Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 373: Xiao Zong's Seal Hiding Place

On the other side, Ren Yuan and others paid a visit to Chen Qingzhi.

Ren Yuan said with a guilty look on his face: "My subordinates were not good at their job, so in the end, General Chen had to step in."

"Normal." Chen Qingzhi smiled and said, "I had expected that this was a trap set by Xiao Baoyin. You are not his match at the moment."

"Besides, didn't we catch the person?" Chen Qingzhi looked at Xiao Zong with a smile.

"But unfortunately he has forgotten where he put the jade seal." Ren Yuan smiled bitterly, "Feng Tietou tortured him to death but still couldn't get the answer. He must have really forgotten."

"Is there nothing you can do?" Chen Qingzhi asked.

"I do have an idea. We can try it later." Ren Yuan said softly.

"Try it now." Chen Qingzhi said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Ren Yuan responded and ordered Chen Baxian and Yang Zhong to carry Xiao Zong into the house.

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"Do you really have a solution? Do you want me to loosen up his muscles first?" Yang Zhong moved his hands and feet, eager to try.

Xiao Zong had suffered from psychological trauma from the torture. When he heard that he was going to be beaten again, he was so scared that he huddled up like a quail.

"There should be a way." Then he listened to Ren Yuan and said, "I remember that General Chen introduced that the Imperial Seal is a treasure that belongs only to this world. Even gods cannot take it away, and naturally it cannot be stored in the space magic weapon."

"That's what it said." Yang Zhong and Chen Baxian nodded.

"Then let's think in reverse. What would happen if the jade seal was with him and he was forcibly taken away from this world?" Ren Yuanfa asked.

"That should be...either he couldn't be taken away, or he was taken away and the jade seal was left behind." Chen Baxian thought.

"That's right. No matter which situation it is, it's a big gain." Ren Yuan said with a smile.

"You also said that the prerequisite is that the jade seal is still in his possession." Yang Zhong said.

"We are fleeing, and we may be separated at any time. How can we feel at ease if we don't carry such important things with us?" Ren Yuan said confidently.

"If it happened to him, wouldn't he become the brightest guy in the world at midnight every day?" Chen Baxian asked again, "But if that happened, he would have been discovered long ago."

"That's true, but maybe he has some method that even Chen Shuai doesn't know about, which can cover up the light of the jade seal." Ren Yuan didn't care much and said, "There are too few people who have the opportunity to study the jade seal. Who can know all the tricks?"

As he said this, he took out the Youxian Pillow and said, "Anyway, let's give it a try first."

"Okay." The two nodded.

Ren Yuan smiled at Xiao Zong and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll take you to a good place."

As she spoke, she grabbed his wrist and lay down on the Youxian pillow.

Xiao Zong was already numb, thinking, has this day finally come?
Who would have thought that as soon as Ren Yuantou touched the pillow, he would disappear from this world with him.

Xiao Zong only felt a sharp pain as if his chest was opened and his bones were removed, and he let out an inhuman howl.

Then he appeared on a boat with Ren Yuan.

The scream frightened the passengers, and they were even more surprised when they saw his face clearly.

"Second brother!" Xiao Yuhuan looked at Xiao Zong who was rolling on the ground with a look of shock. She didn't expect that Ren Yuanzhen had caught him back.

Xiao Zong held his stomach in pain, blood oozing out from between his fingers. How could he have the strength to answer her?
"Was he stabbed by someone?" the little monk asked with a look of pity.

Xiao Yuhuan was about to raise her hand to treat Xiao Zong, but Ren Yuan stopped her and said, "Let me take a look first."

After saying that, Ren Yuan forcibly pried Xiao Zong's hands apart and carefully observed his wound. He saw a large cut about three inches in size on his left abdomen, with the muscles torn and turned outward.

Ren Yuan reached out and saw that Xiao Zong's last rib on the left was missing. "Who removed his ribs?" Chen Lingzhi also discovered this.

"He himself." Ren Yuan replied in a deep voice, and then said to the princess: "You don't need to take care of this minor injury. I will take him out for treatment."

After saying that, he picked up Xiao Zong and disappeared in front of everyone.

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in the room.

Yang Zhong and Chen Baxian stared at the bloody rib left behind after Xiao Zong disappeared.

Needless to say, everyone knows that the imperial seal must be hidden here.

Chen Baxian couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Yang Zhongbai glanced at him and said, "What's wrong? Do you want to eat ribs?"

"Eat your head." Chen Baxian bent down and wanted to pick up the rib, but A Yao stretched out his hand and sucked it into his palm.

"Don't be nervous, sister. I just want to open my eyes. I wouldn't dare to embezzle it even if you give me the courage." Chen Baxian quickly waved his hand to distance himself.

"Oh my god, you still want to embezzle it?" Yang Zhong said with wide eyes, "You are so bold."

"This is the imperial seal. It would be abnormal if I didn't have any thoughts about it, right?" Chen Baxian said with a smile, "As long as I didn't do it, it doesn't matter."

"What are you thinking? Can you become the emperor?" Yang Zhong sneered. He knew that this guy was ambitious and even dreamed of marrying a princess, but he didn't expect that he was so ambitious that he even wanted to be the princess's father.

"It's just a thought. It's not against the law." Chen Baxian said embarrassedly.

Before he finished speaking, a white light flashed before his eyes, and Ren Yuan appeared again, carrying Xiao Zong.

"Did you see that rib?" he asked in a deep voice.

A Yao nodded, handed him the rib and said, "This is also an incorruptible bone."

She was very familiar with this thing. She used it as a weapon at first, and later when she got the Ziwei Sword, she used it as a hairpin. It was not until tonight that it was smashed to pieces by a punch from Mo Zhe Tiansheng.

One characteristic of the incorruptible bones is that after being refined, they can become larger or smaller as desired.

Ren Yuan held it in his hand and said silently in his heart: "Big!"

The length of the undissolved bone expanded several times.

Ren Yuan muttered to himself again: "Rough!"

The unmelted bones became as thick as a bowl.

Ren Yuan took a look at the broken surface of the bone and found a seal hidden inside.

"Thicker!" Ren Yuan made the bone grow bigger for the third time. The cut surface became as thick as a plate, and the seal embedded in it fell out.

Ren Yuan stretched out his hand to take the seal. It was four inches square, with five dragons on the top. The front was engraved with eight seal characters "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper". One corner of the seal was broken, but it was repaired with gold. It was the imperial seal!

Chen Baxian and Yang Zhong stared with wide eyes, looking at this greatest treasure in the world.

On its shoulder there is an inscription of "The Great Wei Accepted the Imperial Seal from the Han Dynasty" in official script, which was inscribed by Cao Pi to prove that he did not "usurp the Han Dynasty" but "accepted the abdication".

On the right side, "Tianming Shishi" was engraved, which was a follow-up message from Shi Le of the Later Zhao Dynasty...

Fortunately, other emperors were relatively well-behaved and did not scribble on it, otherwise this treasure of China would be unbearable to look at.

"I remember now!" Xiao Zong finally recovered his erased memory and suddenly realized, "This is my father's rib. I use the power of Daming Temple to refine it every night under the White Pagoda. I succeeded in refining it the night you went there, hid the jade seal in it, and asked Jiao Xiaonu to take a piece of my rib and replace it with the rib."

"When you showed up, I had just asked Jiao Xiaonu to seal my memory..." Xiao Zong said with a long sigh, "I thought she was dead and I couldn't remember these things anymore."

(End of this chapter)