"Don't pin your hopes on this kind of thing!" Luo Kai couldn't help but say.
He didn't believe in these things, and he didn't have much thought about the ancestors of the Feng family. He didn't even know them.
Feng Qian stood up after worshiping, his expression calm, "Of course I know! If this kind of thing really works, then everyone would go and pray to the gods and ancestors, why would they still be fighting for something!"
"Then you..."
"Coming here, I feel a sense of ritual when I worship, and I also seek some psychological comfort."
Feng Qian took photos of the tablets with his mobile phone. After returning, he checked them one by one to see if he could find any useful information.
I have basically never heard of the names on these tablets, so I can only identify my relatives based on the words on the tablets.
"The tablets of my great-grandfather's generation are all here, but this place is so shabby that I don't even want to mention it. It seems that the old man is really resentful!" Feng Qian said, and then asked, "Is Feng Yi really here to worship his ancestors today?"
"Looking at the burning of the incense in the incense burner, he should have come in here." Luo Kai pointed to the incense burner that had been moved away.
"Let's look around later and see if we can find some useful clues."
The two of them were taking pictures and analyzing things inside for a while before they came out and went to other rooms.
The house is not big and you can see everything at a glance. The doors of several empty rooms are not locked. When you push open the door, you can see what is inside at a glance.
They just walked through them one by one and found nothing special except that they were old.
"To be honest, I was really worried about seeing a snake hanging on the beam just now. I heard that some old people liked to keep a snake at home, the kind of very fat rat snake." Feng Qian said.
When the two came out of the ancestral home, Feng Yi had already left. There was no one else here except the old man playing with his cell phone.
Feng Qian wanted to ask more about the ancestral temple, but this old player who was addicted to games ignored him.
On the way down the mountain, Feng Qian was cursing in the car. He was indeed very angry, but he had just held it in at the ancestral home and didn't vent it out.
Luo Kai was not in a good mood either. "I just received information that the land of the ancestral home is not in the hands of the old man, but the old man who is the gatekeeper."
It’s hard to imagine that the tyrannical Mr. Feng couldn’t even seize the ancestral home and ancestral hall!
"Being able to seize the Feng family's ancestral home, that old man must be difficult to deal with."
Feng Qian thought the same thing, "Let's go back and check on that old man and find out his origins first!"
He was impatient to show a good face to the dumb old man, but he was not stupid.
"We still need to find out what grudges the old man had with his great-grandfather's generation. When the old man was in power, he inherited some property, but now most of the huge family fortune was earned by the old man himself. So it seems that he really didn't get much benefit from his great-grandfather's generation.
"As for Feng Yi, Feng Yi inherited a house in Luhai from my great aunt. That guy is too insidious. I don't know how he got in touch with my great aunt. I haven't heard much about my great aunt since I was a child. I only know that she has a bad relationship with the old man and has not been in contact for many years."
Luo Kai asked: "When did the old man's attitude towards Feng Yi change?"
"Do you suspect that the old man's attitude is fake? No, the old man really doesn't like Feng Yi, mainly because he doesn't like his appearance. Think about the photo left by my grandmother, your grandma."
Feng Qian and Feng Yi do not have the same grandmother. Before her grandmother passed away, she showed them an old photo. It was a group photo that included his great-grandfather's generation, a young old man, and his aunt standing next to them.
Luo Kai thought back to the photo, "Feng Yi's face shape is a bit like her when she was young."
Feng Qian smacked his lips, "Feng Yi must be his biological grandson. Even if the old man had doubts, he would have gone for an identification to confirm it, otherwise he would not have let him grow up."
Families like theirs had kinship testing done a long time ago, so there's no such bloody stuff going on.
"That generation has secrets!" Luo Kai sighed.
"Tell me, how much of those old secrets does Feng Yi know? He already knows about the ancestral temple and has a good relationship with the mute old man there. He must know more secrets that we haven't heard of!"
"It's hard to guess. Feng Yi is now completely separated from the Feng family and we can't threaten him."
"Too!"
Feng Qian pounded the chair in frustration.
Look at the desolation outside the window, and then think about the ancestral temple on the mountain.
"This place is not good at all! If I hadn't followed Feng Yi, I would have suspected that I had found the wrong place. There isn't even a grand plaque! Grandpa should move the ancestral temple as soon as possible. Our ancestral temple is in this small, shabby place. It will be embarrassing if we tell others about it!"
Luo Kai didn't say anything. There were too many suspicious points regarding the ancestral temple.
