In the valley at night, the fog was thick, and everywhere it was misty, wetting his hair and soaking his clothes, like a drizzle.

Guan Youbo led everyone into a low-lying area in the valley, where the bushes were heavy and the thorns were dense.

The crowd stopped here to inspect the surrounding situation, and the slope of the mountain protrudes from top to bottom in the form of three steps, perhaps the three slopes are named after the terrain.

"Elder Guan, what are we doing here?" Dan Yuying asked in confusion, not seeing any mystery here.

"Yuying! When Xianghan came here to collect medicine and help the clansmen eliminate the plague, she once asked me about the name of the place here, and I said that there is no name here, and the clansmen usually call it a mountain col, and the origin of the three slopes came from Xianghan!" Guan Youbo sighed.

"Guan Lao, then you mean that the shrubs here can ward off evil spirits?" Dan Yunxiong took a stubble.

Guan Youbo shook his head with a wry smile, and said casually: "Yunxiong, although the theory of warding off evil spirits is a bit mysterious, but there is also some truth!"

"Yunxiong, you Guan Bo told me that there is a plant growing in the bushes here, and the branches and leaves are covered with needles, so your Aunt Xianghan calls it a thousand moxibustion thorns!" Dan Hongyuan took over and said.

When Dan Yuying heard the name of the Thousand Moxibustion Thorns, she suddenly realized, as if she remembered something.

"Oh, I seem to know, I remember when I was a child, those people who had been plagued with the plague, came to roll in this bush shirtless, and they all said that there was Guanyin hand here, father, I was right!" she said, recalling the past.

"Alas, that's right, at that time, your sister Xianghan sank into the river, but the plague did not disperse, but became more raging, at that time the ignorant clansmen reflected, you Guan Bo said that her medicine to save people was collected from Sandaopo, and the clansmen spread to each other, saying that Sandaopo can cure the plague!" Dan Hongyuan sighed.

Dan Yuying thought for a while, "I still remember that sentence, kneel on the three slopes and kneel a thousand thorns, worship three times, roll three times, Guanyin comes by hand!"

"Alas, it was an accident, after your sister Xianghan sank into the river, the plague in her body repented, so she came to Sandaopo to punish herself for her crimes, knelt on the thousand moxibustion thorns to worship, and pierced her whole body with thorns, but she didn't expect that after a few days, the flesh skin suppurated, and the plague was miraculously relieved, and the news quickly spread out!" Dan Hongyuan continued.

Guan Youbo, who was silent next to him, looked at the three slopes under the thick fog, his eyes were red, and he didn't say a word.

Perhaps, he remembered his daughter Guan Xianghan, raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, and looked at Xin Lao San and Xin Lao Si.

"Third, fourth, bury your eldest brother here! Let him return to your mother's side, alas, ......!" Guan Youbo let out a long sigh.

The brothers of the Xin family looked at each other, "Father, father...... Dear, what the hell is going on?" the fourth asked stumblingly.

Guan Youbo pointed to the bluestone in front of him and said, "Your mother, Qu Lingqiao, is buried next to that bluestone, more than 20 years have passed, and she is safe and sound!"

"Qu Lingqiao, I, Guan Youbo, can't stand you, today, one is to send Xingcheng over to you, the other is to make amends for you, I didn't take care of the children for you, and the third is to make trouble for you!" Guan Youbo said slowly.

"But, isn't my mother buried in water?" Xin Laosan said confusedly.

Guan Youbo shook his head and said: "Now, I will tell you the truth of the year, for so many years, perhaps, you have already discovered that your father is abnormal, and I also know that the reason why you don't go to the bottom is because you don't want to admit this cruel truth, right?"

"Yes, my father doesn't know anything about business!"

Xin Laosi, who was straightforward and fast-hearted, was pinched by Xin Laosan as soon as he said this.

Obviously, Xin Laosan didn't let him talk more, after all, he was now facing Guan Youbo, not his father Xin Fanglang.

"At that time, the fleet wanted to build a port on the side of the river crossing channel, but was opposed by the six major families, so they had no choice but to build a port of anchorage at the foot of the remote southeast mountain and bought the mountain. ”

"I remember, it was a rainy night, and my fifth brother and your father were on duty that night to take care of the cargo ship, and when we had nothing to do, your father took out the wine, and the three of us didn't drink much, but the wine came to our heads, and we fell asleep groggy. ”

"In the early hours of the morning, there was a muffled sound on the mountainside, like the sound of explosives breaking stones, and some gravel fell, almost smashing the cargo ship, and it was this muffled sound and falling gravel that woke us up!"

