Forty-eight. Memorial ceremonies

"There's a clue in my questioning that you want." I've been thinking about this sentence left behind by Wang Lijun after he left. What is the sentence, is it like to drink sugar water? I couldn't help but think.

According to Jiang Lao's words, the memorial ceremony was postponed by one day. I learned the lesson of staying up late to play poker and rested early. Maybe it was the tension of the day, but soon I fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone gathered in the living room on the first floor as yesterday, and among these people was Wang Lijun. The atmosphere this time is very awkward compared to yesterday. No one said a word, and after the roll call, they got on the bus and prepared to leave.

The memorial ceremony was held in a temple located 50 kilometers from the mansion, and the name of the temple could not be named. Through Lao Gao's narration, the history of the temple is also hundreds of years.

The bus traveled for nearly an hour to the memorial site, the temple is not very large, and there are not many pilgrims from the door. Except for our mourners, there was no one around the temple at all. Maybe it's because the pilgrims have been temporarily canceled for this memorial today, but I thought.

I got out of the car and walked into the courtyard, where there was already an abbot who came to greet him. I saw that he was dressed very shabby, although it was very shabby, but it couldn't stop the glory on his face. There was a kind look on the fleshy face.

"I'm worried to hear that you're delaying for a day, so please be okay." The abbot said with his hands folded and bowed.

This sentence was obviously said to Jiang Lao, and it was no big deal that he rested all night last night. Jiang Lao also clasped his hands together, "Thanks to you, I'm fine." ”

"Okay, this way, please." After saying that, we were taken to a room by the other young monks.

I sat down cross-legged, "Hey, there are very few memorials in the temple now, and why is this temple so ......broken," I whispered to Lao Gao, who was sitting next to me.

"Don't you know, Young Master Jiang Lei's birth was begged by Jiang Lao in this temple, so it is very good to be with the abbot of the temple. Now the main sponsorship of the temple comes from our family. Lao Gao tilted his head and whispered.

So it turned out that this was the case, and our group was sitting precariously waiting for the abbot to call. I looked at my watch and it was ten minutes before ten o'clock, and I thought it was going to start soon. Straighten up your clothes and look out the door.

At ten o'clock, I saw a young monk walk in, "Please move to the courtyard." Following the steps of the little monk to the courtyard, I saw the abbot and Jiang Lao standing in the middle of the courtyard. I also saw a lot of people coming out of the opposite room, apparently also attending the memorial service.

"Let me ask, who are those people, and are they here too?"

"That's Jiang Lao's friends and family members, because most of them live in nearby towns, so they didn't come to the mansion." Lao Gao answered me patiently.

We stood in a row with serious expressions. Just wait for the abbot and Jiang Lao to speak. Jiang Lao tidied up his black tunic and turned his head with his hands folded, looking at the shape of his mouth, he probably said Amitabha.

"Thank you very much for coming to my family's Jiang Lei's memorial ceremony, everyone here is my and Jiang Lei's good friends and relatives. Without you, I wouldn't be able to make it this far. Jiang Lei's mother died early, and I originally thought that I could spend the rest of my life with him. I didn't expect him to think about it three years ago...... But these can't stop his contribution to the world, isn't he the best friend and the best player in everyone's eyes? So please join me in my condolences for him. Thank you. “

After Jiang Lao finished speaking, the monks next to him were knocking on the wooden fish while humming Buddhist scriptures in their mouths, I don't know what it was playing, listening to the melody was very sad. Everyone lowered their heads, and the temple was silent for a while.

Three minutes later, the mourning ended.

"Come with me to the back room." After speaking, the abbot walked to the end of the courtyard with his head.

It turned out that there was a room in the deepest part of the courtyard, because there was a row of large trees at the door, and it was really impossible to find it if you didn't look closely. This was prepared separately for relatives and friends to lay wreaths or couplets, and we laid wreaths in turn......

At this time, I saw the coldness of human nature, and those so-called relatives and friends all found their own reasons to leave after laying wreaths. The courtyard was deserted for a while. I stood at the door and looked at Jiang Lao, who was seeing off the guests in the distance, and looked very sad for a while.

In the end, the only people who stayed in the mansion remained, and I think if we weren't treated as suspects, I think many people would have left.

I was standing under a big tree and felt someone tap on my shoulder behind me. I turned around and it turned out to be Wang Lijun.

"I'm sorry, I have to leave first, I don't think I can live in the mansion today, but you don't have to worry, I'll still go tomorrow."

"Did you find any clues? Can you tell us about that? "I knew it was unlikely, but I asked anyway.

"It's hard to say now, I'm leaving, please forgive me for leaving early." After saying that, he turned around and left.

I looked at his back, he shouldn't have reported to me, after all, he was forced to come this time, and why did he feel relieved to leave us alone in the mansion. I was puzzled, not so much by what he was doing, but by him.

"If you want to leave, go back to the mansion." Jiang Lao stood at the door and said a little sadly.

"We'll stay a little longer." I stood under the tree and replied, if I could give Jiang Lao the greatest comfort in my heart here, I think I would still be willing.

Cao Yang and I, Deng Chen and Lao Huang copied the scriptures for the Jiang team at the abbot's place, and Dayu and Meier were with Jiang Lao and Lao Gao in the side room, which is where we rested at the beginning.

After a while, Jiang Lao and Lao Gao also came to our room and joined the team of copying scriptures.

Just listen to the bang, and we all look behind us. I saw Dayu striding in.

"Did something happen outside the door?" The abbot asked.

"It's not a big deal, the bird's nest in the tree at the door has fallen, I don't know why."

I didn't pay much attention to the noise outside, I looked at the door, and the sky was already a little yellow. It turned out that we had been copying the scriptures for an afternoon.

"Everyone's tired, aren't they? Do you want to stay at night. The abbot said.

"No, we have to go back to the mansion for some special reason." Needless to say, if we were suspects, I think the abbot would have been surprised.

"Let's go back, thank you so much for today." After Jiang Lao finished speaking, he folded his hands in front of the abbot.

We came to the bus, and because of yesterday's incident, everyone was cautious about calling this name.

"Is Meyer there? Mayer? Lao Gao stood at the front of the bus and nodded at this name.

I looked around and didn't see Meyer, "He should have gone back beforehand, after all, he's a foreigner and can't adapt to all this." Deng Chen sat in front of me and said.

"Alright then, you try to contact him, let's go back quickly."

I actually wanted to get out of the car and go to the temple to find Meyer, but I think we were shouting a lot to leave when we left, and if Meyer was inside, I should have heard it, but no, I guess I really went back first.

Soon we were back at the mansion, perhaps because I was more sensitive, and the first thing I did was to go to Meyer. The last thing I wanted to see happened, Meyer wasn't in the mansion......