Bai Juan's family is not superstitious in gods. Mr. Bai has been teaching at the university since Mr. Bai. She has also been a teacher herself, and her husband is a civil servant. Therefore, Bai Juan's relatives and friends thought it was strange, how could she think of asking someone to do something about the funeral of Mr. Bai
When someone asked Bai Juan herself, she said faintly: "After my father died, I dreamed that he told me that he hoped that I would find a Taoist priest to read the scriptures to him. This is his last wish, and of course I will fulfill it."
Everyone understands, just say condolences. This should be a dream of day and night. When a loved one passes away, the living place their trust in the world after death, hoping that they will live a happy life and have comfort in their hearts.
Because the community where she lives is not allowed to build a mourning hall, Bai Juan rented an auditorium at the funeral home, where she does things and keeps the spirit.
The task of inviting a Taoist priest was handed over to her husband. Speaking of which, the most amazing thing about this matter was that Bai Juan was in a dream and clearly heard her father's designation, not only a Taoist priest, but also a Taoist priest in Baoyang Temple, Taihe Temple. no.
It wasn't until Bai Juan's husband invited people over that she found out that she had seen one of them in her father's ward.
Xie Lingya said: "I was working part-time in Baoyangguan. I knew that Professor Bai wanted to do something, so I came together."
Bai Juan thought she was like an intern, and felt a little speechless. How could a young man go to a Taoist temple for an internship? But this time a total of three or four Taoist priests were invited, and the advance payment was given, and she didn't say anything.
In the evening, all the immediate family members kept watch at the funeral home. Bai Juan had a daughter, because she was still young, it was inconvenient to stay here at night, and she was entrusted to her relatives' house.
The Taoist priests have a rest after ten o'clock in the evening. As for the spirit watch, the conditions are definitely not good, and every time it is on time, paper is burned for the deceased, and it is basically impossible to sleep all night.
Old Professor Bai's body had already been put on makeup. Xie Lingya took a look at it. Compared to when he was or before, it was a little unnatural. In his opinion, the rosy face was full of dead energy, and there was a strange feeling of contradiction.
The Taoist priest was a little more tired than his family members, because Xie Lingya had just finished the ritual, and Xie Lingya casually took a nap against the wall with his overcoat closed. Suddenly, he was awakened by the cold.
He looked around for a week, it was now two or three o'clock, and those who stayed up all night were tired.
At this time, another gust of cold wind blew, Xie Lingya thoughtfully, put a talisman on his body, and saw Old Professor Bai come in with the eunuch holding hands, this is his soul.
Xie Lingya was mentally prepared, so he was not frightened, and even had time to do the math in his heart, yes, this is the time to return to the soul.
Look at Professor Bai again, holding hands with the messenger as if they were friends.
- If it is a person with sinful karma, depending on the situation, he will be tied with hemp rope or iron chain when he returns to the soul, but after the death of Professor Bai, there are also civil servants in the underworld, and there is no fault, so they are just holding hands.
The messenger bowed slightly to greet Xie Lingya, and Professor Bai nodded to Xie Lingya, "Meet again."
"You're back." Xie Lingya also said something like a family member, stood up to show respect, and explained to him how the funeral was going.
Professor Bai said happily: "It's very appropriate, please trouble you."
The deceased thanked the living and performed the ritual well for himself. This scene is so strange.
"It's okay, this is what it should be, you can take a look at the child." Xie Lingya said again.
Professor Bai has just come from home. He has seen his old residence and is here to see his old friends. No matter how good the underworld is, after all, yin and yang are separated, and it will be difficult to see relatives in the future. Professor Bai walked around with nostalgia.
When it was about time, Professor Bai left reluctantly, and before leaving, he said goodbye to Xie Lingya.
…
Bai Juan was so sleepy that she started to doze off before she knew it. Gradually, she felt very cold.
—Funeral homes are all very cold, otherwise, how do you place the corpses? It’s winter now, and it’s colder inside than outside. Under this cold, Bai Juan, who was wearing a coat, still felt a shady and cool coldness, and it was cold to the bones.
