Chapter 4 Catching the Ducks to the Shelves
Yang Heng hesitated at the entrance of the villa for a long time, and finally decided to go in and explore the situation.
After making up his mind, Yang Heng sorted out his clothes, then pretended to be careless and slowly walked towards the village gate.
At this time, some villagers who were coming and going at the entrance of the village, when they saw strange Taoist priests approaching, they all looked curiously.
Yang Heng's face turned red when he was seen, but he still pretended to be calm.
When Yang Heng walked to the village gate, he saw several old men playing chess under a big tree.
Yang Heng hurried over, bowed to these father-in-laws and said, "Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, several father-in-laws, what kind of territory is this?"
Hearing Yang Heng's question, the old warriors raised their heads and looked up and down at Yang Heng. One of them seemed to have some prestige, so he stood up and bowed to Yang Heng.
"This Taoist priest, this is Koshantun. You are probably going to the county town, right?"
Yang Heng was not going to any county town, but he still nodded pretending.
The father-in-law hurriedly pointed a road with his finger and said to Yang Heng: "The Taoist priest follows this road and walks south for more than fifty miles to the south to reach the county town."
Yang Heng frowned when he heard this. He was now penniless, hungry and thirsty. He was probably starved to death before he could reach the county town.
At this time, another father-in-law saw that although Yang Heng had a good Taoist robe, he was covered in soil and had no package for him. He knew that this Taoist priest might have encountered difficulties.
This father-in-law was also very kind, so he stood up and invited Yang Heng to his house for a vegetarian meal.
Yang Heng would not refuse now. He heard the invitation from his father-in-law, and hurriedly thanked him repeatedly.
So the father-in-law took Yang Heng to the village.
Along the way, Yang Heng asked his father-in-law's name.
It turns out that this young father-in-law, who looks very old, is now less than 50 years old. His surname is Wang and his name is Wang Erdan.
There are also seven or eight acres of thin land in this Kuoshantun. There are two sons in the family who have already started a family and their grandsons will leave.
It was precisely because his family still had some savings that he brought Yang Heng to his home to entertain him. If others were just renting the land of wealthy families in the village, they would not have the ability to do so.
When they arrived at a pretty good house in the middle of the village, the father-in-law knocked on the door and shouted inside: "Old woman, open the door."
"Hey, why are you in a hurry?"
With this sound, the door of the courtyard was opened, and an old woman appeared.
Yang Heng looked behind him and couldn't tell the old woman's age.
He just watched, this father-in-law was at least sixty or seventy years old, but he was less than fifty.
"Old woman, this is Master Xitan. You can prepare some vegetarian food."
The old woman looked up and down Yang Heng, but didn't say anything, but just agreed and went to the kitchen.
Father-in-law Wang took Yang Heng to the main hall, asked Yang Heng to sit down, and poured him a bowl of hot water and put it next to him.
Since Yang Heng woke up, he has not yet entered the water and has run for so long, and now his throat has started to smoke. He is not polite to see this bowl of water, and he has taken it up and sipped it all.
Yang Heng felt a bowl of water in his stomach, and finally felt a little more refreshed. He wiped his mouth with the sleeve of the robe, stood up, and bowed deeply to the father-in-law.
"Thank you, Mr. Wang."
"You must be welcome."
In a short while, the old woman outside brought in a bowl of mixed noodles, without any seasonings, but just put some sauce on it.
The old woman was a little embarrassed and put her face in front of Yang Heng.
"Master, don't be surprised. There is nothing to be treated by our farmer. I'll neglect the Taoist priest."
Yang Heng was not surprised now. He stood up and saluted the old woman first, then picked up the noodles and started to snore.
Mr. Wang sat next to Yang Heng, smiling as he looked at the delicious food he ate.
Just when Yang Heng was eating noodles and eating delicious food, he heard someone shouting outside the yard: "Boss Wang, are you here?"
When Mr. Wang heard this voice, he immediately stood up and said to Yang Heng first: "Master, please sit here, I will go back."
Yang Heng quickly put the noodles on the table and replied, "If you have any questions, go and do it."
Mr. Wang left the main hall only.
When Yang Heng saw that Mr. Wang had left, he sat at the table and ate his noodles.
Maybe he was so hungry that Yang Heng was very satisfied with this bowl of noodles. He didn't have much effort to eliminate a large bowl of noodles.
Yang Heng sat in his seat and touched his stomach and let out a long breath. At the same time, he was happy with his good luck.
I thought I would endure hunger, but I didn’t expect that I would have a full meal when I entered this small mountain village.
Just as Yang Heng was digesting food, Mr. Wang led a well-dressed middle-aged man from outside.
When Yang Heng saw someone coming in, he quickly stood up.
