Chapter 445 Lost and Found

"Grandpa Yun, when you say that, you really exalt me too much." I say.

"You don't have to be modest, I say this, I'm afraid it's still light, you deserve such praise." Grandpa Yun said.

"Grandpa Yun, is this painting a map to the Immortal Mound? Didn't you lose it? How did you get it back? I asked.

"Indeed, the Yun family lost the map of the Xi family, this map is not only a map, but also the only way to the immortal mound, the immortal mound is said to be hidden in a place unknown to the world, and it is absolutely impossible to find it without chance, and this map is the same existence as the chance, it can guide you to find the immortal mound, so it will be particularly important. Since the map was lost, the Yun clan has been keeping an eye on the movements of the Ji clan on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have been constantly looking for the whereabouts of the map. Unfortunately, it was never found. Grandpa Yun said regretfully.

"So you got it from that scholar later?" I asked.

"It is true that the things were obtained from a scholar's house, but they are still different from what I told you." Grandpa Yun said.

"What do you mean?" Yun Ximing asked.

"This is also the only disgraceful part of the history of the Yun family, and I don't want to admit it, this thing was not given to me as a gift, but stolen by the ancestors of our family."

"Stolen?!" Yun Ximing shouted in surprise, indeed this is really a very disgraceful thing.

"That's right, you also know that our Yun family used to do the work of corpse chasers, but in fact, this is not the only job of our Yun family. Our Yun family followed the side of the Ji clan, and learned a lot, and choosing the corpse chaser was originally an emergency method, so we didn't make long-term plans. But the crooked fight actually allowed us to find the map of the immortal mound that we had been looking for. ”

"But Grandpa Yun, didn't you say that corpse chasers should be very particular? For example, being ugly, having a hard life, being single for life, etc.? I asked.

"That's all a misinterpretation of posterity, the number of lives is hard, in fact, it is not necessary, as long as you are bold enough. If you can't be scared to death, it's a hard life. Single. That's because there are a few women who are willing to marry corpse chasers, and they deal with corpses every day, so they are naturally not welcome. As for being ugly, in fact, this is not for the living. but to the dead. The corpse chaser also has a good look. But when driving out corpses, he will also dress himself up very ugly, and he is afraid of being recruited. ”

"I see." I say.

"But our Yun family is a special case, because not all corpse chasers are like this. Most people will do it because they can't live anymore, so it's not an exaggeration to say that corpse chasers are people with some defects, after all, there is a kind of person who has to engage in such a special profession because of his lack of appearance, which affects his life. However, we were also the first family to give up the profession of corpse chaser in the later period, because we had a more promising career and a way to earn more money. In modern times, historical changes, our Yun family has been completely whitewashed, and now we are doing conscientious business and earning conscientious money. But do you know that no matter how history changes, the only thing that remains unchanged is our Yun family's allegiance to the Kui clan. ”

"I see." I say.

"The genealogy of the map is described in great detail, and it says that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, our ancestor took over a business, saying that he drove the body of a scholar who died in a foreign country back to his hometown. The book grew quite markedly, white and pure, who knew that it had tuberculosis, and it was getting worse and worse, and he died. There is only one old mother in the family, and she originally wanted to add a champion to the family, but the champion did not wait, and it was indeed her son's corpse that came later. Our ancestors then drove the corpse back to the champion's hometown. When I saw his old mother, the house could be said to be surrounded by four walls, but the old woman was still very polite. There is a saying that when the corpse chaser enters the door, even if he doesn't give money, he must ask the corpse chaser to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles. The old woman borrowed money and gave the honorarium, but when she saw the situation in the old woman's house, my ancestor did not ask for money, but just wanted to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles to get rid of bad luck. Waiting for the next effort, I found the scroll hanging on the wall in the scholar's bedroom. Our ancestors really lit up, and immediately knew what it was. ”

"So your ancestor took the painting?" I asked.

"Yes, that's right, the painting was hanging there, and the old woman was busy in the kitchen, so my ancestor didn't wait for the bowl of Yangchun noodles, took off the painting, put it in his arms, and left in a hurry." Grandpa Yun said.

"Grandpa, how can there be such an ancestor in our family, it's really too unsophisticated." Yun Ximing also complained.

