July 15 is the day to worship ancestors and sacrifice the souls of the dead.

Every year on this day, major monasteries hold Obon pujas to overtake the souls of the dead.

The incense of Puming Temple is not the most prosperous in the whole Wu County, but it is the most favored temple of the high-ranking officials and famous families of Wu County.

Chi Changting was not interested in the puja, and only in the first year of his promotion to Taishou, he offered a ceremony for his deceased wife, and then gave it to all the families to take turns hosting.

This year it was the turn of the Lu family.

In the early morning of this day, Chi Tang went up the mountain early with Chi Changting.

Because the Lu family is the sponsor of today's festival, although Chi Changting has a noble status, he only took Chi Tang to the back.

After the opening ceremony began, the Buddhist song was solemn and solemn in the chanting.

Chi Tang quietly stretched his neck, only to see the cigarette smoke in front of him, the figure was longing, and he saw Mrs. Yan Guo in the front row, and she also recognized the people of the Lu family, including Lu Zishan, but she didn't see Miss Lu.

I can't see Qin Gui playing Buddhist songs.

When the opening ceremony was completed, the sponsor was supposed to point the list with a red pen, but Miss Lu still did not appear, but Mrs. Yan Guo pointed the list on her behalf.

Chi Tang was feeling strange, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a man in white in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, under the Bodhi tree on the west side, a man in white got up, bowed, and turned to leave.

Under the smoke, the figure is blurred, and people are seduced to chase and explore.

Chi Tang looked at it in a daze for a while, and was slapped on the shoulder by Lu Zishan, who came to find her, and came back to her senses.

"Where's the big sister?" Chi Tang asked.

The corners of Lu Zishan's raised lips suddenly fell, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "You have changed your mind!" Just know to find her! ”

Chi Tang looked at her in surprise: "Aren't you right here?" Don't look for it! ”

Lu Zishan was so angry that he scratched her several times before he reluctantly replied: "Offering scriptures in the Hongfa Hall!" ”

"Let's take a look!" Chi Tang couldn't help but pull her and run back.

Behind the Daeungboden is the main courtyard of Pumyeongji Temple, and the Kobo Hall is on the east side of the garden.

When Chi Tang and Lu Zishan arrived, the two Tsing Yi maids guarding Lu Zijin at the door were quiet nearby, and the noise was separated by a few shadows of trees, which sounded out of reach.

The room was quiet, as if no one was there.

When the maid in Tsing Yi saw them coming, she saluted, and the two of them each leaned slightly closer to the middle, faintly obstructing.

Chi Tang stopped his steps and asked softly, "Are you girls inside?" ”

The maid in Tsing Yi replied, "The master is offering scriptures inside, and it is inconvenient to talk to the girls." ”

The scriptures are copied first and then read, and finally burned in the brazier, although the scriptures are copied at home, but the rest is quite time-consuming.

Chi Tang was a little disappointed, stood at the door and peeked in.

A thin curtain was placed inside the door, and a figure kneeling in front of the Buddha shrine that turned a corner in the Buddhist hall could be faintly seen.

Lu Zishan pulled her, and his tone was impatient: "Let's go, my grandmother said a long time ago, she wants to worship her biological mother, so that we are not allowed to be naughty." ”

Chi Tang casually said "um", and asked the maid in Tsing Yi: "How long does the eldest girl want to worship?" ”

The maid in Tsing Yi replied hesitantly: "This ...... Unknown ......"

Lu Zishan stepped forward and said, "I'll see it early!" In the morning, I saw her move a box of scriptures, and she couldn't get out until dark! ”

A box?

Chi Tang was taken aback, and said to the maid in Tsing Yi: "Then you persuade the big girl more, don't let her kneel for a long time!" ”

The maid in Tsing Yi respectfully responded, and Chi Tang reluctantly left.

When leaving, one step at a time, I was both worried and gloomy.

In her previous life, every time on the day of her father's death, or the half-day sacrifice of the dead soul in the seventh month, she would copy the scriptures for half a month and enshrine them in front of her father's spiritual throne on that day.

She also couldn't kneel for a long time, wet the scriptures with tears, and made ashes, and refused to get up no matter how much the picture screen persuaded her, so that she always had to lie down for a few days afterwards, and her knees also needed to be relieved by dressing.

I hope that Sister Lu can be more sober and sensible than her, and don't hurt her body......

……

Li Yan had already left the Hongfa Hall at this time, changed into the clothes of the guards of the Chi Mansion, looked to the northeast, and entered the farthest courtyard.

The courtyard door was closed, and Zhan Yu followed while whispering quickly: "Only one survivor of Aconitum Village has been rescued, who is still seriously injured and unconscious, and is administering needles inside; In addition, a person was also found, who was from Changcheng County, Wuxing County-"

The courtyard is not big, and when he said this, Li Yan had already entered the house and saw the celebrity card that Zhan Yu said.

It was a woman of about thirty, unkempt and skinny, and when she saw him, her eyes seemed to be resurrected, and she was sad and hopeful.

Li Yan glanced at it and asked, "What about your mansion?" ”

Zhan Yu choked for a moment, and said weakly: "Fu Jun will come after lunch with the girl, let Lang Jun judge first." ”

Today, two witnesses were sent at once, one did not know whether he was alive or dead, and the other brought shocking news, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the risk to come to the trial in person, but the prince of his family only cared about accompanying his daughter to dinner......

Zhan Yu glanced at Li Yan worriedly.

Li Yan didn't react, he said "um" as usual, and found a chair to sit down: "Say!" ”

Zhan Yu didn't let the woman speak, and continued to say: "In April this year, when the Taihu Lake rained and the water rose, Wuxing County temporarily dispatched people to strengthen the Taihu Lake embankment, and about fifteen or sixteen people fell off the embankment in the torrential rain and died——"

"He didn't fall to his death!" The woman suddenly let out a low roar, whimpering like a ghost deep in her throat, "They are going to destroy the embankment of the lake, and he asked the baby to sneak back, and they chased after them and killed them all, killed them all!" ”

Zhan Yu stepped forward and knocked out the woman who couldn't restrain her excitement, and explained: "This woman's husband and son are among the refugees, and after her husband learned that the government was going to destroy the embankment, he guessed that he would be wiped out, so he asked his son to sneak back, and fled with the old mother and the woman, and fled halfway, but was caught up by the people of the government, and her son and mother-in-law were killed, and the woman herself jumped into the flood and saved her life. ”

Li Yan was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Destroy the embankment...... Is it the section of Aconitum Village? ”

"Yes!" Zhan Yu gritted his teeth and replied.

Li Yan glanced at the unconscious woman and said, "Be sure to make proper arrangements." ”

"Yes!" Zhan Yu responded, saw Li Yan looking at the bedroom, hesitated, took the refreshments on the table next to him, and offered them worriedly, "Has Your Highness eaten?" Pad your stomach first? ”

Li Yan glanced at it and said lightly: "I've eaten it." ”

Zhan Yu put it down silently, poured a cup of tea and put it in Li Yan's hand, and saw that he picked up the tea cup as usual, and was slightly relieved.

After another quarter of an hour, I saw Chi Changting striding in.

Li Yan put down the teacup and asked casually, "Have you taken a nap?" ”

Chi Changting also replied casually: "I'm asleep-" His voice was abrupt, and his eyes looked at him sharply.

Li Yan had already gotten up and turned into the bedroom, where a moaning sound had just come out.

The survivors of Aconitum woke up.