Taishang asks longevity

Chapter 1 The Wedding in the Village

Lunar calendar, July fourteenth.

It is suitable for marriage, sacrifice and prayer.

Avoid breaking ground.

Today is the big day for Boss Lin, the richest man in Shimen Village, because Boss Lin's son, Young Master Lin, got married tonight.

According to the rules of Shimen Village, when Ghost Moon gets married, he must choose to pick up the bride at night and hold the wedding ceremony.

The bride is said to be a foreigner with a poor family and many brothers and sisters. In order to support the family, her parents were so cruel that they married her to Shimen Village.

Boss Lin was originally a craftsman with superb craftsmanship. Later, he earned some money and went to the city to do business. The business grew bigger and bigger. Later, when he got old, he returned to the village. He was famous far and wide. In the whole mountain, many The people in the village have all heard of Boss Lin's reputation.

This Shimen Village is a relatively remote village, hidden in the mountains, without seeing the sun all year round.

In such a remote mountain village, usually when someone has a happy event, it will soon spread throughout the village, so today, when Boss Lin's family is celebrating, the whole village will naturally come.

From the gate of the village to Boss Lin's house, there are lights and festoons, with bright red lanterns hanging.

The villagers gathered in the courtyard of Boss Lin's house early on, waiting for the arrival of the bride, and then when the time came, they would worship and get married.

The night was getting darker, and the fog in the mountains was getting thicker.

At the entrance of the village, a young man appeared, with a thin face and piercing eyes, wearing a plain long gown, with a long stick in his hand and a cloth bag on his back.

"Huh... is there a happy event?" The young man stood at the entrance of Shimen Village, startled for a moment.

In the darkness, the bright red lanterns hanging high were dazzling.

In such a special month, or on such a special day, it is really strange that someone chooses to hold a wedding in such a period.

The young man was not from Shimen Village. He was just walking at night and passed by this village, wanting to take a rest overnight.

But he himself did not expect that he would encounter a festive event.

Just when the young man was in a daze, suddenly a suona sound came from behind him.

In such a quiet night, and in the middle of the mountains, the sound of the suona seemed very long, a little strange, lingering in the air.

The man turned around and saw four strong young men, carrying a red sedan chair, coming from the other side of the mountain road towards Shimen Village.

In front of the red sedan chair, there are two middle-aged men playing suona.

"This is..." The man frowned and said to himself, "The bride?"

The bridal sedan chair swayed, getting closer and closer, and the festive atmosphere seemed to suddenly increase a bit.

Although there were many doubts in the man's heart, he held back at this moment, and couldn't help but quicken his pace, following behind the sedan chair.

The man followed Hua Jiaozi into Shimen Village and walked along the path in the village.

Not long after, only the sound of cheers was heard.

Looking around, Boss Lin's house is very lively, and the villagers have gathered here, waiting for the arrival of the bride.

The sound of gongs, drums, and suona kept ringing, and it seemed that at this moment, the whole village became lively.

The frown on the man's forehead deepened, but the expression on his face became more serious.

"Hey hey... Little brother, why haven't I seen you? You are not from this village, right? What do you call it?" Seeing the man coming after Hua Jiaozi, among the waiting villagers, many The man mistook it for the man on the bride's end.A troubled villager stopped the man and asked.

The expression on the man's face relaxed a little. He smiled slightly, looked at the villagers who greeted him, and said, "My name is Li Changsheng, and I'm not from the village."

The villager listened and said with a smile: "Of course I know that you are not from the village. How old is Shimen Village? Everyone in every household knows each other. You must be from the bride's family, right? Could it be that you are the elder brother of the bride? Seeing yourself My younger sister is getting married, so I don't feel at ease, so I followed along the way?"

Li Changsheng waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "No, I just passed by here, and saw something lively to watch, so I came to take a look."

"Huh...that's a coincidence." The villagers laughed loudly after hearing this, and said, "This is the son of our village boss getting married. Since you are passing by, let's have a wedding wine together before leaving."

Li Changsheng listened, nodded slightly, and asked, "Brother, I want to ask, why did you choose the night for this wedding?"

When the villagers heard this, they said, "You don't know this. This is the custom in our village. Anyone who gets married in the ghost month must choose to hold the wedding at night."

Li Changsheng frowned again at this time, and said, "Then why did you choose this day?"

The villagers were startled, looked around, and then whispered in Li Changsheng's ear: "I heard that the bride's family owed a lot of money to Boss Lin, and they couldn't pay, so they took their daughter out to pay off the debt." , married to Young Master Lin, the son of Boss Lin, is a fool, and his brain has been ill-informed since he was a child, and Boss Lin was also afraid that the bride's family would repent, so he hurriedly arranged such a marriage."

"Oh..." Li Changsheng nodded after hearing this, and said, "But... such a day is the season when the gates of hell are wide open. Are you not afraid of problems when you choose such a time for getting married?"

The villagers waved their hands again and again, and said, "People in our village also said this, but Boss Lin has never believed in these things, not to mention...the head of the family is not unhappy about this kind of thing. How can we outsiders say anything?" Woolen cloth!"

Li Changsheng took a deep breath, his eyes seemed to become much deeper in an instant.

He looked up at the distant mountains and forests, only to see a mass of green air, as if lingering in the darkness.

At this end, the bride has already got off the sedan chair.

In the Lin family hall, joss sticks had already been lit, bright red ribbons were covered, and even the doors and windows were pasted with festive window grilles.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the time to come, and they will worship and get married.

Li Changsheng was in the courtyard of the Lin family. Looking around, he saw Boss Lin sitting in the middle of the hall. On another chair beside him was a woman, who must have been Boss Lin's wife.

In the candlelight, Mrs. Lin was sitting there, but she couldn't see any joy on her face, and she stared blankly ahead.

The bright light shone on her originally kind face, but it looked a little cold, as if she came out of the abyss.

A gloomy chill seemed to emanate from Mrs. Lin's body.

The more Li Changsheng looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. All of a sudden, he felt that there was a strange aura around Mrs. Lin.

He quickly grabbed the villager who was talking too much just now, and asked, "This Mrs. Lin...isn't she a human?"

(End of this chapter)