Obscuris Labyrinth

At this moment, Li Ruize cleared his throat and spoke again: "Here, there is a folk song that goes like this, 'The Lingjiu Peak is high, the Lingjiu Peak is perilous. Lin Yaoyang carved divine characters on the stone. Whoever can recognize them will open a golden mountain.' What it means is that Lin Yaoyang left some words on the huge rock at the foot of the Lingjiu Peak. If anyone can recognize them, it will be like opening a golden mountain and obtaining the treasures he left behind."

Zhao Yuxuan was full of doubts and couldn't help asking, "Who on earth is Lin Yaoyang?"

Li Ruize slightly raised his head, and there was a trace of respect for the past in his eyes as he replied, "Lin Yaoyang was the ancestor of the Miao people in this Tianwang Fort area and also the first Barbarian King. According to the elders, it was at least over a thousand years ago."

Zhao Yuxuan frowned and continued to ask, "Since Lin Yaoyang led his people to live here in groups, why has no one been able to recognize the characters he carved for such a long time?"

Li Ruize let out a gentle sigh, and that sigh seemed to be filled with endless sighs about the history of the Miao ethnic group. He slowly said, "The Miao ethnic group is an extremely mysterious ethnic group. It is said that the Miao ethnic group originated from the 'Jiuli' tribe in the middle and lower reaches of the Milky Way more than 5,000 years ago. Later, they began to migrate, all the way to the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River, where they formed the Sanmiao tribe. During the long years that followed, the footprints of the Miao people's migrations were not only all over the mountains and rivers in southern China, but they also crossed the oceans and went to other places. Look now, in Huannanguo, Tailanguo, Laodao, as well as the European continent, the American continent and many other countries and regions, there are Miao people living there. Moreover, the Miao ethnic group doesn't have just one type of writing and language. For example, here in Xiling, it is called the Red Miao language, while in Guishan province, Sihai, and Yunbei areas, there are also the Black Miao language and the Weining Miao language. However, the characters on that huge rock don't belong to any known Miao writing."

Zhao Yuxuan listened quietly and didn't say a word for a long time. Li Ruize had said so much and presented so much evidence in front of him. All of this indicated that the ancient jade with strange blood - colored characters he had once seen was by no means an ordinary thing, but very, very extraordinary. At least, it could be shown that what Li Ruize had said at his home that day was true. This ancient jade seemed to hide an ominous mystery, like a fog, making it impossible to see the truth inside.

Zhao Yuxuan was thinking to himself. He really couldn't figure out what incredible secrets were hidden in the ancient jade. Similarly, he couldn't finally determine whether Li Ruize was really unrelated to his parents' murder case. However, at this time, his hostility towards Li Ruize in his heart had decreased a great deal. He silently inserted the dagger he had been holding in his hand back into his waist.

Just then, Lin Yaxuan rushed in suddenly like a gentle breeze. There was anger in her eyes. Without saying a word, she kicked Zhao Yuxuan hard in the lower abdomen. The force of this kick was not small, and it hit Zhao Yuxuan right in the chest. Zhao Yuxuan let out a muffled groan, and his body fell heavily to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

Seeing that Lin Yaxuan didn't seem to want to stop and was clenching her fists, wanting to continue beating him severely, at this critical moment, Li Ruize shouted loudly, "Yaxuan, stop!"

Lin Yaxuan, hearing her grandfather's scolding, stamped her foot angrily and said resentfully, "Grandpa, this man is a bad guy. We can't let him off so easily."

Li Ruize said seriously, "No, he's not a bad guy. He's just a pitiful child. There are just some misunderstandings between him and me. As long as we explain things clearly, the misunderstandings will disappear. So don't make things difficult for him anymore."

Although Lin Yaxuan was reluctant in her heart, she had to stop aside. However, she still stared closely at Zhao Yuxuan, who was getting up, with her beautiful and vigilant eyes, as if to say that if you dare to make any unfavorable moves towards grandpa, I will never let you go.

At this moment, the beautiful Miao woman, Li Ruize's wife Li Yuexuan, walked in. Her eyes fell on Zhao Yuxuan, and she said slowly, "Zhao, Ruize has told me everything about your family. He had already warned your family before. What happened was something that no one wanted to see. You can leave now. However, I won't pursue what happened just now."

