Chapter 30 Chapter 4: Hou Ji, the Primordial Spirit of Yangtong Field

Looking at the dark space, Yi Yangjiu was struggling with two polar thoughts in his heart. On the one hand, he was afraid of the unknown situation in the cave, and on the other hand, he let his curiosity eat his mind. For a while, he didn't know what to do. . Finally, he had an idea, took a breath, and a wonderful scene appeared before his eyes. In front of him, a soft green vine grew slowly from the ground at this time, and the green vine slowly twisted and grew as if alive, getting longer and longer, and then stretched into the hole. This is a trick that Yi Yangjiu knew since he was a child. He can make strange plants grow on the ground and walls for no reason. He said it was a trick because there seemed to be nothing but scaring and pranks. use.

He has used this trick several times in the government office, filling the cell with green plants, and scared the people in the government office from locking him in the cell again. As for why this happened, Yi Yangjiu couldn't say it himself. He once told his father, but Yiyang Songbai just shook his head indifferently, saying that it might be a coincidence and had nothing to do with Yiyangjiu. However, at this time, the ability to grow vines can come in handy. He let the vine grow into the hole in the wall, held the vine, and beat it back and forth around the hole, which was like a long whip.

If there are any snakes and insects in it, you should know it by beating it back and forth a few times. The voice of "Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!" sounded in the quiet night, but there was still no movement in the space behind the hole in the wall. It seems that there may be nothing wrong? Unable to restrain his curiosity, and having such a temptation again, Yi Yangjiu decided to go inside to see what happened. He took off his outer shirt, lit the fire on his body, found a chair leg in the study and lit it as a torch, and then carefully burrowed into the hole in the wall. The dim light of the fire slowly filled the entire space, illuminating the scene inside.

Looking at the scene in the space, Yi Yangjiu couldn't help but let out a "wow", full of surprise. Behind the hole in the wall, it turned out to be a small study room, elegantly furnished, surrounded by all kinds of jewels and treasures, and the four walls are covered with elegant murals.And on a wall in the middle, there is a huge portrait. In the portrait, there is a man and a woman. The man's appearance is firm and resolute, which is somewhat similar to the appearance of Yiyang pines and cypresses. Yi Yangjiu once heard from his elder brother that the founding ancestor of the Yiyang family was an extraordinary person, he could be regarded as Yiyangjiu's great-grandfather, and besides being beautiful, his great-grandmother was also a woman with an extremely extraordinary background.

It seems that this is the portrait of the two legendary ancestors. "It's beautiful..." Yi Yangjiu murmured, looking around the room. In the very center of the room, there is a small platform with a small box full of bamboo slips. He looked up at the four walls, but scolded himself with a smile. "What an idiot son." It turned out that there were already several candle lamps on the walls on all sides. Those candle holders were of excellent quality, although they were covered with dust, they burned easily. After lighting the candle lamp, the whole room finally lit up.

Portrait of the great-grandfather couple. A room of jewels. Beautiful murals on the four walls. And that pile of bamboo slips. Yi Yangjiu nodded, looking at this unique little world, he found it quite interesting. He walked to the small platform, moved all the bamboo slips down, looked at the small box, and found a copper lock on the box, he twisted it, but he was not in a hurry to open it. On the bamboo slips, words were engraved in vigorous handwriting. Although Yi Yangjiu didn't like reading, he recognized many characters with his talent and cleverness. Only the first pair of bamboo slips had the words "Yang Tong Ye" engraved.

He had heard a little bit from his father, and knew that this was the real name used by the great-grandfather who founded the Yiyang family when he was a boy. Later, he changed his surname to "Yiyang" in order to avoid disaster. Yi Yangjiu stretched out his hand and touched the three characters "Yang Tong Ye" on the bamboo slips. He found it quite interesting, so he opened the bamboo slips and began to read the contents above. This immersion actually brought him into a strange and beautiful ancient world. The narrator of the bamboo slips is Yang Tongye himself, and he narrates his extraordinary life with the Yiyang family in the form of relay.

With the weak candle light, Yi Yangjiu walked into the candy house like the most greedy child, desperately grabbing candies. Following Yang Tongye's narration, he learned that Yang Tongye was originally a boy in the mountains, how his father was murdered by the villagers, how he was living outside the city of Haojing, how he picked up a little baby girl Baosi by the Qingshui River, How to be attacked by a man in red in the mountains and forests, and how to be in love with Bao Si. Later, Baosi was captured by King You of Zhou, how Yang Tongye entered Haojing, how he silently guarded Baosi in the rear, and how Haojing made the city fall with a smile, and the country with a smile...

Everything is written in detail on the bamboo slips. It was also at this time that Yi Yangjiu knew how big his family was.Only then did she realize that her great-grandmother was a peerless beauty related to the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In other narratives, Yang Tongye also has profound insights into his own "primordial spirit" ability. It turned out that after Yang Tongye became rich in business, he collected information related to "Yuan Shen" in many ways. In his later years, he learned that there was a nursery rhyme "Disgusting arc and skipping clothes" as early as Zhou Xuanwang's period, and the nursery rhyme should be praised. Si.

