Our Honghe village is located in a plain area, and there are very few earthquakes, and even if an earthquake occurs, it is only a slight shaking.

But this earthquake was different, it was very strong, and many old brick houses collapsed.

Although there were no casualties, the earthquake caused the Red River to overflow, flooding farmland and drowning most of the crops.

Not only the village suffered, but also the ruined temple of the Red River was not spared, turning into ruins overnight, and there was an additional hole in the ground.

The entrance to the cave is not too big, one person wide, and there is granite underneath.

A few brave villagers suspected that there was a treasure under the cave, and dug up overnight, and actually dug up a small ancient tomb for them.

Due to the earthquake, the ancient tomb has been cracked, and the villagers have carried out a black bronze coffin carved with a phoenix from inside.

The villagers all said that the coffin was so beautiful, and there must be a lot of valuable treasures inside.

Dad suspected that this was the coffin of the Holy Maiden of the Red River, and tried his best to prevent the villagers from opening the coffin.

In the end, the village chief came, he said that the excavated cultural relics belonged to the state, and no one could touch them, and he had reported it to the county, and experts would come to deal with it soon.

The villagers were bored, scolded and scattered, and some people even said that the village chief was stupid and didn't want to let go of the opportunity to make a fortune.

The village chief Yu was afraid that there would still be villagers worried about the contents of the coffin, so he and my father decided to carry the coffin to my firewood room first.

Ever since the coffin entered my house, there has been an endless stream of people coming to the door, and some people even suggested that my father secretly open the coffin and sell the jewelry inside.

My dad is recognized as a good man in the village, and this time he rarely got angry, scolded him, and drove away all the people who had bad ideas.

As soon as the villagers left, my house was quiet.

I looked around the bronze coffin several times, except that the pattern was more beautiful, and the cold air was heavier, and I didn't see anything special.

"Dad, is this really the coffin of the Holy Maiden of the Red River?"

Instead of answering my question, my dad ran back to his room and pulled out an old yellowed booklet.

"Xiao Yan, didn't you ask me how I knew about the Holy Maiden of the Red River, today it's time to tell you, this is the manuscript of our old Zhao family's ancestral training, passed on to me by your grandfather."

It's the first time I've grown up and I've ever known I have such a thing in my house.

Zu Xun has been around for some years, and it is all traditional characters, which looks very tiring.

The ancestor who left the ancestral training was called Zhao Yi, who died in 1388 at the age of 45, and was the righteous son of the general Xu Dashui before his death.

There is not much content in the ancestral teachings, and it roughly tells the deeds of the Holy Maiden of the Red River.

To put it simply, the ancestor Zhao Yi and the Honghe Holy Maiden were childhood sweethearts, and the two had no guesses, but Zhang Lie's ghost was haunted, and the Honghe Holy Maiden volunteered to sacrifice alive and started the demon sealing array and died.

Zhao Yi stayed by the temple of the Holy Maiden, although he married a wife and had children, he still missed him day and night, was depressed, and finally died young.

Before his death, Zhao Yi left an ancestral teaching, all descendants of the Zhao family should take the eldest son as a slave and always stay next to the temple of the Holy Maiden as a tomb keeper.

Dad said that the ancestral training is actually more than this, due to the domestic turmoil in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the original rubbings were lost, and these contents were written by Grandpa Tai.

No wonder my father said that there is a huge disparity between me and the identity of the Holy Maiden of the Red River, it turns out that our Zhao family is just the grave keeper of the Holy Maiden's tomb, and if you say a little farther, you are just the adopted son of the Holy Maiden's family.

"Dad, why didn't you tell me these things earlier."

"The era is different, I discussed with your mother, and I plan to let the inheritance of the tomb keeper end in my hands, who knows that you provoke Zhang Cuihua, I have to take you to ask the saint."

Speaking from the heart, I am resistant to being a grave keeper, what age is it now, and I still play this set of inheritance.

But about the Holy Maiden of the Red River, I am very grateful, if she hadn't made a move, my father and I would have seen Hades a long time ago.

"Dad, is this really the coffin of the Holy Maiden of the Red River?"

"It shouldn't be wrong, the problem is a little difficult to deal with now, someone is about to come to the city immediately, we, as the tomb keepers, must not hand over the body of the saint to them."

