"Why didn't you go in?"
Lin Mengya also walked over.
Huo Xiao's expression was a little complicated, especially when he saw the solemn but dilapidated door of the small ancestral hall. He was a little nervous.
"Can you go in with me?" He begged.
"Me? That's not very appropriate. "
Lin Mengya instinctively wanted to refuse.
After all, this was a place for people to worship their ancestors. How could she, an outsider, go in?
He lowered his head, and his tone was inevitably tainted with a touch of sadness.
"I, I haven't come here to worship for a long time. Grandfather and Father's memorial tablets were personally delivered by me. Every year when I come back here, I only worship in the courtyard. I'm afraid that they will blame me and think that I'm a useless descendant. "
Lin Mengya, who also had a close relative who passed away, could understand his feelings.
"I think that what they most want to see is definitely not you taking revenge for them, but you living a peaceful and happy life."
Huo Xiao sighed, and finally reached out to push open the door that he had sealed from the front and back.
The inside was neat. Although there was a thick layer of dust everywhere, it could be seen that it had been carefully tidied up.
Huo Xiao was also thinking of the ancestors, and some deep longing was evoked. He stood there with a sad and happy expression on his face.
Lin Mengya looked around curiously, and found that it was only a slightly spacious courtyard.
Apart from that, there was an incense burner that was taller than a person in the middle of the courtyard.
From the outside, the design was also quite simple.
But she always felt that the incense burner was a little out of place in the small courtyard.
"Brother Huo, did your family make this incense burner?" she asked.
Huo Xiao also recovered from his previous sadness, and when he heard the question, he also looked at the incense burner and replied, "This thing has been here for as long as I can remember. I heard my grandfather mention that this is the Huo family's heirloom. No matter where we move, we will bring this incense burner with us to show our respect to our ancestors."
Lin Mengya nodded, and after getting his consent, she stood by the incense burner and carefully examined it.
Although she did not know much about antiques, there were also businesses in big chambers of commerce that specialized in selling antiques.
For this reason, she even specially found a few related books to study. Although she was a layman, she wasn't completely ignorant and didn't know anything.
She walked around the incense burner and found that the pattern on it was a little special.
After carefully wiping it with a handkerchief, she immediately asked Xiaoyao to scan the pattern on the incense burner into the system.
"Master, the pattern on this incense burner should have gone through three layers of overlapping."
Xiao Yao could use the most three-dimensional image to analyze the patterns on it.
No wonder she felt that the pattern was strange. It turned out that this pattern was actually three overlapping patterns.
She could not help but think of the music score for the green stringed instrument.
This wondrous book didn't just have three layers. In some places, it could even have more than ten layers.
Moreover, the ink used for writing was very peculiar. The handwriting did not actually permeate into each other, but instead overlapped with each other. This was what gave her such a great advantage.
Soon, the results of Xiao Yao's classification were out.
The topmost layer should be a kind of cloud pattern.
The second layer was a little special. It looked like thorns.
As for the third layer —
"Plum blossom? Why are there plum blossoms again? "
She couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
Huo Xiao frowned when he heard that.
"What plum blossom?" asked her.
Lin Mengya immediately came back to her senses. She pointed at the patterns on the incense burner and said in a low voice, "Look at the pattern on the bottom layer. Doesn't it look like plum blossom?"
If she hadn't mentioned it, Huo Xiao really wouldn't have noticed it.
Moreover, if the patterns on the top layer were all independent patterns, the bottom layer did indeed look like some kind of flower branch.
"Probably. But how did you know?" He couldn't help but be curious.
This thing had been in the Huo family for at least a few hundred years, but he had never heard that the pattern on it was related to plum blossom.
Lin Mengya wanted to ask him if the Huo family also had some things marked with plum blossom.
However, she was afraid that it might involve the family's secrets, so she could only find an excuse.
"When I was at home, I was very curious about these things for a period of time. I saw similar patterns."
"I see." Huo Xiao didn't suspect her. He said with some nostalgia, "When my father was still alive, he and my grandfather loved to play with these things. It was said that there were many rare antiques among the betrothal gifts given to my mother. Unfortunately, they ended up being the death of the Huo family. "
It was always sad to hear it in the past.
Lin Mengya was not interested in continuing to sprinkle salt on their wounds. After bowing to the ancestors of the Huo family, she respectfully left the small ancestral hall.
However, the plum blossom pattern on the incense burner and the plum blossom on Huo Yunsi's waist were definitely not coincidental.
She was thinking about the connection when she ran into the guard who was looking for her in a hurry.
