The second uncle moved very quickly. As soon as he finished speaking, he was already rushing towards the black shadow like a hound.
I quickly stood up and followed my second uncle towards the end of the village.
The second uncle was much faster than me and jumped in front of the figure, "Who are you?"
The owner of the figure was startled and trembled so hard that he almost fell down. He staggered back two steps and revealed a frightened face. He was actually the village chief.
I hurried up and said, "Second uncle, don't mess around. He is the village chief."
"Zhou Xuan, why did you run away to the back mountain? How dangerous it is. Come back to the village with me!"
When the village chief heard my voice, he immediately turned to look at me, then hesitantly pointed to his second uncle and said, who are you?
At this time, I was out of breath and followed him and said to the village chief, "This is my second uncle who came to the village specifically to find me."
"Are you the second oldest child in the Zhou family?"
The village chief was shocked, his eyes widened, he looked at the second uncle's stiff face for a long time, and said with a sigh,
"So it's you. You've left the village for more than ten years. Why are you coming back?"
The village chief and his second uncle should have known each other, but the second uncle had been away from the village for more than ten years and his appearance had undergone some changes, which made him unable to recognize him at a glance.
The second uncle said coldly, "Zhou Xuan is the eldest nephew. I made a special trip to see him to resolve family matters casually."
The village chief sighed, clapped his thigh and said, "I haven't been back for a long time, so what's the use of coming here now? You old Zhou family are really capable of doing evil, causing such a big thing and bringing down the whole village!"
It was obvious that the village chief did not like my second uncle, and his tone was very distant.
I quickly sniffed and went up to apologize to the village chief, "I'm sorry, uncle, because my family's affairs have affected the whole village. I really..."
"Forget it, you are just a half-grown child and don't understand anything. How can I blame you for these things?"
The village chief shook his head and sighed, waved his hand to stop me from continuing, and asked me what I was doing in the back mountains.
My nose felt sour and I said I came to see my mother, but who knew the grave was already empty, right...
I suddenly grabbed the village chief's arm and asked loudly, "Uncle, do you know who dug up my mother's coffin?"
"I know, that's why I'm here!"
The village chief said sadly that not long ago, he saw my grandpa carrying a hoe into the mountain covered in blood. He asked where he was going and went directly to my mother's grave with the hoe.
"When I got home, I felt something was wrong no matter how much I thought about it. I felt that something was fishy, so I planned to go up to the mountain behind to take a look. Who knew that the tomb had been dug out? It seems that your great-grandfather pushed the coffin away."
Why did the grandfather touch my mother's coffin?
I was even more stupid after receiving such a reply. Just when I was about to ask a few more questions, my second uncle had already put his hand on my shoulder.
"Since your mother's coffin was pushed away by the Grandfather, let's go find the Grandfather and find out. There is no need to waste any more time."
All right.
I nodded and turned around to go to the East Village with my second uncle.
The village chief ran two steps quickly, caught up and said, "Zhou Xuan, where are you going in such heavy fog? The village is very unsafe now. Why don't you come home with me to avoid it?"
I shook my head numbly and forced out a bitter smile, "Thank you uncle for your kindness, let's forget it. I plan to find my mother's coffin first."
"Then...you have to be careful."
The village chief opened his mouth, looked at me, and then at his expressionless second uncle, as if he was about to say something, but in the end he didn't choose to speak, shook his head and left.
I felt that the village chief was acting weird today, so I couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice, “What’s wrong with the village chief?”
The second uncle reminded him coldly, "What should I do with a person who is about to die?"
"What... what are you about to die?" I asked, dumbfounded and in disbelief.
The second uncle took a deep breath and turned to look back at the stone bridge at the entrance of the village. His cold eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the heavy fog.
"From the moment the evil formation is activated, the people in the village are destined not to survive. We have to act as soon as possible. The longer the delay, the stronger the effect of the formation. Unless Taigong and I join forces, no one can break this evil formation. .”
"Um!"
I nodded heavily and accelerated my search for my grandpa.
This is no longer a matter of the old Zhou family, but involves the safety of the entire Zhoujiagou. I don’t want to implicate the villagers because of my family’s affairs. The only thing I can do is to find the Taigong as soon as possible and let him and his second uncle work together to break it. The evil formation in the village.
Taigong lived in Dongxiang, not far from Zhoujiagou. He only had to climb two slopes to get there.
There is also a thin layer of fog here. Although it is not as deep as my home, the yin energy in the air is still very strong.
The second uncle frowned as he walked, "I didn't expect the evil formation to spread so quickly. Even Dongxiang was blocked by this breath of resentment."
I wiped the sweat off my forehead, pointed to a wooden house in front, and said, hurry up, the Taigong's house is right in front. As long as you find the Taigong, you can definitely solve the problems in the village together!
The second uncle agreed a little, but his face was noncommittal.
I hurried on and quickly ran to the door of Grandpa's house. Just as I was about to knock on the door, my second uncle suddenly grabbed me and said cautiously,
"No, there's something wrong with Grand Duke's family!"
I said in confusion, "What problem could there be? I used to come to see Grandpa often, and it was the same every time."
The second uncle shook his head and pointed to the two door panels in the outer courtyard of Taigong's house, asking me to take a closer look and see what they looked like.
I was confused at first, but when I regained my composure and looked at the courtyard gate again, my spine suddenly straightened, I took a step back and said with a trembling voice,
"Why does his front door look like a coffin?"
In front of me were two erected door panels, tightly closed. The surface of the door was painted with dark paint, and a big Chinese character "longevity" was written on both sides of the door panels!
Where is the door? It's obviously two coffin boards that have been removed.
"The longevity coffin blocks the door, this is obviously a ghost house!"
The second uncle's face was very serious. He looked at the plants outside the Taigong's gate and his tone became even more gloomy.
"There is a saying in Yangzhai Feng Shui: don't plant mulberries in the front, don't plant willows in the back, and don't plant ghost clapping hands in the middle. These three plants are all yin trees, which are particularly easy to attract ghosts. But the Taigong family did the opposite, not only at the door There are many mulberry trees planted in the front and a willow tree planted in the backyard. The house also faces east and west, so you can sit west and look east. This is a standard layout of a shady house!"
My fingers trembled violently, "Who are you? The grandpa lives in a ghost house, so he..."
"I'm afraid your great-grandfather also has a problem."
The second uncle pursed his razor-like lips tightly and his eyes were sharp.
"impossible."
I shook my head vigorously. Although I had doubted my grandpa before, in order to send me away from the village, he would rather stay alone on the bridge to deal with those innocent souls who were seeking their lives. From this alone, I knew that my grandpa was probably a good person.
I quickly turned around and knocked hard on the door, just wanting to let my grandpa out quickly.
But after knocking on the door several times, there was no response from the yard. I felt puzzled and raised my hand again, about to continue knocking on the door.
Bang, bang bang!
Something strange happened. There were also three knocks on the other side of the door. Regardless of the rhythm, intensity or pause interval, they were exactly the same as my knocks.
