Chapter 97 Name

I looked deeply at him, this younger brother who appeared out of nowhere, although to be exact, he should be called a cousin. Among the people present, he should be the youngest, but in comparison, the calmness of his style of behavior is not inferior to any of us.

There was no fear on his face, and at the moment he seemed even more calm than before.

I don't know that he lives here from below, whether my brother-in-law also lives with him, but I have thought about it differently, if I, all my life, have to stay in this village to live this kind of life that shouldn't belong to me, this kind of day, I am not willing to do so. And I believe that he has suffered far more over the years than I have in this month.

There was an unspeakable emotion in my heart, and the impulsive energy from earlier had faded away.

After a long silence, I asked him, what do you mean by, taking my place?

He slightly side head, looked at my gaze did not hide, suddenly smiled, said, my father told me before, you are the only outsider, I thought you found here, is already understand these things past, but now it seems, but also just rashly intruded into it.

I heard the "outsider" three words, the heart extraordinarily depressed, who set up the bureau, the purpose of the bureau and what, we chase to the present, there is not the slightest clue, but I think, all my family members, it seems to have another identity, in the I am still an outsider, they all seem to wear a mask, playing the ordinary When I was an outsider, they all seemed to be wearing a mask, playing the ordinary look, living the kind of plain and uncontested life.

However, when I entered the game, I uncovered their masks one by one, only to find that the face is still the same face, but the person is no longer the person I know.

Seeing me silent again, Xia Ruxuan sighed and said You found here because you want to know the truth of the matter, right?

I nodded and asked him, are you prepared to tell me?

He hesitated for a moment, looked at the brat, Ding Ding and the hangman alike, and said If you really want to know, I can tell you, but they can't listen.

I looked at Tintin and the others, and saw that several people had somewhat complicated expressions. The little ghost looked at Xia Ruxuan indifferently, and Ding Ding application even more entangled, he thought for a while, his expression became resolute, and said offhandedly, I don't care about your family, but I came here to inquire about the whereabouts of my mother, if you hide it from me and don't say it, I'll give you this lair to a fire!

I clearly Ding Ding's mood, he was not than risk and I came here, but for the sake of the Ninth Mistress, he still came, and now it is not easy to have a hint of clues, just like me, he will not give up easily.

Xia Ruxuan looked at him for a while and asked him, who is your mom?

I jacked in and explained the general identity of Mrs. Nine and my mother's relationship. But after Xia Ruxuan heard it, his face remained calm and did not change in any way. It only said, I have never heard of your mom as a person, nor have I seen her here. What I know is only about Tan Xi's family and, it doesn't even have anything to do with your mom.

Tintin wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the little ghost. The little ghost is still a cold look, said, you two brothers, what you want to say go ahead and say well, we will wait here, but I can tell you first, Tan Xi and we came together, also want to go back together, you don't want to get any bad ideas.

The little ghost said, and then looked toward the beautiful snake above the head, said, and, these things here, we feel unsafe.

Xia Ruxuan laughed, said you don't worry about it, you mean I understand, I will give the bone flute to you guys, this can control the action of the beautiful snake, so you don't worry, right?

The little ghost nodded, did not speak, Ding Ding busy reach out to take the bone flute, play with interest.

Seeing that they have no worries, I feel a little more at ease. Xia Ruxuan pulled me, made a wink towards the back of the house, said you and I come.

I followed him in, the room is dark, can not see anything clearly, a careless also hit the tables and chairs, pain I stifled a grunt.

I was busy to turn on the flashlight, towards the surrounding look, found that this room is no more ordinary, just like a simple study, both sides of the shelves, stacked with a variety of books, I probably look at it, and found that they are just some course books only. Nothing strange.

Xia Ruxuan saw my eyes fall on those books above, faintly laughed, said, that is my childhood here self-study books. Otherwise it would have to be the same as the other children in this village, half of the words do not recognize.

I picked up a book to see, the edges and corners of the book have been wrinkled, the paper industry are beginning to yellow, the top of a layer of very thick dust, but the preservation is still intact.

I opened the book cover to look at, see the first page, it is written askew three words, Xia Ruxuan.

It was as if everyone, when they were young, liked to write their name in books to use as a marker. It's just that I did it in school, and he, in this village where he doesn't know anyone. How he had gotten by all these years, I couldn't imagine.