"Madam, His Highness is looking for you!"
"What happened?"
The guard said with a serious face, "We found that there were suddenly a lot of martial arts masters around, and they are gradually narrowing the encirclement and approaching here!"
Lin Mengya's eyes turned cold.
How could they come so fast?
She immediately rushed to Long Tianhao's side and saw that her man was giving orders in an orderly manner.
Seeing her coming, he immediately waved to her.
"We have to get out of here as soon as possible," he whispered.
Lin Mengya nodded.
"I know. I'll go pack up. You let them take Moyan away first."
The two of them had a tacit understanding in many crises.
Moyan was a smart baby. He knew that it was not the time to act coquettishly. He just hugged the guard's neck obediently and was surrounded by the guards with cloaks to leave first.
Everyone was quietly retreating, but Huo Xiao rejected their suggestion and even told them about a passageway that no one knew about.
Lin Mengya and Long Tianhao did not persuade him to make a choice.
As the owner of this place, he should know the situation in the old house better than anyone else.
Since he was confident, what they should do was not to make trouble for him.
Lin Mengya quickly packed up her belongings and threw all the things that were difficult to take away into the fire.
The pot had been filled with raw rice and water.
After a while, the strong fragrance of rice would drift out, creating the illusion that someone was cooking inside.
Then, she and Long Tianhao were the last to evacuate.
In the small town full of dilapidated huts, Lin Mengya and others saw countless figures quietly approaching the old house.
On the contrary, they walked farther and farther away.
Soon, they left the town and went straight into the forest surrounding it.
The crisis was temporarily averted.
The two of them decided to stay here and observe the follow-up situation.
It didn't take long for the guards in charge of investigation to send new news.
After those people entered the old house, they found that it was empty.
But they did not rush out to look for people. Instead, they searched inside and outside the old house.
"It seems that they are looking for something." Long Tianhao crossed his fingers on his knees. He looked extremely relaxed, and there was no trace of embarrassment at all.
Lin Mengya couldn't help but have some doubts.
"You didn't plunder their land while they were living here, did you?"
Long Tianhao smiled gently and said, "Madam, I just wanted to eliminate the danger."
Well!
She couldn't help but roll her eyes.
She knew that this guy would never be so honest.
"Aren't you afraid that Huo Xiao will punish you if he finds out? But you didn't find anything, did you?"
He nodded and looked a little regretful.
"It would be great if I found it, but the Huo family is really clean."
He turned his head and couldn't help laughing in a low voice, "What are you thinking, Madam? I just asked them to look around the house. The secrets of the Huo family are hidden so deeply. Since we can't find them, those people may not be able to find them. "
Sometimes, it was safer to hide the secret before solving the trouble caused by it.
Lin Mengya knew this, so she temporarily put her mind at ease.
But after a while, there was a faint smell of burning in the air.
"Damn it! Did someone set the fire again? "She said angrily.
The next moment, the guards came back and reported that those people had set the house on fire!
"Huo Xiao is still inside! These people are more disgusting than robbers! "She was a little worried.
But soon, the leaves in front of them kept shaking, and then a tall and familiar figure appeared in front of them.
"Are you okay?" Lin Mengya asked in surprise.
Huo Xiao was wet all over, but there was no injury on his body. He was carrying an inconspicuous small bag on his back, and his mood was stable.
"I'm fine. I'll take you out of here first. If they can't find anything, they will definitely come after us. "
After saying that, he took the lead and walked in front, but he moved the small package into his arms.
Lin Mengya and Long Tianhao naturally followed him without any objection.
It didn't take long for Huo Xiao to lead them to a very hidden cave.
"Let's rest here for now. Don't go to the Fang family for the time being. I'll go back and find out what they want. I'm afraid that this matter has something to do with the Fang family. "
For some reason, Lin Mengya felt that Huo Xiao suddenly seemed to be a lot more mature now.
"Well, if there's any news, please inform us at any time."
"Okay." Huo Xiao pursed his lips and walked out with the bag.
Lin Mengya saw him standing at the entrance of the cave, staring in the direction of the Huo family's old house. She thought that his childhood memory had been destroyed by a fire, and he certainly felt bad.
After Huo Xiao left, Lin Mengya didn't stay idle.
She was busy setting up everything, and then she heard Moyan crying in the depths of the cave.
"Mom, mom, come and save me!"
Her heart tightened, and she completely forgot that Moyan would be in no danger with the guards around.
Relying on her maternal instincts, she rushed in with a whoosh.
"Moyan, mom is here! Don't be afraid! "
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