At that time, there was an oasis near the Damascus Desert that had been flowing for thousands of years, which could provide food for Cushing's family, and they lived a carefree life. Cushing's main research is mathematics and astronomy. In addition, his family has extremely unique research on the customs and geography of Damascus for generations, and he can be regarded as one of the best local scholars.
Just when the Cushing family was living an ordinary and fulfilling life, trouble struck!
At that time, the emir of Damascus, Schiller, was a corrupt official who liked to plunder the people's wealth. He had amassed countless treasures in a few years. Because he was afraid that the treasures would be reported or robbed by bandits, Schiller hanged him. I tried my best to come up with an idea: find a person who knows the most about the nearby desert area and let him preside over the construction of an underground palace!
As long as Schiller hid the treasures he collected in the underground palace, and set up countless murderous ambushes at the main entrances and exits to prevent thieves and other people with evil intentions, everything would be foolproof!
The sinister and vicious Schiller quickly selected the person to build the underground palace. That person was the famous scholar Cushing near Damascus. Scholar Cushing had a family background, extensive knowledge and extensive records, and he was very familiar with the desert geography around the ancient city. , knows the local customs and environment very well, and is really the best candidate to build your own private underground palace treasure house!
Knowing that there was a capable person like Cushing, Schiller certainly had no reason to let him go. He first sent people to bring expensive gifts and repeatedly urged him to meet at his official residence. However, Cushing politely refused because he was not feeling well. .
In the end, Schiller suddenly realized that because his reputation was so bad, the upright Cushing would rather stay at home because he was sick than meet him! The furious Schiller led his wolf-like subordinates and minions directly to Cushing's home. In front of Cushing, the vicious Schiller slashed the old servant to death and killed Cushing's two sons and one grandson. The ropes are tied up!
Seeing his children and grandchildren being arrested, Cushing was shaking with anger, but he was helpless and had no choice but to finally agree to Schiller's request to force him to build an underground palace, and all Cushing's family members were escorted away He went to the underground palace and worked as a coolie.
Three years, a full three years, in order to build this underground palace treasure house, Cushing worked so hard that his gray hair turned into white frost, and his face gained a lot of haggardness and wrinkles, but just as the underground palace was about to be fully completed. At that time, a craftsman working there risked his life and fled to Cushing's house. He brought shocking news: As early as the first year of building the underground palace, all three of the old man's children and grandchildren were crushed due to landslides. Dead inside!
In order to allow Cushing to build an underground palace for himself, Schiller deliberately blocked the news. Anyone who dared to tell the news of the death of the old man's children and grandchildren would be killed without mercy!
Hearing the news, the old scholar Cushing was struck by thunder. He rolled his eyes and fainted. The craftsman took care of him for a long time, and then told the awakened Cushing the news. The reason why he escaped was because he overheard the supervisor saying, After receiving Schiller's secret order, on the day the underground palace was completed, not one of the more than 300 craftsmen was spared, and all were killed to prevent the news from leaking!
This craftsman had a family of young and old, and he had expected to reunite with his family after finishing his hard work. Who would have thought that after hearing the news, he immediately got out of the cave he accidentally discovered while working and fled desperately!
To think that Emir Chief Schiller was so cruel and ruthlessly killed people! Cushing was so angry that he sent away the fleeing craftsmen. After much thought, he decided to modify some of the mechanisms in the underground palace privately. On the day of completion, if Schiller's people wanted to seal the exit and trap all the craftsmen, , Cushing could also use the agency to secretly let the craftsmen go!
Just do it, and a battle of wits between good and evil begins! The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the day when the underground palace treasure house was completed came. The supervisor and a few of his usually wolf-like men changed their usual bad attitude towards the craftsmen by beating and scolding them, and instead brought out a lot of wine and meat to treat everyone to a meal. !
But the craftsmen had been notified by Cushing in advance and knew that the food was poisoned. They pretended to eat without showing any signs of it. When the supervisor was unprepared, he and a dozen of his thugs were knocked unconscious and tied up with ropes. Throw it into an inaccessible desert and leave it to fend for itself!
Cushing appeared at this time. He brought a large number of camels and gave them to the craftsmen to ride them quickly. He sacrificed his life to distract the pursuers led by the emir chief Schiller. In the end, Cushing was blocked by the villains. In a dead end of the underground palace, he activated the mechanism with a smile and died together with Schiller and his minions...
"So that's it!" After hearing the grudge between Schiller and Cushing, Guan Heng sighed with emotion: "Oh, good people... but in the end they can only end up dying together with the bad people. It's really not worth it!"
"Hahaha! There is nothing unworthy about this!" The old scholar Cu Xin twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Guan Heng, don't forget that I also saved the lives of hundreds of craftsmen. They will spread their branches in the future. I've saved countless people! It's very profitable to use my dying life to save them!"
"Because of this! You see..." Cushing spread his hands, stood up and turned around twice: "I can stay between heaven and earth for a long time and continue to study my knowledge. There is nothing wrong with this!"
"You are easy-going, open-minded and cheerful!" Guan Heng smiled: "This is something I didn't expect!"
"But your attitude towards studying knowledge is very similar to that of my teacher Howard Stark!" Guan Heng said with a smile: "I will definitely introduce you to each other when I have time. You two old scholars will definitely become friends! "
"Okay, now that you tell me, I really want to see him!" Cushing asked, stroking his long beard, "Where is Mr. Howard now?"
Guan Heng told the story of how he and Howard got to know each other, and it was so novel and exciting that even Cushing, an old scholar with strong memorization and knowledge, was amazed: "It's very good. It seems that I must pay a visit to Mr. Howard. This is What a wonderful man!"
"Then let's do it. After this ancient ruins expedition is over, I will take you back to my home in New City to meet Uncle Huo!" Guan Heng lowered his head and thought about it: "Well, for now, let's go to the underground palace to search. Something about the Schiller family genealogy!”
"If we go to the underground palace, I can go with you!" Cushing said with a smile: "I presided over the construction of the underground palace, and I am very familiar with the inside of the underground palace!"
"Thank you, Mr. Cushing!" Guan Heng said with a smile: "I can't thank you enough. To facilitate my movement, I hope you don't mind entering the small space with the tattoo on the back of my hand for a while!"
"Oh, a small space that can hide ghosts!" Cushing twisted his beard and said with a smile: "It's really rare, so I'll go in!"
After hiding Cushing with the ghost-swallowing beast tattoo, Guan Heng didn't waste any time, donned the exorcist armor with a swish, flew directly in the direction pointed by Cushing, and found the location of the underground palace without any effort!
——[11.10 first update, good night everyone, Lao Sha continues to pray for some tips↖(^ω^)↗]——
