Li Yifei followed, and the other old men looked at each other, and also followed, each holding a candle to illuminate the space below.
It's not a small space underneath, on the contrary, it's very empty, and the whole building is made of stone, so it hasn't been damaged for an unknown number of years.
The stale smell is not heavy, it is almost certain that there is air circulation here, and there is faint moisture coming from it, so it should be groundwater or a small river, which Li Yifei didn't see, so it wasn't clear.
The seventh uncle walked forward slowly, while introducing to Li Yifei: "This used to be the treasure house of the clan, but now there is no treasure, it was also used to avoid disasters, in ancient times, there were constant wars, in order to ensure that the clan was not exterminated, once there was a war threatened the Cang family, the women, children and old people in the clan would hide here, so many years, no outsiders knew about this secret vault." ” Li Yifei was also looking at this underground vault, and nodded very seriously, in fact, their house also has an underground secret room, but the depth of the construction is very deep, it is built at a depth of more than 30 meters underground, when Li Yifei selected the site, he valued that the underground stratum is very stable, and it is a rock structure, so it was designed to be similar to an underground air-raid shelter building, which has all kinds of food, weapons, and even various survival equipment, and the construction strength can prevent nuclear weapons.
Of course, he would rather never use these things, but he still built them to prevent problems before they happen, and the family members only knew about Su Mengxin and Xu Yingying, and the other women didn't even know about it.
The underground secret room of the cangzhai is built larger, divided into two floors, there are many stone shelves, but there is nothing on it now, continue to walk inside, through a narrow passage, come to a stone house, there are several huge boxes in it, the seventh uncle looked back at everyone, took out a key of unknown material from his arms, walked to one of the boxes, opened the lock, and opened the box.
A stale breath came, and the box hadn't been opened for a long time, and the seventh uncle slapped it a few times, and waited for the rotten gas to disperse before taking out a stone-like thing from it.
The black stone, like a piece of coal, but not coal, the seventh uncle looked at it for a while, turned around and handed the stone to Li Yifei, and said at the same time: "Mr.
Li, this is the stone, I used to think it was a piece of coal, but you look at the weight, it is not coal at all." ” Li Yifei took it with both hands, and the black stone was cold in his hand, but it was extremely heavy, although it was only a small piece, it weighed more than ten catties, or even heavier.
The stones are fairly regular, some of them look like cuboids, the surface is pitch black, there are no signs of cutting, and they are not smooth.
There was only one stone, Li Yifei flipped the stone, and he didn't see any difference on it, it wasn't metal, it wasn't stone or anything like that, and he was a little unpredictable for a while.
The seventh uncle followed and said: "This thing has been going on for many years, although it is not recorded in the classics of the clan, but each generation of patriarchs knows it, and I also know it from the previous generation of patriarchs, and this thing is not included in the family history." ” "It looks like it's a slightly denser stone, or metal, but I haven't seen a metal of this color, is it because it's been rusted for so many years?"
"No, no, please come with me."
The seventh uncle said, walked out of the stone house, and walked in another direction, the sound of water he heard before was getting closer and closer, and he didn't go far before he saw an underground river appear, Li Yifei couldn't help but be secretly surprised, obviously it was just not far from the ground, there was a dark river, the fire flickered over, Li Yifei actually saw several fish more than a foot long in the dark river, the body was transparent, the internal organs were clearly visible, and the appearance was also very strange.
The seventh uncle took back the stone from Li Yifei and put it into the underground river, those fish were frightened away, the stone entered the water, and the whole was immersed in it, and a magical scene happened, the black stone slowly changed color in the water, it was a reddish-brown, and after a while, it became red again.
On the stone, there were some symbols, symbols that were difficult to identify, Li Yifei stepped forward to look at them, but he couldn't see what they were, and after a while, the symbols on the stone were completely presented.
"Is it a bird or what" Li Yifei frowned and said, there are symbols painted on this stone, the symbols are like a kind of hieroglyphs, it is several birds, with different postures, surrounded by them, Li Yifei can't understand it, and a few old people don't understand it.
The seventh uncle took out the stone and put it in front of everyone, everyone leaned over, and they all shook their heads, Li Yifei counted them, there were a total of four birds on it, with slender shapes and different postures, combined together, it seemed to be one word, but I couldn't see what the word was at all.
I only heard the seventh uncle say slowly: "I was also very curious at the beginning, is it a word on it, but the patriarch of the previous generation didn't know, he just took it from his previous patriarch, and the other party didn't say how important this thing was, or where the magic was, it can be said that every generation of patriarchs is preserving this thing, but everyone doesn't know what it is."
