C154 An Ancient and Mysterious Rock Painting

Speaking of which, Fan Youmin sighed softly, He drank another mouthful of tea, moisturizing his dry and hoarse throat. He lit another cigarette and glanced at his son and wife with a melancholic gaze. He saw that they were listening very attentively. He continued to tell this ancient story that was full of mysterious colors. It was almost a myth and legend.

On a very normal morning, the news of two people dying in a row in the Fan Family, and it was also the news of the father and son, quickly spread across both sides of the Yellow River. At the same time that it was extremely shocking, it also aroused the great interest of many people. All of them simultaneously cast their gazes towards the Fan Family courtyard that stood at the edge of the Yellow River, looking very majestic and magnificent.

This quadrangle courtyard with green bricks and blue tiles could be said to be the most magnificent and magnificent courtyard on both sides of the Yellow River. Ever since it was built, it had deeply attracted the gazes of countless people in the many days until now. And this time, it also deeply attracted the gazes of countless people. However, the contents of the eyes were completely different.

This courtyard was the crystallization of Fan Shide's painstaking efforts in his life. It was also the symbol of the Fan family, an outsider from the Great Locust Tree of Shanxi, establishing a stable foothold on both sides of the Yellow River. It was also the pride and pride of Fan Shide, who looked down on the locals.

Now, the death of both father and son was a heavy and cruel blow to the spirit of the Fan family. Fan Jinggeng, who was the advisor of the county office, smelled a strong scent of death when he walked into the courtyard.

He had an urgent discussion with his second brother, Fan Tiangeng, and his third brother, Fan Shungeng. In the end, according to Fan Jinggeng's suggestion, he would report this matter to the authorities and ask them to investigate the real reason for his father's death.

At this point, after carefully checking the situation of his father's death, doubt arose in his heart. He did not believe that his brother, Fan Weigeng, was bitten to death by a wild wolf. His father, Fan Shide, died from suffocation because he did not spit out a mouthful of phlegm.

Therefore, relying on his special identity as a advisor in the county government office for a long time, and the enormous wealth accumulated by the Fan family by planting the huge smoke known as rice, a group of government bailiffs majestically moved into the Fan family's residence. During the day and night, they closely tracked the cause of the sudden death of Fan Shide and Fan Weigeng.

While the government was investigating the cause of the death, all kinds of insightful rumors also came out of the cage and became very noisy. For a moment, it covered the sky and covered the earth. With the speed of a whirlwind passing through the wilderness, it spread to every village on both sides of the Yellow River, arousing people's interest even more.

However, in the end, a very disappointing piece of news arrived. After ten days of nervous investigation and secret visits, the government finally came to a conclusion. Fan Weigeng was indeed bitten to death by a wild wolf, while Fan Shide struggled to get off the bed and suddenly died of sputum disorder.

As a result, the old and young of the Fan family were happy. They all thought that this was the fate of the father and brother, and also the fortune of the Fan family. Since it was decided by fate, what else could be said about the good fortune of the Heavens?

After the government made the final investigation results, the truth had already been revealed to the world. Next, the most important thing to do was to bury his father and brother.

Second brother and third brother were born honest and honest family members. They were also the kind of people who could not get a fart out of three strikes. All year round, they only knew that they worked hard in the fields and were good at planting crops. In this matter, they completely relied on their fourth brother. The advisor of the county government had a big idea.

Therefore, according to Fan Jinggeng's suggestion, the funeral of Fan Shide and Fan Weigeng would be held on the same day and buried on the same day. They would all be buried in the old camp of the Fan family in the Red Groove. They would be buried under the feet of the old lady who was very resolute and had made great contributions to the Fan family.

In many people's distant and vague memories, This was the grandest and most unforgettable funeral on both sides of the Yellow River. After so many years, there were still people who talked about this matter. This was because it was the first time since ancient times that a funeral ceremony was held for the father and son on the same day.

After burying the father and brother for a long period of time, the Fan Family's courtyard became much more desolate. The heavy shadow that was pressing down on the hearts of the living could not disappear completely in a short period of time.

