After eating and drinking, Luo Zheng handed over the troops to Ghost Hand. With Lan Xue, Sangji followed Ji Wen to a house. The house was very large and looked like a ancestral hall. There were shrines, tablets, and candles. Ji Wen went up to burn a stick of incense, knelt down on the cushion with Ji Wu and Gongsun Wu, kowtowed three times, then got up, lit three incense and handed them to Luo Zheng. Out of respect, Luo Zheng took them over and solemnly inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Afterwards, everyone sat in a group on the wooden bench next to him. Luo Zheng looked at the house, which was made of stone, tall, spacious and clean. Obviously, people often cleaned it. Hearing Ji Wen coughing lightly, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Ji Wen and said, "Senior, I know you are eager to understand the truth, let your son say it."

"Okay, you can speak, in Mandarin." Ji Wen said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Ji Wu quickly agreed, saying everything that happened in the underground world was in full detail. Ji Wen planned to ask a few questions from time to time. After talking for about half an hour, he finally told Ji Wen the truth.

When Ji Wen heard that the ancestors were not guarding the tomb, and the Emperor's Sword was gone, his face suddenly became ugly. If someone else said this, Ji Wen would not believe it was true even if he was beaten to death. But the words came out of his son. For such a big thing, Ji Wen believed that his son would not lie. However, Ji Wen would rather Ji Wu lie. All this was fake. The tomb really existed, and the Emperor's Sword was there.

After a while, Ji Wen had a calm face. Luo Zheng understood Ji Wen's mood, but this kind of thing was not easy to enlighten. After waiting patiently for a while, seeing that Ji Wen's face relaxed a little, he said in a deep voice: "Senior, the forest is full of poisonous gas, and the poisonous scorpions are scattered. No one can easily enter the ground. We found two thieves, maybe more, but the Emperor's Sword should have disappeared five hundred years ago. So, I would like to ask you to check the family tree and see if there are any special records of five hundred years ago."

"What do you mean?" Ji Wen was so experienced. He immediately guessed Luo Zheng's implicit meaning. He looked at Luo Zheng in surprise. Seeing Luo Zheng nodding, his face darkened and he was about to get angry. Who can allow outsiders to defile his ancestors? Then he thought, what Luo Zheng said was not unreasonable. No one can easily enter the underground. Who can guarantee what happened five hundred years ago?

Ji Wen hesitated, pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll check it out, you wait." He said, and got up, walked towards the shrine, respectfully knelt down and kowtow again, muttering something, as if he was accusing him of guilt.

After a while, Ji Wen got up and moved a tablet on the shrine. A roar sounded. A stone wall turned around, revealing a dark room inside. Candlelight was lit in the dark room. Everyone could not see it in the location. They knew it was a secret in the clan. They all wisely turned their faces to avoid suspicion.

Soon, Ji Wen took out a thread-covered ancient book from it, closed the dark room, walked to Luo Zheng, sat down, and said in a deep voice: "The things that happened five hundred years ago were recorded on bamboo slips and sheepskins, and were copied in this book a hundred years ago. Wait, Ji Wu, arrange some tea, I need some time to find it."

"Yes." Ji Wu went out immediately, and everyone waited patiently. After a few minutes, Ji Wu came over with tea, and everyone continued to wait while drinking tea.

Luo Zheng looked at Ji Wen who was carefully reading the classics from time to time, and felt heavy. If this clue was also broken, the matter would be even more complicated. It was important and could not be anxious. Everyone waited patiently and had no mood to speak. The room was quiet and a depressing atmosphere spread.

A full hour later, Ji Wen flipped through the whole book and saw no suspiciousness. He looked at Luo Zheng with a serious look and shook his head. After thinking about it, he handed the book to Luo Zheng and said, "You can take a look too."

If it were normal times, Luo Zheng would never touch such books, but now the matter involves national security and is closely related to himself, so he took the book and read it. He found that the records in the book were very detailed. What happened in that year was concise, but the facts were clear. Luo Zheng carefully looked at it without missing any details.

An hour later, Luo Zheng read the entire book. According to the time records above, all major events in Phoenix Village between 600 and 600 years ago were recorded in detail, for a full two hundred years. If the Emperor's Sword was really taken away by someone five hundred years ago, then clues should be found in this book.

However, the things recorded above have nothing to do with the Emperor Sword. Luo Zheng closed the book, closed his eyes and pondered. The things he saw appeared one by one in his mind again, just like a movie. Everyone knew that Luo Zheng was thinking, but he didn't bother him, and was waiting quietly.

After a while, Luo Zheng suddenly felt a light of inspiration and was attracted by one of the things. After thinking about it carefully, he felt something was reasonable. He quickly opened the classics and found the place to record the things and read them again. Then he handed them to Ji Wen and said in a deep voice: "Senior, take a look, maybe there are some statements."

Ji Wen took it over and saw it. It was recorded that a young patriarch of the Gongsun clan married the young patriarch of the Ji clan because he was unwilling to abide by the ancestral teachings. Instead, he fell in love with a young patriarch who was selling goods in the mountains and eloped with the other party. When they found out, the two were gone. This incident became a shame for the Gongsun clan. The young patriarch elopement with others was considered a major event and was recorded and allowed to be taken as a warning to future generations.

"What do you mean?" Ji Wenren became a demon and immediately guessed Luo Zheng's meaning. He asked in a deep voice. Seeing Luo Zheng nodding knowingly, Ji Wen also thought about it, frowned, and saw everyone inexplicably looking at it, but no one could ask, and they were all patiently waiting.

After a while, Ji Wen's eyes became firm when he looked at Luo Zheng, and he said in a deep voice: "Your guess is very reasonable. I will investigate this matter immediately. Perhaps there are other records in the classics. You can rest here for a night and leave tomorrow. Ji Wu, arrange your stay."

"Yes." Ji Wu quickly agreed.

After Ji Wen finished his explanation, he came to the shrine again and kowtowed and muttered something, and then locked himself in the dark room. Luo Zheng knew that Ji Wen was preparing to thoroughly investigate the classics all night, so he followed Ji Wu out of the room and followed Ji Wu towards the yard where the troops were settled. On the way, Ji Wu asked curiously: "What did you find out?"

"You'd better ask your father. This is a matter within your clan. I, an outsider, don't talk much." Luo Zheng explained seriously.

"Okay." Ji Wu did not force him and took everyone to the yard to settle down, leaving hurriedly.

Luo Zheng knew that Ji Wu was going to find his father, and he did not stop him. He took everyone to an empty house in the yard to sit down. There were simple furniture in the room. No one was a person who was particular. He sat casually and looked at Luo Zheng. Lan Xue asked everyone curiously: "What did you see in the classics?" r1148

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