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Chapter 2 The Chamber of Secrets

When I looked back, I saw a thin old man standing behind me. This old man was still a grandfather's family, and I always called him the second uncle.

I quickly turned around and bowed respectfully, "Second uncle, Zhuoran wishes you a New Year!" I would like to greet my elders when I saw my elders on the first day of the first day of the first day. This is the family rule. Now it is a new era when I am not kowtow. I heard from my dad that they would kowtow when they saw their elders when they were young. After this day, they kowtowed countless times and were dizzy.

The second uncle nodded with a smile, reached out to take out a red envelope and stuffed it into my hand, "The ancestor worship is not over yet, don't be lazy, you kid! This time is only once a year. As the eldest grandson, don't make people laugh!"

I nodded quickly and said, "Second uncle, why are you here?"

The second uncle shook his head, "I'm old and there are so many troubles." As he said that, he pointed to his stomach, and then grabbed my wrist, "Let's go, let's go back."

I had no choice but to follow my second uncle back to the ancestral hall.

The ancestor worship of our Zhuo family is a bit different. First, it is a sacrificial ceremony, and then the tribe members celebrate the rituals. Next, it is to return to the ancestral home and start to fight for blessings.

The so-called "Fu" is a feature of our Zhuo family. It starts from the door wall, extends to the courtyard, porch, and all the way to the hall, and there is a specific blue brick in the center of each of these three places, with a red character "Fu". The family members of the family are usually the eldest son, that is, my father, who holds the top door bar and knocks all the way in order. This is the unique "Fu" ceremony of the Zhuo family, and it is also to obtain the homophonic meaning of "Fu" accumulation.

After the ancestor worship ceremony, we returned from the ancestral hall. When we just stepped on the steps of the ancestral house, we didn't know what was going on, but my father suddenly slipped and fell on the steps. We quickly supported him, and I asked anxiously: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

My dad grinned in pain, "I didn't pay attention, I stepped on the air and sprained my ankle!"

The person next to him slowly helped his dad up, "Brother, do you have any trouble?"

Dad waved his hand, "You guys go ahead, I'm fine?"

"But," said the uncle next to him, "Can you still be lucky in this situation?"

My dad was embarrassed, "I, this..."

At this time, my second uncle picked up the door bar and handed it to me, "The eldest son can't knock, so the eldest grandson will replace him!"

I was puzzled by the top door bar. My dad always did this. I was just waiting on the side. I didn’t know what to do! “Me? I don’t understand?”

The second uncle frowned slightly, "What's wrong with this? It's your business sooner or later. It's better to learn early. Come on, I'll tell you! You only need to remember three sentences!" As he said that, the second uncle told me the three sentences that Ji Fu was about to shout. It's easy to remember.

I weighed the door bar in my hand and walked up. I first walked to the word "Fu" in the middle of the courtyard, knocked on it, and said loudly, "One knock on it!" Then I walked to the word "Fu" in the middle of the porch and knocked on it, "Two knocks on it!" Immediately afterwards, I walked to the middle of the main hall and also knocked on the word "Fu". At the same time, I said loudly, "Three knocks..." Before I finished calling, I suddenly realized something was wrong! I was stunned in place.

The people outside heard me shouting halfway, and quickly reminded me, "Zhuoran, what are you doing? It's time to knock three! What are you hitting three?"

I came to my senses and shouted, "Three knocks on the good fortune is in front of me!" But I shouted like this, but my eyes kept staring at the ground. What was going on with that sound just now? I can't hear it wrong!

I picked up the door bar in my hand and gently knocked on the floor of the hall. I seemed to have any abnormalities. But when I was hitting Fu for the third time, I heard a resonant sound coming from the ground. The sound was not obvious. I am afraid that only my naturally keen ear power can hear some clues, which are difficult for ordinary people to notice.

The underground resonance means that there is a hollow part below. But it doesn't sound so obvious. Judging from this situation, there are probably only two possibilities. First, the hollow part underground is relatively deep, with a very thick layer of soil between them. Another possibility is that during construction, sound insulation was specially done.

But no matter what the situation is, there is still a resonant sound coming up, which means that there is quite a lot of space below! I began to involuntarily associate that there might be one or even several secret rooms under the ancestral home!

However, I tapped the ground again but didn't hear the sound just now. I shook my head in confusion and whispered to myself, "Did I hear it wrong? Maybe it's because I didn't have enough strength?" While thinking, I increased my strength in my hand, raised the door bar and knocked it hard on the ground again. Sure enough, that resonant sound came up again!

I was shocked, I heard it right! There is indeed something wrong underground!

