Chapter 3 Crossing the Tang Dynasty
The sound of firecrackers rang through the mountains, and the sky was filled with dust. The adults placed chopsticks in front of the ancestral graves, offered wine, made wishes and knelt down, while the children hid far away.
The Lu family’s ancestral tomb is not big. On the contrary, this ancient tomb, which is valued by the whole tribe and is ranked first in the order of ancestor worship every Qingming Festival. Under the erosion of time, there is only a vague stone tablet and a soil bundle that has long been integrated with the scenery of the mountains. It is surrounded by various weeds and a large number of iron wolf bulls. If you are just passing by, you will not even find a lonely tomb from a thousand years ago at your feet.
But for the Lu family, the first sacrifice to this ancient tomb every Qingming Festival is a ancestral teaching passed down from generation to generation, and an iron rule. Even if Lu Guofu has already been worth tens of billions of dollars, he dare not forget it.
"Brother Tingfang, this grave is so dilapidated, why don't you repair it? Look at the graves of the rural people we saw before going up the mountain, they are more grand than our family and are so shameless."
"Silly brother, the graves are not as big or as grand as the tombs. Even if someone compares them, they are still backward and superstitious. Our family's ancestral tombs have a history of thousands of years and are considered cultural relics. Moreover, our ancestors have passed down the rules that no one can move the ancestral tombs. However, I heard from my father that my grandfather plans to remove the ancestral tombs this year, but the specific time has not yet been decided."
"Really? Is it called tomb robbers to move graves? I'm so amazing about the tomb robbers in the movies. After opening the coffin, you can destroy zombies. Brother Tingfang, do you think there are zombies in our ancestral tomb..."
"Don't talk nonsense in front of our ancestors!"
Lu Tingfang was startled and hurriedly covered the little cousin's mouth. Although he was not old, Lu Xin's words were obviously disrespectful to his ancestors. Moreover, his grandfather Lu Guoqiang valued the most the rules and etiquette, and some words were absolutely unavailable.
"Well, um... block, block, block, block my mouth... do it, what are you doing?"
Boom!
Just as Lu Xin was struggling to let go, a thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Then, a strong wind blew from east to west, and in an instant, shaking everything. Perhaps because of the strong wind, the originally gloomy and gray sky was shrouded by a huge thick black cloud floating from nowhere. In it, lightning and thunder were roaring like a silver snake rolling. The sky became extremely low, as if at this moment, there was no boundary between heaven and earth.
"The black clouds are pressing against the city and want to destroy it... Guofu, it seems that it will rain heavily, which is not a good sign."
"Well, look at this scene, my ancestors are going to drive us down the mountain."
Lu Guofu shook his head and smiled bitterly, and was about to put the incense and candle in his hand on the grave. But the next second, a scream suddenly sounded in his ears, followed by a series of calls for help.
"Grandpa, help me, grandpa, help me...I..."
Looking in the direction of the sound, at this moment, an inexplicable force was pulling Lu Xin and Lu Tingfang. To be precise, this force rolled the two children into the air, like an invisible hand, pushing them down the mountain. All the adults were scared, and Lu Guofu was the first to chase after him, but the mountain road was rugged and the speed was not fast.
"How could there be such strong wind power, and the power is concentrated on Xiao Xin and Ting Fang, which is absolutely unscientific!"
Lu Guoqiang seemed to remember his experience eighteen years ago, his high eyes and the power to guide the country. He is a scholar and a literati. His brain is too active, and it will become a habit if he thinks carefully. Although the weather is wet and cold, Lu Guoqiang's face is already sweating profusely.
The wind was strong around it, and the dead branches and leaves were rolling up all over the sky, and the vision became extremely blurred, making it difficult for even eyes to open. Everyone tried their best to chase the two children, but in the blink of an eye, the wife disappeared.
"Where are people? Where are people? Secretary Yan, I'll ask you where are people?"
Lu Guofu fell to the last place before his grandson disappeared, screaming wildly, completely ignoring the face of a chairman. In front of him was a large area of dense iron wolf caskets, some of which even grew half a person tall. Lu Guofu was really panicked. Lu Xin was his only grandson, and like Lu Tingfang, they were the most precious bloodline of the Lu family. No matter how will these juniors are, they are usually naughty, he would not be willing to beat them. If something happened under his nose, he would not accept it.
No matter how successful an entrepreneur is, he is still a human being. In front of his children and grandchildren, Lu Guofu is just an ordinary old man.
"Chairman, don't worry, we will find someone."
"Give it, give it to... call the Public Security Bureau and the Fire Bureau and ask him to send someone over immediately. Also, contact Xiaoyong and ask him to return to China immediately."
When Lu Guofu said this, he stood up to look for Lu Guoqiang. At this time, his elder brother was standing in front of a bush, feeling lost.
