Following the old man into the house, Natsuhito saw candles lit on the table against the wall, but there were no light bulbs.

Only then did he understand why he couldn't see the scene inside from the window just now, such a dim candle flame, even if he walked in, he had to let his eyes get used to it for a while before he could see clearly.

Then by candlelight, the scene in the room slowly appeared in front of Xia Ren's eyes, the black furniture standing in the room, most of them were wooden, and the outside seemed to be covered with a layer of black pulp, they were definitely not this color originally, but I don't know how many years of destruction have taken before they have become what they are today.

Based on the style of the furniture, Natsuhito speculated that they were at least more than a hundred years old.

A cursory look around, there are many things like this old in the house, and there is a cave-like fireplace built on one wall, you must know that as early as the fifth hundred years of the New Era, when the world pattern was completely stabilized, and the rest of the countries disappeared, and only a supreme alliance government remained, this thing quickly disappeared from every household, unless those particularly wealthy families still insisted on using it, and ordinary people would not build such troublesome things in their homes at all.

Above the fireplace, there hung an oil painting, which was no younger than the other objects in the room as it could be seen from the wooden frame alone, but because of the angle, the candlelight could only illuminate the lower half of the painting, allowing Natsuhito to see that it was a figure painting, and the appearance of the figure in the painting was hidden in the darkness and could not be known.

What surprised Xia Ren even more was that next to the fireplace, there was a hand-spinning wheel, and the old lady wearing the same loose robe as the old man who opened the door was busy on the hand-spinning wheel, she was wearing a hat on her head, the brim of the hat was very low, and she was continuing her hand movements without saying a word, as if she was deaf to someone coming in the house.

Not to mention the five hundred years of the new era, even at the beginning of the new era, no one has used such backward tools for a long time.

The room seemed to be very damp, Xia Ren felt a little stuffy in his chest, and he couldn't breathe well, he tried to find out where the window was, but he saw a high-backed bench facing the window on the left, and the window was hung with a heavy curtain, completely blocking the faint snow light outside.

He looked at the high back of his chair, and he always felt that someone was sitting on it, but as soon as he remembered the many dark shadows he had just seen faintly outside the door, the thought of going up to check was stifled by him in the cradle.

Everything in this room made people feel extremely gloomy, and the fear that Xia Ren had just suppressed began to spread uncontrollably in his heart.

However, Yu Chen was not affected in the slightest, he was still looking around at the furnishings in the house with curious eyes, not knowing that his father-in-law was already trembling and almost wanted to leave first.

"The ......"

Yu Chen opened his mouth and just wanted to speak, when he suddenly realized that the old man next to him was mute.

Fortunately, the other party's ears are still easy to use, so he took out a pen and paper and wrote: "Dear young master, do you have any questions that need to be answered?" ”

Yu Chen smiled apologetically and said hesitantly: "I received an invitation to participate in the family ceremony, but there doesn't seem to be any ceremony going to be held here. ”

The old man still had the same expressionless face and wrote: "The ceremony is about to begin, and you will witness everything tonight." ”

"Ahem, ahem—"

Xia Ren didn't dare to talk directly to the old man, and reminded Yu Chen with his eyes.

The latter immediately understood and said, "I forgot to introduce, this is my father-in-law, who came with me, can I bring him to the ceremony?" ”

The old man turned his head and glanced at Xia Ren and wrote, "Please understand, respected young master, this ceremony is very important and can only be attended by people of your own clan, and it is best for your father-in-law to stay in this room and wait for the ceremony to end." It's also for your father-in-law's good. ”

Yu Chen looked at Xia Ren, his face a little embarrassed.

"It's fine."

Xia Ren shook his head.

Yu Chen then asked, "Can you prepare some food for us?" And water. ”

"Please wait."

Writing these words in his notebook, the old man turned and walked out of the room, and only father and son and the old lady who were busy in front of the old spinning wheel were silent.

Yu Chen didn't expect that the expected family gathering would turn out to be like this, there was no hospitality, no lively crowds, no waves of clansmen who came to confess their relatives, and there were just this ancient house and mute servants.

Xia Ren pulled him aside and said, "I'll join you in the ceremony later." ”

"Huh?"

Yu Chen was a little surprised: "But that person just now said that only clansmen can participate." ”

Xia Ren imitated Bill. Corleone's demeanor, his eyes widened, and he said, "With my legs on my own, who can control me?" ”

Yu Chen lowered his head and hesitated for a moment: "But ......"

Xia Ren sighed and said, "From the time I came here, until now, I haven't even seen the appearance of the rest of your clansmen, and I don't know how I can trust my daughter to you." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Chen could only be silent.

After half a sound: "That...... Okay, I'll talk to him later. ”

"No, you don't."

Xia Ren shook his head: "He definitely won't agree, so I went secretly myself." ”

He then thought about it again, after all, he was his son-in-law, although he was only the identity in the ancient dream, but he saw that this young man was not bad, and he could help him, so he said: "I don't think your people are like good things." ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ren glanced at the old lady in front of the spinning wheel, and after seeing that the other party did not react, he continued: "If I don't feel right tonight, I will call you, and we will leave here whatever we say, we can't let my daughter lose her lover at a young age." ”

Yu Chen was moved for a while, thinking that he was poor and white, and his father-in-law could still recognize him so much, and his nose suddenly became sour.

Xia Ren pondered for a few seconds, and then said: "It may be troublesome to call you to escape directly, so let's set a code, and when you hear this code, you will respond so that I can know your location." ”

"Hmm!"

Yu Chen nodded heavily: "But what code do you want to use, Heavenly King Cover Earth Tiger?" ”

Xia Ren touched the beard on his chin, thought about it again and again, and suddenly had an idea: "In this way, if I say crooked, you will return crookedly to Babu." ”

"Crooked than crooked, crooked than Bab ......"

Yu Chen repeated it, keeping it firmly in his heart.

Although this code is a bit awkward, and the meaning is unknown, I don't know how my father-in-law came up with it, but he doesn't care about it.

After nearly half an hour, the old man braved the wind and snow, brought some food from outside and returned to the house, and handed it to Yu Chen.

Yu Chen took the food and sent it to Xia Ren and asked him to eat it first.

Xia Ren looked at the things on the plate in front of him, which was obviously the meat taken from birds or some other beast, simply roasted over a fire, and there was still smoke and dust on the surface of the food, which looked very suspicious.

But they hadn't eaten since noon, and they had already been hungry after walking so far on the rough road, and the food smelled of meat, or at least something that could be eaten.

Xia Ren took a few pieces, put them in his mouth and chewed them twice, which were dry.

He thought it might take a lot of energy to spend the night, so he forced himself to swallow.

After a struggling dinner, the old man pointed to the other corner of the room and motioned for them to sit down in the chair.

In front of the chair was a table with a large number of books piled up, and then the old man wrote in his notebook, "Please wait patiently for a few hours" and went out of the room.

Xia Ren walked to the table, picked up a book and looked at the cover.

It reads: Ritual of Corpse Food