"When people are young, they are most easily confused by the outside world because they are anxious, and they are greedy for the power they can't get. Only when you get into trouble do you know that you are actually just a mortal. But how many of the young people would believe such an old lesson. We believe in Chiyou and believe in the protection of Chiyou's power, but to get Chiyou's power is to go against the sky. Old Man Jiang You's face seemed to be a little darker than just now.

He was silent for a moment before he said, "But young people, especially children of your age, are the most likely to do deviant things, to break the laws of ancient precepts and the natural world itself. The Chili tribe is one of the descendants of the ancient Jiuli tribe, which is divided into nine tribes, each tribe has nine clans, and Chiyou is our big chief. Our clan was originally the closest brother and descendant of Chiyou, although we moved to the southeast Sanmiao area with other Jiuli people, but we did not settle there, we slowly separated from our original tribe, and we have never forgotten our ancestors. Our tribe's initial wish was simple: to find their ancestors. Legend has it that in the Battle of Zhuolu, after the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, he cut off Chiyou's head, but Chiyou was still fighting, so the Yellow Emperor posted a portrait of Chiyou to tell everyone that the god of war was dead. But we don't know what that actually is. But our tribe firmly believes that Chiyou is still alive and is just waiting for his head to be recovered. Our ancestral training is only to retrieve the complete remains of our ancestors, so that our ancestors can rest in the land of China. However, since the Warring States Period, because our clan has inherited Chiyou's superb metallurgical skills, so that we are good at making weapons, the prestige of our group began to rise, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prestige of the Chili clan can be on a par with the princes and generals. It was also at that time that two forces appeared in our tribe, one of which was still following the ancient precepts and searching for the lost heads of our ancestors in various places; In the end, their ideas were seen through the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao, and they ordered the nine tribes to be connected, just like the cycle of history, most of the tribes were beheaded, and only a few people secretly escaped under cover. In order to hide from others, they scattered all over the country after escaping, but in order to remember their tribe, they carved the original dragon pattern on their bodies with knives, reminding themselves that they were the descendants of the ancient tribe Jiuli tribe. They intermarried with other clansmen and carved dragon patterns on their descendants in various ways, hoping to meet their own people again one day. In this way, it was not until the Gaozong period of the Tang Dynasty that a pair of descendants of the Chili tribe got married by chance, and saw the ancient dragon-shaped tattoo carved on each other's bodies on the wedding night, so they were able to reunite again. The old man said he was thirsty and stopped.

"But none of this has anything to do with the theft of the ancient tomb we investigated, or the death of the girl and his companion who has the same tattoo as your Chili tribe." Li Jing's fingers tapped on the edge of the stone table.

"Don't worry. I still have the second half of the story unfinished. Old man Li You put down the teacup, "Originally, our Chili tribe just had to live in peace like this, but with the growth of a tribe, the tragedy of history repeated itself again. The last mistake cost our tribe a hundred years of separation, but there are still people who would rather trade peace and tranquility for their own selfish desires. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, the tribe rumored that the Zhuolu area had buried the evil sword used by Chiyou, and it was rumored that those who possessed this sword could conquer the world. While most of the Chili people scoffed at such rumors, there were still some in the tribe who ventured in search of the sword. They secretly ran to Zhuolu and began to look for it, although they did not find it, but they tasted the sweetness of tomb robbing, so they broke away from the lack and came to do this business. Tomb robbing was originally a crime, so later the imperial court began to track them down, and it affected the Chili tribe. We began to live on the run again. They can only be reunited once every 500 years, but because of people's selfish desires, each reunion cannot last more than 100 years. It's like a curse from antiquity, damaging us descendants who have violated the teachings of our ancestors, not only failed to appease the souls of our ancestors, but have also been digging graves without repentance, will never experience lack of growth and peace. Our tribe is now small to a few dozen people, and it may not be long before it really disappears. The helplessness and bitterness in the eyes of the old man Li You seeped out through the sunlight.

"The legends of the ancestors and the ancient dragon tattoo are one of the few things that can be passed down to the Chili tribe, and we, as the patriarchs, will tell them to future generations when we add new names to the tribe. It may be that the day when our clan will be separated is getting closer and closer, three years ago, Xiao'er found a post on the Internet, which turned out to be the story of our Chili tribe, but too many things in it are far from our real legends. The real purpose of the man who wrote this rumor was only to find the evil sword in the legend of our Chili tribe. They're just in it for the money. But as soon as that article came out, many clansmen were moved by the value of the evil sword, and everyone used various channels to learn about the legend of the evil sword. Many people come to us pretending to be our clansmen, and our clan's tattoos are carved by the patriarch, because my brother and I are not good at craftsmanship, so our tattoos are easy to imitate. We also know about it, and in order to be able to stop them, so many times I send my sons and real people to keep an eye on them. But, you know, human greed can't be stopped. And the curse of the ancients will drag them into endless darkness one by one. Old man Li You stopped talking at this point, he closed his eyes, the wind blew his gray hair, an old man who had experienced vicissitudes of life, fighting against the curse of thousands of years with all his efforts.

