Wang 19 held the oil and gas lamp and stood quietly behind the old man.

Looking at the old man in the wheelchair, I was directly frightened and took a step back, and even the eyes of the king condensed for a moment - I saw that the old man was as thin as wood, his body was paralyzed in a wooden wheelchair, the hair on the top of his head had all fallen out, he was wearing a black long-sleeved cloth shirt, and a pair of very shriveled hands that appeared from the cuffs were like dead tree roots, and there were small snake-like veins entrenched on them. The old man's legs were covered with a brown blanket, so I couldn't see what his lower body looked like.

However, the most shocking thing was the old man's face: the left half of his face was aged skin, wrinkled with brown age spots, no different from other old people's faces, and the right half of his face did not know what was going on, as if it had been dried, only a layer of brown skin stuck to the bones, which looked like a skeleton, very hideous and terrifying.

“…… Hehe, old man, I don't look good, dolls, but I'm frightened?" came the hoarse sound of fingernails scratching at ground glass, from the old man's shriveled lips. Wang Quan and I were awakened by the old man's voice, and we didn't know what to say, so we could only shake our heads again and again.

"Nineteen, let's move some stools...... It's been a long time since anyone has been here, and there is not even a place to sit, alas......" The old man said these words, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and after he sighed, his chest rose and fell slightly, and he could only stop and rest.

"Yes, you pay attention to your body. Wang 19 glanced at the old man with some concern, put the oil and gas lamp in his hand in the open space between us and the old man, and then turned back to the house, and after a while took out two old wooden benches from the house, and said to me and Wang Quan: "This place is really simple, you two will just settle." ”

"It doesn't matter...... Wang Quan and I both shook our heads and said, and together we took the wooden stool in Wang XIX's hand. I looked at the stool, then at Wang Nineteen, and said with some caution: "Uncle Nineteen...... You. Won't you sit?"

Wang 19 glanced at me, shook his head with a smile, and returned to the back of the wooden wheelchair, like an iron tower. Guarding the old man's side.

I glanced at Wang Quan: look at this posture, there is something to tell us. - As we expected, Wang Quan and I had just sat down, and Wang Nineteen, who was standing behind the old man, looked at me and Wang Quan and said, "You don't have to doubt, the person who was in the garden just now is me. I was ordered to bring you here, Master...... I have something to say to you. ”

As soon as I heard Wang 19's words, my heart sank: Master, do you have something to say to us? Could it be that this old man sitting on the chair is Wang 19's master? What does he have to say to us?

After listening to Wang Nineteen's words, Wang Quan held his chin, looked at the old man in the wheelchair, and said directly: "If I guessed correctly, you are always the master of Uncle Nineteen, right?"

The old man in the wheelchair did not speak, but nodded slightly, and a pair of cloudy eyes looked at Wang Quan for a moment. There was a calmness and kindness in his eyes. Wang Quan saw that the old man's gaze was not malicious when he looked at him, and gradually relaxed, and said with a slight smile: "I still don't know your honorable name of your predecessor?"

"Nineteen calls me Master, you are the same generation as Nineteen, just call me Master for the time being......" The old man in the wheelchair first groaned for a while, and then said in a hoarse voice.

"Hello master-" Wang Quan's kid reacted very quickly, and after listening to the old man in the wheelchair, he didn't ask too much, got up directly from the bench, and bowed to the old man in the wheelchair. I saw him salute. didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly got up and bowed to the old man in the wheelchair.

"Haha, you girl doll is also clever. Follow this kid from our family, call me Master," the old man in the wheelchair looked at me and bowed to him, and then laughed, "What's your name?"

"Uh...... Master, my name is Luo He. My face was slightly hot, and I whispered.

"Hmm. Luo He, good name......" The old man in the wheelchair muttered, and then said to me and Wang Quan: "Okay dolls, sit down." ”

I blushed and nodded, and sat back on the bench with the king. As soon as we sat down, Master Shi said, "I asked Nineteen to bring you today, just to tell me something about the purpose of your trip......

