There are many traditional festivals among the people of Nanyang, and on the day of the festival, all the people will put aside their livelihood to celebrate together, and there will be many wonderful programs staged in the streets, and the sound of joy can be transmitted from the cape to the corner of the sky.

But there are only two traditional festivals that make people feel sad.

One is the death day of the death of the ancestors, and the other is the ancestor worship festival called by the people of Nanyang country, on this day, the people of the whole country have to worship the ancestors, and then mourn at home for two days, and can not eat meat.

On November 15th, the day of the ancestral worship festival, it was the first day that the Huipeng Building was closed, and the owner began to pack up the paper money, paper clothes and other offerings for the ancestors early in the morning.

He Xiu also went back to the village that made him sad and in love on this day, Pray for Rain Village.

In a desolate clearing east of Qiyu Village, a young man knelt in front of two raised mounds of earth where his parents and grandparents were buried, and a heart-wrenching cry wet the grave.

According to the tradition of Nanyang Kingdom, He Xiu should mourn for the deceased ancestors in Qiyu Village for two days, but the weather was freezing and there was neither cold-resistant clothing nor sheltered houses, so He Xiu decided to return that day.

Because he came on foot, He Xiu didn't dare to stay longer, and an hour later, he returned to Qiman Town.

After He Xiu came back, he didn't go anywhere else, and went straight back to the bedroom.

The oil lamp was dim, and Anu's face was dark.

He Xiu understood Anu's thoughts and comforted, "Brother Anu, if you don't mind, in the future, we will go to worship together on the annual ancestor worship festival and my family's death day, okay?"

Tears flowed down Anu's eyes, and then he said with a warm smile, "Good brother, your grandfather is my Anu's grandfather, and the ancestor of your family is my Anu's ancestor, I will go with you in the future!"

"That's right, from now on, you are my own brother. He Xiu pinched Anu's shoulder and said heavily.

Anu sorted out his mood and recalled what happened today, "I drove the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper to the foot of the hiding mountain today, and saw many people who went to worship their ancestors, and I was very sad when I thought that I had no ancestors to sacrifice, and I was wondering if my ancestors were also buried here, so I knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and made up for what I owed before, haha..."

"Haha, Brother Anu, I understand your feelings. Well, now that we have a 'blood relationship', I have decided to give you this bell as a gift. He Xiu took the bell off his neck and generously handed it to Anu and said.

"How can this work, although I don't know where this bell came from, but I can see that you care about it, no, I can't take it. Anu shook his head again and again.

"Since it's a gift, of course you have to give the most precious gift, Brother Anu, come, take it.

Anu still insisted on refusing to take it, "No, no, I can't take people's love, you can give the gift again in the future, you can keep the bell." ”

He Xiu pretended to be angry and said, "If you don't take it, you are not satisfied with my gift." ”

"Still no, I can see that you like it more than your own life, I can't take it. ”

"Do you remember the first time I went to the Hidden Mountain, and what you gave me?" He Xiu said.

"Immortal shoes, what's wrong?" Anu asked.

He Xiu pointed to the shoes placed under the pillow and said, "Yes, you got the shoes first, and you should get them, you know that the personal objects of the immortals can ward off evil spirits, but you still gave them to me without hesitation, and I will give you the bell now, it will be regarded as an exchange." ”

Anu insisted, then continued, and said, "Well, if you need it later, I can return it to you." ”

"Haha, this is my own brother!" He Xiu said freely.

The two chatted happily for a long time, and did not fall asleep until the water ran out and their mouths were dry.

As He Xiu's reputation spread in Qiman Town, the business of Huipeng Lou flourished, and the date of buying ingredients was shortened from two months to once a month.

The business of the restaurant is really hot, and the owner arranges for He Xiu to help in the store and let Anu go out to buy ingredients.

He Xiu usually thinks about the guests who come in and out very seriously, as long as he has come more than twice, he can call him by his name, and the customers who are called by his name love to communicate with He Xiu.

He Xiu took advantage of this time to recommend Anu by the way, but the guests seemed to be only interested in him, and as for Anu's name, they all went in the left ear and out the right ear.

Anu finally raised his eyebrows, and after handing over the remaining silver taels from the purchase of ingredients to the shopkeeper, he was also praised, although he did not save as much as He Xiu, but he often comforted himself with a sentence: as long as he is willing to study hard, he will definitely be able to catch up with He Xiu's achievements.

It was still the simple bedroom, the two of them were lying on their own beds, He Xiu crossed his hands as pillows, cocked Erlang's legs, hummed a little song happily, and suddenly felt a slight faint pain in his abdomen, and then remembered that he had injured Xiao Daoren.

He Xiu knew Guo Zhenxing's character, he would still find the door, so he thought to himself, now there is a mysterious Xiao Daoren by his side, if he is caught by the two next time, what should he do? The bell was given to Brother Anu again, there is no magic weapon, only an immortal's shoe, it is definitely not Xiao Daoren's opponent, you can't get the bell back from Brother Anu, right? No, that would be too unrighteous... Ah, by the way, the last time I went to look for the bell, I found a strange drawing talisman on a tombstone, would that be another magic weapon? No matter what, Xiao Daoren will definitely come again after his injury is healed, go and get the talisman first.

He Xiu got up quietly, and for the sake of his own life, he ran to the foot of the hidden mountain again, and after thinking about it left and right, he decided to go up the mountain bravely.

He Xiu stepped on broken steps, silently reciting the broken words of the immortal's blessing, he was no longer a stranger to the hidden mountain, and soon came to the tombstone, after blowing the fire fold, he saw that the painting talisman was still stuck there, he was extremely excited, and reached out to pick it up, and then he heard the hissing of a double spirit leopard, He Xiu was most afraid of this sound, and the drawing talisman slipped away before it arrived.

