"Could your brother have been kidnapped?"
"If someone kidnapped me, that would be more than I could ask for. No matter how much ransom the person who kidnapped my brother asked for, as long as he can come back safely, our Rong family will not begrudge him, but no kidnappers have ever contacted us."
"Could that be a human trafficker?"
"At that time, our family was still living in this manor. There were many guards patrolling the house every day, and ordinary people could not enter at all. Later, the patrolmen also came to check and said that it was impossible to be taken away by human traffickers. They did not find any There are signs of outsiders breaking in."
Shu Guan also felt that it was indeed unlikely to be a human trafficker. Let’s not talk about whether ordinary human traffickers could enter the heavily guarded old house of the Rong family. From a motive, human traffickers naturally abducted children to make money, abducting children from ordinary families and abducting wealthy people. There is not much difference in income between the children of the Rong family, so why bother to go to such great lengths to sneak into the Rong family's old house and take away a child.
Moreover, they have already taken away children from wealthy families like the Rong family. Using Rong Miao's brother in exchange for ransom would be much more profitable than selling them casually.
It's not a kidnapper or a human trafficker. It can't be found anywhere in the house. So how did Rong Miao's brother disappear back then?
At this time, Shu Guan felt that the most likely possibility was that he was taken away by a practitioner.
He had a famous classic in his previous life, and there was a plot in it. A child of a great general was playing in the back garden of his home, but was taken away by a passing immortal. More than ten years later, the child returned from learning skills, and in Save your family in danger on the battlefield.
So is it possible for Rong Miao's brother to encounter such a thing?
Shu Guan thinks it is still possible.
And if he was secretly taken away by practitioners, it would be impossible for ordinary patrols to find any traces.
But just as he was thinking this, he heard Rong Miao continue:
"...Actually, in this old house of ours, some inexplicable and strange things often happen..."
At this moment, there was a lot of confusion in Rong Miao's eyes.
"...For example, once the plum blossoms in this old house suddenly bloomed in the summer, and another time, it was obviously a snowy and freezing day, but the water in the pond in the village started to boil like boiling water, and then passed. It returned to normal after a while, and another time, all the rats, cockroaches and the like in the old house died inexplicably..."
As Rong Miao narrated, Shu Guan's eyes slowly revealed a strange look.
"Do these things happen often?"
Shu Guan asked in a deep voice.
"That's not true. Things like the things I just mentioned happened occasionally in the past two hundred years after our Rong family leader entered this village. They were passed down from the mouths of the elders in the family."
"...However, I also encountered a very strange thing. It was when I was seventeen years old. That year we went back to our old house to celebrate the New Year. Because the roof of the house I lived in before had some leaks, and there was no time to repair it, so I just moved to another room."
"In the beginning, nothing happened when I lived in that house, until the night of the Lantern Festival."
"Because we were leaving the old house the next day, everyone went to bed very early after dinner. When I returned to the room, I heard some strange noises coming from the cabinet in the room. It sounded like A mouse got into the cabinet, so I took a broom to drive the mouse away."
"I have followed my brother in this manor since I was a child. I have never been afraid of these cockroaches and mice, but I was really frightened that night... The door of the cabinet was locked from the outside. I When I walked over with the broom, I heard the thing inside scratching the cabinet door, as if it wanted to get out."
"...As soon as I unlocked the cabinet door, the thing inside couldn't wait to push the cabinet door. The strength was definitely not like a mouse...I was a little scared at the time and quickly pushed against the cabinet door, but the cabinet door still remained It was pushed open by something inside."
"That's a very, very thin slit. Even hair may not be able to pass through that slit, but the things in the cabinet squeezed out from that slit... That's... that's a slit. The shadow of a person.”
Even after many years, Shu Guan could still hear Rong Miao's nervousness and panic from her tone.
"... Its head came out of it, shaking constantly, and then a pair of human-like arms came out of it, as if it wanted to catch me... I was so frightened at the time that I threw away the broom. I ran out of the room. As I ran out, I looked back and saw that shadow came out of the cabinet. It was really the shadow of a person. It had a head, hands and feet, and its whole body was as black as a piece of paper. Just as thin...it had no facial features, but I felt like it was always staring at me at that time..."
A shadow of a person?
Shu Guan inexplicably thought of the shadow on the bluestone wall at the top of Phoenix Villa.
Of course, what squeezes out of the cabinet will definitely not be the kind of "shadow" in the bluestone wall. A cabinet cannot trap that kind of "shadow".
