See me still dawdling there.
Lao Jiang's strong hands lifted me up: "Something is approaching, run away!"
After Lao Jiang reminded me, I discovered that there were buzzing sounds in the dark night.
I saw a large group of red flying insects flying towards the Taotie stone sculpture overwhelmingly. From a distance, it looked like a red sandstorm.
I hurriedly followed Lao Jiang, running as fast as I could for my life.
At this time, we no longer care whether we will be discovered by others, after all, it is still important to save our lives!
Fortunately, the group of red flying insects did not catch up, but kept circling around the Taotie stone sculpture, as if they were guarding something...
After we ran into Lei Town and could no longer see the shadow of the group of red flying insects, we slowed down and returned to the public house quietly. The blind old woman and her gang seemed to be afraid of these flying insects too, because Every house along the way has its doors and windows closed.
After returning home, Lao Jiang asked me what this flying insect was.
I said I don't know because this is the first time I have seen such a thing.
"First time?"
Old Jiang was obviously a little surprised.
I explained: "Because Leizhen has never allowed living people to approach the stone sculptures on the west block guarding the island. Only those who die will be buried there by a special funeral team. I remember when I was a child, I was more playful and would tease Erdan and the dog. The three sons went to the island to have a look, but were caught on the way. They were beaten by their parents for three days and three nights, and they never dared to go back. "
Lao Jiang concluded: "So this is your first time to see that monster stone sculpture up close?"
"Yeah." I nodded and suddenly raised my eyebrows: "By the way! I remember that after my parents beat me, they also scared me that there were mountain tigers there. If I disobey one day, I would dare to run around again. If you do, it will be eaten by the mountain tiger, and not even the bones will be left.”
I used to think that the so-called mountain tiger was just a trick to scare children, but now that I think about it, I guess there really is such a thing.
Growing up in Leizhen, I had no idea what secrets there were.
The smile on Lao Jiang's face also disappeared, and he told me that based on his observations, the group of fakes in Lei Town are anything but simple. They are ruthless, organized and disciplined, and are by no means ordinary people in the world.
All we can do now is pretend to be international students and continue to deal with them.
As the old Jiang of Black Saber Qilin has already said this, the problem may be more serious than I thought. I couldn't help but think of the piece of flesh and blood that was cut into pieces by five horses!
But tomorrow we still have to fight with those guys in a battle of wits and courage. Lao Jiang and I climbed into bed respectively and caught up on our sleep.
As soon as I got into bed, I noticed a fat cat next to my pillow. I don’t know when this cat came back.
I asked Dahu to move inside, and at the same time I cursed in my mind: "Besides eating and sleeping, there is nothing else I can do."
What I never expected was that besides Lao Jiang and I, Dahu also had an unexpected gain!
I discovered it when I was grooming the tiger the next day. There was a small, shiny thing hooked on its sharp claws.
When I pulled it off, I found it was an earring made of sterling silver.
The shape of these earrings is not the flowers or stars that girls wear.
But a spooky scorpion!
The scorpion's tail curved upward, and a layer of strange dark blue appeared on its back, making it look lifelike.
"This thing is too realistic."
I couldn't help but admire it, I couldn't even believe that this was just a small earring.
Lao Jiang also took it over and looked at it carefully, and finally a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes: "This is not an antique, but produced by modern technology. But it is made of pure silver, at least at the master level, and ordinary people will definitely wear it. Sorry."
It's a pity that Dahu can't speak, so he can't tell us where this earring came from.
As soon as the fish belly white appeared in the east, the blind old woman knocked on the door.
While knocking on the door, he used his remaining one eye to peek in along the crack of the door, obviously wanting to monitor whether we were going out. The scene was extremely penetrating.
"Who?"
I yawned deliberately, pretending to have just woken up.
"Young Master Jinglan, it's time to get up and eat. Everyone is waiting for you." The blind old woman smiled outside the door.
I quickly hid the earrings in my pocket and took Dahu with me.
At the dinner table, in addition to the blind old woman, there was also the tall, thin man whom I called chubby yesterday, and his parents.
Breakfast was a very simple meal of porridge with cold fungus, and a plate of fried small yellow croaker, a specialty of Zhanghe River. The blind old woman said that there was no time to prepare it in the morning, so she asked us to wait for it.
The parents of the little fat kid are particularly good at talking: "Fat, look at Jinglan, she has gone abroad to study. Look at you again."
I pretended to be humble and threw out a few English words, which made them stunned. Xiaopang quickly got up and asked me to teach him a few English words.
At this moment, I discovered that the little fat boy had a hole in his right ear!
I motioned to Lao Jiang with my eyes, and then quietly observed the others while drinking porridge.
I found that everyone present, including the blind old woman, had their ears pierced, and they were all on the right side, but people in Lei Town didn't know how to pierce their ears at all.
Could it be possible that the scorpion earrings that Dahu brought back came from them?
Lao Jiang took a bite of the small yellow croaker, and then asked nonchalantly if there was anything going on in the town recently. He seemed to hear someone singing and making noise last night, which woke him up several times.
Several people looked at each other, obviously a little nervous, but lied to us that there was no sound at all, and asked us if we heard it correctly?