Bai Juan, who was in a daze, couldn't help but hug her tightly. She wanted to wake up, but her eyelids seemed to be stuck, and she couldn't open her eyes.
In the haze, Bai Juan heard the wind, and a subtle sound like footsteps, resounding in the empty mourning hall.
A feeling of fear and anticipation rose up. Although someone told her that it was unknown if she bumped into a dead person and returned to her soul, she felt that it would be a good thing if she could really see her father again.
However, the revival is so easy to see, Bai Juan couldn't wake up, but heard a voice, like that Xiao Xie, the specific content could not be understood clearly, as if he was gossiping at home, and occasionally three or two sentences came out. . When he arrived, his voice seemed to be approaching, approaching with a wind that brushed Bai Juan's face.
This slow rhythm calmed Bai Juan's wild beating heart.
I don't know how long it took, Bai Juan woke up slowly, saw Xie Lingya opening the paper money, and greeted her, "Sister Bai, just in time, just in time."
Bai Juan touched her face, only to realize that she had shed a few tears in her dream. She stepped forward to burn the paper in a daze, and looked sideways at Xie Lingya, but saw that he was nothing.
Bai Juan held back what she wanted to say.
After the funeral, in addition to the agreed remuneration, Bai Juan sealed a bag for Xie Lingya alone.
Xie Lingya thought for half a second before taking the bag.
Bai Juan: "Thank you."
Xie Lingya: "You're welcome."
The two looked at each other and got a tacit understanding without saying anything.
…
For each ritual, the Taoist priests in charge got a commission, and they watched as Xie Lingya took an extra bag.
On the way back, Xie Lingya was asked how to be likable like him. It was obvious that everyone was acting together. This time Xie Lingya is not the master of law, nor is he the oldest - at least ordinary people should not be able to tell their cultivation. Bar.
Xie Lingya: "It's useless, it's because I look good."
Everyone: "… "
They wanted to refute, how could there be such a superficial family member, but when they thought that the banner of Teacher Xie's face was still hanging in Baoyangguan, they fell silent.
At this moment, Xie Lingya's cell phone rang. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, he picked it up and asked, "Hello?"
"Hello, is it Master Xie?"
Xie Lingya: "...Yes."
Acknowledging that this title is a bit shameful, Xie Lingya added: "I'm Xie Lingya."
"It's you, it's you, my name is Pang Yuan, we met in Fengping Village, I added your WeChat - I also like you every day."
Xie Lingya sweated, "Oh, what's the matter with you?"
He didn't remember the name, but he still had an impression of Fengping Village and probably knew who it was. The last time he accompanied Shi Changxuan to inspect the corpse ritual in Subaru County, something happened at the ancestor worship ceremony in Fengping Village. After the settlement, many villagers added his WeChat account. His WeChat ID is his mobile phone number, so it's not surprising to call him.
"Master, I want to invite you to come and see the matter!" Pang Yuan explained, "The ancestral hall in the village is always noisy these days. I thought the ancestors had any opinions. I invited the master to see it, but it didn't look good. Oh yes, no Fengping Village is Xiaoba Village.”
Pang Yuan had gone to Xiaoba Village long ago. At that time, Xie Lingya was added when he returned to the village. The ancestral hall he was referring to was the ancestral hall of Xiaoba Village, but it was also in Subaru County, and the two villages were not very far apart.
Xie Lingya thought it was strange. The teacher-gong class he saw that day, although it was not a high level of cultivation, did have a certain ability to communicate. If the ancestors were dissatisfied with their descendants, could they still not be able to solve it
Xie Lingya asked again, what exactly happened.
Pang Yuan said: "The sacrifices were all overturned, and there were strange noises in the ancestral hall at night, but after going in, there was nothing! We invited teachers from two teams to see them, but they were not optimistic. The feng shui pond was filled, and I wondered whether it was because of this that the ancestors were angry. But the teacher announced that it was comforted, but it was useless."
