Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 67 Golden Jade Clothes
Under the illumination of dozens of torches, the true appearance of Donghunhou's underground palace was revealed.

It was magnificent with carved beams and painted buildings, the floor was paved with golden bricks, and the emperor's throne was placed on a white jade platform. On the coffin bed behind the throne was a huge red coffin.

On the throne stood a pure gold tablet with the words "The Throne of Emperor Xiao Baojuan of Great Qi" inscribed on it!
"Look, I said it was Xiao Baorong who did it. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time. He seemed cowardly and incompetent, but he actually did some things behind the scenes." Dong Dangmen had experienced that period of dynasty change, so naturally he had a lot of emotions.

"Indeed, after Xiao Baojuan was beheaded by the eunuchs, he was first deposed as a king and then demoted to a marquis. Although his eighth brother did not dare to do so openly, he secretly buried him according to the emperor's regulations." County Lieutenant Xie felt the same way.

"Xiao Baorong was so good to his second brother that he even turned him into a corpse king after his death." Mr. Chen exclaimed, "Why don't I have such a good brother?"

"Are you sure that Donghun Hou has turned into a corpse king?" County Lieutenant Xie asked Dong Dangmen.

"It's almost certain." Dong Dangmen stared at the huge red coffin with a serious look and said with a wry smile, "I don't dare to open the coffin now."

"Yes, if it's the Corpse King, even if the three of us join forces, we can't defeat him." County Lieutenant Xie spat fiercely and said, "Who would have thought that Xiao Baorong would play such a big game."

"Don't worry, that's why I'm here." Mr. Chen said quietly, "Just open the coffin. There's something holding him down, so he can't get up even if he turns into a corpse king."

"That's good." County Lieutenant Xie and the other two breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that Mr. Chen's lord was the one who knew the secrets of the royal family of the previous dynasty best.

So County Magistrate Xie ordered the soldiers to open the coffin, but Dong Dangmen quietly walked to the southeast corner of the underground palace and placed the oil lamp on the Xun position.

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Next, it was the scene in Ren Yuan’s dream…

The soldiers opened the coffins layer by layer. When they opened the fourth coffin lid, golden and jade light shone through.

The three of them couldn't help but move closer to take a look, and they saw a huge corpse dressed in a golden jade suit lying in the coffin!
The jade suit was made entirely of jade pieces and woven with gold threads. It consisted of six parts: hood, upper body, sleeves, gloves, trouser legs and shoes. It wrapped the deceased tightly like armor.

"Golden Jade Burial Suit? Didn't Emperor Wen of Wei ban its use?" County Lieutenant Xie asked in surprise.

"It's been several dynasties. How can the emperor of the Wei Dynasty still control the Qi Dynasty?" Dong Dangmen stared at the golden jade burial garment with his one eye. He swallowed several times and said, "Besides, Xiao Baorong must use this thing to bury the corpse of Donghunhou in order to ensure that it does not decay."

"Eh..." His pupils shrank as he spoke, staring at the bulging belly of the golden jade garment and said, "Why do I see that it moves?"

"It is moving." Mr. Chen nodded and said, "That is the thing that suppressed him. According to the agreement, it should belong to my master."

"I didn't say I'd regret it. We just need a piece of his bone to get the job done." Lieutenant Xie said indifferently, "But if you take out the suppressant, what if he suddenly attacks and hurts someone?"

"I have my own way." Mr. Chen ordered: "Carry him out first."

The soldiers stepped forward together and carefully carried Donghunhou, who was wearing jade clothes, out of the coffin.

During the process, Donghunhou's body kept trying to struggle, but was suppressed by some mysterious force and could not move.

Then, the soldiers followed Mr. Chen's instructions and used four thick iron chains engraved with runes to tie up Donghunhou's limbs and pull them straight.

Then Mr. Chen personally drove four soul-piercing stakes similar to the demon-subduing pestles and nailed the four chains to the ground.

"Don't worry, with this thing in place, he won't be able to fake his death." Mr. Chen turned around and said to the two of them.

