Chapter 17: Aging
We act separately, in fact, there are not many buildings that are really intact, you can see the head at a glance, like this kind of place, there is really little hope for people to live, but subconsciously, I think Tie Lei Zhang will not lie to me, I haven't practiced anything else in the past two years, but looking at people, I am at least ** not far from ten.
Soon, I was the only one left, the houses here were all wooden structures, the floors were made of hard loess, I went around to look for it, there was not even a single furniture left in it, apparently the owner had moved away a long time ago.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the white rooster cry again: "Come here, there's something in here." The sound came from a room far away from me, I ran over there, and saw Tongzi, Gray Mouse, and Ma Si also rushing out of the other rooms, and the four of us connected, and Tongzi said, "Master, I didn't find anything." I looked at Grey Mouse and Ma Si, who shook their heads at the same time.
So we immediately ran towards the location of the white chicken.
As soon as you enter, the inside is pitch black, this old house is slightly better than the other buildings, at least the tiles are tighter, and because of this, the sun can't get in at all. The white rooster came out of a room and gestured at us, motioning for us to come over.
Immediately after, we entered a kitchen, where the white chicken stopped in one place and pointed to the ground.
There was a cellar in the ground, square in shape, covered with wooden planks.
The white rooster said cautiously: "I heard movement below just now. ”
The gray mouse listened attentively, but there was no sound, and he said, "It should be a mouse." ”
The white chicken said: "There is not even a grain of rice in this place, where did the rats come from, you think there are your relatives everywhere." As the gray rat was about to attack, I glared at the two of them and said, "Don't talk too much." Then, I gestured to my steady colleague, signaling to open the plank, in case there was something underneath, the two of us stood behind the plank, and as soon as the plank was opened, nothing came out, and the strangest thing was that there was no strange smell that was not ventilated all year round, and I reacted immediately...... This cellar must have been frequented by people.
I was wondering if this person could be Li Zhaosi when I suddenly heard a suppressed cough from the depths of the cellar, and the voice was very urgent, as if I wanted to cough out my lungs.
I immediately pulled out my dagger and said, "Ma Si, Bai Ji, you are on guard outside, and you two go down with me." Then we turned on our flashlights and thought about walking down the cellar.
The cellar was not deep, about twelve flights of stairs to the end, and the first thing that caught your eye was an old-fashioned washstand with a brass basin on it, and in the basin there was water, which reflected a kind of water glow in the light of a flashlight.
There was also a small square table with dishes next to the washstand, and next to the small square table, there was a bed made of rotten wood, and a man was lying on the bed.
I immediately hit the flashlight on the man, and then I realized that it was an old man, lying on the bed panting, his cloudy eyes staring at us like a terrible ghost about to pounce.
I was shocked for a moment, and said to myself, how can there be an old man living in this place? Is it a lonely old man who has been abandoned by his children? I was about to speak, but the old man suddenly gasped and said, "Little, little third master, you...... You're finally here. ”
I almost didn't call my mother, there was a buzz in my head, and the whole person was confused.
"Who are you?" I asked. If I'm not mistaken, we're all young adults in the market, how can this old man know me?
He gasped and said a name: "Li Zhaosi." I'm the second master's person...... "I can't help but have a big head, if I'm not mistaken, Lei Tiezhang told me that Li Zhaosi is a young guy, but the old man in front of him, how can he not match the young, right?"
I didn't reply, staring at the person on the bed motionless, while my brain was thinking quickly, was Tie Lei Zhang deceiving me, or was the old man in front of me having some conspiracy?
Just when I was thinking quietly, the old man gasped and said: "Little Third Master, there is a letter pressed under my bed, yes, it was written to you by the Second Master himself, you will believe it when you look at it." ”
Second uncle?
