Because there were so many people, Uncle Wu didn't say much. He only asked Erjing to send someone to send Wu Xiaoxie and others down the mountain for examination by the accompanying doctor.
Second Uncle Wu made a big deal this time. He took over all the stilt wooden buildings near Agui's house. He brought more than a hundred people with him, including several cousins from the family who were hanging out with Third Uncle. And none of them look very pretty.
Wu Xiaoxie was so frightened by this battle that he didn't dare to ask any more questions. After just a few words of greeting, they temporarily stayed by the lake with their second uncle.
Yuncai was worried about the situation of Fatty and the others, so he and Agui returned to Banai again. Fatty was so excited when he saw Yuncai. If he hadn't been worried about the crowd, he would have reached out to hold Yuncai's hand.
Although they were not injured this time, they did not look very good. After all, they had been trapped underground for more than ten days without seeing the sun, and they had no energy to care about anything else.
After resting at Agui's house for two days, Uncle Wu and his party came back. Looking at Wu Xiaoxie's face, Wu Xiaoxie felt very strange in his heart.
The second uncle cleared everyone out, except for what he said to Wu Xiaoxie in the room.
Zhang Zhuxun and the other three were staying outside in the yard, helping Yun Cai choose vegetables.
The fat man huddled happily beside the clouds, bragging about his achievements along the way. Looking at the admiring eyes of the clouds, he immediately became lost.
Zhang Zhuxun and his younger brother sat on the edge, listening with smiles on their faces and not breaking his steps.
When lunch was approaching, Uncle Wu and Wu Xiaoxie came down from upstairs. I don’t know what they said, and Wu Xiaoxie also looked a little bad.
After dinner, Uncle Wu took the people away again, in a hurry.
Wu Xiaoxie quickly called Zhang Zhu and others back to the room and took out a photo. It showed Chen Wenjin and a tall and thin man. The man could only see his back, but it was obvious that Chen Wenjin was looking at that person. When he was in person, his expression was very respectful.
"Who is this person?" Fatty hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter. "He was a member of the archaeological team?"
Wu Xiaoxie shook his head, "He was the organizer of that expedition team."
The fat man said "Huh?" "Who is it?"
Wu Xiaoxie still shook his head, "I don't know. Anyway, he was a big shot at the time. My second uncle asked me not to investigate these things anymore, but he didn't stop us from continuing to search for my little brother's past."
Zhang Zhuoxun frowned and said, "Did your second uncle tell you where he got this photo?"
Wu Xiaoxie glanced at the younger brother and whispered: "The second uncle said that he knew about Banai many years ago. This photo was of great importance, so he sent someone to take it from the younger brother's stilt building in advance. "
The fat man curled his lips, "You can recognize a ghost just from his back."
Zhang Zhuxun lowered his voice and said, "I think there must be traces of 'it' behind Chen Wenjin's expedition team back then, and the people in the photos may also be inextricably linked to 'it'." "
"So we still have to be careful. "It" has not disappeared. After so many years, the energy of "It" is still a terrifying existence. " Zhang Zhu said, "Wherever those people go is very dangerous, Banai is their first stop, but we still don't know what their original purpose was."
Wu Xiaoxie smiled bitterly, "My second uncle is different from my third uncle. Whatever he says cannot be done, he must not do it."
"So, you're giving up?" The fat man scratched his head.
Wu Xiaoxie shook his head, "Of course not. The purpose of our coming to Banai is to find out my brother's past. This does not conflict with my second uncle, and my second uncle also gave me this."
As Wu Xiaoxie spoke, he took out a hand-drawn drawing and another old map from his pocket, spread them out on the table, pointed at several key places on it, and said, "Look, this is what I learned from my second uncle. I got the picture of the ancient village at the bottom of the lake and the floor plan of the entire Banai Yao Village. Muyu and his brother went down to the bottom of the lake before and saw the ancient Yao village. At first you just said it looked very similar, but look at these two pictures. Picture, the layout above is exactly the same, there is almost no difference.”
Uncle Wu and the others came prepared this time, carrying a large amount of high-tech equipment, and directly surveyed the Yao Village at the bottom of the lake.
layout diagram and drew it.
Zhang Zhuoxun and the others carefully compared the two pictures and found that the buildings, paths and fences were exactly the same as the village.
