We were extremely disappointed when we came out of the hospital, and rushed all the way to Liaodong, but the clue was interrupted by a delirious old man, but since Du Yi asked us to find Ji Yijie, this person should not be as simple as a storyteller.

Gong Jue said that he had to find out the details of Ji Yijie, and he happened to come out of the hospital, although Ji Tianhua was sad because of his father's illness, he was very enthusiastic about us, saying that he was a guest from afar, and he also had the heart to make a special trip to see Ji Yijie, and invited us to his house for a homely meal, which was regarded as the friendship of the landlord.

We just happened to know about Ji Yijie's situation, and we didn't shirk and agreed, and when we returned to the fishing village, Ji Tianhua asked my daughter-in-law to be busy cooking, and he sat in the hall with us and chatted.

"When did Uncle Ji become ill?" I asked.

"It's been three years younger." Ji Tianhua said while pouring water for us. "It was good before, but I didn't see anything, I committed it when I said I was guilty, and I haven't seen any improvement after so long."

"I saw that Uncle Ji was quite normal when he was talking in the hospital, how could he suddenly be so sick?" Ling Zhihan asked.

"That's a long story." Ji Tianhua put down the water bottle, took out a cigarette and lit it.

He told us the ins and outs of the whole thing, Ji Yijie is a storyteller, he has a good reputation in the local area, and if there is a happy event in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, if there is a happy event, he will be invited to go over and say the last paragraph, to make a scene, before Ji Yijie fell ill, he was a hot lord in the local area, and he had to come a few months in advance to invite him.

The incident happened three years ago, Ji Tianhua said that his grandfather was still alive at that time, but he was sick in bed, and he had seven or eight years before and after, once, Ji Yijie was invited to a fishing village far away to tell a story, and it took a week to go back and forth, who knew that not long after the front foot walked, Ji Tianhua's grandfather suddenly became critically ill.

Before he died, he didn't care about anything, he had to rush Ji Yijie back, probably because he wanted to see each other again before closing his eyes, so he left and sent someone to inform Ji Yijie, who knows, in the end, the old man still didn't wait for Ji Yijie to come back.

"My dad is a well-known filial son, and my grandfather couldn't be there before he died, and he has always been haunted by it."

"Your grandfather died, and Uncle Ji didn't have time to come back......" Gong Jue frowned. It's because of this that Uncle Ji is sick? ”

"No, before my grandfather died, he probably knew that my father couldn't come back, so he kept pointing to a wall, and at that time my grandfather was speechless, muttering something in his mouth, and no one could hear clearly."

"Pointing to the wall? I guess there's something behind the wall. Gong Jue said.

Ji Tianhua nodded, took a sip of water and continued, at first, no one understood the meaning of the old man's action, and everyone was waiting for Ji Yijie to come back in a panic until the old man's funeral was dealt with.

Ji Yijie asked the old man what he had to explain before leaving, Ji Tianhua, who had been guarding the old man's side, remembered that action, and told Ji Yijie about it, and then he really dug something out of the wall.

"Dig up things, most of them are your family's ancestral treasures, the old man is willing to say it before he dies." Tian Ji's eyes are shining again.

"What a baby, our family has relied on the sea to eat the sea for generations, and they all fish for a living, how can there be a baby." Ji Tianhua shook his head with a smile.

"What did you dig up?" Ling Zhihan was a little anxious.

"A bamboo stick." Ji Tianhua made no secret of it.

"Bamboo sticks?" I frowned, according to Ji Tianhua's recollections, before his grandfather died, he had to ask Ji Yijie to come back, I'm afraid it was not just as simple as wanting to see the last side, so cautious to explain extremely important things, and it was hidden in the wall, but it was just a bamboo stick. "What kind of bamboo sticks?"

"Just the general bamboo sticks, the size is the same as the bamboo sticks in the temple, at the beginning, we also thought that grandpa did not leave something valuable, but after looking at it for a long time, there is nothing on the bamboo stick except for carving a monkey standing on the stone, oh, there is a pinhole in the middle of the bamboo stick."

"Then, is Uncle Ji's illness related to this bamboo stick?" Tian Ji asked.

Ji Tianhua nodded, sighed heavily and continued, after finding the bamboo stick, everyone also pondered for a while, and then because there was no result, no one paid attention anymore, but at that time, according to Ji Tianhua's recollections, his father seemed to be a little wrong.

"What's the mystery of the bamboo stick?" The palace lord asked seriously.

"My dad used to tell people stories, rain or shine, but since he found the bamboo stick, my dad has been locking himself in the room, in a trance all day long, and he doesn't talk to him, often sleepless all night, just walking back and forth in the room, still muttering something."

We looked at each other, originally wanting to hear some useful news from Ji Tianhua's mouth, but it felt more and more like listening to ghost stories, according to Ji Tianhua's description, Ji Yijie at that time was like running into evil and provoking ghosts.

"And then?" Gong Jue hurriedly asked.

"Later, things got worse and worse, and my dad often went to Zushan alone."

