Li Su turned to look at me without saying a word. At this moment, both of us seemed to have thought of the same question, "Is this place simply a deserted village? Everything, including the driver Zhao Xin and the people we met at the entrance of the village. Were the villagers, the sudden fire in the village, the pile of photos... and even the sudden appearance of Chen Yuanyuan and the others arranged by someone behind the scenes?"
After this idea appeared in my mind, a chill began to slowly rise along my backbone. If it was really like what I thought, then this person who had been hiding behind was really terrible.
I felt like a puppet on strings, being led by the nose every move I made.
But what is the purpose of the person who has been hiding behind doing this?
Is it for the Fountain of Youth?
Or is it because of that incident sixty years ago?
If this is the case, what exactly happened in the so-called Wuzi Rebellion sixty years ago?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Seeing me sighing, Li Su asked slowly, "What's wrong? Is there something you can't figure out?"
I nodded and said, "Yeah! There are indeed many things that I can't figure out clearly!"
Li Su also sighed, and then said calmly: "If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it... As the saying goes, it will be straight when the boat reaches the bridge..."
With that said, Li Su stepped out of the private house, turned around and came to the door of the next door, and without saying a word, he kicked it up.
With a "bang" sound, the door of that room was also kicked open by Li Su.
I followed Li Su into the room. As expected, this room was almost the same as the previous room. There were simple furniture inside, and there was also a thick layer of dust on it. It looked like no one had been there for a long time. Lived.
Li Su and I were unwilling to give in. We kicked open the doors of more than a dozen houses in a row, and the results were all the same. They were almost the same furniture and furnishings, exactly the same, full of dust, and no one had set foot here for more than ten years...
Just when Li Su and I felt that it was futile to continue looking like this, suddenly the stove pit in the corner of the house caught my attention.
Seeing me staring blankly at the stove pit in the corner, Li Su couldn't help but frown and asked, "Hu Tian, what's wrong with you?"
I pointed to the stove pit in the corner and said, "This stove pit is in the wrong position!"
"The location is wrong?" Li Su was stunned for a moment, then asked hurriedly: "What do you mean? Is there any other location in the stove pit?"
I nodded and said, "Of course! In many remote places, especially in rural areas, there are often some old sayings spread, and everyone follows the rules of these old sayings. These words seem to make no sense, but in fact they are consistent with Feng Shui. Learning is closely related..."
Li Su didn't speak, she just listened quietly. Li Su was a very smart woman, she knew when to speak and when not to speak.
I walked slowly to the edge of the stove pit, squatted down and continued: "Old people in rural areas often say that if the stove is placed in the northwest, the loser of the family will be injured. In fact, some people do not believe these sayings, but because they are surrounded by Many neighbors will make irresponsible remarks after seeing this. In order to avoid gossip outside, everyone can only act according to these old sayings. In the past, rural areas used earth stoves, which were made by themselves using red bricks and mud. Stove, and also build a chimney with bricks. At that time, old farmers summed up some experience, that is, if the direction of the stove in the home is northwest, then the owner of the house may suffer some disasters, in short, it will be suppressed. It depends on the fortune of the host's family, so no matter where they are, the stove pit is usually placed in the southeast corner. I looked at the previous houses and the stove pit was always placed in the southeast... But the stove in this house is not biased. Place it without leaning in the northwest corner..."
After listening to what I said, Li Su said slowly: "So you think there is something wrong with this stove pit?"
I took out the flashlight in my backpack, leaned over the stove pit and checked around it. I found that compared with the surrounding environment, the stove pit was obviously much newer. It looked like it had just been cut not long ago.
I put my hand into the stove pit and kept digging around. Li Su saw this and asked hurriedly: "Hu Tian, what are you doing?"
I didn't answer, but concentrated on groping in the stove pit.
There wasn't much ashes in the stove pit, and there was even a lot of unburned wood. No need to ask, someone must have done it on purpose.
I didn't pay attention to the wood residue, but stretched my hand further inside. After a while, my fingertips touched something.
Judging from the touch of my fingertips, it should be some kind of leather object, like a bag, but I don't have an accurate idea of what it is yet.
I didn't think much, I just pressed my body lower, and then hurriedly took the thing out of the stove pit.
Seeing that I had indeed taken something out of the stove pit, Li Su beside me was also overjoyed. He came over and asked, "There is indeed something in here! What is it?"
"I don't know!" I responded, then slowly stood up, put the thing in front of me and took a look, and found that it was indeed a leather bag.
The leather bag was originally dark brown, but now it became a little black and charred due to the fire in the stove pit. However, the leather seemed to have undergone some kind of special treatment. Even though most of it was charred black, it was still not Even if there is a burn leak, the contents inside will naturally be intact.
I opened the leather bag and found that it contained a very strange-looking object.
This thing is about the length of a male adult's hand and two fingers wide. It is in the shape of a cross with a crossed semicircle at the top. It has some mysterious words engraved on it. Although I can't understand it, I always feel that the words seem to be seen somewhere. Pass.
The bottom end of this object is in the shape of a spiral, and it is also covered with irregular zigzag patterns.
Li Su looked at the object in my hand, frowned and said, "What... is this? Why does it look so strange..."
I shook my head and said, "I don't know exactly what this is. However, there must be some special meaning for someone to hide it here and deliberately lead us to find it."
Li Su said: "But what is this special meaning?"
I sighed: "This is what I don't understand the most. It looks like a key, but it doesn't quite look like a key. What is it used for?"
It seemed that I was speaking to Li Su, but in fact it seemed that I was speaking to myself.
yes!
What the hell is this thing?
Why did that person go to so much trouble to hide it here?
What does he want to do?
Or does this thing itself matter?
