The first mural depicts the sacrifice of five animals, and there are five three-legged copper tripods on the sacrificial table, which contain ox heads, dog heads, sheep heads, pig heads, chicken heads, etc., and an elder who seems to be the patriarch of the Ye clan presides over the sacrifice, and the sacrificial case is full of pious young people or men in the prime of life. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yin Seventeen thought that those people should represent the clansmen of the Ye family.

The second mural is the same as the first mural, there are the patriarch of the Ye clan and the young or middle-aged men of the clan, the difference is that the five animals were replaced by five women who were cut at the same time, and the blood flowed all over the five three-legged copper tripods on the sacrifice case, which is basically the big blood sacrifice that Ye Qisheng said!

The entire white wall depicts these two murals, both of which are about the scene of the Ye family's sacrifice.

Yin Seventeen looked at the other wall and approached the third mural eagerly and quickly.

Zhan Yan stood in front of the third mural, and he pointed to the words embossed above the five three-legged bronze tripods on the sacrificial table in the mural:

"What is this word? Do you understand? ”

Yin Seventeen shook his head: "I don't understand, the two murals on the wall over there, one depicts the sacrifice of five animals, and the other depicts the sacrifice of the great blood, I think the content of the two murals here must also be related to the sacrifice, and the font embossed above the five three-legged copper tripods I think ...... Maybe that's the key to solving our puzzles! ”

Indeed it is.

The third mural is no different from the first two murals except for the different things contained in the tripod on the sacrificial table.

And the fourth mural, Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen, is even more confusing - there is only one three-legged tripod vessel on the sacrificial case and a line of broken characters engraved on it.

The font, the two of them also couldn't tell what the word was.

Zhan Yan said: "Maybe we should ask Ye Lao." ”

Yin Seventeen couldn't agree more: "That's right! ”

When the two entered the dormitory, Ye Lao was still sweeping the almost uncountable dust in the hall with a feather duster.

After Yin Seventeen expressed her and Zhanyan's meaning, unexpectedly, Ye Lao didn't embarrass the two of them too much.

Returning to the third mural in the sacrificial hall, Ye Lao looked at the image of every person or thing on the mural, and touched every stroke on the mural, whether horizontal or vertical, his eyes were full of deep feelings:

"This is the old ...... of the Quir script"

Yin Seventeen said: "What else does Ye Lao know about 'Kel script'?" What kind of text is this? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

She looked at Zhan Yan.

And obviously, Zhan Yan seems to have heard:

"Ye Lao is talking about the legendary Kel people?"

Ye Lao put down the thin hand that was caressing the mural, and he also looked at Zhanyan:

"Zhan Zhutou is young, and he has heard of the Qier people?"

Zhan Yan said: "I just heard my ancestors mention it, but I don't know in detail, not to mention that this seems to only exist in the legendary race......"

Ye Lao interrupted Zhanyan's words: "No! The Khors have really existed! It's not just a legend. ”

Yin Seventeen grasped a key point: "Ye Cai said 'existed', so does it mean that the people of the Qier tribe do not exist today?" ”

Ye Lao was attracted by Yin Seventeen's keen grasp of words, and he looked at Yin Seventeen:

"Yin Kuaishou's surname is Yin, have you ever heard of the Yin family of Yan Guo?"

Yin Seventeen has been staying in this small Hongsha County since she was reborn, and she has never deliberately inquired about any big events or secret things, so she has never heard of it.

Ye Lao turned to ask Zhan Yan: "Zhan Zhutou must have heard of it, right?" ”

Zhan Yan nodded as expected: "The legend of Yan Country is that the Yin family has a daughter, and its daughter will be proud!" ”

Ye Lao looked at Zhan Yan with satisfaction, as if he knew what was so great about such a sentence.

But in fact, Ye Lao was satisfied that Zhanyan had heard of the Qier people at a young age, which showed that Zhanyan's origin must not be simple, and his identity could not be just a catcher in the county government of Hongsha County.

Yin Seventeen didn't understand: "Ye Lao, what does this have to do with the people of the Keer tribe that you are talking about?" What does it have to do with these murals? ”

She admitted that the sentence "The legend of Yan Kingdom, the Yin family has a woman, and its daughter will be proud" sounds smooth and cool, but is this related to the case she is currently investigating?

Ye Lao looked at Yin Seventeen, his gaze was a little probing, and his eyes, which were already with a little cold light, seemed more and more terrifying at this moment.

Yin Seventeen unconsciously took a step back and said, "Why is Old Ye looking at me like this? ”

Ye Lao said: "Your surname is Yin, so what does you have to do with Yanjing's Yin family?" ”

Yanjing Yin family?

Yin Seventeen shook his head: "It's okay, I didn't even hear it for the first time today." ”

Ye Lao's eyes were full of doubts, and more of them were disbelieving in Yin Seventeen.

