Before I knew it, it was noon, and my grandmother still hadn't found it. At this time, the branch secretary had already returned from the town's police station, and the branch secretary came to the room where the files were stored and asked, "How is it?" Did you find it? Grandma shook her head.

The branch secretary hurriedly walked over and said, "Auntie, let's eat first!" Let's look for it in the afternoon! It's noon now. Grandma looked up at the branch secretary and asked, "How did you go to the police station to ask?" Is there an answer over there? ”

The branch secretary shook his head and said, "The police station said that there is no direct evidence. It can't be proved that Wang Dalu sold things there, and they still need some time. ”

Grandma said to the branch secretary, "You go back first!" I'm going to have to look for it a little longer, and if I can't find it, I'm really not in the mood to eat. You go first! ”

The branch secretary looked at her grandmother and said, "Auntie, you better go back and eat something first!" I'm afraid your body won't be able to take it anymore. Grandma shook her head, and then grandma took out a black book from the pile of files, and grandma picked it up and looked at it, only to see five words written on the book cover: "Book of Funeral Events".

Next to the book, there are also a few small words: The Liu clan is not allowed to participate in the top-secret incident.

Grandma said to the branch secretary: "Branch secretary, hurry up and take a look." The branch secretary hurriedly walked over, took the book handed over by his grandmother and looked at it, and then looked at the words on the book.

The branch secretary said to his grandmother: "It has been written in this book that people from the Liu clan are not allowed to participate, so let's not read it." ”

Grandma said: "This clearly states the funeral, I think it must have something to do with the well in Liu Wenqing's house, I have to take a look." After saying that, Grandma took the book, turned the first page, and read it carefully.

This book does record the matter of the well in Liu Wenqing's house.

It all started 200 years ago, when there was a landlord in the town. This landlord's surname is Gao, and no one knows what business their family does, and they have never mentioned it to anyone, everyone only knows that this landlord is very rich, and he rarely deals with people nearby, and the landlord surnamed Gao will disappear for a period of time every year, and when he comes back, he will carry a large box of things to his home.

At that time, people saw the big boxes they carried, some said it was money, some said it was cloth, but no one knew what it was.

The landlord's house is very large, and there are many nursing homes for the housekeepers, and they will constantly patrol around this big house every day, because the management is too tight, so few people go to this family's head things.

Every spring they will leave on time, and they will still carry a lot of large boxes when the time comes. Although people feel curious, but after a long time, people slowly do not pay much attention to it.

Until one year of drought, there was no harvest in the field, people's lives fell into a predicament, this year the patriarch surnamed Gao came to the village, he saw that people were living so miserably, so he let people find the village patriarch at that time.

The patriarch was taken to the high mansion by the servants of the high lord's family. The patriarch walked inside, and from inside came a man dressed as a servant, holding a red cloth in his hand, and said to the patriarch, "If you want to enter the palace, you must blindfold yourself. ”

At that time, the patriarch had to blindfold himself for the livelihood of the people in the village, and walked inside, a maid helped the patriarch to walk slowly inside, and the patriarch felt that after stepping up a very large step, he changed to another person to support the branch secretary and continue to walk inside.

At this time, the branch secretary heard crying inside, these sounds should have come from the girl, crying very sadly, listening to the sound should not be like only one girl crying.

The patriarch stopped and wanted to continue listening, but the maid hurriedly helped the patriarch to continue walking inside. The patriarch didn't bother to ask, so he had to continue walking inside. After turning two corners, he changed to a maid and helped the patriarch to walk inside.

At this time, the patriarch heard a loud cry for help from inside. "Help!" Then the sound suddenly stopped.

At this time, the patriarch's heart began to panic, and the patriarch stopped and asked, "Who was saving just now?" ”

The maid did not speak, but continued to walk inside. The patriarch was gone, and he angrily wanted to pull the blindfolded cloth off, when a cold voice came from the side. "Does the patriarch really care about the lives and deaths of the people in the village?"

When the patriarch heard this, he had to stop his hand, and the maid helped the patriarch to walk inside.

After walking for a long time, the patriarch heard the sound of a girl screaming from inside. The patriarch quickly stopped, and he asked, "What the hell is going on?" How could anyone scream? ”

The cold voice behind came again, and said, "Patriarch, I advise you, don't take care of things that shouldn't be taken care of, it's easy to get yourself into trouble if you manage too much." ”

The patriarch had no choice but to pretend not to hear and continued to walk inside, when the patriarch felt that someone had pushed the door open, and the maid said, "Patriarch, it has arrived, please come in." The patriarch took off the cloth covering his eyes, and the patriarch suddenly felt that his eyes could not be opened. The patriarch squinted his eyes for a while, and then felt his eyesight slowly recover.

At this time, a woman in her fifties came behind her, she looked at the patriarch and said coldly: "Okay, our master is waiting for you inside, you can go in!" With that, he walked out and closed the door outside.

The patriarch saw that there was a door inside, and the patriarch walked inside, and the patriarch pushed open the door inside, and it was very dark inside, and soon a few maids came in and lit all the candles in the house.

Out of it came a man in his thirties, who was holding two black beads in his hand and coiling them in his hand. He was wearing a dark blue robe, with a jade belt tied around his waist, and two dragon-patterned jade pendants hanging next to the jade belt. Because it was the period of Manchu rule, the man combed a braid, and a red silk rope was helped under the braid.

After he looked at the patriarch, he said to the patriarch: "Hello patriarch, my surname is Gao, and I am the owner of this family. ”

Because this landlord surnamed Gao usually doesn't show his face, people don't know what he looks like. The patriarch looked at the man and said, "Are you the rich man?" ”

The man nodded. He said to the patriarch: "I invited you to come this time to discuss something with you, as long as the patriarch agrees, then my Gao family will give a sum of money to your village, so that you can get through the difficulties, and in the future, we will also help you regularly." But if you don't agree, then the patriarch can just leave. ”

The patriarch thought for a while, now the people in the village are too poor to eat, if he, the patriarch, does not come forward to take care of this matter, then the people in the village will really not be saved. The patriarch nodded and said, "Rich man, if you have something, just say it!" ”

The man looked at the patriarch and sneered, and said, "Patriarch, you have to figure it out, in fact, this thing I asked you to do is quite simple. (To be continued.) )