Chapter 198 - Visiting the Ancestral Hall at Night

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Cen Yi took two books. One is the village chronicle of Shengxi Village, which is a record of the historical events of Shengxi Village; the other is a record of local legends. The fantasy reader is the kind with illustrations.

According to Cen Yi and others, when they were going around the village, they discovered a building that was a certain distance away from other houses. This building is not popular. There is a plaque hanging at the door. After careful inspection, I found that it is the ancestral hall of Shengxi Village. It is strange to say that there seems to be no concentrated surnames in this Shengxi Village, but it can actually have an ancestral hall. I don't know what the purpose was when it was established.

There is usually no one in the ancestral hall, especially at night, so Cen Yi and others took advantage of the darkness and heavy rain to get in. After entering, they discovered that there were many tables and shelves for storing books. It seemed that it was also used as a private school in the village. Several people felt that the private school in the village should be a good place to promote the sect, so they gathered in front of the bookshelf and read the books for a long time. As a result, religious-related teachings, scriptures, and records were not found, but village records were found. Since they didn't dare to stay there for too long, they took the risk and brought Murashi out. Anyway, this book was originally placed under the stack of books on the shelf, so it should not be easily found.

As for the legend reader, Cen Yi briefly read it and found it important, so he brought it out together.

Fu Yan heard this and asked, "Who are the people worshiping in the ancestral hall?"

"Looking at the tablets, they are some saints and ancestors in Shengxi Village. It sounds a bit contradictory to the beliefs of the Marist Church, but I think this is possible This is also the method used by Shengxi Village to hide the Holy Mother Cult. Otherwise, why would the ancestral hall be so simple?" Cen Yi also took out some dry food from his bag and distributed it to everyone, "And we also got some offerings. Everyone has been tired for a day, Let's eat some first."

Xie Anna and Cen Yi quickly took the food, but Fang Xinyue hesitated: "You actually took these. Could it be that they have been eaten by rats and bugs?"

"It should have been in the past two days. After all, we are making offerings on Marian Day, so we should give them to the ancestral hall as well." Cen Yi said, "However, I can't guarantee whether it has been touched by mice. If you don't want to eat it, just return it to me."

Fang Xinyue thought again and again . , it is better to return the cold steamed cake to Cen Yi first: "Thank you, I still have my own dry food, I will eat my own first."

Fu Yan took the dry food and thought of the statue of the Holy Mother. , there seemed to be no food offerings. Maybe it's because the Holy Mother only eats children?

Fu Yan thought about it, broke the dry food he got into two pieces, and handed half of it to the boy next to him: "You want some, too?"

The boy shook his head and pushed it back to Fu Yan, indicating that he should eat. Fu Yan then whispered: "I have something else, you can eat it, it's okay."

The boy hesitated for a moment, then took the dry food and started to nibble slowly.

While everyone was eating to replenish their strength, they continued to talk about what happened to Cen Yi and the others. Cen Yi and others took a rough tour of the ancestral hall and prepared to go out to avoid being discovered by villagers who happened to come in. But just as they were about to go out, there was suddenly the sound of people passing by in front of the door.

The four people were startled and hurriedly squatted down close to the door, peeking through the crack in the door and eavesdropping on their words.

There seemed to be five or six people passing by outside, all carrying lamps and walking in a hurry, and there were two people carrying a long wooden ladder. However, they were walking in such a hurry. The two people carrying the wooden ladder were in a coordinated speed, and the one behind them fell down outside the ancestral hall door. The wooden ladder fell to the ground with a "bang!", and one of the wooden sticks used as steps seemed to have fallen out a little. Several people had to stop and bang bang bang to repair the ladder on the spot.

"What bad luck! Mr. Li fell into the pit of the 'Place of Return'. He doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. The ladder to rescue him is broken now!" One of the people said, "This must be because the Holy Mother is angry. Now, adults can't enter the 'Place of Return'!"

Someone else said: "What happened to him? How did he fall in? Nothing like this has ever happened before! Something went wrong at this time, damn it Adding chaos!"

"Didn't you listen to the village chief? It must be those outsiders who are harming people!" Someone else said angrily, "The village chief had long guessed that these people were not well-intentioned, so he chased them late at night. As a result, this gang The outsiders were too despicable and most of them ran away long ago. However, our people fell into the trap and were killed by the soldier. Five people were killed and three were injured! If it weren't for the return land, we had to save people and rescue people. If there are more guards, I will definitely go there to help. People who came back from there said that the massacre scene was full of blood and screams, and the soldier was a murderous demon!" "

Well, fortunately our brothers are bloody. In the end, we killed the soldier." Another person said, "If we let that devil live and come into the village to take revenge, we would be dead!"

Until this time, Cen Yi and others knew the fate of the NPC who was a soldier.

