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Ji Jingrui watched as his grandfather Ji Guoqiang knocked open the old house hidden in the corner of Duoduo Street.

The moment Ji Jingrui stepped into the old house, he realized that something was wrong with the old house!

"Xiao Rui, this is the home of an old friend of your grandfather's back then, and he is gone now." Ji Guoqiang sighed.

After Ji Guoqiang sighed, he stood in the living room of the old house with his hands behind his back, fascinated by the dusty and unpopular house, which was fairly clean.

And Ji Jingrui stood at the door, looking at the hidden gossip map laid out with tiles on the floor, and the triangular, circular, and prism symbols on the ceiling. Is that the soul-fixing talisman?

"Xiaorui? Can you understand?" Ji Guoqiang came back to his senses and asked with a smile when he saw Ji Jingrui staring at the ceiling.

Ji Jingrui hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Ji Guoqiang stared at Ji Jingrui for a while, then slowly said, "Are you the same as Gu Zhen, Zhou Yun and the others?"

Ji Jingrui was silent for a while, then nodded, "En."

——He felt that since the Ji family recognized him, then he knew those "tricks", and the Ji family would know about them sooner or later.It's better to tell them earlier. Most importantly, he wants to see the attitude of Ji's family.

Although Jing said that they were really kind to him, he had to confirm it again.

Ji Guoqiang sighed softly in his heart, as expected.

In the past few days, he occasionally saw Xiao Jing and Xiao Rui standing in the corner muttering to the air, and he felt that something was wrong.He brought Xiaorui here today, not only to talk to Xiaorui, but also to ask this question clearly.

——He doesn't hope that one day, someone will come to him and say, "Your grandson has supernatural powers, let him come to the special department of the country!"

"Xiaojing too?" Ji Guoqiang asked again.

Ji Jingrui nodded slowly, then tensed his face, "Don't tell anyone about Jing!"

Ji Guoqiang was taken aback for a moment, then felt helpless, and found it funny, "What kind of woman do you like grandpa? Don't worry, grandpa won't talk nonsense."

Only then did Ji Jingrui relax his expression, and then he said seriously, "Both Jing and I can see and hear things from another world, but neither Jing nor I want anyone to know. There are only father and mother at home, and Uncle knows."

After hearing this, Ji Guoqiang nodded slightly, "I understand." Then, Ji Guoqiang patted Ji Jingrui's head and said kindly, "Grandpa will keep it a secret for you, but you and Jing must be careful not to get hurt, you understand?"

Ji Jingrui looked at Ji Guoqiang for a while, then nodded slowly, and then called out abruptly and seriously, "Grandpa."

Ji Guoqiang was stunned by the yelling, and then he laughed, knowing in his heart that at this moment, his grandson Ji Jingrui was truly acknowledging them.

At this time, outside the house where Ji Jingrui and the others were staying, in the quiet alley, in a dark corner, a transparent human figure slowly gathered.

He looked blankly at the old house in front of him, and murmured, "Letter...my letter..."

He wanted to get closer, but suddenly, his human form slowed down and disappeared abruptly.

In the old house, Ji Jingrui suddenly turned his head to look outside. The cold atmosphere outside...is it Zhou Cheng?he came?But somehow, it disappeared again.

"Xiaorui, come here and help grandpa take a look at this." Ji Guoqiang stood at the door of the room in the old house and waved to Ji Jingrui.

Ji Jingrui turned around and walked over. "Yes, Grandpa."

Walking over, Ji Jingrui saw Ji Guoqiang frowning at a painting in the room.

"Grandpa?" Ji Jingrui followed Ji Guoqiang's line of sight, and saw that it was a painting of pines and cypresses.But not in an ordinary painting, to his eyes, it seems that there are words in the painting?

"Come and see this painting." Ji Guoqiang pointed to the painting and said to Ji Jingrui.

"There are words in the painting." Ji Jingrui said, and the words in the painting... seem to be related to Liu Ming Zhoucheng?

When Ji Guoqiang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Ji Jingrui, "Read the above words to Grandpa."

Ji Jingrui thought for a while, nodded, stared at the painting, and said, "Amin, I will definitely come back when I cultivate the Dao. Wait for me. Zhou Cheng."

When Ji Guoqiang heard this, he was taken aback, "That's it?"

