Aqi hesitated for a while, and said solemnly: "He will not be called. A person whose name has been crossed is neither on the famous tree, but also has no relationship with our family, why should he be called?"
Although he didn't mention Xie Wen's name, Zhang Zhengchu, who was next to him, understood who he was talking about. Years passed, he still seemed to remember Zhang Wan's severing of ties with the family, and immediately said coldly: "Whether it's about the Zhang family or the judge, it has nothing to do with him now, what do you ask him to do!"
Then there was the sound of a cane hitting the ground, thumping.
Zhang Lan: "…"
She silently covered the loudspeaker of her mobile phone, for fear that Xie Wen himself would hear what she said just now.
Neither the Zhang family's business nor the judge's business has anything to do with him...
Mom.
When it comes to judges, they are ancestors.
Speaking of the Zhang family, the fact that the family was sealed took the lead.
which has nothing to do with him...
The more Zhang Lan thought about it, the more he felt that his own grandfather was ordering explosive packs. Although she and Zhang Yalin were very afraid of Zhang Zhengchu when they grew up and were not close to the old man, she couldn't just watch the old man cause big trouble.
She thought again that before coming to Tianjin, Zhou Xu looked at the house of Zhang Jiaben's family and muttered, "Why does this building look like it's going to collapse?"
At that time, she and Zhang Yalin only thought that this unfortunate child was crow-mouthed talking nonsense and didn't take it seriously. Now that she knew who Zhou Xu was, she only felt terrified and panicked.
She licked her dry mouth, released the end of her phone, and said vaguely, "Okay, I know, let's see."
Aqi was puzzled: "What does it mean to look again? Didn't I just say it, I must go back-"
Zhang Lan pressed the phone directly.
***
At this time, in the old house of the Zhang family, the front and rear courtyards were brightly lit.
Aqi grabbed the phone and was silent for a while, then turned to Zhang Zhengchu and said, "Alan said she knows."
"Well..." Zhang Zhengchu squeezed the cane, his fingers opened and closed, like a slow beat on the head of the cane. This is what he often does when he is meditating, and Aqi knows it at a glance, so he stands beside him with his eyes down and doesn't make any noise.
There will always be mutual influences between generations, and younger generations will often learn some movement habits of their predecessors, especially in establishing a majestic image.
This kind of pacing during contemplation is like a sign of the head of the family. Zhang Zhengchu did not have it when he was young. Later, when he became the head of the family, he slowly learned it from his parents.
All the juniors, including Aqi, who has been with him for several generations, will unconsciously straighten their bodies and keep silent as long as they see this action.
There used to be a rumor circulating. It is said that Aqi has remained for too long, and to the later Zhang family head, he can even be regarded as an elder.
In order to suppress this puppet and give him the feeling that "the owner has never changed", every patriarch deliberately learned a few tricks from the ancestors of the Zhang family and passed it on from generation to generation.
Later, the words reached Aqi.
After he heard "Oh", there was no change in his words and actions, and the rumors were stopped.
When Zhang Zhengchu was contemplating, several other young people in the room stood in a row with their heads lowered, not daring to breathe.
It was none other than Dadong and the others.
As the first people to see the changes in the famous tree map, they were invited to the yard where Zhang Zhengchu lived for the first time, and it was the first time they saw the owner of the family.
The first impression was... he was really too old.
Zhang Lan and Zhang Yalin are both in their early thirties. As their grandfather, Zhang Zhengchu is nearly ninety years old. If it is in an ordinary family, this is a long life, and it is normal to be old.
But he is the judge.
When the judge clears obstacles and transforms evil spirits, if they cannot be eliminated, they will be burdened, and if they are eliminated, they will be cultivated and blessed. Therefore, there are often people over 100 years old in this group, and they are even more energetic in their 80s and 90s.
It is rare to see someone as old as Zhang Zhengchu.
For Dadong and the others, Zhang Zhengchu's appearance confirmed some rumors.
It is rumored that the Zhang family made a great contribution to the matter of not being able to seal the dust. Although they did not die like those relatives and disciples, they also suffered a lot. It can be said to be the most tragic of those people alive.
Even if the starting point of the seal is good, it cannot escape the name of "deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors".
