Chapter 23: Reincarnation of Xunzi (2)
Everyone listened to Wan Yongkun talk about what happened last night, and they all looked at each other.
Wan Yongkun definitely won't deceive people, but such a strange thing is really unheard of. Science can't explain everything, especially in uncivilized places, and Falling Water Village is undoubtedly one of them.
Li Qisi's face was cloudy, he didn't know what he was thinking, he just started squatting and smoking, and when he stood up, he was unsteady and staggered.
Li Qihuai stood beside him, seeing this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the eldest brother, for so many years, the eldest brother has always said the same thing among the brothers, and it was the first time he saw the eldest brother so embarrassed.
After a long time, Li Qisi sighed and said: "Second brother, is it a blessing or a curse, and it can't be avoided...... What should come will come after all, or not, or so!"
Li Qihuai didn't understand why the plain and tough eldest brother suddenly felt so emotional, and comforted: "Big brother, don't be too depressed, maybe the fifth brother should die, it's just an accident......"
Li Qisi's body was shocked, and he suddenly woke up. He glanced at Li Qihuai, quickly regained his resolute expression, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, you are right, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, our brothers should not be afraid. However, the heart of defense is indispensable, more than half of our six brothers have been killed or wounded, and from today on, the three of us will advance and retreat together, and we must not act without authorization...... And ......" Li Qisi motioned for him to come over.
The two whispered a few words, and Li Qihuai nodded frequently in agreement. After discussing properly, Li Qihuai pulled Li Yiting aside again and explained something in a low voice.
After the explanation, Li Yiting said cautiously: "Dad, can you let the fourth brother follow me to have a look? Maybe I can help a little, my mind is in a mess now......
"Well, he's an outsider after all......" Li Qihuai hesitated, "This thing, if you believe it, you don't believe it." β
Li Yiting didn't give up and insisted: "Then I'll ask him to go." Li Qihuai nodded.
Li Yiting hurried back to express his father's thoughts to Chen Tianyu. It turned out that the Li Qihuai brothers discussed going to divination as soon as possible to ask about the heavenly opportunity, and the person they were looking for was Xun Yuanchun.
Chen Tianyu pondered for a moment before he said, "Didn't Qiuxi say that he hadn't found any trace of this Xun Yuanchun for a few days?"
Li Yiting said with a wry smile: "That's because he didn't touch the doorway, this Xun Yuanchun is not an ordinary person, since he became a god, he never enters and exits from his own gate, and if the villagers want to meet him, there are only two situations, one is to bring enough tribute and money, write down the matters that need to be divined, put them in a designated position, and then wait for him to take the initiative to come to you; β
"Oh, that's right. Chen Tianyu bowed slightly, "No wonder Qiuxi can't enter the door." β
Li Yiting teased: "This kid is still tender." β
"Such a strange person, I have to go for a while anyway, it is best to bring the Nine Paths with me, he is more proficient. Chen Tianyu pondered.
Shen Mingyue said with great interest on the side: "Fourth brother and fourth brother, I also want to go, I want to go too!"
Li Yiting shook his head helplessly: "There are too many people, definitely not." What's more, if you're a girl, no one else will let you in. β
Shen Mingyue said angrily: "What kind of rules are you breaking, men and women are too unequal, no! I can't bear it, I have to go!"
Li Yiting looked at Liu Zichen for help, she was the only one who could convince Shen Mingyue, but he didn't expect Liu Zichen to stand on Shen Mingyue's side.
"Mingyue is not wrong in what she said, there are indeed too many rules in your Li Village, the temple is not allowed to enter on the first day of the New Year, and women are not allowed to enter the ancestral shrine. Liu Zichen frowned slightly and put forward his opinion.
Li Yiting was speechless, he had spent more than ten or twenty years in this place, but he had never seriously thought about these problems, and he had long been accustomed to them.
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Chen Tianyu waved his hand: "Now is not the time to be reasonable, it is better to abide by other people's rules when you go to someone else's territory." I'll go and see first, and then I'll come back and think about it in the long run......"
In fact, everyone took the opportunity to complain, not really angry, and stopped talking when they heard the words.
It was still pouring rain, and in the dense bamboo forest, there was already a trickle of water flowing under your feet, making a gurgling sound.
At this time, Qiu Xi walked over quickly and said anxiously: "Fourth brother, the rain is too heavy and there are many cars, the county road is very congested, and the colleagues of the criminal police team are stuck in the middle of the road......"
Li Yiting frowned and asked, "Did you say that you could arrive at any time?"
Qiu Xi shook his head helplessly: "It's not sure yet, it's estimated ......that it won't be soon."
