I reached out and took the wooden box. Just as I was about to reach out and open it, I was stopped by Kelsang Jin.
I looked at Gesangjin’s face full of wind and frost and asked, “What? Can’t you open it now?”
Kelsangjin looked at me and said slowly: "You don't have much time, don't waste it here. If you want to know what's inside, wait until you're on the road to see it!"
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The car is driving on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.
I was still sitting in the passenger seat, but this time the driver was no longer Hua Muling, but Xiong Ming.
Xiong Ming drove very quickly, heading towards Mengmalang in the direction pointed out by Kelsangjin.
Along the way, Hua Muling asked Xiaonia several times why she had to go to that place? What are the people and things she wants to stop?
Xiao Niya hesitated for a while, but none of the three of us understood what she said.
Just listening, I vaguely heard Xiaonia mentioning "temple...time...water..."
Seeing that she couldn't get the answer she wanted, Hua Muling stopped asking Xiaonia about King Gesar, and just held her in her arms and looked out the window at the snow-capped mountains to enjoy the scenery.
Xiong Ming was driving and smoking in front.
The cigarette made the train slow. Hua Muling complained several times in the back seat, but the boy didn't care at all and just laughed and made jokes.
I did not join in the "war of words" between the two of them, but focused all my attention on the box in my hand.
This is a very old wooden box, with a dark brown appearance and a hint of gloominess.
If you see it for the first time, you will subconsciously think of the wooden boxes commonly seen in horror movies.
There are no carvings or patterns on the wooden box, but there is an iron lock engraved with a crying and laughing figure on the front.
I fiddled with the iron lock a few times, looking at the wailing face on it, and couldn't help but think of the key given to me by the little lama Panren in my pocket.
So, without thinking too much, I reached out and took out the key, pointed it at the keyhole and inserted it.
There was just a "click" sound, and the iron lock on the wooden box opened.
I looked at the scene in front of me in surprise and thought to myself: "Good guy, this is a key that can open anything. I have to keep it, maybe I can use it sometime."
Thinking of this, I put the key neatly into the pocket of my coat.
The next second, I slowly opened the wooden box in my hand.
I saw that the wooden box contained a very strange bronze vessel.
This bronze vessel is divided into upper and lower sections. The upper section embraces two people, a man and a woman, but they look like two elderly men.
The lower part of the bronze vessel also shows two people, a man and a woman, but this time, the two figures look very young.
At the connection between the upper and lower parts, two to three centimeters high pearl-colored glass is inlaid.
There is some unknown red liquid flowing in the center of the glass layer.
I looked at the bronze in my hand and murmured in surprise: "What is this?"
This strange object obviously attracted the attention of several other people. Xiong Ming stretched his head over and asked, "Hu Tian, is this what old man Gesang gave you?"
I nodded and said, "Yeah!"
Xiong Ming asked in surprise: "What is this?"
I shrugged and said, "I don't know either. This thing looks very weird. It doesn't look like a sacrificial item or a magical weapon for self-defense..."
Xiong Ming asked in surprise: "Could that be some kind of daily necessities? Looking at its appearance, could it be some kind of special use between husband and wife..."
Listening to Xiong Ming's talk getting worse and worse, I hurriedly covered this kid's mouth and said, "Shut up, you girl! We still have children here! Don't teach other people's children bad things. !”
Xiong Ming did not speak, but grinned.
I held the thing and looked at it for a while, then stuffed it back into the wooden box.
Then, I slowly closed my eyes, touched Xiong Ming with my elbow, sighed and said, "I'll squint for a while. We'll be there soon, wake me up!"
Xiong Ming said: "Go to sleep! I'll call you when you get there!"
After I said "hmm", I fell into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but I walked through a very long forest in a daze. The sky was very dark, as if it was dark at midnight.
The surroundings were very quiet, almost no sound could be heard, not even a chirping of birds or insects.
Just when I thought I was about to get lost, a large old house suddenly flashed in front of me.
This house is very grand, covering more than ten acres of land.
However, this place seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, with countless vines and weeds covering the courtyard wall that was half a person tall.
I frowned and asked in surprise: "Where is this? How did I get here so well? Could it be that I was dreaming again?"
I muttered to myself and walked forward.
After walking a few steps, I arrived at the gate of the house.
I looked towards the main entrance of the house and saw that the vermilion lacquered wooden door had lost its color after being baptized by wind and rain. Two stone lions leaned sideways at the door.