But for ordinary people, especially Rong Miao who has never been in contact with the spiritual world before, a shadow running out of the cabinet is indeed an extremely scary thing.
"What happened next? Where did the shadow go?"
Shu Guan then asked.
"After I ran out of the room, I immediately called the bodyguards at home, but when they went in, they said they didn't see any shadows at all... Then when I went in again, there was indeed no one, but that was definitely not my imagination, because the cabinet The door was open, and the broom I took was thrown into the cabinet."
"Did you see that shadow again afterwards?"
"No, I never entered that room again... It is precisely because such weird things always happen in our old house of the Rong family, so a long time ago, some members of the clan proposed that from this Zhuangzi Move out."
"However, many tribesmen disagree, because since our Rong family moved into this manor two hundred years ago, our family fortune has been very good, so many tribesmen are reluctant to leave here, and the strange things that happened, although they are very strange, are But no one was really hurt, so we debated for many years whether to move, but in the end we didn’t really move until what happened to my brother.”
"...After my brother disappeared, my grandfather finally made up his mind to let our Rong family move out of this old house. From then on, he would only come back every year during the Chinese New Year. And because of my brother's matter, my grandfather has been I felt very guilty. Then I got seriously ill and passed away within a few years. He was in good health..."
After Rong Miao finished speaking, Shu Guan raised his head thoughtfully and looked outside the hall door.
There is a small pond outside the hall. There are a few withered yellow lotus leaves floating on the pond. The lotus leaves are still covered with snow from the blizzard last night.
According to what Rong Miao just said, many years ago, this pond suddenly became boiling late one winter night.
Even for him, this was a very strange thing.
And that shadow... Shu Guan couldn't figure out what it was.
The most important thing is that as soon as he stepped into the Rong family's old house at dusk, he already discovered that the feng shui of this manor was so strange.
This old Rong family house is really weird.
Shu Guan originally thought that Rong Miao's brother might have been taken away by some practitioner, but now he thinks there are other possibilities for Hui Xu.
"Your brother, does he have anything left that he used to use?"
Shu Guan withdrew his gaze from outside the door and asked Rong Miao this question.
Rong Miao was stunned for a moment, and then finally realized something, and her eyes lit up with surprise.
"Don't forget, my fortune telling is very accurate."
Shuguan said with a smile.
"We didn't throw away my brother's belongings, whether they were clothes or toys he played with. We kept them in a special room in the manor. Sometimes my parents would go to that room to stay for a while. Yes, they will never forget their brother."
"Come on, I'll take you to that room."
Rong Miao stood up excitedly like a little girl, took Shu Guan's hand and ran towards the door.
Soon after, they came to a small building in the manor.
"Everything my brother left behind is placed in the room on the second floor here."
Rong Miao took Shu Guan to the second floor and opened the door of one of the rooms.
The room is filled with all kinds of children's things, including children's clothes, toys, and some photos, but it is still very clean and tidy, and it can be seen that someone comes to clean it frequently.
Shu Guan picked up the stack of photos on the table.
Most of these photos are of a little boy, ranging from infancy to a little older. Of course, there are also photos of Rong Duanfu and Zhang Ruolan holding him when they were young.
And one of them is a photo of the little boy holding the hand of a little girl.
The little boy was seven or eight years old, and the little girl was two or three years old. They were standing on a grassy field, smiling brightly.
This photo was taken more than 20 years ago. No matter how well-preserved it is, it is already a little yellowed. Moreover, the camera technology of more than 20 years ago would have been more primitive, but you can still roughly see the appearance of the boy. He is a A very delicate and handsome little boy, his facial features already vaguely resemble those of Rong Duanfu.
"This is my brother, and the one on the side is me. This photo was taken by us together a few days before my brother disappeared. Of course, this is what my father told me."
Rong Miao whispered from the side, with a strong sense of nostalgia in her tone.
"You were cute when you were little."
Shu looked at Rong Miao and smiled.
Rong Miao's pretty face turned red, and she gently tapped the bundle.
"What's your brother's name?"
Shu Guan then asked seriously.
"Glory, my brother's name is Glory."
Shu Dian nodded, then picked up a small rattle next to the table.
"Is this your brother's toy when he was a kid?"
"Yes, this was a birthday gift from my grandfather when my brother was five years old. I remember that my brother always liked this rattle."
When he picked up the rattle, Shu Guan suddenly fell into a trance.
He also had such a rattle toy when he was a child. The old cripple made it for him and it was also a birthday present when he was five years old.
