Before the old beggar could finish his words, I had already punched him in the face with an angry punch.

The old man's words were so irritating to me that I didn't want to believe it was true.

The old beggar slapped my fist to the side, snorted and said, "Can't accept such a fact? Well, I ask you, do you know why your cheap grandpa hid you in a coffin? Do you know why this longevity lock is placed on you? ”

"I don't know!"

I stared at him with red eyes, gritted my teeth and said, "Even if he wants to harm me, he is also my grandfather, you stinky and hungry for food dare to talk nonsense, I ......"

"Smack~"

The old beggar slapped me directly on the head, and said in a deep voice: "Boy, be sober, that old guy Zhou Zhenyao didn't adopt you with a good heart, he just wanted to use you to prevent disasters!" I've raised you for so many years, for today. Lao Tzu didn't understand it before, but now that he sees this longevity lock, he has almost guessed it. Originally, I thought that he hid you in the coffin because his conscience found out that he didn't want you to be involved, but now it seems that ...... Hey! ”

When he said this, the old beggar frowned slightly, looked at the other thing in the blue cloth bag in his hand, the folded parchment roll, and muttered something in a low voice, as if he was a little puzzled.

"This thing should be something taken out from the Lingnan Ancient Tomb, Zhou Zhenyao put this thing on your kid, did he want to borrow your hand and return it to the guy just now...... That's not right! Zhou Zhenyao's old fox couldn't compromise so easily! ”

As he spoke, the old beggar took open the folded parchment, and after only one glance at it, his eyes shrank sharply, and he hurriedly closed them, wrapped them up with the lock of life, and stuffed them into my bosom.

I could tell from the old beggar's face that he was a little frightened, as if he had seen something terrible.

Then the old beggar coughed lightly and said to me, "I know you don't believe Lao Tzu's words, it doesn't matter, you will understand when you return to the village after dawn!" Wait here now, don't go anywhere. ”

Before I could reply, the old beggar struck out and pressed me on the back of the neck.

A slight tingling sensation came, and my body could no longer move or speak.

The old beggar stretched his waist and lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

My mind was confused, and I didn't want to believe the old beggar's words, but my doubts about my grandfather were getting deeper and deeper.

My grandfather told me that my parents died in a car accident when I was very young, but there was no picture of my parents or anything like that in the house.

What happened to the goddess, the strange scene that happened at home in the past two days, etc., made my perception of grandpa change a lot.

My grandfather, who raised me since I was a child, really has no blood relationship with me?

He has raised me for so many years, is it really just to prevent disasters for him?

Time passed, and I stood here all night without closing my eyes, holding back a nameless fire in my heart, and I felt the urge to vent wildly.

At dawn, the sleeping old beggar suddenly rolled over, pulled out the black needle from the back of my neck, pulled me by the waist and hid behind the big rock, and looked towards the dirt pit.

There was a man standing by the pit, and it was my grandfather.

Grandpa's face was ugly, his clothes were a little torn, there were still some blood stains on his body, and his left arm was simply bandaged, as if he had broken a bone.

When I was about to shout, the old beggar covered my mouth and whispered in my ear, "Boy, don't say anything if you don't want to die." ”

The old beggar was so powerful that I couldn't break free, so I could only watch my grandfather leave.

Grandpa didn't go to Yashui Village, but went in another direction, and soon disappeared.

"Let's go, go back to the village!"

Ignoring my struggles, the old beggar grabbed my arm and walked towards Yashui Village.

A thick cloud of smoke drifted out from the direction of the village, and the village was noisy, and I didn't know what was going on, but I had a little bad feeling in my heart.

After entering the village, I found out that my house was on fire, and the fire was very large.

Neighbors helped put out the fire, and although the fire was eventually brought under control, my home was gone, and most of it was burned down.

I was stunned, my eyes were red, and I wanted to cry but I couldn't, because the old beggar told me that my grandfather had set the fire.

"Yanzi, what's going on? Why is your house on fire? What about the old man? ”

Zhou Dabao took the lead in running over, ignoring the old beggar beside me, and asked with great concern.

The other villagers looked at me with some pity, and many of them sighed, as if they thought that my grandfather had met with an accident at home.

The old beggar strode into the house that had been burned to ruins, and I didn't say anything to Dabao, but hurriedly followed.

In the hall, there were several charred corpses, exuding a stench of burning.

Although the bodies had been burned beyond recognition, I could still vaguely make out that they were the same people who had come to my house last night.

They were obviously not burned to death, and the necks of these people were all twisted, just like the big black dog and other domestic animals of the goddess's family.

Dabao and other villagers who were following me exclaimed, shouting to call the police or something.

The old beggar touched the charred corpses, found a few scaly things, and put them directly into his pocket. Then he wandered around the hall again, as if looking for something.

Dabao pulled me out of the hall and comforted me while asking me what the origin of the charred corpses in my room was, and they didn't look like my grandfather.

I shook my head, feeling bad, even a little confused, and didn't know what to say at this time.

After the old beggar came out of the hall, he asked in front of the onlookers and villagers, "Who has seen Zhou Yan's parents this kid?" ”

Many people were stunned, and they all looked at the old beggar with strange eyes, not knowing what the relationship between the old beggar and me was.

In the end, it was Dabao's mother who said that the people in the village had never seen my parents at all. When my grandfather carried me to Yashui Village when I was still in swaddling clothes, I also ate Dabao's mother's breast milk at that time.

I never knew about this, thinking of what the old beggar said before, my heart was a little darker!

Could it be that I was really adopted by my grandfather?

The old beggar didn't ask any more questions, and pulled me outside.

"Where are you going?"

I didn't struggle, I felt like I was dead.

The only one who is close to me is probably not related to me by blood, and the ultimate purpose of all these years of nurturing is to take advantage of me......

At the thought of this, I almost broke down.

Perhaps seeing the grief and sorrow in my heart, the old beggar whispered, "Don't you want to know how your father and mother are doing?" ”

A word, like a thunderbolt ringing in my ears, made me tremble violently.

I grabbed the old beggar by the arm and yelled shortly, "Where are they?" Tell me ......"

"Let's get out of here first!" The old beggar interrupted me dryly.

After leaving Yashui Village, the old beggar took me straight to the northwest and came to a ruined temple more than ten miles away from Yashui Village.

No matter how much I asked the old beggar about my parents, he wouldn't tell me, saying that it was not the right time.

I was a little skeptical that he was lying to me, but I couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in my heart, and my mood that had been gloomy because of my grandfather's affairs had improved slightly.

The old beggar took out some dry food and bottled water from under the altar of the ruined temple, told me to eat something and have a good rest, and said that he would take me to my parents tonight.

I was so excited that after eating and drinking a little food, I was eager to leave immediately.

However, probably because I didn't sleep all night last night, my brain suddenly became groggy, and I vaguely seemed to hear the old beggar muttering something like 'bait', and fell directly to the ground and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up, I found that it was getting late, and there were a few candles lit in the broken temple.

I subconsciously wanted to get up, but at this moment, my body stiffened suddenly, and I didn't dare to move.

"Hiss ......"

At some point, a lot of snakes appeared in this ruined temple, surrounding me, spitting letters, and feeling like they were ready to eat a big meal.

My scalp is numb and my heart trembles, where are so many snakes here?

What about the old beggars?

At this time, a slight sound of footsteps came from the door of the broken temple, and a man appeared at the door of the broken temple.

Half of his face was blackened and withered, one eye glowed green, and thin black scales on his arms, neck, and face......

It turned out to be the snake man I saw last night!