Chapter 24: The Secret Bloodline
"Uncle Yan, what are you doing here, get up!" I crouched down to help him, but he seemed to be glued to the ground, and he couldn't pull any of them. His whole face was pressed against the ground, as if he were performing some kind of religious ritual, and I watched it with worry and fear. "What do you want me to do, get up!"
"Your Excellency, please take a seat, and I'll be done." He said in an extremely respectful tone, as if he had just questioned it. I couldn't help it when I heard him say this, so I had to go back to my chair upright in order to get him up quickly, and I looked at him restlessly, my heart full of fear.
"My ancestor surnamed Ying, an ancient family, has gone through the years, more than 5,000 years, and the descendants are prosperous; Inheriting the blessing of the ancestors, the heavens are looking down, and the bloodline of the dream master has a long history; The grace of the ancestors, the descendants of Youer, the melons are endless, and everything is prosperous. After the god said this, he kowtowed heavily and spoke again: "My lord, you are now the head of our Xu family, please accept the worship of future generations!" With that, he slammed his head on the ground again, and the sound of his skull touching the cold ground gave me goosebumps all over my body.
Finally, after doing this, Yan Bo stood up tremblingly, looking very difficult due to the long prostration. I hurriedly stepped forward to help him and dusted him off.
"Chief, you have to change your surname and move here." Yan Bo said thoughtfully, "You also need to read the classics here, I will hand over everything to you, and you can stay here in the future." ”
I haven't recovered from what happened just now, he said these words again, and I immediately raised my hand and waved it fiercely: "No, no, no, Uncle Yan, my surname is Wu, if I change my surname, my father will have to beat me to death." You just muttered a lot, in fact, I didn't understand anything, I just came here today to know about my grandfather, if there is nothing else, I will go back first. ”
Hearing that I wanted to slip away, Yan Bo's expression immediately became strict, and his face became harder than before, but for some reason, his voice was still very respectful, and he no longer waited for me like before. "Chief, since you have inherited the bloodline of the Xu family, these things are not negotiable, you better listen to me."
"Don't don't, don't", I waved my hand again, "Uncle Yan, don't call me, don't you call me, can't I be the main person in charge, I have to be my editor-in-chief when I go back." ”
Under my constant persuasion, Yan Bo finally agreed to treat me the same as before, and when he finished telling me what happened, I would make a decision. Seeing his respectful expression, I had to listen obediently.
It is recorded that since ancient times, people have had many different interpretations of dreams. Among these dream interpreters, there is a group of people who were born with a talent for dream control, and these people gathered together and became the earliest dream masters, that is, our surname Ying. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's "Zhanmeng Sutra" was recorded with the help of people surnamed Ying. Later, due to the continuous growth of the clan, the surname Ying was divided into 14 clans, including Lian, Xu, Jiang, Qin, Zhao, Huang, Liang, Ma, Ge, Gu, Miao, Zhong, Fei, and Qu. There is only one dream master of the Xu family in each generation, and only after the death of the dream master of this generation will someone who is related to him inherit this special ability.
A dreammaster is a person who can control the dreams of others. This kind of dream control thaumaturgy includes voyeurism, dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, and other types, and depending on the qualification of the dream master, he will have one or more of these abilities. My grandfather, Xu Qingrang, had the art of peeping dreams, dreaming and exorcising dreams, and he also combined the medical skills he learned to become a dream doctor in his own school.
It is precisely because of the scarcity and particularity of dream masters that they become the heads of the clan and have the right to decide the affairs of the family. Each generation of the Xu family will secretly protect the dream master from being harmed and this bloodline from being interrupted.
After hearing this, it dawned on me that it was no wonder that some people had great respect for their grandfather, not only because of his superb medical skills, but also because he was the head of the Xu family, the only dream master. I also understand why they paid attention to Xu Yuanzhi and Xu Fu before, instead of me surnamed Wu.
"Uncle Yan, then why have I never heard the Xu family talk about this?" I asked.