To be honest, because he had a gun in his hand, Cen Yi thought that he should have a chance to save his life at first, but he didn't expect that he still lost it. It seems that this group of people in Shengxi Village are quite evil. They charge forward without fear of a gun. So the soldiers are still careless.

"But if the soldiers have guns, don't the rest of the outsiders also have guns?" Another person said, "What if they all have guns and come back to kill the people in the village?" "

No way. If those reporters had guns, Li Laosan and Chen Li should have been killed as well. How could they just be unconscious?" Someone replied, "The village chief said they might have been drugged or something, and he has asked everyone to Every household, be careful. When the people who deal with the dead and injured come back, the village chief will immediately organize the whole village to conduct a search. We must arrest those foreigners who brought misfortune and sacrifice them to the Holy Mother!"

"Yes. I will let me too. Don't sleep at home tonight, light the lights all night long. There are murderers in the village, who can sleep? I just don't know when these people will be caught." "Don't

worry too much, if you can't search at night, continue during the day. There are so many of them, They are all from the city, and they will definitely leave traces near the village. Then bring a few dogs, and when you find them, let them go and kill them directly..." As

these people talked, the ladder was finally repaired. Then he raised the ladder and left in a hurry. When they walked away, the four people squatting in the ancestral hall let out a long sigh of relief. Fang Xinyue also whispered: "They clearly want to kill us first, but they call us murderers. This has nothing to do with us...!"

Cen ! I don't want to explain anything to her at this time. Anyway, they only need to protect the NPC, and they don't need the NPC to be sensible. Now the NPC with the highest force value is dead. Before his death, he made it more difficult for Cen Yi and others. According to the people of Shengxi Village's current understanding of the press corps, once the two sides meet, they will probably fight to the death. It is a fantasy that a female reporter can survive for a while.

Cen Yi could only quickly think about the current problem. He heard what the villagers were saying, and it seemed that the whole village would soon be hunted down. It would be better for them to stay away from the village as soon as possible.

So they quietly climbed up the mountain and met Fu Yan and others.

Then I found out that they were running in the opposite direction.

The leading reporter listened to Cen Yi and the others talking about their operational experiences and didn't know what to say for a moment: "That soldier is actually dead..."

Fang Xinyue also became more and more flustered by this heavy atmosphere. : "Will we also be captured and killed...?"

"Probably not." Fu Yan's tone was very calm, "At least not so soon."

Fang Xinyue immediately asked: "How do you know? "

Five of them died, three were injured, three were fainted in the cave, and there was a pregnant woman who was about to retrieve her fetus. They had to save people and change guards, and they didn't have that much manpower to search the mountain on a large scale." Cen Yi answered on his behalf, "At least we have to wait until those things we just mentioned are settled, maybe until dawn."

Fang Xinyue said: "What will happen after dawn? We can't hide in the mountains forever, right?"

"After daybreak, we can see the road clearly and run away from other people's places." Fu Yan replied casually. In fact, he didn't guarantee how long these people would survive or whether they would be caught, but he saw hope of solving task one. If task one can be solved quickly, task two should be completed incidentally.

So Fu Yan asked Cen Yi: "What was written in those two books?"

"Oh, yes." Cen Yi pushed the book to him, "Do you want to read it?"

"It's not convenient to light the lamp now. If you have read it, Okay, let's repeat it first."

Cen Yi guessed what he would say and smiled silently. But now Fu Yan was obviously trying to use his brain. Cen Yi understood that the opportunity was too late to come back, and immediately replied: "Okay, I'll tell you. Others who have seen it, if I made a mistake or omitted something, please remember to add it. "

Cen Yi said: "Okay."

Then Cen Yi began to speak.

The time span of the Shengxi Village Chronicle is only a hundred years, and it actually records an event related to the gift of the Holy Mother.

It is said that a few decades ago, a large-scale natural disaster occurred for three consecutive years, resulting in no harvest in the fields and large-scale famine in many places. Shengxi Village was also involved in this famine, and the villagers who originally had a small scale of grain storage quickly fell into a survival crisis. The adults had nothing to eat, the children were all starved to the point of becoming emaciated, and the infants had no milk to drink. In this case, even if the villagers fled, they didn't know where they were going. Therefore, except for some strong people who can barely walk around, most of the villagers still stay in the village and pray for God's mercy.

As long as it rains, there will be a chance for some edible plants to grow in the mountains. Before that, all the hares, mice and even some birds that could be seen in the mountains had been caught and eaten long ago. The villagers who go to the mountains for food have not seen meat and fish for a long time.

But except for the occasional brief, sparse drizzle, the weather remained sunny and clear for long periods of time. The people in Shengxi Village were dying and weak. Except for a few relatively devout believers who still have good physical strength and occasionally go to worship the Virgin Mother and pray for her blessing, others are no longer able to go.

In such a long-term despair, suddenly one day, someone brought back food after worshiping the Holy Mother.

——It's still cooked meat!

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