"When I woke up, I found that your father was gone, and for safety, I climbed up the mountain with my fifth brother to investigate, and found that a cave appeared inexplicably on the mountainside. ”

"Inside the cave, except for an open black sarcophagus, there are a few broken iron chains, and there is nothing else, and at this time, a figure hiding behind the stone wall, carrying a black body, jumped directly into the river from the entrance of the cave!"

"Although he carried the corpse on his back and blocked some of his physical features, the moment he jumped into the river, something fell from the corpse, he hesitated, and he didn't bother to pick it up, so he had to jump into the river, and in this trance, my fifth brother and I felt like your father!"

"When we walked to the entrance of the cave and looked into the river, there was no human figure on the river for a long time, only to find that the jade pendant that had fallen from the entrance of the cave had some words on it and some intersecting lines. ”

"We don't know the words and lines on it, let alone what it means, the fifth brother saw that the jade pendant was very beautiful, so he put it away!"

"When we returned to the ship, we found that your father was looking for us, and he was still dressed in the same clothes, but there was no sign of soaking at all, and he was clean, which made us strange, and we dispelled our suspicions about your father, and the matter was settled!"

"When we were out on the boat, your father saw the jade pendant that my fifth brother was wearing, and said that he was looking for someone to engrave his name on it, so my fifth brother gave the jade pendant to your father. ”

"After a while, your father returned the jade pendant, indeed, the jade pendant was engraved with the three words Guan Youcai, everyone said that the word carved is good-looking, but also found that the cat is greasy, although the jade pendant has not changed, but its color has become lighter, obviously this is being transferred!"

"Despite this, I can't hurt the harmony, I still specially invited your father to drink, perhaps, after three rounds of drinking, the fifth brother is not strong enough to drink, and that mouth can't hold the door, and he talks a little too much, and he can hear that the piece of jade was transferred. ”

"These are good to say, the key is that the fifth brother said a word, saying that those crossed lines are markers, and now this jade pendant is not marked correctly, we didn't expect the fifth brother to want to sell the jade pendant, and I have already found someone to see the jade pendant, but the price is not suitable afterwards and I am not willing to sell it. ”

"Of course, the fifth brother said that he had no intention, but the listener was moved, and your father was troubled and sullen that afternoon!"

"That is, that night, when the fleet returned after loading and unloading the goods, and when it was about to reach the southeast mountain, it encountered strong winds and waves, without warning, and it can be described as fierce!"

"Even the moon in the sky is blood red, this strange celestial phenomenon, the sudden wind and waves, we really have never encountered it, everyone connected the ships in series, and wanted to tide over this difficulty together!"

"But danger came, and a monster crawled out of the cabin, like a big purple-black cat, picked up a hammer and smashed it at the boatmen, and lay in a pool of blood one by one......"

Speaking of this, Guan Youbo's voice trembled a little, and he shook his head and paused, as if the tragic scene was unbearable.

Everyone looked at the two brothers of the Xin family, they bowed their heads and were silent, it was obvious that they had guessed the identity of the cat man, it was their father Xin Fanglang.

Guan Youbo sighed and continued: "Later, a whirlpool rose on the surface of the river, which swept the entire fleet into the bottom of the river, and with the undercurrent at the bottom of the river, it was sucked into the cave!"

"Alas, I told fortunes with my fifth brother, and I fell on a high platform in the cave, and there seemed to be a ray of fire in the darkness, driving me and my fifth brother to move forward, although I and my fifth brother wanted to retreat, but I couldn't help myself!"

"It was as if he had touched the whirlpool at the corner of the cave, and he was swept in, lost consciousness for a moment, and when he woke up, he was already lying on the reef by the river, only to find that he had washed into the ancient tree plate on the other side of the river. ”

"Later, I heard the ...... under the ancient tree! Forget it, you don't need to know this!"

"In the past 20 years, although there have been some ups and downs, there has been nothing to do, although I have a broken family, I am still lame, my life is also hard, and I have thought about breaking myself several times, but I still have a young Xianghan by my side, what should I do if I die?"

"I always feel that it was the luck brought by this child that saved the lives of me and my fifth brother, and I can't leave her child like this and walk away by myself. ”

"I swore a poisonous oath at that time, I must raise her to adulthood, and I can't live up to the will of heaven!"

"However, a sudden plague was secretly manipulated by someone and framed my Xianghan. ”

"At that time, I hated the six major families, the patriarchs, the people who followed the trend, and the witches of the three villages, and I had to kill them with my own hands, including those who were behind the scenes. ”

"Fortunately, Xianghan's kid once taught me some medical skills, I didn't study it in vain, I can say that I have tasted all kinds of poisons, and I don't know how many times I poisoned myself!"

