Chapter 16: A decision that goes against our ancestors
Looking at the carpenter's wife, Jian Yue felt very complicated.
Holy shit, he thought.
This is too exciting. The carpenter is really awesome. He cheated on his wife in the woods in broad daylight. And this woman still has time to manage the files here. What kind of ancestral rules is she following? It's a pity that she doesn't even know she's been cuckolded so many times!
After the thought came to an end.
The carpenter's wife paused and looked at Jian Yue with a distorted face.
Jian Yue was stunned for a moment, thinking, oh my god, why is she looking at me? Is she going to kill me? Damn, even if she kills me, it won't change the fact that my husband is in the grove. If he were her, he would catch both of them right now and beat them up to vent his hatred. But should I tell her? What if she doesn't believe me? Otherwise, I'd leave now and go find the village chief.
I should ask the village chief to go to the grove with me. Maybe he would give me access to the archives out of gratitude.
But by then...
The whole village will know about the affair between the carpenter and his wife. I wonder if these two people can handle it...
Almost as soon as his thought came to mind.
Before Jian Yue could think of what to say, he saw the carpenter's wife's face became even more distorted. She stood there for a while, as if she had finally made a decision that went against her ancestors -
Turned around and ran away!!!
He ran so fast that Jian Yue couldn't stop him in time.
Tiantian was shocked and asked, "Brother, why is she gone?"
Jian Yue was also stunned. His guess was confirmed. Damn, it turned out that the side effect of his card was that ghosts could also hear gossip. What if some explosive melon came out later and these ghosts got angry and embarrassed?
He was thinking about it.
Tiantian asked again: "Brother?"
Jian Yue came back to his senses. He coughed lightly and said, "I guess, she might be..."
Tiantian gradually became serious, thinking that Jian Yue wanted to analyze something for him.
Jian Yue said, "People have three urgent matters. She might have something wrong."
Tiantian: “…”
She looked very pale.
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help laughing:
"Blame, and continue to fool."
"How did you come up with the reason of emergency?"
"I give up, hahaha!"
"Did the carpenter's wife go to catch an adulterer?"
Jian Yue retracted his gaze and said, "Let's not worry about that for now. We need to find these files and help her find the person she's looking for..."
They were just being chased by the carpenter's wife. They left the original shelf and were forced into a corner. When they turned around, they found that the female ghost was standing on a wall in the corner, staring at them intently.
Jian Yue asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
Tiantian exclaimed: "There seems to be a door here!"
Jian Yue walked over. They didn't notice it because the wall was too mottled just now. Now that they got closer, they found that there was indeed a door with the same color as the wall, and it was tightly locked!
The ghost's nails slid across the wall, and she kept muttering, "Where are you... where are you..."
Jian Yue frowned and asked, "Could it be behind this door?"
Tiantian glanced at the door and said, "It's locked and we don't have the key."
If it were an ordinary person, it would probably end here.
Jian Yue held the key and looked at it for a while. He said to Tian Tian, "Can you give me the hair band on your head?"
Tiantian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and quickly took it down and gave it to him.
Jian Yue took out the wire directly from the hair band. He lowered his head and fiddled with the door lock for a long time. In front of Tiantian's surprised eyes, he heard a click and the lock opened! !
Her eyes widened and she looked at Jian Yue in disbelief: "Brother...you..."
Jian Yue smiled at her: "I am a good citizen."
“…”
She believed it.
As the lock fell off, the dusty and rusty door finally showed signs of loosening. Before opening the door, Jian Yue said to her, "Stand back a little. If there is any danger, run away."
Tiantian was stunned for a moment, not expecting him to say that, and she stepped back quietly.
Jian Yue glanced at the female ghost and pulled open the rusty door with force. The shabby door was pulled open, finally revealing the full picture inside. It was a closed room. In the dim light, there was a bed and a simple table, and nothing else. He walked in slowly and noticed that there seemed to be a card in the gap of the table.
He reached in and pulled out the card.
This is a yellowed work ID card, and it is a photo of a young man wearing a gray sweater and glasses. Although the photo is a bit blurry, it is not difficult to see the general outline. For some reason, Jian Yue found it somewhat familiar. He thought he might have seen this person somewhere, but he couldn't remember it all of a sudden. In fact, he has a very good memory, but at this moment he was stuck.
I was just about to take a closer look.
The ghost girl's excited and shrill voice came from beside him: "It's him...it's him! We found him!"
As her voice rang out.
The system panel also pops up:
Side quest: [Hide and Seek]
Mission accomplished.
Mission Reward: Key to the Ancestral Hall
Jian Yue was wondering where the key to the ancestral hall was, and then he saw the female ghost rushing towards the table. When she hit the table, something fell from the wall. He picked it up and found it was a copper key.
As he picked up the key.
System: Main Quest: [The Secret of Wanfu Village]
Mission story progress: 30%
Task time limit: unlimited
The plot has progressed again. It seems that this key is very important, and the ancestral hall containing this key is the key to unlocking the secret.
