Trying to pretend to be human today

Chapter 303 Tablet
So, so exciting.

The young man bent down while holding on to the tree trunk, and the sourness in his throat made him cough.

The last time it was this bumpy was the last time.

Gao Tianyi remembers the experience of riding in his brother Xia's car, as if he was flying without all four wheels touching the ground. Now it seems that his brother Bai's skills are equally impressive.

Bai Su watched the human boy coughing for a long time without spitting anything out.

"How long do I have to wait for you?"

"It's coming soon."

Touching the lunch food in his stomach, the young man suppressed his dizziness, shook his head and stood up straight.

Motion sickness is real, but wanting to vomit is half fake.

Gao Tianyi rubbed his throat and walked forward first. Bai Su followed behind him, his eyes constantly wandering to both sides of the mountain road.

"This road..." Not long after walking, the human boy spoke from the front, "It's well repaired."

Compared with the other road up the mountain that he had walked in the morning, it was much better built. There were smooth stone steps, and shields were set up on both sides to prevent people from slipping and falling. The surrounding woods and roads were widely separated. Less distance.

In particular, the trees along the way showed signs of being cut down, leaving many bare tree stumps.

Bai Su looked up and replied casually: "Maybe the people leaving are different."

His eyes fell on the specially built stone bench beside the steps.

Bai Su's understanding is that this is for people to rest, and who would need to sit and stop on this long path before walking two steps?Only elderly people.

They didn't stop any longer, and didn't meet other villagers on the way. They arrived directly in front of the so-called "temple" without any hindrance.

Ancestral temple, ancestral hall, ancestral hall, you can call it whatever you want, but what they saw in front of them was not the kind of "temple" they imagined.

Gao Tianyi exclaimed: "I thought it would be a mountain temple or something like that, but turned out to be an ancestral temple?"

Baisu quickly searched for the meaning of ancestral hall on his mobile phone. Under the slow speed of the Internet, he waited for a long time until the webpage was finished.

The signal is getting worse again. Is it because of the altitude?
The black-haired young man looked up at the sun, which was completely blocked by the clouds. The clouds were still gradually turning gray. When they turned completely dark, it was probably going to rain again.

Thinking about it this way, today's weather is really similar to yesterday.

The afternoon sun gradually faded, until it retreated into the dark clouds of dusk.

Ancestral temples, also known as ancestral temples and ancestral halls, first appeared in the Han Dynasty and became popular among the people in the Ming Dynasty. They became a place for people of all surnames to store the memorial tablets of their deceased ancestors and to honor their ancestors and discuss matters.

After a quick look at the encyclopedia, Bai Su threw away the historical descriptions, leaving only a part about the definition.

He turned off his mobile phone and said to the human boy: "This village is almost integrated with the fish. No matter how you think about it, it can't be a mountain temple, right?"

Could the mountain god be a fish?
Bai Su was less involved with humans, but Gao Tianyi started to think about it seriously.

"Although it's usually snakes, deer, bears, tigers, or even humans, it doesn't seem to say it can't be humans?" the young man said, "No, why should I consider this!"

Gao Tianyi shook his head, put the information about the mountain temple out of his mind, and concentrated on observing the ancestral temple in front of him.

A weathered plaque hangs on the lintel, with the four characters "Wen's Ancestral Hall" written from right to left.

The originally smooth and even paintwork lost its brightness and brightness over time, and the golden color became dull, gradually becoming closer to the color of wood.

There should have been standing plaques on the left and right side of the door, but now they have been removed, leaving only two marks, which were hastily covered with couplets.

But it's completely useless. The couplets are narrower than the plaque, which is even more obvious because the wall looks lighter.

The door of the ancestral hall is open, and the smell of incense comes from it.

The fragrance is fresh, warm, and still burning slowly.

"Has anyone been here before?" Gao Tianyi muttered quietly.

They haven't entered the door yet, and the light inside the ancestral hall is a bit dark, but with the faint light emitted by the candles, they can still see a few red sparks from the incense sticks in the not-so-bright environment, which is not far from the incense burner below. Less distance.

"No." Bai Su's eyes were sharper than humans, "The fragrance has not become shorter."

While they were talking, Xianxiang didn't shorten at all.

"Huh?" The human teenager shouted in doubt, "Isn't this burning..."

The young man said uncertainly. He looked at it carefully for a while and found that this seemed to be the case.

