Wang Ming was anxious and wanted to shout but couldn't make a sound, the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't speak, and all the tears fell down at once. Wang Ming felt that his chest began to suffocate, and gradually this feeling of suffocation spread to his whole body, and he began to become difficult to breathe.

Just when he was about to suffocate, suddenly an old man appeared in front of him, the old man looked a little familiar, but Wang Ming no longer had the strength to think about these problems at the moment, he instinctively reached out for help.

The old man looked at him like this and didn't move, Wang Ming's consciousness began to blur, and when he was about to faint, the old man suddenly pushed him with his hand, and said that it was time to wake up.

Wang Ming fell to the ground from the desk with a stumble, Wang Ming also woke up, and forgot most of what he had just done, Wang Ming was just about to stand up, and suddenly felt an incomparably heavy pain in his chest, and spit out a mouthful of blood, his heart was clear, and the dream also remembered.

Wang Ming felt that the old man in the dream was somewhat similar to his father, although he remembered what the old man said to him, but he didn't understand what it meant, at this time Wang Ming had not recovered his original appearance, and still felt that something seemed to be hitting in his heart. Wang Ming tried hard to recall the dream just now, and also carefully thought about the old man's words.

Suddenly, Wang Ming's heart moved, thinking about whether the village in the dream was Renji Village, in order to verify his idea, Wang Ming got up and walked towards the ancestral hall, Wang Ming remembered that there was a village diary in the ancestral hall, which clearly recorded the history of Renji Village.

It is also the will of heaven, when Wang Ming walked to the ancestral hall, he found that the door of the ancestral hall was ajar, which is generally not allowed, and the door of the ancestral hall has been closed since the change in Renji Village.

It was several elders in the village who proposed this, because the villagers of this village always felt very uncomfortable in their hearts when they entered the ancestral hall, and everyone in the village was like this, and Wang Ming was no exception.

The elders of the village did not investigate the reason, so they proposed to lock up the ancestral hall and let special people clean it every month, this foolish proposal with no basis at all was supported by all the villagers, and this place that was supposed to be remembered by the villagers was closed by them without care.

Since then, the villagers have not been allowed to enter the ancestral hall, and in fact no one wants to enter the ancestral hall, but only to find a few people who are not related to the village to come in and clean it every once in a while.

The elders of the village instructed the ancestral hall to be locked after cleaning, saying that after all, this is the resting place of the ancestors, and the descendants should not be too unfilial. Today was supposed to be the time to clean the ancestral hall, but the person who cleaned suddenly had a stomachache and casually locked it and left, and did not find that he was not locked properly, and it was precisely because of this that Wang Ming had the opportunity to come in.

And Wang Ming himself didn't know why he came in inexplicably, he was supposed to read the village log, and the reason why it was so was because he had a dream, everything seemed so ridiculous, but everything was so inevitable when connected.

This ancestral hall is dedicated to the ancestors of all the people in the village, and it has been a building since the moment the village was built, and it has undergone several repairs in the middle, and this ancestral hall is second only to the stone tablet temple in Renji Village.

In spite of this, the ancestral hall is not as good as other places, but it is only very large, and the decoration is not very gorgeous: in front of the door is a very short gatehouse, the style of the gatehouse is very ordinary, and the tiles on the gatehouse are very bright, and there is a slight light in the moonlight.

There is a plaque hanging directly above the gatehouse, on which the two big characters of the ancestral hall are written in very old characters, and it can be seen from the shape of the words that this plaque must have a long history.

Below the plaque is the gate, the door is very wide, about six or seven zhang high, the whole body is black, and there are two lion heads on the door. This door also has a long history, and Wang Ming has heard people say since he was a child that this door was designed by a very famous carpenter in the past, although it looks very large, but it can be pushed open without a lot of effort, Wang Ming has personally experimented, proving that this is a fact.

Wang Ming walked to the door and gently pushed it open, the door made a crisp sound, although the sound was not very loud, but in the quiet of the night, it could still be heard clearly. The sound traveled far away before it disappeared, but fortunately everyone was asleep and no one got up.

Entering through the gate was a wide passage, which flickered in the light of candlelight, and there were many more swaying shadows on the whole passage. The people in the ancestral hall were also designed by highly skilled people, and the fuel was just a very ordinary thing, but it could last for many days after being lit.

There are two or three steps in front of the main hall, and there are four or five very thick pillars arranged on the steps, the pillars are about three or four meters high, and the whole body is brown, which is the pillar of the entire ancestral hall.