To be freed from extreme pain, it would take a long time and also require extraordinary perseverance. The first person to be freed from the great misfortune of his family was the grandmaster, Fan Jinggeng.

That year, Fan Jinggeng was not even thirty years old. He was at the age of vigorous youth. Under his protection, the Fan family had been prosperous for the past few years. Their days had been flourishing and they had become well-known families on both sides of the Yellow River.

After a few days and nights of thinking, Fan Jinggeng decided to leave the county government office and return to the Fan family. He would inherit the huge family business that his father and brother had left behind and become the new manager of the Fan family.

In the past, his father was the head of the family. Later, his father became old, and his brother, Fan Weigeng, inherited his father's business and became the second generation manager of the Fan family. Now, his father and brother had been met with misfortune. Among the adult men of the Fan family, there was a huge family business that only he could bear.

Second brother Fan Tiangeng, third brother Fan Shungeng, second brother Fan Tiangeng, third brother Fan Shungeng, second brother Fan Tiangeng, second brother Fan Tiangeng. . . Although he was old, he was born to be a farmer. Whether it was his foresight, his decisiveness, or his younger brother, Fan Jinggeng, they were far inferior. He was simply not the material to shoulder such a heavy responsibility, let alone to promote the Fan family.

The first thing Fan Jinggeng did after becoming the head manager was to move out of the family. The family members who had been stirring a spoon in a pot were divided into four independent families according to the four brothers. They were called the Fan family's second, third, and fourth houses.

Because his mother had passed away in the second year of his Elementary Scholarship Examination, and all the property that his eldest brother, Fan Weigeng, received, belonged to his wife, who was still alive, and his two children.

This time, in the branch family, the big family that his father and brother had insisted on keeping for several decades was completely divided into four small families that each took charge of. Not only did they not weaken the power of the big manager, but in fact, Fan Jinggeng had become the publicly recognized big manager of the Fan family.

One year later, on the basis that you are willing, Fan Jinggeng married his wife in broad daylight, and the big family and four houses merged into one. Like this. . . In reality, the Fan family was only divided into three. Among them. . . Whether it was the male or the property, the four rooms were a one-of-a-kind show. It far surpassed the other two rooms, and two hundred years later, Fan Youmin, Fan Wenbin, joined the family. He was the descendant of the Fan family's four rooms.

This time, the Fan family's branch family had occupied the Fan family for more than two hundred years, and it was hailed as a great feat with great significance by its descendants. While protecting the unity of the family members, it also established the foundation for the Fan family to spread their branches and blossom their flowers. As a result, in the 1990s, when they restarted their family tree, they wrote this sentence.

"After the second generation of the Fan family's ancestors was separated from the Geng family, they grew stronger day by day, and their reputation gradually reached the Great Safety County. In the end, there were many talented people, and they became more brilliant. The reason why they pursued the Fan family was because of the extraordinary talent of Jing Geng. He was able to understand the situation and the overall situation, and he had a unique vision and decisiveness that was different from ordinary people.

After splitting up, he made full use of the rich connections he had accumulated in the yamen. Fan Jing Geng established a storehouse in the county called "Prosper. " He did his best to expand his business, and at the same time, he started to secretly investigate the real reason why his father and brother had suddenly died.

At that time, based on the investigation results of the government, based on his inborn precision and his many years of experience in solving cases in the yamen, he secretly thought that it was neither reasonable nor reasonable. There were many loopholes.

However, in such a gloomy and gloomy atmosphere where the whole family was filled with grief and indignation, in order to bury the deceased and appraise the situation as soon as possible, he could only agree on the surface. Otherwise, it might bring about an even bigger disaster.

Now, after a long period of mental and physical adjustments, from the thick shadow of fear and pain that tightly shrouded the Fan family's courtyard, the whole family slowly walked out. It was time to investigate the truth of the matter.

Therefore, he arranged for a few older nephew, the son of the second and third son, to follow a detective who was hired with a large sum of money to take care of his family, and secretly investigate the truth of his father and brother's sudden death.

Before the chief of police took office, he had served as a chief of police in the provincial governor's office for many years and had a lot of experience in solving cases. It was said that he had solved many major cases and was well-known throughout the province. Now, he was old and had retired to his old home.

