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Chapter 5 The Curse of the Yin Family

Li Zhiyun returned from studying in the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and joined the Ministry of Metallurgy. At that time, my grandfather had graduated from the University of Geosciences a few years ago and was the office director of a small office in the Prospecting Research Laboratory. Including him, there were seven people in the office.

At that time, everyone was very practical, so this new office followed the prospecting department into the mountains of Guangxi.

It was there that Li Zhiyun met his fate.

In the early 1960s, intellectuals were quite new and popular, so the local government naturally welcomed them. In addition, a group of young engineers from BJ came here this time, so the local government actively arranged for young people to come to study and exchange.

The local government has a good plan. Once the young people communicate well, even if the unit has to leave, the intellectuals can stay as family members to build the local area.

My grandparents got married as soon as they graduated, so he refused to go to any of these extra programs. But Li Zhiyun was different. He came from a good family, had a broad vision, and was very lively, so naturally he wanted to participate in more activities.

There were many people playing together at that time, including some local eminent families. The Yin family was a prominent family in the area, and the daughter of the Yin family, Yin Jue, also studied abroad. The young master of the Li family and the young lady of the Yin family knew each other right away.

So in the second year of working, Li Zhiyun proposed marriage to the Yin family. The Yin family was very satisfied with this young man. After all, he had good character, family background, appearance, and good academic skills. The apple of his eye, Yin Jue, also liked him. When they got married, they were in the local area.

Drinks were served and a party was held at the BJ.

When I heard that this was a perfect match, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but smile when he mentioned that time. However, if things were so perfect, it would be called a love story of the older generation, and I don't have to sit here and listen to the complicated story.

Guang’s secret.

Li Zhiyun continued.

"After we got married, I planned to settle down in Guangxi with Yin Jue. During those days, a lot of money was really worth it. Then it came to the late 1960s. My family's background was not good, and thanks to the remoteness of the country at that time, it affected us.

Not very big. Even so, my position has been dismissed and my work has been suspended.

At that time, there was a project in the Qilian Mountains to explore national minerals. Your grandfather had been following it since the early 1960s, and this time he was instructed to go into the mountains again. For some reasons, I also wanted to join that project. So I

I found your grandfather and said that no one dares to use me now, but I need some achievements to keep my family safe and prosperous. As an old colleague and old friend, your grandfather put me into the team under pressure. The task of the exploration team is indeed

Looking for resources, but in fact I have other plans."

It turns out that the Yin family has a rare genetic disease. This disease is only passed down through blood lines, and only one living person has suffered from the disease.

When Li Zhiyun and Yin Jue were dating, it was Yin Jue's cousin Yin Junbi who got this strange disease. The rest of the Yin family were just like ordinary people. However, for this kind of disease passed down by blood, no one in the family would be safe.

The mentality of worrying about oneself. No one knows whether one day it will be their turn, or that of their children and grandchildren. So they all have no choice but to go and find out the news.

During the relationship, Yin Jue told Li Zhiyun about her family. It turned out that she approached Li Zhiyun, who was engaged in geological research, to find out whether their team had discovered any unusual geological activities here, because in recent years, she

My cousin's illness is getting worse.

In fact, Yin Jue told him the truth after she was ready to separate from Li Zhiyun. But Li Zhiyun didn't care. When they were talking about marriage, Yin Jue talked to Li Zhiyun countless times about the hidden disease flowing in her blood.

Tell him that this curse may appear on her, or even more terrifyingly, on their future children.

But nothing can stop them from falling in love, not the times, not to mention this erratic fate. The young lover luckily thought that after all, the Yin family has a great business and a large family, so such a unique thing will not happen to them.

After living together peacefully for several years, their children were born and grew up. The family of four, like everyone else in this era, experienced ups and downs with various waves. They thought life would be like this until their eldest daughter

One night, they woke up crying in discomfort, their bodies were burning hot, and they sought medical advice everywhere but could not find the cause. The rare family disease became a sharp sword hanging over their heads, swinging back and forth tremblingly.

Li Zhiyun learned from Yin Junbi that the strange disease in his tribe was caused by a piece of ore.

A strange incident was recorded in the Yin family's family chronicles. More than two thousand years ago, a mountain rose up from the flat ground where they had lived for generations. At first, the mountain was only as big as a mound, with no one there.

It was a serious matter, but in a short period of time it stretched into a mountain range.

