"This... seems to be the Zhou family's ancestral hall."
Zhou Yue said.
Chu Ye stepped forward and knocked on the Zhou family ancestral hall a few times, but soon the knocking on the door was drowned out in the courtyard.
Except for a black cat lying on the courtyard wall that was awakened, there was no more living thing in the whole village.
The black cat stood up, raised his head, glanced at Chu Ye and his party, and ran away immediately.
Chu Ye pushed open the door of the Zhou family ancestral hall and walked into the courtyard.
Just like before, the entire ancestral hall was quiet and without any movement.
The black cat no longer knew where it had gone. Once inside, there was a large open space covered with bluestones. Like all ancient houses, weeds were overgrown in the gaps between the bluestones, and the bluestones were covered with moss.
A group of people walked into the ancestral hall and continued to move forward. From time to time, they would stumble on weeds. Liu Fei was fragile and almost tripped several times. Fortunately, Zhou Yue was there to support her.
There are more than a dozen bags of cement powder on the ground.
Lin Jianghe stepped forward and patted the cement powder, causing a burst of dust to rise immediately.
There is also a square cement box on the ground, about a few square meters.
But the weird thing is that the person who built the cement box didn't seem to have completely finished it, because the cement was only half plastered.
“Looking at the traces of this thing, it shouldn’t have taken too long to build, only a few months.
And it’s not finished.”
Lin Jianghe made a judgment.
Zhou Yue also nodded: "These cement powder should be enough to be wiped out. If there is so much left, something must have happened."
Chu Ye narrowed his eyes, took a look, and nodded slightly.
These cement bags are not waterproof. Once it rains, they will condense immediately. They will never become dusty when Lin Jianghe patted them just like they did just now.
"Check, when was the last time it rained in Huanggang Village?"
Chu Ye said lightly.
Zhou Yue quickly took out his mobile phone to search for weather records, and said after a while: "I found it, it was a month and a half ago."
"That is to say, a month and a half ago, someone wanted to repair this cement box, seemingly to seal something, but due to some special circumstances, the construction period could not be completed."
When Chu Ye said this, he looked at the half-person-high concrete box on the ground.
A golden light flashed in his eyes, and he opened his heavenly eyes! "Underneath, there is actually a well."
Chu Ye used his clairvoyance to see the things sealed in the cement box.
The next second, Chu Ye kicked it out, and the entire cement box shattered on the spot, revealing the well sealed inside.
Everyone felt a little strange when they saw the appearance of this well. The reason why they said it was strange was that the mouth of this well was very large, at least three meters thick, and it was only a dozen centimeters above the ground, almost level with the ground.
, rather than saying this is a well, it is better to say this is a deep pit.
If it weren't for the derrick and the wooden barrels hanging on the side, no one would have dared to say it was a well.
Immediately afterwards, everyone discovered something was wrong with the well.
On the wall of this well, there are actually more than a dozen patterns of fierce ghosts and talismans of various Taoist sects carved on it.
Moreover, the well is dry.
Zhou Yue picked up a stone from the ground and threw it down, making a dull thud.
This means that there is no water at the bottom of the well.
Chu Ye stood there and scanned the entire ancestral hall. The house was built in the Ming and Qing style, and the doors and windows were covered with dust. Chu Ye was about to step forward, but was grabbed by Lin Jianghe behind him.
Lin Jianghe looked around with a wary expression: "Young Master Chu, do you feel that this house is a bit familiar?"
After hearing this, Chu Ye glanced at the house a few more times, and when Lin Jianghe reminded him, he also felt that there was a sense of déjà vu here. If one person felt familiar, it was probably an illusion, but if both people felt familiar, then
It means that they have seen the same layout structure somewhere before.
"Zhou Yue, have you been here?"
Chu Ye asked.
Zhou Yue shook his head: "I came to Huanggang Village with my grandfather when I was a child, but I never entered this ancestral hall. I heard from my grandfather that only direct descendants of the Zhou family can be qualified to enter the ancestral hall. But over the years, I have known Zhou Yue
There are only a few people who are direct descendants of the family, it seems very mysterious."
"Um."
Chu Ye just thought about it briefly and couldn't figure it out for a while, so he put the idea aside for the time being.
In front of the hall is a hall, which should be where the direct descendants of the Zhou family receive guests. There are two rows of chairs on both sides of the hall, arranged neatly, and behind it is a huge screen.
Hundreds of years ago, owning such an ancestral temple was definitely one of the largest families in Kun County.
"The talisman on the wellhead is wrong. It's not a seal, it's some kind of sacrificial spell!"
Master Baiyun never entered the hall. He was lying at the mouth of the well, trying hard to observe and recall the meaning of the strange patterns and talismans at the mouth of the well.
"Bloodletting spells, soul-draining spells! Oh my god, these are all side branches of Taoism, and they have been lost for a long time!"
Master Baiyun took a deep breath, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, his face was full of terror, and he was even more panicked than when he saw the black figure just now.
"What?"
For a moment, everyone walked out of the hall and walked towards the wellhead.
Although Master Baiyun's strength is average, he is better because he has learned Taoism since he was a child and has gained a lot of experience.
Just as everyone left the hall and walked toward the wellhead, a figure flashed past behind them.
But no one found it.
Only Chu Ye stopped at his feet.
"who?"
Chu Ye's voice came out, but there was no response. The only response was a sound like a baby crying at night. It was the sound made by the black cat, which suddenly sounded throughout the ancient house.
Everyone pricked up their ears, trying to find the direction from which the black cat's meow came, but before they could discern the direction, they heard the black cat's pitiful whine.
Immediately afterwards, the cat's meow disappeared.
The ancient house once again returned to a lifeless silence.
The group of people looked at each other and felt a chill in their backs.
"I felt something was wrong. From the moment I entered this ancient house, it seemed like someone was watching me from behind!"
Li Songlin said.
"I also feel that way."
Lin Jianghe also nodded.
Both of them are warriors, and warriors' keen perception of danger is by no means worse than any other system.
Zhou Yue nodded and said: "Me too..." But before he finished speaking, footsteps sounded in the ancient house.
Everyone remained quiet at the same time.
The footsteps sounded like someone wearing old cloth shoes, walking slowly on the ground. This time, everyone heard the source of the sound.
In the hall they just entered! "Who!"
Lin Jianghe spoke suddenly with anger.
There was still no sound in the hall, but the footsteps were still ringing, but the sound became weaker and weaker.
The man was moving away from them! Sensing that something was wrong, everyone did not hesitate and immediately followed the source of the sound, walked through the hall and entered a black room at the back. Chu Ye did not hesitate at all, pulling Liu Fei behind him, and then took the lead.
Kicking the locked door open with one kick.
Bang! After the door was kicked open, Chu Ye saw clearly the layout of the room.
Different from the expected danger, not only was there no smell of murder in the room, but it was filled with a strange kind of peace.
However, the walls of this room are filled with large and small tablets, and behind each tablet, there is a name written on it.
Woo...a gust of cold wind blew, and the door behind me suddenly closed...