palm river mountain

Chapter 21 The Seal of Rivers and Mountains

Duan Yi raised her eyebrows, and looked at the three generations in the carriage: old, weak, sick...

She couldn't help shedding tears of bitterness for the ancestors of the Duan family. Even if they were exhausted and smoked in turn, they couldn't move these useless and unfilial descendants!

Duan Ming felt the invisible pull in the air, and his little head fell lower and lower, wishing he could shrink into his neck.

Duan Yi watched, but didn't say anything to persuade her.

Duan Wenchang pretended to be deaf, and she pretended to be blind. They are a family that loves each other.

"Father, we brought Master Chu to Jiannan after all, it's still early, why don't we go there together and see if we need help! Otherwise, we are afraid that others will say that we are not righteous."

In the end it was Duan Sixian who didn't hold back and broke the tranquility in the car. He glanced at his old father with some anxiety.

Duan Wenchang nodded, "Suppose that's the case, tell the carriage behind to go back first, and let's change the route. Ah Yi can make arrangements."

Alas, Duan Yi was a little disappointed, she felt that she should not be called Duan Yi, but should be called Duan Ye, or Duan Jie.

Auntie sounds better than grandpa, not to mention younger sister.

Muttering to whispering, Duan Yi is very familiar with this funeral and sacrifice, so she quickly arranged for a driver, found the funeral shop closest to Qi's house, and bought birthday quilts, white candles, incense, paper money and the like.

"Mr. is in Baoxingtang on weekdays, and his home is three alleys behind the pharmacy. There is no female family member in his family, so I found Renyazi and bought an old mother to do some laundry for him."

"Mr. has a leg problem, so his words are a bit unpleasant..."

Duan Yi was carrying the basket and talking softly, when she just arrived at the door, she heard Qi Langzhong's angry voice.

"Let's say bad things in front of someone's house, and I don't know if you are bad or stupid! Why did it take you so long to come, old man Guan waited for you until his beard turned white, and he couldn't do the coffin alone!"

Duan Yi took a deep breath, feeling an ominous premonition in her heart.

Qi Langzhong's yard is not big, there are only three or two rooms, and there is a large open space in front of the main room.On weekdays, it is full of medicinal herbs, and after a while, some musty books will be brought out.

She took the first step and walked in the door. As expected, she saw three benches on the open space, and on top of the bench was a door panel. Lie there quietly.

An old man in bunt, with this long white cloth hanging around his neck, was shaving wood with a plane.

Duan Yi was speechless for a while, "Isn't it sir's brother? Death is a big deal, so he is not worth buying a coffin for you? Shut the hands of the old man, that is a wooden horse builder, why did you tell him to make a coffin?"

The craftsman surnamed Guan heard Duan Yi's voice, smiled and nodded at her, and continued to plan.

"Ah bah..." Qi Langzhong picked up his crutches and walked towards the door, "I didn't poke a few holes for this bad old man who harms others and does not benefit himself. It is all benevolence. You know, back then you How did Mistress go?"

"Is there anyone in Jincheng who doesn't know that you have tried and failed so many times, and my wife scolded you for not being able to support the wall..."

When Qi Langzhong heard this, he was immediately annoyed. He picked up his crutches, tapped on Duan Yi's leg, and then stomped on the corpse of the old magic stick, "You are a child, what do you know? What’s so hard to learn? He’s the only one who’s born, so don’t learn if you’re good, and you’ve lost the skill of divination.”

"As long as the calculation is accurate, which one is not the one who died on the street with five diseases and three deficiencies. The bad old man usually has no virtue in his mouth. Back then, your master and I were also beautiful men, so I married a beautiful and virtuous man like your teacher's wife." people."

"But the first time we met, my kind-hearted senior brother gave me a big gift! He patted me on the shoulder and said, Junior Brother, you should stop taking the exam. In your life, you won't be in high school. !"

Qi Lang said, as if he had just discovered Duan Wenchang, he walked towards him in surprise.