As soon as I heard the words of the master, Wang Quan and I immediately cheered up and pricked up our ears to listen carefully. I saw that the old man coughed a few times, rested for a while, and then looked at Wang Quan in a hoarse voice again and said: "Before leaving tomorrow, Shao Hong will definitely elect someone to be the patriarch, that is, the surface leader of this operation, you must already know about this matter, right?"

Wang Quan listened to it and nodded slightly: "Yes, my grandfather has already told me about this matter." ”

"Alas, Shao Hong, this kid ......" Shigong sighed lightly and continued to speak: "Do you know who those tablets belong to?"

Hearing the old man's question, Wang Quan and I hurriedly turned our heads and looked at the spirit tablets - by the light of the oil and gas lamps in the room and the candlelight burning in front of the tablets, I finally saw the words on those tablets: Wang's zero-one, Wang's zero-two, Wang's zero-three...... Looking at these strange names, I couldn't help but feel a tightening in my heart, and hurriedly followed the shelf and looked down: ...... The seventeenth position of the Wang family, the eighteenth position of the Wang family.

After reading these tablets, I was horrified, and I suddenly looked back at Wang 19, my eyes wide and I couldn't speak: Wang's seventeen, Wang's eighteen, Wang's nineteen...... Who is this nineteenth uncle, and what is the relationship with the people on this tablet?

Wang Quan also saw the clue on the tablet, turned his head, glanced at Wang Nineteen with some horror in his eyes, and immediately stammered to the master and said, "This, this is ?......"

Shi Gong looked at us with a calm gaze, as if he had expected it a long time ago, and said slowly: "These people, like the nineteenth, are the deacons of the inner courtyard of the past dynasties," Speaking of this, the old man's eyes showed a trace of sadness: "At the same time, they are also the dead soldiers of our Wang clan. ”

"Dead man?" I asked Wang Quan at the same time, and at the same time, I seemed to vaguely understand something in my heart: if these people were the deacons of the inner court of the past generations, then in this way, the inner court has existed for some years...... So those people living in the inner courtyard could it be the special forces of the Wang family?

Just when my mind was opened, Shigong spoke again: "Our Wang family can stand and inherit to this day, in addition to our medical skills, these dead soldiers are also indispensable, they are all sacrificed for the Wang family......" Shigong said this, as if he was a little older, and his voice trembled slightly: "As dead soldiers, what they have paid will be their own lives...... They have no name, no freedom, only a duty to the family, and loyalty that is ready to sacrifice for the sake of the family. ”

Listening to Shigong's words, I subconsciously looked at Wang Shijiu standing behind him - I saw that he was still standing there like an iron tower, even if I heard Shigong's words, his face still did not change, the orange steam light reflected on his resolute face, at this moment I looked at him, and thought about everything I had experienced, but there was an inexplicable sadness in my heart - maybe this is the so-called fate.

After listening to what Shigong said, Wang Quan beside me also raised his head to look at Wang Nineteen, in addition to shock, there was also a trace of admiration in his eyes, and after a while, he said to Shigong publicly: "What about you, Shigong? Are you also one of them?"

I glanced at Wang Quan and whispered, "You don't have a string in your brain, there is no one missing from the tablet above, how can Shigong be one of them?"

"Uh...... That's right......" Wang Quan scratched his head and muttered quietly.

After hearing what we said, Shigong smiled and continued to speak: "It's still too early to tell you this, the purpose of saying this is to tell you that with the status of nineteen, it is impossible for him to be elected as the patriarch, so my hopes are pinned on you......"

"What, you mean that you want me to be the patriarch?" Wang Quan said in some surprise after hearing the words of the master. I was also very puzzled in my heart: To be the patriarch? According to Wang Quan's grandfather, isn't this patriarch a hot potato? Why does the master still want Wang Quan to be the patriarch? )