Dad is right, the saint is kind to us, and I don't want her body to be taken away by the relevant departments and taken back for scientific research.

What to do?

There is only one way, open the coffin and hide the body.

I told my thoughts, but my father didn't object, but our father and son studied for a long time, but they couldn't find a way to open the coffin.

The lid of the bronze coffin was very fastened, and we fumbled for a long time to find a live buckle.

If the coffin is forcibly opened, it will be clear at a glance that we have done something.

Dad said that the Holy Maiden of the Red River had seen me, and maybe I could communicate with the Holy Maiden and ask her where the coffin was held.

This method is feasible, but before I can act, the village chief Yu came to the door with two men and a woman.

The lead man was in his fifties, bald, bespectacled, and identified himself as Professor Lu of Los Angeles University, who was accompanied by two young men, a man and a woman.

The appearance of the man is twenty-four or five, he looks good, he is 1.85 meters tall, and his body is strong, and he looks like he exercises regularly.

The girl is eighteen or nineteen years old, with a round face, big eyes, quite cute, with two braids, not tall, always pestering men, a senior brother.

Village Chief Yu pointed to the bronze coffin and said, "Professor Lu, this is the bronze coffin dug up under the broken temple of the Red River, no one has touched it!" ”

Professor Lu nodded slightly, motioning for all of us to stay away for a moment, saying that he would take a closer look at the bronze coffin.

My dad wouldn't leave, saying that this was our house and that it was our freedom to stay somewhere.

I know my father's thoughts, he is afraid that Professor Lu will disturb the body of the Holy Maiden of the Red River.

Village Chief Yu pulled my dad aside and said that it was just a coffin, nothing to look at, and Professor Lu was a big man in the city, so don't offend others.

My dad wanted to say a few more words, but the young man suddenly rushed over and slapped my dad on the shoulder, and the powerful aura shook my dad back a few steps, just stopping at the door of the firewood room.

"How do you beat people!" I glared at the man and hurriedly went over to help my dad.

"Hmph, what is it to beat someone, I don't care if I kill someone, Young Master Ben is in a good mood today, don't worry about you pariahs, hurry up, don't hinder me from marrying a wife."

Wive?

I suddenly had a bad premonition,

I'm afraid this group of people didn't just come to get the coffin.

"Xiao Zhu, you talk too much, this is someone else's house, you should speak politely."

"Old man Lu, who is your name Xiao Zhu, the old man respects you, that's his business, be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth, and no one knows if you die on the street."

The man was not only unkind to my father, but also disrespectful to Professor Lu, and I don't know where the rich second generation came from, so arrogant.

But then again, it's just a matter of studying cultural relics, and the surname Zhu comes with a few meanings, and he doesn't look like a scientific researcher.

Professor Lu was obviously very unhappy, but he did not have a seizure, and seemed to be very jealous of the surname Zhu.

I'm not the kind of person who is bullied to the point where I don't say anything, and when I see my father's face pale when he is beaten, I can't get angry.

I was about to open my mouth to scold, but my father gently pulled me.

"Xiao Yan, don't be impulsive, that person is very powerful, I may not have beaten him if I wasn't injured, you are not an opponent, let's go out first and see the situation!"

My dad said so, and I had to endure it.

We left the firewood house with Village Chief Yu, and the girl who was with me gave me a blank look, pouted, shook her head, and closed the door of the firewood room.

Walking outside the door, my father asked the village chief what the hell was the origin of these people.

The village chief Yu said that he didn't know, he reported the matter of the ancient tomb to the county, and the county reported it to the city, and then the deputy mayor called him personally and asked him to receive Professor Lu and his party well and meet all the requirements of Professor Lu.

Professor Lu is a big man, and he can't afford to offend a small village head, so he can only wronged us.

If you are wronged, you can be wronged, although we can't get in, we can still see what Professor Lu is doing in the firewood room through the window.

Professor Lu first observed for a while, then touched the coffin several times, and then nodded heavily and pointed to the bronze coffin.

The man surnamed Zhu had a disdainful expression on his face, and took the small red notebook handed over by the girl, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

I asked my dad what he was doing, and he motioned for me not to speak.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at me in surprise.

"Xiao Yan, I know a little lip reading, the surname Zhu should be holding a traditional marriage book in his hand, he is the same as you, this is proposing to the Holy Maiden of the Red River!"