After breakfast, Nan Feng came to the front yard to discuss funeral matters with Tianmu Lao Dao. Tian Mu Lao Dao had a chronic cough and asthma, and had caught a cold the night before. He had been busy doing rituals in the past few days, and now his cough became even worse. Nan Feng Feng deliberately asked him to go back to the mountain to rest, but Tianmu Laodao insisted not to go back, and only wanted to wait until the funeral and burial tomorrow before leaving.
Nanfeng likes the old Taoist Tianmu very much. Although this old Taoist is a bit vulgar, he is very good at doing things and very knowledgeable. He has dabbled in a lot of Taoist knowledge and is quite proficient in it.
Naturally, they had to choose a cemetery for the funeral. When it was time to get ready, the two of them left the county government office and went outside the city to find a Feng Shui yin house.
Kanyu Feng Shui also belongs to the Taoist miscellany. Taoist Tianmu is very proficient in it. When he was looking for it, he casually told Nanfeng about the Yin House. To put it bluntly, the Yin House is the place where the dead are buried. If the Yin House is well chosen, it will bring good luck to the descendants. If you choose a ghost house poorly, it can bring disaster to your descendants.
There are three choices for burials in the graveyard: burial with a backing, burial with a facing sun, and burial facing water. The so-called backing means that there is a mountain behind the tomb, facing the sun means that it is buried on a sunny slope, and facing water means that there is a river or stream in front of the tomb. As long as one of the three occupies one, it can be buried. If all three are present, it is an auspicious place for the Yin House.
Three burials are opposite to three burials. There is no burial if there is no mountain cover far away, no burial in the shade, and no burial if there is bad water behind. Cover mountain means that there needs to be a big mountain in the distance directly opposite the tomb. The tomb is facing the mountain. This is the cover mountain. Mountain. Being shady means that you cannot be buried on a shady slope of a mountain. If you cannot see the sun, the yin energy will be heavy, which is unlucky. There is a river behind it, so it is not possible to bury it.
These three burials and three no burials are just the basics of the Yin House. There are many side details that need to be mastered flexibly. Tianmu walked in the mountains and narrated to Nanfeng. Mu Laodao will confirm or correct you.
"I think that place is good." Nanfeng pointed to a mountain col not far away. There is a mountain behind the col and water in front. It has a auxiliary on the left and a bute on the right. It is quite regular and very rare.
Tianmu Lao Dao squinted his eyes and shook his head, "The tombstone of Yin Zhai cannot be lower than the surrounding terrain. The terrain there is too low. Although the children are buried there, their children will be prosperous, and the women in the family will also be injured."
Seeing that Nanfeng was a little embarrassed, Old Taoist Tianmu continued, "The art of Yin Zhai is a Taoist miscellany. It is a trivial trick for ordinary people like me who have not cultivated and understood Taoism to make a living. You are a person who does big things, so learning these is useless. .”
"Doing great things? Why did the Taoist Master say this?" Nan Feng asked with a smile.
"My Lord, although the heaven is not full, it is majestic. Although the ground is not square, it is hidden. In my opinion, you are definitely not a thing in the pond. This small Yu County cannot hide you. It won't be long before the tiger comes out of the mountain. , competing with the leopard for supremacy, the golden dragon coming out of the water, competing with the sun and the moon for glory." said Tianmu Laodao.
"Really or not?" Nanfeng asked with a smile. Today, the old Taoist Tianmu is very mature and always has good things to say.
"It's true." Tianmu also laughed, and then coughed again.
Nanfeng reached out and patted Tianmu on the back, "You old guy, you're all flattering, and you don't say a word of truth."
Old Taoist Tianmu stopped coughing and pointed to the west mountain, "Everything I say is true. If you are not a dragon or a tiger, how can you open up mountains and destroy forests?"
"Hahahaha, okay, I'll be more restrained in the future." Nanfeng laughed again. In order to improve people's livelihood, he has been logging and quarrying since he came to Yu County. Although this can solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in a short time, it will not last long after all. plan.
"I'm worried that you will suffer from this, but fortunately you don't have any intention of staying for a long time," Tianmu Laodao lowered his voice, "If you find that the limelight is not right, you should fly away as soon as possible, and don't delay."
Nanfeng nodded. Old Taoist Tianmu guessed based on what he did that he would not stay here forever, so that's why he said something like the golden dragon coming out of the water, but in any case, Old Taoist Tianmu's intentions were good.
"I don't have many friends here. You are one of them. While we can still make the decision, if you have any needs, it's okay to just tell them." Nanfeng said.
Tianmu Lao Taoist really has something to ask for. Lin Yunguan only has eight acres of land. At this time, the yield of cultivated fields is only about 200 kilograms per mu. There is too little land. The Taoist priests in the Taoist temple cannot have enough food and clothing, and their life is quite hard.
Although Tianmu Lao Tao said it in a vague way, Nanfeng understood what he meant and asked him to go back and select a hundred acres of land, and the county government would buy it and give it to Lin Yunguan.
Old Taoist Tianmu didn't expect Nanfeng to be so generous. Hearing this, he hurriedly thanked him and coughed again when he was excited.
"How did you get this disease?" Nanfeng asked casually.
Tianmu Lao Taoist sighed, "I dare not hide it, sir. In the early years, the Taoist temple was short of rice and food, and encountered a famine. In desperation, he did something that harmed nature and morality."
