Chapter 154: Extraneous Branches
Because Old Man Hang has not yet been officially buried, the lid of the crystal coffin is only half closed, but the outside is covered with a layer of gauze. "Words, feelings, first, http://www.Klxsw.com
www.Klxsw.com If they wanted to examine the old man's body, they had to lift the gauze.
It's just that, according to local customs, before the deceased is buried, the deceased boldly lifts the gauze, which is not only disrespectful to the deceased, but even makes the soul of the deceased frightened away, wandering alone, and finally difficult to reincarnate and become a lonely ghost.
"Ma Lie, let's forget it!"
Hang Xuezhen suddenly wanted to retreat, obviously hearing such rumors.
Although her beloved grandfather was lying in the coffin, in such a situation, she felt a trace of fear in her heart.
"We're all here, if we don't find something, won't we continue to regret it?" Ma Lie gently patted her on the shoulder and comforted: "If your grandfather knows underground, he will definitely forgive us for our disrespectful behavior to him now." ”
Hang Xue said nervously: "Then you help me, I'm afraid!" ”
"Okay, you stand back and go outside the door to control the wind, and if anyone comes, you can notify me quickly."
"Oh, good!" Before she came down, Hang Xue really didn't feel anything, and when she saw her grandfather's coffin up close, she instinctively felt scared.
After Hang Xuezhen retreated to the door, Ma Lie carefully lifted the layer of gauze with his right hand, stretched his neck and looked inside.
However, there was almost no light shining inside the coffin, so Ma Lie plucked up his courage and leaned over to the coffin to lean inside, and was immediately stunned, and cried out in a lost voice: "Ah, no......
"What's wrong?" Hang Xuezhen heard his exclamation, and hurriedly came in and asked him, "What's going on?" ”
"Your grandfather ......" Ma Lie reached into the coffin and took a few random clicks, and exclaimed in surprise: "His body is gone!" ”
"How could it be gone?" Hang Xuezhen was also taken aback, and hurriedly went to the coffin to take a look, and saw that the coffin was really empty, where was the body of grandpa?
Hang Xuezhen suddenly ignited hope, and said excitedly: "Ma Lie, have you seen that grandpa is not dead?" ”
Ma Lie shook his head and said: "This thing is really too bizarre, although there is a certain possibility, but your grandfather may not be alive, and your grandfather's body may have been hidden by others." ”
Hang Xuezhen suddenly said: "Ah, who is so bold? ”
Ma Lie's mind turned, and he said, "What about the people who are guarding the mourning hall, ask them!" ”
"Good!"
"Wait a minute, don't mention the disappearance of your grandfather's body, just ask casually, from the afternoon to now, who has been here, or who has been out!"
"yes, I see!"
Seeing Hang Xuezhen walk out of the mourning hall, Ma Lie carefully inspected the inside of the coffin and around the coffin, and found a trace of hair.
Because the old man's practice of Zi Yuan Gong has the miraculous effect of rejuvenation, although he is nearly ninety years old, his hair is still thick and black, and there is no sign of hair loss.
And the few strands of black hair that appeared inside the coffin were obviously the normal shedding of the old man himself.
In other words, the old man lay in this coffin for a while, and finally disappeared. It was really the old man who cheated to death or his body was carried away, Ma Lie was not sure for a while.
However, considering the contents of the strange records in that broad and profound Ziyuan Gong, perhaps, it is not certain that the Hang family's Ziyuan Divine Skill will have a closed mastery.
If the whereabouts of the old man are not determined in a short period of time, the only way to solve the mystery is to find the answer on the Hang family's Ziyuan Gong.
A few minutes later, Hang Xuezhen went and returned, with a melancholy expression on her face. Ma Lie had already guessed the answer, and asked casually, "No one has been here?" ”
Hang Xuezhen nodded and affirmed: "Except for the fifth uncle who sent someone to send the coffin, from the afternoon to now, no one has come to see grandpa." ”
"Wrong!" Ma Lie reminded: "There are also two of us who have come to visit his old man's home. ”
Hang Xue was really stunned, not angry: "Ma Lie, my grandfather is gone, do you still have the heart to joke?" ”
Ma Lie frowned and said, "No one else has ever been to the mourning hall, and your grandfather has disappeared again, which can only prove that he came out of the coffin and left by himself." ”
Hang Xue was really surprised: "So, grandpa is still alive?" ”
Ma Lie nodded and said, "There should be this possibility, after all, his old man still plans to play a play with me." However, I didn't expect that the scene he played was not a domestic martial arts film, but a Hollywood blockbuster, and even I couldn't understand it. ”
Ma Lie couldn't understand, Hang Xue was really a confused little lamb, he was too lazy to think, so he just asked Ma Lie: "Then what should we do?" ”
Ma Lie pondered: "First of all, we ruled out the possibility that your grandfather's body was carried away by others, after all, if your grandfather died, no matter if it was someone from the Hang family, your grandfather's corpse would no longer be of any use to them." ”
"Therefore, we can assume that your grandfather is still alive, and he was just cheating on his death before, and not long ago, while everyone was not paying attention, he secretly slipped out of the coffin."
