"Old sir," Xiangyu greeted Lao Miaozhu politely when he saw him coming in.
"Everyone, lunch is ready. Do you want to eat in the kitchen or in the small hall? There are many pilgrims in the temple today. Can you please just make do with it in the kitchen?" Old Miao Zhu asked with a smile, and he went to
After walking two steps inside, he seemed to suddenly realize that I was awake. He squinted his eyes and said, "This little brother is also awake. After the high fever, it's better to eat something light. I'll go and get some for myself."
I’ll bring some millet porridge for you to eat.”
"Old sir, there's no need to bother, I'll just eat with everyone else," I said hurriedly.
"Zhou Cang, what the old gentleman said makes sense. Your fever has just subsided and you are still very weak. Millet porridge nourishes your stomach. Eating some millet porridge will help your body recover. But don't bother the old man anymore.
, I'll bring it to the house for you to eat." Xiangyu said.
"I have just used it in the kitchen. You guys go to eat first. I will take care of the little brother from the Zhou family. Don't worry, everyone."
When Lao Miaozhu said this, he looked at me with a very special look. He felt as if he wanted to speak to me alone. I suddenly thought of the mysterious shadow at the bottom of Poyang Lake. Could it be that, really?
Is it him?
So, I said: "Xiangyu, since the old gentleman has already had lunch, you should go and eat first. Anyway, I have troubled the old gentleman for so long, so I don't care about it one more time. Besides, the old gentleman should know some medical skills.
After I have dinner, you can show me how this body still needs to be recuperated."
"Jade, let's go eat first. Leave this place to the old man, no problem." Andrew also said.
After hearing what everyone said, Xiangyu stopped insisting and left my wing with everyone.
Not long after, Lao Miao Zhu came in carrying a clay pot and a celadon bowl.
He put the things on the round table and slowly spooned the porridge for me.
When I saw this, I stood up quickly and wanted to go over and help.
"Zhou Cang, just lie down. This porridge is still hot. I'll spoon it out first to cool it down." Lao Miao Zhu said in a very unfamiliar tone, which shocked me a little, but I felt that it was expected.
Look.
"Sir, you followed us into the water, right?" Since Lao Miaozhu had no intention of hiding anything, I didn't show any coyness and just opened the skylight and spoke openly.
"Yes, when we were in the lotus pond, I played the flute specially to remind you, but it's a pity that you didn't understand." Old Miao Zhu turned around and his sharp eyes fell on me, which made me feel instantly
Feeling uncomfortable all over.
I have indeed been to these places, and those experiences actually happened, not my own imagination, but who is that person who was with Xiangyu and the others, and then remained in a coma?
Could it be Zhou Lan?
That's not right. I saw Zhou Lan in the prayer flag tower.
Could it be that I can still use the art of avatar?
However, I don't have extra time to think deeply at the moment. Lao Miaozhu, who is sitting opposite me, stares at my face with a pair of sharp eyes. It feels like he almost scanned my head with a scanner to see what's going on in my head.
What are you thinking about?
"It was you who attracted the alligator with the sound of your flute, right?" I originally asked this question along the lines of the old man's thoughts, but as soon as I expressed it, I suddenly felt that the old man in front of me, who was nearly seventy years old,
Particularly terrifying.
"No, those things originally lived at the bottom of Poyang Lake, so why do I need to attract them?" Lao Miao Zhu sat down on the short stool nearest to me and said calmly, with a calm look.
appearance.
"Then what is your purpose of following us into the bottom of Poyang Lake?" I sat up straight, looking alert.
"Of course it is to keep you all at the bottom of the lake." Old Miao Zhu said, with a strange smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
The words "Lao Miao Zhu" gave me goosebumps all over my body.
"Who are you?" I asked coldly.
"Who am I? I think you should have some ideas after talking about this." Lao Miaozhu raised his eyes and looked at me and said.
"You are the master of the blue astrolabe." My racing heart was finally suppressed by me, and my face returned to a calm state.
"To be precise, the blue astrolabe should belong to our tribe."
