Chapter 510 Kneeling tonight
When Ye Wanxi and the others woke up, they found that nothing had happened overnight. They breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little lost.
I had just finished washing up and was about to go out to get something to eat when I saw Shi Yuyan being carried back, which startled me.
Shi Lang rushed out immediately to check on her younger brother, fearing that if she didn't see him for one night, he might be gone and she wouldn't be able to explain it to her parents.
Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the boy was lying on a flat wooden board, his face rosy and his breathing smooth; he looked exactly like... asleep.
Shi Lang hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't dare to touch him casually. He turned his head and leaned closer to Ye Wanxi and the other person, and whispered, "Miss Ye, please help me check if Yu Yan has been... secretly poisoned."
Ye Wanxi glanced at him and couldn't help but twitch her lips: "No, he's just asleep." He was sleeping like a log, and didn't even wake up when they carried him back.
Feng Tianyu wasn't going to tolerate him. He went up and kicked the bed board, causing Shi Yuyan to tumble off. He exclaimed in surprise, "What happened? Was there an earthquake?"
Shi Lang was both angry and amused, feeling that he had completely lost face. He raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head: "Earthquake my foot! Look where you are!"
Shi Yuyan's mind finally cleared up a bit after being slapped, and she saw her surroundings clearly. She rubbed her aching head and said, "It's you guys? Where is this?"
His memory returned instantly, and he jumped to his feet: "The ancestral hall, yes, the ancestral hall, wasn't I kneeling in the ancestral hall? How did I get back? Where is this?"
"Shouldn't you be asking yourself that? Didn't you go to kneel in the ancestral hall? Why were you carried back?"
"Bring me back?" Shi Yuyan was taken aback. "I did kneel in their ancestral hall last night. The ancestral hall was spacious and bright, a huge room with hundreds of memorial tablets inside. It was far away, so I couldn't see clearly who was who. The place was empty, and it was cold on the mountain at night. I was kneeling properly at first, but later I was so cold, hungry, and sleepy that I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was here."
Ye Wanxi was speechless: "You were cold, hungry, and sleepy, and you could still fall asleep..." Should I say you're carefree or just carefree?
Shi Yuyan was a little embarrassed, but what he cared about more at the moment was: "Where is your clan leader? Didn't we agree yesterday that if I knelt all night, I would be allowed to see Xiaowan and her grandfather?"
The people who escorted or carried Shi Yuyan back were the same people from the village who were responsible for patrolling the ancestral hall last night. They were tall and strong, and looked very imposing.
Upon hearing Shi Yuyan's words, the imposing young man looked disgusted: "You said you knelt all night? You clearly slept all night. The old clan chief said your sincerity wasn't enough, so he can't let you see them."
Shi Yuyan grew anxious: "Then how can I show enough sincerity?"
"Keep kneeling tonight."
Shi Yuyan: "???" This is so unfair!
Shi Yuyan was filled with grievances and wanted to say something in her defense, but her brother held her down: "Why don't you sleep more during the day today?"
"Um?"
"Kneeling at night makes it less likely to feel sleepy."
Shi Yuyan: "..." Is he really my brother?!
Ye Wanxi glanced at the messenger and instinctively felt that this matter was not so simple: "Does your clan leader mean that he has to kneel in the ancestral hall again tonight?"
"right."
"If you want to see Tao Wan and her grandfather, you have to kneel until they are satisfied?"
"right."
"Can the rest of us go see Tao Wan and the others first?"
The young man was stunned, not quite understanding the logic behind Ye Wanxi's question, but still answered truthfully: "No, Tao Wan and Grandpa Tao are still in solitary confinement. No one can visit them without the permission of the old clan chief and the clan leader."
"Can we go see your clan chief and the old clan chief now?"
"The clan chief and the old clan chief had something to do this morning and instructed that no one should disturb them. If you want to see them, you may have to wait until the afternoon."
Ye Wanxi and the other woman exchanged a glance: "Can we go outside for a walk? Or do we have to stay here?"
Just as Ye Wanxi finished asking her question, before the messenger could answer, Wu Chi came in from outside: "You can go out and move around, but you need someone to accompany you."
Feng Tianyu glanced at him: "Who's accompanying you?"
"I."
Ye Wanxi and the others were somewhat surprised, but upon closer reflection, they felt it was only natural.
They were supposed to be accompanying them, but in reality, they were being monitored. The people in the village didn't trust them, and they needed someone to accompany them if they wanted to go out, so they were allowed to do their dirty work.
As the young patriarch of their clan, it was perfectly reasonable for Wu Chi to be the one to keep watch.
Ye Wanxi asked the others for their opinions: "Do you want to go out?"
"Let's go! It'll be a good opportunity to see what the place where Xiao Wan grew up is like." Shi Yuyan was full of ambition and determination, thinking that knowing yourself and your enemy would ensure victory in every battle. She planned to wander around the village first to see if she could buy some nice things to keep in mind, so that she could give them to Tao Wan when she met her.
Shi Lang didn't want to stay cooped up here either, so he nodded and said, "Go ahead. It's a rare opportunity to come here, so take this chance to see how things are different here from outside. There's nothing wrong with that."
Needless to say, the young Taoist priest's eyes lit up as soon as he heard he could leave.
The Miao people live in seclusion and do not like outsiders entering their territory. Forcing their way in or randomly sneaking in may be considered an illegal intrusion, and they have the right to punish or expel them.
Before this, the higher-ups had tried many ways to get in touch with them, but all their attempts were rejected.
Unexpectedly, he was able to get permission from the clan chief to wander around the village after going on this trip with Ye Wanxi and the others. This was truly a stroke of good luck.
Feng Tianyu stood guard beside Ye Wanxi, like a dragon guarding a treasure: "I'll go with you. Wherever you go, I'll go."
The plan to go out was set, and since Ye Wanxi and the others hadn't eaten yet, they decided to go out for a meal.
While Ye Wanxi and the others were discussing, Wu Chi was watching from the side and immediately realized that although it was Shi Yuyan who came to find someone, the real decision-makers among this group were Ye Wanxi and the man beside her.
Thinking of what his grandfather had said last night, Wu Chi's eyes flickered slightly. When they went out, he intentionally or unintentionally followed Ye Wanxi and her companion, and even took the initiative to talk to them: "I was rude last night. Our clan lives in seclusion and rarely has outsiders come. We were a little nervous when we heard about it. I may have scared you."
"We were also at fault. We visited without informing you beforehand and disturbed you."
Wu Chi smiled and continued, "The poisonous insects outside our village can distinguish between villagers and outsiders and react accordingly. Speaking of which, last night, this young lady seemed to have distributed some exorcising pills to others. Did she have some knowledge of poisonous insects before?"
Ye Wanxi knew he was trying to trick her into saying something: "It was just some insect repellent pills that my elders made in their spare time. I was scared when I saw so many poisonous insects coming out. So I thought I'd take them out and give them a try. I didn't expect them to actually work. I'm so lucky."
(End of this chapter)
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