I smiled faintly and asked him, saying that my brother-in-law used to, teach you to read and write in this place, right?

He slightly trance for a moment, the look darkened a few points, shook his head and said no, it is someone else ……

I was surprised in my heart, said how, is there someone else and you live here?

He gave a strong laugh, did not answer me, just turn the topic away, said how you are also curious about these things, I also do not understand why you need to run here to find the answer, you just have to ask aunt is not good.

I know the person he is talking about is my mother, the heart is also mixed into, only that my mother has passed away …….

He "oh" the same, the reaction is still very flat, no surprise and no sadness, just raised his hand, the books on the bookshelf slowly take down, one side and I said, you probably do not know, is your mother sent me to this place, right.

I was slightly surprised, but didn't show it, just said, is that so?

He nodded and said And I met you once when I was a kid and stayed at your house for a day, but it doesn't look like you remember much.

I was silent and didn't say anything, if I did meet him as a child then I wouldn't have any memories of it now after just one day. It's like a stranger who comes into your life out of nowhere, it doesn't take years, a few months at the time and you forget about it. Just like me now, even the elementary school classmates who have been together for six years, there are not many of them that I can remember anymore.

Xia RuXuan one side organizing the bookshelf, one side said, you can't remember is normal, but I can't forget that day me. My father took me to your house, and then kneeled on the ground to beg your mother to help me. I was also still a child, and I was stunned to see that kind of scene, after all, when you are a child and see your own parents in tears, that kind of shock is very strong.

I said, after that, my mom sent you here?

Xia Ruxuan nodded and said Yes, I stayed in this place, no ghosts or monsters dared to come over and harass me. My dad is also a little more at ease. Even the hanging ghost that follows you around, if it wasn't for his submissive relationship to you, he follows your orders, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get in.

I actually don't like the word submissive, and have never thought of the Hanged Ghost's move as being submissive to me. Although Tintin had said that because it was me who saved him from that cycle of constantly repeating death. But I had always felt that between the Hanged Man and I was a friendship similar to helping each other, a special kind of friendship between humans and ghosts. There was no relationship where anyone needed to obey anyone.

But Xia Ruxuan obviously didn't think that way. I saw that he was a bit lost, and only said that in fact, you stayed in my house at that time, there is no problem, my old mansion has a human face tree, unusual ghosts and monsters can not come close.

He gave me a look and said if your mom had let me live there, do you think you could still live an ordinary life as an outsider for more than twenty years?

I sighed, that's probably why my mom sent him there.

I wasn't talking, I just watched as he got all the books off the shelves and suddenly moved out of the way with a strong push towards the shelves.

I stood still and just watched his movements, seeing him gently knocking towards the ground where the bookshelf was originally placed, listening to the sound that came from it, before suddenly pulling towards the turning head on the ground, and I only heard the muffled sound of a boom, the turning head on the ground was ripped away by him, revealing a hole in the ground.

I cursed in my heart, thinking how this is like a tunnel war, making it so obscure.

Xia Ruxuan looked up at me and asked me to pass him the pull on the table, and after he lit it, he took a step towards the hole in the ground and asked me to follow him.

I was busy to catch up with his footsteps, playing the torch towards the inside, and found that this hole in the ground, is a very long step, do not know where it leads to, I followed the price of slowly walking down, only to realize that this step is very long, slowly in the turn around, as if we walk in a circle all the way down.

The candle in his hand illuminated a larger area than my flashlight, and in this darkness there was a hidden burst of red light. We walked for a while and finally reached the lowest level, descending from the steps and entering a room, before everything in front of us became clear.

Xia Ruxuan walked forward and lit the candles on a table at the very front of the room one by one. I looked up and saw that on the wall directly in front of me, there was a mahogany plaque hanging on the wall, which was already very old, but the three words on it still felt strong and powerful, extraordinarily majestic – Xie Family Ancestral Hall!

I looked around for a while, in addition to the front of the wooden table, this house has nothing, but the four walls, but carved with a dense name, I used the flashlight to shine all the way over, found that these names, surnamed Xie's majority, but not all, and in the middle of the interspersed with a lot of names of people with the surname Tan.

To the end of the paragraph, almost a Xie name is followed by a Tan name. And so the cycle repeated itself.

Still, I couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air when I saw the last two names.

The penultimate one, Tan Sulong, was my father's name.

And the last one, Xie Ning, was the second mouth female ……