| Chen remembered how Wen Tailai had been captured at Iron Gall Manor and said: "Could the tunnel be under the table?" He placed his hands beneath the round table top and tried to lift it, but it did not budge
"There's something strange about this table," he said, pleasedHuo Qingtong brought the torch over to give him more light
"Oh, look!" Princess Fragrance exclaimed"There's a design carved onto the surface They looked closer and saw that it was a herd of winged camelsThey had not noticed it before because the carving was extremely shallowBut strangely, the heads and bodies of the camels were not joined, and were more than a foot away from each otherOn an impulse, Princess Fragrance grasped the table edge and pulled it from left to right in an attempt to line up the heads and bodies, and it did indeed mens cartier watches roadster move an inch or soChen and Huo Qingtong joined her and slowly moved the rim round until the camels were whole againJust as the carving was complete, a grinding sound began and a panel beside the bed slid back to reveal a row of steps leading downwardsThe three shouted in triumph
Chen led the way into the hole, torch in handThe passage twisted and turned for a while and then ran straight for more than a hundred feetThen, around a corner, they burst out into daylightLooking around they saw they were in a small basin surrounded by high mountainsIn the centre was a circular pool, the water in which was as green as jadeThey were immediately enraptured by the beauty of the scene before them
"The scroll said that if beautiful people washed in the pool they would become even more beautiful," Huo Qingtong said prada bags handbags to her sister with a smile"You should go and wash
Princess Fragrance blushed"You are older than I, you go first," she replied
"Ai-ya! But I will become more ugly," Huo Qingtong protested"Are you going to wash or not?" Princess Fragrance shook her head
Huo Qingtong walked to the edge of the pool and put her hands in the water: it was intensely coldShe cupped her hands and scooped up some water and saw it was very clear: the water appeared green only because of the jade all aboutShe took a sip and found it extraordinarily cool and tastyThey all drank their fillThe white peak towering above them reflected off the surface of the pool in a picture of loveliness, and Princess Fragrance lazily moved her hand about in the water, unwilling to leave such an enchanting place
"The thing to do now is to think of louis vuitton galliera pm bag a way to avoid those four devils outside," said Huo Qingtong
"First, let's bring Mami's remains out and bury them beside the pool," Chen suggested
Princess Fragrance clapped her hands in delight"It would be best if we buried her and Ali together," she saidI expect the skeleton in the corner is Ali's
They returned to the Jade RoomAs they were collecting Ali's bones, they found amongst them some bamboo slivers used in China in ancient times for writingChen picked them up, and saw they were thickly covered with Chinese characters written in red ink on a black backgroundGlancing through them, he recognized the writings of the Chinese philospher ZhuangziHe had thought it might be some special book and was rather disappointed to find it was instead something he had read and memorized as a child
"What is cartier pasha it?" Princess Fragrance asked
"It's an old Chinese book, but it's not much use except to archaeologists He threw the slivers back on the ground, and as they scattered, he noticed one which looked slightly different from the restBeside every character, were circles and dots and Muslim writingChen picked the sliver up and saw it was a section entitled 'The Butcher Dissects the Cow' from the philosopher Zhuangzi's lecture, 'The Secret of Caring for Life' He pointed to the Muslim characters written alongside
"What does this say?" he asked Princess Fragrance
"'The key to smashing the enemy is here'," she replied
"What can that mean?" he wondered out loud, greatly surprised
"Mami's last testament said Ali got hold of a Chinese book and had learned kung fu from itThis could be it," Huo Qingtong prada clutch suggested |