The blind Wang took me into the underground palace under the former site of the Fox Palace. This was what I heard from them when my parents and a few relatives got up early the next day.

I don’t remember very clearly what happened after Wang Xiaozi took me into the underground palace. I vaguely remember that he had a needle on my forehead, palms and soles of my feet, and then said some strange words, and then there was no movement.

And my eyes seemed to see two black and white shadows at the moment when Wang Xiaozi's voice disappeared, but I quickly fainted. What kind of shadows were they? I couldn't say, were they humans or beasts?

I can't tell.

When my parents found me, it was already dawn and my eyes could still see the light. Although the shadow was blurry, I could really see things.

After a few days of rest, my eyes completely recovered.

As for blind Wang, the day after I came back, someone had seen blind Wang and said he was heading towards the county town. No one had seen him again since then.

And my grandfather died of a strange disease the second month after Wang Xiaozi left.

It was winter at that time, and my grandfather loved me very much during his lifetime, so when he left, I cried very hard, and both eyes were swollen.

That night, my father kept me for my grandfather, and I was crying and asleep in my father's arms.

When I fell asleep, my mother carried me back to the room to rest. When I was awake, I was unwilling to leave my grandfather's coffin no matter what.

In the middle of the night, I woke up again. My mother was sleeping very well, so I secretly ran to the room where my grandfather's coffin was placed.

My father was not sleeping, and knelt in front of my grandfather's coffin and kept talking: "Dad, you have never enjoyed happiness when you were alive, and you can't bear to use anything. If you go there, don't save it. I'll cook more for you, eat whatever you want and use whatever you want..."

When my father said this, I vaguely saw a shadow drilling out of my grandfather's coffin and floated directly to me. I was startled and wanted to scream, but my grandfather's voice quickly rang in my ears: "Xiaomu, don't call me, it's grandfather..."

At that time, I was nine years old and knew my fear of ghosts and gods, so after hearing my grandfather's voice, I collapsed at the door in fright.

I wanted to say something, but I couldn't open my mouth.

Then I heard my grandfather's voice: "Xiaomu, remember grandpa's words, don't be angry in the future, don't be angry, don't be angry in anything, because part of your three souls was taken away by blind Wang. If you don't retrieve the missing parts, you may not live to be twenty years old. You must find blind Wang to get back that part of your soul."

"Also, there is an iron box in the hole under my kang. If you put it away, you can't return it to Wang Xiaozi. He is injured now and will not come to you for a short time."

"Besides, your eyes are very powerful now, so you must protect and utilize it well in the future, and it will help you a lot..."

I only remember that grandpa said so much, because I fainted again afterwards.

When I woke up again, I returned to my bed. My mother said I had sleepwalking last night. She woke up in the middle of the night and found that I was gone, so she went out to look for it. Finally, she found me at the door of my grandfather's room.

My little mouth was so cold that it was purple. She said, if I found me later, I might be frozen to death.

My grandfather only has my father, so the funeral was all organized by my parents. They were very busy and didn’t have much energy to take care of me.

And I was in a daze that day and kept thinking about what happened last night, I couldn't tell whether what happened at that time was true or a dream I had when I was sleepwalking.

Grandpa's coffin was buried at noon. After the funeral procession returned to the village, it took another long to play and sing. It was almost dusk that the village became quiet.

But the matter at home is not over yet. At twelve o'clock in the evening, we have to go to my grandfather's grave to burn back paper.

I asked my father what is a paper that turned back, and he told me that it was a paper that turned back, but it was actually burned to the dead, so that the dead would leave with peace of mind, and that they would not turn back.

My father said that after burning the paper, don’t talk, just turn around and leave, don’t look back. If you look back, the dead will think that their relatives are concerned about them, and their souls may be left behind.

I couldn't help but feel a little scared when I heard my father say this.

As my father said, when I burn paper, I dare not say a word. When the paper is burned, my father pulled me and turned away.

