As Zou Ju left, the atmosphere in the whole hall became a little weird. After all, she was just scolding the old lady in front of everyone, and this behavior was too much.

"Okay, I think the time is about to go. Boss, please take Jiankang and Yi'er to the ancestral hall."

The tone of the old lady Gu Jing Bubo dispelled the dullness in the hall. As Zou Yi and the other two left, the indifferent expression finally changed a little. A strong sense of sadness filled her face, tears quietly slid down, and the heavy feeling of powerlessness made her eyelids droop.

When you walk into the backyard, you can see that the Zou Family Ancestral Hall was obviously once glorious. Even though it is so down and out, the golden paint on the doorpost is still dazzling.

After leading Zou Yi and Zou Jiankang into the ancestral hall, Zou Rongsheng opened the lunch box in his hand, took out the food he had prepared long ago and placed it on the long table.

The entire process of worshiping ancestors was finally completed under the leadership of Zou Rongsheng. It was not until the Zou family genealogy was invited to add Zou Yi's name to Zou Jiankang that the worship of ancestors was completed.

"Xiao Yi, just take a look at the Zou family's ancestral teachings in this ancestral hall. Since you have taken over as the patriarch, you should keep the key to this ancestral hall."

After Zou Rongsheng and his son left, Zou Yi breathed a little relieved. If someone else was present, the hidden things in the family tree would naturally not be taken out.

The Zou family genealogy is very thick, and the cover and back cover are carved with wooden boards. After so many years, it has not only not worn, but is more shiny. What surprised Zou Yi the most was that when he opened the genealogy, the first few pages were not paper, but were written from silk. He had seen that font in the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy. It was written from Qi during the Warring States Period. It was hard to imagine that he would have seen the text from more than two thousand years ago in the Zou family genealogy. If this matter is serious, then these few pages of silk have been preserved from the Warring States Period to today.

The ones who could use silk in the Warring States Period were princes and nobles. It can be imagined that the status of the Zou family must have been quite low in that era. This is not the reason why he was surprised. These pages of silk obviously do not have the idea of ​​sealing and preservation. Now they are completely exposed in the air. The silk from more than two thousand years ago can be preserved so well without any storage measures, and even the handwriting on it is clearly visible. This method is rare in today's society, let alone more than two thousand years ago.

After being surprised, Zou Yi did not stop and directly searched for the secret place on the wooden cover. It only took a quarter of an hour and found nothing unusual, which not only made him doubt his grandmother's words.

"This is a lump of wood, and you can't even find the cracks, where can you hide things?"

Zou Yi murmured in a low voice: "Is it because my grandmother said it on purpose to make me the leader?"

Just as this idea came into being, Zou Yi shook his head again: "No, grandma has no need to do this. Such lies will be exposed one day sooner or later. Has this secret been misinformed by previous generations all the time?"

Since he had this idea, Zou Yi did not plan to look for the so-called secret anymore. Although he was a little disappointed, looking for the secret was just a moment of curiosity, not to get anything from it, so it didn't matter.

"Click"

A sound that was so slight that it was impossible to detect came into my ears. Fortunately, Zou Yi, whose cultivation level had reached the top level of the Three Flowers Gathering, might not be able to catch this sound even if he changed to the old Taoist.

Keeping the posture of closing the cover of the genealogy, Zou Yi's eyes shot up and down the cover several times without any blind spots, but he still found nothing. He grabbed the palm of the cover helplessly.

"Click"

Another sound came, and Zou Yi was obviously stunned. This time, not only did he hear the sound, but his palm holding the cover seemed to touch something.

Releasing his palm, Zou Yi looked at the wooden board intently. There was a small protrusion where he just grasped his palm. If he didn't look closely, he would only treat it as a scar of the wood. He stretched out a finger and touched it back and forth in the protruding place. The crackling sound also sounded with the sliding sound of his fingers.

Zou Yi suddenly became interested in this discovery. He remembered that when the old Taoist visited the Sanshan Wuhu Academy, he had seen many records of secret boxes in the academy, but he had never had the chance to see the real thing. Today, there was such an item in front of him. How could he not be excited?

Suppressing his excitement, Zou Yi thought about the method of opening the secret box and pressed it down hard. No, he turned it up and down and left and right, even more.

“Does it need to be in a specific order?”

Zou Yi started his hand as he thought about it. There were four directions in total. The combinations obtained according to the arrangement were not many, only twenty-four types in total. He tried it in a few minutes at his speed, but the result was still not good.

There was no trick anymore. Zou Yi shook his head and sighed. Although he was unwilling to give up, he could only give up. This thing obviously requires special techniques to open. Since the old lady didn't say it, the method of opening it has been lost.

Zou Yi did not think about mandatory smashing of the wooden board, but this method is not safe. According to the records in the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy, any machine cassette has a set of self-destructive design. If it is not opened in the designed way, but through tricks or destructive methods, then the things in the machine cassette will be automatically destroyed.

After closing the genealogy and gently touching the cover, Zou Yi felt a faint feeling in his heart. He always felt that the things hidden in the genealogy were particularly important to him, but they could not be opened, so he could only give up all this.

He frowned slightly, sighed gently, and patted the cover unintentionally. Coincidentally, because he failed to open the secret box, his heart naturally felt a little uneven. After slapping these palms, he used internal force. Just as his palm was raised, a suction force acted on the cover.

"Click"

A sound that sounded several times faster than before came, and the long-awaited scene finally appeared.

Under Zou Yi's surprise eyes, the wooden board used as the cover of the genealogy changed drastically. The wooden boards that looked tightly sewn backed from the middle like a tide toward both sides one by one. When this change stopped, the wooden boards retreated to both sides seemed to have piled up into two nine-story steps. The uppermost layer of the steps was each inlaid with half a green bead. If combined, it would just form a complete bead. I think the bulge on the wooden board was the reason for this bead.
Chapter completed!