There was also a geological anomaly in the history books of the same era. In June, there was heavy snowfall in Shu, and the stream smelled of sulfur. The Yin family is a big family that has been passed down for generations. I wish I could tell the history if we go back thousands of years.

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"When I was getting married to Yin Jue, I even read her family's genealogy."

Having said this, Li Zhiyun smiled from the bottom of his heart. But the smile was short-lived.

After some people in the Yin family fell ill one after another, the rest of the clan looked for the cause of all this. They found that the cause of the geological anomaly was a mineral mining operation.

At that time, the emperor who was far away in Luoyang wanted to build a unique tripod, and the whole world was looking for metal mines. However, a blind and inexperienced mining operation dug out a crack in the ground, and there was a flawless piece of jade in the crack. The officials invited skilled craftsmen,

I want to make this piece of jade into the shape of a dragon and go to the emperor to ask for credit. However, no matter what tools I use, I can't wear away an inch of this jade.

Later, an expert calculated that this was not a mortal thing, and rash action would cause disaster. In addition, there was indeed an abnormal weather at that time, so the superstitious ancients built an underground palace according to the instructions of the expert at the crack in the ground where the jade was found.

Put the jade back and place it properly.

The master said that the underground palace must be built before the next full moon. But at that time, it was impossible to build a building to the standard in half a month. The master only told them that just go ahead and build it. It is a matter of obeying God's will.

God will also make it perfect.

It's strange to say that the fifteenth day of the month happened to be the Hungry Ghost Festival, and there was no moon in the sky. This gave the officials time, and they hurriedly and slowly built the underground palace on the Mid-Autumn Festival. I admired the master so much.

The officials also followed his instructions and built a temple seven hundred miles southeast of the underground palace to worship a stone brought from a crack in the ground. The stone was exactly the same as jade.

After the emperor's cauldron was built, he also learned of the existence of this jade, so he ordered someone to bring the jade to him. But when his generals went to Shu, they found that there was a crack in the ground where it should have been.

In some places, there is a series of mountains running from east to west, running seamlessly across the road.

After that, all the heroes gathered around, and no one bothered to look for this unfounded jade anymore.

At the same time, the Yin family began to be troubled by the disease. From the first time they discovered the pattern of the disease, the Yin family never stopped looking for solutions.

Li Zhiyun said: "Several generations of the Yin family were limited by their age and took many detours. Later, with the development of science and technology and exchanges with the world, they gradually realized that this disease is not a curse. It may be

It was caused by the radiation emitted by the jade mentioned in the records."

It seems that the Yin family has indeed put in a lot of effort, and the education level of the family is probably quite high. They are also aware of technological development and integration with international research.

But after all, there was no reform and opening up in the early 1970s, and the information available for reference was indeed limited. It was not until the 1980s and 1990s that we learned that the radiation problem of the Yin family was not in Guangxi or Qilian, but in Sichuan. It was probably passed down from their family.

The crack in the ground where jade was found.

The Yin family has lived in Shu at least since the Zhou Dynasty, which is now known as the ancient Shu country. They moved to present-day Guangxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty. As for the reason for moving the family, what happened to the Yin family before coming here

What, is still unknown.

"What I care about is what caused the strange disease in the Yin family in Shu, so later the focus of the investigation of the Yin family and our Li family turned to Sichuan. This is also the answer that Li Yuan's parents went to Sichuan several times to find.

At first, the Yin family thought that their genetic disease was caused by the local magnetic field, but nothing was found in Guangxi through investigation. You also know that the Yin family's investigation methods are all-pervasive."

It seems that Li Zhiyun is not completely unconcerned that Yin Jue initially approached him in order to obtain information from the geological team.

"But I didn't know this back then. After Li Zheng, my daughter, got sick, Yin Junbi called us over and told us some things that other Yin family members didn't know."

In fact, everyone with a blood relationship with the Yin family has this disease. However, according to modern medicine, this disease has a long incubation period, and the vast majority of patients are asymptomatic. Since only the living members of the Yin family have

There will be a person with clinical manifestations of this disease, and they mistakenly believe that this person is 'selected' or 'carries the curse for the family', which leads to the wrong direction of investigation in previous generations.

When this symptom appeared in Li Zheng, Yin Junbi's "symptom" disappeared. After Li Zheng, it may be the turn of any member of the Yin family. But who will be next? No one can say

, no one knows how this ancestral strange disease selects its 'successor'. The only rule to follow is that when a person is liberated, another clan member will be 'selected'. And the selected person will be

Except for certain 'diseases' at certain times, my body has always been healthy.

