Wei Xiyin agreed to his request.
The young man, along with several villagers from Shitou Village, knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude.
Because burying the villagers took some time, fortunately it was still early and we were not far from the fort.
Everyone set off again.
As we walked along, the closer we got to the fort, the more zombies we encountered on the road. From a few scattered ones before, they began to appear in groups.
The expressions of Wei Xiyin and others became more and more ugly. Having come this far, she could no longer deceive herself and think that nothing would happen in the fort.
I just hope there won’t be too many casualties in our tribe.
After walking for a while, the outline of the fort slowly appeared in front of everyone.
From a distance, the fort looks like a magnificent castle with majestic walls that are ten meters high. The drawbridge facing the main gate is retracted high, and the moat around it forms a natural barrier, isolating the fort from the world, making it look like an isolated island.
It looks very safe, so it's no wonder that the villagers want to go in even if it means paying for food.
Wei Xiyin deliberately observed the area around the dock. Because she was far away, she couldn't see clearly, but wherever she looked, there was peace. She didn't see any zombies around the dock, which made her feel much more at ease.
When they arrived here, Wei Xiyin took over as the leader. She found the route on the map based on her memory and led everyone towards the left side of the fort.
As they walked further and further away from the fort, some villagers in the crowd were confused and asked questions. But when they saw that the others were silent and just followed the main group, they shut up.
The team finally stopped when they entered a cemetery.
Wei Xiyin entered the cemetery, her eyes scanning the tombstones in front of the graves one by one, circling around in them.
After a long while, she stopped and pointed at a tombstone, calling the guards forward: "Move this tombstone away."
Guards immediately stepped forward and tried to move the heavy stone.
As the huge tombstone was moved away, stone steps appeared below, and the dark cave entrance, like a sleeping giant beast, appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was shocked by the scene before them.
The Wei family actually set up a secret passage in the cemetery!
If there is no one to lead the way, probably no one will ever think of it.
Wei Xiyin ignored everyone's surprised looks and took Wei Lang into the secret passage first.
The guards followed closely behind, and the villagers behind them hurried to catch up when they saw this.
After everyone entered the secret passage, Chang Ying, who was at the rear, closed the door to the secret passage.
The secret passage was very dark and deep, and the passage went down all the time. Everyone could only follow the footsteps of the person in front of them and move forward.
Wei Xiyin groped her way forward in the secret passage following her memory. She was a little worried at first, fearing that she would lack oxygen down there.
As it turned out, her worries were completely unnecessary. The wisdom of the ancients was unimaginable. They had already walked down dozens of meters, and there was still plenty of oxygen inside.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the downhill path turned into an uphill path, and everyone started climbing the stairs.
Wei Lang was a little scared. It was too dark in there and he couldn't even see his sister next to him.
"Sister, where are you? I'm scared."
Wei Xiyin quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't be afraid, we'll be there soon."
As soon as she finished speaking, a wall appeared in front of her, and she pulled Wei Lang and stopped quickly.
The guards beside them quickly called out to the people behind them, "We're here, don't push any further."
Wei Xiyin groped on the wall with her hands until she touched a bulge. She took a deep breath, pointed at that spot and pressed hard.
A stone door in front slowly opened, and the sudden light made everyone subconsciously close their eyes. After adapting to the light, everyone opened their eyes again.
In front of me is an open square courtyard. It doesn’t look big, but it is built in an exceptionally exquisite and grand manner.
"This is the Wei family ancestral hall." Wei Xiyin introduced to her brother.
The ancestral hall is a place for worshipping ancestral tablets and performing sacrifices, and is regarded as a symbol of the clan.
Large families all have ancestral halls. The doors of the halls, which are usually locked, are only opened when offering sacrifices to ancestors or when there are important family events that need to be reported to the ancestors.
Wei Xiyin raised her eyes and looked towards the door.
Sure enough, the heavy vermilion door was closed and locked from the outside. Through the crack in the door, one could clearly see a large bronze lock hanging on the door.
They were locked inside.
The ancients believed in ghosts and gods, regarded the ancestral hall as a holy place, and were very respectful of their ancestors. The elders believed that the Wei family was able to develop to its current scale because of the blessings of their ancestors.
If she dared to break the door of the ancestral hall, the consequences could be imagined.
It seems that if I want to get out, I can only take people to climb the wall, and I can't damage any grass or trees here.
Wei Xiyin asked the guards to call the people in the secret passage out, and specifically told them to stay in the yard, not to walk around at will, and not to touch anything here.
With so many outsiders appearing in the ancestral hall, she didn't know how to explain it to the elders of the clan later. If they damaged the furnishings in the ancestral hall again and the elders got angry, even her grandfather might not be able to protect her.
The people carried heavy food on their backs and were worried all the way. Now they finally entered the Wei family fort as they wished, and everyone had an expression of relief on their face.
After hearing about the Wei clan ancestral hall here, everyone did not dare to act recklessly and stayed where they were.
Chang Ying was the last one to come out. After Wei Xiyin saw that everyone had come out, she turned the flower pots under the corridor and the stone door closed.
Chang Ying immediately came over and bowed, saying, "Girl, I'm worried about the master, so I want to take someone to the old house first."
Wei Xiyin turned around and was about to agree, but she seemed to see something suddenly. Her face suddenly turned pale and she pointed at the crack in the door with a trembling hand.
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