On the other side, Zhu Chenyang asked a few people in Yuxi Village without any clues, so he had to wander around the village boredly. Yuxi Village is a small village with only 30 or 40 households, and because the village is small, everyone lives relatively close. Zhu Chenyang walked around the village and walked to a house with a wide open door, Zhu Chenyang saw someone sitting in the yard, and was about to walk in and ask, an uncle stopped him, "Hey, young man, what are you doing?" ”

"Oh. I came here for a casual walk, and when I saw someone in this courtyard, I wanted to inquire about something. Zhu Chenyang replied honestly.

"If you're all right, don't go in. This family has recently had an accident and is in a bad mood. Seeing that Zhu Chenyang was very honest, the uncle kindly told him.

"What's going on with this?" Zhu Chenyang asked curiously.

"The night before yesterday, the youngest daughter of the family was lost, and she hasn't been found yet." The uncle whispered to Zhu Chenyang.

"So, did you call the police?" Zhu Chenyang heard that the child was lost, and immediately asked anxiously.

"Reported. But there is no clue, where to find it! The uncle said sadly, Jiajia is a little guy who is loved by everyone, and it is gone, and everyone feels uncomfortable.

Zhu Chenyang looked at the people sitting in the courtyard, thinking that he was very uncomfortable, so he didn't plan to disturb him when he went in, "Uncle, is there any legend in your village?" ”

"What's that, you ask? This kind of old feudal thing is long gone! When the uncle heard Zhu Chenyang's question, he felt that this young man was really strange, and he would believe this kind of thing.

Zhu Chenyang scratched his ears and cheeks and didn't know how to get better, and after asking in the village for a long time without any clues, it would definitely make Eleven embarrassed, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, grabbed the uncle's arm and asked, "What is the oldest thing in your village?" ”

"Young man, you're here to look for antiques!" The uncle looked at Zhu Chenyang with an expression that I knew, since the ancient tomb was dug out by building a road in Yuxi Village, several groups of antique dealers came to the village, and every family asked if there were any antiques to sell. These people don't want to think that if anyone still lives in this remote place, they would have moved to the city long ago.

"Don't ask, young man. You've had a few groups of people ask before. There is nothing in our village that can be called ancient except for the oldest ancestral hall. The uncle patted Zhu Chenyang's shoulder and said regretfully.

"Ancestral hall? Where is the ancestral hall? Zhu Chenyang asked curiously.

"Didn't you pass a small house on your way here? That is the ancestral hall of our village, and there is nothing in it except for some enshrined ranks. Uncle said.

Zhu Chenyang's disappointed expression made the uncle laugh, "You young man, you really can't fake it at all!" The uncle patted Zhu Chenyang's shoulder appreciatively and said, "Okay, young man, don't think about it, go home!" There are no antiques to be found here except for the ancient tomb. ”

Zhu Chenyang just wanted to leave, but found that the door of the house next door was locked, and asked casually, "Uncle, isn't that family at home?" ”

The uncle turned his head and looked, "Oh, you said that the Dazhu family!" His wife saw Hong a few days ago and was sent to the hospital, and she has not been at home for the past few days. Zhu Chenyang stretched out his head to look at it, he really had nothing to care about, so he had to give up and leave the village dejectedly.

Walking through the construction site of the ancient tomb, Zhu Chenyang looked up and happened to see the small house called the ancestral hall, he thought about it and decided to go in and have a look.

"Hey, someone's there?" As soon as Zhu Chenyang arrived at the door of the small house, he saw the door wide open, and Zhu Chenyang looked inside, and it was indeed as the uncle said, except for the rank of worship, there was nothing. There was really nothing, the door was wide open, but there was no one inside. Zhu Chenyang looked at it with a hairy heart.

"Anyone?" Zhu Chenyang cautiously pushed the door into the ancestral hall, the red candlelight was swaying, the four walls were full of portraits of the ancestors, they were wearing clothes of different eras, Zhu Chenyang walked around, and he could only recognize the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, and the rest was no different in Zhu Chenyang's eyes.