"Your story is interesting, but I'm not a curse believer, and I believe that the boy who died in the grave, the girl who pretended to be from your people, I believe their death would never be a curse. I know you're protecting your clan, but I hope you'll understand that there are some things I need to ask your children face to face. Li Jing stood in front of Old Man Li You.

The old man closed his eyes and waved at us: "I'm tired, you go back the way you came!" Wu Zhen, send-off. ”

When I returned to the tea house, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Team Xiao standing outside the door with a nervous face, and when he saw that we were fine, his face looked a little better, and when he saw the man behind us, his expression instantly became stern again.

Able to be frightened by Team Xiao's eyes, Wu Zhen suddenly shrank behind us.

"This is the person we're investigating, right?" Team Xiao confirmed to Li Jing.

"Hmm." Li Jing nodded, "He is the son of the old man just now." Now the descendants of the Chili tribe. ”

"Is it necessary to bring it back for interrogation?"

Li Jing thought for a moment, turned around and asked the man: "Wu Zhen, you should know that the reason why your father sent you out was to test whether we trusted him enough." So it's your choice to go with us or not. But even if you don't come with us, you can choose to go back, we have evidence that you have been to the Zhuolu Tombs. Even if your father says you're there to keep an eye on them, I don't think you can explain the theft of the tomb. If you come with us, make it clear what happened back then. If the deaths of those two people have nothing to do with you, we will naturally not embarrass you. If you can help us recover the stolen belongings, maybe the curse of following the Chili will disappear this time. If you say that the curse will be fulfilled in less than 500 years, it may be that your ancestor Chiyou gave you the opportunity to atone for your sins. ”

Wu Zhen didn't speak, he walked to the counter and whispered a few words, looking at the little girl at the counter with a worried look, Wu Zhen rubbed her hair: "Don't worry, brother will be back soon, brother still wants to gamble." Then he took his coat and followed behind Team Xiao.

As soon as he got out of the tea house, Li Jing's forensic brother ran over: "Brother, are you okay?" Team Shaw let me see you. ”

"What can I do when I'm so big?" Li Jing was made to laugh and cry by his cousin's reaction.

"Also, you are a special physique that kills everywhere, I believe that if Team Xiao says it, I am really abnormal." His cousin laughed at Li Jing. Sure enough, the characteristic of the poisonous tongue is determined by genes, and I reaffirmed my opinion.

Because I hadn't eaten a drop of water since the morning, it wasn't until I saw off Li Jing's cousin that I realized that I was dying of hunger. We strolled back, and in the morning we saw the steamed bun shop in Wuzhen.

"The legend of the Chili tribe is really grand." After finally filling the emptiness of solitude with xiaolongbao, I leaned back in my chair and talked to Li Jing.

"So sacrificing the time to sleep and I come out to do the task is quite a long knowledge, right?" Li Jing asked back the question from the morning.

"That being said." I have to admit Li Jing's opinion in the morning, "However, you really scared me to death this morning!" I really thought something had happened to you, and next time I definitely don't want to leave you until I figure out what you're going to do. "I remember what happened in the morning, and I still feel palpitations.

The corners of Li Jing's mouth curved upwards for a moment, and then kept that arc all the time.

"What are you laughing at? You don't know how scary it is, I really thought something happened to you. And Team Xiao, you don't know how much of a tantrum Team Xiao lost when he heard that I couldn't contact you. Don't be a lone ranger to scare us anymore. I angrily poked the bun in front of me. I forgot that what I was looking for was a soup dumpling, but when I poked it, a drop of hot oil splashed out, and I screamed "ah".

"Hot?" Li Jing examines my hand.

"Almost." I looked aggrieved.

"Yes, yes, I will make it clear to everyone before I do anything in the future, and I will never be a lone ranger again." Li Jing saw that my hand was fine, so he began to clean up the mess on the table with confidence, "This soup dumpling that you poked and broke must also be eaten, and no food is allowed to be wasted." ”

"Okay." After receiving Li Jing's promise that he would never be able to do it again, my mood instantly cleared up a lot, just like the starry sky I saw when I was camping.