Xie Lingya had already missed class because of his work, so he said, "I have something to do recently, and it is inconvenient to go there. So, do you mind if I invite a colleague to come over."
Pang Yuan asked, "Is that Master Shi last time?"
Xie Lingya laughed, "No, it's another person with a very high level."
He was talking about Fang Zhe. If the matter was really related to Feng Shui Pond, Fang Zhe would definitely be able to see it, and it would not be a problem to do it.
Pang Yuan only hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
…
After Xie Lingya went back, he talked to Fang Zhe about this matter. Originally, this matter should have been settled as such, but at night he dreamed of the patriarch.
Ling Zu pointed at him with a middle finger for a long time.
After waking up the next day, Xie Lingya felt very tired and ran to ask what happened to Patriarch, but the guess was wrong a few times. He thought about it carefully, the recent changes, in addition to attending the funeral of Professor Bai, it was the people of Subaru County...
Xie Lingya asked with a glimmer of hope, "Should Fang Zhe go to Xiaoba Village?"
Bu You, right!
Xie Lingya breathed a sigh of relief, "It turns out that Fang Zhe doesn't want to go, of course, but who will go if he doesn't go..." Xie Lingya said speechlessly, "Wouldn't it be for me to go?"
Bu You, just want him to go.
Xie Lingya: "…"
This matter doesn't sound like it's serious. It's just a commotion in the middle of the night. It will take two days to come back after going to Subaru County to settle the matter.
Xie Lingya is a bit like refusing, but looking at the ruthlessness of the water cup falling, if he refuses, the patriarch's hand that compares with Lingguan Jue should have smashed down.
"Okay, let's go."
Xie Lingya didn't know why the Patriarch asked him to go to Subaru County, but he was very clever. He thought it wasn't that simple, so he had to bring Shi Changxuan together. With Shi Changxuan, it is easier to see Feng Shui.
"I originally wanted Fang Zhe to go, but now I have to go with Shi Changxuan." When Xie Lingya explained this, Hai Guanchao sneered.
Xie Lingya: "...What are you laughing at?"
Hai Guanchao felt that he had seen through the truth, that is, Xie Lingya took the opportunity to go out on a date, and he couldn't be too presumptuous in Baoyangguan.
Hai Guanchao: "You go and have fun."
Xie Lingya: "…"
It takes more than three hours by bus to go to Subaru County. Xie Lingya had already made plans to stay overnight, so he simply went out a little later and arrived at Xiaoba Village in the afternoon.
Pang Yuan came to greet them, and there were also two elderly people in the village, who were in charge of the affairs of the ancestral hall and genealogy, and who could decide.
Because Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan had been to Fengping Village, and the atmosphere of sacrifice in this area was already strong, the people of Xiaoba Village had a very good attitude towards them.
Also along the way, they learned some details.
The Fengshui Pond in Xiaoba Village is semicircular in shape and is located in front of a large old house. Folks pay attention to the fact that there is water in front of the house and mountains behind the house. The Fengshui Pond can gather wealth and energy.
This feng shui pond has a history of more than a hundred years with the buildings in the late Qing Dynasty. Xiaoba Village used to be the most respectable family. The houses were derived from each other. With many descendants, the five-bedroom houses were gradually separated from each other. Later, the courtyard walls disappeared, and many houses were built around them. We can only vaguely tell which one was where the previous house was. .
The old house is the first house facing the village, and it is also the ancestral house of the big house. Some of them have bought another house or even moved elsewhere, but logically speaking, this house is indeed shared by several of them.
Today is different from the past, such an old house in the village is not too rare, not to mention that there are only a few rooms in each family. In recent years, the owners of the old house have always had an idea, that is, to sell the house, but because there are too many people and opinions are not unified, they have not been able to do it.
Until recently, someone from such a family proposed that he could give money to all his relatives to completely transfer the old house to his own name, and then he wanted to set up a homestay, which is unique in this kind of really old building. Then, the feng shui pond has to be filled, because the area is not enough. Relatives can also choose not to pay in exchange for shares.