But when I looked up, I was stunned.
Because there are four big characters clearly written on the plaque at the main entrance of the house - Hu Family Mansion.
I said in surprise: "The Hu family's mansion? Could it be... is this the Hu family's old mansion?"
And when I was about to finish my words, suddenly the red lacquered wooden door slowly opened with a creaking sound.
Then a middle-aged man slowly walked out of the Hu family's old house.
After the middle-aged man walked out of the mansion, he looked at me, smiled and said, "Tian'er boy, you finally found this place."
"Tian'er boy?" I was stunned when I heard this person call me that.
Not because of anything else, but because the only person in the world who calls me that is my grandfather.
So, I subconsciously took two steps forward slowly. Through the dim moonlight, a face with sharp eyebrows, small eyes, a high nose and thin lips appeared in front of me.
Although his face was not handsome, there was a kind of perseverance hidden in his bones.
And this person is not my grandfather, who else could he be?
But if this person is really my grandfather, then the question arises. My grandfather passed away ten years ago. How could he suddenly appear in the Hu family's old house?
Could it be that this is not the real Hu family’s old house, but the underworld?
Could it be that I am dead too?
In an instant, countless random thoughts flooded into my mind, leaving me at a loss as to what to do.
Seeing me standing there blankly without saying anything, my grandfather smiled, looked at me and said, "Tian'er boy, come here! Don't be afraid, this is not the kind of place you think."
I looked at my grandfather and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said tremblingly: "Grandpa, you...why are you here?"
Grandpa smiled and waved to me again, and said: "It's windy outside, come in and talk about it!"
After saying that, Grandpa turned around and walked slowly into the Hu family's old house.
And I followed my grandfather step by step, walking into a place I had always heard about but had never been to.
The Hu family's old house is very big, so big that it completely exceeded my imagination.
The front and back of the old house add up to a total of five entrances and five exits. In addition to the other courtyards on both sides, there are no less than twenty houses in the middle.
If we describe it in language you can understand now, our old house of the Hu family is equivalent to about a hundred independent villas.
Grandpa didn't say a word, smoking a cigarette and walked in front of me, and I didn't say anything, just quietly followed him towards the deepest part of the old house.
The two of us, an old man and a young man, walked for about ten minutes. Finally, my grandfather brought me to a three-story tower and stopped.
Grandpa turned around and looked at me, and said slowly: "Tian'er boy, I knew you would come."
I looked at Grandpa and asked: "Grandpa, what on earth is going on? Why did I come here suddenly? Also, haven't you already..."
Grandpa was a little surprised when he heard what I said. He frowned and said, "You don't know where you came from? Hasn't your father told you about our Hu family?"
I shook my head vigorously and said, "No! He didn't tell me anything."
Grandpa frowned and thought about it. After a while, he sighed and said, "Since he didn't say anything, maybe he doesn't want you to experience what happened to us. In that case, you should go back first. !”
When I heard what my grandfather said, I immediately said, "Grandpa! Wait a minute, I can't go back yet! I still have a lot of things I haven't figured out yet, and I still need to ask you..."
Grandpa waved his hand towards me and said: "If you want to figure out what's going on here, it's best to rely on yourself. This is a fate that you can't escape, and it's also a fate that our Hu family can't escape."
I said hurriedly: "But..."
Before I could say anything, my grandfather interrupted me. He looked at me and said word by word: "There is nothing to worry about! Go back now! Where did you come from? Go back to where you came from! I will be here Waiting for you until one day you understand everything here and come to the old house to find me."
After saying that, grandpa issued an order to expel the guests, and I had no choice but to walk out.
But just as I stepped out of the door of the Hu family's old house, my grandfather suddenly stopped me and said, "Tian'er boy, wait a minute."
I thought grandpa had changed his mind temporarily, so I hurriedly turned around and said, "What's the matter, grandpa?"
When grandpa saw me turning around, he took something out of his coat pocket and threw it to me.
I took it and took a look and found that it turned out to be a bamboo whistle.
I held the whistle in my hand and asked in surprise: "Grandpa, why did you give me this thing?"
Grandpa looked at me and said: "You will use this thing. As for what it is used for, you will know when the time comes."
After saying that, Grandpa turned around and walked into the Hu family's old house, and the red lacquered wooden door slowly closed with a creak.
