activa-t Chapter 371 Difficult to Investigate
Chapter 371 Difficult to Investigate
Yi Qianhuan's heart was in a mess, but her face was calm, as if nothing could catch her eye: "I'm listening. After the villagers of Qili Village fled, did they all live in the same place?"
"Most of them have fled the capital. I have also asked the Royal Guards to investigate, but many of the villagers who left here have changed their identities in order to avoid being found, making it difficult to continue the investigation."
Yi Qianhuan frowned deeply: "Why do I feel that these villagers don't seem to be fleeing, but rather they are fleeing this place on their own initiative? Or even that they deliberately don't want to come back here?"
"This is impossible. The villagers of Qilizhuang like this village very much. They can live a rich life even if they just farm here. They often ask passers-by to live here, saying that this is a Feng Shui treasure land." He Jiashu fell silent after saying this. He seemed to have remembered the experience of being deceived.
"How do the people in Qili Village make a living?" Yi Mobao asked.
Zhang: "The villagers are just like my husband and I. They all make a living by farming."
Yi Mobao and Yi Qianhuan exchanged glances.
Over the years, when Yi Qianhuan took Yi Mobao to travel, he took Yi Mobao to see many things.
They also stayed in many villages and knew very well that the villagers who made a living by farming had a hard life.
Farmers not only have to go out early and come back late, but the most important thing is that unless they are wealthy people with many servants and fields, the income from the crops and food grown by ordinary people is only enough for them to have enough food and clothing.
As for what He Jiashu and others said, that ordinary villagers could become rich by farming, it was simply impossible.
There must be other secrets in Qili Village, or farming is just a disguise for these villagers, and they actually have other ways to earn income.
And this secret is very likely related to the secret in the ancestral hall.
"We're here. This is the ancestral hall in the village..."
As He Jiashu's voice trembled a little, Yi Qianhuan raised his eyes and looked towards the building in front of him.
The ancestral hall was built entirely of stone, with a black tile roof, which looked indestructible.
"This place looks exactly the same as it did before it was damaged..." Zhang shrank her neck in fear.
He Jiashu's expression was also very ugly: "Lord Guoshen, this is the ancestral hall, but we can't get in..."
"Indeed, this ancestral hall has neither doors nor windows." After Yi Qianhuan got closer, he found that the doors and windows of the ancestral hall were all hand-painted with colorful paint.
Also, because no one has repaired the paint for a long time, the marks on it are now in tatters.
"Since there is no gate, let's build one." Ji Chilian waved his hand lightly.
The Jinyiwei rushed forward and quickly opened an entrance large enough for one person to pass through.
After testing the entrance with candles and ensuring that there was enough oxygen in the ancestral hall, the Jinyiwei went in to investigate the situation.
After the Jinyiwei made sure there was no danger, Yi Qianhuan and the others entered the dim ancestral hall holding candles in their hands.
After carefully exploring the ancestral hall, Yi Qianhuan was a little surprised: "There is nothing related to the cult in this ancestral hall?"
Yi Qianhuan originally thought that there must be many statues of evil gods or some things like scriptures that are needed for the cult to preach.
Unexpectedly, there were no such things in this ancestral hall. There were only some scattered bowls, chopsticks and water bottles, which proved that someone had indeed been here.
But they had to force open an entrance just now to get in here. How did those people who used bowls, chopsticks and water bottles here get into this ancestral hall?
Too many questions piled up in Yi Qianhuan's mind at once, causing her hands to move faster and observe the situation more carefully.
Just when everyone was silent due to confusion, a simple and honest voice called out from behind Yi Qianhuan.
"Mother, why don't you wait for Manman?"
Yi Qianhuan turned her head and looked behind her, and saw Wang Man, who looked unhappy, standing behind her and looking at her.
"Every time I came here, my mother would bring everyone to wait for me!" Seeing Yi Qianhuan didn't say anything, Wang Man couldn't help but complain again.
Yi Qianhuan sensed something was wrong and took the initiative to talk to Wang Man: "I'm sorry, mother came in a hurry this time and accidentally forgot to wait for you. Can you forgive mother?"
When Wang Man heard Yi Qianhuan claiming to be his mother, he couldn't help but laugh happily: "Hehe, okay, since mother has apologized to me, then I forgive mother!"
Seeing Wang Man walking over quickly and holding her hand, Yi Qian smiled softly: "Manman, you are so obedient and capable. You must remember what mother did the last time she brought you here, right? Now mother will test you to see if you still remember."
Wang Man suddenly gained strength after hearing this, and raised his head and said, "Mom, don't underestimate me, I remember everything!"
Wang Man pulled Yi Qianhuan and walked to a small corner of the ancestral hall.
Pushing aside the dusty dishes and chopsticks on the floor in the corner, Wang Man opened the floor tiles and began to dig the soil with his hands.
"Manman, you remember it very clearly. Next, let these uncles dig the hole, and you tell them how deep they have to dig to pass the test." Yi Qianhuan suppressed his surprise and asked the Jinyiwei to come and dig the hole.
The Jinyiwei found a shovel and continued digging downwards according to Wang Man's instructions.
After digging about half a person's height of soil, the Jinyiwei found a layer of wooden boards.
After opening the three layers of wooden boards, Lin Tong's eyes lit up: "Report to the national gods, report to the governor, there is a hole here, it looks like it leads to the underground!"
"Mom, am I really awesome? I remember everything clearly up to this point!" Wang Man smiled and bared his teeth, pinching his waist with both hands.
"Yes, you are great. Mother will give you candy as a reward." Yi Qianhuan took a rice dumpling candy from Yi Mobao and fed it to Wang Man. "Okay, let's continue."
Wang Man agreed immediately. With the help of the Jinyiwei, he grabbed the rope and slowly went down along the cave entrance.
When Wang Man reached the bottom, he pulled the rope and urged, "Mom, come quickly. It's still so dark here. I'm so scared!"
"Okay." Yi Qianhuan took out a night-shining pearl from his arms to illuminate the way. Just as he was about to go down the cave along the rope, he was stopped by Ji Chilian.
"I'll go with you." Ji Chilian held the rope with one hand and put his arm around Yi Qianhuan's waist with the other.
As the hand around his waist tightened, Yi Qianhuan's entire body pressed against Ji Chilian.
Yi Qianhuan subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Ji Chilian didn't give her a chance. He kept holding her and jumped directly from the cave.