There is no gate in the ancestral hall, but there is a table of eight immortals in the place where you want to enter the main hall, and some incense is placed on the table, which is used by the villagers to worship their ancestors, but now few people have come, and the incense on the table has fallen into dust.

Wang Ming took out a few sticks of incense and lit them, and first bowed to the statue of Nuwa in front of the door, which was very close to the table of the Eight Immortals. This statue of Nuwa has been placed here for a long time, and the villagers of Renji Village have always regarded Nuwa as their first ancestor.

It's just that Nuwa Niangniang is a great god, so naturally she can't be placed in front of her ancestors, so she puts a statue of Nuwa in front of the door, so that whoever wants to worship her ancestors must first worship Nuwa Niangniang, which is a unique tradition in Renji Village.

There was almost nothing else in the ancestral hall, except for a cabinet with tablet positions on the front back wall, which was so high that it almost reached the top of the wall, and it was full of tablets.

The ancestors of Renji Village are almost the same people, and their lack of names does not mean that the descendants of Renji Village have forgotten them, but this is their own rule, and they feel that it is God's mercy to come to Renji Village and settle down here, although they participated in the construction of the village, but their merits are really insignificant to heaven and earth, so they told their descendants that they do not need to leave a rank after death.

Later generations naturally did not dare to disobey the meaning of the ancestors, but the descendants of the people will always miss the ancestors and think of a compromise solution, they still set up tablets for the ancestors, but their names were not specifically written on them, all replaced by Renji Village Dade, a total of ten tablets were erected, each tablet was carved with stone, placed on the top.

Next to the tablet is an incense burner carved out of stone, and three stone incense sticks are inserted in the incense burner, which is equivalent to worshipping the ancestors at all times.

And Renji Village has always adhered to this tradition, no one worships them, but just keeps them in their hearts, and never dares to forget their merits. Therefore, the real tablet of the ancestral hall starts from the third row of the wooden cabinet from top to bottom.

Renji Village has no known history of many years from ancient times to the present, and I don't know how many generations it has experienced, and if the tablet of every deceased ancestor is placed on it, even if there is a bigger house, it will not be able to put it down.

Therefore, there is a rule in Renji Village, when all the people of the first generation die, the one who has contributed the most will be selected to stay in the ancestral hall, and the others will have the descendants of a person invited to the family to worship, that is to say, as long as there is one person of the same generation alive, then everyone's tablet is on it, this rule does not know when it started, but it has continued to this day.

After worshipping Nuwa Niangniang, Wang Ming took out three sticks of incense and began to worship his ancestors.

From Wang Ming to the top four generations are still alive, so there are four generations of tablets on the tablet cabinet that are completely placed on it. Wang Ming knelt on the futon in front of the tablet and kowtowed a few times, then put the incense that had been lit in front of his grandfather's tablet.

Wang Ming's grandfather died when he was only three or four years old, and Wang Ming had just begun to remember, and he didn't have a deep impression of his grandfather, but vaguely remembered that his grandfather was a little fat and not very tall, and he always sat at the stone table with a smile and read a book. Wang Ming's impression of him was roughly the same, and he later heard that his grandfather had left without any warning, and he was very peaceful.

After Wang Ming put on the incense, he walked to a bookcase next to him, this bookcase is not very large, there are only four grids in total, which is to put the genealogy of the village, one is the genealogy of the village from ancient times to the present, this book basically corresponds to the tablet on the tablet cabinet. All that remains is the detailed genealogy of each family.

In addition to these, it is a village diary, which records the major events that happened in the village in various periods, which is what Wang Ming is looking for.

Unfortunately, the first history of the village that Wang Ming found here was no different from what he knew, which made Wang Ming very disappointed, and he could not explain the meaning of his dream, nor could he verify his thoughts.

Wang Ming saw that there was nothing to gain and got up and prepared to leave, he just stood up and felt a wave of sleepiness coming, this sleepiness came so quickly, Wang Ming didn't react, he fell asleep on the table.

He had that dream again, and there was still a white expanse around him, and all the sounds were intertwined, and as the sound became louder and louder, Wang Ming's chest began to feel more and more stuffy, and then the old man reappeared, only this time he appeared a little early, and still looked at Wang Ming quietly.

This time, Wang Ming still had some strength to ask who are you, but the old man did not answer him, and there was a little more smile on his face. Wang Ming saw that he didn't answer, so he asked again, but the old man still didn't return, and the smile on his face became stronger, so Wang Ming asked three times, and the old man still didn't make any sound.