According to other data, Baosi's origin is also mysteriously related to the monster legend "Jiao Concubine" in the previous dynasty. There are also detailed descriptions on the bamboo slips about the plant god "Houji" in Yangtongye, and Baosi's god "Forever" that can stop time. Therefore, Yang Tongye and Bao Si not only have extraordinary backgrounds, but also have special abilities. More importantly, there are still many such special ethnic groups in the world. Yang Tongye had encountered such people in his early years, and he had also seen such people in the barbarian army when Xirong attacked Haojing.

But what is strange is that none of the descendants of Yang Tongye and Bao Si had this ability, and until the time of their deaths, their descendants still had no such ability. Seeing this, Yi Yangjiu raised his head from the bamboo slips, looked at the world, and felt that the whole world seemed to have another look. Only then did he wake up in horror, and found that it was already dawn outside the hole in the wall, and he had been obsessed in this small room all night. He stretched his sore waist, picked up a handful of letters, and climbed out of the wall. After thinking for a while, he moved a few tables and chairs to cover the hole in the wall. Not long after, the old family who delivered the meals came slowly and brought the vegetables and rice into the study. The old man who brought the meal today is called You Niu, and he usually has a good relationship with Yi Yangjiu. Looking at him, Yi Yangjiu couldn't help thinking. "Uncle Niu." The old family was stunned for a moment, and replied casually, "Hey." "My father and the others, are you okay?" Yi Yangjiu asked, not knowing why he asked this question. You Niu hesitated for a moment, but did not speak. "Is the family okay?" The old family thought about it again, and then said mysteriously: "That day, I heard the master and the young master had a quarrel..." "Master and Eldest Young Master?" Yiyang Jiuqi said, he knew that this elder brother was the most hypocritical, he was always filial, friendly and respectful in front of his father, and he had never heard of the two quarreling. "why?" "This... I don't know the little one, but I saw the young master coming out of the hall angrily, and I can hear the master scolding loudly behind me..." Yi Yangjiu pondered for a while, but still couldn't imagine the quarrel between the two. "If it's okay," the old man put away the plate and left slowly, "the old man will leave." But Yi Yangjiu wouldn't take such a small episode to heart. At this moment, his mind was only on the bamboo slips, so he read on while eating in the morning light. The bamboo slips that were brought out were not the narration of Yang Tongye, but the person who narrated it was his son, and according to his seniority, he should be Yi Yangjiu's uncle. According to records, Yang Tongye died at the age of sixty-four. At that time, the Yiyang family was already very developed, so the funeral ceremony was extremely large. However, at the time of the Lord's funeral, a miracle happened that disturbed the family. In the record, it is written: "After the death of my father Ye Gong, the family members were all sad. The funeral was held with great sorrow and honor. However, when the Lord mourned, there were family members and women who screamed out from the place where the funeral was placed. As soon as Yu saw the situation had changed, he immediately went inside to deal with it, but he saw a wooden man sitting in front of his father's funeral.The wooden figure looks like a human being, its whole body is green, but its color is quite haggard, sitting upright like a human being, motionless. According to those who saw it with their own eyes, the wooden figure appeared out of thin air, and when it fell to the ground, there was a loud bang. A bold family member went to touch it, but found that the wooden figure was hollow inside and was a dead thing. But the Yu brothers all knew that their father, Ye Gong, did a lot of extraordinary things when he was alive, and knew that this object must have a long history with my father, so they kept it properly. The origin of this wooden man, Brother Yu once heard from his late father, may be called "Houji", which is the follow-up of his late father during his lifetime. This "Hou Ji" was collected by Yu Duo. It was originally nine feet and six inches long, but it gradually shrunk with the seasons of spring, autumn, summer and winter.But in order to commemorate my father, I still keep the artisan's remains..." The words used in this record are extremely elegant, and Yi Yangjiu's eyes became sour after reading it, and it was difficult for him to understand the meaning.But understanding the meaning does not mean understanding the mystery. wooden man?Something that has a lot to do with the ancestors?Yi Yangjiu read the record again, and his curiosity couldn't be increased. According to the above statement, after the death of the great-grandfather Yang Tongye, such a "wooden man" once appeared next to his body.And Yang Tong Yeqian is another strange person with a unique "primordial spirit" ability.If this principle is used to push forward, will the great-grandfather's "Yuan Shen" have a great connection with this "Houji"? Thinking of this, another most important question arises. If so, where is the "wooden man" now? Thinking about it, Yi Yangjiu suddenly opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time. There is no place to find when you break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it. Could it be that the mysterious "wooden man" Houji was hiding in the small box under the bamboo slips? Thinking of this, Yi Yangjiu scrambled and ran into the small room in the wall hole. As soon as he entered the small room, he hurriedly looked at the box. The box looked inconspicuous, but upon closer inspection, it was made of excellent purple wood. There were no seams at the top and bottom, and it was actually the same piece of purple wood. Hollowed out and carved. Although the mouth of the box was locked, it was not a problem for Yi Yangjiu. He had been in the market for a long time, and he had been with those gangsters for a long time, so he naturally learned some tricks of stealing. He looked at the lock carefully, found an iron pick and inserted it gently into the keyhole, and listened to the twisting sound like a doctor. After a while, he opened the lock with a "crack". Looking at the lid of the box, he took a deep breath and slowly opened the lid...