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Chapter 130 Ancestral Hall (4135 words in total)

The rain came and went quickly, and stopped soon.

The man who fell on the ground tried to get up in a panic, but was wrapped in the rain on the ground, swallowed up little by little, and disappeared without even a trace of blood.

After eating, the floor was clean and there was no water at all.

All traces have disappeared.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lin Yi wouldn't have believed that Yu could eat people.

One after another, villagers came out for activities and were busy with their work.

No one but him knew that one had died in the rain.

"Xiao Lin, are you there?" There was a knock on the door.

The voice sounded like Director Li.

As soon as Lin opened the door, he looked at Director Li standing at the door and asked, "Director Li, what's the matter?"

After Director Li finished explaining, he turned around and was about to leave. He was stopped by Lin Yi before he took two steps.

"When you notice it, stay away and don't open the window."

"You saw what happened this morning. Something happened in the village, which made everyone panic." Director Li paused here, looking at Lin Yi with a trace of sadness in his eyes, "The village chief plans to advance Open an ancestral hall to worship ancestors, protect the peace of the village, and appease the emotions of the villagers."

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. There are still some things to deal with in the village."

After the person left, Lin Yi once again gained 2 free points.

"Remember not to make loud noises when entering the ancestral hall, and don't touch anything there casually."

Director Li: "What's wrong?"

【1.山顶神庙（30点可解锁） 2.老九家（20点可解锁） 3.祠堂（10点可解锁）】

"When you enter the door, you first burn a stick of incense and paint the gold-lacquered tablet, and you have to bow three times."

Lin Yi thought about it and decided to go in the afternoon. Who knows if there will be any new changes after the ancestor worship.

Mrs. Li also knew about the ancestor worship at the ancestral hall, and understood Lin Yi's mood, so she finally told the information she knew.

Lin Yi: "I have two friends who have no place to live. Can you arrange to live with me?"

Precisely because of the important status of ancestral halls, the buildings usually built are relatively special and iconic.

"Are you going to the ancestral hall?" Mrs. Li put down the needle and thread in her hand and looked at Lin Yi with some embarrassment, as if she didn't know what to say.

"Yes, this is an old tradition in the village."

"Whenever something bad happens in the village, an ancestral hall will be opened to worship the ancestors." Director Li sighed, with a hint of exhaustion in his voice, "I pray to the ancestors to keep the village safe."

"Ancestral hall?" Lin Yi looked at the three places given by the system. Obviously there should be clues in them, but currently he can only go to the ancestral hall.

If he wanted to explore something, he could only go there in the afternoon or wait until after the ancestor worship.

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Lin nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Lin Yi smiled and continued: "Yes, I just found out they were traveling here yesterday, and I was wondering if I could stay together and chat after not seeing each other for a long time."

"When you go, bring a bottle of Shaobai to him. Just say that I miss my father, but I am busy with the work of Laojiu's family and can't leave. I ask you to pay my respects for me."

"That's it." Director Li pondered for a long time and said, "I will arrange the little things."

"Okay, I understand." Lin nodded and took note of Mrs. Li's words.

"When opening an ancestral hall, people who are not from the village cannot be present, otherwise bad things will happen."

For example, organizing clan members to carry out activities on major and commemorative festivals, for example, those who violate clan rules must be punished in the ancestral hall in front of all clan members, etc.

After lunch, he found Director Li's wife and asked carefully about the information about the ancestral hall in the village.

"Uncle Qian, who guards the ancestral hall, has a bad temper and is very repulsive to outsiders."

Mrs. Li warned carefully, went into the kitchen and took a bottle of Shaobai brewed by herself and a small bamboo basket containing sacrifices and stuffed them into Lin Yi's hand, "When the time comes, you can say that you are my eldest nephew and come here to inspect." Just visiting relatives."

But just now Director Li said that when ancestors are worshiped in the ancestral hall, outsiders are not allowed to be present.

"So don't go out tomorrow and stay at home."

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Director Li asked doubtfully: "Friend?"

"But your village chief cannot have outsiders present when you worship your ancestors. I was wondering if I could go and pay homage today."

"The ancestor worship will begin tomorrow. We will take the sacrifices and go around the street first, then around the outside of the village, and finally enter the ancestral hall."

"It's best not to stay too long and come out within an hour."

