Heavy rain pours down to welcome the second guest

The case of the old past

Heavy rain came in an instant.

The torrential rain poured down like a waterfall, washing the earth, as if it was going to wash away all the dust and filth of this world in an instant.

But when it rained heavily, we were already in front of the tiled house.

Fortunately, the owner of the house didn't turn the two of us away.

Even better, when we entered, the owner of this room was eating.

The one who welcomed us into the room was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, very beautiful, with the temperament of a lady, and she looked a little Tang Wei.

She loves to talk and laugh, and she smiles before every time she speaks.

I like to see her laugh because her smile is like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day, which can shine into people's hearts and illuminate people's hearts.

After she led us into the dining room, she smiled and said to me, "Wait here for a while!" The meal will be served in a moment, so you can stay and have a bite to eat! ”

After saying that, he ran down with a smile and prepared dinner.

And I walked around the living room and looked around.

Although this tiled house looks inconspicuous from the outside, it is very elaborately furnished inside.

The table of the Eight Immortals of Golden Silk Nanmu, the Taishi chair of Golden Silk Nanmu, the screen of Golden Silk Nanmu, and even the windows are all made of the most expensive Golden Silk Nanmu on the market.

Not only that, there are also a lot of ink paintings hanging in the living room, although many of them are from the hands of famous artists, but one of them is a famous painting that has been auctioned for hundreds of millions of dollars, and then stolen and disappeared, Tang Bohu's "Hundred Birds and Phoenix".

The most important thing is that the painting is actually genuine.

"You know how to draw?" Just as I was staring at this picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, suddenly a voice came from behind me.

The voice was old, and the man was even older, so old that I almost thought he had crawled out of the coffin.

He was not very tall, skinny, and his skin was dark and shiny, but his hair was white and free of impurities.

When I turned around, I saw the old man, who was staring at me intently.

"I don't know how to draw! I just think this painting is very beautiful! I said with a smile.

"It's beautiful! This was painted by my girl when she was fifteen years old, and it's also one of my favorites! The old man said with a smile.

"Oh? Is this what your daughter is saying? "I think I have a unique acuity for identifying these things, and I rarely look away, and Tang Bohu's paintings have a special pause at the end of each brushstroke, which is one of his hallmarks, and I can't be wrong about that alone.

But why did the old man deliberately say that this painting was painted by his daughter?

Is there some secret in this?

"That's right! It was painted by a little girl! She's had a talent for it since she was a child! Many people who have seen this painting think that it is genuine. Hahaha! The old man laughed.

"I see! It's really good, I don't have much research on it, but I really think she paints great! I said with a smile.

"Hahaha!" The old man smiled, and smiled kindly.

Any father will smile like this when he hears someone praise his daughter, even if you are the overlord of one side, a successful businessman, or even a political leader, as long as you have a daughter, as long as someone praises your daughter, you will smile like this.

The old man was smiling, looking at me with a smile, and after a long time, he said slowly, "The meal is ready, you shouldn't have eaten yet!" Why don't we have a light meal together? ”

Sure enough, the meal was already on the table.

However, the light meal that the old man said was not really a light meal.

It's a good banquet.

The dishes are the best north-south feast, roast duck in Beijing, brine duck in Nanjing, boiled meat in Sichuan, cured meat in Guangdong, sweet and sour carp in Shanxi, braised sea cucumber with green onion in Shandong, white fungus pigeon eggs in clear soup in Henan, and five-spice roast chicken in Hebei.

More than 20 plates, large and small, slapped a large table.

Wine is the best aged Wuliangye, and the lid of the wine bottle has just been opened, and the room is instantly filled with the aroma of wine.

The cup is made of jade, green and crystal clear.

Good wine with a good glass has been a kind of attention of good wine people since ancient times.

In their eyes, attention is the fundamental, and the fundamental is really exquisite.

And it was such a table of dishes, a table of wine, but in the old man's mouth, it turned into an ordinary light meal.

"Please!" The old man poured the wine into a jade cup and handed it to me.

"Thanks!" I took the cup and drank it down, then sighed, "Good wine!" ”

"Good wine, of course!" The old man laughed. "Eat vegetables!"

I took a bite of boiled beef and put it in my mouth, the meat was tender and smooth, and the pepper was fragrant, don't look at this family is in the deep mountains in the north, but this dish uses authentic Sichuan green rattan peppers, and it is the top and rarest six green rattan peppers just when they are ripe.

I took a deep breath and let the aroma of meat and pepper echo between my lips and teeth for a while before blurting out, "Good dish!" Daintily! ”

The old man smiled, still smiling happily, feeling that he was suddenly dozens of years younger.

Most people who invite guests to dinner are like this, he wants the best for his guests, and he wants them to feel good. Therefore, when you praise his wine and his food, the host will often be very happy.

"I haven't had a guest here for more than ten years, and since we have the fate to meet here today, we naturally want to have a good meal and drink." The old man smiled and raised his glass.