"Hey", he sighed and said: "In ancient times, our dream master was a dream official who was an official in the court, and he had a certain political status. But in the Spring and Autumn Period, many people thought it was superstition. They pay more attention to power and money, and those things that are enjoyed in reality, so in the Qin and Han dynasties, the position of dream official was no longer there, and our ancestors were also in the middle of the family, but this is nothing. Later, some people began to persecute the dream master for some reason, the older dream master was killed, and the young dream master was not discovered, and the bloodline of the Xu family was about to be broken. In the end, the patriarch decided that only the upper echelons of the clan and the next generation of dream masters themselves could know this secret, and kept silent about everyone else, so that it could continue to this day. After speaking, Yan Bo seemed to have confided in the secret that had been buried in his heart for many years, and his wrinkled cheeks looked even more vicissitudes.
"But, I'm ......"
"Yes, you are a person with a foreign surname, from ancient times to the present, all dream masters are from the Xu family, and no one with a foreign surname has served as the head of the Xu family, so you have to think more about us and change your surname as soon as possible."
The secret fell like a big stone from my heart and then fell heavily on my shoulder. I somehow inherited my grandfather's abilities, which happened so suddenly that it felt like a dream, but when I look back on what my grandfather did before his death, it seems that I can understand why he valued me so much.
"Ding-" Just as I was engrossed in digesting the matter, the phone rang in my pocket at an inopportune time. I glanced at it and quickly pressed it, and it was an unfamiliar number.
"Uncle Yan, this incident happened too suddenly, I think I still have to think about it." I say.
He seemed to understand my situation, too, and nodded with a wry smile. Before leaving, he gave me the key to the ancestral hall door and the storeroom, so that I could come in and look through the materials if I needed to. At the same time, let me say hello to Qin Sanyou for him. I said yes and walked out of the ancestral hall.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I immediately took out my phone and sent a message back to this unfamiliar number. Before the editing was finished, another message popped up, sent by Lu Yao. For some reason, I was a little happy when I saw his text message, perhaps desperate to know his current health.
"Miss Wu, I'm almost in good health. Have you been available lately? I want to talk to you about that dream, and by the way, I hope to thank you personally. ”
Seeing that he was in good health and that he was going to thank me personally, I couldn't help but laugh and almost hit a telephone pole on the side of the road. I was just about to reply when I was free, and the unknown number also messaged back.
"Hello Editor-in-Chief Wu, I am Professor Zhao Cheng of N University, and I have received the statue you sent. I have to say that the ability of Editor-in-Chief Wu is amazing, and the technology of statue repair is even more powerful than that of us professionals. So I would like to ask when you will go back to N City, I am eager to talk to you, or you can book a place and I will go over. It just so happens that I don't have any classes lately, and it's empty. I hope you don't turn me down. ”
Either I'm idle and can't find anyone, or all of a sudden I want to see me. Since Professor Zhao said that I can set a place, let him come to City C, anyway, it's not far, and I want to meet Lu Yao first. After thinking about this, I sent a message back to Professor Zhao, and the location was set at the library in City C, and he said that there was no problem.
Before I knew it, I had been outside for a day, and the streets that were gradually getting dark were lit up with small neon lights, which was like a special festival. I went back to my grandmother's house and decided to stay here for a day today, and go to Qin Chu's family to find Lu Yao early tomorrow morning. Xu Yuanzhi was doing intense finger movements at this time, and the left mouse button was clicked by him to "crackle", probably fighting with the virtual game again.
After taking a shower, I watched him play games in Yuanzhi's room when I was idle, and suddenly my attention was attracted by Wen Jiàn scattered on his bed, and I walked over and flipped through what looked like some medical records or something.
"Sister, I just wanted to tell you this," Enzhi finished a game, turned around and leaned his head back on the back of the chair, skimming the papers, and said, "I went to my grandmother's room to clean up my things in the afternoon, and when I saw this, I took it out." It seems to be something like my grandfather's hospitalization records at that time. When the people from the ancestral hall came to collect things, they forgot to take this and kept it at home. ”
I looked at the name on the medical record, and it was indeed Xu Qingrang's three words.
"We were all young when Grandpa died, sister, why did you say he was in such good health that he suddenly had a myocardial infarction?"
It just so happened that I saw the diagnosis column, and the big words "acute myocardial infarction" appeared in front of me, poking a certain part of my heart like a needle.
This feeling of déjà vu is so strange.