"Is that so?" Qin Qiong sighed deeply, "Yes, that's right."

"Oh, right," Qin Qiong suddenly remembered, and she asked, "Madam Kuihua, yes, what is it..."

Mr. Yu looked up at her and said with some emotion: "A tall sunflower, also called a zhanghong... is a famous flower here. I heard that when it was burned that day, the whole city was filled with fragrance..."

"I'll test you!" Qin Qiong shook his head: "How could your ancestors still believe that it was a demon?... They must have lost their minds!"

Mr. Yu shook his head slightly and said nothing.

"That's not right." Qin Qiong thought for a moment: "That lady only said to keep you, but she didn't say that your descendants would die early or go crazy?"

"...the Taoist priest said," Mr. Yu closed his eyes, "this is not the curse left by Madam Kuihua. It was...left by the ancestor of our Yu family. I think he hated his own clansmen for being so vicious."

"That's right," Qin Qiong nodded.

If you do something wrong to yourself, you will not live!

The lights in the room dimmed again.

"Has it true that everyone has fallen ill over the years?" Qin Qiong suddenly asked.

She remembered that Mr. Yu did not seem to have a family.

"Not really. As long as you stay away from the ancestral home, and..." Mr. Yu smiled bitterly: "Don't get married. Then, there are also a few descendants of the Yu family who don't have this disease, but..."

“Life isn’t rich, is it?”

Mr. Yu smiled and said, "Don't think about fame, wealth and status anymore. Just live a clean life and don't have any children or grandchildren. Then, you can live a good life, don't go crazy, don't hurt others, and of course... no one will hurt you."

"I see." Qin Qiong nodded, and after thinking for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "You want to go out so much just to get married and have children?"

Mr. Yu was stunned by her question, his face turned red, and then he glared at her and said, "No! It's just that I am also a descendant of the Yu family, with brothers above me and nephews below me... I always, always think about whether I can find a way to break this curse. Our Yu family is really... Alas!"

Looking at Mr. Yu's depressed and sighing face, Qin Qiong felt a little bit reluctant.

She thought about it and decided that after all, she was living in someone else's house and eating their food, so she should give something in return. However, she didn't know if she could help.

"That," Qin Qiong whispered, "I don't know if I can help you, but I did see a clue..."

"Line? What line?" Mr. Yu looked up at her. He didn't understand what she meant.

Qin Qiong saw that he really didn't know, so he shrugged and said, "I just saw a string connected to your feet, as if it was pulling you, it was silvery white, and you couldn't see it during the day, only at night..."

"Wow!" Mr. Yu stood up suddenly, took a few steps back, and searched carefully in front and behind him.

Qin Qiong was startled by his stopping, but then he found it funny to see him turning around like that.

"You can't see it," she said to her husband with a smile, "I just saw it from behind you, it sometimes appears and sometimes disappears."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, why would I lie to you?"

"Well, then..." Mr. Yu was a little excited.

"Yes, that might be the reason why they don't let you leave this town. Maybe if we can find a way to cut it off, we can get out."

"Then, how do we cut it off?" Mr. Yu was anxious.

"I don't know. It's up to you. Chop it up or burn it. Anyway..." Qin Qiong was unsure: "You try it. If you really want to get out..."

"Of course I have to go out!" Mr. Yu shouted, "Do you know that everyone in our Yu family is well-educated? There are child prodigies in our family from generation to generation. They can recite a thousand characters at the age of six and compose poems at the age of eight. But..."

"But, at best I can pass the exam and become a scholar. Do you know why? Why? Because I can't get out!" he shouted.

Qin Qiong blinked...

Really? But... who can I blame for this?

"I want to get out! The descendants of our Yu family must get out!" Mr. Yu shouted with his fists clenched.

"..."

It didn't take long for Mr. Yu's grief to attract the villagers.

Of course, it was late at night and he was a man in the house screaming and yelling.

The person who ran into the yard was a woman in her twenties dressed like a peasant woman. Although her clothes were simple, her gestures showed the manners and dignity of a woman from a wealthy family.

There were two children coming with her, one looked about twelve or thirteen years old, and the other about seven or eight years old.

Mr. Yu also quickly became quiet and well-behaved.

He introduced Qin Qiong that the woman was his sister-in-law, the two children were his older brother's children, and they were all studying with him. The village was called "Yujia Village".

Qin Qiong understood, and she asked how a man like Mr. Yu could tidy up his yard so carefully. So that's it. It seems that the Yu family has really thought of many ways to deal with the curse, and even built a Yujia Village on the edge of Anshun.

Seeing his sister-in-law coming, Mr. Yu immediately asked Qin Qiong to check whether there were those thin lines on the two children's feet, because these two children were also descendants of the Yu family.

Of course there was. Qin Qiong saw it as soon as the two children entered the yard. There was something like a silk thread following the children's feet, but the woman did not have it. It seems that as long as she is not someone with the surname Yu, there will be no problem.

"Hit it first, hack it first!"

After knowing the reason, the woman cried for a while, then calmed down immediately and discussed with Qin Qiong and others how to remove the thread.

This thing can't just go away whenever it wants. Now the Yu family is also afraid. Although this thing follows them, it can't hurt anyone except preventing them from leaving Anshun.

It was the curse from their ancestor that really killed people, but as long as they could leave here, everything should be fine.

Now we know the clue that we cannot leave, but who knows whether it will be good or bad to go there?

Just like the ancestors before, they thought it was a demon and tried their best to get rid of it, but it ended up destroying the fate of the Yu family. If it is like last time, it would be better not to go.

After a long discussion, Mr. Yu finally decided to remove it! Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, it won't hurt the two children.

Several people came to the yard. Under the moonlight, Qin Qiong picked up a hatchet and stood behind Mr. Yu. She waited for a while, and when the thin line appeared from time to time, she chopped it down with a knife...

The next morning, several people came to the main road together. Only then did Qin Qiong realize that the foot of the mountain was the boundary. The Yu family just couldn't get through.

The Yu family probably tried for a long time before they figured it out, so they bought land at the foot of the mountain and built a village so that some of their descendants could stay. Alas! They have been trying to find a solution!

When they arrived at the place, Qin Qiong went out first and went up the mountain. As for the two children, as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, their legs became weak and they could not walk, and they also felt dizzy.

Then it was Mr. Yu's turn. He was very excited.

Last night, Qin Qiong cut with a knife, and saw the thread fluttering and flying away just like that...

But Mr. Yu seemed to be stupid. He stood there blankly for a while... and then suddenly started laughing.

Then he became excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood, pulling the two children and crying and laughing, talking about this and that all the time.

Qin Qiong didn't know what he was happy about.

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