"Thank you!" I raised my glass and drank it down.

"But, I wonder why you two came to this place?" The old man looked at me and Xue Qing and asked.

Xue Qing didn't speak, she just lowered her head and drank the wine in the cup, like an authentic drunkard who saw the most authentic wine in the world, and there was no one else in her eyes, only the glass of wine in her hand.

"The two of us are lost, and it's raining, so we came here, it's really disturbing, I hope the old man will forgive me." The serum doesn't speak, and it can only be me who speaks.

"What are the words! Since we are here, we are fate. The old man smiled: "But I don't know where you two are going?" ”

"We're going to Wanfuyuan!" I smiled.

"Wanfuyuan?" After hearing this, the old man's expression immediately changed, and he became a little frightened and a little incredible.

"Well, that's right! Any questions? I asked.

"You're going to Wanfu Garden, which isn't too far from here?" The old man still didn't believe his ears, so he asked again.

"That's right! It's the five-in, five-out mansion, Wanfuyuan! I replied.

"Where are you going?" The old man asked.

"Go find one person, and pick two people out!" I said.

I didn't lie, because I didn't want to lie to an old man who had helped me in a critical moment and served me with good wine and food.

"Are you sure there will be someone waiting for you in the Garden of Ten Thousand Blessings?" The old man looked at me suspiciously.

"I'm sure!" I looked at the old man and asked, "Do you have any questions?" Or is there something wrong with that Wanfuyuan? ”

"You don't know that story?" Speaking of this, the old man suddenly asked me inexplicably.

"The story? What's the story? What is the story about? I asked.

"Nature is the story of Wanfuyuan!" The old man sighed as he spoke, and looked into the distance.

"I haven't heard this story, and to be honest, I only found out about such a place yesterday." I smiled helplessly, and then said, "I wonder if the old man can tell me this story?" ”

"Absolutely!" The old man drank all the wine in his cup as he spoke.

He looked out the window at the rain curtain as if he were looking far away, at the distant past, and after a long time, he continued: "It happened twenty-five years ago." ”

"Twenty-five years ago?" I asked.

"Yes! Twenty-five years ago! The old man nodded and said: "At that time, just after the reform and opening up, this land had not developed too fast, and it was still living a very traditional life. Wanfuyuan is a large family in the local area, with a total of 217 people outside the home. What exactly they do, no one knows, only that the surname of this family is Mu, even in the most special days, the government has nothing to do with them. Their house is always lifeless, and these people never have contact with the outside world, but only come out once a week to buy necessities, but even then they rarely talk to outsiders, so the local people don't like their house very much. ”

"And then?" I asked.

"Their family has been living like this, very wealthy, seemingly in a state of indisputability. Until one day twenty-five years ago......" said the old man, pausing.

"What's wrong? What happened? I hurriedly asked.

"Until that day, the 217 people in this Garden of Ten Thousand Blessings were slaughtered overnight, and not a single one was left alive." The old man's voice had begun to tremble a little, and his fists were clenched, as if his heart trembled violently with every word he spoke.

"What was wiped out overnight?" I asked, surprised.

"Yes! Died overnight! Even a three-year-old child is in a different place. The old man sighed.

"Who did this?" I asked hurriedly.

"It's a bunch of bandits! There were thirteen of them in total, and no one knew that they were on the willow, but I heard that they wanted to get something hidden by the Mu family in Wanfuyuan, so they destroyed the Mu family in a fit of anger. The old man took a sip of wine and continued: "After they finished killing people, in order to destroy the evidence, they set a fire to this Wanfu Garden. The fire burned for three days and three nights, and thick black smoke could be seen four or five miles away. But ......"

"But what?" I asked hurriedly.

"But on the third day, it suddenly began to rain in the sky, and it rained heavily!" The old man looked at the rain outside and said leisurely, "It's like rain like this now." ”

"After the rain?" I asked.

"It's surprising in this rain. It rained heavily for three days and three nights, and the fire was naturally extinguished. However, when people returned to this garden of blessings again, they found that there was no trace of burning in it at all, and the scene of corpses and rivers of blood flowing everywhere had disappeared, leaving only six dead people who fell on the trees. ”

"Six dead people who fell from a tree? The 217 people who died tragically are gone? I asked, surprised.

"That's right! The Mu family was gone, whether dead or alive, only those six people. The old man said, "And these six people are the same people who slaughtered the Mu family a few days ago. A short knife was inserted in their hearts, and there were four big words written on the ground. ”

"Short knives?" When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel shocked.

"Yes! I haven't seen it before, but I've heard that it was a very valuable knife, and the handle is said to be made of ivory. However, no one dared to take it even if it was valuable. Because since that day, people often bump into ghosts near Wanfuyuan. They all said that it was the Mu family who came to ask for their lives, so I wondered why someone was waiting for you there. ”