Chapter 62: The Book of Death
I was stunned, I never thought that one day I would need to prove my identity, "Yes, you are right, my grandfather Zhuo Yunshan is indeed the only grandson like me, and my second uncle Zhuoqiu is also the only nephew like me." I looked at the old lady just now, and then at the old man at the foot of the slope later, "Two mothers-in-law, I am really from the Zhuo family!" "I've never been in a situation like this, and I've never thought about how I'm going to prove myself.
The two old men still looked at me with suspicion, at this time I was anxious, I was really killed in this place, and it was difficult for anyone to find out, even if someone found out in the future, let these two half-cut people pay for my life, I feel panicked.
My mind was spinning quickly, "Hey, by the way, my second uncle should be in the Tan family's ancestral house, you can find someone to call him, or you can find Aunt Tan and ask, it's all clear when you ask." ”
The old man at the foot of the slope walked a few steps closer, stared at me and asked, "Are you really a junior of the Zhuo family?" ”
"That's right!" I nodded.
"And what's your name?" The old man asked.
"Zhuo Ran!" But unexpectedly, when my name was spoken, the lame old man's slightly softened gaze instantly became sharp again.
The old lady next to her asked directly, "Then what is the relationship between you and Zhuo Chengyang?" ”
"Zhuo Chengyang?" I thought about it for a while, and it seemed that I had never seen this person's information except for the tablet in the underground tomb of the ancestral house, so I said, "I don't know this person!" ”
"You're still lying!" The lame old man glared, "How old are you this year?" ”
I hastened to reply, "Twenty-six!" ”
The lame old man continued: "Let me tell you, the child that Zhuo Qiu also brought twenty years ago was named Zhuo Chengyang, and he was six years old that year! ”
Hearing what the old man at the foot of the slope said, I was stunned for a moment, and I finally realized where the key point was that the two old ladies questioned me! That's right, this is indeed very strange, how can the Zhuo family have two descendants of the same age and the same disease? However, although it was strange, I always felt that I knew something.
I frowned and began to recall the previous events, especially the information related to this Zhuo Chengyang. Suddenly, it occurred to me, genealogy!
I have seen the genealogy of the Zhuo family, although it was not seen in the Zhuo family, but appeared in Tang Zhendong's relics, but I do not doubt its authenticity, and the information collected by Tang Zhendong is still so treasured by him, which in itself is a guarantee of reliability.
On that photo of the Zhuo family's family tree, I once saw Zhuo Chengyang's name, and later this name was crossed out and changed to Zhuo Ran. And if there is such a change in the family tree, it is most likely that the person has changed his name, and I guess this is probably the case with me.
Maybe when I was born, I was called Zhuo Chengyang according to the family tree, and later for some reason, my name was changed to Zhuo Ran.
Thinking about this, I think it makes perfect sense to think that this is the truth, but in fact, I have overlooked an important situation, but at that time, my mind was already messed up under this kind of coercion.
Seeing that the faces of the two old ladies were becoming more and more impatient, I hurriedly said: "I know what's going on, you listen to my explanation, I once saw the family tree of the Zhuo family, and there was a person named Zhuo Chengyang on it, but this name was changed and changed to my current name - Zhuo Ran, in fact, I am Zhuo Chengyang, Zhuo Chengyang is me, but I changed my name from Zhuo Chengyang to Zhuo Ran!" ”
When I said this, a look of horror appeared on the faces of the two old men, and the two of them looked at each other. The lame old man squinted at me, "What you say is the truth?" ”
I replied, "There is no lie!" ”
The old man snorted coldly, turned around and walked out. Just as I didn't know why, the lame old man came back with a thick book in his hand.
I opened my mouth and said, "Two mothers-in-law, I really didn't lie to you, can you believe me and let me go?" ”
The two old men ignored my words, and the lame old man shook the thick book in his hand at me, "Do you know what this is?" ”
I didn't know why, I didn't know what the two mothers-in-law wanted to do, but I still answered honestly, "I don't know." ”
The old man at the foot of the slope sighed and placed the large and heavy book on the table next to me, "This booklet is called the Book of the Dead. ”
"The Book of Death?" The name sounds strange, but it doesn't feel like a good thing, "What is this for?" ”
"This records all the dead people of the Tan family back then," said the lame old man who opened the so-called death book, and the old lady from before also came over, "In addition to the people of the Tan family, all the foreigners who died in the Tan family are also recorded." The purpose is to leave evidence so that no one comes to trouble. ”
I turned my head to look at the death book on the table, there were a lot of photos pasted on it, and there were many text records next to the photos, but due to the distance and light, I couldn't see clearly.
The lame old man looked at me with strange eyes, "I can tell you that there is a picture on this that you should be familiar with." ”
Hearing her say this, my heart chuckled, the dead people recorded in the book of the dead are all dead people, who will the photos I am familiar with?
The lame old man flipped through a few pages, then stopped. Reaching out and picking up the death book, he held it up in front of my eyes, "Look at this picture, is it familiar?" ”
I looked closely, and there was a black-and-white photograph of several people on the page of the death book, an adult and a child in the middle, an adult holding the child and sitting on a chair, and an old man sitting opposite, with his back to the camera and half of his body exposed. A young woman stood aside, only half of her face was exposed, but from this half of her face, I could still see at a glance that it was Aunt Tan when she was young.
The other two, at first glance, seemed very familiar to me, but they felt very strange, and when I looked closer, I suddenly felt a buzz in my brain, and I felt my scalp explode.
Although I can't move my legs, but my hands can move, I suddenly reached out to grab it, although the lame old man had inconvenient legs and feet, but her reaction was not slow, she quickly took a step back, dodging my grasp.
I raised my hand tremblingly, pointed to the photo and said, "The person in this photo is my second uncle, and the child in his arms is me!" As I spoke, my body felt a chill, "You said this is a book of the dead, this is a book of dead people, why is there a picture of us on it?!" ”
The two old men looked at me, but they didn't speak, and I continued in a hoarse voice: "In the photo, the second uncle, me and Aunt Tan, the three of us are still alive now!" Mother-in-law, what do you mean by that? ”
"No!" The lame old man gently closed the death book, and then said lightly, "You are wrong, not all of the three people who show their faces in the photo are alive!" ”
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