Even the several paths near Agui's house that were almost covered with grass were all on the picture at the bottom of the lake.
Comparing from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, the more you look at it, the more frightening it becomes. It's almost like copying and pasting.
Zhang Zhuxun said softly: "In other words, Yao Village is man-made and was built like this consciously."
"But what is the purpose of doing this?" Wu Xiaoxie still couldn't figure it out. Villages are different from cities. Urban construction can be planned, but villages have too much variability.
If someone wants to open an extra path outside the yard on a whim, this is completely uncontrollable. You can't control everyone's thoughts. That would be too terrible.
The fat man hit the nail on the head, "So, what we see now, this habitable Yao Village is probably fake. The real Yao Village has long been submerged under the water. But in order to hide it and prevent outsiders from discovering that the village has disappeared, So they opened up a place on the ground and built a new Yao village."
This is a mirror image conspiracy. Just like the expedition team that Panma killed, the old expedition team was wiped out and then replaced by a new team of unknown origin without anyone noticing. This is a mirror image.
There may be extreme blood behind this big conspiracy. If you want to hide the truth, all the people in the original village will inevitably be slaughtered.
The murderers probably pretended to be villagers and lived in the fake village to implement their plan. This conspiracy must have happened a long time ago. Under the purge of time, the truth of that year has been impossible to verify.
So, what is the secret that requires so much effort to hide.
The fat man suddenly thought of something, "Could it be related to the jade vein mine we saw after we were swept in by the siphon tide? Those people dug up a group of monsters, so they hid the village and the mine underwater."
Zhang Zhuxun shook his head, stepped forward and reached out to hold the map of the ancient village at the bottom of the lake. He lifted it up and changed its position. He looked at the sunlight coming in from the window and said, "Look, what is this image?"
When the three of them saw it, they immediately screamed in shock.
"What a bastard!" The fat man pointed at Zhang Zhuxun in shock, "Isn't this the unicorn tattoo you and my brother have on you?"
Wu Xiaoxie was also surprised, "What's going on? Is the ancient Yao village that disappeared back then related to my brother's family?"
The younger brother's eyes were obviously a little surprised, and he glanced at Zhang Zhuxun.
Zhang Shuxun was helpless, "Maybe we can't escape this time. What Second Uncle Wu is looking for now may very well coincide with our ultimate goal."
The fat man looked interested and hurriedly urged the younger brother to take off his clothes, "Quickly, let's take the time to compare. The fat man found that this thing is getting more and more fun."
"Tattoos need to be heated to show up. Fatty, go find my sister-in-law to get a hot towel." Zhang Zhu said with a teasing smile.
"What sister-in-law?" The fat man was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud and said with joy, "You are a good boy and can talk. As long as Sister Yuncai promises me, when our affairs here are completely finished, the fat man will Take her back to Beijing, and take my father-in-law with you."
Wu Xiaoxie pushed him angrily, "Okay, okay, stop daydreaming and go get a towel quickly."
The fat man came back quickly and brought a basin of hot water. There were two towels soaked in the basin. He fished out the towels with his fingers and urged the younger brother to take off his clothes quickly. His expression was as excited as Taijun seeing the flower girl. .
Wu Xiaoxie held another towel with a look of eagerness on his face.
The younger brother pursed his lips helplessly, "I'll do it myself."
Zhang Zhuoxun walked to the window and lowered the wooden window. The people who were still guarding Uncle Wu near Agui's house couldn't let them see.
The little brother put a hot towel on the left side of his chest and wiped it slowly. The towel was soaked in boiling water and was still a little hot. The little brother's fair skin was a little red from the heat.
Soon, the blue and black tattoo slowly appeared from the chest.
The fat man looked hot and muttered: "This is a good trick. Why didn't I know this when I cheated before?"
Zhang Zhuxun took a pen and paper and traced the tattoo on the side until it was all visible, and then compared it. Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh, "Can you bear the pain of getting a tattoo? This is a special kind of thorn." The juice of the plant is prepared using a secret method and then inserted needle by needle. You can't use anesthesia when pricking the body, so it will be ten times more painful than ordinary people getting tattoos of tigers and lions."
