I don't know how to describe my current mood, I just feel like my heart is about to jump out of my chest.
I opened and closed my mouth, trying to say something to express my excitement at the moment, but I found that my throat seemed to be stuck tightly by a pair of big hands, and I couldn't make any sound.
Five years ago, in order to save me, Ling Jiang jumped into the bronze blood coffin in the tomb of the Tusi King in Laosicheng without hesitation, sealed the entire coffin with her own life, and then sank together with the blood coffin as the Tusi King's tomb collapsed. In the underground river.
Zhang Hazi and I tried various ways to salvage it, but found nothing. With the tourism development of Laosicheng, after the tomb of the Tusi King has been protected as a historical cultural relic, trying to salvage it is tantamount to wishful thinking.
However, I wrote in the side story in the work account "Luo Xiaoyang" that Zhang Hazi and I are connected to the head of the village through the Niujiao Cave in our village. By analogy to Lao Sicheng, we found that under the tomb of the Tusi King, there should be There is an underground river that leads directly to Niujiaodong in our village.
Later Zhang Mu told us that through his observation, all the luck that Zhang Hazi dispersed in the war between heaven and man moved to the west. So we thought of the method of "the luck moves westward and the dragon's veins move eastward" and let the underground river push the bronze blood coffin to the Niujiao Cave.
As long as we find the huge bronze blood coffin, we can use the twenty-four grave pits left by my grandparents on the hillside behind Laosicheng to use the magic trick to save Ling Jiang and me in her belly. child.
But in the past five years, we have been to the Western Regions more than once, and each time we returned without success. If successful, Zhang Hazi's craftsmanship will return to its peak, and the bronze blood coffin will appear in the horns. In the cave.
So in the past five years, we have traveled westward with high hopes again and again, only to return disappointed again and again. Although Zhang Hazi didn't say it in his heart, I knew that he didn't seem to care that much about his recovery of craftsmanship.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but if he is too disappointed, people will gradually become numb.
But Zhang Hazi now said that there are other ways to turn a Yin person into a "living person". This is tantamount to pouring a pot of gasoline on a bonfire that is about to go out. How can this not make me excited? Having trouble controlling yourself?
The rapid breathing made my hands and feet feel numb and cramped, and I had to sit down again. But as soon as I sat down, I stood up again, snatched the bamboo stick from Wu Tinghan's hand, handed it to Zhang Hazi, and then said to him, let's go find Chen Siqing's father. Lao Tzu!
Chen Youwei is dead, Chen Siqing is a novice at craftsmanship, the memory of the painter's protector has been modified, and my grandparents are gone. The only person who knows that kind of method is Chen Siqing's father.
If you want to save Ling Jiang, you have to find this person first, and then ask him about the specific method of using this craftsmanship, and then save him.
I pulled, but did not pull Zhang Hazi up. He was still sitting on the chair, leaning against the back of the chair, looking lazy, and asked me, haven't you noticed that the young and old are walking alone in the room?
I looked around. Wu Tinghan and Wang Minghua were both there. Plus you and me, there were exactly four people. Why were there so few people?
Zhang Hazi said that Wu Tinghan was the one who protected the painting, that is, the proprietress of the powder shop. Where did she go to grow old?
I was shocked, and then I realized that I had not seen this person when I came out of the painting, so I naturally ignored her. But Wu Tinghan said before that the landlady lives in this house and guards this painting.
So, where is she?
As soon as I asked the question, I was suddenly shocked and hurriedly told Zhang Hazi, "You mean, she is Chen Siqing's father?" No, she is a woman! That's not right. Maybe she just borrowed the shell of a paper man, but is she actually Chen Siqing's father? Now that you know your identity has been exposed, why are you absconding out of fear of crime?
After Zhang Hazi heard my reasoning, he whipped it over with a bamboo stick and said, "I will live with you as a descendant. Can you be more creative?" If her body were all made of paper figures, how could she use Yizhe to measure the body when she entered the painting? If she were Chen Si Qingdi's father, how could she help Chen Youwei hide the truth? Is your head full of water?
Indeed, this was totally inconsistent with the boss lady’s personality and motives. I was too excited, so I couldn’t turn my head around.
Let me tell you, where did she go?
Zhang Hazi said that wherever Ha Neng could go, he would naturally go to Laosa, Chen Siqing's father.
Seeing Zhang Hazi's confident look, I was a little puzzled and asked him, how can you be so sure? What if she went to the street to open a shop?
Zhang Hazi said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to me are handsome. You are five years old, but your IQ has not improved at all? ----If she didn't catch Chen Siqing's father, Chen Youwei had worked so hard to set up a big trick to attract that guy to come over and cause trouble. Could it be that the Ghost Festival is approaching and people and ghosts are sitting together? Come down and eat hot pot?
I was stunned when I heard this, and then asked Zhang Hazi, do you mean that Chen Youwei did this just to catch his heartless son?
Zhang Hazi nodded and said, apart from the purpose of aging, I really can't think of any other way to achieve aging.
