"Could it be a ghost?" I couldn't help muttering.
Although Guan Zengbin was terribly frightened, he still said decisively: "I am a firm atheist. There are no ghosts in this world. Although I don't know why the dead can still open their mouths to sing, we must investigate this matter clearly. .”
There is no doubt that the matter of the dead sitting in a sedan chair should be related to the marriage with the ghost. This is consistent with the purpose of our trip, so we naturally have to check it out. But going there rashly will definitely startle the snake, so we need an identity. And this is also an important reason why I insist on bringing Wang Ergou here. Wang Ergou can give us an identity.
Speaking of factions, although there are many side branches, they are no different from the northern and southern factions.
If you meet them, you can see the difference between the northern and southern factions from their means.
The northern school makes good use of "smart power", such as where to hit, for example, the Luoyang shovel was invented by the northern school Luoyang Li Yazi.
The Southern School is good at using "skillful skills", and it is said that there are four methods of "seeing, hearing, asking and knowing", and is good at finding tombs.
But in fact, this has a lot to do with the vastness of the territory.
There is little rain in the north, and the soil is relatively sticky. Quite a few tombs do not have a single tomb brick in them, and they are all made of earthen structures. Therefore, if you shovel down in Luoyang, you can tell how deep the tomb is underground and how the hole was drilled. This is cleverness, the hole is directly punched on the coffin board, and the treasure is taken away.
In the south, it is rainy, and the earthy tomb is extremely easy to be eroded by perennial rain, and it becomes a collapsed tomb. Therefore, most of the tombs in the south are made of blue bricks. If you shovel down and knock on the bricks in Luoyang, it will not be of much use. Therefore, the Southern School seldom uses Luoyang shovels, but pays more attention to skills.
Wang Ergou belongs to the northern faction, but whether it is the southern faction or the northern faction, there are certain rules.
Three hundred and sixty lines, there are rules in every line.
Since I came to this Jiazi County in disguise this time, I naturally have to pay respects to the gate here according to the rules. One is to show his identity, and the other is to show that he is here to beg for food.
The sedan chair that the dead man was riding on had gone farther and farther away, and it was gone in a blink of an eye.
"Come on."
I sat on the side of the road and took out three tea bowls from my backpack. There was no tea in the tea bowls, only tea leaves.
I lined up three teacups in front of me.
"What is this for?" Guan Zengbin looked at me puzzled and asked.
I looked left and right, and there was no pedestrian on the road at the moment.
"Keep quiet for a while, remember your identity, and pretend to be a little bit." I whispered, "Do you understand?"
At noon, the sun was pressing on our heads, making us a little groggy. Guan Zengbin was sitting in the shade under a tree in the distance avoiding the sun, while Wang Ergou was lying beside me, sticking out his tongue non-stop.
Occasionally, pedestrians passed by on the road, looking at me with interest, and some even took pictures with their mobile phones.
But I ignored these people and just sat here quietly.
As time went by, there were more and more pedestrians, and many people had already gathered around.
"Brother, what are you doing here, you're so naughty." Someone asked.
I don't answer.
Someone replied for me: "This is probably performance art, and it probably came from some big city."
"What are we doing with Jiazi County?" someone asked, "Isn't it also for a ghost marriage?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Someone stopped immediately.
I frowned.
Finally a middle-aged man squatted down in front of me.
"Tea is not good tea, bowl is good bowl." The middle-aged man didn't look at me, but just looked at the three tea bowls in front of me.
Some people laughed: "This tea bowl is knocked off the corner, so what's the matter?"
A middle-aged man is what I'm looking for.
I observed this middle-aged man. He was dressed in ordinary casual clothes, with cloth shoes on his feet, and his skin was dark. It looked like he had been traveling all year round.
"The bowl is good, the tea is good, but unfortunately there is no water." I said slowly.
The middle-aged man nodded, gave ten yuan to the children watching the fun, and said, "Buy me a bottle of mineral water, and the rest of the money is yours."
The child happily took the money, and after a while, a bottle of mineral water appeared in the hands of the middle-aged man.
"Then I'll add some water." The middle-aged man said while unscrewing the mineral water and pouring it into the first tea bowl on my left.
I held the hand of the middle-aged man pouring water with one hand, so that he could not pour the water out. The other hand turned the leftmost tea bowl upside down and put it on the ground: "I can't afford the tea bowl on the left, so don't pour it down."
Seeing this, the middle-aged man relaxed his expression slightly, and smiled: "Then I'm afraid brother is going to drink the tea bowl on the right, naturally, come here."
I shook my head, and also turned the teacup on the right upside down.