Li Ruize's eyes were filled with a trace of concern as he stared at Zhao Yuxuan, who was covering his lower abdomen and standing. At this time, Zhao Yuxuan's face was a little pale because of the pain. Li Ruize said softly, "Young man, I think you have experienced so many hardships during this period, and you have also been injured. In my opinion, you'd better stay at my home and recuperate for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yaxuan immediately objected loudly, "No, grandpa. This person is a big liar. How can we let him stay at our home?"

Li Yuexuan also walked to Li Ruize's side and said softly, "Ruize, this Zhao is full of hostility towards you. It's really not suitable to let him stay at home anymore."

Zhao Yuxuan's mind was spinning rapidly at this time, like a high - speed machine. In his heart, no matter what, Li Ruize was the only clue to find out the truth about his parents' murder case. Moreover, he didn't know where he could go if he left Tianwang Fort. Even if Li Ruize didn't ask him to stay, he would try his best to stay in Tianwang Fort.

Hearing that Lin Yaxuan and Li Yuexuan both didn't want him to stay here, Zhao Yuxuan was very worried that Li Ruize would change his mind. So he hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, I'm really seriously injured and do need to recuperate. Thank you so much. Then I won't be polite and will stay at your home for a while."

Li Ruize nodded after hearing this. Then he turned his head and said to Lin Yaxuan, who still looked indignant, "Yaxuan, don't be so stingy. What this Zhao brother did just now was out of filial piety. It's very admirable. During this time, you should take good care of him, just like treating a real guest, you know?"

Li Yuexuan looked at Zhao Yuxuan, whose nose was bruised and face was swollen and looked rather狼狈. Her originally sharp eyes gradually softened. She let out a gentle sigh and said, "Forget it, Yaxuan. Listen to your grandpa and let Zhao brother stay."

Unexpectedly, Lin Yaxuan, who looked very gentle, had such a clear - cut love - hate personality. She said stubbornly, "No. A guest is a guest. This Zhao is not a guest. He is a liar. Why should we let him stay here and eat and drink for free?"

Zhao Yuxuan always valued not taking advantage of others the most. In his heart, the last thing he wanted to hear was something like "eat and drink for free." Hearing Lin Yaxuan say this, he immediately had the idea of leaving. However, when he thought that the murder case of his parents had not been investigated yet, he finally endured it. He raised his voice and said loudly, "Okay, I won't eat and drink for free. If there is any work to be done here, I will do it to pay for my meals and accommodation."

Lin Yaxuan said after hearing this, "Okay, it's a deal. If you can't bear the hardship, then leave my home and leave Tianwang Fort."

Li Ruize originally wanted to say something more, but when he saw Zhao Yuxuan's stubborn and dignified eyes, his heart couldn't help but be moved. His slightly opened lips that were about to speak gently closed again.

Li Yuexuan, after hearing Zhao Yuxuan's words, nodded approvingly and said, "Zhao Lingfeng, you still have some backbone. Yaxuan, take him to have dinner first, then get a bottle of my 'Zhihu San' for him to rub on his injuries, and arrange a room for him."

Lin Yaxuan gently hummed in response and said unpleasantly, "Bad guy surnamed Zhao, follow me."

As she was speaking, she walked towards the outside of the study. Zhao Yuxuan followed behind. He faintly heard Li Ruize and Li Yuexuan whispering something, and he thought it must be something related to himself.

After a while, they went downstairs. Zhao Yuxuan was originally a very well - mannered and polite person. However, seeing that Lin Yaxuan was so unfriendly to him and had beaten him several times in half a day, he thought to himself that as a man, how could he bear this? So he was no longer polite to Lin Yaxuan either. At this time, he felt extremely hungry and said, "Hey, Lin Yaxuan, your grandpa told you to get me some food first. Did you hear clearly?"

Lin Yaxuan just glanced at him faintly without saying a word, then turned around and walked into a room in front of the courtyard. After a while, she came out with a rough large porcelain bowl. There was a full bowl of white rice in the bowl, and the rice exuded a bamboo - like fragrance. Zhao Yuxuan thought to himself that this was probably the famous bamboo - tube rice of the Miao ethnic group. However, there was only one salted radish on the rice.

Zhao Yuxuan knew in his heart that Lin Yaxuan deliberately didn't give him any dishes. However, he was so hungry that he didn't care so much. Regardless of everything, he picked up the rice and started to eat. This bamboo - tube rice was indeed very fragrant, but that pickled vegetable, it seemed that it had been pickled in the jar for more than two years. After taking a bite, the taste was extremely salty and sour. Zhao Yuxuan took a bite and immediately spat it out along with the rice in his mouth. Lin Yaxuan saw this scene and a gloating smile appeared on her face.