According to the rules of Gongyang Village, before getting married, the newlyweds must go to the Li Family Ancestral Hall to worship their ancestors and receive their blessings.
"The groom is responsible for leading us here." Su Qingyu glanced at his watch. It was now three o'clock in the afternoon.
The sky outside is already overcast, and the storm is about to come.
The ancestral hall is a place where ancestors' tablets are enshrined. They need to explore as soon as possible and then leave here.
Su Qingyu said: "On the way here, I found a lot of women's hair on the ground, extending all the way here. There must be some important clues here."
Shen Sinian nodded: "I also discovered what you said. I guess that the ground is probably the guide for the missing bride."
He walked around in the ancestral hall, looked around, then frowned and said seriously: "No, when we came, the door of the ancestral hall was open."
Su Qingyu's heart tightened, and she asked, "What's the point?"
The decoration of this ancestral hall seems ordinary at first glance, but upon closer inspection, there are many unreasonable things.
When Shen Si was young, he lived in a rural area. As the male son of the family, he was often responsible for the activities of worshiping at the ancestral hall during the Qingming Festival.
He explained patiently: "The main door of the ancestral hall is not usually opened. It is only opened during the Spring and Autumn Festival or when the clan members discuss important matters."
Spring Festival refers to Qingming Festival.
Autumn Festival refers to the Double Ninth Festival.
"Today is not a festival for sacrifices. According to your statement, there are clansmen here discussing important matters..." As soon as these words were spoken, a gust of cold wind passed through the hall.
On the shrine in the middle is placed the tablet of the ancestors of the Li family. It is a small rectangular wooden plaque with black characters on a white background and the names of the ancestors of the Li family are engraved on it.
Su Qingyu discovered that those tablets were all upside down.
If the ancestor's tablet is turned upside down, it means losing the blessing of the ancestor, the decline of the family, and a bloody disaster.
The auspicious beast incense burner directly in front has three severed incense sticks.
Burning the incense on one's head will lead to the separation of one's wife and children, as well as the loss of descendants.
When they entered the door, the incense actually lit itself, and black incense ash fell.
Shen Sinian's face became extremely ugly, and he muttered: "Baiji, black, yellow, and fat, and the ancestral tablets are standing upside down, and the broken incense spontaneously ignites without lighting it, and the black incense ashes, it's a sign of great misfortune!" "
He grabbed Su Qingyu's arm: "Obey, let's get out of here first!"
Su Qingyu lived in a big city before entering the book and didn't know the importance of ancestral worship.
She felt that leaving was not the best option.
"Wait a minute." Su Qingyu did not rush to leave, but calmly analyzed: "The groom brought us here specially, he must have something to say.
This is a copy, not the real world.
Although the decorations in the ancestral hall are not in line with common sense, the rules do not say that these things are bad omens, so there is no need to worry. "
The decorations in the ancestral hall are obviously designed to scare off the trialists who come here.
The more it wants the tester to leave, the more important clues there are here!
"you--"
Shen Sinian looked at Su Qingyu with complicated eyes. Just now, the system reminded him that this ancestral hall has new rules, allowing him to continue investigating.
In the ancestral hall, black hair was densely packed and went under the table in front of the shrine.
The table was covered with red cloth, and the cloth hung down from the four sides to cover the four table legs.
On the table, there was a piece of red paper, three intact incense sticks, and three empty plates that were supposed to hold the sacrifices.
Su Qingyu got rid of Shen Sinian's hand and walked towards the table.
She picked up the red paper first.
Two new rules are written on the red paper.
[4. The ancestral hall is a sacred place. Non-residents of the village are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall at will.
If you step in accidentally, please light the red candle in the ancestral hall immediately. Before the candles burn out, men need to light three sticks of incense and kowtow, and women need to sacrifice red, white and black things to ask for forgiveness from their ancestors. 】
【5. There is a black dog raised in the ancestral hall. It will protect you. Please do not abandon it easily if necessary. 】
There was movement under the table.
Su Qingyu opened the red cloth and found an old black dog lying under the table.
The black dog drooped its eyelids and licked its paws listlessly.
Because the fur all over his body was black and shiny, it almost blended into the shadow under the table.
Seeing someone appear, the old black dog slowly got out from under the table and licked the palm of Su Qingyu's hand.
Seeing this black dog, Su Qingyu thought of the first and third rules of [Gongyang Village].
[If you stay overnight in the village, please try to stay in a house near the entrance of the village and choose a house with dogs. If you choose to stay overnight in a hilltop house, be sure to close the doors and windows and make no noise after midnight. 】
[If you hear a dog barking at night, please do not leave the room. There are very few residents on the top of the mountain. No one will go out at night, and no one you know will knock on the door. 】
Both rules also mention dogs.
Last night, Weiyi knocked on the door disguised as Shen Sinian. As the dog barked louder and louder, Weiyi would leave.
For the time being, it can be judged that the dog is good and will help the trialer.
When Shen Sinian saw the fourth rule, he immediately used a lighter to light the two red candles in the ancestral hall.
When the candle light was lit, the chill in the ancestral hall seemed to lessen.
But candles burn extremely quickly.
This candle won't last three minutes!
Shen Sinian also discovered something unusual about the candle.
He quickly picked up the three sticks of incense on the table, buried the broken incense that was burning in the incense burner into the ashes, and then inserted the new incense into it.
Shen Sinian's father taught him how to deal with incense.
Su Qingyu's brain was working rapidly, and she looked at the words on the rules.
[Women need to sacrifice red, white and black things. 】
This rule can be understood as the tribute is dog blood, dog bones and dog skin.
And, Rule 5 simply says, don’t give up the black dog if you don’t have to.
Is now the necessary moment?
Su Qingyu pursed her lips. She thought for a moment and took out three tribute cards.
They are ruby, silver and obsidian.
The rules only stated that the tributes should be red, white and black.
The gems are more like tributes than the black dogs.
When the candle was about to go out, Su Qingyu carefully put the gems into the empty plates.
At the same time, Shen Sinian knelt on the ground. He ignored the weeds and dust stuck to his black hair and kowtowed three times.
The candle goes out.
The old black dog suddenly barked at the door.
Shen Sinian looked at the offerings on the plate and asked in surprise: "Where did you get these things from?"
Just now, he was only focused on saving his own life and didn't see what Su Qingyu did at all.
Su Qingyu, on the other hand, looked at the entrance of the ancestral hall warily.
Something is coming!
