The ancestral temple is located in the large tomb mountain in the northwest of Hongzhou, twenty miles away from Hongzhou. It is a temple for the Miao people to pay tribute to the ancestor Pang.

Tian Yan arranged for Xiaohong to lead Gu Zijian and Xia Xinlan.

In the Tian family, there are not many people who are willing to go with Gu Zijian, and Xiaohong is one of the only few people. Moreover, Xiaohong is a girl's family and has a good relationship with Xia Xinlan. On the way, there will be no disputes with Gu Zijian, and she can also help herself say good things, so Tian Yan chose her to lead the way after careful consideration.

Gu Zijian couldn't wait to rush to the Ancestral Temple immediately.

Xia Xinlan was not in a hurry, she talked and laughed with Xiaohong, looking like she was playing in the mountains and rivers.

As Tian Yan's guest, Xiaohong also called a sedan chair driver to carry them up the mountain. At this point, Gu Zijian felt that she was doing better, at least Xinlan didn't have to walk the mountain road.

The Temple of the Ancestors really lives up to its name.

There is a large square in front of the temple, where you can overlook Hongzhou City. There is a stream crossing the square, and there is a pool in the middle. At the back of the square, a statue of a god is carved against the mountain. The statue is five people tall, wearing a crown and a resolute face. Powerful arms, holding a gun in one hand and an axe in the other, the gun is pointed at the sky, and the axe sweeps the mountains and forests. It has the potential to open up the world and the power of all the eyes.

Whoever looks at it will have a heart of reverence.

There is a gate on each side below the statue, there are guards in front of the door, and the door is connected to the mountain behind the door.

"Could it be that there is a cave behind this door?" Xia Xinlan asked Xiaohong.

"Yes, there is a cave inside the door, and non-Miao people are not allowed to enter. ”

"Is there anything special in the cave?"

"I can't say this, but Miss Xia, I'll tell you!" hehe," Xiaohong also leaned into Xia Xinlan's ear and said, "It's just some portraits, murals of the story of the ancestors who opened the world." It's eerie and there's nothing to see in it. ”

"Is it necessary to be so mysterious?"

"Hee-hee, yes. Every year, the Great Toast of each mountain comes here to pay homage to the Great God and then travels through the cave. In my opinion, they want to be superior to others, so they deliberately made it so mysterious!"

"Oh, you have to be superior, right?" Xia Xinlan understood.

swept around the square, and there was no figure of Sun Langzhong.

"Zijian, why do you keep staring at the Ancestor God Statue!"

Xia Xinlan was very strange, as soon as Gu Zijian came up, he was attracted by this five-person tall statue of the great god of Pang, and he kept looking at it.

"Gu Gongzi, aren't you afraid to see the Ancestor Statue?" Xiaohong asked with a smile, "I don't dare to look at it, Miss will look at it for a while." ”

"It's terrifying!" Xia Xinlan also said, "Zijian, what are you looking at?"

"I want to go to the cave to have a look," Gu Zijian heard Xia Xinlan calling him, so he responded.

"No, it must be a Miao person, and you can only enter the cave with the consent of your family. ”

"Zijian, why do you want to go in? What do you see?"

"Xinlan, do you see that the axe in the hand of this great god is not like my Qianqiu an inch?"

"Huh?" Xia Xinlan looked at it carefully, "It's really a bit like." ”

"Axe, isn't it all like this?" "Little Red didn't want to get into trouble.

"Yes, Zijian, this is carved by later generations. That's how the axe was at that time! We're here to find Sun Langzhong, so let's stop making any more extraneous branches, right?"

Xia Xinlan said so, and Gu Zijian no longer insisted. However, he was really curious about the weapon of this great god.

......

There were a lot of people in the square, but they couldn't find Sun Langzhong, who they were looking for. Xiaohong took them and asked around, but they didn't hear that Sun Langzhong was here.

They found a tea shop to rest. Xia Xinlan saw that Gu Zijian was still staring at the statue, so she wanted to enlighten him.

"Come, try this," Xiaohong brought a handful of white grass roots, thinner than straw poles, and each section was very symmetrical.

"What is this. ”

"Lotus Miles. ”

"Huh?"

"It's a lotus, it's edible. ”

Xiaohong took one and chewed it in her mouth, like a piece of grass in her mouth. Xia Xinlan followed and tried it, and it was a little sweet to chew.

"We climb mountains and chew this when we're thirsty!"

Gu Zijian also got one in his mouth, but the person still paid attention to the statue.

Xia Xinlan saw that there was a fortune teller sitting there outside the tea shop, so she beckoned him over.

"Zijian, we came out and encountered so many things, do you want to look for this gentleman to see the fortune?"

Gu Zijian shook his head, "I never believed in this!"

"Ask," Xiaohong helped Xia Xinlan, "This gentleman is very good at word measurement!"

"The girl lifted, the word, the heart is also painted, the heart is shaped like a pen, the stroke is one, the five elements are noble, and the blessing of life. The old man Yang is just saying that he is waiting for his life, and he predicts the fortune of his good fortune. It is not allowed not to collect money," the gentleman in the hat was dressed as a scholar, and nodded as he spoke, looking at Gu Zi's sword fire.

"Okay, then let's give it a try!" Xia Xinlan saw that Gu Zijian had an expression, so she naturally wanted to continue.

"Please write to the girl," Mr. Yang, a fortune teller, said, taking out the banknote.

Xia Xinlan thought for a while and wrote the word 'ancient'.

"What does the girl want to ask?"

"Aren't you a fortune teller, don't you know what we're going to ask?" Gu Zijian said coldly.

"Hmph, okay, since this son said so, I'll say something," Mr. Yang, the fortune teller, paused, "Presumably there are people in your family who are dying?"

Gu Zijian shook his head.

Xiaohong slapped the table, "You gentleman, how do you speak?"

"It was this boy who told me to say it. ”

"Sir, it's better to tell me how to see it," Xia Xinlan asked.

"The girl gave a 'ancient' character, and the word 'ancient' with 'corpse' means 'dwelling', which means that there is a dying person in the family. ”

"Mr. Yang, we're here to find someone, I don't know if we can find it?"

"The word 'ancient' with 'person' next to it is 'estimate', and it must be difficult to find this person. You've been looking for a while. ”

"Can you find it?"

"Well, girl, this is the third thing to ask!" Mr. Wordsmith did not speak, and took out his sign and set it aside. A few words that are very conspicuous, "a penny and a thing." ”

Gu Zi's sword qi stared dryly.

Xiaohong immediately offered the iron money, "Sir, help take a look." ”

"Well, since the girl has opened her mouth, the word 'ancient' has 'mouth' and 'mouth', and it must be nine out of ten to find someone!"

"Thank you, sir. Where should we go to find someone?"

"Isn't the girl a little embarrassed old man?"

The little red iron coin was presented, "Please sir, please be sure to show the way!"

"Huh?" Yang took the money and was very happy, "There are four directions, and the word 'ancient' plus 'four' is 'Gu'." It is a fishing net and a place for fishing. ”

"Sir, there are a lot of fishing places here?" Gu Zijian was not convinced.

"Stupid, isn't the place where you fish just where there is water?"

"There's more water here!"

"Ignorance, rotten wood can't be carved!" Mr. Word Measurement was also very angry.

"I know," Xiaohong clapped her hands and said with a smile, "In the land of five streams, where there is water, one is five streams, and the other is a snow-capped mountain. If it's a specific place with water, it's Snow Peak!

Of course yes, Mr. Yang nodded.

Wild troubled times, uninhibited rivers and lakes