Feng Qian looked at the mountain scenery receding outside the car window and suddenly said:
“Why are people afraid of snakes?”
"Maybe it's the fear that comes from genes." Luo Kai said.
"Then why are some people still not afraid? For example, people like Feng Yi?"
"Maybe, his genes are different from ours?"
"I also want the gene to not be afraid of snakes!" Feng Qian said.
"It may not be due to innate genes, but may be a skill acquired later in life, or a real love for it, such as many herpetologists. If you really have an idea, you can learn it yourself. Maybe you won't be so afraid after understanding it."
"Forget it." Feng Qian gave up.
On the other side, Feng Yi returned home from Xiaofengshan.
In the Feng family ancestral hall, not a single person recorded in the "family tree" was listed on the ancestral tablets.
The housekeeper said that he would take him to see his aunt during the Qingming Festival.
As for the Feng family of Yangcheng, Feng Yi didn't want to get involved in the Feng family's dispute over property. He did meet those two people unexpectedly today. Since he met them, he also told Feng Chi about it.
Feng Chi quickly called back: "Damn it! They actually went to the ancestral temple secretly!? Treacherous! Where is the ancestral temple? I want to go too!"
"There are not many people in Xiaofeng Mountain. Uncle Ya is guarding there." Feng Yi said.
"No one in the Feng family talks about the ancestral house. There must be someone to take care of it. Otherwise, the house will rot if it is not lived in for too long. Houses in the mountains rot even faster." Feng Chi was thinking about the plan in his mind.
Feng Yi sent him a detailed location and marked the route map, so he wouldn't go wrong if he followed the route.
Feng Chi saved the route map and said, "I'll make a note of it first. We definitely can't go there right away, otherwise they will suspect you. Those two people don't care about things that are not important, but they are very meticulous about things that are important. They must have found out something that I don't know about!"
After the call, Feng Yi continued to send New Year greetings online on his phone, replying to what needed to be replied to and listening to Steve talk about things in Florida.
There was nothing important to arrange next, so Feng Yi didn't plan to go out.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have things to do.
The equipment for the New Year will be installed within a week, and the batch that Doctor Xiaowu asked him to replenish has also been paid for and will be shipped soon.
The underground laboratory was gradually improved, but of course, Feng Yi's wallet was also deflated.
The laboratory is indeed a money-eating beast, and Feng Yi feels this pressure deeply.
He also had a list made by Doctor Xiao Wu, which would need to be supplemented later, but he had no money to buy it now.
After two days of rest, Doctor Xiao Wu had settled down and had almost finished his own work. Knowing that Feng Yi had no other plans for the next few days, he came to discuss with Feng Yi.
"Starting work today? Today is New Year's Day, don't you want to take a good rest?" Feng Yi asked.
"I'm not interested in a vacation." Doctor Xiao Wu said seriously, but with some anticipation, "I want to start working on the anti-venom serum now."
"Fine."
With such enthusiastic employees, the boss will of course cooperate.
Moreover, anti-toxin serum is an urgent matter, and Feng Yi is also anxious.
He would save the venom every day before going to an event in Virginia.
Feng Yi and Xiao Wu came to the laboratory and opened the storage cabinet, where the venom powder was arranged in chronological order.
After buying a drying processor, Feng Yi turned the stored venom into dry powder, so that it could be preserved for a longer period of time.
Let's not talk about how to make money with it, first of all, we have to take care of the safety of our people. The serum must be prepared.
Doctor Xiao Wu was fully armed, wearing a gas mask and several layers of protective gear on his hands. He must have taken some other protective measures under his white coat.
"Is it divided into left and right?" Xiao Wu looked at the label above.
"Well, the toxicity is different, so we took them separately."
Doctor Xiao Wu was deeply surprised, but at the same time he found it magical and interesting. How could such a thing actually exist
"How toxic is the venom?" asked Doctor Xiao Wu.
"I don't know. I haven't done any specific tests. Oh, I've killed chickens with it!"
Doctor Xiao Wu: “… ?”
"It's about taking the venom, then cutting a wound on the chicken, and dripping the venom onto the wound." Feng Yi described the scene of killing the chicken.
Hearing that the chickens died so quickly, Doctor Xiao Wu became more cautious and asked, "Has anyone been poisoned? Except yourself."
Feng Yi thought carefully and said, "Yes, but it was just an accident."