Looking at us in disbelief, the blind old woman laughed and said, "Didn't I say that people in the town would not run around after the Dragon King patrols the river after twelve o'clock?"
The eye she was missing was hollow, and even if she saw it in the daytime, it would still be a bit scary.
I didn't dare to look at her, but Xiaopang took my hand and asked me if I still remembered the past.
"Of course I remember."
I deliberately flirted with you and said with a smile, "I still remember when your dad tattooed your back when you were a kid, you cried like a girl."
Fatty’s eyes immediately lit up, and he asked me if I still remember what the mayor said when I tattooed the backs of the children in the town?
I pretended to be thinking: "Have you ever said that? Why don't I remember it?"
Xiaopang continued to ask tentatively: "Then do you remember that our Leizhen has a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation? That treasure can..."
Before the little fat man could say anything, the blind old woman suddenly coughed. She seemed to have dropped her chopsticks on the ground and bent down to pick them up.
I looked at Xiaopang again, and Xiaopang had already shut up.
There was only the faint voice of the blind old woman in my ears: "Young Master Jinglan, there is a lot of mud on the soles of your shoes. Grandma will help you and Butler Jiang wash them off later."
Lao Jiang and I both looked at the soles of our feet, only to realize that the soles of our feet were still stained with black mud that had been stuck near the Taotie stone carvings last night.
Oops! I thought to myself.
Fortunately, Lao Jiang's mind was spinning quickly and he immediately apologized to me: "Master, it's all my fault that I was so anxious to sleep last night that I forgot to change a pair of clean shoes for you. Yesterday when we stepped ashore, we stepped in the mud. The smell was really bad. big."
I smiled and said it was okay. There were still leather shoes in the suitcase anyway, so I could just change into them later!
The blind old woman looked at me suspiciously, then at Old Jiang, but said nothing.
It's just that after Xiaopang's words were interrupted, he never mentioned Lei Zhen again, and only dragged me to learn English. It seemed that he had been beaten by the blind old woman.
After dinner, Lao Jiang and I expressed our intention to take a stroll in the west part of Lei Town. We have been abroad for more than ten years and have yet to put incense sticks on our ancestors’ ancestral halls.
The chubby boy looked at the blind old lady, who nodded and said, "You should have this kind of filial piety."
But she wants to accompany us to the ancestral hall!
Because of what Lao Jiang said before, when I came to the ancestral hall this time, I felt like I was entering a coffin. Every step I took, it felt like someone was blowing air conditioning on the back of my neck.
The blind old woman sneered and inserted the key into the dragon-breaking stone door, then slowly pushed it open.
The squeaking sound suddenly echoed in my ears!
What came into view was the courtyard in the ancestral hall and the strange giant bronze stick.
If you look at it during the day, you will see that this giant bronze rod is much clearer than at night. Its surface has a unique sheen of metal, and it is also engraved with complex patterns, which seem to depict a group of little people climbing up the ladder to the sky. Climbing, the ladder in the picture can't be seen at a glance. I guess it's as high as the giant stick. I don't know what it has any special meaning?
When passing by the giant bronze stick, Lao Jiang couldn't help but want to study it, but I pulled it hard and signaled him not to show off.
"arrive."
As the blind old woman pushed open the back room, we saw a plaque saying "Bless the Descendants" came into view. Under the plaque, there were tablets on the west fifth floor on the altar table. They were densely packed and all read "Li's XXX position". . ’
But the highest floor is particularly empty.
Logically speaking, shouldn't this place be where the oldest ancestor is?
But what is placed there does not seem to be a tablet, but a Western-style frame, and it is also covered with a black cloth, which looks particularly strange.
The blind old woman asked me why Butler Jiang and I didn't come in?
I said to her: "You have forgotten that only men from the Li family can enter the ancestral hall. Butler Jiang is a slave outside, so how can he be qualified?"
When I said this, it was difficult for the blind old woman to go in.
She forced a smile and said: "Look at my memory, I was so happy that Master Jinglan came back that I forgot this rule."
So she handed me the incense in the bamboo basket.
I took it politely, came to the memorial tablet respectfully and kowtowed three times.
In fact, I don't have much feelings for Lei Zhen, but instead have a deep hatred! Because my parents were dragged into this ancestral hall back then, and their lives and deaths were unknown from then on.
After finishing the incense, I planned to leave.
However, at this moment, the cat was frightened for some reason and jumped onto the altar table with an afterimage.
"Dahu, don't cause trouble!" I quickly waved in a low voice.
Looking at the rows of memorial tablets, I sweated deeply for Dahu.
You must know that the ancestral memorial tablets on the altar table are not placed randomly. The earlier the memorial tablets are, the higher they are placed.
As a result, Dahu went all the way up and stopped when he reached the last row. He was actually staring at the thing covered by the black cloth and was eager to try it!
I hurried forward to catch it, fearing that the cat would kill me and Lao Jiang.
As a result, the fat cat ran so fast that when it took off, it actually peeled off a corner of the black cloth.
Although the cloth fell down quickly, I felt as if I had fallen into an ice hole that had lasted for nine consecutive winters. I was so trembling that I couldn't say anything.
Is it frightened, scared, or incredible...
I can't describe my fear at that time, because I clearly saw what was hidden in the black cloth!