Ji Jingrui nodded, "That's it."

Ji Guoqiang frowned and murmured, "Really... who is that Amin? Zhou Cheng? This name seems familiar, where have you heard it?"

Naturally, he is familiar, because that is Zhou Yun's grandfather.Ji Jingrui thought in his heart, but he didn't expect that what Zhou Cheng was looking for was here...

"Grandpa, is this your old friend's house?" Ji Jingrui raised his head and asked.

Ji Guoqiang nodded, stepped forward to put away the painting, and sighed, "It happened decades ago. This friend of my grandfather went to war with me. Later, when there was no need to fight, he went back to Mumian Town alone. I sold coffins here, and I will come to meet him once a year. He is a very amazing person, just like you, he can also see and hear things that we can't touch... and then, 40 years later When I came here a few days ago, he suddenly told me that he was leaving. He asked me to take good care of this house and this painting. If one day, someone can tell me the secret in the painting, he will Give him the painting. As for why, I don't understand."

Ji Jingrui listened, glanced at the painting that Ji Guoqiang rolled up and brought to him, raised his hand to take it, and asked, "Grandpa, what is the name of this friend of yours?"

Ji Guoqiang listened and smiled, "His name is Gu Jiaming. You should know."

Ji Jingrui was surprised, looked at Ji Guoqiang, "Is he..."

"That's right, it's your father Gu's uncle—Gu Jiaming. You should call him grandpa."

Ji Jingrui hugged the painting in his arms tightly, thinking, it seems that he and Jing have to intervene in the matter of Liu Ming's Zhoucheng.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Ji Jingrui turned his head to look outside, holding the painting in one hand, and said to Ji Guoqiang, "Grandpa, it's Uncle Zhou Yun and the others who are here."

Ji Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, "Oh, what are they doing here? Come on, Xiao Rui, let's take a look."

After opening the door, Zhou Yun, Gu Zhen outside, the old monk Juehui and others were stunned when they saw Ji Guoqiang and Ji Jingrui.

"Grandpa Ji, why are you here?" Zhou Yun asked in surprise.

Ji Guoqiang smiled and looked at Gu Zhen, "This is the house of an old friend of mine, and he gave the house to me after he died.

Juehui was surprised when he heard this, and asked hastily, "Do you know Gu Jiaming?!"

Ji Guoqiang glanced at Gu Zhen who was stunned, and smiled slightly, "Yes, Gu Jiaming is my friend. Why, Master, you also know Gu Jiaming?"

"No, I don't know Gu Jiaming, but I have heard of it." Master Juehui said, and asked with a serious expression, "Excuse me, this old gentleman, do you know someone named Liu Ming?"

"No, I don't know." Ji Guoqiang shook his head and said, looked at Zhou Yun, and asked doubtfully, "Why did you come here?"

"We are here to find a letter." Gu Zhen said, and glanced at Ji Jingrui, who was quietly standing beside the painting, "Uncle Ji, we heard that the old owner of this house has a letter. Ever seen it?"

"I haven't read the letter. What are you looking for for the letter?" Ji Guoqiang said puzzledly, but he thought of the hidden words in the painting. Could it be related to the letter Zhou Yun was looking for?

Zhou Yun was silent for a moment before explaining, "It's related to my grandfather. That letter...is what my grandfather was looking for. We must find that letter in order to bring my grandfather back to life..."

Ji Guoqiang suddenly realized, oh, so it is like this, then, the words hidden in that painting—could it be what Zhou Yun and the others were looking for? ?

"Let's talk in the room." Ji Guoqiang said, and then patted Ji Jingrui on the shoulder, "Xiao Rui, you go back first."

Ji Jingrui nodded, then glanced at Gu Zhen, seeing Gu Zhen secretly nodding to him, he turned around holding the painting and left.

As soon as Ji Jingrui left, Ji Guoqiang let Zhou Yun and the others enter the room. As soon as he entered the room, Zhou Yun was a little surprised. Looking at the eight trigrams formation embedded in it on the floor and the formation on the ceiling, Zhou Yun turned his head to look Old monk Xiang Juehui said, "Master, this is..."

"This is the house where my uncle Gu Jiaming lived in." Gu Zhen said.

When Juehui brought them here, Gu Zhen knew that Zhou Cheng and Liu Ming seemed to have a certain relationship with their Gu family.

