When I walked out of the ancestral hall, all my clothes were soaked.
When Lao Jiang saw my dejected look, he knew something was wrong! ! !
He turned his concerned eyes to me and wanted to ask me what happened, but I just dragged him back.
"Young Master Jinglan, don't you want to go shopping elsewhere?" the blind old woman asked at the door.
"I won't go, I won't go."
Lao Jiang stood up and gave me a bad look: "The young master's parents passed away in the ancestral hall, and he suddenly became obsessed with things..."
"Then remember to come for dinner tomorrow, we have prepared a lot of delicious dishes." The blind old woman said goodbye to us with a smile.
After returning to his residence, Lao Jiang quickly closed the doors and windows, and after confirming that no one was following him, he said, "What happened just now?"
At this moment, my heart was still beating wildly as I watched Lao Jiang say an eerie word: "Can you believe it? My ancestor Wen Tao is actually a monster."
"Apparition?"
Lao Jiang was smoking. When he heard this, he coughed several times.
I quickly poured Lao Jiang a cup of tea and recounted the scene that had just happened in the ancestral hall.
It turned out that Dahu was so naughty that he actually let me see the portrait of my ancestor covered by black cloth!
The ancestor in the portrait has a Chinese character face and is wearing a bright red military commander's clothes, but he actually has a third eye on his forehead!
In order to highlight the importance of that eye, the artist made the third eye particularly ghostly. I even felt that eye winking at me.
"Remember last night when I accidentally fell into the cemetery next to the Taotie Stone Sculpture? At that time, I saw a middle-aged man's skull, and he also had a hole the size of an eye socket on his forehead. I suspect that there is a person hidden in Lei Town. A shocking secret that we don’t know. This secret may be related to why the townspeople must enter the ancestral hall after the age of ten..."
Even as a black sword unicorn, this is the first time Lao Jiang has heard of such a thing.
He confirmed again and again and asked me if I had seen it wrong.
Because the portraits in ancestral halls are extremely delicate, if the ancestor does not have three eyes, they must not be painted, otherwise it will be an act of blasphemy against the ancestors.
Besides, those with an extra eye would not be regarded as gods in ancient times, but would be labeled as monsters.
"I'm sure I got it right." I replied firmly.
"It seems that all the secrets of Lei Town are hidden in the ancestral hall..."
"No, we have to go in again!" Lao Jiang put out the cigarette in his hand and said firmly.
Since Lao Jiang had complained about the noise in the ancestral hall during the day, the ancestral hall was particularly quiet tonight. Even at the right time, no strange songs were heard.
Lao Jiang and I went out at night, hid under the wall and threw several small stones in. After confirming that no one was there, we jumped in.
We didn't take the big tiger out this time, for fear that it would do something outrageous again.
But in the pale candlelight, rows of ancestors' memorial tablets were neatly arranged, as if each soul was nailed to this place.
Only the highest part was empty, and the portrait I saw during the day was still covered with black cloth.
It seems to be waiting for us to reveal its secrets...
Lao Jiang clasped his hands in his fists and said, "I've offended you so much, please forgive me." Then he stepped on the table and used his superior Qigong to pull off the black cloth.
A majestic portrait of an ancient man suddenly appeared before us.
He was wearing a bright red Mingguang armor, with a horn hanging from his waist to command tens of thousands of digging troops. He was none other than Wen Tao, the tomb robber king who made everyone in that era fearful. However, the strange thing was that he had a third eye on his forehead!
That eye was straight up like a thread, firmly embedded between his eyebrows. It reminded me of Erlang Shen in the Little Man's Book.
Lao Jiang covered his head with a black cloth, and like me before, he showed deep fear: "I really didn't expect that Wen Tao is really the incarnation of a monster! But in all the historical documents collected by Qilin, there is no mention that he has a third party. Just one eye.”
"Everything started from Yin Xu."
I reminded Lao Jiang: "Don't forget, Wen Tao was the first person to come out of Yinxu alive. It should be from that time that his body began to change and he was said to be a monster. The emperor should have also seen his first Three Eyes, out of deep fear, decided to kill him. I think this must be the curse from Yin Xu!"
Lao Jiang looked at me in surprise, but did not refute. Perhaps in his heart, this guess was the closest to the truth.
However, just when we were about to leave, Lao Jiang waved his hand: "Wait!"
I looked at him and found that Lao Jiang suddenly came to the west wall at this time.
The walls are painted with three old gods: Fortune, Luxury and Shou. These are also commonly used images in folk ancestral halls, which indicate good fortune and longevity for future generations.
Old Jiang's whole ears were pressed against the wall, and his hands were stroking along the flat peach in the birthday boy's arms, and sometimes he would tap it with his fingers, as if there was something behind the wall.
I suddenly thought about Lao Jiang's identity. Could it be that as a master of mechanisms, he discovered something?
Seeing Lao Jiang's serious look, I didn't want to disturb him.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the sound of kicking footsteps suddenly came from the courtyard of the ancestral hall.
Judging from experience, at least two people!
Seeing the other party getting closer and closer, I wanted to pull Lao Jiang away, but he was indifferent.
I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. In desperation, a dog crawled under the table.
I don’t want to be discovered. These people are ruthless. If discovered, I will probably be quartered tonight...
However, as soon as I got in, Old Jiang grabbed my pants and said, "Boy, why are you so useless at this critical moment?"
He frowned tightly and gritted his teeth: "We can only give it a try."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Jiang exerted a profound skill with his five fingers and actually smacked the peach in the birthday boy's arms. There was a creaking sound, and a small secret door flipped over appeared in the wall. Lao Jiang quickly slipped in while carrying me.
Then the wall was restored to its original state.
I breathed a long sigh of relief and asked Lao Jiang in a low voice how he discovered this secret door.
Lao Jiang smiled and said: "Grave robbers have always been very particular about cunning rabbits. What's more, Wen Tao's descendants were hunted down all the way back then. No matter where they settled, they would definitely leave behind! This ancestral hall is located in the center of Lei Town. Ever since I entered, I have I noticed that there was something wrong with the mural inside. There was no picture of the peach held by the birthday boy in his arms. In addition, the position of Shengmen happened to be in the Bagua, which was a metaphor for escape. I gave it a try. , Sure enough, there is a way.”
Lao Jiang also told me that there should be many secret rooms like this in Lei Town.
I was about to open my mouth to praise, but Lao Jiang covered my mouth. I only heard that the two people just entered the ancestral hall and seemed to be talking about something.
The voices were those of the two blind old ladies. One of them sighed and asked, "I really don't know how long we have to stay in this damn place. Third sister, when can we go back."
Another sneered: "Didn't I tell you when I came here that if you can't find that thing, don't go back!"
At first, the blind old woman cursed: "These bunch of bitches refused to reveal a single word to us. They killed several of them in a row, and they are still so tough! Especially the mayor, whose youngest son and daughter were chopped into pieces by us." Five pieces, and he didn’t even raise his eyelids.”
My heart skipped a beat. Although I also hated Lei Zhen, hearing what they were going through now didn't give me the pleasure of revenge at all. Instead, I felt a little sour inside.
Who are these people and why are they so vicious?
What I never expected was that the next words were shared by Lao Jiang and me: "I think that kid who came back from studying abroad seems to know something. Let's try to see if I can get him drunk at dinner tomorrow and pry out something. "
"It's hard to say, that little brat is very clever. If it doesn't work, I'll tie him up and torture him. Judging from his delicate skin and tender flesh, he shouldn't be able to bear it for long before he's beaten..."
Hearing what the two blind old ladies said about me, Lao Jiang was so happy that he kept mocking me with his eyes, but the next moment his smile froze on his face.
"But we have to kill that old brat first. Once the old brat dies, won't the little brat be at our mercy?"
Lao Jiang gritted his teeth and held down the scabbard of the black knife angrily.
I could only hold back my laughter and remind Lao Jiang that the overall situation is the most important thing!
The voices of the two blind old women became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into whispers. I simply stopped listening and turned to observe the secret room.
There is only a moldy wooden bed in the secret room, which should be used by the people of Lei Town to temporarily hide when they encounter a catastrophe.
There was a stack of books on the wooden bed. I flipped through it and called Lao Jiang over because I actually found a genealogy of Lei Zhen!
We blew away the dust and discovered that the first generation ancestor was indeed Wen Tao.
The ancestor Wen Tao commanded an army of 100,000 diggers and saved the country from dire straits. He was given the surname Li, rode in the emperor's chariot and was granted the title of king.
From then on, Wen Tao's descendants all adopted the surname Li.
Looking at the rows of Li's names, Lao Jiang said, "That's not right. Since Wen Tao was killed by the emperor, why do future generations still use the surname Li?"
I explained: "On the one hand, it is to keep my name anonymous so as not to attract the attention of outsiders. On the other hand, it is to let future generations remember the word Li forever and remember that period of sworn hatred!"
Here, I also saw my father’s name. I am from the Jingzi generation, and my father is from the Shizi generation. His name is Li Chuiming.
Except for the genealogy, there is nothing useful here. We returned to the stone wall and listened with our ears. The two old ladies also planned to leave.
Before leaving, he said: "Tomorrow we will act according to the original plan! Kill the old boy first, and then catch the little boy."
After hearing the word "laozizi", Lao Jiang's face, which had improved slightly, turned dark again.
I know that those blind mother-in-laws may soon be unlucky...