When Lin saw this, he immediately explained: "Yes, I heard Director Li say that tomorrow an ancestral hall will be opened in the village to worship ancestors and keep the village safe."

"I also want to pay my respects, hoping to bless my mentor and others for their safe return."

According to Mrs. Li's description, he successfully found the location of the ancestral hall, one hundred meters away from the locust tree near the entrance of the village, upstream of the river.

Ancestral halls, also called ancestral halls, were a product of the family system in ancient times. They were generally used to worship ancestors, gather people's hearts, and handle important affairs within the clan.

Lin Yi asked curiously, "Open an ancestral hall?"

The same is true for the ancestral hall in front of me.

The traditional architectural style is dominated by wooden structures, with walls and columns made of solid beams.

The roof is covered with ancient blue tiles, and the age-old moss on the tiles adds a touch of primitive charm.

Entering the door of the ancestral hall, you can see a pair of huge stone lions, guarding the door solemnly and mightily.

The building of the ancestral hall is magnificent and can be said to be the most beautiful place in the village.

Pass by the stone lion and walk towards the gate of the ancestral hall.

The gatekeeper was lying on a bamboo chair, swinging slowly, holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand and fanning it constantly.

It looks so uncomfortable.

Hearing the footsteps, the other party immediately sat up and looked at Lin Yi with a straight face and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"The ancestral hall is an important place. Don't enter casually. Get out quickly."

As he spoke, he stood up and waved to urge Lin Yi to leave quickly.

"Hello, Uncle Qian." Lin Yi smiled and quickly revealed his identity, "I am Aunt Li's nephew. I'm here to see my great-grandfather."

As he spoke, he quickly handed over a bottle of Shaobai hidden in a small bamboo basket, "My aunt asked me to bring this to you."

"It turns out he's the eldest nephew." Uncle Qian turned the white-burnt bottle and his expression softened a lot.

The other party opened the bottle cap and smelled it gently, then turned his attention back to Lin Yi and said, "Go, don't stay too long."

"Okay, thank you."

Lin Yi smiled and took a few steps forward when he heard Uncle Qian say "Wait a minute" behind him.

Uncle Qian: "Enter the incense in the cabinet on the left, take three sticks of yellow incense and light it. Remember not to speak loudly and keep quiet."

"Thank you for reminding me, I will pay attention." Lin nodded. He found that whether it was Ke Shaoyun, Mrs. Li or the doorman in front of him, Uncle Qian, they all emphasized to keep quiet and not to make loud noises.

Explain that making noise in the ancestral hall may cause bad things to happen.

Walking into the ancestral hall, there is a faint fragrance, which is sandalwood.

Rows of tablets are neatly placed inside, all made of wood, with names and years engraved stroke by stroke.

Among the densely packed places, there is a tablet placed in the center that stands out.

This tablet is twice as big as all the tablets on display, and a small area around it has been specially cleared for its placement. It is outlined with gold paint, and the quality of the materials is much better than that of other tablets. There are also detailed patterns carved on the edges.

This shows the dignity and specialness of the status.

"Yu Zongjian, born in July 1788, died in June 7." Lin Yi whispered the name on the tablet, with six yellow incense sticks on it.

The sandalwood scent that I smelled just now came from this.

Someone had already taken the lead to see that Huang Xiang's number was still two.

Is it a player? Or a villager?

Lin Yi sped up and reached for the incense in the cabinet on the left as required.

The wooden cabinet is divided into two floors. There is a large handful of red incense on the upper floor, exuding a faint aroma, which is consistent with the smell on Lao Jiu's house and the corpse.

Have they ever been to the ancestral hall and offered red incense?

The lower layer is yellow incense, which is pitifully small compared to the number of red incense, only fifteen.

If you need to light incense every time you enter the ancestral hall, it means that there will be no incense to use for those who come later.

What will happen if you don’t burn incense as required?

After Lin Yi stared at the three yellow incense in his hand for a few seconds, he still did not take away the remaining yellow incense.

Don't act rashly until you are sure.

He lit the yellow incense, bowed respectfully three times to the gold-lacquered tablet, and inserted the incense firmly into it.

To the naked eye, a faint golden light could be seen wafting out from the incense, swirling around him, and finally gathering on the back of his left hand.

A golden mark is stamped on it.

What is this again?

Lin Yi touched it carefully, but nothing special happened.