"Your eyes are too sharp...are they loaded with rulers?"

"?"

"It's nothing, nothing. I'm telling you, Brother Bai."

The young man's speech jumped, and he quickly skipped this one.

After seeing that there was no one in the ancestral hall, he stepped in boldly.

The temperature inside and outside the ancestral hall is slightly different, and you can feel a chill the moment you step inside.

Bai Su looked back and found that the door was the dividing line.

Gao Tianyi also felt this, and he subconsciously thought about supernatural things.

People in the special department usually have all kinds of modern equipment, but Gao Tianyi tapped his eyelids a few times with his index and middle fingers, and then took the compass in his hand.

Nothing was seen.

The ancestral hall was empty, with no spiritual beings.

"...Brother Bai?"

"I didn't see anything either."

The same is true in the eyes of monsters, this place is clean, without any supernatural powers that can be mouthed.

The young man looked around suspiciously. Except for the front, the ancestral hall was airtight on three sides, and he didn't see anything hidden nearby.

Putting aside the issues about temperature differences, the structure of this ancestral hall is... sloppy and random.

There are tablets in front of them.

Densely packed with memorial tablets.

A staircase was set up on a long table, and wooden tablets were placed on it, with the number increasing step by step from high to low.

The top tablet was surrounded by smoke and could not be seen clearly for a while, while the writing on the lower tablets was worn, and the writing and wood became newer as they got closer to the lower part.

Bai Su looked at a few names, but he didn't recognize any of them, at least none of them were new to the village.

It's pretty good, otherwise it would be a live version of a ghost story.

After watching the two rows, the black-haired young man turned his head and asked, "What are the names of Wen Tao's parents?"

The human boy answered two names, and the two of them searched for the one in the middle.

"Ah..." Gao Tianyi blinked, "Are so many people dead before and after?"

He saw that the wood in those rows had similar levels of wear and tear, and the dates of death were also similar. Especially in the row ahead, the dates were consistent. Calculating the time, it seemed that it was a day when the flash flood occurred.But what happened next?

With the intention of making some records, it is not polite to take pictures, but more because they are afraid of bringing back something unclean after taking pictures, so young people tend to use pens to record the names and death dates of those people who care about them.

While writing, the human teenager suddenly lost his voice.

Bai Su only discovered it after a while.

He and Gao Tianyi were on opposite sides. The monster, who had little respect for human death, used his body to block him. He picked up a portion near the table and looked at the tablet.

Wen Moumou - the specifics are not important, he died two years ago... this date seems...

Bai Su took his mobile phone and searched it. Judging from the lunar calendar, this day was the Ghost Festival.

He couldn't help but pay attention to the death dates engraved on the other tablets. He took a few more tablets from the nearby table and looked at them. Combined with the constant Internet search due to the slow speed of the Internet, he could roughly divide the dates into these categories. .

The Ghost Festival and other days related to the Ghost Festival also fall on October [-]th.

October [-]th this year is three days from now.

It would be fine if only a small number of people died on this date, but isn't there too much here?
Looking up, Bai Su saw dozens of the same numbers in Bai Su's sight, even if he didn't pick them up one by one, he glanced at them roughly.

Speaking of which, where is the human brat?

The breathing in his ears began to weaken at a certain moment, because it was not disappearing. Bai Su didn't pay much attention to it. As a result, he looked here for a while, and the sound of the human boy's brush strokes also stopped.

Bai Su looked back and didn't see Gao Tianyi's figure at first glance, but found it behind the thick shelf at second glance.

The young man stood on tiptoe and tried his best to see the top tablet. Due to his height, he couldn't see clearly, but he didn't ask for help.

The fingertips probably touched the shelf and touched a hand of ashes. Then the young man waved his palm to disperse the undiminished smoke from the incense stick, and then he froze there.

This stunned Baisu came to look for someone.

The black-haired young man came around from the other side of the table, grabbed the human boy by his collar, and lifted him up like a kitten and shook him.

"Have you recovered?" Bai Su asked.

The stupid human boy was shaken his head from side to side, but did not respond immediately. His face gradually turned red, and it seemed that he had been holding back a breath for a long time.

Baisu:?
So Bai Su made the force stronger, and it felt like it could shake the water out of people's brains.

