Chapter 15: The Fall of the Tang Family (I)
"Grandpa, since there is no record in history, how do you know?" I asked.
Grandpa's eyes were a little fluttering, and he swallowed his saliva unnaturally: "These are all what my master told me when I first came to Yanjing. ”
I'm a little puzzled, grandpa still has a master?
"At the beginning, the news of the sudden rise of the Tang family in Yanjing attracted the attention of many dignitaries in Beijing, and some of them secretly stumbled the Tang family if they couldn't buy it, but in fact, they didn't even find the gate of the Tang family."
"Didn't find the door? How stupid are they? "I was about to make a joke, but I was choked by my grandfather's next words.
"It's not that they can't find the door, it's that the Tang family is surrounded by high walls, and there is no door at all!"
I felt that a layer of cold sweat had broken out on my back, and then my mind suddenly flashed through Tang Yiran who didn't let me send her home just now, it turned out... Yes, there is no door! What would a stranger think when he saw a house surrounded by walls and no doors?
Grandpa sighed, and continued, "Later, those people or families who had troubled the Tang family were all gone. ”
My eyes widened, "Gone?" ”
Grandpa shook his head, "They all disappeared overnight, there was no trace of kidnapping and struggle in the house, only a few small families were left hugging together and didn't dare to get into trouble again, after a few days of calm, I thought that the matter had passed, but those who disappeared suddenly came back!" But... They will never wake up again. ”
I poured myself a glass of water and calmed down, "They're all dead?" ”
"Five hundred and eighty people in all, none of them were spared, and their deaths were so tragic that they were all disemboweled, from which all organs except the heart were removed, and then the wounds were re-stitched."
I felt a little sick to my stomach, so I hurriedly poured a sip of water and pressed it down, "This is too cruel, isn't it?" Did the Tang family do it? ”
"Everyone said that this incident was done by the Tang family, and the government also sent someone to investigate at that time, but the final result was that the Tang family was not guilty. Now you know why I am so sensitive to the name Tang Yiran, according to your description, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl... There should be no mistake, the successive heads of the Tang family must be at least sixteen years old, if the first child of the previous head of the family is a boy, the boy will be executed until the birth of the daughter. ”
I was silent for a long time before I came back to my senses, "Grandpa, tomorrow... I'm still helping out in the shop. ”
Grandpa looked at me with a lost look and nodded, "Your vacation is only one day, but tomorrow is a serious working day, you don't have to sleep in one sleep." ”
I nodded several times in quick succession. After my grandfather left, I quickly locked the door, and the thought that I had agreed to the invitation of what might be the current head of the Tang family today made me feel numb.
Tang family, how many secrets do you have...
The next morning, I woke up a little later than usual, maybe what my grandfather said last night caused me to lose sleep, I tried not to think about it, but I never forgot Tang Yiran's face.
The Tang family was able to kidnap hundreds of people overnight without a word, and this alone was by no means simple.
When I was wiping the table, the door behind me was pushed open, I thought it was my grandfather, and I said without looking back: "Grandpa, I got up a little late today, and I just started to clean up, you wait..."
Before I finished speaking, the person behind me said slowly, "Qi Tianlei..."
I chuckled in my heart, and slowly turned around, "It's you..." She was followed by several strong men in black, one of whom could stand up to the two of us.
I tried to keep myself calm, but my body didn't listen to me, and I kept shaking slightly.
Tang Yiran approached me and said with a sweet smile: "Brother Tianlei, I'll pick you up and go to my house as a guest." ”
If I didn't know what kind of family the Tang family was, I would have followed, but now I look at her and just want to hide as far away as possible.
I propped up the table behind me and steadied myself, pulling out a smile, "I forgot to say it yesterday, I have to look at the store today, I really can't leave, I can only live up to your kindness, and you don't have to pay attention to what happened last night." ”
I saw Tang Yiran's face change suddenly, his face came to me, his eyes narrowed, and he said gloomily: "Qi Tianlei, it's not that you can go if you say you can't, you can't go if you say you don't go!" ”
I just wanted to say something more but was knocked out by the strong man behind her, and the last thing in my consciousness was Tang Yiran's eyes looking at me, a trace of sadness, and a trace of firmness.
The Tang family's house is extremely luxurious, but they don't light the lamp all day long and only rely on candles to keep it bright, so when I wake up, I can't see anything clearly, only a candle above my head illuminates the small space where I am lying.
I rubbed the back of my neck, 'Shhh 'It's really ruthless, and it's not merciful at all.
I sat up for a while and waited for my eyes to adjust to the darkness before I stood up, took a candle and looked around, only to see coffins all around! The big and small ones have patterns and no patterns, and the one I just lay down is the middle one!
I was so frightened that I jumped out of the coffin, and as soon as I landed, all the lids of the coffin closed automatically, and they were arranged in order, making way for me in front of me.
I swallowed my saliva, my eyes dripping back and forth, holding the candle and slowly moving forward little by little, scolding in my heart: Damn, there are so many coffins in the house, it seems that what my grandfather said is right, there is really a problem with this Tang family!
I walked lightly against the masonry wall on my right, and in front of me was a small iron gate half a man high, which I had to move if I wanted to go any further.
I knocked on the iron door, the sound of the empty echoed in the corridor, pushed the iron door a little harder, suddenly something flashed in front of me, I planted directly in the back, sat on the ground, and screamed in pain.
I rubbed my eyes, it felt like a bright light flashed just now, and when I opened my eyes again, my vision was still a little blurry, I shook my head, and before I could stand up, the light shone out again from the small iron door, and after a few refractions, finally shone on a stone brick diagonally opposite me.
Then I walked over to look at the refracted stone bricks, which turned out to be not stone bricks, but polished mirrors.
The mirror looks very dazzling, made of bronze throughout, and the outside is a dark green three-dimensional carved pattern similar to the color of the stone bricks, like two giant pythons entwined.
"It's the best... It was buried in this dark place. ”
I raised my hand to touch the pattern, and my whole body suddenly froze in place, and a cold sweat broke out on my back.
Without me... There's no me in the mirror...