"However, I didn't kill any of those enemies, there were always people who did it before I made a move, and one day your mother found me and told me the truth, it was your father Xin Fanglang!"

"Perhaps, you don't want to accept this reality, but I must tell you the truth before I live, there is no blood relationship between you and Xin Fanglang, he is half human and half beast, and he has no fertility at all!"

When the two brothers of the Xin family heard this, they opened their mouths in surprise, and in an instant, they questioned Guan Youbo's words.

"Uncle Guan, I know that my father's sin is too deep and unforgivable, but this can't involve ......!" Xin Laosan didn't say anything, obviously not accepting this matter.

"Your biological father was killed by the cat man when the fourth child was full moon, and he threatened your life to force your mother to hand over the witchcraft!"

"You two may not know very well, but the eldest and the second are clear, that witchcraft can be transformed, just like copying a human shell, just like me now. ”

"Your mother didn't give it to him, so the cat man took your eldest brother, and your mother was forced to change his face and change his face, and live with the cat man as before. ”

When Guan Youbo said this, he looked at Wu Chunyue in pain, and said casually: "Chunyue, do you understand the truth now? You misunderstood Xin Xingcheng's original intention, he was controlled by others, so he did those things that made you sad." ”

Then, he looked at the two brothers of the Xin family, shook his head, and sighed helplessly.

"Your mother is pitiful! every day she is worried and tormented, thinking that there will never be a day, just like when I lost Xianghan, she also wants to kill herself!"

"However, at this time, your Uncle Dan was poisoned, and everyone was helpless!"

"Perhaps, it was the reason why he withdrew from the battle of the six major families, he was poisoned by the people behind the scenes, and killed your Uncle Dan's own brother, in fact, I know the people behind the scenes, and they want to lead this fire to me. ”

"The clansmen know in their hearts that I Guan Youbo has a mustard with the six major families, and without the six major families, Xianghan will not be sunk into the river!"

"That day, a girl came to the village, she came to the village to inquire about me, and when I saw her, I thought it was my Xianghan who had returned!"

"However, the girl just looks like Xianghan, I only know her surname Lin, she is very good at medicine, she has cured my disabled leg for more than 20 years, and her sudden visit has given your mother hope. ”

"She passed on the witchcraft to me, and asked me to beg the girl to save your eldest brother, and after figuring out the truth about the cat man, we made a game with Miss Lin, solved your Uncle Dan's poison, and deliberately attracted the attention of the people behind the scenes. ”

"Miss Lin gave your mother a few pills, and asked her to wait for the opportunity to give it to your eldest brother, and the time to wait is when there will be a full moon tide!"

"On the night of the full moon tide, your mother took you to Sandaopo to hide for safety!"

"That night, there was a fight on half of the cliff on the river, and the next day, your mother told me that the cat man was seriously injured, and that she could take those pills for your eldest brother while the cat man was healing. ”

"However, I don't know who leaked the news, and the pill was transferred by the cat man, which not only harmed your eldest brother, but also put your mother in danger. ”

"That day, your mother suddenly came to me and said that Miss Lin had asked her to tell me that the cat man had a new wound and would disappear for a while. ”

"As for how long the cat man disappeared, Miss Lin didn't say, only said that if any of the cat people disappeared, entrust me to act as your father, stabilize the foundation for you, and wait for the full moon tide, Miss Lin will come again. ”

"However, the full moon tide has come twice, and I haven't seen Miss Lin appear, but I have received a threat from the cat people, and the third full moon tide is my death day. ”

"At that time, your mother also told me that Miss Lin was seriously injured and had already left Bu Zhai first, and asked your mother to leave for a while!"

"But your mother couldn't rest assured of you, and she didn't do what Miss Lin said, and she was poisoned the next day!"

"I'm worried that the cat people will mutate your mother, and after the water burial, I will move her here to bury, and you will know what happened later!"

After listening to Guan Youbo's story, everyone took a deep breath, never thinking that things back then would be so complicated.

"Father, you will still be our father in the future, thank you for protecting us, allowing my eldest brother to live to this day, making the Xin family prosperous, and avenging my parents!" Xin Laosi said with tears in his eyes.

Xin Laosan wiped his tears and nodded frequently, and said, "Father, when Miss Lin told you about this, weren't you the only ones who knew about it?

Guan Youbo shook his head and sighed: "Alas! There are two more people who know!"

"Who?" the two brothers of the Xin family asked almost in unison.

"Your mother told the eldest and second!"

"Sigh......" Everyone took a deep breath.