This time, the human teenager groaned, covered his face, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The young man covered his face and blocked all matters out of his hands. After adjusting his breathing and emotions, he said in a dull voice: "The tablet at the top is wrong."

Normally, the most important position is always the memorial tablet of the ancestor. Not to mention the earliest ancestor of Wenjia Village, it definitely cannot be of such a recent date.

Even years later than the year of death in the second row.

"And...the name."

Gao Tianyi finally raised his head, his eyes showed a confused look: "I saw..."

The smoke that covered the eyes drifted in another direction with the wind blowing in from outside the door, and the name of the one on the top was also revealed.

What was written on it was... Wen Tao's name.

……

"Senior Xia, is it okay to just let them out like this?"

Qi Zhuyue worriedly held a water glass and sat in the yard.

Not long ago, the minor who wanted to go to the mountain to see the "temple" found a companion, and went out with the promise of the principal Xia Chengyin.

Qi Zhuyue always felt that Bai Su was not someone who would stop him, and Gao Tianyi showed a courageous attitude. When the two collide, can the "temple" really be safe?
They were in this huge whirlpool in Wenjia Village, and they acted so recklessly... Forget it, who could be more reckless than Bai Su who just stole the book?
Qi Zhuyue gave up thinking and decided to let nature take its course.

What is supposed to come will come, and escaping is only temporary.

It's like a crisis is about to arrive, and the people in the yard now know nothing about it.

Xia Chengyin waved his hand: "It should be fine. Most of the people in the village have gone to work. That kid Xia Chengyin is weird and clever, and that kid Bai Su is mysterious. Anyway, he won't suffer any loss."

If we really run into trouble, the unlucky ones might be people from this village, just like the young man whose book was stolen.

When Xia Chengyin learned that the threesome in the morning had returned with the book, he was silent for a few minutes even though he was such an unruly person and often went out of his way.

But I have got all the books back, and they are still related to important figures. It would be a big loss to get rid of them without researching the reason.

Xia Chengyin took advantage of Tang Nuo's time to read books, and together with Qi Zhuyue, they sorted out what happened from last night to now.

They found a piece of paper and wrote down the clues one by one. After writing, the two discovered that Wen Tao's name was gradually at the center of the incident.

"..." Qi Zhuyue twisted the braid hanging on her chest with her fingers, "Although I have had a premonition since the day... But is this too much of a coincidence?"

Was it such a coincidence that their department chose Qi Zhuyue to have such a close relationship with the village?

Speaking of which, why was only Wen Tao invited back to the village?

Qi Zhuyue suddenly thought of this and asked, "Senior Xia, didn't the other people in the department who visited us receive the invitation?"

Xia Chengyin recalled: "It seems... none."

They chose "Wen Tao" entirely because she still had connections with the village and had a peaceful attitude towards the village, far less shy than other outsiders.

Under these conditions, "Wen Tao" is the most suitable candidate.

You can quickly integrate into the village without causing conflicts and quarrels.

Qi Zhuyue opened her mouth, but finally closed it.

She looked at the name in the center of the character relationship diagram on the paper, and twitched the fingers of her right hand uneasily.

I always feel that something is coming... It seems that there are some clues missing, the clues to connect these things together.

"By the way, Senior Xia, you haven't written about the giant fish tank that Senior Tang and I discovered in our dreams."

"Oh, about that." The short-haired police officer snapped his fingers, "When I went out with that kid Gao Tianyi in the morning, I originally wanted to climb over the wall and go behind a house to take a look."

Originally, when Qi Zhuyue heard this, some emotions surged up, which diluted her uneasiness. She knew that the combination of Xia Chengyin and Gao Tianyi was not very good.

Qi Zhuyue asked cooperatively: "Then what prompted you, Senior Xia, to give up this idea?"

"That kid Gao Tianyi said there's no need to go that way, so I'll forget it." Xia Chengyin replied succinctly, "Otherwise I'll go up and take a look, and if conditions permit, I can go to their backyard -"

Before he finished speaking, Xia Chengyin suddenly straightened his back and looked in the direction of the door.

Just now he and Qi Zhuyue were talking, and the movement on the side was not obvious. Now that the two of them were quiet, the knocking on the door became extremely harsh.

"Tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk..."

The very rhythmic knocking on the door kept ringing, but it was not just the knocking that attracted attention.

Beside the door, under the door, and in the cracks of the door, black mud was pouring in.

(End of this chapter)