.

"There is an inn ahead, let's go in and have a rest first. We'll leave tomorrow morning."

Grandpa looked at Tao Yilan who was out of breath from exhaustion, and pointed to an inn road ahead.

"Um……"

Tao Yilan looked at the sky and nodded, out of breath, she was indeed very tired after running for so long.

"After you go in first, choose a remote room, understand?"

Grandpa said to Tao Yilan;

Tao Yilan was puzzled, why didn't Grandpa enter the shop with her?

However, she still believed that there must be her reasons for her grandfather's arrangement, so she nodded and walked into the inn without asking any further questions.

"Does the guest officer stay at the hotel or eat?"

The waiter in the shop saw a customer coming, so he came over to say hello immediately.

"Stay in the hotel." Tao Yilan simply answered two words.

"Okay. Which class of store does the guest officer want to live in?" The waiter looked at her;
"One is relatively cheap and out of the way." Tao Yilan replied lightly;
"Guest officer, we still have better ones, don't you want them?" the waiter asked;
"Do as I say!" Tao Yilan said;

"Yes, sir, I will do as you order."

The waiter took Tao Yilan to choose a room in the most remote place.

Tao Yilan put away the package.

With a "huh", a figure suddenly jumped in from the window.

Tao Yilan was about to draw his sword...

"It's me." Black Shadow said.

"Grandpa, why did you come out of the window?"

Tao Yilan heard it was Grandpa's voice, put the sword back into the scabbard and asked in surprise.

"Don't make a sound."

Grandpa whispered;
After he finished speaking, he handed a scroll to Tao Yilan.

"Grandpa has two scrolls. This one is real, and the one for grandpa is fake. You should keep it carefully. Starting tomorrow, we will keep a certain distance. Unless grandpa takes the initiative to find you, you have to pretend to be with grandpa all the time." I don’t know each other. Remember, this painting was bought by your parents with their lives. No matter what happens, you have to protect it with your life. When grandpa and the painting are in danger, the first thing you have to protect is this scroll .” Grandpa said seriously.

"Grandpa, why is this painting so important?" Tao Yilan asked with wide eyes.

"There are four volumes of this scroll painting, which were made by the former kings of the Kyushu Empire, and inside are the addresses of the treasures hidden by the former kings; the scrolls are divided into four scrolls, which were handed over by the late kings to the four guards of Yunyou Jianghu for preservation. After finding the location of the treasure, the four guards of Yunyou Jiang and Hu took the treasure map and hid their names separately. Your father is one of the guards of the four guards. Since the late king gave us the painting, we all have to risk our lives to protect it." Grandpa. Looking at Tao Yilan, he said.

"Grandpa, since my father's surname is You, why should my surname be Tao?" Tao Yilan asked.

"Didn't you say incognito? Your father changed his surname to 'Tao' after he took the treasure map. That's why your surname is Tao." Grandpa said;
"Grandpa, they each took the treasure map and concealed their identities. If they never get together, wouldn't those treasures be like disappearing into the sea?" Tao Yilan asked;
"They met in the abandoned capital after 12 years of dating. The time was the death day of the late king. The secret sign of the meeting was 'reunion by holy decree, Kyushu changes the sky'. Change the day'." Grandpa said;
"Oh, where are all the waste?" Tao Yilan asked;

"Abandoned Capital is Dongjun where the former king was originally in power. 'Holy decrees gather again, Kyushu changes the sky' means that the four holy decrees gather again, and Kyushu will change to a new emperor."

