Chapter 28: Stone Tablet! Stele! (below)
The village chief smiled awkwardly, and then glared at Zhou Yi and Guo Tu fiercely: "I didn't see you guys!" Hurry out and wait. ”
Li Heng was speechless: "Village chief, you too, don't stare at me."
The village chief nodded like a dog: "I know, I know, you eat slowly."
But there were a few of them outside, how could Li Heng get up quickly, and finally waited for Li Heng to finish eating, and the village chief and the others ran in with another gust of wind, and then surrounded Li Heng.
"I'm done eating, can you tell me what happened to you these two days?" Li Heng asked.
The village chief touched his white beard, then coughed dryly twice and said, "I'll tell you." Child, you may not know it, but there is more than one inheritance in the village.
In the lineage, there is not only a description of the village, but also the characters on the east side of the village and in the center of the village. ”
When Li Heng heard this, he asked with some confusion: "But didn't you say that you don't know those two words, village chief?"
"Yes, although the ancestors did leave those things, they hesitated for too long, and they were not properly preserved, so ......" The village chief wanted to explain to Li Heng.
"Alas, village chief, I'll tell you." Guo Tu interrupted the village chief's words, and then said, "Actually, it's not that it is mispreserved.
At that time, the children who escaped were all children, and when they wanted to rebuild the village, they couldn't remember the words on the east side of the village.
All the ancestors took great pains to come up with only about a quarter of the font shape.
And the most terrible thing is that they have forgotten the pronunciation of the words. Just remember a rough idea.
Later generations began to guess those two words, but there was no progress. That's about it. ”
The village chief coughed embarrassedly: "Xiaotu, I can save some face for my ancestors."
Guo Tu nodded: "I know, but we have to let him know that history, don't we?"
The village chief hesitated: "Okay, but you can be tactful when you say it again."
Li Heng understood a little after listening to the words of the two of them, it turned out that there were still records in the village, but they just didn't remember them all.
But he still had some questions: "Uncle Guo, since you know this, why do you still want me to read those ancient characters?"
Guo Tu sighed: "In fact, all ancient characters have evolved from more ancient characters, so the village chief wants to try to see if he can find a breakthrough from ancient characters."
But when I saw your handwriting, I knew we had failed. There is at least two generations of difference between the ancient characters and the words on the stone tablets, and there is no similarity at all. ”
"I see." Li Heng nodded, and he understood: "Then the village chief, you came here today, did you think of other ways?"
The village chief patted Li Heng on the shoulder: "It's quite smart." We are here today to tell you some of the speculations of our ancestors, hoping to help you somewhat. ”
Li Heng nodded, indicating that he knew, of course, what he didn't know was that this would make him likely to forget the words in his mind at any time.
"Then we're going to get started." The village chief said solemnly.
Li Heng saw that the people around him became serious, and he began to be a little nervous unconsciously.
The village chief saw it, but he didn't say it explicitly. Instead, he said, "Attention, that word is first!"
Li Heng thought about it for a moment, then shook his head.
……
After the tenth word, Li Heng was still shaking his head, but what frightened him was that with the words of the village chief, he had less and less impression of that word, and now he actually felt that he was about to forget.
When Li Heng said how he felt, the village chief didn't have a superfluous expression, as if they had known it for a long time.
Thinking of this possibility, Li Heng exclaimed in surprise, "Village chief, you already know about this kind of thing?" ”
The village chief nodded: "Of course, otherwise what would we do to you so well, we are afraid that you will accidentally forget, but it is also surprising that you can remember such things."
Although it failed in the end, thank you kid, at least you give us hope. ”
In the end, the village chief said that the loss on his face was clearly visible, and he understood that one more time, after one time, Li Heng would definitely forget that word.
"Alas, the wish of our village for generations may not be fulfilled in our generation." Guo Tu also felt very lost, obviously they had worked hard for so long.
Li Heng scratched his head and said with a smile: "Village chief, haven't I forgotten yet?" We'll try a few more times. ”
The village chief opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Li Heng's insistent expression, he didn't say anything: "Okay, the eleventh word: head."
Li Heng tried hard to remember and recall, but he still shook his head in disappointment, but he was also happy that the words that had been blurred in his mind had not completely dissipated.
Seeing Li Heng's expression, the village chief continued: "The twelfth word......"
……
The village chief said ten more words, but they still didn't match, and the words in Li Heng's mind were even more blurred, as if he would forget them in the next second.
"Forget it, kid, you've done your best, it's no wonder, forget it." The village chief looked at Li Heng's headache expression when he tried to recall, and said.
"It's okay, village chief, this is the wish of your ancestors, you have helped me so much, I will definitely ......" Li Heng's words became smaller and smaller, and in the end he couldn't hear it anymore.
The village chief was so shocked that they all surrounded him, and they all showed nervous expressions on their faces.
But after waiting for a while, Li Heng didn't speak, and the village chief and the others became even more nervous.
When the village chief and they were getting closer and closer, and they were about to stick to Li Heng, Li Heng jumped up, and he shouted: "I know, I know, it's the ancestor, that word is the ancestor."
Li Heng's actions made everyone retreat in shock, but his words shocked the village chief and them into sweating, it turned out to be the ancestral character, which they intentionally or unintentionally ignored.
The village chief, they don't know what to say, marvel at the greatness of Daowen? It's obviously just one of the incarnations, but it makes them unintentionally ignore it and dare not mention it.
"Quick, quick! Write it down. Yang Hu reacted the fastest, he picked up the words on the table and put them in front of Li Heng, and said.
"Yes, yes, write it down." The village chief was not slow to react, and they were all afraid that Li Heng would forget about it again.
Li Heng smiled bitterly, picked up the pen and paper that Yang Hu had brought over, and then began to write.
The familiar pressure is coming again, but it can't be compared to the last one.
However, Li Heng's writing this time was even more difficult, there were too many strokes of the ancestral character than the human character, and Li Heng finally finished writing the last painting, and then fell.