Just when I sat up, the subtle footsteps seemed to stop at my father's door.
I feel very nervous. I don’t know if it’s Xiangyu or Grandpa outside. I actually don’t want to face these two people. If it’s Xiangyu, then she must have a purpose for coming to the back hall in the middle of the night.
If it is, she cannot completely believe it. If it is grandpa, how should I explain to him the situation in his father's room? Will he believe the letter left by his mother?
Fortunately, the people outside the door only stayed for a short while and then left.
I couldn't help but breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
But then my heart became anxious again, because the noise outside seemed to be heading in the direction of the study.
I immediately put on the slippers beside the bed and quietly opened the door.
Sure enough, it was grandpa. The old man was walking towards the study.
What was the old man doing in his study in his pajamas in the middle of the night? Could he be sleepwalking?
I thought as I took a step forward and quietly followed behind the old man.
The old man entered the study without accident, but strangely, he did not turn on the light, but seemed to turn on a flashlight.
What are you doing so mysteriously? Isn't the study his own world?
I was confused and tried to push the study door, but the old man actually locked it.
At this moment, I suddenly thought of the secret passage under the study and the secret room at the end of the secret passage.
It was really hard to find anywhere, and it took no effort to find it. I searched hard several times but could not find the secret passage again. This time I couldn't let the opportunity in front of me slip away.
I stuffed my mother's letter in my pocket, walked quickly to the utility room in the west wing, found a piece of wire, and then returned to the door of the study.
Hum, this little broken lock is trying to keep me out.
While I was thinking in my mind, I slightly bent the wire and then inserted it into the keyhole.
I only heard a "bang" sound, and I opened the lock in the study room.
I pushed open the door. It was a little dark in the study, but I didn't dare to turn on the flashlight on my phone, for fear that the too bright light would attract my grandfather's attention. Therefore, I had to adjust the screen brightness of my phone to the maximum and use the screen
of fluorescence to illuminate.
Soon, I saw the secret passage under Grandpa's desk again.
Without any hesitation, the cat got down and walked into the secret passage.
As before, the secret passage was very narrow at first, almost to the point where I had to crawl on the ground with my waist bent. However, after squatting and moving for a few minutes, it became wider and wider, and I could almost stand up and walk.
Based on my previous memory, I estimate that this secret passage is about twenty meters long. If calculated according to this length, then the secret room under grandpa's study should be built directly under the patio of the old house.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before I saw light shining on the ground on the secret passage ahead.
However, when I climbed here, I suddenly felt a little timid, fearing that I would be scolded when I saw my grandpa later.
Although I am already in my twenties and my grandfather is in his early seventies, I don’t know why, deep down in my heart, my grandfather still has an inviolable majesty. If he really gets angry, I will still be afraid.
Just when I was hesitant, a figure suddenly came from the end of the secret passage: "Cang'er, come in. Since you have the courage to come here, why should you be so timid and like a man?"
At this moment, it was impossible not to move forward. Fortunately, there seemed to be no anger in Grandpa's tone.
While comforting myself, I timidly crawled out of the secret passage.
As soon as I came out of the secret passage, what came into view was still the crystal coffin, and the lamp. Probably because of my arrival, the air in the closed space instantly flowed, and the flames also swayed.
A small copper lamp.
"Grandpa," I stood up, lowered my head, and didn't dare to look at him.
"You kid, I really don't know when I can really let go and let you fly." Grandpa looked at me and said in a somewhat helpless tone.
When I heard my grandfather's words, I immediately understood that my current behavior would have no serious consequences for him, so I put on a playful smile and said, "Then I'm not used to this look by you and grandma.
What?"
"Grandma, hum," I don't know why, but when he mentioned grandma, grandpa snorted coldly. This was completely different from their usual loving appearance.
Suddenly, a feeling of extreme uneasiness passed through my heart, making me feel a little scared.
Xiangyu said that the love between grandparents seems a bit fake, is it true?