It is said that the ancestors of the Zhang family are righteous and bear these burdens, so every subsequent head of the Zhang family is like being cursed by the ancestors.
In order to balance this point, the Zhang family received disciples, spread their descendants, and the appointed descendants took over as the head of the family as long as they turned 35. The previous generation never cared about power, and did not delay for a day. situation.
And the other families have always been grateful for the righteousness of the ancestors of the Zhang family, and are willing to let them go. Let it go, there is a real difference.
This is the most extensive statement about why the Zhang family is dominant after the seal.
They have heard of Dadong since they were children.
It's hard to say what the truth is, but seeing Zhang Zhengchu today, they can at least be sure that "getting old fast" is true. They even suspected that the old man would not give up his seat before Zhang Yalin was 35 years old.
Zhang Zhengchu's face was flabby, and because the corners of his mouth were pulled down, he looked more dignified when he was silent.
He tapped his fingers for a while and said, "So, all of you have heard it. Did Alan say it himself?"
Dadong and the others nodded hesitantly, and then added: "We called Sister Lan when we saw the change in the famous tree map, and she said this after listening to us."
Zhang Zhengchu just listened without nodding.
He rarely put his thoughts on his face, and he didn't even nod or shake his head when facing these unfamiliar juniors.
He asked again, "How many times have you called her?"
"Several, I didn't get through the first time, but the last time I got through." Dadong said.
"Fighting one after another?" Zhang Zhengchu asked again.
"right."
Zhang Zhengchu still held his cane and beat the beat. After a while, he raised his chin at Dadong and the others.
Without him speaking, Aqi immediately walked over to Dadong and the others and said, "Old man has nothing to ask. There is an aunt in the front yard who has made tea soup, so you can go there for a while, and stay in this house tonight. Everyone else is on their way."
When Dadong and the others heard this, they hurriedly ran away.
As soon as the door was closed, Zhang Zhengchu said to Aqi: "I made a few calls and couldn't get through. Which cage should Alan be in at that time. The last time I called, that was when she came out."
Aziz nodded.
"So when she came out of the cage, Ancestor Bu Ning came back to life." Zhang Zhengchu said.
After all, Aqi is a puppet, and he is still a very rigid puppet, and his mind turns slowly. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right."
Zhang Zhengchu grasped the cane, and the other end was turned on the ground with no hesitation.
After crushing a few times, he said in a deep voice, "Is there such a coincidence in the world?"
Archie: "Maybe there is."
Zhang Zhengchu said again: "I don't believe it."
Archie hesitated: "Then what do you mean..."
Zhang Zhengchu: "Bu Ning's resurrection should have something to do with the cage she was in. She knew it before she answered the phone, and maybe even saw it directly."
He thought for a while, and walked slowly to the wall with a cane. There is also a famous tree hanging there.
Famous tree judges have almost one share in each family, and it is not uncommon for them to appear here. But his picture is slightly different from the others.
It is older, with many broken edges, like the most original version, passed down from generation to generation for more than a thousand years.
Zhang Zhengchu looked at Bu Ning's name on the picture: "That girl Alan knew and even saw Bu Ning's resurrection, but she just answered the phone but didn't say anything, and it was a little vague. Why?"
Aqi thought about it for a while, and honestly said, "I don't know, I'm rather stupid."
"You're not stupid, you're not stupid." Zhang Zhengchu waved his hand without looking back, "I think she may have encountered some difficult situations and don't know how to deal with it. I guess it has something to do with Bu Ning's resurrection. That girl has a consistent temperament. She's so arrogant, she won't say anything if she's in trouble. Nothing can come out of her mouth."
Archie can only reply: "Indeed."
Zhang Zhengchu asked, "Who else did you say entered that cage with A Lan?"
Aqi counted with his fingers: "Ya Lin came to report to you before going out, and he should be there. They are looking for the two apprentices of the Shen family and want to test their strength. So the two apprentices of the Shen family may also In... oh, and the Xiao Xu that I just said."
"Ya Lin is very similar to his sister, and he is proud. A Lan is a little straighter than him. One can't ask, and the two are the same." Zhang Zhengchu whispered: "As for the two apprentices of the Shen family..."
He pondered and did not continue to speak.
