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Yu Hongdou knew that the master once had two apprentices. The eldest apprentice died in an accident, and the second apprentice was said to be the son of a wealthy family. He was separated from his family when he was young and was adopted by the master. Later, when he grew up, he was recognized by his family.

Ever since he returned, I haven't heard from this second brother again.

Yu Hongdou had been an apprentice for such a long time, but she had never heard her teacher mention any news about the other party. She naturally thought that the other party had never appeared again.

From what the teacher said, has this second brother ever come back?

"Although your second senior brother is unstable and likes to play, he is not an ungrateful person." Mo Shougui glared at his little disciple in reproach. Don't think he didn't know that he muttered this question deliberately.

"Oh..." Yu Hongdou deliberately stretched out her voice: "Then why don't you usually mention Second Senior Brother?"

"I don't remember..." Mo Shougui's voice was a little weak.

He wasn't making excuses, he really just didn't think of it.

Ever since he arrived at Anbei Village and accepted a young apprentice, he was so excited about the prospect that he had to stay at home and didn't want to leave. He didn't even think about going back home, let alone thinking about his second apprentice who he only saw once every eight years.

"Ah? Then teacher, how old is Second Brother this year?" Yu Hongdou was shocked when she heard it was eight years ago. It was really no wonder that the teacher couldn't remember.

"...thirty...right?" Mo Shougui's voice was as soft as a mosquito's, with a guilty look on his face.

"Well, I'm the same age as my fifth brother. When we were young, the two of us were compared to each other, and my fifth brother has been thinking about her for several years." Tan Yanlin interrupted.

In Hongdou's words, Master Mo's second disciple is a poor student just like his fifth brother.

The two naughty boys who did everything except their work made Master Mo and Master Shang a laughing stock among their friends.

However, his teacher said that naughty boys are all smart and clever, and they may not be worse than others due to their accumulated knowledge.

Just as the teacher said, the fifth brother came from behind and, with his small position as a county magistrate, benefited the local people and did immeasurable good deeds.

I think Master Mo's second disciple is no ordinary person.

"Your second senior brother... I won't hide it from you. Your second senior brother is the fifth son of Marquis Cheng'en, and he should be serving in the court now." Mo Shougui glanced at Tan Yanlin and directly sold out his second disciple.

Tan Yanlin turned his head and pretended not to hear.

Yu Hongdou was dumbfounded. Marquis Cheng'en... Why did it sound like giving the Queen's family the traditional honor of Chenghu?

"Marquis Cheng'en is the Queen's brother. The Queen's father died during the war while trying to save the Emperor." After not hearing Yu Hongdou's reply for a long time, Tan Yanlin whispered a reminder.

"Oh, Second Senior Brother is quite powerful. So, Master, did he tell you the meaning of this animal head?" Yu Hongdou reacted, punched his palm, and looked at his teacher innocently.

Mo Shougui was stunned by his apprentice's question and recalled what happened when he met his second apprentice eight years ago.

At that time... the second disciple knelt on the ground and hugged him and cried bitterly. He helped the second disciple up... and accidentally saw a bronze animal head exposed on the second disciple's waist. Because the pattern of the animal head was strange, he couldn't help but glance at it...

Mo Shougui shook his head in embarrassment at his little disciple: "Your second senior brother didn't say..."

It was the first time that Yu Hongdou saw her teacher behaving like this and she could not help but burst out laughing. This laugh could not be stopped and turned into a loud "hahahaha" laugh.

Mo Shougui looked at his young disciple laughing so hard that he fell backwards and forwards. He couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself: "I'm really getting old and confused."

"Oh, teacher, this is not called confusion, it's called worrying too much." Seeing the teacher's disappointment, Yu Hongdou forced a smile and hugged his arm to comfort him.

If it wasn't for the purpose of solving his own puzzles, the teacher would never have been interested in anything other than mechanisms and traps.

Yu Hongdou and Mo Shougui acted like spoiled brats for a while, and with the help of Tan Yanlin, they shared all their findings in the room with the teacher, and only then did they coax Mo Shougui, who felt he was acting stupid.

"Hongdou, there must be an official behind this. You can be curious, but don't take any risks."

Mo Shougui had never expected that this small village of Cigou actually hid such a big secret. When people heard about it, they kept silent and couldn't help but worry about the safety of his little apprentice.

"Okay, don't worry, teacher." Yu Hongdou agreed readily, but she knew in her heart that this was not a matter she could just get rid of if she didn't want to get involved.

Little liar, Tan Yanlin muttered in his heart, and spoke to help her out: "Speaking of which, Hongdou and I dropped a bag of things in the secret room under the mountain Taoist temple, and Master Mo has not seen them yet."

"Oh, yes." Yu Hongdou suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly. She wanted to find Xu Da right away to ask where the thing was.

Mo Shougui was indeed curious about this, as things had happened one after another recently, and the little disciple only told her what happened that day, and had not had time to draw the strange utensils and objects she mentioned.

"There's no need to rush." ​​Mo Shougui shook his head. When he came in, he saw that everyone outside had a serious look on their faces. He thought it was a big deal, so he decided to wait until they were done with their work.

Yu Hongdou nodded and simply pulled Mo Shougui to help sort out the books in the room.

At this moment, Yu Song was frowning, and together with Xu Da and Cao Mai, he was staring at a coffin that had rotted away to the point that only the wood stumps were left.

There was a broken skeleton in the coffin, which should not be surprising, but the skeleton was full of holes, as if it had been gnawed by insects.

Compared with the bones covered with golden crystals in another coffin displayed next to it, it is obvious that the holes on the bones were not caused by insect bites.

"We have lived in vain all these years." Xu Da looked gloomily at the Cao family members and his own direct descendants present.

"Uncle Xu, looking at the time of this grave and the bones, it may not have happened recently." Yu Song tried to comfort Xu Da and the Cao family, who were so angry that they seemed like they would explode at any moment.

"I know, I just didn't expect it." Xu Da shook his head and sighed. He prided himself on being a man of great intelligence and being able to handle everything in the village, but he didn't expect that so many secrets and things were right under his nose.

"Uncle Xu, the most urgent thing now is to use these energy stones to try the ancient tree. Once the immediate problem is solved, other things can be done at any time." Yu Song signaled to Xu Da that he should pick up the energy stones from the bones first.

Xu Da nodded and winked at the dark-faced eldest cousin of the Cao family. The eldest cousin, together with his brothers and nephews behind him, kowtowed several times to the coffin displayed on the spot, then jumped into the coffin, took a deep breath, and then reached out to touch the golden crystals on the bones.

Yu Song held a handkerchief in his hand and knelt on one knee beside the coffin to welcome his eldest cousin from the Cao family.

Soon, crystals as big as a thumb were placed on the white handkerchief.

The golden crystals were of different shapes and sizes, but their colors were almost the same. Yu Song picked up a piece of crystal and turned it towards the light twice, and found that it seemed to be wrapped in liquid. It looked extremely beautiful but also weird and frightening.

"Is this the thing that has caused us pain for hundreds of years?" An old man from the Cao family picked up a crystal like a possessed man, tears streaming down his face unconsciously, then he beat his chest and stamped his feet, falling to the ground and crying: "Who on earth is it! Who on earth is harming my family like this!"