He could only give up temporarily and put the offerings in the small bamboo basket in front of the designated tablet.

There are so many tablets in the ancestral hall that it is impossible to count them. It is by no means more than the more than a hundred mentioned by Bian Yi.

There are incense and offerings in front of the tablets, which look no different from other ancestral halls.

But I don't know why Lin Yi always felt that there was something very inconsistent here, but for a while he had no clue.

He could only continue to focus on the tablet and read the information on it carefully.

Generally speaking, the middle of the tablet is the person's name and relationship, the left is the time of birth, and the right is the time of death.

Lin Yi looked at the nearest row of tablets in front of him, especially the time section, and suddenly showed a surprised look, "They all died last year?"

The people recorded on the tablets in this row were no more than twenty-five years old from birth to death, and they were all young people.

It’s strange why so many people died in the same year and month.

It's a pity that the specific time of death is not clearly stated on the tablet. If the time of death is the same, there will be a big problem.

Just as he continued to observe the tablets in the back row, the tablet in front of him fell from its position with a clang and broke into two pieces in front of him.

Lin Yi immediately took a few steps back and looked around cautiously. He had not forgotten the rules of the ancestral hall to keep quiet.

I just don’t know if this sound is considered a violation.

After a few minutes, the ancestral hall was still quiet, without any unusual movement.

Lin Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it was just an accident and not a violation.

His eyes continued to look at the tablets at the back, and soon he reached the highest row.

After seeing the name clearly, Lin Yi was stunned and felt a chill in his body.

The tablet clearly reads: Wang Erming, born in November 1997, died in November 11.

How can it be?

Don’t people just die?

Why is the tablet already on top?

It doesn't look like it's been newly painted.

The dazzling red letters make people feel uneasy.

Lin Yi felt that he couldn't stay any longer, as something terrible might happen.

He did not forget the tablet that had just been suddenly broken.

There are no windows, it's not facing the door, there's no wind around, and the tablets can actually break by themselves!

The more I thought about it, the weirder it seemed, and there was something weird about it everywhere.

At this time, the back of Lin Yi's hand felt slightly warm, and the golden mark was flashing, seeming to remind him to leave quickly.

Without hesitation, Lin Yi stood up and walked to the door.

As a result, as soon as I stepped out of the ancestral hall, I heard footsteps coming from the left direction.

His voice didn't sound like the gatekeeper, Mr. Qian.

Maybe it was the person who came in before him.

Lin Yi turned around and quickly hid in the corner next to him.

In less than two minutes, he saw two people rushing toward the door, one behind the other.

The visitors were the two players we met in the morning.

"Hurry up, time is running out." The tall player stared at the back of his left hand as he walked, his feet moving faster and faster.

The player on Wanzitou was a few steps behind and stopped in the ancestral hall not knowing what to do.

Only a slight sound could be heard.

A minute later, Wan Zitou trotted out, also looking down at the back of his hand.

This time Lin Yi saw that the golden mark on the back of his hand completely disappeared the second he stepped out of the ancestral hall.

At the same time, there was a sound of shattering in the ancestral hall, and it was estimated that many tablets were broken.

After the two people's backs completely disappeared, Lin Yi returned to the ancestral hall while the mark on his hand was still there.

Sure enough, the tablets in the first row were shattered all over the floor, and the remaining yellow incense in the cabinet on the left was gone.

The players who should be the meatball heads took them all.

The other party's behavior confirmed his suspicion.

Yellow incense is only used by outsiders to burn incense, and will receive a layer of golden mark for protection.

The ancestral hall is safe during protected hours.

When the mark heats up and starts flashing, it reminds the visitor that the protection time is coming and they must leave as soon as possible.

That's why the two people just kept paying attention to the back of their hands, looking at the time of the mark.

Now without the yellow incense, it would be dangerous to enter the ancestral hall.

After Lin Yi came out, he did not leave directly, but went to find the gatekeeper, Uncle Qian.

"Uncle, I just saw two people taking away the remaining yellow incense."

"What? These outsiders are so abominable, they even want to steal some incense." Upon hearing this, Uncle Qian stood up from the recliner angrily and ran straight to the ancestral hall.

Lin Yi followed slowly and stood on the aisle waiting.

After a while, Uncle Qian came out and slammed the door of the inner courtyard of the ancestral hall with a livid face.

(End of this chapter)