Chen Tianyu was not busy, he suggested: "Yiting, it is not a way to wait." The road is slippery on rainy days, even if the criminal police team arrives at Luoshui Village, they will not arrive here so quickly, it is better to take a two-pronged approach, divide the troops into two ways, and leave this place to Officer Qiu and Jiudao to be responsible......"
Li Yiting looked at the two ladies: "What about them?"
Liu Zichen sneered: "Yiting, you are really messed up, we are joking with you." When did you ever worry about you?"
Li Yiting breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran to report the situation to his father, and conveyed Chen Tianyu's meaning.
The four of them didn't stay too long, and after Li Qihuai briefly explained a few words, he led his son home to prepare first, while Chen Tianyu accompanied Li Qisi to Xun Yuanchun's residence directly.
Soon, a characteristic wooden house appeared in front of the two.
The gate is locked.
Li Qisi didn't say a word, walked directly to the door of the living room, pulled up the two pull rings on the door, and knocked on it.
"Bang...... Box box box ...... Bang Bang ...... Bang bang ...... Syllable...... Bang bang bang bang ...... Box ......"
The door creaked and cracked, but looking through the crack in the door, it was still dark, and Li Qisi showed an imperceptible smile in his eyes.
Chen Tianyu suddenly realized that a password was needed to open the door!
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Entering the gate, it was only a small courtyard, not quite the same as the living room of an ordinary house, in the middle of which was placed an incense burner and an offering table, on which were neatly placed slender brushes, inkstones, and a stack of yellow table paper.
Li Qisi stopped, he, a seemingly rude man, actually leaned over and took a brush to write.
Chen Tianyu watched silently, and was surprised to find that Li Qisi wrote traditional characters, and the font was correct, and the strokes were very skillful.
It is said that Li Cun is the only one who can pick up a pen and write, but Li Qisi is also a master, but why should he hide himself everywhere? If this mystery is not revealed, the case will only become more confusing.
About ten minutes later, Li Qisi had already inscribed his appeal, and the two were smoking cigarettes and waiting for Li Qihuai and others to offer their offerings, and Chen Tianyu was hesitating where to start to understand the truth.
It was only at this time that he really realized that he not only underestimated Li Qisi, but also said that he did not know anything about him, and he had never talked in depth.
Even if Yiting's father let himself, an outsider, accompany him, Li Qisi did not clearly express his objections, and in this case, if he didn't want to ask, he would be in his chest.
With the identity of the patriarch of Li Qisi and the obvious ability to deal with things, it must be the latter-that is, he has already seen the fire, and he is only short of speaking.
For this kind of deliberately reserved attitude, Chen Tianyu feels that he has no way to start, and if he says it lightly, others will ignore you, and if he says something bad, it may also cause unnecessary vigilance and counterattack.
So the two of them smoked cigarettes without any communication, each with complicated thoughts.
Coincidentally, at this time a young man hurriedly walked in, and when he saw the two standing solemnly in the courtyard, the young man let out a heavy gasp.
"Uncle, you are really here, let me find ......" The person who came was Li Fuqi, the village party secretary, who had been busy enough these days, and he would take the lead in handling Li Qiwen's funeral for a while, and at the end of the year, he would have to express his condolences to the people in difficulty on behalf of the government, and he would have to reasonably arrange the Spring Festival vacation and shift arrangement for the village cadres.
After getting the news of Li Qiumao's accidental death, everyone rushed to the scene to watch the excitement, he can't have a hot head, he has to do a good job of logistics support and unraveling work in Li Qiumao's house, there are still mother and daughter at home, they want to die or live!
How can people who watch the excitement know the hardships of the workers behind the scenes, but he is the village party secretary, others can be casual, but he can't.
In order to allow the criminal police team to carry out the first scene investigation smoothly, he wore out his lips and tried his best to persuade the fifth aunt and daughter to wait for the criminal police team to investigate the scene before going. The exhausted Li Fuqi didn't dare to slack off, turned his head and went straight to the mountain factory, seeing the tragic situation of the fifth uncle, he, a man with five big and three rough people, couldn't help crying.
I carefully asked a few people in Beiting, and learned that the uncle was confused, and regarded the murder as a ghost, and really looked for Xun Yuanchun, a god, so he hurried to see what was going on.
Li Fuqi breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke: "Big ...... Uncle, this ...... This Xun Yuanchun can really figure it out...... Is the cause of the fifth uncle's death?"
Li Qisi glanced at him coldly, and said for a long time: "You don't have to worry about this." β
Li Fuqi hurriedly said: "The criminal police team is here, everything will naturally fall into place, if this god stick is talking nonsense, then who should we believe?"