Yin Seventeen saw it, so he had to emphasize:

"Ye Lao, I didn't deceive you, I really have nothing to do with that Yin family in Yanjing! Trust me! ”

Ye Lao lowered his old eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something, as if he was muttering to himself:

"That's right, if it really has anything to do with the Yanjing Yin family, how can it be a little fast hand here......"

As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the fourth mural, pointing to the fact that there was only one three-legged tripod on the sacrificial table and a broken line of words engraved on it:

"This line of Ke'er text translated into our text is the sentence that Zhan Zhutou just said."

Yin Seventeen opened his mouth slightly, and his brain didn't turn around a little, so he heard it with a smile:

"'The legend of the Yan Kingdom, the Yin family has a daughter, and its daughter will be proud'?"

Ye Lao nodded.

He affirmed Zhanyan's answer.

Yin XVII approached the fourth mural, looked carefully at the broken line of words, counted three pauses, and at the third pause, which represented a comma, she found that there were still words in the back, but the words on the engraving had been destroyed by unknown things.

Zhan Yan also discovered: "Ye Lao, is there still a word behind 'his daughter will be proud'?" ”

Ye Lao said: "Yes, there are still ones, but they were destroyed a long, long time ago......

Yin Seventeen asked urgently: "You don't know either?" ”

Ye Lao said: "I don't know. ”

Yin Seventeen said incredulously: "But you even know the words of the legendary Kerr people, how can you not know the words that follow here?" ”

Zhan Yan also felt that Ye Lao Xing might really have something to hide.

But Ye Lao's next words made the two of them speechless at the same time.

Ye Lao said: "Actually, I don't know the Keer script, I know what is written on this mural, just because of the inheritance of the ancestors from generation to generation, for the Keer people, I only know that this people have really existed, and I don't know the others." ”

Without dwelling on the broken words on the fourth mural, Yin Seventeen walked back to the third mural:

"Then Ye Lao, what does the word embossed on the top of the three-legged bronze tripod of this third mural mean?"

Ye Lao and Zhan Yan walked back to the third mural together.

Ye Lao pointed to the text engraved on the first three-legged bronze tripod on the sacrificial case, and explained it from left to right:

"Wood, fire, earth, metal, water."

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth?

This is really an unexpected result.

Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen didn't expect that the translation would be these five words.

Zhan Yan asked, "What is the meaning of these five words?" ”

Ye Lao said: "Yes, there is a meaning. ”

The wood is benevolent, the fire is the main ceremony, the earth is the faith, the gold, and the water is the wisdom, this is the meaning.

Yin Seventeen reads: "Wood, fire, earth, gold and water, benevolence, faith, righteousness and wisdom, the five elements...... Five virtues? ”

At the end, she raised her eyes suspiciously, staring at Ye Lao for a moment.

She wanted him to explain the real implications.

Ye Lao saw Yin Seventeen's doubts, and showed a rare smile, although this smile was a little untimely and strange on an old face full of wrinkles and serious and indifferent:

"Yin Kuaishou has such a keen intuition!"

His appreciation confirmed the authenticity of the mystery in Yin Seventeen's heart to the greatest extent.

Ye Lao smiled, his eyes returned to the third mural:

"This depicts the third sacrificial method of the Ye family - the Five Elements Virtue Sacrifice!"

And what about the fourth mural?

Ye Lao said that he didn't know, he only knew what the words were translated from that broken line, but he didn't know the meaning of that line, and what the next words were after the third pause.

The four walls represent the four sacrificial methods of the Ye family.

The first mural - the sacrifice of five animals.

The second mural - the Great Blood Sacrifice.

The third mural - the Five Elements Virtue Sacrifice.

Fourth mural - Unknown?

With Ye Lao's consent, Zhan Yan ran through the entire Ye Clan Ancestral Hall, and then wrote down all the routes of the entire ancestral hall.

Of course, they just looked, and did not touch anything in the ancestral hall with their hands or feet.

Yin Seventeen didn't run all over the ancestral hall, but Zhan Yan said that he would draw the route on rice paper, and she was also familiar with all corners of the ancestral hall.

Before dusk, the two left the Ye ancestral hall.

On the occasion of leaving, Ye Lao personally sent Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen to the gate of the ancestral hall:

"I hope to find the murderer soon."

Of course.

After just a few steps, Yin Seventeen suddenly ran back to the gate of the ancestral hall and called Ye Lao, who was about to close the gate:

"Ye Lao!"

Ye Cai paused his hand to close the door and looked at her.