The ancestral mountain is the meaning of the ancestral grave, and we are even more confused, Tian Ji scratched his head and asked: "Uncle Ji, why did he run into the cemetery for no reason?" ”

"I don't know, I asked him, but my dad didn't say anything, until one night, it rained heavily, I got up at night to go to the thatched house, and saw the footprints on the ground without shoes, I knew that something was wrong again, my dad ran out without even wearing shoes, and the people in the village helped to find my dad for a long time, and found my dad in Zushan." The more Ji Tianhua spoke, the deeper his voice became. "Because the road was slippery and dark, when I found him, his head fell on the stone, but fortunately he found it in time, and his life was to pick it up, but man has been crazy since then."

"Speaking of which, Uncle Ji is suddenly abnormal, it should really have something to do with that bamboo stick." I thought for a moment and looked at Ji Tianhua. "If it's convenient for you, can you show us the bamboo sticks?"

"You want to see it." Ji Tianhua looked a little embarrassed.

"We're just curious, we don't mean anything else, just forget if it's inconvenient." The palace lord observed the words and hurriedly explained.

"No, in this poor mountain and remote fishing village, there are still things that can't be seen, after my father's accident, the bamboo stick was thrown aside, and no one paid attention, you wait, I'll look for it, and I don't know where to throw it."

Ji Tianhua smiled calmly, rummaging around as he spoke, looking at his busy figure, we couldn't cry or laugh, we couldn't remember where to put such an important thing.

"Do you see where the bamboo skewer that my dad kept pounding before he got sick?" Finally, I heard Ji Tianhua ask his daughter-in-law who was still cooking.

"The table for eating is unstable, so I use it to cushion the table legs." A woman's voice came from inside.

Ji Tianhua squatted under us, and it took a long time to take out a bamboo skewer from under the table leg, wipe it clean on his body, and then hand it to us with a smile: "It's this bamboo skewer." ”

I hurriedly took it, it was indeed a very ordinary bamboo stick, but the carved ornament on it, I only glanced at it, and I sighed in my heart, in front of Ji Tianhua, I couldn't say anything, it just so happened that his daughter-in-law called him to help in the kitchen, and after he left, I carefully put the bamboo stick on the table.

"The monkey and stone carving on the bamboo skewer are meticulous, the carving process is from the Qin Dynasty, this bamboo skewer is an object from 2,000 years ago, the old man of the Ji family is still thinking about this thing before he dies, I am afraid that it is not just a bamboo skewer."

"Du Yi's purpose is very clear, it is for us to find the Moon Palace Nine Dragons Boat, he provided Ji Yijie's file to us, this person should also be related to the Moon Palace Nine Dragons Boat, but Ji Yijie is just a storyteller, if it weren't for him, could it be that Du Yi wanted us to track down this bamboo stick?" Tian Ji said.

"The bamboo skewer is from the Qin Dynasty, and the underground altar we found in the Aoki River is also from the Qin Dynasty, coincidentally, there is a feather dragon pattern in the altar of the Aoki River, and this bamboo skewer is also from the Qin Dynasty, is there really a connection between this?" The palace lord muttered to himself.

I was silent and thought for a moment, when Gu Tao and Feng Cheng were separated, he went to Liaodong alone to track down the whereabouts of another piece of He's Bi, according to our speculation, the other He's Bi should be in the hands of a man named Hou Gong.

This person once went to the East China Sea for Qin Shi Huang to seek immortals, and Hou Gong was in Liaodong before crossing to the east, and was ordered by Qin Shi Huang for ten years.

"This bamboo skewer looks at the ornaments and utensils just coincide with that period, could it be that this bamboo skewer has a mystery about the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace." I said thoughtfully.

"Even if this bamboo stick has nothing to do with the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, the old man of the Ji family only explained it before he died, it can be seen that this thing is not small, and there may be treasures." Tian Ji poked his head over, lowered his voice and danced with his eyebrows.

"What is not a treasure, live a down-to-earth life, my dad is an honest and responsible person, in the end it is still because of the treasure, you can take this bamboo stick away if you like it, I don't want it, I have already harmed my dad, I don't want to keep it and harm my family." Before Tian Ji's words were finished, Ji Tianhua, who was holding a steamed salted fish, came out and said.

"Treasure? What treasure? The palace lord looked up at him seriously.

"You want to know?" Ji Tianhua put the dishes on the table, sat down with a smile, and lit a cigarette for himself. "It's a legend, anyway, I didn't believe it, when I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that the Ji family is a big surname here, and all of them are blood relatives of our Ji family within a radius of 100 miles, don't look at us are all fishermen who rely on the sea to eat the sea, a long time ago, our ancestors also had big names."

"Jinxi's surname Ji's ......" I frowned, I have been familiar with the county chronicles since I was a child, but there is no record of prominent people here. In which dynasty and which generation did the ancestors have high-ranking officials, and what position did the officials worship? ”

"Not an official." Ji Tianhua shook his head.

"Why is that prominent?" I asked.

Ji Tianhua took a deep puff of cigarette, glanced at us, and replied seriously.

"Our Ji family once had immortals."

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