"Where is he supposed to go at this time?"
Hang Xue shook her head in confusion and said, "I don't know, if grandpa didn't go out before, he was generally used to staying in his room." ”
Ma Lie said: "That's just the habit of your grandfather in his old age, and he also had a young age. The Hangjia Castle is so big, there should be other secret places, right? Think about it, is there such a place? ”
"A secret place?" Hang Xue really pondered for a while, but her mind was so chaotic that she couldn't think of any other secret place.
"I don't know......"
Ma Lie reminded: "For example, did the old man talk to you about anything special before he was sure that you were the next generation heir of the Hang family, and it was the content of the conversation between the two people? ”
"I've talked to my grandfather many times alone."
"Which one was the deepest?"
"I don't know......" Hang Xue really thought for a while, still not sure which time.
Ma Lie could only remind her in a different way: "Last time you celebrated your twentieth birthday, did your grandfather talk to you alone?" ”
"Yes."
"Where to talk?"
"In the new lake!" Hang Xue really remembered this incident very clearly, and simply told Ma Lie neatly.
"In the middle of the new lake?" Ma Lie pondered for a while and asked, "Do you remember where it is, can you take me over to see it now?" ”
Hang Xue was really surprised: "Now, it's so late?" ”
Ma Lie said cautiously: "Your grandfather is missing, if someone finds out tomorrow morning, something big will definitely happen, we still have one night's time, we can't delay it anymore." ”
Hang Xue really felt that the situation was serious, and nodded hurriedly: "Okay, there is a small boat parked on the shore of Xinhu Lake, and I will take you there!" ”
Soon, the two of them walked out of the mourning hall together, out of the castle, and quietly came to the south bank of Xinhu Lake.
As Hang Xuezhen said, next to a small pier on the south bank of Xinhu Lake, a small boat was docked.
Under the cover of night, Ma Lie took Hang Xuezhen's wrist, carefully stepped onto the dinghy, untied the leash, and rowed towards the center of the lake.
Hang Xue really sat quietly on the bow of the boat, dimly saw Ma Lie's rowing posture, and imagined that she was like a boatgirl, and the scene of going out to sea with her husband to fish late at night felt relaxed and happy for a while, and yearning for infinity.
If it weren't for her grandfather's accident, she really wanted to go out rowing with Ma Lie every night and chat some whispers.
Ma Lie rowed the boat tiredly, and when he had anything else to think about, he almost rowed into the middle of the lake, and asked her, "Is this it?" ”
Hang Xue really came back to her senses and said softly: "It's too dark, I'm not sure!" ”
"Really, isn't it?" Ma Lie was worried about his surroundings and said depressedly: "The approximate direction is also fine." ”
Listening to his words, Hang Xue really looked around seriously, nodded and said, "It's almost." ”
"Really?"
"Well, what are you looking for in this lake?"
"Well, I'm not sure what to look for!" Ma Lie said, fumbling around the dinghy for a while, finding a few finger-sized screws.
After determining a few directions, he threw the screws in his hand into the lake one by one, making a crisp sound of 'plopping'. Listen carefully with your downwind ear to identify if there is any abnormal sound.
Hang Xue really couldn't see what he was doing, and asked curiously, "Ma Lie, what are you looking for?" ”
"I didn't find it, I'll look for it again!" As he spoke, Ma Lie found a few more screws from the other corner of the dinghy and continued to throw them one by one towards the center of the lake.
"There's weirdness here!" Ma Lie used his ears to listen to the wind, and finally heard an unusual sound. The first few screws were thrown into the lake, and the sound was the same, except for the place where it was thrown to the south, and there was a slight echo.
Of course, this qiē can only be recognized by Ma Lie's super listening ability. Hang Xuezhen sat beside him, and he couldn't hear anything except the occasional light sound of the breeze.
"What the hell did you find?"
Seeing that Ma Lie was busy for a while and actually found an abnormality, Hang Xue felt even more strange in his heart.
"Haven't confirmed yet, I'll have to go down to the lake and have a look!" Ma Lie replied vaguely, and then began to undress and take off his pants.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going down and seeing!"
"So dark, what can you see when you go down?"
"You can touch something if you can't see it."
Although the light was very dark at this time, Hang Xue really vaguely saw that after Ma Liena took off his clothes, he showed a strong physique, and glanced over his head shyly.
Then, a plop was heard, and a splash of water shook the dinghy.
Hang Xuezhen hurriedly turned around, but Ma Lie was no longer visible, and shouted in surprise: "Ma Lie, where have you been?" ”
But at this time, the microwave rippling lake is as quiet as silk, where is the echo of Ma Lie?
Hang Xuezhen instinctively felt frightened, slowly shrunk to the corner of the boat, and shouted without tears: "Ma Lie, come back quickly, I'm scared ......"