Speaking of this, Li Zhiyun stopped and looked at me. I also looked at the old man.

He said word for word: "Yin Junbi told me: 'This transformation is like choosing a sacrifice, but we don't know who we are preparing for.'"

I opened my eyes involuntarily.

My heart trembles when I hear this statement in modern society, let alone a family in feudal society. It’s no wonder that generations of the Yin family have been fighting against this strange disease one after another, and it has expanded silently, like headless flies.

Collecting all possible information is to learn more about this strange disease that cannot be explained.

Fortunately, no matter who this curse fell on, the Yin family never stopped looking for a solution.

By the time Li and Yin's daughter became ill, the Yin family's family information network had spread across the land of China. News had been updated to an area in the Qilian Mountains where there was unusual activity.

After that, the Yin family's power was added to the Li family's connections. Although the Li family tree was very popular and was particularly shaky in that era, after all, the foundation was intricately entangled and could not be dug up easily.

So Li Zhiyun took over the side mission through the relationship between the Li family, and then came to my grandfather to use the name of the survey team as a cover to avoid being noticed.

I have a lot of questions after hearing this.

Why did Yin Jue want to inquire about geological activities in the first place? Could it be that they thought at that time that their illness would be affected by geographical phenomena? Who gave that side task to Li Zhiyun? The geological phenomenon that Yin Jue wanted to know, and the side task of Li Zhiyun

The "magnetic field" in the mission, is there any connection between the two?

Although I was full of questions, I did not interrupt Li Zhiyun and continued to listen to what he said.

After following the survey team into the mountains, Li Zhiyun has been looking for opportunities to act alone. However, it is extremely dangerous to leave the team in the high-altitude snow-capped mountains, and the Qilian Mountains are resource-sensitive areas. Coupled with the background of the times, if something happens

If the incident was discovered, several lives would have to be taken, and the old friends who helped him would be harmed. Thinking of the consequences, Li Zhiyun felt cold all over. But thinking of his crying daughter at home, he couldn't help but go.

Do.

What really made Li Zhiyun's selfishness go to waste was the side mission.

Following the line provided by the Li family, Li Zhiyun went to the local area to find the person responsible for contacting him. Unexpectedly, what he saw was not a certain person, but another team. That team was not a strict intellectual like the survey team.

Or simple working people, but more like the father and brother he is familiar with. Except for Li Zhiyun, the youngest son, the Li family are all people who have been trained from warlords to the army.

Now that Li Zhiyun is among this team, he feels like he has fallen into an unstable dream.

Later, during the trip to the Qilian Mountains, some discoveries were indeed made, but they could not save Li Zhiyun's children. He also almost caused a catastrophe because of his lack of experience.

Naturally, those people in the side mission couldn't help him, so this responsibility was shouldered by my grandfather. Otherwise, Li Zhiyun's side mission and the secrets of his wife's family would have to be revealed.

But there is no airtight wall in the world. Some people seized this opportunity to put small shoes on Li Zhiyun and wanted to kick him out of Guangxi. My grandfather was the top leader of the little research institute that no one cared about at the time. He couldn't bear to see his old friend forced to do so.

He was separated from his family, and his situation became more and more difficult after Qilian Mountain, so he claimed that he was ill and could not continue to serve, and applied for a demotion back to BJ. After his grandfather left, this job needed someone to take over, and Li Zhiyun naturally took over.

I didn’t expect that grandpa would hide such a big secret quietly. After the accident, Li Zhiyun told him the truth, but grandpa hadn’t spoken to his family for decades. But if he said it was to protect his family, he wouldn’t be involved.

Despite this secret, he took in Li Zhiyun's grandson more than ten years ago.

Now after listening to Li Zhiyun's words, I realized that the third uncle's reminder was right. Some things only need to be carefully recalled, and there are such clues.

Li Zhiyun has a deep relationship with my grandfather, and he once entrusted his grandson to my home. My eldest son and my third uncle have both been to Sichuan, and Li Yuan’s parents have also been there, and they may have crossed paths. Now it’s my turn.

This generation has all gone to Egypt, but they still can't escape the entanglement with his Li family.

And Li Zhiyun insisted on telling me these things today just to drag me into trouble again.

If the Yin family's "strange disease" is the so-called truth, then who are "them" who know the truth?

(End of chapter)