I don't know where the inheritance of this secret has been broken. ” Li Yifei thought about it for a while and said: "Hieroglyphs, then calculated, the age is a long time ago, I'm afraid it will be pushed to the time of Xia Shang."
Even some primitive people only had hieroglyphs. ” The seventh uncle nodded lightly, handed the stone to Li Yifei, and said: "I think so too, maybe this thing can give you some help, in addition, we really can't help, after so many years of inheritance, the history of the Cang family has reached now, there is not much left, I'm afraid that in two more generations, we will only know our surname Cang, and we don't know why we are surnamed Cang." ” "Really give it to me" Li Yifei was a little excited, although he couldn't figure out what the stone and the pattern on it were for the time being, but Li Yifei was still very surprised to see the old man give the stone to himself so generously.
"Of course it's for you, Mr.
Li, you take it, if this kind of stone is found in the village in the future, I will also give it to you, I hope it can help you in trouble."
"Thank you, thank you," Li Yifei hurriedly thanked.
Holding the stone, as the seventh uncle returned to the ground and closed the mechanism, Li Yifei looked at the pattern on it for a while, and after leaving the water for a while, the pattern on it had gradually faded, and the whole stone gradually turned from red to black, the color of black not slipping away like coal, but it could not dye black hands like coal.
Li Yifei flipped it for a while, and there was no residue on his hands.
Intuition told Li Yifei that this thing was not simple, so he was in a much better mood, at least this trip to Cangzhai was not in vain, and he had some gains.
Li Yifei thanked him, refused the hospitality of Cangzhai, took the stone with words, and drove towards Zhongyuan City in the car driven by the tour guide.
On the way, the tour guide told Li Yifei about Li Shao's background today, and Li Yifei knew Li Shao's name and his family background.
With a sneer, Li Yifei said: "A little director son dares to do this, he really regards himself as heaven." ” The tour guide said with a bitter face while driving: "No tricks, what are you trying to be an official these years, how can there be any clean officials, alas, Mr.
Li, you provoked him, or leave Zhongyuan City as soon as possible, this kid is very famous on the road, ruthless, and like a mad dog, he has been biting the opponent when he is eyeing anyone, it is difficult to entangle, he is more protective of calves, knowing that his son is at a loss, he will retaliate by any means, I am afraid that you will suffer" "I'm sorry, I'm causing you trouble."
"I'm good to say, not to mention that I'm not in Zhongyuan City, and I'll go back after you leave tomorrow."
"Well, I want to trouble you with one more thing, help me find out where that Li Musheng lives."
"What Mr.
Li, you don't want me to know that you are very capable of fighting, but there is really no need to provoke Li Musheng again, he is really a person with a gun, and the bullet has no eyes, in case" "It doesn't matter, I'm measured, if I don't clean him up, the people in the warehouse are not safe, since I take care of this matter, I have to have a beginning and an end."
"Okay then, I'll make a few calls and help you ask."
The tour guide had to obey, and a few phone calls went out, but the news was not transmitted so quickly, and Li Yifei was sent to the hotel, and the tour guide left, but promised to tell Li Yifei if he found the news.
Li Yifei returned to the room, not in a hurry to do anything else, but first put the black stone he brought back into the pool, and after a while, the stone changed color, and bird-shaped characters appeared on it again, Li Yifei took a few photos and sent them to Yao Lingfu and Murong Yuanqing, and sent one to Su Mengxin.
It didn't take long for Murong Yuanqing to call and shout in a loud voice: "Boy, what are you sending me a few birds?"
Li Yifei hurriedly told Murong Yuanqing about the matter, the old man was silent for a while, and said: "I haven't studied this thing much, and I don't know it, but this should be a kind of ancient Chinese characters, a kind of glyphs, by the way, what did Yao Lingfu say?"
"Senior Yao hasn't replied yet, so I sent her a copy too."
Li Yifei said, Murong Yuanqing sighed and said: "So you kid has already gone to find a solution, this kind of thing should really be anxious, I wish you all the best, okay, don't talk about it, I still have something, if you don't understand anything, call me again." ” Yao Lingfu hadn't replied to the news yet, Li Yifei called home, asked about the situation, took turns talking to several women, and told them about the progress on their side, and all the women comforted Li Yifei not to worry, take your time, they waited.
Li Yifei hung up the phone with emotion, and his heart was more determined to find a solution.
An hour later, Yao Lingfu's call came back, and Li Yifei hurriedly picked it up.
"Boy, where did you get this" As soon as Yao Lingfu's phone rang, her hurried voice came. t1706231537: