C1 A Sign of the Tomb

April 4th was Xia Mingyu's birthday. Although this birthday wasn't auspicious, he had always naively thought that he would at least receive a birthday present on the day of his birthday.

He was an orphan. Xia Mingyu remembered that the director of the welfare institute had said that the first time he saw him, he was abandoned at the entrance of the welfare institute. On that day, it was snowing and the thin baby was placed on the ground. Separated by a thin blanket, it was so cold that it was red, red, and purple.

That day was the Qingming Festival. It was April 4th. After that, he changed his name to Xia Mingyu.

The thin and delicate Xia Mingyu had a pair of amber pupils embedded in his palm-sized face. He was as obedient as a cat, quiet and silent, and rarely spoke.

The children of the welfare institute understood that this little friend was very boring. That was why sometimes they pushed the blame onto Xia Mingyu and watched him get severely punished by the dean. However, they never opened their mouths to explain. They just stared at everyone with their cat eyes in a daze. Probably because everyone felt that it was meaningless, they gave up on this boring "framing. "

Then, some children were adopted. Some of the children were still at the welfare institute. Xia Mingyu was also adopted by a wealthy couple. However, they already had children. They were the same age as Xia Mingyu. Zhao Ziyi. That year, both of them were only four years old. Xia Mingyu was a cat, but Zhao Ziyi was mature enough. He was more like a tiger cub hiding its sharp edge.

Xia Mingyu still did not understand why the Zhao family wanted to adopt him, and why Zhao Ziyi liked him, his younger brother. Compared to other adopted children, he was more like a wild cat that was kept in captivity. He could not go out, and he could not make any noise. There would be a home teacher in the school, and there was no need to talk about food. He didn't seem to need him either, so what exactly was there that was worth adopting for the Zhao family?

In 2019, Xia Mingyu was 14 years old. Today was his birthday, and it was also today. He knew why the Zhao family wanted to adopt him.

The Zhao Family had been born with twins since a long time ago. From generation to generation, there had never been any accidents. The Zhao Family guarded the family tomb, and the Zhao family members were buried in the family tomb when they died. And every generation of twins would only have one survivor, and the other would be sent to the family tomb when they were born. There was no way for them to come out again.

However, when it came to Zhao Ziyi's generation, Zhao Yu and Han Xiaolin only had one child. This was truly worrying them badly. If they were to send this single child into the clan tomb, Han Xiaolin had also asked Zhao Yu not to send the child into the family tomb, but Zhao Yu didn't agree. If he said that no one from the Zhao Family could live, he could not take the risk.

Then what should he do? The two of them thought of a way to adopt a child that was similar to Zhao Ziyi's birthday from the orphanage. As long as they stayed in the Zhao Family for a certain period of time and accumulated the popularity of the Zhao Family, they would definitely pass the test and send him to the family tomb.

In the end, they chose Xia Mingyu. The main reason was that he was obedient and did not make a fuss. He looked like he could easily feed him, and there was no need to specially build a relationship with him. He just had to stay at home and raise him.

Then, on the morning of April 4th, when Xia Mingyu was 14 years old, the Zhao Family suddenly became restless. A tomb keeper who was guarding the family tomb reported to Zhao Yu that there was a strange sound coming from the family tomb. The tomb wasn't very peaceful. Zhao Yu's facial expression changed. He looked at Xia Mingyu, who was sitting next to him. He was looking at Zhao Ziyi, who had received many gifts, with envy. He had no idea what would happen in the future.

"Yu. " Zhao Yu suddenly walked over with a smile on his face and squatted down in front of Xia Mingyu. It made Xia Mingyu move to the side uneasily. After so many years, Almost everyone in the family treated him as air and as a servant. He had only done what he was supposed to do. He didn't even talk to Xia Mingyu. This was the first time Zhao Yu had called him so intimately. It made him happy but also scared.

"Yu, Dad will give you a birthday gift, okay?" Zhao Yu stopped Xia Mingyu, who wanted to avoid him, and grabbed his little hand. It was friendly and had a sense of alienation and dignity. Xia Mingyu lowered his head and did not say anything. After a while, he nodded, and Zhao Yu signaled the people around him to do something.

After a while, the servant brought a rope. Zhao Yu suddenly grabbed Xia Mingyu and tied his hands behind his back with the rope. Xia Mingyu's legs were also tightly tied. Xia Mingyu looked at Zhao Ziyi in fear and asked for help. Her delicate face was full of fear. Her trembling lips called for help, "Brother. . . "

Zhao Ziyi, who was holding the game console, paused. He turned his head to face a pair of watery cat eyes. This was the second time Xia Mingyu called him brother. The first time was when they first met. He wanted to agree but was chased away by his mother.

Zhao Ziyi knew what his father wanted to do. Just as he was hesitating, Zhao Yu asked his servant to lift Xia Mingyu up. A 1. 6 meter tall person would have no chance of resisting against a 1. 8 meter tall servant, not to mention Xia Mingyu was tied up.

Zhao Ziyi's dark eyes flashed. He quietly hid a small knife in his palm. He walked over to ask Zhao Yu and quickly stuffed it into Xia Mingyu's hand.

"Dad, where do you want to take Yu?" Zhao Ziyi had never called Xia Mingyu "little brother. " Because Han Xiaolin did not agree, he imitated Zhao Yu's way of calling him brother. The puzzled look did not make Zhao Yu suspicious. Zhao Yu was very satisfied with his son. He was sensible and capable, but he was in a hurry today. Oh, Little Yi. Father wants to bring Yu to see the family tomb. After all, Yu is already a part of our family. I have yet to pay my respects to the seniors of Zhao Family. Alright. You stay at home obediently. Father will be back in a while. "

Zhao Yu said that he would be back in a while, and not with Xia Mingyu. Zhao Ziyi frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything. He knew that it wouldn't do him any good to expose his father now, although he wasn't sure why he had to tie Xia Mingyu up. He couldn't help Xia Mingyu openly. It was already good enough that he was given a knife. Whether he could survive or not depended entirely on Xia Mingyu himself. To be honest, he didn't hate this younger brother at all. Not only was he handsome and cute, but his cat eyes were also very beautiful. They were like sparkling water, making people want to put everything in front of him. Until she saw the joy in her cat eyes. . .

It was just that things were not going as planned. Such a beautiful person had entered their Zhao Family. . .

Xia Mingyu was smoothly brought to the Zhao Family's tomb. It was a mountain. The path up the mountain was not complicated. It was paved with a pebble. It went straight to the top of the mountain, and the clan tomb that revealed the ground was only a small arched object. A white stone door stood in front of him, with several big locks hanging on it. Zhao Yu called someone to bring the keys and opened them one by one. Finally, the missing Yang Jade was embedded into the Yin Yang formation diagram on the door.

The door opened with a loud bang. It was pitch black inside, and it was emitting a cold and gloomy aura. The warm weather seemed to have lost its warmth.

"Throw it in. " Zhao Yu gave the order, and the subordinate threw Xia Mingyu into the door. With another loud bang, the door closed. The last light in Xia Mingyu's eyes disappeared. His back hit the ground, and it hurt so much that he almost couldn't hold the knife hidden in his hand.

"Buzz. . . " A strange sound came from the darkness behind him. Xia Mingyu immediately became alert. He could not see anything in the darkness around him, but what could be in the cemetery? It was not a dead person. It was a mechanism to turn him into a dead man. Xia Mingyu thought. Without hesitation, he used the knife in his hand to cut the rope, but because he could not see his back. There were several times when the rope had cut him. It hurt so much that he took a deep breath.

Fortunately, the knife Zhao Ziyi gave him was quite fast. In less than a minute or two. Xia Mingyu cut off the rope that tied him up. After his hands broke free from the binding, He quickly cut off the rope on his feet again. When he was about to stand up, There was a foul wind in front of him. The amber cat eyes met a pair of dark green vertical pupils. It did not look like a human, but more like the pupils of cold-blooded animals or dead people. Xia Mingyu was so scared that he felt a chill on his back and fell to the ground.

"Huff, huff, huff. " The thing in front of him was breathing heavily. He did not know what it was, but after smelling it for a long time, Xia Mingyu held his breath and did not dare to breathe. It was not until he could not hold it anymore that the thing left for a distance, but it did not go far. The dark green vertical pupils in the darkness were like ghostly fire, very terrifying.

Suddenly, blue flames appeared on the surrounding stone walls. Xia Mingyu used the strange flames to see the thing that was hovering not far away. It was a zombie wearing the uniform of a Qing Dynasty official. "Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh! Swoopsh!"