From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 259 Ancestral Hall and Interrogation

When the two entered the stockade, most of the people who heard the folk songs stuck their heads out to watch the excitement.

There are men and women, most of whom are women.

But this time it was probably because of entering the stockade.There were too many people, and they didn't gather around to play like Huahai Zhongzhong. Most of them asked a question from a distance, just kidding, to see what kind of handsome brother Liu Chan's nephew is.

Most of those who are the same age as Liu Chan or a little older know about Liu Mei, know that Henry Zhang is her son, and they all respond with a charitable smile and ask a question.

But those young girls, Yingying and Yanyan, looked very lively, some of them were just for fun, but some of them caught Henry Zhang at a glance, and their temperament was straightforward and bold. On the railing of the attic, She poked her head and asked with a smile: "Aunt Chan, does your elder brother Jun have a good woman, if not, I can chase him."

"Hahaha"

The people around burst into laughter, but without the slightest disdain, such straightforwardness is also the way of an upright girl.

Liu Chan smiled and said: "If there is, you can ask him yourself, and ask me why, I will meet Grandma Long Mu later, and he will live in the village. I want to see if that hot girl can enter the Panwang meeting My door."

Liu Chan's answer made the people around burst into laughter. After laughing, people began to gradually disperse. After all, Liu Chan's words had revealed that Henry Zhang was going to see Grandma Long Mu.

The two got rid of the crowd and walked to the depths of the stockade. The stockade was built on the mountain. It is a mountain city stockade made of wooden frame houses and stones, so the depth of the stockade is also faintly at the highest point of the stockade in terms of terrain.

Liu Chan took Henry Zhang away for a while, and finally came to the top floor of the village. The sight was a round, flat square made of stones, about the size of two basketball courts.

On the square, there are eight large brown round wooden pillars standing around the square. On the top are ox heads and white bones with strange patterns, and two big horns soaring into the sky. The pillars are painted with blue and black ink. Strange totems, there are people, beasts, and grimaces, the most conspicuous of which are the Zerg and the human pattern that controls the Zerg.

At the end of the square is an old wooden attic with a pointed roof, the whole body is black. Although the door is wide open, it is very dim when you look inside, and you can't see what it looks like inside.

Liu Chan brought Henry Zhang to the wooden attic. Henry Zhang found that his aunt put away a smile on her face and looked upright. She opened the silver cage with the golden emerald poisonous silkworm on her waist, and with a whoosh, the golden emerald The poisonous silkworm rushed out and flew into the attic.

The Jincui Poisonous Silkworm was originally the Life Gu of Grandma Longmu, and it was handed over to Liu Chan for protection and passed on a message. Now when it comes back, it will naturally fly back to the original owner.

Liu Chan released the Jin Cui poisonous silkworm, and then said: "Grandma, Ah Xuan brought it."

"Cough cough, is little Axuan here? All right. Xiao Chan'er, it's exhausting to drive all the way, you can take little Axuan to rest first, and ask him to come here alone tomorrow."

Grandma Longmu didn’t let Henry Zhang go in directly, but asked Liu Chan to arrange for Henry Zhang to stay first. Although it was said that there was not much time, only three months, but this practice should not be too urgent.

Liu Chan agreed, and took Henry Zhang to the two wooden houses on the lower floor of the square. She pointed to the wooden house next to her and took Henry Zhang in and said, "Xiao Xuan, you can stay here , tomorrow you go up to find mother-in-law by yourself."

The wooden house is not big, but Henry Zhang felt an unknown sense of familiarity in his heart.

Henry Zhang looked at the simple furnishings in the wooden house, tables and chairs, and a set of wooden cups and bowls on the table. There were not many things, and there was only a bamboo vase on the window sill.

He touched the table with his hand, it was very clean, without a trace of dust, it seemed that this house was often cleaned.Immediately, his eyes fell on the vase on the window sill. There were no flowers there, but there were traces of no one living there.

"Feel it out?"

"Auntie is this room?"

Liu Chan replied: "This is your mother's original house. At that time, we were picked up by my mother-in-law and studied arts together. But halfway through, your mother was abducted by your father and left this empty house." '

Henry Zhang nodded slightly, Auntie will arrange to live in this house, but he agrees with him, he said: "Thank you, Auntie."

