When the death came, it was just ten o'clock at noon, and he counted the time to come, no more, no less.

The Lan family and the family had already greeted them outside the gate, and when they saw this formation, Yuan Lin also felt flattered, and stepped forward and said, "Why did the old lady come out to greet you in person, Amitabha." ”

Lan smiled and bowed his head: "The surviving people have seen the abbot, and the abbot has gone down the mountain to cast spells, and the abbot is invited." ”

Yuan Lin clasped his hands together and said, "The old lady is polite." Then he walked into the house with four little novices.

The ceremonial venue was arranged in the front yard, the venue was very large, and the novice set up the utensils, took out the futon, and placed it in front of everyone's knees.

Fortunately, there was no sun today, and the weather was moderately cloudy, Ling Yi knelt on the futon, listening to the words of the passing, and felt drowsy.

It was easy to wait until the end of the death, Ling Yi perked up and knelt straight.

"The demons and monsters in the house, the old man has all been expelled, and there will be a burning ceremony tomorrow, and when the time comes, the old man will let the four children come over." Yuan Yu put away the last sentence.

Lan Shi was obviously relieved, was helped up by Cheng, and said gratefully: "Thank you Abbot, tomorrow is the day when the altar of Bailan Temple will be started, and I should have gone to Fuli, but I can't leave here, I'm really sorry." ”

Yuan Lin smiled and said: "The old lady doesn't have to worry about this, I am compassionate, the old lady will deal with the affairs of the house tomorrow." ”

Ling Yi stepped forward curiously, "Can you choose the place for the burning ceremony?" If this place is not right, what if you bring evil energy to someone else's house? ”

Lan laughed: "As far as you are clever, then you can talk about it." Where is the right place? ”

Ling Yi tilted his head and thought for a while, "I think it's good to be by the riverside of Xiaojiang, there are very few people passing by. It won't cause any chaos, if you go outside the city, it's a little remote, not to mention the bumps on the grandmother's road, and the mother's body shouldn't move much, right, the abbot. ”

Yuan Yi accepted Ling Yi's love in his heart, not to mention that Xiaojiangbian is indeed a good place. Then he nodded and agreed: "Xiaojiangbian is a good place, and the old man also thinks it's okay." ”

Since Yuan Death said so, the Lan family did not disagree. personally sent the death away.

On the morning of the second day, Ling Yi got up early in the morning and asked the Lan family to say goodbye first, and then asked people to bring all the things needed for the burning ceremony to the riverside.

In fact, the so-called burning ceremony. It's just a tradition of Northern Qin. It is believed that all filthy things can be purified by burning, and this is the last process of the ritual.

Today's weather is much more gloomy than yesterday, and Ling Yi stood on the edge of the river, feeling the cool wind. The corners of the mouth raised slightly in a nice arc.

Weaving Fan ordered people to put firewood in several piles.

Lan was still sitting in the carriage at this time, lifted the curtain and shouted, "Fusheng." Ready to go? Don't be delayed. ”

Ling Yi walked over and said, "The abbot of Yuan Death said that the bigger the fire, the more demons will be expelled, so I will prepare more." ”

Lan said with a smile: "You bother like this, I'm afraid that all kinds of demons and monsters will have to be sent away." ”

Ling Yi smiled sweetly, Fu Li retired, and went to order others to prepare other things.

It was noon, Ling Yi ordered someone to set fire, because the scene was cleared in advance, and there were no outsiders by the small river at this time.

Looking at the raging fire burning, in the firelight, even the air seemed to be distorted, and everything reflected in the firelight seemed illusory.

The wind by the river seemed to be stronger, blowing Ling Yi's skirt agitated, and she stood in front of the fire, smiling brightly.

Ling Yi came to the Lan family's carriage and said, "Grandmother, it's windy here, you and your father and mother should go back to the house first, I will watch here, and I will definitely finish burning the last firewood." ”

Everyone here knows that if the firewood is not burned out, it means that the ghosts have not been cleared.

Lan thought about it, it seemed that only Ling Yi could stay and do this, she was about to say that Ling Hui would also stay, but Ling Yi stopped: "I can do it alone, my mother needs someone to take care of me, and I can rest assured that my sister will accompany my mother." ”

"In that case, then you stay." Lan patted Ling Yi's hand, "You've been working hard lately, and when your mother gives birth to a child, you won't have to be so busy in the future." ”

Ling Yi smiled even more, "I'm not busy at all." Then arrange for someone to drive and send all the Lan family back.

Because Zhi Yu had been following Ling Yi's side, Lan's words were heard clearly, "Miss, what do you mean by the old lady?" ”

Ling Yi picked up a piece of firewood and threw it into the fire, and said with a smile: "It's not difficult to understand, my mother serves tea to my grandmother every day, and no matter how hard-hearted a person is, she will be moved." ”

Zhi Yu was puzzled: "But the old lady - this matter, the maid always feels that something is wrong." ”

"Don't think so much about it now, let's focus on the current thing first, are you sure they are already on the river?"

