"Didn't my mother say that you were protecting her and Yu Xiaoxue's safety?" I frowned, feeling worried in my heart, and put on my clothes while listening to the phone call.
"No! I came back yesterday to give advice to my eldest cousin. Together with Uncle Zhao, I was also planning to go to the city to discuss some important business. I never thought about going, but my aunt said that we have been in peace for such a long time. It's okay, there should be no problem in a day or two. But the store next door was closed at the time I said I just left! It's not open until today. The neighbor next door was worried and knocked on the door, but there was no sound!" Miao Xiao! Li Shu started talking.
"Okay, I'll go back and take a look right away!"
I can't blame Miao Xiaoli for this. She is also busy with several things now, and her business has expanded to the city. She can be regarded as my right-hand assistant in business.
"I'm going too! It's my fault for neglecting my duty. Brother Tian, where are you?" Miao Xiaoli felt guilty and almost cried.
"Don't go and do a good job with this business. My mother is not an ordinary person. Maybe she will be back soon. I will go to Chenghuang to ask about the situation." I said a few words of relief and hung up the phone.
I drove the off-road vehicle and drove quickly to Linxian County. On the way, my mind was in a mess. Is it Zihuangmen or Kongxuanmen? Or something else?
But according to Miao Xiaoli's description, her mother closed the store herself, which means she left voluntarily. What does this mean?
When I arrived in Linxian, I took the spare key and opened the door, and just entered. The smell of oil from farm machinery is pungent, and the shop has been closed all day and night.
As soon as I opened the door, the neighbor next door came to me and said, "I don't know where your mother is. She closed the door yesterday. I'm worried to death."
"Thank you, Aunt Liu." I said gratefully, looking around for any clues left by my mother. There were no signs of a fight in the room, so there should be no accident and she left on her own.
Her phone and Yu Xiaoxue's phone were both unreachable. I thought about a group of relatives and found out that apart from the Zhou family, I didn't think of any other relatives and friends. My mother's scope of activities was only in the surrounding area. After she disappeared, only the neighbors next door were worried. .
I came to my mother's room. The sheets were neatly arranged and the shoes were placed as before. Everything was in order. I still couldn't find any trace of my mother leaving.
While I was checking, suddenly a burst of yin energy leaked out from downstairs. I was startled, took out the fly whisk and ran downstairs. I was shocked at the power of this ghostly energy and the reason for its sudden disappearance.
I was surprised. Could it be that my mother was harmed by a ghost?
The ghost energy still emerged from the ground. I was shocked by the surge of ghost energy, and secretly wondered if there was something hidden underneath.
I became a little scared. Could my mother and Yu Xiaoxue be killed by ghosts and buried under the house?
After searching along the place where the ghost spirit emerged, I finally pushed away the goods at the top of the stairs.
A conspicuous square made my expression change. This is the basement!
When did mother hide a basement here?
"Oh, this basement was built when the house was built before. Your mother said it was used for storage of goods, but I haven't seen her mention it since. Looking at this situation, it must have been sealed for a long time. It is full of dust. My nephew, look for it. What are you doing in this basement?" Aunt Liu said casually.
"I thought this was the first time I discovered it. I've never heard my mother say it before." I said. I haven't seen the architectural drawings, but from Aunt Liu's point of view, it seemed that it had been prepared when my mother moved here. !
What’s inside! Why didn't my mother ever mention this secret?
"I have to go and get busy first. When you find your mother, remember to tell her, maybe you are going to a distant relative?" Aunt Liu shook her head, glanced at the entrance to the basement, and walked outside.
I said goodbye and ran to close the rolling shutter door. I really couldn't bear the presence of someone like Aunt Liu. Besides, the ghost spirit was still blooming in the basement. It was too dangerous in broad daylight!
When I opened the heavy wooden board in the basement, the gloomy air hit my face. I turned on all the lights and walked inside.
Only then did I take a step forward, and all the ghostly aura suddenly disappeared!
I rushed in and used the flashlight on my mobile phone to find the light switch. When I turned it on, the entire basement lit up.
The basement was completely different from what I imagined. It was empty, with only an ordinary table placed in the center. I felt the changes in the Yin energy as I walked over. The table was full of dust and dirty, but there was a spot that was very clean. , as big as a suitcase.
Originally, there seemed to be a chopping block in this place, and it had just been taken away, but now there was a letter placed in the clean place, with the words "for my son" written on it.
My face changed slightly. Did my mother know that I was coming here, so she put the letter here?
But that’s not right, there is dust outside, and it looks like no one has come in!
"Where did the ghost come from? Come out! Exorcise spirits and bind evil spirits. Commands come naturally. Ghost ways borrow methods! Recruit ghosts!" I shouted softly and threw the blue talisman into the air, trying to restrain the evil ghosts.
In the end, not a single wandering ghost was attracted at all.