"So, for all the people who come to the waters of Laoye Temple to look for astrolabes, you will use the ancient city's rhetoric to trick them into the bottom of the lake, and then use the numerous mechanisms at the bottom of the lake to steal all of them quietly.
Destroyed."
"Basically everything is correct, but there is still a little bit that is not very accurate."
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"The ancient city really exists, and I'm not forcing anyone to look for it. If you want to complain, you have to blame the greed in their hearts." After Lao Miaozhu finished speaking, he laughed.
The eerie laughter surrounded me in the hot air, almost suffocating me.
"Then why did you let us go?" This is the only question I haven't figured out yet.
"Because you and I are the same kind of people. As for the other people, you don't need to know." After finishing speaking, Lao Miaozhu stood up and brought the bowl of millet porridge that was no longer smoking to me.
"You tell me clearly what kind of people we are." I took the porridge, but didn't eat it, but asked anxiously.
"People who can't help themselves." Lao Miaozhu said, the cold expression on his face suddenly disappeared, and he regained the kind eyes and face that an old man should have.
"A person who can't help himself? I don't understand. Please explain it to me." I put the porridge bowl in my hand and looked at Lao Miaozhu and asked.
He doesn't look like a ruthless person, but such people often describe themselves as cold-blooded animals, but their hearts are warmer than anyone else.
"Zhou Cang, I can only tell you what I know. However, I can tell you clearly that what I know about the astrolabe is not even superficial. You need to find out what is really hidden behind it.
Explore." Lao Miaozhu said.
"Then tell me everything you know first. I have a vague concept. I won't go too far in the process of exploring." I said hurriedly.
"Everyone thinks that the astrolabe is sacrificed once every sixty years, but through my research for most of my life, I have found that it is not sixty years, but once every seven years, and the astrolabe must be closely related to the Zhouyi Bagua.
relationship, but the information I have at hand is limited, and many of the contents of the Zhouyi have been passed down to this day, so I still don’t know what kind of relationship it is. And this year, it happens to be the Astrolabe Sacrifice
New Year." Lao Miaozhu looked at me and said.
"Are there any others?" I asked.
"The day of sacrifice is not on the summer solstice, but the position of Sirius must be observed. However, I don't know exactly where the sacrifice should be held." Lao Miaozhu added.
"The position of Sirius, is this astrolabe related to Sirius?"
"I don't know if the astrolabe is related to Sirius, but the object of sacrifice must be Sirius." Old Miao Zhu said and glanced at the bowl in my hand, "The porridge is cold, eat it quickly."
"Old sir, why are there so many strange beasts at the bottom of this lake?" I asked another question.
"Those are left behind by the ancient witch doctor group, but their protective measures are very good, so those strange beasts can only stay at the bottom of the lake and will not come out to cause harm to the world." Old Miao Zhu said lightly, his eyes a little muddy.
His eyes had no focus, and his thoughts seemed to have drifted to an unknown place.
"Why are there things left by the ancient witch doctor group at the bottom of this lake? Are they really doing biochemical experiments?" I continued to ask.
"I don't know this."
"Old sir, are you a descendant of the Yufu tribe in the ancient Shu Kingdom?" I asked as if I suddenly thought of it.
"Oh, yes." The old man said with a deep sigh. "Yufu was not actually destroyed, but had a more important mission, so he moved his entire family to the Poyang Lake area."
"Then besides you, how many descendants of the Yufu clan are there now?"
"I don't know, but every sixty years, a person will come to the Laoye Temple to take over the work of the temple blessing and continue to protect the ancient city at the bottom of the lake."
"Then who is the next temple blessing?"
"Zhou Cang, I'm really sorry. This is the secret of our clan and I can't tell you." Lao Miaozhu said with an apologetic look.
Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps outside, which seemed to be the sound of Xiangyu and the others returning from dinner.
Hearing this voice, Lao Miaozhu suddenly stood up, whispered in my ear: "The astrolabe of the Yufu tribe is in Shentang Bay in Zhangjiajie, Hunan."
As soon as Lao Miaozhu finished speaking, Xiangyu suddenly pushed open the door and walked in with a strange expression on his face.