In any case, this is also the common ancestral home of everyone, and there is the only Fengshui pond in the whole village, which was dug by the ancestors at the beginning, and the meaning is not the same. When the villagers knew about it, they were a little bit critical.
To make everyone protest completely is the strange thing that happened in the ancestral hall. Everyone thinks that it is because they want to fill the feng shui pond. Every day, people go to the family's house to talk about it, making them unable to work.
Rao is so, the ancestral hall has not completely calmed down, and the villagers have speculated that the ancestors are too angry.
The old man of Xiaoba Village stood by the pond and rambled to them: "Look, there is a hole dug in this place. These days, everyone has spontaneously filled it with soil, and you can still see it. Alas, this is not the case. Did you leak your anger? It makes sense for the ancestors to cultivate like this, bless our present day."
Shi Changxuan looked around for a week, Xiaoba Village was backed by a mountain, and the building did look at Feng Shui when it was built, which was also the practice at that time. Moreover, the person who pointed out the feng shui here is estimated to be the best among the feng shui masters at that time.
- The whole village is like a winding dragon, with a clear head and tail. The "head" is the ancestral hall. It was also used as a school in the past. The students in the village came to the ancestral hall to go to school. Next to the ancestral hall, there are two double-storey pyramids with towering spires, which are also called "dragon horns".
The so-called Xizi Pagoda is a place used to burn the paper on which the characters are written. There are also incinerators, reverence pavilions, etc., which are used for the same purpose. Sincerely, there is a special place to burn waste paper.
It is said that doing this is also virtuous. There is a poem that says, "The world's calligraphy and paper store scriptures, and those who see it should put it in the paper. Or put it in a clean place with a long stream, and natural blessings will be endless."
That is why, after reading it carefully, Shi Changxuan said to Xie Lingya in a low voice, "The feng shui of Xiaoba Village is all above the shape of a dragon. You can see that the whole village is shaped like a coiled dragon. This piece is also a feng shui cave. As for the feng shui pond in that side, the function it plays is only an auxiliary, at most, the wind blows through the pond to cool down and make the villagers happy.”
Xie Lingya was stunned. He had just read it by himself, and he also vaguely felt that the ancestral hall was good, but he couldn't tell the ins and outs like Shi Changxuan.
That's something worth having fun with.
If the feng shui pond did not have much influence, why did the ancestors of the Shang family get so angry
Or is it that people's tempers are like this, and they must be compared with each other
This is also possible.
The two of them bit their ears, and for the time being they didn't come up with a momentary inference. Xie Lingya only said: "We've already seen it, but the most important thing is the ancestors. Let's go to the ancestral hall to see."
They also nodded and wanted to lead the two away.
Xie Lingya suddenly stopped them, "Wait, what is this?"
He had just discovered that there was an old horse-tethering rock next to the Fengshui Pond. When he turned around, he saw that there was a pool of dark red bloodstains on the horse-tethering rock. "Could it be that when the construction started, it was still red?"
He suddenly thought that after the old man said he had dug a gap, he said that the villagers had filled it up, but he didn't say how to stop it. He just thought it was because of an accident in the ancestral hall, which scared everyone.
"It's red, but it has nothing to do with people." The old man said with a slightly subtle expression, "I just wanted to say, when they were starting construction, it started to rain, and the cattle raised by one person in the village went back and were under the tree next to them. After being struck by lightning, he struggled for a few steps, and his head was stuck on the tethering stone, rubbing blood. It was also that night that the ancestral hall broke out. This is a reminder! Work stopped after that!"
Lightning? Xie Lingya was a little surprised. Was this an accident, or were there any details they didn't know about
Xie Lingya, who originally thought things were clear at a glance, gradually felt that after arriving at Xiaoba Village, it seemed that it was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
…
The two followed the people from Xiaoba Village to the ancestral hall, and when they went around the shadow wall, they could see the magnificent ancient ancestral hall. The door was locked during the day, and the old man took out the key to open the door.
There is a patio in the ancestral hall, but there is no water. The tall and thick pillars are bright red. The ancestor statues on the table are also covered with red hanging colors, and some colorful decorations are hung on the roof.