"This shows that the sacred decree and the treasure map are very powerful." Tao Yilan said;

"Well, this sentence is not only a secret signal to meet, but also contains another meaning." Grandpa replied;

"What do you mean?" Tao Yilan asked puzzled;
"At that time, the former king divided the Wang Shengling into four pieces and distributed them to the four guards of Yunyou Jianghu. When they met, they not only had to match their slogans, but they also had to take out the Wang Shengling. The four pieces were combined to form a complete Wang Shengling. Only in this way can they be confirmed. Identity." Grandpa said;
"The former king was still very careful." Tao Yilan nodded and said;

"No, this is the idea of ​​the guard Yun of the four major guards." Grandpa corrected Tao Yilan;

"Grandpa, do you know where the other three guards are?" Tao Yilan looked at her grandfather and asked;

"They all hid their identities, and for safety's sake, they didn't know where they were." Grandpa replied;

"Then we have to wait until the agreed day." Tao Yilan said;

"Well, I don't know who broke the news later, someone came to snatch the treasure map. Your parents died to protect the treasure map. When they died, tell grandpa to protect you and the treasure map; There is no clue as to who the murderer is. Today, those two people should have come here for the treasure map. The person who came was not kind, and you have no ability to keep this scroll. You take this scroll to find your grandfather and friend Xiao Zhongming, and take this scroll. Entrust him to keep it. Just take this sacred order with you.”

After the grandfather finished speaking, he handed Tao Yilan a piece of copper.

Tao Yilan took it over and took a look, the copper piece was polished very finely, with a stroke engraved on it, Tao Yilan guessed that it should be the stroke on the side of the word 'Ling';

"Grandpa suspects that the person who revealed the news was one of our four major guards. He might want to monopolize that batch of treasures." Grandpa continued.

"Grandpa..." Tao Yilan wanted to say something, but her words were interrupted by her grandfather;
"That's all for grandpa, you can go out to eat. Remember, the scroll painting was bought by your parents, so you must protect it well." Grandpa jumped out of the window after speaking.

Tao Yilan watched her grandfather disappear, and slowly walked out of the guest room...

"Guest officer, what do you want?" The waiter saw Tao Yilan walk to the lobby and hurried over to ask;

"Have a bowl of noodles."

Tao Yilan replied indifferently; then she chose a remote seat and sat down;

"Guest officer, do you want to eat or stay at the hotel?" Tao Yilan heard the voice of the waiter greeting the guests.

"Stay at the hotel."

Tao Yilan was very familiar with this voice, it was her grandpa's voice, she looked in the direction of the voice, and it was her grandpa who came, and grandpa shook her head at her, remembering what grandpa told her, she pretended not to know him, lowered his head.

"Find me a room in the middle," said Grandpa.

"Okay. You follow me." The waiter in the shop responded, and led the grandfather to see the room.

After a while, the noodles Tao Yilan wanted arrived, and Grandpa also came out of the room.

"Guest officer, what else do you need?" the waiter asked.

"Yiwan noodles." Grandpa replied lightly;

"A bowl of noodles, all right, guest officer, please wait first." The waiter in the shop responded and left;

Grandpa found a seat facing Tao Yilan and sat down.

There was a burst of noisy footsteps, Tao Yilan turned her head and saw a dozen men in black walking into the inn.

"Guest officer, do you want to eat or stay at the hotel?"

Xiao Er greeted him.

"Did you see an old man bringing a young girl to stay here?"

The men in black walked to the lobby; one of the leaders asked.

"Returning to the guest officer, I didn't see an old man bringing a young girl to stay here." The waiter said.

Hearing their questions and the waiter's answers, Tao Yilan couldn't help secretly admiring Grandpa's foresight.

"Boss, it's getting late, how about we stay for one night first?" said a man in black.

"Yes," the leading man in black glanced at the crowd and nodded.

The next day, Tao Yilan got up early in the morning, she secretly ran to Grandpa's room, the door was open, Tao Yilan went in to check, but no one was there.

'No, the voice last night was caused by Grandpa deliberately distracting the man in black? '

Tao Yilan felt very tired from running all the way. In the middle of the night, she vaguely remembered some loud yelling, but the sound did not pose a threat to her, and she fell into a deep sleep again.

She ran out in a hurry and never saw grandpa again...

(End of this chapter)