The fat man said unconvinced: "I've never tried it, how do you know it won't work? I heard Uncle Agui say that when the boys here reach adulthood, they will have a tattoo representing their most beloved girl on their body. , which means that we will never be separated in this life. When Yuncai agrees to my promise, I will go to the craftsmen in the village and tattoo the small clouds representing clouds on my body to express my determination to love my sister Yuncai."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Zhang Zhu's teeth ached when he heard this, "This bowl of dog food is really good."
Wu Xiaoxie also smiled and said: "Then we are all Yun Cai's natal family. When the time comes, we will supervise you. If Yun Cai can't cure you, let my little brother Muyu hold you down and kneel on the washboard."
The fat man shouted, "Damn, I won't do this to you. Sister Yuncai loves me so much that she can't let go of me. Just go ahead and be jealous, hum."
While several people were chatting, all the tattoos on the brother's body were applied with hot towels.
Zhang Zhuxun directly put the tissue paper on the little brother's body and traced all the tattoos with a marker.
"Look at the location of the ancient building." Fatty pointed to the path above, "If Yao Village and Ancient Village are the same, then the location of the ancient building at the bottom of the lake happens to be the tall wooden building where I lived before. position, and when attached to my little brother’s body, it happens to be Qilin’s eyes.”
Wu Xiaoxie compared several other places in detail and said in surprise: "It seems we can be sure that my brother, or my family, must have a connection with this Yao Village."
The fat man suddenly thought of something, pointed at Zhang Zhuxun, and said, "Muyu, aren't you also from my brother's family? Why haven't you heard of your elders mentioning it?"
Zhang Shuxun sighed, "Our overseas branch has always been outside the family, and we have not had frequent contact with our family. When things happened to our family suddenly, the overseas Zhang family lost news about our family."
"The younger generation like us have never been to the old site of our family. The elders are also very secretive about what happened to our family. No one dares to mention it. I don't know much. I only know that the Zhang family should be hidden in the mountains of Banai. The thing is most likely what your second uncle is looking for." Facing Wu Xiaoxie and the others, Zhang Zhuoxun could only mention a few things in a vague way.
Wu Xiaoxie looked desperate, "That's terrible. If my second uncle finds out, he will definitely skin me."
The fat man gave him an elbow and said in a low voice: "Don't let your second uncle know. Your second uncle and his friends have more people and more power. They will definitely find out more information than us. When the time comes, you can serve tea and water." Something like that, sneak in, steal the information, and strike first. You are his nephew, there is no way he can attack you."
Wu Xiaoxie was speechless, "What a bad idea you have, fat man. You don't even know how scary my second uncle is. If I say I'll break your legs, I won't sew your mouth shut. I will do what I say." So what about his nephew, the punishment might be doubled because I turned a deaf ear to his words."
The fat man rubbed his arms and said sympathetically: "Then you are really miserable."
"If you dare to go against my second uncle, the end will be even worse." Wu Xiaoxie gave him a dead eye, turned to Zhang Shuxun and his little brother and said, "We can't be tough with my second uncle, we have to think Individual and reliable methods.”
There was silence in the room.
The fat man yawned and comforted everyone: "What are you doing with such shame? At least there is a clue to this matter. There is no need to be so hasty. Anyway, the village cannot suddenly disappear again. We must continue to stay and be a good people." A comprehensive investigation."
"In addition, we have to inquire about the surrounding villages, and we also have to look around the lake. There may be some clues in the ancient building. We have to stay here for a long time."
Zhang Zhu thought for a while and said: "Then do you plan to let Yuncai and the others stay in Banai? We won't die this time, shoulders slumped
I must know that Yuncai betrayed him. That guy is so elusive that you can't follow Yuncai 24 hours a day. I'm afraid that Slumped Shoulder will attack Yuncai and it will be impossible to guard against him. "
The fat man immediately frowned, "There are so many people guarding us here, so that guy shouldn't be so bold."
Wu Xiaoxie also said: "I think it's better to settle Yuncai out. We didn't see Panma the last time we returned to Banai. His son even led people up the mountain to look for him, but there was no news. I guess the old man is a murderer. There is no luck."
The more the fat man thought about it, the more likely he felt that it was possible. Panma was so good and he was an experienced old hunter. Even if he fell into the trap, wouldn't it be more dangerous for Yuncai, who has no power to restrain a chicken?
He didn't dare to gamble with Yun Cai's life.
He immediately said anxiously: "Then I will send Yuncai and Uncle Agui out quickly and stay with her sister."