Mr. Wang bowed to Yang Heng, and then introduced to Yang Heng: "Master, this is the butler of Wang Dashan's family in the village - Butler Liu. I would like to help him with some things."
When Yang Heng heard this, he felt a little guilty. Because he had already seen that the Butler Liu invited him to go, and he might be in charge of the funeral.
Everyone must be surprised that Yang Heng is just a physical body, how could he know so clearly?
It turns out that although Mr. Liu is dressed well, he is dressed in white. It is obvious that he is filial to someone.
When Mr. Liu saw that Mr. Wang had introduced himself, he bowed and said, "Master, I have worked hard. A concubine of my master suddenly died suddenly. Please read some rebirth scriptures for her so that she can be reincarnated safely."
After hearing this, Yang Heng made some preparations. He had only been a Taoist priest for a few days. He had only read the ceremony of the funeral in books and had not experienced it personally. He was really a little upset.
When Butler Liu saw that Yang Heng didn't say anything, he thought he wanted some benefits, so he spoke, "This time, I won't let Taoist priest be busy. After the matter is over, I will give you five taels of silver."
After hearing that the other party gave Bai Yin 5 taels, Yang Heng immediately put aside all his original concerns.
He is short of money now, and he doesn't know if he can go back this time travel. If he really can't go back, he has to find a living, otherwise he will starve to death soon.
And with these five taels of silver, he could just wait for a while and understand when he had traveled through time now.
"Since that's the case, I won't refuse. When will we set off?"
"Master, we can leave now."
"Since that's the case, then please give Master Liu to lead the way."
Butler Liu was like a tribute from Yang Heng, so he took the lead and left the door first.
Yang Heng came to thank the father-in-law Wang who had treated him again, and then followed Butler Liu to walk out.
Along the way, Butler Liu didn't say much, but just took Yang Heng forward with him.
Yang Heng originally wanted to ask about the situation of the deceased, but seeing that Butler Liu didn't want to say more, he could only shut up.
Soon, they came to a large three-entry yard.
At this time, the front of the yard was already covered with white sails.
Yang Heng was a little surprised to see this situation, because in Yang Heng's understanding, a concubine died in ancient times, but she just performed a ritual in a remote courtyard, but it was not like the whole courtyard has turned white now.
Butler Liu just greeted several servants guarding the door at the door, and then took Yang Heng to the main hall.
I saw that this place had been arranged into a mourning hall, with a coffin in the middle, and an altar in front of the coffin.
There were all kinds of tributes on the altar, and there were cigarettes scattered around it. It seemed that this never stopped.
Before the action, a little maid was kneeling there, burning paper.
When he arrived here, Butler Liu bowed to Yang Henggong and said, "Master Taoist, because time is in a hurry, my master has no time to invite other great masters. So this time, only the Taoist Taoist was presided over the ritual."
Yang Heng's heart was already full of things, but he still pretended to be confident on the surface.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I have done rituals many times, just leave everything to me."
"What do you need from that priest?"
"Prepare an altar, put fresh fruits on it, and then prepare some ingots, candles and tiles. I will cast spells tonight."
"Okay, Taoist priest sits here for a moment and recites scriptures for the deceased. I'll prepare now."
Yang Heng nodded and came to the bottom of the altar. There was a cushion there, sitting cross-legged, muttering something in his mouth.
Seeing that Yang Heng was good, Butler Liu finally nodded with confidence and left the mourning hall.
At this time, Yang Heng was muttering something on the surface, but in fact he was squinting his eyes and observing Butler Liu. Seeing that he left with satisfaction, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If Yang Heng had just been a Taoist priest for a few days, he was simply trying to make him chant any scriptures.
He read the Taoist "Sacrifice of Saving People" several times, but Yang Heng's mind could not write down such a thick book at all. Now he could only pretend to behave and move his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking.
Besides, Butler Liu left the mourning hall and did not prepare anything for Yang Heng to perform rituals tonight, but instead transferred it to the backyard.
Housekeeper Liu entered the back hall and respectfully bowed to an old man sitting there.
"Master, the Taoist priest has been invited, and he said he will be able to perform the rituals tonight."
It seems that the person sitting in the top is the famous Wang Dashan, the village.
The great sage man Wang nodded after hearing the butler's words, and then sighed: "I hope Qiaoyun will stop making trouble this time, otherwise, this life will be impossible."
When Mr. Wang said this, Butler Liu below felt a storm blowing nearby, causing him to be shocked.
Others don’t know the inside story, but Mr. Liu knows very well about the death of his concubine Qiaoyun.
It turns out that this concubine Qiaoyun did not just die yesterday, but had been dead for five or six days. Tonight it happened to be Qiaoyun's first seventh.
What's more important is that this Aunt Qiaoyun died so miserably.
Therefore, the maids and servants in the house often hear crying coming from the backyard these days, which makes people panic.
Chapter completed!