Ji Qingling was a little curious about how Li Da discovered that many of these people were named Tong.
Li Dacheng said, "The first people I recognized were Tong San and Tong Quanyou. One of them is a butcher selling meat, and the other is a shopkeeper who both owns a pen and ink shop."
Then Li Da took a closer look at the other people and found that there were several others named Tong. This county was not big, but he had lived here for many years and knew some people.
He didn't tell Ji Qingling immediately because he thought his aunt was worried about other things and he wanted to check first.
The county magistrate was found, and the county magistrate sent people to check these people. As Li Da said, many people were named Tong.
There are also some people whose surname is not Tong. Maybe there are elders in the family who married from the Tong family.
Li Da felt that this should be considered a very important piece of news and immediately came to tell Ji Qingling.
Ji Qingling patted the shoulder of the man who was taller than himself and praised happily, "Not bad!"
I sent a message to Shen Ru and Ji Zuo, and went straight to the county magistrate to ask the Tong family.
The head of the Tong family is a skinny old man with a white beard.
He watched the magistrate's mouth open and close. He heard every word, but when they were strung together, he didn't know what they meant.
Looking at the county magistrate and then at Ji Qingling and the others, he felt that he might be too old and might be suffering from hysteria.
It's possible that the county magistrate is suffering from hysteria, saying that something is evil in their Tong family!
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When the patriarch saw that most of the more than 30 patients were indeed members of the Tong family, he believed that a disaster was coming and they didn't know it!
The patriarch, Ji Qingling, and the others went to the Tong family ancestral hall. The largest room contained the spiritual tablets of their ancestors.
Ji Qingling looked through their family tree and could only say that they were really a big family!
It has been more than three hundred years since the Tong family came to Jirong County. At that time, it was still a sparsely populated and remote town.
Now more than three hundred years have passed, and it has developed to its current county size.
The Tong family has also reproduced here for more than ten generations, and its members are scattered in every corner of Jirong County.
"Speaking of which, there are indeed many members of the Tong family who have spiritual roots in the secular world. Have there been monks before?"
I asked the clan leader, but still had no clue.
Oh, wait!
Ji Qingling pointed to the genealogy, "Look, the first two generations of this genealogy have very long lifespans. Some people even live to be a hundred years old. This is not common in the world."
Shen Ruye lowered his head to check, "The following generations have normal life spans. Only the first two generations live longer."
"Could it be that the first generation to settle here were monks?"
"A monk comes to live in the secular world? Or are there several people together?"
"If it is really a family, wouldn't it mean that all the monks from a small family came to live in the secular world?"
Ji Zuo touched his chin, "This will explain why there are so many descendants of this family with spiritual roots."
"What's the use of just making sense?"
Shen Ru shook his head, "Let's boldly imagine that it would not be unreasonable if a small family fled to the secular world to settle down."
Ji Qingling asked her, "What's the motive? Why do you want to deal with these Tong family members?"
"I don't know~"
"Let's go to the ancestral hall to search again. If it's really a monk, it's impossible not to leave some clues."
Ji Qingling released Yawu and said, "Toothless, go and guard over there, and notify me if there is any movement."
"Gugu~Gugu~"
The three of them searched through the Tong family ancestral hall, and finally gathered back in the big room where the coffin was placed.
Shen Ru and Ji Zuo sat on the threshold in frustration.
Ji Qingling picked up the spiritual tablets one by one and inspected them.
Shen Ru called her: "Ji DaDa, those are all already there, aren't you afraid?"
"You've already become an immortal, but you still engage in these feudal superstitions? Have you ever heard that death is like a lamp going out?"
"Cough~cough~" Shen Ru coughed, "Fairy, you are still young, don't talk too much!"
What's the meaning? Ji Qingling raised his eyes to look at her.
Shen Ru waved his hand, "Nothing, nothing. Let's talk when you are free. You are busy first!"
Ji Qingling ignored her and continued to check the spiritual tablets.
As soon as she picked up one of them, she suddenly felt that the weight of the spiritual tablet was wrong.
I picked it up and weighed it again. It really felt heavier. The tablets for the ancestors of the Tong family were all made of the same kind of wood.
This weight seems really heavy, so I weighed it again.
"Sister."
Shen Ruji and Zuo walked over, "Should it be heavier?"
Shen Ru took two of them and compared them in his hands. They seemed to be heavier!
Ji Zuo frowned and looked at the spiritual tablet. He made a seal with both hands and slapped it. There was a faint halo of light, and then it disappeared.
"There is a formation here!"
"Formation!"
Ji Zuo held the spirit tablet in his hand, "It's indeed a formation, but it's just such a small spiritual tablet? How is this done?"
So things just got started, and there were talismans that Ji Qingling didn't recognize, and formations that Ji Zuo, who was good at formations, had never seen before!
"Can you untie it?"
"Let me think."
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At night, they sent everyone else back, including Li Da who wanted to stay.
They did not allow anyone to stay here on the grounds that they wanted to cast spells on these people.
Ji Qingling and three others were guarding next door to the patients.
Ji Zuo was studying the small formation, Ji Qingling was studying the unknown talisman, and Shen Ru was sleeping.
Ji Zuo was a little discouraged. No matter what method he tried, he still couldn't reach the threshold of the formation.
Even if it was a forced attack, it only shook a few times and returned to normal.
The key to the formation lies in the formation eye, but in such a small area, he can't find where the formation eye is!
Now his head is really big!
The formation knowledge he had learned over the years made him know that this was very unreasonable, but no matter how unreasonable it was, it existed.
Ji Qingling came over with the few books she had turned over.
"Brother, I can't find it!"
"Your senior brother, I'm not much better than you."
"If it doesn't work, let's inform the master. Elder Yuanying can always forcefully break the formation. If Elder Yuanying fails, the Ancestor of the God Transformation can always break the formation!"
"Now we know what it means to have someone outside. We don't know whether this person is a Talisman Master or an Array Master!"
He thought that his skills were excellent, and he had also listened to the formation teachings of the Transformation Shenjun at Taiyi Sect, but he knew nothing about the formations on the spiritual tablets.
Ji Qingling took the spirit tablet on his body and asked, "What role does this rune play? I tried many decomposition methods, but it still failed after just a few strokes. Even a single rune after drawing was useless. No."
The talismans of more than thirty people were hidden in various objects. Some of them were ordinary ones, like Sanni's mother and Ling'er, which were hidden with signatures.
Some are quite special. For businessmen, some hide them in their seals, because businessmen will not let such private seals leave their side.
Children's longevity locks and old people's crutches are all items that are always with you.
"Only you can write a talisman that imitates me at the early stage of foundation building? You are really overestimating your capabilities."
An old voice appeared in the room.
Shen Ru opened his eyes, here he comes!