There was only one teacup in the middle left, but the middle-aged man did not pour water at this moment.
"Dog, tell him." I gently patted Wang Ergou next to me.
Wang Ergou lay on the ground and said lazily, "Wang Mazi is going to Qingcheng."
The middle-aged man looked at Wang Ergou, hesitated for a moment, and finally made a decision. The middle-aged man poured mineral water into my bowl, and then picked up the bowl.
When I saw this, I was overjoyed.
The middle-aged man took a sip of tea, and then put the bowl on the ground: "Okay, good tea, it seems that people can't be judged by appearances. You and I both know tea, why don't you find a place to have a good chat?"
I stood up, called Guan Zengbin, and walked behind the middle-aged man.
"It's really a performance art. You see, that person looks like a dog!" Someone behind said.
"Yes, but I don't want this tea bowl and tea? What kind of tea is this?" Another person said.
In fact, I am not performance art, this is the rule of Baimen.
I set up three bowls, all of which contained tea but no water. This shows my identity, which means that I came here today, and I heard that there are other people in this place, so I bid farewell to the door, so as not to break the rules here in the future.
The middle-aged man recognized my identity when he saw me.
It's slang between us.
"Whether tea is good tea or not, the bowl is a good bowl."
The bowl represents this bowl of rice, and the tea represents me.
This sentence means that this bowl of rice is delicious, but you should not come to us. His voice-over tells me I'm not welcome here.
"The bowl is good, the tea is good, but unfortunately there is no water."
What I mean by this sentence is that this bowl of rice is delicious, and I am a formidable person, but I just came here and I am not familiar with the place.
So this middle-aged man found water and wanted to add water to my tea bowl.
The three tea bowls represent three meanings respectively.
The bowl on the left represents that from now on, this area is under my control, and the rest of you must obey me, or get out. This is obviously a provocation. If this bowl of water is added, there will inevitably be some conflicts in the future, even fighting corpses.
But I turned the bowl upside down, which showed that I didn't mean it.
So the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to add the tea bowl on the right.
The tea bowl on the right means that I just pass by here and walk around without causing trouble to my local counterparts.
But I also buckled the bowl upside down.
Only the bowl in the middle remains, which shows that I hope to have some contact with the local people. I came here in distress and asked for help.
The middle-aged man is in trouble.
If he adds water, he agrees. If he turns away without adding water, it means he won't help me.
So I asked Wang Ergou to tell me where he was a teacher, and said that if he can make a comeback in the future, he will definitely repay him.
So the middle-aged man added water, representing his willingness to help me.
We walked all the way to the path.
The middle-aged man looked at me and said, "Everyone calls me Second Brother Wei. If you don't mind, just call me Second Brother."
I nodded, and then said, "Just call me Xiao Wu, this is my wife, and the one crawling on the ground is Ergou."
Second Brother Wei looked at Wang Ergou, and said curiously: "What's wrong with these Ergou brothers? Why are they crawling on the ground like dogs?"
I smiled, and then said: "This is my junior brother. Once he was trapped for three days and was rescued by a dog. He has been like this since then. The master thought he was useless, so he I drove him out. I couldn't bear it, and I have been taking him with me since I left the teacher."
"Don't look at him like this." I smiled and said in a low voice, "He has a sharp nose, which can be put to great use. Master, he didn't know how to drive out a cash cow. Isn't it, good dog."
Wang Ergou nodded, and then said, "Yes, I am the most powerful dog in the world."
Seeing Wang Ergou's appearance, Second Brother Wei couldn't help but sighed: "Unexpectedly, Brother Wu is also a person who values love and righteousness. I have heard of Qingcheng Wang Mazi, but I heard that the old man has already died a few years ago." went."
I nodded and said, "That's right, after Mr. Wang's death, I will do it alone."
Second brother Wei led me forward and said, "But I don't know why you are in trouble, Brother Wu."
I sighed, and said after a long time: "This matter is a long story, anyway, I broke the shovel in Qingcheng, and I can't go back now. I heard from Lao Zhangtou that there is someone here who can help me, so I'm here." gone."
"Old Zhangtou?" Brother Wei stopped, looked back at me, and said, "Zhang Xueyou?"
I nodded.
"What's your relationship with Zhang Xue?" Brother Wei led me into an alley.
I looked around and said, "I'm not very familiar with it, someone recommended it a few times."
Second brother Wei nodded, at the same time we have come to a big iron gate.
Brother Wei knocked on the door in a unique way, one long, one long and three short.
After a long time, the door was opened from the inside.
"Second brother is back?" a guy asked.
"Well, go in." Brother Wei looked at the alley and said, "Let me introduce you to Brother Wu."