As the saying goes, when there is a great reward, there will always be a brave man. After spending a lot of money, after a secret investigation, the chief of the police gradually found out that the death of Fan Shide and Fan Weigeng was indeed as Fan Jinggeng had said. There was a very deep secret behind the death of Fan Shide and Fan Weigeng.

That night, at midnight, someone drove a pack of wild wolves to the Fan Family Compound. First, they got rid of the few fierce mongol watchdogs. Then, they used the wild wolves to continuously howl for an entire night. This caused everyone in the Fan family to feel a sense of fear. It made them think that everything that would happen in the future. . . It was all caused by the hungry wolves.

As expected, after the father and son of the Fan family died, the government also thought that Fan Weigeng was bitten to death by the hungry wolves. As for Fan Shide, who was sleeping alone in the living room, when he got off the bed, he accidentally had a sputum attack and died of suffocation.

The government also did not find out the reason for the incident. Fan Jinggeng thought to himself that other than handling the job on account of him being the advisor of the yamen, more importantly, their ability and experience in solving cases were far from being able to catch up with the head of the provincial governor's office who had solved many major cases.

Therefore, on a night where the moon was still and the stars were scarce, Fan Jinggeng invited the head of the police to Fan Jia's house in order to find out the truth of the case. He put the meat and wine on the table and started a secret conversation.

Captain Guan told him that the Fan Family's reputation on both sides of the Yellow River was too great, causing some local people to be extremely dissatisfied and jealous. Thus, some people secretly plotted a plot to kill the father and son of Fan Shide and Fan Weigeng.

In the investigation, Chief Guan had also encountered a few sudden attacks from unknown people. It was just that he was strong in martial arts, and after a bloody battle, he defeated the attackers and retreated unharmed. Otherwise, he would have been killed and silenced.

Only now did Fan Jinggeng confirm his previous judgment. It was very accurate. While drinking wine, when he asked who was behind this plot to kill his father and brother, Captain Guan shook his head and only vaguely said, " When the truth of the case is out, you will naturally know.

Fan Jinggeng was very dissatisfied with Chief Guan's vague answer. Just as he was about to ask for more details, he suddenly heard the howl of a wild wolf outside. In the dead of the night, it sounded very clear and terrifying.

"Look, they are here again. " Chief Guan drank a large cup of wine and revealed a cold smile. He stared at the dark and heavy window and said in a mocking tone, "Their target this time is me. "

Fan Jinggeng also smiled coldly. To someone who was able to drive wild wolves to achieve his dark goal. . . After saying that, he couldn't help but ask Captain Guan, who exactly was this person that possessed such a powerful ability?

Chief Guan said with a smile, the Fan family was an outsider and did not know the history of the Yellow River. Then he said, about 30 miles away from the Fan family, there was a place called the Zhou family's land. It was covered with many red sand rocks, and there were many strange patterns carved on the stone walls. Among them, there was a picture of a man riding a wild wolf and running.

"Advisor Fan, when you were young, I solved a big case. Someone drove the wild wolf and ate the newly appointed County Magistrate of Da An. Then, he pretended to be a County Magistrate and became a County Magistrate for many years. "

The Chief of Police took a sip of wine and continued to speak with a cold smile. "If it wasn't for the rock painting of the Zhou family that gave me great inspiration, perhaps this case, which appears to be a case of wolves eating humans, would never be solved. "

Fan Jinggeng felt a chill run down his spine as he listened to these words. Cold sweat trickled down his back. As an accomplished scholar, he could be considered a person who had read a lot of poetry in Da An County. He had also been the head of the yamen for many years and had seen all kinds of cases. However, this was the first time in his life that he had heard of cases of wolves being driven away.

Not only had he heard of the Zhou family's rock paintings that Chief Guan had mentioned, but he was also very interested in them. He had personally gone there once, but he had not found any pictures of people riding on wild wolves.

The Zhou family's land was surrounded by exposed red sandstone hills. The rock paintings were carved on the surface of the red sandstone on top of a huge coarse hill. It was divided into two sections from south to west, and they were more concentrated.