Liu Chan said: "As long as you like it, you can go to the ancestral hall by yourself tomorrow morning, and mother-in-law will give you what you need to learn."

The ancestral hall is the place where the ancestors of Yue'erzhai are enshrined. Not only are the ancestors enshrined inside, but also how many Gu objects left by the ancestors are hidden. Although the Gu owner is gone, the Gu objects left behind are still valuable and will be given to future generations. manipulation.

For the people of Yue'er Village, the ancestral hall is a dangerous but sacred place that protects the safety of the village, and only the great elders of the past can guard and live in this place.

Liu Chan and Liu Mei followed Grandma Longmu to learn the art of witchcraft. Although she didn't say anything, her status in Yue'er Village is very high. From the residence, it can be seen that it is only under the ancestral hall.

Early the next morning, when Henry Zhang just woke up, he heard a knock on the door, and he didn’t clean it up. He thought it was my aunt who was worried about coming over, so he went directly to open the door. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, it turned out to be the flower in the sea of ​​flowers yesterday. The girl who was called by Liu Chan as Lan Yatou.

"Miss Lan Lan, why are you here?"

"Brother Ah Xuan just call me Lan Duo, Aunt Chan calls me to bring you food and wake you up."

Liu Chan stayed with Henry Zhang for a few days and knew that her nephew was tired and worried that he had nothing to eat when he got up early, so she called Lan Duo to deliver breakfast.

Although Lan Duo called Liu Chan her aunt, but according to the sect, she was actually Liu Chan's apprentice. The master was ordered, so naturally he came early in the morning to deliver the food.

It’s just that she didn’t expect to see Henry Zhang’s tired look when he got up early, and Henry Zhang’s inadvertent lethargy made her laugh, and as soon as she made a sound, she remembered that Henry Zhang was still there, and held back .

Henry Zhang saw it, and smiled helplessly: "Laugh if you want to laugh, I always do this when I get up early, didn't my aunt say it?"

Lan Duo shook her head, she smiled and said, "Aunt Chan asked me to bring you breakfast and clothes without saying anything." '

"clothing?"

Lan Duo nodded, and said: "It's our Miao family's clothes. Aunt Chan said that since you are studying Gu in the ancestral hall, you are the son of the Miao family. Naturally, you have to wear the Miao family's clothes."

Henry Zhangdao: "Thank you for your hard work."

Henry Zhang hurriedly ate breakfast, changed his clothes, and came to the square again under the leadership of Lan Duo.

When they arrived at the place, Lan Duo said: "Brother Xuan, my mother-in-law told you to go in alone, so I won't go, I'll wait for you here."

Henry Zhang nodded and said: "Landuo, go back first, I don't know how long it will take to get out after I go in."

After Henry Zhang finished speaking, he walked towards the wooden pavilion of the ancestral hall, and when he reached the door, he cupped his hands and said, "Mother-in-law, junior Henry Zhang please see me."

"Come in when little Ah Xuan is here, he is just like Lin Jiu."

Henry Zhang got the invitation, and walked in, his feet creaked on the wooden floor, a long corridor, dim and unclear, he walked forward a few steps, finally saw a glimmer of fire, and walked over.

The place where you can see is a wide ancestral hall. On the front are black or white jars, which are placed on shelves layer by layer, very neat.

The jar is depicted with various totem patterns and strange characters, revealing a mysterious and strange atmosphere.

These jars are bone collection altars, and the bones inside are probably the bones of ancestors. This is a special funeral for ethnic minorities. There is a small incense burner in front of each bone altar, and three burning sticks are lit on the incense burner. incense.

Grandma Longmu has silver hair wrapped in a black turban and a thick black robe, sitting cross-legged on a futon in front of the bone altar.

Seeing Henry Zhang coming in, she smiled kindly, then pointed to the futon opposite her, and said, "Sit down when you come, I don't have that much courtesy, just don't be afraid."

Henry Zhang saluted, then sat down cross-legged on the opposite side, the two faced each other, separated by a sandalwood burner lit with light sandalwood smoke, Grandma Long Mu took the teapot on the side and poured a cup of tea for the two, and then Straight to the point: "Do you know why I insisted on asking you to learn this Gu technique and become the successor of Yue'er Village?"

(End of this chapter)