At that time, he was invited by Lu Yue to attend the celebration of Qianli Group. He was drinking juice when a fool came over and bumped into him. He was caught off guard and sprayed out the juice with venom in his mouth. At that time, the control of the venom gland was not as strong as it is now, and the perception of the surroundings was not as sharp as it is now.
If it were now, if the other party had malicious intentions, he would be able to detect it from 5 meters away.
After listening to Feng Yi's description of the situation, Doctor Xiao Wu's expression was tense, but his eyes became brighter.
"This is indeed an unexpected situation. The opponent must have a wound on his hand, but the concentration is reduced and the lethality is still so strong..."
We must maintain the necessary awe for this poison, but at the same time, the more poisonous it is, the more motivation we have to study it!
Moreover, it has been several months since Feng Yi mentioned what happened. During this period, Feng Yi has continued to change. Just like now, his venom glands have been further strengthened. No one knows to what extent the venom will be enhanced after this step of change is completed, and whether the toxicity will change
This is exactly what he wanted to figure out.
"Although the venom glands are still changing, we can take one or two samples of venom every day, one sample from each tooth, and analyze the trend of their toxicity changes."
Feng Yi nodded, "Okay."
Then take the poison on the spot.
"I'll do this step myself." Feng Yi has done this step many times.
Doctor Xiao Wu did not insist that safety should be the priority before the anti-toxin serum is produced. If you fail at the first step, you will miss more magical things in the future.
"How much venom is needed to study this?" Feng Yi asked.
Xiao Wu thought about it. He didn't know the limit of Feng Yi's detoxification capacity. He had never learned about it. The dry powder in the storage cabinet could not show the actual detoxification capacity. He couldn't really compare Feng Yi to a snake.
"Not too much, just try it first."
Xiao Wu thought that he couldn't make it too difficult for the boss, so he didn't give the exact number of milliliters. Could it be that he couldn't squeeze out even one or two milliliters
Feng Yi placed two glass tubes under the fangs and then injected poison.
I didn't inject too much, only 5 ml on each side.
Easily.
The venom glands are still changing, and he is worried that if too much poison is injected, it will develop in a strange direction.
He didn't want the venom gland to take up too much head space.
Handing over the glass tube, Feng Yi asked, "Is that enough?"
"Enough! Enough!"
Xiao Wu carefully took the two glass tubes. He just observed Feng Yi, and he had no reluctance when he took ten milliliters of venom. Obviously, he was far from the limit.
It seems that this boss is quite vicious!
After placing the newly extracted venom at a low temperature, Xiao Wu did not rush to start research. Instead, he looked at Feng Yi and talked about the anti-venom serum.
The abnormal climate period has brought about changes, and the development of medical devices is also quite encouraging.
The existing equipment in the underground laboratory, plus the ones ordered by Feng Yi, can solve more problems. If there are really problems that cannot be solved, they can go to borrow from outside. In this regard, Doctor Xiao Wu has enough connections, including the companies and laboratories he invested in.
"I have received training in this area. If necessary, I can borrow supplies from outside. Don't worry, your privacy will not be exposed."
Feng Yi expressed his understanding. He had consulted professionals before and knew that this process was simple to say but much more complicated to operate.
Xiao Wu continued, "I will refer to the preparation of anti-snake venom serum. Some snakes are too toxic, and it is difficult for people to quickly produce corresponding strong antibodies after being bitten. Therefore, serum is generally obtained from other animals, such as horses. Horses are large in size and have a large amount of blood. People have less immune response to horse proteins and are not prone to allergies. But this is not a simple process. It may take several months or even longer. Moreover, the venom from the two teeth has different properties, and the workload of making serum will be greater. I believe you have also learned about these."
Take snakes in nature as an example, there are kraits with neurotoxins as the main toxin, vipers with blood circulation toxins as the main toxin, cobras with mixed toxins, etc. Different toxicities require targeted preparation of anti-venom serum.
Feng Yi nodded.
Xiao Wu looked relieved. It was good that the boss could understand. Otherwise, if the production time was too long and the boss didn't understand and even disliked and questioned his work attitude, it would be difficult for both parties to get along.
"Also, I have a question about the venom glands. How do you know for sure that the venom glands are strengthening and the venom is becoming more toxic?"
"This is easy." Feng Yi said calmly.
Then he bit his own arm.
Doctor Xiao Wu: “…”
He looked at Feng Yi, with deep doubts and unspeakable confusion in his eyes.
Suddenly, a tongue-twister-like question popped up in my mind—
If you use the venom of a venomous snake to poison a venomous snake, will the venomous snake be killed by the venom of the venomous snake? ?