The number of individuals in the rock paintings was not only large, but they also had different shapes and characteristics. There were the images of large horned sheep, deer, horses, dogs and other animals. There were also human portraits with ornaments on their heads. They were riding and running on horses, and they looked like they were hunting. The overall picture was rough and vigorous, and it was vivid and lifelike.

These rock paintings could only mean that before Qin, Daan was occupied by the ancient northern China minorities, the Qiang people, and the Rong people. This region was north of the Yellow River, with mountains and rivers on its back. The terrain was flat. Two thousand years ago, the water was abundant and the vegetation was lush. It was the ideal nomadic land for nomadic people.

The Zhou Family's rock paintings were the true depiction of the nomadic life of humans during that historical period. It also proved that Daan was the ancient Xirong and Northern Qiang's nomadic land. However, he did not see the picture of a person riding a wild wolf. If he had not heard it personally from Chief Guan, he would not have believed it at all.

At this time, the howls of the wild wolves outside became even more mournful and terrifying, as if they were from dozens of wild wolves at the same time. The roars were like thunder that shook the heavens and earth, causing Fan Jinggeng, who had always been experienced and bold, to involuntarily feel a trace of terror assaulting his heart, let alone the other disciples of the Fan Family.

"Ever since I solved the case of impersonating the County Magistrate of Da An, I have devoted myself to studying the Zhou Clan's Earthen Rock Painting, hoping to gain more inspiration from it. " Chief Guan continued to speak coldly, "Later on, it really did give me a new discovery. "

"So, it turns out that since the ancient times. . . There were people on both sides of the Yellow River who started to domesticate wild wolves. Moreover, they used wild wolves to do a lot of bad things. Up until now, after thousands of years of evolution, this behavior of domesticating wild wolves has become even more secretive, much less known to others.

"When they do bad things, they often choose to do it in the cold winter. At this time, because the wild wolves lack food, once night comes, they will sneak into the village to find food. It is a very good opportunity. "

"Before committing the crime, give out a very mysterious command and command the wolves to release terrifying howls around the designated courtyard, scaring the owner's family to the extreme. When they lose the ability to resist, then act. "

"It is precisely because it is very secretive and its methods are superb. Hence, after the case occurred, the government and ordinary citizens all thought that it was the wolves who did it. Furthermore, they were unable to solve the case in a short period of time. As time passed, everyone believed that the wolves were extremely hungry, so they rushed into the courtyard to bite people to death.

Finally, Guan Lie let out a very heavy sigh and said meaningfully, "The wolf bit someone to death. Who would be willing to continue investigating and haggle with the wild beast? They all thought that it was a natural disaster. Since it's a natural disaster, then we'll just admit our bad luck.

Hearing this, Fan Jinggeng suddenly thought of his father's tragic death. He couldn't help but ask," My father's neck doesn't have the bite mark of a wolf, so he closed the trap. Are you certain that the death of my father and big brother was caused by that group of people who tamed wild wolves?

Chief Guan raised his head and laughed, "I didn't know that you were indeed the advisor of the county yamen. You are really smart. To be honest, I only became alert after hearing your story. I decided to start with the wolves and solve the case. "

His father and brother had been buried in the old camp of the Fan family in the Red Groove for a long time. When Captain Guan was hired to solve the case with a large sum of money, Fan Jinggeng had told him in detail about his father and brother's tragic death, so that he could provide valuable clues to help Captain Guan solve the case as soon as possible and avenge his father and brother who had died.

Before he finished speaking, a long and especially shrill howl suddenly sounded by the window. Fan Jinggeng was so scared that he trembled. The wine cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered with a bang.

At this moment, Guan Shoutou jumped up and pulled out the iron chain that was hidden on his waist. He shouted, "Bastard, you came at the right time. I'm looking for you!" He pulled open the door and rushed out like a whirlwind.

Immediately after, the sound of intense fighting and the screams of wild wolves rang out in the courtyard. Through the window, under the hazy moonlight, Fan Jinggeng saw that Captain Guan and a few tall and sturdy wild wolves were fighting closely together.