"That's why I said that this is the most disgraceful experience of our Yun family, and it really goes against our Yun family's daring style." Grandpa Yun said.

"That is, our Yun family is the same thing, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was our Yun family who openly confronted the Japanese and expressed support for the Communist Party. Yun Ximing said.

"Alas, don't say it, after all, this ancestor has also passed away for many years, and I don't know what kind of grandfather he is, but fortunately, he made up for it later, and he is not too unconscionable." Grandpa Yun said.

"Make up for it? How did he make up for it? The family did not sell this painting, which shows that the family attaches great importance to this painting, how can they take it away like this. The old lady just lost her son, isn't that even worse? I said.

"Yes, yes, our ancestor recorded in the genealogy that because he knew how to heal, he could see that the old woman was also terminally ill, so he thought that it would not matter if he took it, anyway, the old woman did not have much time." Grandpa Yun said.

"And then? Did you really take that painting? I asked.

"Yes, he really took it, but the next day he regretted it, because what happened to him was even more heart-wrenching. When he returned to his lodgings that night, my ancestor regretted that he could not bear the torture of his conscience, so he had to go back to the old woman's house. Originally, I wanted to apologize in person, and by the way, I could inquire about the origin of this scroll. But who knows, when he arrived, he found that the old woman had died due to excessive sadness. Grandpa Yun said.

"Passed away? How come?! Just one night? I asked.

"Yes, it's just one night, it's too late, the big mistake has been made, and there is no room for redemption. The ancestor of my family felt that he couldn't help it, and finally paid for the burial of the old woman and her son, but from then on, no one knew why the painting scroll was in the old woman's house, and it was impossible to wash away the grievances of our Yun clan, and the only thing worth being happy about was that the map was found, which was simply a big discovery. Grandpa Yun said.

"So the painting was complete at that time?" I asked.

"Of course not, that's why I haven't been able to find the missing piece to this day. There are not many descriptions of this scroll map in the genealogy of the Yun family, only that its material is gold leaf, it is possible that the predecessors who wrote the genealogy before knew what the map was like, and felt that it didn't matter if it was not written on it, but it was not the case, and we descendants were stumped. Grandpa Yun said.

"So this missing piece should be very important?" I asked.

"I don't know, maybe it's possible, or maybe it's not." Grandpa Yun said, listening to Grandpa Yun say this, it seems that no one knows what is going on, and this map can be regarded as an unsolved mystery.

"So you've kept things until now? Haven't you thought about giving it back? I asked.

"Go back? Of course, we thought that the ancestors of our family felt that the existence of this thing was enough to wash away the grievances carried by the Yun clan, but this was not the case. When we finally found the Kui family, we found that the person in charge of the Yun family was no longer the Kui family, and your nannies were all barbarians, who were simply unreasonable, and after paying attention, we really saw the fleeting relief of the ancestors, but in the next second, everything was back to the prototype, and we were told that the Kui family and the Jiang family were divided. ”

"Yes, at that time, it was the period when Jiang Yurou was misdoing at home, which led to the division of the family, Jiang Yurou didn't know anything about the core secrets of the Kui clan, and you couldn't expect her to post it on the Internet as soon as possible." As I spoke, I opened the notepad in my hand and recorded this paragraph, this paragraph is so important, I also asked Grandpa Yun to make a recording for me, and I can also understand what he said after I go back.

"It's because I found out that the Jiang clan didn't know the mission of the Kui clan at all, so the Yun family decided to be loyal to the Kui clan who was once useful, and you don't have to think too much about the rest of the matter, you can also know." Grandpa Yun said.

"Yes, we can all know the rest of the matter, the Yun clan found the Kui clan and began to be loyal, but only this painting scroll has never found a place on it." I say.

"How can you see that this scroll is a map, in fact, if you jump out of the circle and look at it, this is just an ordinary painting." I say.

"That's why I can't put it down, because it's hard, it's hard to understand, it's hard to see the way. I'm the kind of person I am, either I don't do it or I do my best. So this painting has become a problem for my whole life, and now the problem is finally about to be solved, and suddenly it is like the school bell ringing, and I feel that we are very close to the end. Grandpa Yun said.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Yun, I will definitely help you find this answer, I will definitely find the immortal mound, retrieve the name of our ancestor, the Ji family, and complete our family's unfinished mission." I say. (To be continued.) )