Tiantian outside didn't know what was going on inside, and asked fearfully: "Brother? Are you okay?"
Jian Yue calmly put away the key and said, "It's okay, don't come in, it's very dangerous in here!"
Tiantian was a timid person to begin with, and now she was even more afraid to act rashly.
At the moment the mission was completed, the female ghost seemed to disappear. Her appearance was indeed conditional. As her figure gradually became transparent, her eyes still stared at the ID photo in Jian Yue's hand with a sad look, muttering: "Where are you...where are you, I'll find you, I'll find you!!"
Jian Yue looked down at the ID photo thoughtfully, which contained the man's information.
West Asia Archaeological Team—Ji Feng
I found the date of issuance of the certificate engraved on the back: June 25, 1759.
If he remembered correctly, it had been almost two hundred years since then. This young man looked to be in his early twenties. Logically, he couldn't still be alive, but why did the female ghost say that she wanted to find him?
Is he really dead?
Can the longevity of Wanfu Village really allow people to live for more than 200 years?
Just as Jian Yue was thinking, a sweet voice came from outside. She said, "Brother, how are you?"
"I'm fine." Jian Yue walked out. Since they were all players, and she had helped him find clues, he was not too selfish and directly took out the evidence to show her: "This is what was found in the house. I suspect this man may be the clue to unlock the longevity secret of Wanfu Village."
Judging from the fact that the archaeological team has been searching for the secret of immortality, we can guess that their main mission should be the same.
really.
Tiantian said excitedly: "Really, really, my panel plot progress has increased, he is the clue!"
Jian Yue nodded and said, "Well, he is from the West Asian archaeological team. We need to find a way to find the files about their archaeological team from these archives. I want to know more detailed information about him and whether he is still alive."
Tiantian is a timid girl. She is terrified every day since she came here. Now, like Jian Yue, the plot has been updated and she can see the hope of going back. She feels excited: "Okay, I'll help you find it!"
Jian Yue put away his work permit and said, "Hurry up and don't wait for the carpenter's wife to come back. It will be difficult for us to come in next time. I have seen the shelves here. In fact, there is a pattern. The batch we just saw was from 1521, and the West Asian archaeological team came in 1752. There is a difference of more than 200 years. I just looked at the shelves over there, and almost all of them are from 15 years ago. If we find the shelves from 17 years ago, we can quickly find their documents."
Tiantian nodded immediately and said, "Okay!"
then.
Tiantian said with some regret: "It would be great if other people were here. We have a friend whose skills can just help us."
Jian Yue asked curiously: "What skills?"
"Her skill is that once she has seen something like this, she can activate the card and call out the name of the thing, and she can immediately sense its location." Tiantian said, "The files here all look the same. As long as she imagines what the West Asian archaeological team's files look like, it should be easy to find them."
Jian Yue thought so too, but he said, "It's too late. Going back and forth is a waste of time. Let's look for it now."
Tiantian also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she immediately started looking for it with Jian Yue.
The audience in the live broadcast room was also very moved:
"Fuck, this anchor is amazing."
"I always thought he was unreliable before."
“This is already a fast progress.”
"But it gets harder and harder as time goes on. It's going to be hard for him to survive just by relying on gossip."
To be honest, after watching the live broadcast for so long, many viewers have developed an attachment to it. From just watching the fun in the beginning, they have begun to really care about it.
Jian Yue used to register files frequently. In the years when he was not working as a forensic doctor, he also worked as a librarian, so he was very familiar with the files. He went through the bookshelves one by one. This building looked small, but it was actually huge inside, and there were even several underground floors. He quickly locked onto the bookshelves.
"Here." Jian Yue said to Tian Tian who was not far away, "This row is for the 2017 generation."
Tiantian ran over immediately.
Fortunately, the 2017 archaeological team did not come in large numbers, only five boxes. The two of them searched separately. Jian Yue was flipping through them when he heard Tian Tian's excited voice: "Brother, the data files of the West Asian archaeological team!"
Jian looked over and saw a yellowed document being taken out. On it were written in mottled handwriting: West Asian Archaeological Team. At that moment, his heart finally settled down.
Tiantian handed him the file: "Brother, quickly find this Ji Feng!"
Jian Yue opened the folder and was about to look through it. After opening the folder completely and flipping through a few pages, his expression became serious. He held the document for a long time without saying a word.
Tiantian asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Jian Yue handed her the folder: "Take a look for yourself."
Tiantian took the folder. There was not much content in the folder, only more than ten pages. She was quite excited when she started flipping through it. They found the key clue and there was hope of going back!
Flipping through.
Looking at the words recorded above, Tiantian's expression gradually became serious. Finally, her eyes became dull. When she turned her head to look at Jian Yue, she couldn't control her tears: "Why, how could this happen! Why is there no such person as Ji Feng!! "
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