At this moment, I vaguely heard the "huhhh" wind, and some cool things fell on my face, it was snow.

It was strange that my neck seemed to be out of control at that time, and I couldn't help but turn it over. As a result, I saw my grandfather squatting next to the pile of ashes left by the burning paper for him, and his face was filled with strange smiles.

Seeing my grandfather’s smile, I was so scared that I turned my head quickly.

My father slapped me in the head and said, "Don't obey!"

I whispered, "I saw Grandpa."

The father said, "Don't talk!"

As he said that, my father put his hand on the back of my neck.

My father's action reminded me of the blind man Wang carrying me into the underground palace of the Fox Palace. I was always confused about what happened that night. I also tried to ask my parents and grandpa, but they never refused to tell me the whole story.

I originally didn't want to ask about that matter anymore. After all, my eyes were good, but now my grandfather is dead, I heard what my grandfather said after his death for no reason. I just saw my grandfather squatting by the grave, which forced me to think about that matter again.

But these things are too complicated for me, who is nine years old.

When I got home that night, my parents tidied up and went to bed, but I lay on the bed but couldn't fall asleep for a long time. I remembered what my grandfather said to me last night. He said something was in the kang hole of the earthen kang. I really wanted to go to my grandfather's room to take a look, but when I thought of the scene I saw on the grave that night, I was so scared that I retracted my quilt.

I don’t know how long it took, but I was so sleepy that I slowly fell asleep.

When I woke up, my mother had already prepared breakfast and was about to urge me to get up and wash, and then go to school.

All I remembered was about my grandfather’s room, so after I got up, I ran to my grandfather’s room under the name of going to the bathroom.

It was already dawn now, and I was no longer as scared as at night. Although I was still trembling, I still walked into my grandfather's room.

I searched in the kang hole under the kang for a few minutes and found a dark blue cloth bag. The cloth bag was heavy, as if it was filled with a rectangular iron box.

When I opened the cloth bag, I saw a monster engraved on the box, which looked a bit like a Kirin on the TV.

There are three small characters engraved next to the Qilin, and those three characters, I happened to know at the age of nine: "Zu Kaishan."

When I read these three words, I couldn't help but remember the night at the Fox Empress Tower. My grandfather said these three words and was gone.

What does this Zu Kaishan mean? If this is a person’s name, then who is he?

Soon I realized that this iron box was probably what my grandfather helped Wang Wei Zi take out of the bag that night, but Wang Wei Zi was not leaving, so why did he stay with his grandfather?

What happened again after I fell into a coma that night?

The iron box was not locked, but there were rust on it. I had to spend a long time opening it. At this time, my mother asked me to eat quickly, so I had to put away the things and go to wash.

While my parents were not paying attention, I put the iron box in my schoolbag and took it to school.

Time flies very quickly, and the winter vacation will be in a few days.

But just the day before our winter vacation, a few people came to the village. They first arrived at the village committee, and then found a few strong laborers from the village to fill in the underground palace of the Fox Palace.

Later I heard that the underground palace of the Fox Imperial Palace was filled out because a high-voltage line of iron tower was to be built there, and the people in the village didn't think much about it.

However, according to the memories of several Zhuang Laborers who helped, several of the technicians had taken surveying instruments, which looked normal, but there was only an old man wearing a Zhongshan suit, holding a compass in his hand, pinching his fingers from time to time, and chanting some strange words.

And when they were about to fill the underground palace, a strange wind blew up inside, and many white fox furs floated out of the underground palace. The fox furs were flying all over the sky, as if there was a goose feather snow.

Some people speculate that the fox empress appeared.

But the staff explained that the underground palace is actually a wild fox's nest. Foxes often live here, so it is normal for them to shed hair. When everyone opened the mouth of the underground palace, it was normal for the wind to blow out the fox's fur inside.

The villagers are also skeptical.

On the day of winter vacation, I went home happily, but after entering the house, I saw an old man in Zhongshan suit sitting next to a table with my father.
Chapter completed!