It's just that his rattle was made of wood and cowhide, but the one in his hand now was made of silver, and the body of the drum was inlaid with gems, making it look extremely gorgeous and exquisite.
The value of such a rattle alone would probably allow an ordinary person to live a lifetime of food and clothing.
It can only be said that reincarnation is really a technical job.
Shu Guan placed this valuable rattle in the palm of his hand and stared at it.
The next moment, he softly said "Huh" and his expression became a little surprised.
"What's wrong? What did you figure out?"
Rong Miao asked nervously.
Shu Guan raised his head, glanced at Rong Miao strangely, and said thoughtfully:
"Your brother is still alive!"
Rong Miao's delicate body suddenly trembled, and she let out an extremely surprised "ah" sound.
"Where is my brother now?"
She grabbed Shuguan's arm hard and asked impatiently.
Shu Guan shook his head at her with some regret and said:
"I didn't figure it out."
Yes, the secret revealed in the palm sutra just now is very weird. The secret clearly shows that Rong Miao's brother Glory is still alive, but where Rong Miao's brother is now is completely invisible in the secret.
This is an image of heaven that Shu Guan has never encountered before.
You could say that Rong Miao's brother Glory was covered up by someone, but his life and death were clearly deduced from a palm script, and there was no trace of someone using hexagrams to cover it up.
But the secret about where Brother Rongmiao is at this moment is completely invisible.
Even if it is being covered up, how can it be reasonable to cover up half of it and reveal the other half?
That's why Shu Guan's expression just now was so weird.
Shu Guan had no intention of picking up another thing left by brother Rong Miao and calculating it again.
One thing, one hexagram, even one palm sutra cannot violate the basic rules of this hexagram.
No matter how you calculate it, it will be inaccurate, and the secret will not appear repeatedly.
Rong Miao looked extremely disappointed and a little sad.
"Is my brother really abducted since he was a child? Will those human traffickers buy him into the mountains...Is my brother living a very hard life now?"
She seemed about to cry again.
Shu Guan held her face and said in an unusually solemn tone:
"Since your brother is still alive, this is the greatest good thing. I promise you, no matter where your brother is, I will definitely find a way to find him."
Rong Miao stared at him, her expression slowly calmed down, and she nodded vigorously.
"After so many years, we all thought that my brother was dead. Now I know that he is still alive. I am already very happy. It is inevitable that I want to know where he is right away, so my mood is a little ups and downs..."
"I understand. Now if you take me to see the room where you saw the figure, maybe..."
"Maybe what?"
"Let's go take a look first and then talk..."
There was a trace of uncertainty in Shu Guan's eyes.
…
Rong Miao took Shu Guan to another small building. There were still lights in several rooms in this small building.
All members of the Rong family are sleeping in this manor tonight, and naturally there are people living in this small building.
"But that room, because something like that happened, no one has come to live in it since."
Rong Miao led Shu Guan up to the third floor lightly, pointed to the innermost room in the corridor on the third floor and said:
"That's the one."
Shu Guan walked over first, only to see that the door of the innermost room had a lot of dust on it compared to the room where Glory's clothes and toys were kept, and there was also an old-fashioned hanging on the door. The big iron lock was stained with rust, and it could be seen that it might not have been opened for many years.
"Ah, it's locked, but it's so late. The servants have had a hard day, so don't bother them anymore. How about we come back tomorrow?"
Rong Miao frowned.
Shu Guan burst into laughter, but his love for Rong Miao became even stronger.
I first met Rong Miao because I helped the women in Taoyuan Village find jobs, but they encountered obstacles everywhere. In the end, Rong Miao was recruited into the Rong family's factory with a very generous salary.
This is a woman with a natural ability to empathize with others.
"You forgot who I am again."
Shu Guan raised his hand and tapped Rong Miao's nose lightly, while his other hand lightly brushed over the big iron lock.
With a snap, the iron lock fell down.
Locking technique.
Then Shu Guan pushed the door open and walked in.
This room has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is covered with dust. Perhaps the servants did not dare to enter this room.
Behind the door, there is a large standing cabinet connected to the ceiling. The cabinet door is tightly closed, and there is also a lock on it.
"It's that cabinet. The figure squeezed out of this cabinet at that time."
Shu Guan walked to the cabinet. It was a teak cabinet. It was very delicately made. There were almost no gaps between the cabinet doors, which showed the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsman who originally made the cabinet.