Although I was extremely uneasy inside at this moment, on the surface I still pretended to be calm and asked: "Grandpa, what's wrong with grandma? Did you quarrel?"
Grandpa's expression just now must have been an unintentional expression of true feelings, and it was almost fleeting. When he heard my question, he changed back to the expression of a married woman and a married woman, and said lightly: "No, when did we quarrel?"
It's not because of you. If you, the boy, could be more obedient, then we, the old couple, would have less to worry about."
Seeing that my grandfather didn't tell me the truth at all, I had to give up the topic for the time being and turned my attention to the corpse in the crystal coffin.
"Grandpa, he, who is he? Why does he look exactly like my dad?" I asked.
"You kid, don't point your fingers randomly. This is disrespectful to the corpse." Grandpa slapped the back of my hand pointing at the crystal coffin.
Hearing his words, I immediately retracted my hand and shrank it behind my back reflexively, for fear that the corpse in the crystal coffin would sit up and hold my hand.
"He is your father's brother and your uncle." Grandpa said, but his eyes did not look at me, but quietly stared at the body in the crystal coffin.
"My uncle, why have I never heard anyone mention it?" I asked hurriedly.
"Because like your brother Zhou Lan, he was raised elsewhere since he was a child." Grandpa said, finally turning around and looking at me, but for some reason, he sighed deeply.
"Grandpa, why do the brothers of the Zhou family have to suffer such a fate? Why don't you resist? Also, who was the person who talked to you in the study the night before I went to Wawu Mountain? Can you tell them all?
Tell me, what are you hiding and what are you worrying about?
?I feel that my surname is also Zhou. Even if the Zhou family is in danger now, it is better for me to try my best to resist with you than to know nothing and sacrifice one of you to protect me.
"As I spoke, I felt a little emotional without realizing it, and my eyes became sore and swollen.
"Cang'er," Grandpa's eyes were also covered with a film of water. He patted my shoulder and said, "Well done. You are indeed my grandson. He has the spirit of your father."
Grandpa turned sideways and wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeves. Then he turned around and said to me: "My child, do you know why your uncle and your brother were in the infancy stage, waiting for food to be fed?
Do you have to give it away? That's because the births of you and your father are very special, and this specialness is inherited from your grandma's family." Grandpa said, pausing for a moment.
"What is so special about it, grandpa, please explain clearly." I asked a little anxiously.
"You and your father are both children who were born after thirteen months of pregnancy by their own mothers. This is not the most special thing. The most special thing is that you and Zhou Lan, your father and your uncle are all twins.
, It’s just that Zhou Lan and your uncle are just like ordinary fetuses. The mother came out in ten months of pregnancy, but you all stayed in it until thirteen months before coming out." Grandpa said.
I couldn't react, and looked at Grandpa dumbfounded, as if I had something I wanted to ask, but couldn't say anything.
"Such a birth certainly has a special status, but only your grandma's family knows how special it is."
"So, am I the patriarch of the Xu family? If the Xu family still continues to this day." I finally had something to say.
"Your grandma, your father is, and you may be more than just the patriarch." Grandpa looked at me and said sincerely.
"Why?" I asked puzzled.
"Only your grandma knows this, but she only has a partial understanding. After all, she was not the clan leader when she married me, so she knows nothing about the most confidential things in the Xu family, just like other clan members.
, probably has something to do with Sirius, but what kind of relationship it is, she can’t tell clearly.”
Sirius, I heard Sirius again, and this time, it was related to my birth.
When I was at the Poyang Lake Laoye Temple, Lao Miao Zhu also told me that the time for worshiping the astrolabe was judged based on the position of Sirius. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now I think about it, in Wawu Mountain, near the ancient temple,
There is also an observatory, probably also used to observe Sirius.
"Grandpa, grandma, does she also have a twin sister?" I suddenly thought of the back figure in the nursing home.
"No." Suddenly, my grandma's voice came from behind me, which startled me.