I tried to find a possibility, and found that no matter which it was, it was contrary to the fact that Chen Youwei loved his grandson Chen Siqing.
As long as Chen Youwei loved his grandson, he would not have known that hiding the truth would fail, but would have insisted on carrying it out, and as a result, his grandson's escape path would have been completely blocked.
As long as Chen Youwei loves his grandson, he will definitely let his grandson live like this for as long as he can.
But the fact that he chose to conceal the truth and actively spread the news shows that he has more meaningful things to do than letting his grandson live a few more years - to catch his heartless son!
Even if Chen Youwei set up a trap to arrest his son, it would go against the fact that he loved his grandson, but in the end it made up for their family's debt to the entire Chenjia Village. Morally, it is defensible. And apart from this possibility, everything else is obviously untenable.
Then all of this makes sense. The reason why Chen Youwei committed suicide in advance was to create a situation for his son. He found a way to make Chen Siqing a 'living person', so much so that he couldn't wait to implement it.
Moreover, the feasibility of this method is very high, so high that he can use this craftsmanship ten years in advance. Based on the guy's understanding of his father, Chen Youwei, he knew that Chen Youwei would definitely not make fun of his grandson's life, so the guy felt guilty and finally had to take the risk.
So all these situations were directed and acted by Chen Youwei.
Thinking of this, I suddenly couldn't be happy anymore.
If I were Chen Youwei, would I make such a cruel decision? After all, once he starts doing this, it means that he himself will die, his grandson will die, and his son will die. Moreover, he killed them all with his own hands.
It's really hard for me to imagine how determined Mr. Chen Youwei must be to make such a decision. I can even imagine that before he died, his heart that gradually stopped beating must have been riddled with pain.
I took a few deep breaths and then said to Zhang Hazi, don’t we need to help? If that guy escapes, wouldn't he be ashamed of Mr. Chen's painstaking design?
Zhang Hazi sneered when he heard what I said, and then said, "You have no confidence in your grandfather?"
Let me tell you, what does this have to do with my grandfather? ----Oh, you mean, the boss lady was left behind by my grandfather, she can definitely catch that guy, right?
Zhang Hazi shook his head and said, this is just one of the points. The main thing I want to say is that these designs are not Chen Youwei's methods.
I smiled and said, who else could he be? Could it be my father...?
Before I finished speaking, I was stunned, and then I saw the corner of Zhang Hazi's mouth curved, and his head nodded slowly.
He said, I don't doubt that Mr. Chen Youwei has a sense of justice, but if he could, why didn't he let Chen Siqing live a few more years before annihilating his family in a righteous way? If you say that Chen Youwei's death was not planned by your grandfather, I wouldn't believe it even if he were killed.
I refuted him and said, wouldn't it be true that the sooner we take action, the more guilty we will be made of that guy?
Zhang Hazi said that as long as the other party knew that Chen Youwei was hiding something from the truth, he would definitely feel guilty, and it had nothing to do with the length of time. After all, the longer the time goes by, the more luck you steal, and the higher the success rate. That guy should be more guilty.
I think it might be that he or Chen Siqing did not have enough lifespan and had to implement it.
Zhang Hazi slapped his hand on the table and said, "I'll let you and my ancestors talk about it. You finally got to the point." Let's not talk about Chen Siqing's lifespan. A piece of yellow paper can seal his time, but Chen Youwei's life, whether he can survive or not, doesn't it completely depend on your grandfather?
I shook my head and said that my grandfather had been dead for five years, how could he still control Chen Youwei's wealth and life?
Zhang Hazi said, "Don't forget the old man. The paper face on his head was painted by your grandma herself." Fifty-five years ago, it was your grandfather who arranged for the boss lady to protect that face. Now you tell me that your grandfather has no way to control Chen Youwei's life and death. Teacher, are you going to make an international joke with me?
He continued, and your grandpa always personally checked the key places, so it was not Chen Youwei who arrested that guy, but Chen Youwei who personally arranged for the boss lady, just to ensure the success of the arrest. So we just have to sit here and wait.
I know that Zhang Hazi never makes mistakes when analyzing problems, and I also know that I can't find any other reason to refute. I just feel very uncomfortable, especially when I think of Chen Youwei's death. If it was arranged by my grandfather, then my grandfather would be too cruel.
Wu Tinghan, who had never spoken, said, "Don't think of us painters as gods. We are just paper faces. They will not make a Yang person live another year or two. Otherwise, everyone will ask us painters to change their appearance. Wouldn't this world be a mess?" Want to cause chaos? Although Chen Youwei's death had something to do with Mr. Gu, it probably had little to do with it. It was probably only a few days earlier than Chen Youwei's normal death time.
At this time Wang Minghua also spoke up and said, I can testify to this. When he found me, he did not have long to live.
I don't know whether what Wu Tinghan and Wang Minghua said is true, or whether it comforts me more, but since they said so, I choose to believe it.
At this time, the lady boss of the noodle shop tied up a person from outside. When I saw the person's appearance clearly, my eyes widened and my heart almost stopped...