The calmness around me made me relax my guard. I picked up the letter, opened it and took out the paper inside.
The font was elegant and different from my grandma's. I glanced at it with mixed emotions.
"One day, when you opened this letter, you should have already known Ruize's identity. Yes, he is your biological brother. He is not your half-brother as you thought, but your real brother. Brother, I concealed this matter because I didn’t want you two to get involved, so I was very angry when you said you wanted to verify your relationship with him, but then I thought about it, maybe your fate was destined from the time you met. , after recognizing each other, you can no longer get rid of the entanglement of fate, so I asked you to stay away from the Xia family. This is one of the reasons. Of course, the more important thing is that the Xia family is beyond your ability to compete. Bypass them and treat you And for Ruize, their respective roads will be smoother and much wider."
"You have been plotted against since you were born. Ruize has become the orthodox successor of the Confucian Xia family, so your existence has become a living chess piece on the Xia family's chessboard, and this living chess piece is destined to be It was at the expense of sacrificing you. This secret, from the moment I knew it, became a lingering nightmare and disaster. In order to prevent you from becoming a chess piece they used to sacrifice, I escaped from the Xia family. It was your grandma who saved me."
"The matter of the Blood Cloud Coffin involves Tianji. Your grandmother and I don't want you to get involved, so you can practice with peace of mind and live a good life. Your grandmother's entry into the Blood Cloud Coffin is not completely passive, but you Grandma has already made up her mind, and this matter was all within her expectation. Remember, in the competition between the two parties, you are grandma’s last trump card, so be careful and don’t act rashly."
"Don't waste time trying to find me and Xiaoxue. This matter is within the plan. We are fine and there is no need to worry."
After reading the letter, I turned pale and thought of Xia Ruize. I felt inexplicably sad. It turned out that he was really my brother. Maybe my mother didn't expect that I didn't get the appraisal report at all.
While I was stunned, I felt a cool air in my hand. I suddenly let go of the letter. As a result, the letter turned gray, and then together with the envelope, it became tattered into dust. A gust of cold wind blew by, leaving nothing behind.
"Who!" I turned around and looked around, the whisk in my hand shaking.
"Hehehehe..."
A strange and cold voice came from all directions, and then drifted away. It sounded like the voice of an old woman. My hair stood on end and I felt fear in my heart.
This is tantamount to seeing a ghost in daylight.
After leaving the basement, I sat on a chair and fell into deep thought. Xia Ruize was actually my brother, but his and I were in completely different situations. One wanted to be the orthodox successor, while the other was supposed to be. A well-planned chess move will lead to death!
We are all our own flesh and blood, and of course my mother didn’t want to let me die. I heard the secret from somewhere, and as a result, my mother escaped and fled to my grandma. Grandma had planned everything. Who did she leave the blood cloud coffin to?
Zhou Xuan? The first name that pops up is hers, and this little cousin has always been extremely mysterious. Behind her background, she has repeatedly turned evil into good fortune, and even though tens of thousands of ghost soldiers filled the blood cloud coffin, she was fine.
I am grandma’s last trump card. What does the trump card mean? I myself am looking for peak strength, not to mention trump cards, not even the most basic cards.
Grandma was extremely resourceful, and perhaps she had already planned everything back then, marrying off the Ninth Princess to me as a child bride. In this way, the trump card was clear, and the one who could become the trump card was none other than the Ninth Princess.
I felt extremely depressed. My grandmother and mother seemed to treat me like a child and protected me everywhere. This made me feel a little helpless. Bu begged to find his younger brother.
In their eyes, as the soul of the Ninth Princess, I, as long as I am still alive, will be fine. I don’t need to work hard for anything. I just want to live well by myself.
Then everything I have done before, everything I have gone through life and death, have I not denied it?
Feeling depressed, I left home, drove to Guanyin Mountain, and took the road to Chenghuang Mansion.
In Chenghuangli, several generals recognized me and took me to Wei Ling. Seeing that I was depressed, they immediately invited beauties and wine and meat to entertain me.
The guests were enjoying themselves at the banquet.
Wei Ling invited me to sit with him. I kept my future affairs secret and talked about it casually. Wei Ling was very sympathetic and comforted me.
"Zuo Chen, the little boy, is now a city god, and he is still showing off his troops in front of me. He has been bragging in his letters that he now has thousands of ghost generals and an army of over 10,000. He is so powerful! I only have more than two hundred ghost generals. There are many people around, but he is so shameless." Wei Ling laughed and drank with me with a wine cup.
"Haha, actually he just beat Zhou Xuan badly last time, otherwise he might really have five hundred." I laughed. This Zuo Chen is indeed someone who can do this. As the saying goes, the truth is true, so I can't blame him. he.
"This kid is so unreliable." Wei Ling laughed after hearing this.
After drinking it for a while, Wei Ling and I were both very drunk.