Lieutenant Xie then drew out his demon-slaying sword and chopped it at Donghun Hou, but it only caused a streak of sparks to fly, and the golden jade clothes were not damaged at all.

He was not surprised by this. The Jade Cloth with Golden Threads was a treasure of the emperor. It would be strange if it was easily damaged. "It's like it's grown with his body." Dong Dangmen tried to take off the Jade Cloth with Golden Threads, but failed.

"Let me do it." Mr. Chen showed his pitch-black bone hand and said with a fanatical look, "Before we went south, the lord specially gave me this indestructible 'unbreakable bone hand'! For three months, I have used all my magic power to nourish it, just for this!"

"No bones will turn into flesh? Then we can indeed cut open the corpse king's stomach!" Dong Dangmen was overjoyed when he heard that.

The two men hurriedly made way, and Mr. Chen began to recite a spell, injecting all the magic power he had accumulated for a hundred days into the incorruptible hand!
Then the dull and lifeless bone hand gradually turned into the color of black jade, and then radiated an eerie and hazy black light.

The five finger bones also turned into five extremely sharp blades!
Mr. Chen put his fingers together like a knife and swung his hand down. With a "swish" sound, he cut the gold thread of the golden jade robe, but he could not cut through the belly of Donghun Hou, which was as soft as a living person. Only a bright red mark was left!
This one blow had consumed most of his accumulated magic power.

Donghun Hou was not having a good time either. He threw off his hood in so much pain that his neck was empty. As expected, there was no head... but he still let out a dull and terrifying roar that made people shudder.

Mr. Chen had no choice but to bite his tongue, spurting out blood several times, and risking his life to launch the second attack!
This time, the belly of Donghunhou was finally broken. The sticky black blood of the corpse king spurted out, corroding half of Mr. Chen's body and making him look like a nobody.

Mr. Chen seemed to feel no pain and ignored his injuries. He immediately inserted his bone-indissoluble hand into Donghunhou's abdomen.

Donghun Hou howled and struggled desperately, making the iron chains creak, but he was nailed down by the soul-nailing stake and could not move at all.

Finally, the incorruptible bone hand took out a ball of black blood but still shining with precious light from Donghunhou's stomach!

"That's it!" Mr. Chen couldn't help but shouted excitedly.

At this time, Lieutenant Xie no longer cared about the conflict and urged, "Quick, help me get another bone!"

He didn't dare to touch the Corpse King and could only rely on Mr. Qin to help him complete the task.

Only Dong Dangmen had completed all the tasks. He did not focus on disemboweling Donghunhou, but stared at the oil lamp in the Xun position with one eye and observed the situation in the underground palace with the other.

Keeping an eye on all directions and listening carefully to all directions is the innate skill of their profession.

As a result, he really discovered the situation - he saw a soldier guarding the soul-pinching stake on the north side suddenly chopped down his comrade next to him with a knife. Then he grabbed the soul-pinching stake with both hands and pulled it out!

"What are you doing?!" he shouted and used the Faqiu Seal to knock the soldier to the ground!
Before he could take back the bronze seal, he caught a glimpse of the same scene happening in front of the soul-pinching stake in the west - several more soldiers fell to the ground, and only one soldier was left pulling out the stake!
Fortunately, at this time, County Lieutenant Xie also reacted and quickly slashed with his sword. A red light flashed, and the soldier fell to the ground.

At the same moment, someone in the east was also pulling out the soul stake. Mr. Chen wanted to deal with the matter at hand with all his strength, so he shouted, "Stop him!"

Upon hearing the order, Wanwan flashed to the man's side like a ghost and hugged him tightly!
All this happened in a single breath. They were able to prevent three destructions in this instant, showing their experience and ability to respond quickly!

But what allowed the three men to break through their defense was that someone was actually pulling out the fourth soul-nail stake on the south side at the same time.

And there were only three of them.

All three of them had already made one move, and by the time they made their second move, it was already too late.

Then he saw that the soldier had completely pulled out the soul-nail stake!

At this point, they had just completed their second breath.

ps. There is one more picture
(End of this chapter)