Volume 13 Chapter 4 The Mysterious Map
The rain has not stopped.
Ayane still remembered the girl's eyes.
She obviously had a great fear after knowing that her surname was Xiahou. And this sense of fear ...... What does that mean exactly?
Her Fearful ...... Is it Minshan's family surnamed Xiahou?
After lying on the bed for a long time, she sat up. Then, he walked towards the door.
When she pushed open the door and was about to go to the outside room to take a look, she saw that the old lady was actually standing at the door!
"You...... You ......"
Aine was so frightened that she almost screamed!
The old lady stood motionless in the doorway, like a sculpture, and every wrinkle on her face was like a knife, and it looked so terrifying.
As a result, Ayane took several steps back!
"Where are you going?"
The old lady said this in a cold, mechanical tone.
"I ...... I ......"
Xuanyin didn't dare to say a word.
"When the rain stops, I'll send you down the mountain myself. Until then, you're going to be inside. Don't move a single step! β
When the old lady finished speaking, she slammed the door shut!
Subsequently...... I heard the sound of the door locking outside!
"Wait...... Old lady...... You're going to lock me inside? β
But...... There was no answer from outside. And then, Xuanyin went to push the door, but there was no reaction at all, and he couldn't push it open!
Although there is a window in this small room, the window of this window is embedded in the middle, and there is no room for an adult to go out.
Other words...... She's under house arrest!
And...... The old lady also said...... Want to send her down the mountain yourself?
Aine returned to the bed. Sit back down. Grab the sheets on the bed. Biting his lip, he felt a strong strange sensation.
From start to finish...... None of them are normal.
Yes...... From that day, I took that picture by chance......
She suddenly regretted something.
In this way, time passed, and the rain did not stop at all, but became heavier and heavier. Even, accompanied by bursts of thunder.
"How long is it going to rain?"
Now she is hopeful. Able to leave a little earlier. When the rain stops, you can leave Minsan, right?
At this moment, suddenly the door was gently opened. She hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was the girl who brought in a plate of food.
"That ......" Aine walked up to the girl and asked, "Why...... Lock me inside? β
However, the girl looked at Aine coming over, but shouted, "Don't come here!" Don't come here! β
Her face was completely filled with fear. Even his body trembled, and he immediately closed the door shut. And then locked it up again!
"Hey, hey, hey! You...... Are you putting me under house arrest? Let me out! β
But the girl said from behind the door, "No...... Grandma said she couldn't let you go, absolutely not...... Before the day after tomorrow, you must not ......"
"Good...... I...... I'm not going out...... Just through the door, right through the door, is it okay to talk to me? β
Being locked up in such a small room all the time, and in such a strange situation, it is unbearable for anyone.
"Say...... Speak? β
"Yes. Talk to me. β
"Okay. But...... But you must not come out ......."
Ayane breathed a sigh of relief, she sat down in front of the door and asked, "Can you sue me...... Your name? β
However, when this sentence was asked, the girl outside reacted violently!
"No...... No way! You can't tell me by name! β
"For ...... Why? β
Why can't you sue sΓΉ by name?
Does this have any special significance?
"I'm begging you...... Don't ask this question...... Are all of you Xiahou family like this? β
"'We' people from the Xiahou family?"
"No...... No...... I'm sorry, I was wrong just now, please forget about it...... Please...... Forget about it......"
She's afraid.
She...... Extremely afraid of the people of the Xiahou family. Although it is not known for what reason. Because of this, are you afraid to tell yourself your name?
"I ......" Xuanyin originally wanted to say that I was not from the Xiahou family, but it seemed too weird to say so, she was indeed surnamed Xiahou, and it was estimated that she had a certain relationship with the Minshan Xiahou family.
In that group of tombstones, the tombstones of Xiahou's family are typical and different.
But...... Why should you erect a tombstone for yourself before you die? This is true even for people like her, who were not born in Minsan at all.
"The people of Minsan...... Will they all erect tombstones for themselves before they die? β
Thinking of this, she asked this question that had been bothering her for a long time.
"You...... It's someone from the Xiahou family, don't know this? β
"I ...... Not born in Minsan. β
"Really?" Then, after a long silence, the girl said, "Yes." The people of this mountain, at the moment of birth, have to set a tombstone for themselves in advance. When you die, you must be buried in that tombstone. Even if they die outside, the body must be transported back to Minsan for burial. Absolutely, it cannot be buried anywhere else. β
"What's ...... Is there a special reason? β
"I don't know...... It's just that grandma told us, the people of Minshan, that they all did that. β
"But just born with a tombstone? That's an exaggeration, isn't it? β
"I don't think it's a big deal. Man is destined to die from birth. No one can die forever. β
Ayane froze. That doesn't seem wrong. However, Chinese have always been extremely taboo about death, and generally speaking, younger people are extremely shy about death, let alone ...... This kind of unlucky thing.
But...... If his father had died, he would not have had him buried in Minsan. No way...... Not only that, but every person who lives in Minshan has to be buried in a fixed cemetery after death?
Why is that?
If...... After death, what happens if you are buried in a place that is not Minsan?
She wanted to say this, but she thought that maybe the girl didn't know either.
"Xiahou's family...... How much do you know? β
This time, however, it was a deathly silence.
"The ......"
"I don't know, the affairs of the Xiahou family ......"
"But ......"
"Don't say anything! I do not know! I don't know anything! β
Then, the voice slowly faded away. Apparently the girl left the doorway.
Once it came to the "Xiahou" family, the girl's love was particularly excited. What happened to make this girl talk so much about the Xiahou family?
And his surname is Xiahou. What is the special meaning of this surname, Mo Fei?
It was then that she thought of the hooded man.
She met him for the first time when she stepped on the bus to Minsan.
At first it just felt a little strange why he always wore a hood, but ...... As time passed, she became more and more concerned. There seems to be some secret in this man's body.
That's not a dream......
The black marks that appeared on the walls, it was not a dream......
At this time, outside the door, a girl's voice suddenly came again.
"What if...... You are from the Xiahou family, can you help me take a look at this? β
At this moment, through the crack in the door, a yellowed piece of paper was handed in.
"It's ...... What is it? β
The girl said in a trembling voice, "This is what Grandma has been hiding. But...... I always felt wrong...... Grandma, she wasn't the ...... she is now."
Aine touched her hand to the paper.
Then, she unfolded the paper slowly.
This is......
"It's ...... What the? Could it be...... Maps? β
"Yes. Here's a map. Part of the map, to be exact. β
"But...... I don't understand this map at all......"
"I don't know what this broken map means. It's just that Grandma seems to value this map very much, so she locked it up. She seemed to be hoping to find something on the map, which I had guessed might be a treasure map or something. But...... This map doesn't seem to be complete. The only thing I know is...... This map may be related to Xiahou's family. However, there is a very strange thing about this map. β
"Weird place?"
"Even if you look at this map for ten minutes, or even an hour, when you look away from this map, you won't be able to remember even any information on the map! And even if you look at this map, you can't describe the information on the map to anyone! (To be continued......)
PS: Apologies to everyone for the speed of this cheating daddy's update ORZ. At present, I really want to write this book well, so I must be meticulous, and I hope you will understand......