Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Before he reached the door, Xiangcheng was blocked by a group of people, and he saw his second uncle just standing on the path in front of him with the acting patriarch who came with him last time, and these young people followed him behind him. He had seen several people before, they were young people from the branch who were not working at home, and one of them seemed to be a few years older than him.The old man stood at the front and stared at him unkindly,
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Xiang Cheng had a bad feeling and was about to turn around and run back, when two people came out of the alley behind him and stopped him.The second uncle snorted disdainfully behind him, "Take him to the ancestral hall for me"
The two young men obviously obeyed others, regardless of Xiang Cheng's resistance, they raised their arms and walked towards the old house. "This is illegal detention," he yelled while struggling. He originally wanted to make the noise so that the villagers could hear him, so he kindly stepped forward to help.Unexpectedly, someone from the nearest family saw the situation from the window and shrank his head back without saying a word, and closed the window tightly with a "bang".
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When he passed the stone bridge, he couldn't help but glanced at the position just now, and the child was gone.Could it be that the old guy was preparing for it just now?If this is the case, not going to make ghost films is really a big loss for the Chinese film industry, especially horror films.But how to explain the child's appearance, if his father had not been dead for so many years, and he was still in such a strange atmosphere when he saw him, he would suspect that it was his lost brother.
The doors of the old house were open, and a group of people walked into the ancestral hall behind the main hall one after another.Only after their family moved out of the old house, it gradually became a place where Xiang's celebrates new year's festivals, and major events are announced and discussed. Ms. In addition to the two wing rooms on the left and right of the house, the keys behind the gate and the main hall are all prepared for the clan.Unexpectedly, it has now become a formal place for them to dispose of themselves.
Xiang Cheng laughed at himself, he would never have thought that it would develop like this, what purpose does the second uncle have in doing this?He vaguely felt that it should have something to do with the scene in his dream, and what his uncle was hiding might be the problem.
Candles have been lit in the ancestral hall, and several elders who are rarely seen are sitting on the chairs on both sides. Obviously, several of them don't know what's going on at all, and they are frowning at this farce and thinking of each other. .
Xiang Cheng was pushed right under the skylight, the center of the entire ancestral hall.The sunlight came in from the top of his head, but perfectly avoided his face and fell directly to the side, which allowed him to clearly see the expressions on the faces of everyone sitting there.
"Second brother, what are you doing, can't you talk about something?"
"Brother, don't worry, listen to the little brother, I will come one by one."
The first one on the right is the oldest person on the branch side. As soon as he spoke, the others stopped talking and looked over here.
"Brothers, I'm here to say sorry to everyone first. I really had no choice but to make such a bad move. I hope you will forgive me a lot." After speaking, he bowed.
Everyone said it was okay, and he continued, "Originally, the patriarch should tell everyone what to say next, but the current patriarch is not in the direct line of the family, so I don't know it very well. I have a deep friendship and know a little about this matter. Because it is related to the prosperity of the Xiang family and future generations, I dare not make a decision alone, so I take the liberty to invite everyone to discuss it.
Most of the people sitting here are elders who are over seventy years old, and they don't pay too much attention to their own interests, but when they talk about their next generation, they can't help being a little more formal.Everyone calm down and wait quietly for the next words.
"Xiang Yibai was in danger of almost exterminating his family many years ago. Everyone can have a reflection on the arrangement."
Everyone looked at the old man sitting on the first seat on the left in unison. He took a puff of cigarette, knocked on the cigarette bag, and thought for a while before he said, "It seems that this is the case. I heard from my mother that the war was raging at that time. Many young people in the clan went to serve the country as soldiers, leaving behind children and old people. For a long time, there was no man in the clan. At that time, medicine was not as developed as we are now. If there is any minor illness or pain, no one The man supported it, but the woman couldn't. During that time, many children died, and almost wiped out the queen of the whole clan."
"What my brother said is exactly that. At that time, nearly half of the male babies in the whole clan died of illness. The patriarch at that time had to find an expert to make a way for the continuation of the whole clan, so that he was able to keep Xiang's fireworks and continue."
"you are right?"
"As members of the Xiang family, everyone is familiar with the ancestral hall. But before it was opened, who knew that those people were enshrined in it? It was only later that I learned from Jin Guo that a foreigner was enshrined in this ancestral hall. .”
Hearing this, the audience was in an uproar.How could there be outsiders in Xiang's ancestral hall?
But Xiang Cheng thought of the tablet on the top layer covered with black gauze.Sure enough, he motioned everyone to look into the corner on the top floor.
"Maybe some people have long wondered who is enshrined on this tablet? Why is it covered with a black veil?"
The ancestral hall suddenly fell silent.Indeed, everyone is curious.It's just that no one would ask such a question in the ancestral hall before.Now that some people come here specially for this matter, why not make people curious?
"The reason why the Xiang family was able to tide over the difficulties is because of this person."
"He is an expert invited by the patriarch. Maybe you don't understand it well. Let me put it another way. It may be more appropriate to say that raising a "little ghost""
It was not only the specially invited people who were shocked, even Xiang Cheng, who had doubts about this, did not expect to get such an outrageous answer.
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