——This is the house of his uncle Gu Jiaming. At the beginning, he took over his uncle's "Fuxi Tianshu" here. However, he remembered that his uncle had always lived alone and lived in seclusion. How could he be with Zhou Cheng Liu? Ming got involved?

Ji Guoqiang looked at Gu Zhen and smiled slightly, "That's right, it's the house of your uncle's Gu Jiaming."

"Uncle Ji, how did you meet my uncle?" Gu Zhen looked at Ji Guoqiang and asked.

"Your uncle participated in the Anti-Japanese War. After the war was over, your uncle came back alone. After returning, I visited your uncle several times. However, your uncle probably didn't mention it to anyone, so, You don't know me. But your uncle said his family knew he gave me the keys to the house."

Gu Zhen nodded. That's right. Before his death, his uncle told him that the old house, including everything in the old house, should not be moved. He wanted to give this place to a good friend of his. However, he did not expect that this good friend of his uncle would , it turned out to be Ji Guoqiang.

"Wait!!! No!" Tie Zhu suddenly yelled, pointing at Ji Guoqiang and said in surprise, "The age is wrong! Zhou Yun, if your grandfather really put the letter here, how could it be possible! Your grandfather didn't Should it be much older than this old gentleman?"

When Tie Zhu called out, Gu Zhen also realized that he couldn't help but look at Ji Guoqiang in surprise, yes, his uncle and Zhou Yun's grandfather, this is obviously not in line with seniority!

Ji Guoqiang was also stunned by Tie Zhu's yell. After recovering, he looked at Zhou Yun and asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Zhou Yun was also at a loss, and when Tie Zhu reminded him, he realized that it was really weird!Then I thought about what Master Juehui mentioned last night, criticism?turmoil?This age is wrong!

——Uncle Ji is 6 this year, and Grandpa is 9 this year.

——40 years ago, Uncle Ji was 2o, and grandpa was 5o.

And the turbulent era is 3 years ago, did grandpa only fall in love at the age of 60?wrong!Grandpa's current soul appearance is more than 3 years old!He must have been in his thirties when he fell in love with that Liu Ming!

"Master, what's going on?" Zhou Yun immediately turned his head to look at the silent old monk Juehui who showed no surprise.Master must know why!

"This... is what I want to know too." Great Monk Juehui sighed.

"How?" Gu Zhen frowned.This matter involved their Gu family, so he could no longer look at it with the mentality of a bystander.

"At the beginning, when I met Mr. Zhou, he looked like he was in his 30s." The Great Monk Juehui sighed, "I was only in my 20s at that time, but I had met Mr. Zhou before, so in Kapok Town I was shocked when I saw Mr. Zhou, I thought it was a direct relative of your Zhou family..." Great Monk Juehui was deeply incredulous.

Later, he went around to test it out, and found that Zhou Cheng didn't seem to know?

"And then?" Gu Zhen continued to ask with a frown, "You should have gone to Zhou's house, right?"

"I've been there, and people from Zhou's family said that Grandpa had gone into seclusion." Great Monk Juehui said.

Zhou Yun frowned. Grandpa often retreated. After retreating, grandpa was better in all aspects of magic, but he was getting colder and colder.40 years ago, did grandpa practice retreat?I have to ask my dad about this.

"I'll ask my father." Zhou Yun said, turning to look at Ji Guoqiang, "Uncle Ji, did the owner of this house leave any letter for you?"

"No." Ji Guoqiang hesitated for a moment before speaking. Thinking of the painting... Ji Guoqiang thought about it, but he still didn't say it. If he said it, Xiao Rui's affairs would be exposed.

Monk Juehui sighed, "It seems that I still got nothing."

"In this case, master, I'll go back and contact my father first. Tie Zhu, you and master should go back to rest first. You didn't have a good rest last night and walked around with me." Zhou Yun said, feeling a little sorry, master But already nearly sixty people.

"Well, okay, don't worry, I think, as long as you lock this Duoduo Street, you should be able to find the grandfather." The old monk Juehui comforted him.

Afterwards, Zhou Yun, old monk Juehui, and Tie Zhu left first.

Gu Zhen didn't leave. After Zhou Yun and others left, he turned to look at Ji Guoqiang, and asked in a deep voice, "Uncle Ji, why did my uncle leave this house to you?"

