Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Dusty Past
I pulled the rotten master away from the place where Xu Wu was lying, and I had something I wanted to say to the rotten master alone.
When the rotten master saw me pulling him away, he probably guessed what I was going to ask him, and walked over and crossed his arms and waited for me to speak.
I thought about how to open my mouth in order to get to the origin of Xu Wu.
Master Fu seemed to be quite interested this time, and had been patiently waiting for me to speak, I looked at his deep eyes, and suddenly forgot what I was going to say.
Master Fu walked closer to me, stretched out his hand and patted me on the shoulder, like a comfort, like a reminder.
He asked rhetorically with a clear face: "You want to ask me about Xu Wu, right?" ”
I know that Master Fu has always been good at figuring out people's hearts, and I am not too surprised that he can guess my mind.
So I nodded solemnly, hoping that Master Rotten could give me a complete answer.
The rotten master paced around with his arms crossed, and at the same time his fingers tapped on it again and again, looking dull and rhythmic.
When he walked behind me, the rotten master suddenly spoke: "I only vaguely remember that he is a relative of the second brother, as if he bought the child from a trafficker." ”
When Master Fu said this, I suddenly remembered that when Xu Wu and I first met, I asked him, and he said that his father's surname was Chen, and he didn't have a surname.
I looked at the rotten master and had a bold guess: "Do you think he was sent by Uncle Yin..."
Before I finished speaking, the rotten master interrupted me: "No, the second brother is not the kind of person who comes in secret, and if it is really the person he arranged, he is also here to protect us, if we have an accident, won't it become a slap in the face of our own family?" ”
When the rotten master said this, I felt that I was a bit "living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain".
But no matter how you explain it, the piece of amber on Xu Wu's body appeared in a place where it shouldn't be.
I turned my head slightly, looked at their shadows in the distance, turned my head back again, and said to the rotten master, "It seems that some things will not be known until he wakes up." ”
After finishing speaking, Master Fu and I returned to our respective places with our own thoughts. Chen Ran looked at the two of us with a heavy heart, and came over to touch my shoulder: "What's wrong?" Why are you two depressed after talking for a long time? What are you talking about? ”
I looked at Chen Ran and thought to myself, as a member of my own family, he should have heard of this kind of case more or less. So I asked about Xu Wu with the mentality of trying.
Unexpectedly, I just asked casually, but Chen Ran only thought about it for a moment and said that he knew about it. With a face full of surprise, I called the rotten master over.
I tugged on the sleeve of the rotten master and said happily: "Rotten master, Chen Ran said that he knows!" ”
Of course, Master Fu thought that Chen Ran was joking, so he looked at him incredulously.
He first looked at Chen Ran's expression, and most of them guessed that there was some truth in what he said.
Master Fu first asked tentatively: "Do you know the adopted child?" ”
Chen Ran thought for a moment and said to the rotten master: "If it is the ones brought back by the Chen family, then we are talking about the same thing." ”
I don't know why, Chen Ran's words suddenly changed from "people" to "things", and I forced down my inner doubts and focused on his words.
Hearing this, the rotten master became a little interested, and it seemed that Chen Ran knew a lot. The rotten master raised his head at him and motioned for him to continue.
Chen Ran glanced at us first, and then said with some caution: "I heard that the child died later. ”
Lao Jiu, who heard this not far away, also joined our team, and he interjected between me and the rotten master to listen to our chat.
I couldn't tell what the expression on my face was, it looked like shock and confusion.
I didn't interject and listened to their conversations.
Fu Ye and Chen Ran gave me the feeling that it was as if two people were talking about different things, but I felt that there was a connection between them, and I had a very strange feeling.
The rotten master left his place and took two steps: "I happened to be sent out during that time, and I only heard about this matter slightly, and I don't know if what we know is the same thing. ”
Hearing this, my previous hunch was even stronger. So I didn't care about the rotten master's reaction, and said directly to them: "What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing?" ”
I saw that Chen Ran first looked at the rotten master tentatively, as if he was seeking his opinion. He slowly opened his mouth after seeing the rotten master nod.
According to the older generation, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chen family made their own way in Tianjin Wei because they were digging graves together with warlords.
It was when the family was flourishing that it suddenly withdrew from the stage of history, and the real reason for this is probably only clear to the ancestors of the Chen family.
Then the Chen family gradually declined, and moved from Tianjin to Heilongjiang. From then on, close the door and sweep the court.
But within a few years, the family ushered in a Miao Jiang person, who used inhuman means to bring the Chen family back to life. ”
Chen Ran said this, took out the kettle from his bag and drank a few sips, and after a short pause, he started talking again.
The reason why it is an inhuman means is because this person is good at Gu and needs to be "guided" by people, and it is said that later he also gave guidance to the patriarch at that time, and the Chen family escaped this catastrophe. ”
Speaking of this, Chen Ran stopped again, as if thinking about how to organize the language.
I carefully recalled in my mind, and I did know the first part of what Chen Ran said. Because before I went back to my home, Brother Dong did my homework for me.
But what he said later, I have never heard of it, and it is estimated that only my own family knows about it.
Seeing that Chen Ran was a little tired, he added on the side: "This Gu technique is said to be used as a medium.
And the human bi is to chop off the limbs of a person, gouge out the eyes, and inject copper into the ears to make them deaf. Drugs are poured into the throat, the tongue is cut off, and the vocal cords are damaged, making it unable to speak.
Then put it in the tank, and then put in thousands of poisonous insects, and finally eat all the insects and the one left becomes a Gu. ”
I pursed my lips and touched the goosebumps on my arm. Because the old wine couldn't listen to it, he had long gone away.
I don't know if it's because there are fewer people, I suddenly felt cold around me, I touched the back of my neck, and continued to listen to the rotten master.
Because this method is extremely cruel, of course no one in the family is willing to contribute their children, and for a while, the Chen family was panicked, for fear that they would become a thorn in their side.
So at that time, someone proposed to look for children outside, so that it was not the blood of the Chen family, and there was no need to worry about the decline of the family members.
Later, the Chen family looked for those children outside and named them "Zhi", so it is accurate to say that "Zhi" is not a child, but a code name.
They were destined to be sacrificed from the day they were brought home by the Chen family. ”
I listened to what they had to say and fell silent for a moment. As a member of the Chen family, the words of accusing them of their behavior are stuck in my mouth.
These words were in my throat, and I didn't say anything when I opened my mouth several times, and my heart felt like I had been pressed by a big stone, and I was a little out of breath.
I took a big breath, trying to calm my mind.