I was stunned for a moment, and immediately glanced at the two of them, and then, the same son and the gray mouse rushed up, first restrained the old man, I saw that he was restricted and could not move, and it was estimated that he could not do anything, so he groped to touch the bed, and sure enough, under a layer of quilt, I found a shocking thing.
It's a letter of blood.
The blood book is written on a piece of flexible cloth, judging by the fabric, it should be a fabric of outdoor sportswear, the handwriting on it is very messy, it should be written with something like a wooden stick stained with blood, and some are even trembling, but through the pen edge revealed by the handwriting, I can still judge that this is my second uncle's handwriting.
I almost immediately believed the old man's words, and I didn't care about him, so I hurriedly read the letter written by the second uncle, to be exact, this is an unfinished letter, the content of the letter, some of which I already know, but some of which I have never thought of anyway, the content of the letter is like this:
Little Evil:
Second Uncle doesn't know if you can see this letter, I entrusted this letter to the most trusted young man, and now only he can escape from here, so I can only let him take it, if he gives this letter to you, then no matter what he becomes now, you must believe him.
What I am going to say next, you must keep in mind that what I am going to say is that at the beginning of the whole thing, the beginning of it, is inseparable from the Zhang family.
When is the specific time, no one has verified it now, and the beginning of all this has to start with the bronze door.
Behind that door, is the end of the whole world, no one knows what the ultimate looks like, but the first group of people to discover this secret is the Zhang family, they have obtained a lot of strange abilities through this unknown secret, such as strong resilience, such as longevity, according to legend, the most powerful Zhang Qiling, once lived 600 years old, this Zhang Qiling, lived in the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to verify.
But such a person is too ostentatious, for some reason, the matter about the strength of the Zhang family was leaked out, and you can probably guess the rest of the matter, the ruler at that time, began to hunt the Zhang family, delusionally to obtain the secret of longevity and even immortality, in order to avoid pursuit, the Zhang family even cooperated with Wang Zanghai, of course, this cooperation is speculated by myself after mastering a lot of information, whether there is such a thing, it is difficult to verify now.
In fact, there is nothing in that bronze door, it is just a clue to the ultimate, but only those who have entered it will understand where the real ultimate is, in order to keep this secret, and in order not to be hunted down by the rulers at that time, the Zhang family destroyed the world behind the bronze door, and burned everything with oil, burning the raging fire, and the only thing left was a dragon pattern stone box, which recorded all the secrets of the ultimate.
Of course, I have not been to the Bronze Gate, but according to my estimates, behind the Bronze Gate, there are not only mysteries about immortality, but perhaps some strange substances, because it is said that those who enter the Bronze Gate can stay there with youth, and I suspect that there are some substances that have not yet been discovered by humans.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is that in order to prevent the secret from being leaked, the Zhang family preserved the ultimate mystery by dispersing the ghost seal and the key to open the dragon pattern stone box, and even confused the history, so that when the people behind are looking for it, they often can't figure out the specific age, which is their cleverness.
In the process of historical evolution, the power of the Zhang family has become weaker and weaker, including other branches, which have been annihilated in history, and the only one who really grasps this secret is the spirit of the Zhang family.
This mystery about immortality has been passed down from generation to generation by the rulers of the time, and no one can refuse the temptation of immortality, especially those rulers who sit on the throne, and they are even more reluctant to give up, so for hundreds of years, the Zhang family has almost lived a life of being hunted down by the rulers, so that they have to hide from the world, and even change their names and surnames, until they become weaker and weaker.
But no matter how the times change, no matter who the ruler is, as long as the person who knows this secret, almost without exception wants to find everything about the ultimate.
So, fifty years ago, the old nine gates were integrated. At that time, there was no news of the Zhang family at all, and the only one who was implicated was Zhang Da Buddha, so Zhang Da Buddha became the head of the old nine gates with the support of the backstage, led the old nine gates, and launched an investigation on the ultimate, Zhang Da Buddha was the first to betray the Zhang family, and even sold his ancestral tomb.