Gu Zhen asked very directly, even bluntly.

But this is Gu Zhen.

Looking at Gu Zhen like this, Ji Guoqiang admired him a little bit. After getting along for a while, he has a deep understanding of the Gu family. Gu Zhen and Gu Xun are the same brothers, they protect their own family members in every possible way. The Ji family is a virtuous person, as long as it does not violate the bottom line, the Gu family will not care about it.

As for Gu Zhen, probably because of the patriarch of the Gu family, this aspect is even more obvious.

"I was also surprised at the beginning." Ji Guoqiang said, pointing to the old-fashioned rattan chair 40 years ago in the living room and said, "Sit down. I also have something to tell you."

Gu Zhen sat down and glanced at the fixed soul array on the ceiling. When was this fixed soul array...made?He remembered that there was no such solid soul array when he came here.

Seeing Gu Zhen staring up at the solid soul formation, Ji Guoqiang asked, "What's the matter? Is there a problem?" Xiao Rui also stared at the ceiling for a while when he came.

Gu Zhen shook his head, "No. Uncle Ji, please tell me."

Ji Guoqiang saw that Gu Zhen didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask anymore. That world is not something ordinary people can enter at will, and he understood this truth a long time ago.

"The last time your uncle and I met was on July 40th [-] years ago." Ji Guoqiang spoke slowly.

When Gu Zhen heard this, he was stunned.Halloween? !etc!At that time, my uncle was already dead!But seeing Ji Guoqiang's calm and nostalgic expression, Gu Zhen swallowed his surprise silently, it's better not to say it.

"Your uncle played chess here as usual. When he saw me coming, he pointed to the painting in the room and said to me, if someone can read the words in the painting after 40 years, then give the painting to him. " Ji Guoqiang said, paused, and continued, "That painting was just taken away by Xiao Rui."

Gu Zhen was stunned, then stood up abruptly, "Xiao Rui saw the words in the painting?!"

Ji Guoqiang nodded.

Gu Zhen looked at Ji Guoqiang for a long time before speaking, "Uncle Ji, you already know?"

——Know that Xiaorui and Xiaojing are not ordinary children.They can get in touch with the ghosts, and even Xiaojing is the town god of Mumian Town...

"Yes." Ji Guoqiang nodded, and then said seriously to Gu Zhen, "I'm afraid Xiaorui will trouble you to take care of him a lot in the future. No one in our Ji family can help Xiaorui in this aspect, and in the future, I will trouble you."

——Although Zhou Yun can also help Xiaorui, it is still the Gu family that makes people feel at ease.

Gu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, his face softened, he looked at Ji Guoqiang and said, "It's only natural, Xiao Rui is also a child of our Gu family."

After hearing this, Ji Guoqiang was very satisfied, and said with a smile, "That's good." After a pause, Ji Guoqiang thought that Zhou Yun was a little vague when he mentioned Zhou Cheng just now, so he asked curiously, "What happened to Zhou Cheng?" Is it? Is that the painting you are looking for?"

Gu Zhen nodded helplessly. The Zhou family's grandfather fell in love with a man. It's not easy to say, after all, it's his family's business. But now, his dead uncle seems to be involved.

Then—there is no need to shy away from it.

So Gu Zhen simply described the events from last night to the present in detail one by one, thinking in his heart that maybe Ji Guoqiang knew something that he himself didn't know.

But, sure enough, as soon as Gu Zhen finished speaking, Ji Guoqiang suddenly understood.

"Oh, so that's the case!" Afterwards, Ji Guoqiang asked anxiously, "Are you sure your name is Liu Ming?!"

Gu Zhen nodded, "It's Liu Ming!"

Ji Guoqiang was silent.

Seeing that something was wrong with Ji Guoqiang's silent expression, Gu Zhen hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Uncle Ji, do you remember something?" Ji Guoqiang looked at Gu Zhen with a serious expression, "Gu Zhen, do you know that uncle When you joined the army to fight, what name did you use?"

Gu Zhen was stunned, does uncle have another name? ?

Seeing that Gu Zhen was in a daze, Ji Guoqiang sighed, thinking, maybe he is the only one in the world who knows.

"Your uncle told me when we first met that his name is Liu Ming!"