Chen Tianyu secretly praised that this village party secretary is really a principled person.
Li Qisi was unmoved, he said to himself: "Justice is in the hearts of the people." Whoever says it right, we will listen to whomever it is. β
Li Fuqi said anxiously: "Uncle, now is a society under the rule of law, and pretending to be a ghost is outdated. Fifth Uncle died so miserably, we can't let him die in vain!"
"What do you know?!" Li Qisi obviously had a temper, his eyes widened, and his face was full of ferocity, "The affairs of our own village can only be solved by ourselves." You're naΓ―ve to expect outsiders! Fuqi, you're still young, and you won't understand some things for the time being......"
He paused, and then said: "I don't know if Xun Yuanchun is pretending to be a ghost, but his understanding of Luoshui Village is definitely much better than you, a scholar who has just graduated. β
Li Fuqi is powerless to refute because it is a fact.
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Li Fuqi was unable to stop the action of seeking gods and asking for divination in the end, but he at least tried his best, and there were some things that were not easy to force. So this matter can be carried out as usual, and Chen Tianyu is also happy with this result.
If Li Qisi took the initiative to give up, he might have to add fuel and vinegar to encourage him, this Xun Yuanchun is too interesting.
Especially Li Qisi's last words, Chen Tianyu's determination to meet this person for a while, because Xun Yuanchun may be the only person in the entire Luoshui Village who knows the cause and effect except Li Qisi.
This is of extraordinary significance for the subsequent revelation of the truth. Just as Chen Tianyu's mind was turning, the inner door of the courtyard unexpectedly opened, and a little old man with white hair came out.
The little old man didn't say anything when he came out, but picked up a hookah and smoked it to himself. With a slumped body and a thin figure, he looks a few years older than Li Qisi.
Unexpectedly, Li Qisi grinned and took the initiative to step forward: "Yuanchun, the sacrifice will be here in a while." β
Xun Yuanchun glanced at him coldly, spit out a mouthful of heavy smoke from his mouth, and then coughed violently.
"Brother Qisi, it's been more than 20 years, this is the first time you've come to the door, right?"
Li Qisi smiled embarrassedly: "You are not easy to enter......
Xun Yuanchun stopped talking, his face was a little distorted and weird, and he said after a long time: "As the saying goes, nothing is left to the Three Treasures Palace, for more than 20 years, things have long been wrong, cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, who can tell the difference?...... Come in with me. β
He got up slowly, put the thick cigarette pipe on the wall, and slowly pushed open a side door one meter square, his figure was very small, and he only needed to bow his waist to enter and exit, Li Qisi was in trouble, he was more than one meter and eight, and weighed nearly two hundred pounds.
Li Qisi almost forced into the door, very embarrassed, but at the same time there was an inexplicable sadness in his heart, Yuan Chun has been "living secretly" all these years?
Chen Tianyu followed closely, and his perception was very different from Li Qisi's: first, he found that although this Xun Yuanchun looked thin and old, his eyes were not sloppy, even if he was smoking a hookah, his movements were sharp and accurate; second, the place where Xun Yuanchun came out and the place where he went in were two different positions, and it was difficult to find that the same door was open on the left side when he came out, and he opened the right side when he went in; in addition, Xun Yuanchun seemed to be waiting for Li Qisi to come to visit, and he had words in his words and hidden edges, but he obviously knew Li Qisi's intentions.
Chen Tianyu was secretly vigilant, there must be a lot of organs in this house, if Xun Yuanchun had malicious intentions, then the two of them would be caught in the net, and the blessings and disasters would be unpredictable.
Chen Tianyu just stepped into the small door with his hind feet, only to hear a soft click, it was already dark in front of him, he was shocked into a cold sweat, there was no sound in front of him, where did Li Qisi go?
He tried to reach out and touch around, but it was empty! There was no point of focus, and he was hesitating whether to move forward, when a deep voice sounded in his ears: "Don't worry, go straight ahead." β
It was Li Qisi, Chen Tianyu hurriedly replied, "Okay." β
He took a step forward and carefully counted the steps: one, two...... Fifty-seven, fifty-eight...... One hundred and twelve, one hundred and thirteen......
This is unbelievable, even if he is cautious, only fifty centimeters in one step, he has already walked more than fifty meters, and has not encountered any obstacles, has he left that house?
After walking dozens of steps forward, he suddenly saw a faint light, unconsciously quickened his pace, and when he got closer, he vaguely found that it was Xun Yuanchun who lit a candle, and Li Qisi was standing beside him.
As a few candles were lit, Chen Tianyu gradually made up a room with an area of more than 20 square meters in the flickering candle flames, and the bright places were Buddha statues and incense burners.