He Xiu walked on the road dejectedly, very unwilling in his heart, but he was afraid of the double spirit beast and did not dare to return, so he had to give up.

In the early morning of the second day, He Xiu was awakened by a nightmare, wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at Anu, and the shock fell.

He Xiu was awakened by this nightmare and realized that Xiao Daoren would definitely not let go of the people around him, and secretly rejoiced that it was right to give the bell to Anu, but he was naked in Xiao Daoren's hands, and he pinched himself to death as simple as pinching an ant to death.

He Xiu made up his mind to pay attention, and took advantage of the fact that there were no pedestrians on the street on the two days of the ancestor worship festival, so he quickly got the drawing talisman in his hand.

He Xiu woke up the sleeping Anu and asked him to cover for himself, but he didn't say what he was going to do.

After explaining everything, He Xiu ran to Qiman Street lightly, he saw that Qiman Street had changed from the noise and anger of the past, there was no pedestrian, and there was an inexplicable depression enveloping him.

He Xiu finally climbed the Hiding Mountain for the first time during the day, looked for the tombstone glued by the painting talisman with ease, gritted his teeth and took off the painting talisman, put it in the placket of his clothes, and secretly hummed a little song back to the foot of the mountain.

The sound of horses chirping interrupted He Xiu's humming tune, and he saw a luxuriously decorated carriage parked about fifty meters to his left, and an old groom was sitting on it, looking at his expression very anxious, as if he was waiting for someone.

He Xiu didn't dare to move, so he hid in a back corner and secretly observed, wondering to himself, had their whereabouts been discovered by them? Thinking of this, he became uneasy.

After about a stick of incense, He Xiu only saw a man in a black robe with a black face wrapped in a black hat, boarding the carriage with small steps, and then leaving in the dust.

He Xiu touched the talisman and came back to his senses, afraid that he would meet other people again, so he returned the same way.

When he walked to the official road, He Xiu saw that there were people standing in front of the Huipeng Building, accompanied by a noisy sound, and knew that it was definitely not a good thing, so he immediately moved forward to find out the situation.

When He Xiu squeezed to the front of the crowd, he saw three corpses surrounded by officials from the government, each of which was covered by a white cloth, and at this moment, his brain collapsed.

"You are He Xiu?" said a fierce-looking catcher.

He Xiu shook his head and nodded, his eyeballs bulged, and his mouth made a nervous panting sound, as if he had forgotten his name, his eyes stared at the three corpses, and the whole person froze in place.

Seeing that He Xiu didn't answer, he angrily dragged him to a corpse, lifted the white cloth, and said sharply, "Do you recognize this person?"

He Xiu didn't answer, and mechanically nodded and shook his head.

Quickly pulled He Xiu to lift the other two white cloths one by one, and asked the same question, and He Xiu responded in the same way.

"Good boy, don't admit it, do you? Come on, present the murder weapon!" shouted the catcher.

A servant came over with a tray in his hand, and on the tray was a bloody dagger.

"Is this your dagger?" asked Catchy Quick, grabbing He Xiu's hair and pressing him against the tray.

He Xiu still nodded and shook his head mechanically, without saying a word.

"Okay, since you don't speak, then go back to the mansion with me, grandpa, I will personally pry your mouth open, come, take this murderer away for me." With the order of the arrester, He Xiu was paralyzed out of the crowd by two officials.

The remaining servants carried the three bodies on the carriage and drove away.

"I really can't see that this kid's heart is so vicious..."

"Yes, a person like this has to be scraped with a thousand knives to get rid of his hatred..."

"You really shouldn't hurt someone's life for money..."

"Is this still the He Xiu I know..."

There were all kinds of resentful voices in the crowd, and they couldn't wait to fix He Xiu on the spot right now.

In the dark, damp, cold-walled cell, the blood on the back, hands, and corners of the mouth of an unkempt and dirty young man was dry, and he curled up in a corner, shaking his head incessantly.

After Zhu Kuai came back from detaining him, he used all the tortures in He Xiu's body, and changed the rounds of beating him, but he still didn't ask half a sentence, and Zhu Kuai was so tired that he was half dead, so he decided to rest for a night and interrogate again.

"Hey, boy, you've been shaking your head all night, aren't you tired?" said an old, playful man's voice.

"Hey, boy, you talk, I haven't spoken to anyone for a long time, come, let's talk, okay?"

"Hey, boy, don't you shake it anymore? ”

The boy in the corner still shook his head and didn't answer.

The old man rubbed a piece of grass on He Xiu's nose and teased him, saying, "Hehe, boy, you shouldn't be stupid by them, right? You can't be dumb, right?" he said, and put his hand into He Xiu's armpit.

He Xiu didn't react except for shaking his head, the old man was so angry that he dropped the grass, sat on the ground, and shook his head as He Xiu, and said after a while, "Hey, boy, what's your name... Oh, I forgot you can't speak, so how about I give you a name? What is it called? How about shaking your head silly boy? Wowhaha, fun, fun. The old man let out a childlike laugh.

The old man gestured and said, "Hehe, shake your head silly boy, are you hungry?" Come, Lao Tzu has a mouse that has just been caught, it is very fresh, Lao Tzu is reluctant to eat it, so I will leave it to you." ”

"Hey, shake your head silly boy, can you say something... By the way, I forgot you were dumb. The old man's eyes rolled, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he thought for a while and said with his hands, "Hey, shake your head silly boy, do you think this is good, you eat the mouse, Lao Tzu let you out, how about it?"