Chapter 693 Qiu Xian
The old man sitting on the right hand side of the Liu family leader took a sip of wine from his wine glass, then gave the Liu family leader a wink, then got up and left his seat, holding a cane made of tree roots, and ran towards the ancestral hall behind. Go.
"Xiao Wei, come with me."
When the head of the Liu family saw the old man winking at him, he also put down his wine glass, reached out and patted Wei Wenbin on the shoulder, signaling Wei Wenbin to follow him.
"good."
When Wei Wenbin saw the old man getting up and winking at the head of the Liu family, he naturally knew that the real drama was about to begin, so he nodded and got up and followed the head of the Liu family towards the ancestral hall at the back.
At the banquet, everyone was happily drinking and eating. Even when they saw the head of the Liu family and the old man leaving the banquet, the Liu family members were not affected. The sixth, seventh and eighth sons stood up when they saw Wei Wenbin. As they left, the three of them looked at Wei Wenbin's back with frowns and worried faces. However, because they did not receive Wei Wenbin's signal, the three of them did not get up to follow.
An old man from the Liu family walked slowly in front with a cane. The head of the Liu family followed cautiously. Wei Wenbin also followed cautiously. His eyes looked at the surrounding environment from time to time. Soon the three of them arrived. The gate of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall.
"Bata, to quack quack."
The old man walked to the gate on crutches, leaned the crutch in his arms, reached out from his waist and took out a forty centimeter long copper key, put the copper key into a hole in the gate, fiddled with it a few times, and then Hearing a click from inside, the old man pressed the door handle of the door with both hands, turned and pushed it open.
"Knock your shoes clean before you come in."
The old man rubbed his feet on the ground at the door and stepped in. Then he turned his head and looked at the bit of mud on Wei Wenbin's feet. He frowned and asked Wei Wenbin to clean up the mud on his feet before entering.
"Hehe, this is my father. He is the elder of our Liu family. He is relatively traditional."
The head of the Liu family stood aside and saw all this. Although he felt a little embarrassed, this was the rule of their Liu family ancestral hall. If you have mud on your feet, you are not allowed to enter, not to mention mud on your feet, just in your stomach. It is best not to go in if there is any shit, because there is no hut in the ancestral hall. You have to come out to go to the hut. If you are close, you can go home. If you are far away, you can only borrow a hut from someone outside. The ancestral hall is a sacred place. That is a place where ancestors' tablets are enshrined. How can there be filth?
"I know, Patriarch Liu, don't take it to heart. Logically speaking, outsiders are not allowed to enter our ancestral hall. I already have no rules."
Wei Wenbin didn't want to go in at all. Is this a family ancestral hall that a person with a foreign surname can enter? Not to mention people with foreign surnames, even women in the family were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall unless it was important. If the old man and the head of the Liu family hadn't brought him here, Wei Wenbin would never have rashly entered the ancestral hall.
"Hahaha, hey, it's okay. This is the outer room of the ancestral hall. The real ancestral hall is in the backyard. This is the front hall, where we, the Liu family, discuss matters."
The head of the Liu family heard what Wei Wenbin said and knew that this righteous man also knew what the ancestral hall represented to a family. He smiled and waved his hand, indicating that Wei Wenbin didn't need to worry about it, because when the Liu family was building the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall was ruined. The courtyard is relatively large. The Liu Family Ancestral Hall has a layout of three large courtyards. The front courtyard is where the Liu family discusses matters, the middle courtyard is where the elders of the family rest and discuss affairs, and the backyard is the largest and is where the Liu Family Ancestral Hall is located.
"Oh, this kind of layout is quite rare."
Wei Wenbin finally got the dirt off his feet and stood up.
"Hahaha, our Liu family was wealthy at that time."
When the head of the Liu family saw that Wei Wenbin had cleaned the dirt off his feet, he reached out and took Wei Wenbin's arm and pulled him into the Liu family ancestral hall.
Wei Wenbin was dragged into the Liu family ancestral hall by the head of the Liu family. As soon as Wei Wenbin entered the ancestral hall, he saw a lobby. If he looked carefully, the lobby was a large house with forty-six columns. The main body was supported by sixteen thick columns. Each pillar is a wooden pillar as thick as two people hugging each other. The pillars are also painted with black paint, giving people a majestic and heavy feeling. However, there are insufficient lights in the lobby, which also gives people a gloomy feeling.
In the middle of the lobby is the plaque of the Liu family, which states the address of the Liu family. There are couplets written on the pillars on both sides. The upper couplet: The temple is radiant, the majesty shines on the ancestors for thousands of years, the second couplet: Generates brilliance, and the great achievements are glorious and prosperous forever. Then in the middle is the family name. The iconic family emblem, but the Liu family obviously did not have any family emblem at that time. This position is also empty now. There is a chair underneath, which is obviously for the elders of the family to sit. On both sides of the wall are There are two rows of shelves with family rules and genealogy on them. There are wooden sticks and rattans on the sides, which are obviously tools of punishment. There are two wooden doors on both sides in the middle of the lobby, which should lead to the backyard.
As soon as the old man came in, he walked straight to the first chair on the left, walked to the chair, slowly sat on the chair, stretched out his hand and leaned his crutch on the armrest of the chair, and then closed his eyes to rest. It seemed that After walking for such a long distance, the old man felt very tired, so he started to rest as soon as he sat down.
"Come and sit."
The head of the Liu family walked to the wall, picked up two square stools, and walked to the old man. One square stool was placed on the right side of the old man, and the other on the left side of the old man. After placing them, the head of the Liu family sat on the right side of the old man. Then he called Wei Wenbin, who came in and looked around, to come and sit down.
"good."
As soon as Wei Wenbin came in, he looked around, waiting for the head of the Liu family to call him. He quickly responded, walked to the square stool and sat down. Although it was a bit inappropriate to sit like this, it was up to the guest to do whatever he wanted. It's the master's family, everyone has arranged it this way, Wei Wenbin can only let it go.
"You think I'm surprised to know you're alive?"
The head of the Liu family waited for Wei Wenbin to sit down, then smiled and asked Wei Wenbin, because the reaction Wei Wenbin gave him at the wine table just now told him that Wei Wenbin thought they did not know that Wei Wenbin and others were alive.
"Oh, it's true. You are so real and there is nothing different about you. I thought you didn't think you were dead."
Wei Wenbin spoke very frankly, and did not mince words to imply that the Liu family should be dead.
In many yin and yang worlds, the ghosts have self-awareness and know that they are dead, so they have various ghost arts that only ghosts can perform. People only have vague cognition when they have just died. I just don’t know whether I am dead or not. Many people are even in a state of stupidity when they first die. Without the intervention of external forces, they will continue to be stupid. The above cognition can be distinguished from the appearance. , ghosts who do not think they are dead often have the appearance of a living person. They look like ordinary living people, and they do not have any ghost skills. Just like the villagers of Liujiacun, they always rush forward desperately when fighting. , will fall to the ground and die even if they are beaten to death, so Wei Wenbin and others believe that these Liujiacun villagers are ghosts who have no self-awareness of death.
