Until now, Fang Yuan couldn't make a difference. His eyes were sore just now. Was it an accident or an inevitable result?

Fang Yuan was full of thoughts and returned to Boss Du's ancestral home. At this time, smoke from cooking fires floated from the roofs of the only remaining families in the village. Before he knew it, it was already noon.

There is a shortage of food in the mountains, but with the supply of local tycoons like Boss Du, there is definitely no shortage of rice, flour, oil and salt. In addition, several villagers also raise chickens and grow vegetables on the mountain, which is considered self-sufficient.

Now the guests are coming from the village, and it is Boss Du who came here in person. Several villagers simply played the table and killed chickens and ducks. They bought a very sumptuous lunch to entertain guests.

Several villagers are actually just a few elderly couples. Because they are old and are not used to living in the city, they are even more reluctant to leave the village where they have lived for many years, so they simply live in the village.

Anyway, their children and others work in Boss Du's company, so there is no worries. Moreover, they have an agreement with Boss Du, and they take care of Boss Du's ancestral home for Boss Du, so Boss Du is responsible for raising them for their elderly and sending them to the end.

Over the years, Boss Du has sent people to send oil and rice regularly. They have no worries about food and clothing, grow vegetables all day long, raise chickens and ducks, and live a very comfortable life, full of energy and tend to live long. Young people will definitely feel uncomfortable in such a hard life. But if they don’t know the joy of fish, they feel very happy anyway.

"Are you finished? Go and have a meal." An old man greeted, his waist a little hunched, but his steps were very steady. He walked past the slippery mudstone slab without any shaking.

Fang Yuan and others followed behind and came to the remote corner of the village. The place for the dinner was here. Several people who accompanied Boss Du helped here to cut vegetables and chop meat.

After approaching, Fang Yuan found that this place was actually a ancestral hall. This surprised him a little, because the ancestral hall was built on the edge of a cliff, with a very deep and high canyon underneath. Although there were some guardrails on the edge of the ancestral hall, it was somewhat dangerous.

"Boss Du. How is the ancestral hall built here?" Bao Longtu said frankly and asked directly: "Are you afraid that the children will fall down accidentally when they come here to play?"

"In the past, there was a person in charge of the ancestral hall, so children were not allowed to approach it." Boss Du smiled and said, "As for now, there are no children in the village, don't worry. Do you think that the ancestral hall is a bit off-the-scenes?"

"Yes." Bao Longtu nodded and said, "I have seen many ancestral halls, and the locations are very particular. They are either in the middle of the village or at the back of the village. For example, the ones that build ancestral halls on the edge of a cliff in your village are very rare and rare."

"There is no way, because under the cliff, there is a deep pool of water." Boss Du explained: "The old man in the village said that there are dragons in the pond. If the ancestral hall is built here, it is to suppress the dragon so that the dragon will not run away and the water of the pond will dry up."

"I said, how could the ancestral hall be built here? It turns out that there is another meaning." Bao Longtu suddenly realized. Then he moved his heart and quickly turned around and said, "Maozi, look at this ancestral hall. Will there be any clues?"

Bao Longtu's words were not a big idea. Because the ancestral hall also looked very ancient. The stone walls and bricks were filled with potholes and dense cracks, which were weathered traces left over from the passing of time. Various signs indicate that the ancestral hall should have been built for a long time, and maybe it was the same as Boss Du's ancestral home. It belonged to the same product of the same period.

"It's OK." Fang Yuan followed the good deeds like a stream, but slowly walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

When he looked over, Fang Yuan found a green pond below. The area of ​​the pond was not very large, just like a big well. It was surrounded by bricks and stones. It was clear and green in color and as bright as a mirror.

In the clear pond, there is a pipe that extends out and directly leads to the ancestral hall. Needless to say, it is a pipe that diversion water. After the water in the pond is guided, it is saved in the large jar of the ancestral hall. Anyone in the village needs water to use it directly, which is dozens of times easier to carry water up and down than before.

"How is it?" Bao Longtu came over and asked, "Have you found it?"

"The water in Tanshui can't tell what's going on." Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "Let's see the ancestral hall."

The ancestral hall is very spacious, and the entrance is the spacious front hall, with two small rooms on the left and right, and a patio in the middle. At this moment, a group of people are busy in the patio, cooking and cooking, and the aroma is filled with fragrance.

After passing the courtyard, it was the lobby of the ancestral hall, where the spiritual seats of Du's ancestors were worshipped. Fang Yuan stood in the foreground, his eyes crossed the courtyard, and fell directly into the lobby. After a careful look, he slowly withdrew his gaze, with a little disappointed expression.

"Didn't you find it?" Bao Longtu said softly.

"Yeah." Fang Yuan nodded slightly: "A very ordinary ancestral hall, nothing special."

"That's it." Boss Du paused and smiled, "It's okay, I didn't expect any clues to be found in the ancestral hall."