Yin Seventeen asked: "Each generation of patriarchs of the Ye family will have a strange book left by the ancestors, which records the law of the prosperous family, but the current Ye family has no patriarch, I don't know if Ye Lao knows the whereabouts of this strange book?" ”

Ye Lao asked rhetorically, "Who told you that there is such a strange book?" ”

Yin Seventeen replied: "It's Uncle Ye Qisheng." ”

Ye Lao looked strange when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, only shook his head and said that he didn't have such a strange book in his hand, and he didn't know where this strange book was now.

Yin Seventeen said again: "Does Ye Lao recognize the two sisters and brothers of Zhu Lan?" ”

Ye Lao nodded: "I recognize." ”

Yin Seventeen asked, "Does Ye Lao think that Zhu Song's drowning was really an accident?" ”

Ye Lao fell silent.

After hearing her question, Zhan Yan also turned back and walked to the gate of the ancestral hall, standing under the stone steps with Yin Seventeen and waiting for Ye Lao's answer.

After staying for half an hour, Ye Lao replied:

"In everything that has an effect, there must be a cause."

Yin Seventeen immediately asked again: "What Ye Lao means is that Zhu Song's drowning is the effect, and there must be a cause in front of it, isn't it?" ”

Ye Lao didn't answer this time, he closed the door of the ancestral hall directly, and cut off Yin Seventeen's sharp eyes, which made him a little confused.

After the door of the ancestral hall was closed tightly again, Yin Seventeen wanted to go up the stone steps to knock on the door, but Zhan Yan stopped her:

"He didn't want to say that he wouldn't open the door again if she knocked on the door."

This is the truth and the truth.

Yin Seventeen knew that she had no objection to leaving the Ye clan ancestral hall with Zhan Yan.

Yin Seventeen walked all the way to Zhanyan's side, and all she thought about was the meaning of the four murals, and Ye Lao's last meaningful words.

Zhan Yan looked at Yin Seventeen, who was silent, and asked later:

"Do you think that Ye's strange book is related to the case?"

Yin Seventeen Dao: "Maybe ......"

She hadn't quite figured it out yet, so she wasn't completely sure yet.

Zhan Yan said: "What are you thinking?" ”

Yin Seventeen finally raised his eyes to look at Zhanyan: "I'm thinking...... Is there any connection between the Five Elements Virtue Festival and the case we are investigating? If so, what kind of connection? And the cause and effect that Ye Lao said in the end, what does the cause refer to? What is the connection between this cause and the five elements and the five virtues? Or not? ”

It sounded messy, but Zhan Yan understood, and such a complex relationship made him think about it seriously.

The two walked in silence for a while.

After continuing to walk forward out of Bianye Village, when it was still a turn, Yin Qiqi chose to turn a corner, and this turn was the direction leading to Widow Miao's mother's house.

Zhan Yan didn't ask anything, he followed directly.

Because he understood that Yin Seventeen wanted to check Zhu Song's death again, and wanted to find out the cause of what Ye Lao said.

When I arrived at the door of Widow Miao's house, I looked at the empty courtyard in the closed courtyard gate, and asked:

"How do you want to find out? Where did you find out? ”

Yin Seventeen couldn't think of any good way to quickly prepare for the answer to the question she wanted to solve.

So she finally chose the most earthy, direct, laborious and time-consuming method - ask!

The object of the question was naturally the villagers of Bianye Village who had more or less contact with the Miao widow and siblings in the past.

It's a huge undertaking.

Yin Seventeen and Zhan Yan have no doubts.

At this moment, it is twilight, and the sky is not completely dark, but it is gradually hazy, and I can't see my fingers.

The villagers who had gone out had already returned home, and every household lit oil lamps one after another.

It was dinner time, and there was no restaurant or anything like that in the village, so the two decided to borrow a night at the house of the Miao widow, who was now unoccupied.

Zhan Yan climbed over the wall and went in and opened the courtyard door.

After Yin Seventeen entered the courtyard door of Widow Miao's mother's house, he suddenly remembered that he should find something to fill the stomachs of the two of them, so he proposed:

"I'm going to find something that can be cooked and fried......"

As she spoke, she turned around and tried to walk out of the courtyard gate she had just stepped into.

Zhanyan's words stopped Yin Seventeen's steps outward, and he said:

"Zilai once entered here when he checked the situation of the Miao widow's mother's house, and he said that since the Miao widow drowned, and because of the uneven rumors in Bianye Village, she often went back to her mother's house, so the kitchen often allowed food."

Yin Qiqi understood what Zhanyan meant, she first saw the location of Widow Miao's mother's kitchen, and then walked over:

"Then I'll go into the kitchen and look for it, and see if there's anything to cook yet."

Seventeen finds food in the kitchen and gets busy.

Zhan Yan also found a large piece of firewood prepared by Widow Miao earlier in the courtyard, and then split it into smaller pieces of firewood for Yin Seventeen's next fire to make dinner for the two. (To be continued.) )