Shu Guan raised his hand and flicked the iron lock of the cabinet door again, and then opened the cabinet door.
The cabinet was empty, there was nothing.
At this time, Rong Miao turned on the light in the room, and a shadow appeared in the cabinet.
Shu Guan tilted his head, and the shadow in the cabinet also tilted his head.
This is naturally his own shadow.
Shu Guan raised his hand and knocked on each panel of the cabinet. He looked again carefully and found nothing unusual or any fluctuations in spiritual energy. This was just an ordinary large wardrobe.
Shu Guan shook his head again, closed the cabinet door, turned to Rong Miao and said:
"Let's leave first."
The two of them walked out the door. When they reached the door, Shu Guan pressed the bakelite light switch on the wall and prepared to turn off the light.
At this moment, Shu Guan suddenly felt as if someone was watching him from behind, and he suddenly turned his head.
Then he saw the shadow on the cabinet.
There are three shadows in total.
One is his, one is Rong Miao's, and the other is...
Shu Guan rushed over immediately.
His speed was as fast as lightning, and he appeared in front of the cabinet in the blink of an eye.
Shu Guan raised his hand and grabbed the shadow on the cabinet door that did not belong to him and Rong Miao.
His fingers touched the thick cabinet door, feeling the wood feel.
The shadow slowly sank into the cabinet door and disappeared.
Before the shadow disappeared, Shu Guan felt that the shadow seemed to glance at himself, and then took a deep look at Rong Miao.
The shadow has no eyes or facial features, but the way it sees people is so clear.
Shu Guan immediately opened the cabinet, but there was nothing inside.
He knocked again on the cabinet door where the shadow disappeared just now, and the thick wood echoed from the door panel. This was indeed an ordinary wooden door.
Rong Miao, who was standing at the door, immediately covered her mouth.
In front of the wooden cabinet, Shu Guan frowned.
When he listened to Rong Miao talking about this shadow just now, he couldn't tell what this "shadow" was.
Now he has seen this "shadow" with his own eyes, but unfortunately he still can't tell what it is.
The only thing Shu Guan can be sure of is that this "shadow" does not have any spiritual power fluctuations and is definitely not a practitioner. However, how it "integrated" into a cabinet in front of him is undoubtedly an extraordinary thing. strength.
There is no spiritual power fluctuation, but it possesses extraordinary power. This shadow can only be said to be weird.
Moreover, Rong Miao said that since she saw this shadow when she was seventeen years old, this shadow has never appeared in the manor again, at least no one else has seen this shadow.
So why did it suddenly appear again today?
Shu Guan took a deep breath, turned around, and said to Rong Miao in a deep voice:
"I'll go back to the horse racing hall to get something. Also, go and tell Uncle Rong now. Everyone in the manor should stay in their rooms tonight and don't come out. It's best not to turn on the lights!"
Tonight, he wanted to find out what secrets there were in this manor!
And Shu Guan had a vague feeling that the secrets of the strange things in Rong's Manor were hidden in the strange and incomparable Feng Shui of the manor.
…
Shu Guan returned to the horse racing hall as quickly as possible and took out the things used by Feng Shui Kanyu. As for the horns, giant bow and other weapons, he had always kept them with him last night.
Then Shu Guan returned to the Rong family's old mansion. At this time, the entire manor became extremely quiet, with no lights on.
It seems that Rong Duanfu has ordered the whole family to return to the room and turn off the lights.
Only the snow from last night reflected a faint white light under the stars and moon.
Shu Guan raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky. A heavy snowstorm covered the sky last night, so today it was cloudless and the night sky was unusually bright.
This is the best night for stargazing.
Today’s exploration of the Feng Shui secrets of the Rong Manor begins with looking at the stars.
Because the Feng Shui of the Rong's Manor was so weird, he had been observing the Feng Shui of the Rong's Manor since he entered the Rong's Manor at dusk today.
There are veins to be found in the Feng Shui of any place, and the trend of these veins basically does not change. Just like the meridians in the human body, it determines what kind of Feng Shui trend the Feng Shui of this place has.
However, Shu Guan has been unable to discern the Feng Shui context of this manor. He felt that he had clearly seen the Feng Shui context at the previous moment, but when he looked again after a while, he found that the Feng Shui context had completely changed. changed.
The feng shui context of this manor is actually constantly changing.
Since you can't decide the feng shui of this manor while standing in this manor, let the stars in the sky decide.
So Shu Guan started stargazing.
(End of chapter)