"Brother, why are you still stunned? Xiao Xin is lost, Ting Fang is lost too!"
"No, this is definitely not the power of nature, absolutely not. The world changes, this power, this power..."
Lu Guoqiang, who was as stupid as a chicken, suddenly bent down and pushed aside a bush, muttering something in his mouth. Everyone surrounded him, but found that there was a dry well in the bush. This discovery made everyone stunned.
Although Dianlong Mountain is not high, the altitude of the top of the mountain is at least 100 meters. Even if someone lives in ancient times, it would not be possible to dig a water out of it. It is not scientific to dig a well in such a place, and it is even a little weird.
"Guofu, what do you think this is?"
Lu Guoqiang seemed to have picked up something from around the wellhead, and his dull expression finally recovered. The things in his hand were black and yellow, like some kind of unburned paper, and they were burned just now, and they could even see some undestroyed Mars.
"It should be that the newly burned paper money was blown here by the wind, but there is actually a dry well here. Did Xiao Xin and the others fall into the well?"
Lu Guofu was both surprised and happy. If the two children just fell into the dry well and did not roll down the mountain, then there was a great probability of survival. But when he was about to come forward to see what was going on, he was stopped by Lu Guoqiang.
"This is not paper money, but some kind of talisman with unburned symbol textures on it. And these things did not float from the ancestral tomb, but..."
When Lu Guoqiang said this, he pointed to the well below, with a complicated expression. At this time, there were still a small amount of ashes deep in the dry well, as if someone was burning something at the bottom of the well. But from the outside, the dry well was pitch black, let alone people, and there was not even a slight sound. After a while, the two brothers of the Lu family came to their senses and looked at each other silently. Their faces were complicated, and they didn't know whether they were more fear or more worrying.
In short, for the prominent Lu family, this year's Qingming Festival is undoubtedly a disaster...
In 626 AD, after the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to destroy the rebel army and separatist forces in various places, and the world was finally settled.
On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude (July 2, 626 AD), King Li Shimin of Qin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident, shot and killed Prince Li Jiancheng with his own hands, and at the same time eliminated King Li Yuanji of Qi. The following year, Emperor Gaozu abdicated and gave the wise men to Li Shimin. The change of the reign of Zhenguan, and at this point, Emperor Taizong of Tang unified the Central Plains.
But the world has been through wars for a long time, with sorrow everywhere, material scarcity, and panic. The Tang Dynasty was first established, the total population was less than two million households. People were harassed in troubled times, and yin and yang were confused, and demons were full of demons. In such an era, from important officials of the court to ordinary people, they were afraid of ghosts and gods, and they were inseparable from peace. Therefore, a kind of person wearing white clothes and embroidered Tai Chi patterns on their backs began to appear among the people. These people wandered in the alleys of the city, appeared in the fields, cured diseases and exorced demons, and had all kinds of incredible powerful forces and were respected by the people as Onmyoji!
Not long after, Emperor Taizong ordered the elimination of the power of ghosts and gods. The court established a secret institution outside the six ministries, named Yinyang Temple. It was arbitrarily cut off the cases of gods, ghosts and demons in order to appease the people, stabilize the people's hearts and consolidate the foundation of the country.
In the first year of Zhenguan, in the spring, Jiangnan Road, and a remote fishing village under the jurisdiction of Yuezhou Prefecture, Lu Xin and Lu Tingfang woke up from their coma. The sky was gloomy and there was a fine drizzle. They stood up slowly with a well. There was a particularly dilapidated place in front of them, with broken walls everywhere, as if they had just fought a war. A grape trellis was built above the well, but there were no more stems and leaves.
Lu Xin frowned at the muddy and wet yellow soil under her feet.
"Brother Tingfang, where are we? This road is not made of cement. The new shoes and clothes I just bought are all over."
Lu Xin kicked the well angrily, while Lu Tingfang, who was beside him, frowned and looked around, and was silent for a long time and spoke:
"Xiao Xin, do you still remember what happened before we fell into a coma?"
"Before I was dizzy?" Lu Xin touched the back of his head, recalled for a while before suddenly shouting: "I remember I was swept up by a strong wind, and I shouted to my grandpa to save me. Later, I didn't know..."
"I was like you, both of us were swept into the air by the wind. At the time, we were at a high probability of falling down the mountain. You see, the bad situation we are in is clearly somewhere in the village. But we are not even injured at all. And judging from the current situation, no one has saved us."
After all, Lu Tingfang was old and an extremely smart person. He thought of many things in an instant. Although his expression was calm, his voice was obviously trembling, and even his hands and ten fingers were shaking.
"Brother Tingfang, you, what you mean is that we are dead, right? No, we must be dreaming! Grandpa, I'm going to find Grandpa, wuwuwu..."
Chapter completed!