When it came to the fourth time, Wang Ming felt that the reason why the old man did not answer might be because the question he asked was wrong, so he asked, "Where is this?" The old man sighed after hearing this, and then he laughed, his voice was not very loud and very kind, Wang Ming felt very comfortable when he heard it, and the feeling of tightness in his chest was a little smaller.

Before Wang Ming could ask again, the old man spoke up first: "This is where I live, and this is also where you live, this is Renji Village, not Renji Village." But it doesn't matter originally, it's just that people should always have a place to remember, so that no matter where they go, they won't be lonely in their hearts. ”

Listening to the old man's words, Wang Ming was confused, he didn't understand what the old man said was Renji Village and not Renji Village, obviously there was nothing here, how could it be Renji Village, and if it was yes, it was not, once it was fixed, it would be that, how could there be two results. Wang Ming instinctively asked, "Who are you?" ”

After asking, I couldn't help but think that this question was really asked in vain, and he didn't say it after asking three times before, and he still couldn't get an answer when he asked again. He was about to open his mouth to ask other questions, but this time the old man replied simply: "My name is Wang Yiyan, and like you, I am also from this Renji village. ”

Hearing his words, Wang Ming began to look for Wang Yiyan's impression in his mind, and he quickly recalled the names of everyone he knew in the village, but Wang Yiyan didn't have the slightest impression, so he said: "Why don't I remember that there are people like you in the village, and I haven't even heard of you, don't lie to me, you must not be from the village." ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "This village is not only a few hundred years, but there are tens of thousands of people in the village, how old are you, and how can you know me?" ”

From his words, Wang Ming seemed to know something, so he said: "Since you are from this village, why did you bring me here, what do you want to do?" ”

"What you said is a little true, but it is not all true, although I brought you here on purpose, but if you didn't think about it in your own heart, I can't do it. Although we met with my role, but you can really come here is the will of God, but also the ancestors accumulated virtue, although Renji Village deserves this disaster, but in the end it is a deep blessing, but forget it, it is always a good thing to have a turnaround. ”

Wang Ming was still completely confused, he felt that although the person in front of him looked okay, he must not be a good person. Wang Ming had this idea in his heart, and he also expressed it in his language and said: "I don't know what you're talking about, but since I came here to have a certain relationship with you, then you should put me back, no matter what level you should put me back." ”

The old man seemed to see Wang Ming's thoughts and said, "Could it be that if Renji Village is in danger and you don't go to help, aren't you afraid that Renji Village will disappear?" ”

Wang Ming smiled, and in his heart he decided that this old man was not a good person and said: "Our Mercy Village has been smooth every year from the beginning to the present, the people here live and work in peace and contentment, and even if there is any war outside, we have never been involved, where there will be any disasters, I think you must be here to be alarmist and uneasy about any good intentions." ”

The old man looked very helpless, shook his head and said: "This disaster must be unavoidable, you remember that you can help the village, and only in this way can the village get through here safely, now we will help you wake up." ”

Before Wang Ming could understand what it meant, many people like him appeared around the old man, and everyone gathered around Wang Ming, chanting words in their mouths.

Wang Ming was obviously blinded by this scene, just stared at everything in front of him blankly, and when he came back to his senses and wanted to speak, he found that he was no longer able to make a sound, and he wanted to move but seemed to be tied up by something, unable to move at all.

And my chest began to get tighter and tighter, and gradually it became difficult to breathe again. The people around him were also slowly disappearing, and when the last one disappeared completely, Wang Ming could no longer support fainting.

The next day, Wang Ming was woken up by the people who came to clean, it was not yet dawn, Wang Ming's head was very painful, and the person who cleaned should be very strange why Wang Ming was here, and asked: "Why is Wang Gongzi here, are you sleeping here?" ”

As he spoke, he began to look around at everything, Wang Ming hadn't fully come to his senses, and when he saw that he didn't quite understand what he meant by asking like this, he also followed his gaze and looked around.

This is the ancestral hall, and there is nothing else, except for the tablet on the tablet cabinet, the tablet is placed on the tablet cabinet, and there is nothing else except for some untidyness.

Seeing the tablet Wang Ming's heart was shocked, everything last night poured out, until this time Wang Ming did not realize that he had returned to the way before the village did not change, and Wang Ming and the cleaners did not find that there was an obvious crack on the surface of the stone furnace on the top.

The cleaner looked around, his eyes seemed to be looking for something, and there was some expectation in it, but after looking around, it was obvious that there was nothing he wanted, and his face was very disappointed and said: "Wang Gongzi won't really sleep here at night, there are no ghosts here."