After a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "You call Zhou Xu later, if they don't leave tonight, they will always find a place to stay for the night. When Zhou Xu is not in the same room with Alan and Yalin, give him When I make a phone call, he often speaks in a simple way, so ask him to find out the situation first."
Aqi nodded: "Okay."
***
Zhang Lan didn't know what Zhang Zhengchu was thinking about. She didn't understand her grandfather's thoughts when she got older.
Anyway, she herself has made up her mind, and plans to stay here for one night today, procrastinating. No matter what tomorrow, I will find a way to run with Zhang Yalin.
She can't control what and how each family needs to discuss. Anyway, she won't bring home any of these ancestors, including Zhou Xu.
Unless she's crazy.
So when Xie Wen and Wen Shi came over, she put away her mobile phone and said lightly: "My family has always had a rule that Ya Lin and I cannot be away for too long at the same time. No, it's just a reminder, let's go back tomorrow. Ningzhou."
Speaking of "going tomorrow", she couldn't help but glance at Xie Wen's response.
Xie Wen is completely different from Zhang Zhengchu, he will not look majestic. He would nod his head when he heard anything, indicating that he understood.
But that's about it.
Because he often changed the subject in the next second, as if nothing would cause him to care. Heard it and heard it.
Sure enough, after Xie Wen nodded, he raised his hand and patted Wen Shi's shoulder. The two walked with Lu Xiao to the other end of the village and said, "Go back first."
***
It was rare to find a lively home, and the old couple of the Lu family were busy and busy, preparing a large table of dishes.
It's a pity that Lao Mao didn't wake up, and he didn't know if he was stimulated to have a very weak desire to survive or what.
The Zhang siblings were surrounded by a group of ancestors, and they had no appetite at all.
They didn't want to eat, and they didn't dare not to eat, so they could only choked hard.
Zhou Xu had a good appetite.
He came out of the cage easily sick, although now there are signs of cold again, with a nasal sound. But he couldn't hold back his high spirits and suppressed his anger.
But he also didn't eat well...
Because the tube is wide.
Originally, he could eat whatever he wanted, but he suddenly changed his sex, intending to consider the feelings of another friend in his body.
So his eyes were about to fall into the pork belly, but he still asked: "Do you pay attention to what you eat? Do you avoid eating?"
Xia Qiao, who was sitting next to him, looked bewildered, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, what do you care if I don't avoid my mouth?"
Zhou Xu rolled his eyes: "I didn't tell you."
Xia Qiao: "?"
Zhou Xu: "I ask myself."
Xia Qiao: "???"
Both Lu Xiao and his wife were quite old and couldn't stand the fright.
So no matter how Zhou Xu poked, Bu Ning was always pretending to be dead. Only in the gap between the old couple talking to other people, they hurriedly responded: "Don't worry about me, you eat yours."
After he finished speaking, he changed his tone and attitude and said, "That's not good, I'll eat something you don't stick to, what should I do if I make a fool of myself on the spot? You see, my aunt doesn't get fishy, and she can vomit on the spot after taking a bite. ."
Zhang Lan's face was green: "... Stop talking, eat your food, my aunt will kowtow to you."
After Zhou Xu finished laughing, he sat upright again, and politely replied: "Offended, Haihan."
He was able to switch freely, but Xia Qiao was dumbfounded.
Sitting next to him with a split personality, he forgot to use his chopsticks while watching the play, and he didn't eat two bites for a long time.
When Wen Shi looked at the strange-looking people at this table, he was full of words, but he didn't know what to say.
He originally thought that it would take a while for him to get used to normal food, but it might be because the Lu family used an old stove. When cooking, the hall smelled of firewood, and smoke wafted from the chimney.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered the scene many years ago. Recalling that there was a time when he and Chen Dao walked side by side in the alley of fireworks, Da Zhao Xiao Zhao waited for them to go home at the residence where they settled down.
They learned copper pot meals from somewhere in the south, and they often cooked them during that time.
One time later, he didn't remember the reason. He went out halfway through the meal, and when he came back, he took the wrong chopsticks.
He took a bite of the dish, and found that the big and small Zhaos were staring at him with apricot eyes, and only then did he realize that he took chopsticks that were too dusty.