In order to figure out the clues in the Zhangjia Ancient Building, there was a second Zhang Qiling plan, that is, that time, your third uncle and Wen Jin were implicated, and that position should have been mine, but your third uncle went for me, all these years, I have been secretly investigating about the ultimate thing, when I knew that you were in contact with Zhang Qiling, I had warned you many times to cut off relations with him, because they were the beginning of everything, and if you got in touch with him, you will never be able to get rid of it.
But the second time Zhang Qiling's plan still failed, one is because of the invasion of a German force, it is precisely because of the Warring States Silk Book that your grandfather was deceived back then, so that this matter was peeped at by a powerful foreign force, this force and it started a protracted war, we officially took advantage of the competition between them, won a chance to breathe, and carried out a series of bag dropping, stealing corpses, until it was unable to continue, we lived peacefully to this day.
However, this matter is not over, even, as long as the ultimate is not destroyed, this matter can never be finished, the only difference is only who will complete this matter, I hope that it will not be our next generation who will complete this matter, so over the years, after your third uncle found that things had changed, he began to take you down the bucket intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to train you to be a successor.
In our generation, taking advantage of the German power, we did win a lot of respite, and during this period, we also did a lot of things, including the person who is exactly the same as you, this matter is a secret of our Wu family, I won't tell you, but in order to avoid becoming your heart knot, I can only say one word to you: That person will not hurt you, if one day, you have the opportunity to face to face with him, remember to pass a word for the second uncle, you tell him: I'm sorry for you and him.
It's not over yet, if it works out this time, everything will really be destroyed, you remember, don't ......
The letter came to an abrupt end, obviously there was something urgent at that time, and the second uncle didn't have time to finish it, so he could only stuff the letter to Li Zhaosi and let him come out first. My brain was in a mess, I already knew a lot of the things that my second uncle said in the letter, but I never imagined that at this moment, the organization was so clear, and the root of everything seemed to be unfolding in front of my eyes.
Because the Zhang family inadvertently spied on a mystery that can make people live forever and even gain strong power, this mystery may be something, it may be some strange energy, or it may be like the elixir of longevity described in it, but this secret was finally leaked, so that it attracted countless pursuits, in order to avoid people's pursuit, they even set fire to the clues about the ultimate behind the bronze door.
In the letter, the second uncle suspected that Wang Zanghai had cooperated with the Zhang family, and I couldn't help but think of the account in the Genting Heavenly Palace, which said that if the bronze door was opened at an inappropriate time, the karmic fire of hell would come out of it, burning everything.
That Genting Heavenly Palace was originally built by Wang Zanghai, so could this hellish karmic fire be a lie deliberately made up in order to deter future generations? In fact, that fire was set by the Zhang family?
So, why did Wang Zanghai cooperate with the Zhang family? Did the Zhang family give him any benefits, or did the two make a deal?
It suddenly occurred to me that in the evolution of history, in order to avoid pursuit, some people in the Zhang family have changed their names and surnames, so could Wang Zanghai be one of them?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is something strange in it, but what really makes me feel chilling and disappointed is the stuffy oil bottle, I don't doubt him, the two years of life and death together will not be adulterated in any way, but what makes me sad, the ins and outs of these things, he should know better than anyone else, but he has been watching my second uncle's generation perform in an outsider attitude, as if watching a puppet show arranged.
Everything he mastered, but it took my third uncle a lifetime. I used to have that feeling when I was fighting, the stuffy oil bottle is a person who is outside the world, he has his own goals, and he is completely different from us, even ...... The information we get at the risk of death may be worthless in his eyes.
I used to be suspicious, but now I'm almost sure.
I couldn't help but sit down on the bed, clutching the letter, unable to say a word for a while.
Unfortunately, the letter was not finished. After a long time, I found my voice and asked the old man on the bed, "Is my second uncle dead or alive now?" Why are you ...... Will it become like this? ”