I never dreamed that there was a secret hidden under my ancestral home. Over the years, I had no idea. But if I thought about it carefully, it was not surprising. Speaking of which, I lived here before I was seven years old. I was still young and could not detect these things. Later, when I got older, I only came back during the Chinese New Year and the holidays. Besides, the main hall hall is a very solemn place in the ancestral home, so who dares to make a fuss here!

Speaking of which, only when worshiping ancestors and fighting blessings, and the person who fights blessings must have the power of me. These two conditions are the most likely to be discovered. But after calculation, these conditions seem to be tailor-made for me. Did the ancestors of the Zhuo family think that there would be such a junior when they built this ancestral home?

For a moment, I was full of doubts about this discovery. What made me most curious was that if there was really a secret room underground in the Zhuo family’s ancestral home, what was hidden inside? Or, these were my wishful guesses.

I was thinking about it all, and suddenly my dad's voice came, "Zhuoran! What are you doing? Is it okay?"

My thoughts were a little disrupted, and I quickly responded, "Oh! Here I'm here!" As I said that, I glanced at the ground in Zhengtang again, turned around and walked out.

My dad saw me and asked, "Why did it take so long?" As he said that, he still lame his legs and looked into the main hall.

I immediately spoke, "Dad, in the main hall..." Halfway through, I suddenly stopped. Thinking about the fact that there was really a secret room underground, since the builders of the ancestors built the secret room so secretly and left an opportunity to find it only after meeting certain conditions. They must have a special purpose in doing this. Since my dad was not the one who was chosen in the dark, I think it would be better not to tell him.

Thinking of this, I immediately changed my mind, "The things in the main hall look so familiar. I really missed the days I was here when I was a child."

My dad sighed and patted my shoulder, "Okay, get ready for dinner!"

I agreed, but I was still thinking about what I had just discovered. I unconsciously began to think about how to go in and see what secrets the ancestors of the Zhuo family left behind. If it was a gold, silver and treasure, then I would be rich!

It was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the same family always had to sit together for a meal. According to the convention, this meal was usually eaten at the ancestral home. No one had to cook. There were people in the countryside who made a one-stop feast business, negotiated the price, and even prepared ingredients, cooked, and cleaned up the mess.

Actually, I don’t have much interest in eating, but I like this atmosphere and environment very much, especially since I just returned from the deserted Gobi Desert, I like to get close to such popular places, as if I only knew how to find evidence of my existence in the world.

During the meal, I sat next to my second uncle to inquire about the news. After all, the only one in my grandfather's generation was left.

During the banquet, I poured a glass of wine for my second uncle, "Second uncle, this ancestral home has been around for a long time!"

The second uncle took a sip of wine and nodded, "That's natural! From your grandfather's generation, it will take at least 130 or 40 years."

I continued, "Then this house is quite sturdy. Has it been renovated over the years?"

"It is inevitable to repair it, but the major repair has not been done yet." The second uncle continued, "The materials used to build houses in those days are very real," he said, and he hid hard on the ground. "Look at the ground, why is this hard and so flat? I heard from my grandfather that when I built this house, I used a whole piece of stone!"

The second uncle took another sip of wine and said, "My grandfather once had with me in advance. When your grandfather built this house, the materials were particularly particular. Moreover, many places were designed by your grandfather himself. Even after the house was completed, your grandfather repaired it himself for a long time, and a lot of sand, gravel and soil were transported out every day."

After listening to this tongue twister about my grandfather, a lot of information suddenly made my heart hop, such as the whole stone!

How could ordinary people use this kind of thing to build a house? I am very familiar with the Zhuo family's ancestral home. Don't forget that my major is ancient civil engineering technology. For the building in front of me, I can see its general structure by just a look.

From the surface of the house, the whole piece of stone is not used at all, let alone on the ground. The groundwater level in our place is deep and the soil layer is compact. As long as the normal construction process is followed, unless there is an earthquake or other natural disaster, the possibility of the foundation being loose is not high. Therefore, using a whole piece of stone on such a foundation is simply a waste. I guess my grandfather would not do such a stupid thing.

Speaking of the whole stone, a thought that shocked me suddenly flashed through my mind. After mingling with the second uncle and the others for so long, I knew that there were only two places where the whole stone was most commonly used. The first was the palace on the ground, and the second was the tombs underground! This place is definitely not a palace, so there is only...

However, our Zhuo family has a cemetery, and it is impossible to build the tomb below the ancestral home. However, combined with the discovery just now, if a secret room is built underground, then all this will be reasonable. It seems that there is no doubt that there is a secret room underground!
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