And Chen Dao actually spread out his fingers, waiting for him to return.
It's hard to describe what it felt like at that moment...
He used to think that if there was a moment when the dust could not see his mind, it would probably be that day.
He couldn't finish the meal anyway.
Fortunately, it was the last day for them to travel together, and as soon as he showed some clues, he parted ways with the other party. For a long time after that, he was stuck in the Spirit Washing Formation.
Thinking about it now, it seems like a dream.
But no matter what, it was the most comfortable day for him and the crown, so that when he smelled the similar smell of firewood again, his appetite improved...
He actually found the Lu family's food a bit tempting.
But he hasn't eaten normal things like this for too long, and he's a little clueless.
Just as he was a little stunned, there was suddenly something in the bowl in front of him.
When he smelled it, he looked up, only to see Xie Wen's hand.
His withered left hand was always under the table, and the old couple of the Lu family never saw it. Only the intact right hand was exposed.
His fingers are very long, and the gesture of holding chopsticks is very beautiful. While smiling in response to the words of the Lu family and his wife, he put something into the smelly bowl.
In the gap between chatting and laughing again, he tilted his head and whispered in his ear: "Look at you for a long time, don't touch anything, eat seriously."
Wen Shi subconsciously wanted to respond, and then heard him add in a slow voice: "Don't worry, I haven't used the chopsticks for picking vegetables."
When smelling: "… "
He suddenly turned his eyes to look over, only to see Xie Wen chatting with the Lu family and his wife again. When I get older, I will talk more and talk about some small things over and over again, but Xie Wen listens very patiently, without urging, with a smile in his eyes, without getting bored.
But when I smelled it, I always felt that the smile came out from the end of Xie Wen's eyes, which was teasing him.
So he didn't move the food, he took a sip of water from the cup, and calmed down.
As a result, just after taking two sips, Xie Wen glanced at him again and said, "I really drank this cup."
When smelling: "… "
He put down the cup and confronted Xie Wen.
The sound of the bottom of the cup and the table hitting the table is not loud, but it is obvious when mixed in the vocals. So those with green faces, those with split personalities, those who were ignorant at the theater... all froze for a moment, turned their faces, and looked at them for unknown reasons.
He swallowed the words that came to his mouth when he smelled them.
He pursed the water from his lips, glanced at the "idlers and others", leaned back in his chair, moved the cup in front of him, and said in a deep voice that only Xie Wen could hear: "It's mine now. , you change one."
Xia Qiao and the others didn't understand the matter, and they didn't pay any more attention. They turned to chat again, and the chattering noise resumed on the table.
The Lu family also continued to talk.
Xie Wen rolled his eyes amid the noise, and when he didn't hear anything, he just whispered in a lazy tone: "It's unreasonable, who's used to you."
When smelling: "… "
He almost retorted and said "you" out of habit, but stopped in time, and asked with a slumped face, "Are you here to fish?"
Xie Wen made a vague "um" in his voice, turned his head and laughed.
With this smile, the old hair on the sofa was laughed and deceived.
The condition of the old hair withered is similar to that of Xie Wen, and the left half did not disappear. It was all covered by the clothes, otherwise it would scare the old couple of the Lu family out of illness.
He got up from the sofa, grabbed a pillow and leaned against it as if he was paralyzed by a stroke, looked at Xie Wen and Wen Shi sadly, then closed his eyes silently for a while, like a dead bird.
The Lu family and the couple were extremely enthusiastic, thinking that he was about the same age as them.
He said, "Thank you, thank you, but I really can't eat right now. I'm so dizzy. Can I go upstairs and borrow a room for a while?"
"Of course, there are many rooms upstairs, you can choose." Lu Xiao said.
You Lao Mao opened his head, and the Zhang brothers and sisters immediately followed behind and got off the table.
The structure of the Lu family's house is almost identical to that of Lu Wenjuan's in the cage. I don't know if Lu Wenjuan misses her family too much, or if the old couple burned her a paper house just after her family.
There are still so many rooms upstairs. It stands to reason that these people have lived together once, and it is easiest to allocate them according to the previous method.
But Zhang Yalin refused.
