Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. "You are right. I brought you here specifically to find this clue. They say climbing high lets you see far. I thought we might find what we are looking for here."
"Did you find the clue?" Yu Qingyun asked curiously.
Zhu Yanyi smiled and pointed at the village. "Look. That building in the village looks strange."
Strange building? Yu Qingyun paused, then looked carefully. He was truly stunned.
It really was a strange building.
Chinese houses usually look square and neat. In the countryside, people build their homes with this style. The main gate faces south, and the small gate faces north. The roof is clear and tidy, showing that the people are honest and capable.
But in the village below, there was a strange house. It looked like a private home. From down there, it didn’t look odd. But from here, the roof clearly looked like a coffin.
Yes, like a coffin. The red glazed tiles made it look like a very clear coffin lid.
"This person is crazy," Yu Qingyun said angrily. "He built his house like a coffin. Does he not want his family to be well?"
Zhu Yanyi laughed softly. "I don’t know. Maybe. But I read a book about sorcery. It says there are two reasons for building a coffin house. One is to gather wealth. Coffin sounds like official and wealth. The other is to gather yin energy. Coffins are for the dead, so they are good for gathering yin."
"What is the difference?" Yu Qingyun asked.
"If it is for wealth, the windows at both ends face north and south. If it is for gathering yin and hiding secrets, the windows face east and west," Zhu Yanyi answered calmly. "So, is this a clue?"
The windows of the coffin house faced east and west. This meant it was a building for gathering yin.
"Wow, Junior Sister. Is it true? Then the owner of that house is in trouble," Yu Qingyun said.
Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "I don’t know if she is in trouble. But this way of gathering yin has black energy. It means she is raising some kind of yin poison."
"Gu?" Yu Qingyun guessed immediately, looking at Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi shrugged. "These are just guesses now. We need to get close to that house to see what is inside. It might not be Gu. It could be another poison."
"No way. The people in Hejia Village are actually quite nice," Yu Qingyun said helplessly.
Zhu Yanyi looked at her. "Senior Brother, when did you become so naive? You should be more experienced than me."
Every village has good people, but it might also have bad ones. Just like in her hometown, Gangan Village. Most of her clan members were kind and helpful. But there were also terrible people, like the Zhu Guifu family, who caused them trouble in the past.
Yu Qingyun understood what she meant. she smiled helplessly. "I just said it casually. I didn’t think too much. But you are right. Every village has good and bad people."
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "So, what we need to do now is find out who owns that building." Her goal was clear.
It was snowing, and there was a snow disaster. Staying here was normal. But the snow would stop eventually. They would have to leave. Zhu Yanyi wanted to investigate clearly during these few days.
After all, matters of the Heavenly Dao were very important.
Zhu Yanyi and Yu Qingyun went down the mountain and returned to the village. Seeing everyone busy, they helped out. While helping, Zhu Yanyi stopped to look at that building when they passed by.
"Little Divine Doctor, what are you looking at?" She Atu came over and saw Zhu Yanyi looking at the house.
"I am looking at this house. It looks very special. I wonder whose house it is. Why build such a special house?" Zhu Yanyi asked with a smile.
"Oh, that one. It was originally our village warehouse. It got damaged, so we abandoned it. A few years ago, Wang Guitian came back. He made a lot of money in Guang City. He bought the warehouse from us. He said he wanted to store goods there. He renovated it, but we rarely come here, so we didn’t know he changed it to look like this."
She Atu did not hide anything, perhaps because Zhu Yanyi had saved her family.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Wang Guitian? She doesn’t have the surname She?"
"No, he is from Wangjiagou next door. He is Wang Xiuliang’s cousin’s uncle. I heard Wang Xiuliang went to Guang City because he introduced him," He Atu said calmly.
"Does Wang Guitian live here every day?" Zhu Yanyi asked again.
She Atu shook her head. "We rarely come here. Since we sold it to her, we don’t ask. But Wang Guitian usually stays here for a week once a month. The rest of the time, she lives in Wangjiagou."
"Oh." Zhu Yanyi nodded, understanding.
"What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with this house?" He Atu asked.
Zhu Yanyi smiled and shook her head. "I just think this building is special. It looks familiar, like I have seen it somewhere, but I can’t remember right now. That’s why I asked."
"Special building?" He Atu looked up and laughed. "It looks like a coffin, right? We noticed that long ago."
Zhu Yanyi pretended to be surprised. "You know what? You are right. It really does look like one."
Then Zhu Yanyi joined in helping with the disaster relief. She Atu dropped the topic, but Zhu Yanyi did not. She planned to visit the place at night when no one was watching. She was sure there was a secret in that house.