In the center of the west wall hangs a picture that is obviously larger than the other portraits, this person is dressed a little plainly, with an old face full of smiles, and a hat hanging between his arms, looking like a knight who walked the rivers and lakes in ancient times. Underneath this portrait is a huge stone tablet with no words on it, only a red rope tied to the body.

Zhu Chenyang was curious and wanted to step forward to take a closer look, but suddenly heard an old voice sound from behind,

"What are you going to do?"

"Ahh

"Uncle, people are scary, they will scare people to death!" Zhu Chenyang sat on the ground, looked at the old man in front of him, who was about fifty or sixty years old, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Haha-you young man, why are you so daring!" The old man laughed, walked over, helped Zhu Chenyang up from the ground, patted the dust on his body and said.

"If you're concentrating on something and suddenly a person appears behind you, see if you're scared like me." It's not a matter of being cowardly, good or not, uncle! Zhu Chenyang looked at the old man dissatisfiedly and said.

"Okay, I was wrong!" The old man took out his cigarette stick, took out a cigarette roll and stuffed it in, then took out the lighter he had just borrowed from his pocket, lit the tobacco leaves with a 'snort', and took a few puffs of 'da-da-da'.

The heavy smell of smoke choked Zhu Chenyang, and he kept waving his hands while coughing, trying to disperse the smoke floating in front of him.

"Tell me, what are you doing here, young man?" The old man is the village chief of Yuxi Village, he usually manages the ancestral hall, and today he came to clean the ancestral hall as usual, but when he was offering incense to his ancestors, he found that he didn't bring a fire, so he ran to the nearby cemetery site and borrowed a lighter from the police guarding the cemetery. As soon as I returned to the ancestral hall, I saw a young man looking at the stone tablet in the innermost part of the ancestral hall.

"Oh. I just passed by here, saw that there is a house here, and heard that this is the ancestral hall of Yuxi Village, I was curious, and when I saw that the door was not locked, I came in to have a look. Zhu Chenyang said honestly, "Uncle, what's going on with that childless stone plaque spiritual position?" ”

The old village chief took a few puffs of his cigarette and said slowly, "It was built for a person who helped us build this ancestral hall and passed away unexpectedly, because I didn't know his name, so I had to put up a wordless rank." ”

"Oh!" Zhu Chenyang nodded incomprehensibly and said, "These are all your ancestors?" ”

"Of course. Our ancestors moved here from the Tang Dynasty. One dwelling is thousands of years, you see, that is our ancestors. The old village chief pointed to a portrait on the right of the portrait holding the hat.

Zhu Chenyang looked over, and the portrait was a mighty man, holding a big knife, wearing armor, looking at the front with a hideous face. "Your ancestors were so mighty."

"That's it! It is said that he was still an official, and perhaps the owner of that tomb was our ancestor. The old village chief said proudly to Zhu Chenyang.

Zhu Chenyang laughed a few times, he really didn't know how to answer, the old village chief looked at Zhu Chenyang with no interest, so he had to shake his head and sigh, "People now don't care about their ancestors anymore." Forget it, boy, go back. It's late for a while, and it's not good to hurry. ”

Zhu Chenyang saw that the ancestral hall was really not interesting, so he nodded and left here. The old village chief saw Zhu Chenyang walk out of the ancestral hall, so he got up and began to clean the ancestral hall, he walked to the side of the stone tablet spiritual seat, stretched out his hand to pull out the red rope tied to the spiritual seat, and saw a pair of gold-patterned tiger head shoes tied to one end of the rope. The old village chief took off the red rope, and then took out a new red rope from his body to tie the tiger head shoes, and prayed softly behind the stone plaque, "Ancestors, I hope you can bless the children of Yuxi Village with good health, I hope Jiajia can get it back as soon as possible, ancestors bless!" ”