"Did you encounter zombies while digging graves?" Nanfeng asked curiously. Harming the heavens and damaging morals meant digging graves, but he did not look down on Tianmu Lao Dao because of this. Everyone has the desire to survive. What if he is about to starve to death? Everything can be done.
Tianmu waved his hand, "That's not the case. I can tell the location and the atmosphere of the land, so I won't point them to the tombs in extremely gloomy places for them to search for. However, although there are no zombies in the tomb, there is a miasma of cattle corpses. , the tomb opened, the miasma rushed back, I couldn't dodge and choked, and I fell into this problem, alas, it can be regarded as retribution."
"What is the miasma of cow corpses?" Nan Feng asked.
"It's the bad smell caused by the rotting cow carcass. It is of little use to others and only hurts Taoists." Tianmu coughed again when he said this. When the cough stopped, he continued, "Taoists do not eat loyal cows, righteous dogs, and filial piety." Fish, wild geese, outsiders also know these taboos of ours. When they are buried, cattle will be slaughtered and placed in the tomb, allowing them to rot on their own and breed bad odors. Taoists usually taboo beef, so they cannot bear the miasma of cattle corpses." explained Tianmu Laodao. .
Nanfeng asked in confusion, "Why are they targeting Taoists?"
"The Taoist can find their Yin Mansion by observing Feng Shui," said the old Taoist Master Tianmu, pointing to the south. "Look at the white stone in the distance. There is a tomb there."
Nanfeng suddenly realized it, but he didn't take it seriously. He wasn't going to dig the grave, so he just listened to it as a funny story.
It was extremely difficult to find a good hermit house. Finally, Tianmu found a medium-sized hermitage nearby, left a mark, and the two of them went down the mountain and returned to the city.
"Sir, the woman I rescued the night before had a red and phoenix look on her face, so she accepted her as a prosperous husband and a good son." Old Taoist Tianmu said in a low voice.
Nanfeng tilted his head and looked at Tianmu Old Taoist after hearing this. Everything has two sides, Yin and Yang. In fact, Taoist priests also have two sides. One side is empty words and good words, and the other side is true words. Ordinary fortune tellers usually only say some good things, and few of them are true. , only close relatives and friends or pilgrims who have donated huge amounts can get a word of advice. The reason why this is the case is because whether it is face reading, palm reading, or bone touching and spelling, all secrets will be revealed. To be honest, Words like this will ruin your fortune and longevity. If he hadn't promised to give Tianmu Lao Dao a hundred acres of land, I'm afraid Tian Mu Lao Dao wouldn't have said this.
Seeing Nanfeng looking at him, Old Taoist Tianmu nodded seriously, indicating that what he said was true.
Nan Feng smiled and stepped forward, "Don't look at her, look at me. Tell me the truth, how do I look?"
Tianmu took a few steps quickly to follow him. He tilted his head and looked at Nanfeng. Although he had known Nanfeng for a long time, he looked at it very carefully. After a long time, Tianmu said, "Looking at your appearance, you are not a good person."
Just when Nanfeng was about to laugh and scold him, Old Taoist Tianmu said the next sentence, "He is not a bad person, he is not a rich official, he is not a poor person, he is neither a great good nor a great evil."
"Okay, okay, stop talking. What you said means you didn't say anything," Nanfeng waved his hand to interrupt Tianmu Laodao, "Let's get down to business. After these few days, you will bring I'm going out to see some things, looking for some monsters, and catching some ghosts for me to see."
Old Taoist Tianmu didn't want to cause trouble, but Nanfeng had something to say and he couldn't refute it, so he nodded and agreed.
The two returned to the county government office. Tianmu Laodao took the laborers to dig soil and build a tomb in the mountains. Nanfeng ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food. At noon, a banquet was held in the main room in the backyard to formally entertain Yuan Anning.
The main purpose of the banquet was to thank Yuan Anning for his charity to them. The fat man prepared many gifts for Yuan Anning, including gold, silver, pearls and jade, but Yuan Anning only took a set of clothes and ten taels of silver.
The fat man thought Yuan Anning took too little, so he forced her to take more. Nanfeng knew that Yuan Anning was not short of money, and waved his hand to stop the fat man from giving it away.
Don’t talk about Yuan Anning’s relationship with the dwarf, don’t talk about Yuan Anning’s origins, don’t talk about Yuan Anning’s future plans, there will be very little to talk about, but we can’t stop talking at the banquet, so Nanfeng and Yuan Anning discussed the details of General Wang's funeral tomorrow. When it came to the funeral, he naturally talked about General Wang. When he talked about General Wang, he talked about the previous misunderstanding between the two parties, and finally talked about what happened a few nights ago.
Yuan Anning only said that it was lucky that everyone arrived in time. If he had arrived a moment later, he might have been in danger of losing his life, but he still wanted to thank the two of them.
The fat man was talkative and said that Nanfeng had gone long ago. Under the leadership of Lao Bai, they found Nanfeng from the mountainside. At that time, Nanfeng was watching the situation in Yizhuang.
Yuan Anning was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and asked softly, "When will the young hero go there?"
"On midnight, I rushed over after hearing the zombie make a strange noise." Nanfeng replied.
"Nonsense, you left before dark. You walked for more than ten miles for three hours?" the fat man corrected.
After the fat man finished speaking, Yuan Anning's face turned red and he tilted his head to the side, feeling very embarrassed.
The fat man was a little confused and tilted his head to look at Nanfeng, "What's wrong? What did I say wrong..."