Zhi Yu affirmed: "The road guards chased all the way by boat, and they did meet in the river, and it is estimated that they will enter Beijing tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "We are also lucky, it just so happens that they will come over in the past few days, if it is delayed for a day or two, things will not be so easy." ”

Ling Yi smiled slightly, holding her cheeks and looking at the sky, "Luck is really uncertain." ”

Because of the abundance of firewood, the fire lasted for two hours before it burned out in the true sense, and Ling Yi ordered people not to let go of any firewood until everything was turned into ashes, and then people poured all the ashes into the river.

After doing all this, she patted the dust on her body and took the car back home with peace of mind.

*

Seeing that the capital was close at hand, but Cheng's tense nerves finally relaxed, it was for fear of accidents, he personally went to Victoria to supervise, escorted all the way, although sometimes encountered small storms, but there was no accident.

Lao Liu, who drove the boat, was a veteran, which made Dan Cheng very relieved.

was sitting in the cabin drinking tea leisurely, suddenly there was a big shake, but one staggered to the ground, and the tea table and teacups and teapots fell to the ground crackling.

There was already a commotion outside, but Cheng easily got up, staggered out, and saw that the sky was gloomy and terrible. And the boat on the river, like a flat boat, swayed.

"What's going on?" But Cheng came to Lao Liu's side with the edge of the boat and asked anxiously.

Lao Liu touched the water stains on his face. He said loudly: "There must be a wind on the other side of the dock, causing a big wave, the small river is already narrow, and a slight wind and wave will also cause the hull to be unstable, and if it goes on like this, these ships will sink." ”

But Cheng was so frightened that his legs weakened and he almost fell again. yelled: "No matter what, I have to stick to this day, and I will enter Beijing soon." This batch of goods can't be missed in any case, it's tens of thousands of taels. ”

Lao Liu's face turned pale in a hurry, he was just an ordinary boatman, and now there is such a situation. I was already scared and had no idea. can only barely keep the boat from capsizing.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and then someone was heard shouting, "It's leaking."

But Cheng Xin trembled, and ran to the stern of the boat despite the shaking of the ship.

But before he could feel sorry for the soaked wood, there was a bang, and the stern of the boat hit a reef directly, and it suddenly rotted, and the wood tied to the stern of the boat. also fell into the river one by one with a knock knock.

"No—" Dancheng clasped his head and roared almost in frenzy, "Hurry up." Stop-stop-"

But there was nothing left in the stern to stop it, and it was difficult for the rest of the people to stand firm in the boat, and who could spare the energy to stop the wood.

But Cheng could only watch as a boatload of wood sank to the bottom of the river.

It's easy to wait until the wind and waves are a little smaller, but Cheng Gang was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Lao Liu suddenly shouted "Oh no", and what followed was a shaking that was even more violent than just now. Even a veteran like Lao Liu was nervous and his hands were shaking.

Why is there such a big storm all of a sudden? Why does the wind suddenly pick up? He obviously looked at the sky, and the heavy rain would take two days to arrive, which made no sense.

But doubts are doubts, Lao Liu still gritted his teeth and persisted, trying his best to let the boat move against the trajectory of the wind and waves.

But Cheng Yi brought a total of five boats, at this moment, all five boats were obviously not spared, struggling on the river for more than half an hour, the turmoil gradually eased, and finally calmed down, but on the river, the boat, was already a mess.

But Cheng knelt on the ground sluggishly, soaking wet and didn't care.

"How so, how so." He kicked the planks in a rage, staring at his blood-red eyes and wanting to devour his life alive.

The people on the boat were too frightened to approach, and as for those who fell into the river, because they were all good at water, they did not drown, but they did not dare to get on the boat for a while.

Gong Yunrui learned about this for the first time, and he couldn't even believe it, until the messenger repeatedly affirmed that all the wood had sunk, and he knew that it was not a joke.

It's just his wrath, and what a storm.

Liang Kai soon got the news, and went to Mufang angrily, but at this time, Dan Cheng had not returned, only the deputy steward Chen Wei was there.

Placing the contract in front of Chen Wei in a straight manner, Liang said angrily: "What does this say? Tomorrow is the deadline, and I specially told the abbot that I want to give me a grace of two days, but now, can your goods still arrive? ”

After all, the black and white words are there, how dare Chen Wei make excuses, even if he wants to delay, he can't do it, can he still transport another batch of goods from Victoria tomorrow? It is simply impossible, let alone the loss this time.

He didn't dare to think about it, so he could only inform Gong Yunrui.

Gong Yunrui angrily beat and scolded in the house, but to no avail, he couldn't alleviate his anger at all, but made him grit his teeth angrily and wanted to cut people with a knife.

When Chen Wei went, it was wrong, he just hit the muzzle of the gun, and was smashed by Gong Yunrui with a stool, but he still had to endure the severe pain and panic to talk about the good boil coming to the door.

"How much money to accompany him, is our palace still short of that money?"

Chen Wei cautiously calculated: "According to the contract, it should be paid one thousand taels and a deposit of fifty gold." ”

Gong Yunrui gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Give it to him, give it to him, I won't do this business, there is no wood, they will only come to beg me to buy it when the time comes." ”

Chen Wei was afraid of making a mistake, so he asked again: "It is true that you need a small reply of 'the deal is not successful'." ”

Gong Yunrui's eyes glared at him, Chen Wei shrank his neck in fright, didn't dare to ask again, and hurriedly retreated. (To be continued......)