Because he and Zhou Xu lived in the same room and slept in the same bed last time. This time, it means that he will share a bed with Zhou Xu and Bu Ning.
What if he slept until the middle of the night and it was the ancestor Bu Ning who spoke? ?
Frightened to death, he was still alive.
Zhou Xu was dismissed for nothing, so he asked him, "Then who do you want to sleep with? There are only so many men in the room, do you choose one?"
Zhang Yalin said in her heart that I didn't pick any of them, and I couldn't serve any of them.
So he considered the pros and cons, hesitated again and again, and finally said, "I sleep on my sister's balcony."
The crowd is over.
Of course, he didn't actually sleep on the balcony in the end. There is a sofa in Zhang Lan's room, and he intends to make do with clothes for one night. What's more... It's another matter if you can't make it through the night.
They went back to the room.
Xia Qiao subconsciously wanted to follow Wen Shi, but was grabbed by Zhou Xu.
"Why are you going?" Zhou Xu said.
Xia Qiao: "Sleep."
Zhou Xu: "Who do you sleep with?"
Xia Qiao was confused: "My brother."
Zhou Xu pulled him in front of him and said in a mosquito humming voice, "Are you two hundred and five?"
Xia Qiao: "You—"
He wants to say how old you are, why are you still cursing? He remembered that Bu Ning was still in his body, that one was really big.
Xia Qiao had no choice but to look at him with the eyes of a patient, and said, "Why did you scold me, please explain."
Zhou Xu rolled his eyes, turned sideways into a posture that blocked Wen Shi's vision, raised his thumbs at Xiaqiao, bent them a few times, and hummed.
Xia Qiao: "What?"
Zhou Xu: "...I said!"
He was very imposing, but his voice was very low, and he gestured with his hands several times, and said vaguely: "Your brother is sick... No, with the grandfather, um um um um, you don't know?"
Xia Qiao: "What do you mean?"
Zhou Xu looked at him silently, going crazy.
The atmosphere of their chattering was too weird, so Wen Shi glanced at it.
At that time, Xia Qiao just imitated Zhou Xu and stretched out his thumbs, and was about to make another plate.
As a result, Zhou Xu was shocked, changed his temperament and expression, and then pressed Xia Qiao's hand: "Don't-"
It's a pity that it's too late, and Wen Shi has already walked over: "What is Moji?"
He glanced at Xia Qiao's thumbs, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhou Xu cupped his hands and gave him a long bow, saying, "I'm sorry, Junior Brother."
He frowned when he smelled: "I'm sorry?"
Bu Ning: "It was only later that I found out that Zhou Xu was in the same line with me."
When smelling: "..."
He hadn't figured out what Zhou Xu and Xia Qiao were doing at first, but when Bu Ning bowed like this, he understood everything.
After he understood, he moved his lips, and said coldly, "Let Zhou Xu out."
Bu Ning: "I'll try."
However, Zhou Xu seemed to be dead and refused to come out no matter how much he poked. Bu Ning had to bow to Wen Shi again and clean up the hornet's nest for some people.
But at this time, Xia Qiao suddenly realized "Oh".
Bu Ning couldn't care less about Sven, he stretched out his hand to cover Xiaqiao's mouth, said "offend", took him into the nearest room, and closed the door.
After closing the door, I found out that this was the room where Lao Mao was. But they would rather the three of them squeeze together than choose this time to go out.
Wen Shi stood face to face with Xie Wen in the corridor, speechless for a long time.
After a long time, he finally couldn't help it, and muttered a curse in a low voice. I can't hear clearly under the ambiguity, it is estimated that it is "a group of evil pens" or the like.
Thanks for laughing.
"Smile." Wen Shi turned his head and walked towards the remaining empty room.
Since the idiots only occupied two rooms in total, it was their turn to have two rooms left.
He walked in the door and was about to close it.
As a result, the door locks rattled, and he stopped again.
He stood in the room for a few seconds, then pushed the door open a little more.
This man's face was unhappy, cold and arrogant, and when he pushed the door, his eyes fell directly on Xie Wen.
Xie Wen stood by the door, looked at his half-person-wide crack, glanced at the other empty room, and said, "You have the final say."
Wen Shi stood and looked at him for a while, then pushed the door open.