Where did he come from? Chen Tianyu was puzzled.
Looking at the enshrined Buddha statue again, it looks like a fierce god, and it turns out to be Zhong Kui who catches ghosts!
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Xun Yuanchun's expression was solemn, his mouth was full of words, and his face was extremely pious. Compared with the "official" temple keeper like Li Miaozhu, the god stick may believe in miracles more.
In the candlelight, Xun Yuanchun's state makes people feel weird, but it is extremely resolute, which is very different from our impression that the gods are super liars, saying that they deceive themselves or pretend to be ghosts, anyway, they themselves firmly believe that there are gods possessed, and only in this way can they fully immerse themselves in a so-called psychic state.
It is undeniable that people can sometimes summarize something through statistics, probability, experience, and observation. As for the size of this ability, it varies from person to person, and the god stick may belong to the group of people who have had an epiphany.
Chen Tianyu didn't dare to move, except for his eyes. Now, he has somewhat adapted to the darkness of the room, and can easily judge the layout and approximate location of the room by the swaying outline. Li Qisi saw that Xun Yuanchun was gradually entering the state, and he also retreated silently and walked to Chen Tianyu's side, he was obviously more adaptable.
Xun Yuanchun was holding a strange-shaped turtle shell in his hand, and there were some incomprehensible things, which seemed to be waved casually, and something incredible happened-
Everything in the room is slowly rising!
Chen Tianyu rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure that there was no hallucination, but he didn't see any doorway at all, and there was no sound in the room, everything just floated so bizarrely.
The turtle shell also broke away from Xun Yuanchun's palm, probably floating more than a meter above his head, and before Chen Tianyu could react, the turtle shell fell back to the ground, making a crisp click, it seemed to be broken!
Xun Yuanchun leaned over to pick up the fragments and carefully studied them for a few minutes, at the same time, the entire room was filled with more and more blurred smoke, and the firelight began to ethereal.
All the light of the fire was gone, and the house was once again darkened, and the fingers could not be seen.
There was a deep voice that was not loud but clear: "You can go out." β
A white light appeared not far away, Chen Tianyu unconsciously walked towards the bright light, he reached out and pushed the door open, and found that Li Qisi and Xun Yuanchun were already standing outside the door, and he also walked out.
When I turned back, the door was silently closed.
Everything seemed strange and treacherous, but unexpectedly calm, and Li Qisi's expression was peaceful, as if he had suddenly calmed down.
Li Fuqi was no longer visible outside the house, probably his persuasion was ineffective, so he took the initiative to leave, and Li Qihuai and they hadn't come yet, it seemed that time had not passed long.
Chen Tianyu secretly wondered, could it be that he came to a conclusion in such a short period of time? That would be too godly.
He subconsciously looked around, the courtyard was still the same courtyard, even the yellow sheet of paper that Li Qisi had just inscribed was gently swaying in the wind in place.
Chen Tianyu shivered inexplicably, it was too quiet here, which made people feel furious from the bottom of their hearts.
Xun Yuanchun took the initiative to speak: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, Brother Qisi, you can go." β
Li Qisi said unhurriedly: "You have been tinkering for a long time, and you will tell me such a result?"
Xun Yuanchun laughed dryly: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but the hexagram is like a big murderer, and the number of disasters is inevitable, and it's useless for me to say anything." β
"As for what's going to happen next, to be honest, I don't know. Xun Yuanchun rarely explained.
Li Qisi didn't speak, he took out a cigarette, unusually calm.
"If you don't say it, I also know that our brothers are fated to make a mistake, and if you say it, you will definitely lose your own longevity. But if you don't say it, aren't you afraid that you will not escape your destiny?"
Xun Yuanchun's face changed drastically, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at Li Qisi: "You mean...... You mean?......"
Li Qisi exhaled a puff of smoke, and then threw the cigarette butt viciously at his feet: "What do you think?"
Xun Yuanchun's lips were pale, he froze in place, and suddenly squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and kept muttering: "No wonder, no wonder!"
Chen Tianyu couldn't help but speak: "You can't be dumb here, if you really want to be dumb, you should let me avoid it." I'm curious, what are your true intentions?"
Xun Yuanchun still squatted on the ground and didn't speak, and Li Qisi said lightly: "I won't tell you, I came here just to confirm one thing." Then, I want Motoharu to tell you a story himself......"
Xun Yuanchun lowered his head and muttered, "Why do you have to let me talk about it?" Brother Si ...... Aren't you trying to embarrass me?"
"Besides, who is he?"
Li Qisi said coldly: "He is the only person who can help us solve this matter!"