Several people whispered, and at this moment, an old man greeted, "You sit first, you can eat later."

When Boss Du heard the sound, he followed the opportunity and said, "Master Fang, Brother Bao, don't rush to study it, let's have a meal first. The environment is a bit simple, don't be surprised by the two..."

The environment is simple, but the lunch is very rich. In addition to chicken, duck and fish, there are also authentic mountain delicacies and wild game, as well as pure natural and pollution-free green vegetables. The other elderly people have good skills, and the meat and vegetables are delicious and attractive.

"Come on, everyone, don't be polite."

In an instant, the food was served and everyone sat around, which was quite lively.

"Miss three..."

After eating and drinking for a while, an old man put down his chopsticks and wanted to say something. He suddenly heard a crackling sound, as if something fell down in the air.

Everyone was shocked and quickly twisted their heads to look, and saw that there were a bunch of broken tiles in the lobby of the ancestral hall.

"Oh, I just wanted to say..." the old man clapped his legs and said, "The ancestral hall has been disrepaired, the walls are broken, and I didn't expect the tiles on the top to be broken. Mission, can you ask someone to come back and repair it?"

"Yes, if you don't repair it, maybe in a few days, the ancestral hall will collapse." The other old people agreed.

"This is easy to deal with." Boss Du said without hesitation: "After I go back, I will call a few people over. You can make any repairs if you want to."

"Okay, okay..." The old men smiled and were very satisfied.

Suddenly, an old man seemed to think of something and stopped eating. He stood up and pulled Boss Du and said, "Missary, come with me and take you to see some things."

"Fifth uncle, what are you looking at?" Boss Du said in confusion: "If there is anything, it's not too late to talk about it after dinner."

"I'm straightforward and can't be slow..." The old man forced Boss Du to pull him up and pulled him towards the lobby.

"Master Fang, Brother Bao, you guys eat first, I'll go and have a look..." Boss Du was helpless and had to get up and follow the old man.

Seeing the two left, the other old men sat still and greeted enthusiastically: "No matter what they are, we will eat ours."

Bao Longtu agreed very much and was gnawing on the chicken legs. At this moment, Boss Du's surprise voice suddenly came from the lobby, which also stunned everyone, for no reason...

Before everyone could react, Boss Du shouted anxiously: "Master Fang, come and have a look."

Fang Yuan's heart moved and he suddenly stood up and ran away.

"What are you doing? This world is really difficult. You can't even eat a meal quietly." Bao Longtu sighed and followed him.

The others looked at each other and were curiously following. Everyone walked to the lobby but saw no one. However, there was a small arch on the side of the lobby, and Boss Du's voice was spreading inside.

Fang Yuan took the lead in entering the arch and found that there was a small room inside. The space inside was not large, about ten square meters, with a small bed, a table, chair, and other miscellaneous items.

At this time, Boss Du and an old man were standing next to a wall in the room, as if they were looking at something.

When Boss Du found that Fang Yuan had come in, he was surprised and happy. He hurriedly moved away from his position and signaled: "Master Fang, look, what is carved on the wall?"

"Is something engraved on the wall?" Fang Yuan was stunned and immediately walked up to check.

The small room was a little dim, but Fang Yuan's vision was not bad. When he approached, he saw that the wall was painted with mud. Now the mud became crispy due to drying and had been scorched and fell off the wall.

In addition, under the wall, there are markings, similar to a certain pattern.

"When I came in to clean, I found that there was dust under my feet, so I swept the wall with the flow." The old man next to me was a little proud: "Then I found that there were actually these markings inside the wall..."

Fang Yuan was thinking, his eyes were a little hot: "Boss Du, take a look at the wall?"

"Fifth uncle, can you break up?" asked Boss Du.

"You are the village chief, you have the final say." The old man said straightforwardly: "Anyway, the village chief was in charge of the ancestral hall before, and this room was rested by the village chief, so no one could come in casually."

"Take it!" Boss Du said decisively and immediately called the people outside to come in and scrape the wall.

The mud-paste wall skin has become very soft and crispy because the house is vacant for a long time. Just a broom is used to gently roll it up, and large areas of wall skin immediately float like snowflakes.

For a moment, the room was dusty and smoky. Everyone had to retreat outside, and at the same time speculated.

Bao Longtu said curiously: "Several uncles, have you heard of stone carvings on the walls of the house before?"

"No..." several old men shook their heads and said that they only knew about it.

"Maybe the second brother knows, after all, the second brother turns out to be the village chief."

"Not necessarily, after my second brother became the village chief, he was busy taking everyone to clear land and plow the fields, and rarely managed the ancestral hall."

"Only the old village chief knows."

"Didn't the old village chief tell the second brother?"

Several old people have made various guesses, but no one knows the truth. Many things are like this. The parties involved keep silent and keep in touch with the long river of history over time. Even if later generations accidentally find clues, they can only speculate randomly due to lack of sufficient information.
Chapter completed!