The old man put on the incense, pointed to the table and said, "Look, these are also the traces that fell when the sacrifice was turned over."
Indeed, there are some bumps on the tabletop.
Xie Lingya looked around in the ancestral hall, but he didn't see anything, but he didn't know if it was a psychological effect. He still felt that something was weird.
Xie Lingya turned to look at Shi Changxuan, he also shook his head, but he didn't see anything strange.
"Little baby?" Xie Lingya tilted her head, wanting to ask Liu Lingtong.
Liu Lingtong was very anxious, "No, no."
Xie Lingya showed a playful look, which is interesting, Liu Lingtong can't count, not that there is nothing wrong. In fact, this indirectly proves that there is indeed a problem in this place, but the little baby didn't calculate it due to some restrictions.
While Xie Lingya was pondering, he found that Pang Yuan and the old man were staring at him strangely, embarrassed, "??"
Just when he couldn't figure it out, Xie Lingya suddenly remembered that he turned his head and called a little baby just now, and Shi Changxuan was standing beside him, so in the eyes of outsiders, he just called Shi Changxuan a little baby
Xie Lingya: "..."
What the hell, do you want to explain, but he and Shi Changxuan really have an affair!
When Xie Lingya was stunned, Pang Yuan and the others silently looked away, looking at the roof, looking at the roof, looking at the ground, looking at the ground, and pretended not to hear it.
Although the old man was surprised and chose to respect the latter between "how are two boys like this" and "they are masters", the atmosphere seemed to be even more embarrassing because of his poor acting skills.
"The sun hasn't set yet, let's go again at night." Xie Lingya's mouth twitched twice before changing the subject. He thought about it and decided to come back when the yin qi was a little heavier. At this moment, the yang qi seemed to be unable to see anything strange.
The people from Xiaoba Village took them to Pang Yuan's house to rest and have a meal.
At Pang Yuan's house, Xie Lingya asked Shi Changxuan if he had any ideas.
Shi Changxuan had no clue, "It's just... I always feel that I have nothing to do with the ancestral hall."
"I think so too." Xie Lingya said in a daze, "I hope you can see the problem tonight."
…
It was only after midnight that they went out with flashlights. There are street lights in front of every house in Xiaoba Village, but they are usually only on after dark until 11 o'clock in the evening, after which each house is closed. Therefore, most places are completely dark.
The night in the countryside is different from that in the city. The night in the city has various lights, while the night in the countryside is a deep darkness with almost no light at all. It is all black when looking around, and it is impossible to distinguish the village from the mountain forest.
In this case, they can only rely on the torches in their hands to illuminate the place a few meters in front of them and walk quietly on the flagstone road.
The old man took them to the ancestral hall again and took out the key to open the door.
At this moment, there was a very clear sound of the plate hitting the ground! Dangdangdang, especially clear in the quiet country night!
Such a coincidence
The old man shuddered and looked back at them.
Xie Lingya stepped forward to take the key, thought about it and said, "Otherwise, you'd better go back first."
He saw that the old man was getting older, so what would he do if he stayed here and rushed.
The old man was unwilling. He and another old man, one was in charge of managing the ancestral hall and the other was in charge of keeping the genealogy. In his old opinion, he had to stay here as well.
Xie Lingya couldn't, he stepped forward and carefully unlocked the lock, and opened the door at once!
It was also the moment when the door was pushed, and the sound inside disappeared instantly, as if the sound just now was just an illusion.
The light of the flashlight swept across the room, a mess of desks, smiling clay figures, bright couplets...
Nothing.
Xie Lingya tilted her head, "Little cute, what do you think?"
Xiaoliu was stumped anyway, wondering if the Innate Wood Spirit had any inspiration.
Shang Lushen made a sound as if he was trying to poop: "Mmmmmmmmm-"
Xie Lingya looked at it expectantly.
…
In the darkness, a faint, somewhat embarrassed voice came from behind: "Two masters, I think about it, I'd better go back."
Xie Lingya: "..."