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"This...if it doesn't work, I'm afraid it will disturb the heroic spirits of our ancestors."

After hearing Yu Hongdou mention that the ancient tree was suspected to be able to consume the crystals of ancestral remains to produce a healing effect, an old man behind Xu Da was the first to speak out in opposition.

"How do we know if we don't try? If it works, then it's the legacy of our ancestors. We old bones are alive for the sake of future generations." Another old man refuted his companion and expressed his agreement.

Yu Hongdou looked at them. Judging from their appearance, they could indeed be called old men, but they were no more than forty-eight or forty-nine years old.

Because over the past few hundred years, no man or woman in the Cao family, without exception, has ever lived past the age of fifty.

Especially those who lived far away from Cigou Village, almost all of them died young without exception.

Tan Yanlin looked around and his eyes finally settled on Xu Da.

What he knew about Cigou Village was just some clues given by Yu Hongdou. Even after arriving in Cigou Village, he was too busy to chat about the villagers in the past two days.

Now Tan Yanlin suddenly remembered that he had never seen anyone with the surname Xu other than the village chief, and he had never even seen the village chief's wife.

"Let's give it a try." Xu Da made the decision immediately.

The Cao family was very convinced of Xu Da and did not say anything. So the two cousins ​​from Uncle Cao and Uncle Cao, whom Yu Hongdou had met before, and her fourth cousin Cao Mai took some young and strong men out.

Seeing that there were no "outsiders" present, Yu Hongdou told Xu Da that she wanted to see the rubbing of the gold plate.

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot about this. My brain is getting worse and worse." Xu Da slapped his head and then remembered this. He turned around and went in to get it himself.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tan Yanlin approached the Yu brothers and sisters and finally asked, "Is Uncle Xu the only one in the Xu family?"

Yu Hongdou was stunned by the question and didn't react for a moment.

Yu Song's expression changed, and he frowned as he explained, "Uncle Xu married my uncle's aunt in his early years, but unfortunately that aunt died young and left no offspring for Uncle Xu. Later, Uncle Xu never remarried."

"As for the Xu family, I've never heard of them. It seems that apart from Uncle Xu, there are no other people with the surname Xu in the village." Yu Song secretly blamed himself for ignoring such a big thing.

He only listened to the Cao family's one-sided story and never thought about Xu Da's background.

Yu Hongdou reacted and said, "Yes, they only knew that Xu Da was the village chief of Cigou Village, a descendant of Xu Maoling, and had married a girl from the Cao family. The Xu family's heritage contained records of the Xu family from generation to generation."

Is it possible that such a big Xu family has no other descendants?

This is probably what is called the darkest place under the lamp? Yu Hongdou looked at her brother speechlessly, then at Tan Yanlin. As expected of you, you can always grasp the key points.

Although they were a little confused, Yu Hongdou and Yu Song did not think badly of Xu Da.

After several years of getting along, they all felt Xu Da's sincerity and enthusiasm towards the Cao family and Cigou Village.

If they were still mistaken, it only meant that Xu Da's disguise was too good.

When Xu Da came out holding a few sheets of paper, he felt the Yu siblings staring at him. Thinking they were anxious, he stretched out his arms to make it easier for them to take the papers.

"Uncle Xu, I've always forgotten to ask, why didn't I see other members of the Xu family this time?" Yu Hongdou, who was good at playing straight shots, asked directly.

Xu Da was stunned by Yu Hongdou's question. After handing over the paper in his hand, he sighed.

"It's a long story." Xu Da supported his legs and sat down on the nearby stone steps. He looked up at the sky with a dim gaze but remained silent for a long time.

"Uncle Xu's generation was left with only him and his brother. Many years ago, Grandpa Xu was seriously ill. Uncle Xu's younger brother said he had found a way to cure Grandpa Xu, and disappeared one night with him."

The person who spoke on behalf of Xu Da was Yuqian, who had come to report the news earlier.

"Yuqian is right. Our Xu family has been a single-line family for almost every generation. In my generation, I finally had a younger brother. Unfortunately, he was weak since he was young, and my father tried everything to save him."

"Once, my father went into the mountains to look for medicine for my brother and fell off a cliff. He endured a whole night in the wind and rain before we found him. Since then, he has been paralyzed on one side of his body and has been in bed."

"My younger brother felt extremely guilty and read through the Xu family's historical records. One day, he suddenly told me that he had found a way to save Dad."

"At that time, there was heavy snow and the village didn't have enough food. The hunting team was attacked by wolves. I took the villagers to find the hunting team and arranged to go out of the village to buy some food. I didn't have time to listen to him. After I finished my work, I found that my brother and my father had disappeared together."

When Xu Da said this, he could not hide his grief, and his face was full of confusion.

"It's the old man...so Uncle Xu's brother is more anxious?" Yu Song guessed based on Xu Da's words.

"I don't know. No one in the village knows, and no one has ever seen them leave. Sometimes I even wonder if they disappeared on the spot." Xu Da shook his head.

This matter has been stuck in his mind for so many years, and he still can't figure it out.

"Have you searched everywhere at home?" Yu Hongdou, who had watched too many disappearance movies, thought of the darkest place under the lamp first.

"It's just a matter of digging three feet into the ground." Xu Da was knowledgeable and had already thought of everything that could be thought of.

"The Xu family's classics?" This is where Tan Yanlin's focus lies. Could the so-called Xu family's classics be the records of the Xu family from generation to generation?

"It is a record passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors of the Xu family. Some of them were written by the elders of the village. I didn't read them all back then, but now I have read them all, but I still don't know which ones my brother read."

Xu Da held his head in frustration. There were too many books and the villagers were too lazy to take care of them. Now he didn't even know whether the books his younger brother was reading were lost.

"..."Yu Song, Yu Hongdou and Tan Yanlin were all speechless.

Yu Hongdou even saw Yuqian, who was standing behind Xu Da, with his eyes shaking.

"It seems that the village should really strengthen cultural education." Yu Hongdou nodded heavily.

Xu Da smiled bitterly: "I don't know why, there is not a single child in the village who loves to study. They all love martial arts and are strong."

"My second uncle must like your village." Tan Yanlin laughed, looked at the elm seeds behind Xu Da, and thought about the iron tower-like men in the village. If his second uncle saw them, he would definitely be happy.

"Oh, if we could really be free, why would we worry about men not carrying Wu Gou?" Xu Da waved his hands and sighed.

He is not bragging. Among the men in their village, every one of them is better than Yu Silang.

"Yes, don't worry, Uncle Xu. There will be a solution to the problem. Don't we see hope now?" Yu Song comforted Xu Da.

Things gradually became clear, and when the clouds broke, the future of Cigou Village was just around the corner.

"Uncle Xu, what's your brother's name?" After satisfying her doubts about the Xu family's absence, Yu Hongdou asked casually while opening the paper in her hand.

Before Xu Da could answer, Yu Hongdou suddenly looked up at him in disbelief, "Uncle Xu, your brother's name is not Xu Mao, right?"