"Duan Xiang is a great Confucianist in the world, judge me whether it is right or not, my apprentice, I think I am a living Buddha! The brother I haven't seen for hundreds of years is dead, and I still have to confess him as my father?"

"Isn't this just eating melons in the mountains last year and picking them up for a while, and then I didn't care about them. After the melons were fruited, I picked them forcibly. While eating, I still disliked the fact that the melons were not sweet. Why did they grow into melons? No Grow into that longevity fruit!"

"Just tell me I'm right, right?"

Qi Langzhong's eyes widened, almost touching Duan Wenchang's face.

Duan Wenchang's face darkened, he held his breath, and subconsciously took a step back.

This weird old thing!
Duan Wenchang stroked his beard, and nodded earnestly, "Mr. Qi has a unique insight, and it does make some sense. But the dead are big, and the past is just a cloud. Sixian, you take Ming'er to give it to me." Master, buy a good coffin."

"Go home and call some people to help Mr. Qi with the funeral. Ah Yi is young and not considerate in handling things. Master has something to do, so he should be a disciple. These things should not be worrying about Mr. Qi."

"Master Chu and I are close friends. I hope that Mr. Qi will not blame Duan for making his own decisions."

Qi Langzhong clicked his tongue a few times, "Knowing that it is self-assessment, and still self-assessment, there is no need for the coffin. This is the coffin I reserved for myself. I can't wrong my good brother."

As he spoke, he glared at Duan Yi, who was watching the excitement, "Are you so thick-skinned? Didn't you hear what your grandfather said? There is something that the disciples are willing to do, and what are you still doing? Go beat the coffin!" "

"Mama Jiang has a distinguished guest tonight, let's eat radish slices, sliced ​​thinner than a human face, it won't be tasty if it's too thick!"

Duan Sixian immediately blushed when he heard the accusations against Huai. He looked at Duan Yi who rolled up his sleeves and was about to saw wood, and became a little annoyed, "Yi'er, what are you doing?"

Just as Duan Wenchang was about to stop him, Qi Langzhong immediately seized the opportunity again. He raised his eyebrows and looked over in surprise, "Isn't there something to do with the disciples? People, even if they grew up in the Northland, they still haven't forgotten the ability to change faces."

Duan Sixian fell back in anger, but was pulled behind by Duan Wenchang, he frowned, "Let's put incense on the master, and then go back and ask someone to help, don't lose your dignity by yelling in the mourning hall , Disturbing the souls of the dead."

As he spoke, he glanced at the angry Duan Sixian, and then at Duan Ming, who was a little lost in thought, sighed softly, bent down, and reached out to grab the incense that he had just bought.

Just lowered her head, she saw that Duan Yi had already picked up three sticks of incense and handed them to him.

She bowed to the altar with quick hands and feet, brought a copper basin, and quietly burned paper money beside her.

Duan Wenchang didn't say anything more, he led Duan Sixian and Duan Ming to salute respectfully, and after burning incense, he said to Duan Yi, "You can stay here to help, we will go back first, if you are undecided For the matter, just ask Grandpa."

"Mr. Chu understands the profound method, and I will go to Zhaojue Temple to ask Master Huipu to perform rituals. Many of my students have connections with the master, and I am afraid that they will come to pay homage."

As Duan Wenchang said, he tugged Duan Sixian, and the three of them, grandparent and grandson, walked towards the carriage outside the door.

Duan Yi watched quietly, and when they were gone, she flicked her sleeves and entered the room.

Qi Langzhong was not annoyed at all, and followed in with a cane.The two walked in a straight line, and entered the study room at the back, "Why did your master invite you to kill yourself?"

Duan Yi sat down, picked up the teapot on the table, poured herself a bowl of Chuanqiong tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

"He asked me to take a hair tie. After cutting it open, there was a piece of broken sheepskin inside. As for the group of people in my family, I have already tested it clearly."

Qi Langzhong frowned at first, then blurted out three words as if remembering something, "Heshan Yin!"

(End of this chapter)