Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 525: Tombs, Preparing to Go to Kaiyang!
Long Yue felt like she had fallen into a world of fantasy; everything became so bizarre and dreamlike that she kept her big, dark eyes wide open, seemingly unable to perceive anything around her.
Until Duanmu Nan’s magnetic voice rang out.
"It turns out to be a map. Could it be that the downfall of my Duanmu Family back then stems from this?"
His voice carried some pain and repression, and even a bit of excitement and exhilaration.
He closed his eyes in contemplation, as if returning to that day when his father lovingly placed this hairpin into his hair bun and told him to leave.
At that time, his gaze was always fixed on the hairpin.
Since all the roots lie in the hairpin, then, this map...
Duanmu Nan hurriedly picked up the map and examined it closely.
It was a topographical map of mountains and rivers, depicting mostly the terrain of mountains and rivers, along with valleys, but no cities.
Without cities as landmarks, finding a place exactly like that on the map seems quite difficult, doesn’t it?
"Brother Nan, this place looks a bit familiar, doesn’t it?"
Gouzi had been silent, and when he spoke, it was earth-shattering.
Long Yue was puzzled: "You’ve seen it?"
Gouzi nodded, drew a circle on the map with his hand, "Look, here, here, and here, isn’t this precisely Guyang County?"
"Are you sure?" Yun Jin exclaimed, looking at Duanmu Nan incredulously, seeing his expressionless face, couldn’t help but ask again, "How do you know this is Guyang County?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
"I grew up around Guyang County, and I am very familiar with the terrain there, no doubt about it, it must be!"
Gouzi looked again and was one hundred percent sure.
"Senior Brother?"
Yun Jin noticed Duanmu Nan was zoning out, and worriedly nudged him.
Only then did Duanmu Nan come back to his senses, looked down at the map, and said softly, "This indeed is Guyang County. I’ve been away for too long to almost forget the terrain there..."
His voice grew softer, seemingly sinking into some memories.
Long Yue knew that her master’s state was not right, so she quietly came beside Gouzi, "Then do you know, what does this map contain?"
Heaven have mercy, all she saw when she looked at the map was a jumble of dense lines, and she couldn’t make anything out of it.
Duanmu Nan said, "There’s a treasure on this map."
"Ah?"
Long Yue turned around and saw that her master seemed to have returned to normal, so she asked, "What treasure, where? Why can’t I see it?"
"Of course, you can’t see it because the lines drawn on it are too chaotic; if your eyesight isn’t good, you won’t be able to make it out!"
Gouzi was being quite sarcastic.
Long Yue was so angry that she nearly wanted to hit him, but remembering that the boy was her master’s cousin, she refrained from harsh words, sulkingly said, "Since you have good eyesight, why don’t you explain?"
"Look here, here, and these lines encircle, doesn’t it look like a tomb?"
Uh?
Long Yue had indeed seen burial pits before, but because she hadn’t seen many and there were so many mountains and rivers here, how would she pay attention to this?
Gouzi saying her eyesight wasn’t good wasn’t entirely wrong.
"The whole map, all the geographical terrain, is to cover up this tomb, so this is the key on the map! Moreover, you see, the lines below extend continuously towards the side, indicating a large tomb complex, a particularly large one!"
Gouzi gestured again, marking out the area around the tomb.
Such a large tomb complex?
Long Yue couldn’t help but exclaim, "Could this be a treasure map?"
"Yes, exactly, it should be!"
"Senior Brother, where is this tomb located?"
Yun Jin actually figured out a lot upon hearing about the tomb. Generally speaking, many tombs would hold a lot of treasures, especially the emperors’ tombs, where burial items are countless and could be said to be the wealth of the entire Dynasty.
Now, the Duanmu Family actually has such a treasure map?
It is no wonder their family met with misfortune.
This saying, "An innocent man gets in trouble by holding a precious jade," has always been true throughout history.
However, if it were elsewhere, it might not have led to their family’s annihilation, right?
Then, just one possibility...
Sure enough, Duanmu Nan said, "The entrance to this tomb is in my Duanmu Family’s ancestral hall!"
"This..."
Long Yue was at a loss for words, ancestral hall?
She looked closely at the map, still couldn’t see anything, possibly because she wasn’t familiar with the area’s terrain!
As if to answer Long Yue’s question, Duanmu Nan said, "We are very familiar with the situation over there, looking from this direction, it is the ancestral hall indeed!"
He paused and looked at Yun Jin, saying, "Junior Sister, Senior Brother plans to go back to Guyang County, Gouzi, you should come too!"
Is this an acknowledgment?
Gouzi was so excited that he couldn’t contain himself and immediately said, "Okay, I’ll get ready, when do we set off?"
"Tomorrow, we’ll leave immediately!"
"Wait, Master, I remember, isn’t Guyang County in the Kaiyang area?"
"Hmm, yes, why?"
Duanmu Nan only knew Li Qingmu was out accomplishing something, but didn’t know where, hence the question.
"Master, that..." Long Yue licked her bright red lips and cradled little Rui’er in her arms, "Can I go with you? A Mu seems to be in the Kaiyang area!"
Duanmu Nan’s eyes lit up at first, but then dimmed again.
So, it was to look for Li Qingmu.
He chuckled wryly, realizing it was his own wishful thinking.
"If you wish to go, you may!"
"Really, that’s great, thank you, Master!"
Long Yue was overjoyed, clearly being a mother, yet still so childlike.
Duanmu Nan looked at her with a smile, eyes filled with endless gentleness.
...
"You plan to go to the Kaiyang area?"
Qi Jingyu looked at Long Yue in surprise, thinking, this woman, who was madly pursuing her husband, couldn’t stand the separation after only a few days?
But soon, he changed his mind.
"This time I’m going with Master and them; there’s something strange there, planning to check it out."
"What’s so strange about it?"
Qi Jingyu’s curiosity was piqued.
Long Yue thought about how it was her master’s family’s ancestral land and found it hard to explain, suggesting he ask Duanmu Nan.
Some things, everyone actually just silently knew.
According to the reports coming from below, the most severe drought was indeed in Kaiyang, and that tomb complex was in Guyang County, so could it be understood that this drought might be related to the tomb complex?
This idea was quite astonishing but undeniably had some plausibility.
Therefore, when Qi Jingyu went to ask Duanmu Nan and received a definite answer, he unhesitatingly asked Qi Yun for permission to go to Kaiyang as well.
Being an Imperial Grandson, he shouldn’t be involved in politics too early. Qi Yun was inclined to let Qi Junlian go, but considering his health, he gave special permission allowing Qi Jingyu to go.
This resulted in quite an uproar in the court.
Two days later, Long Yue, bringing along Ning Xiang who had returned and the newly promoted maid Hongtang, set off with Duanmu Nan and the others toward Kaiyang.
