Chapter 184: The Strange Death
I found a chair, sat comfortably on the edge of the bed, closed my eyes, and prepared to enter the bardo realm of Old Man Fan.
"Your psychic bracelet can now enter on its own?" Li Damin asked beside him, "I remember that I need guidance." ”
I smiled and pointed to the Zishan Taoist on the other side, "I'll just follow him." ”
"Oh, yes," Li Damin patted his head: "Ready-made guides." I'm confident that you'll enter this time, because you have the Hanging Artifact. ”
I laughed, and I was a little spirited. There are a lot of undeveloped features of the Psychic Bracelet, and its biggest use for me is that I can run away at any time when the situation is not good.
To be honest, this is also the confidence for me to part ways with Li Damin, and I can still do great things without him.
I closed my eyes, visualized the psychic bracelet, and thought about Zishan Dao Chang, and suddenly felt that my body was light and fluttering, as if there was no weight, floating in the air. This feeling is particularly familiar, indicating that I have left the real world and entered another world.
After a long time, my body had a down-to-earth feeling, I slowly opened my eyes, and the scene in front of me came into view, and I was stunned.
Strangely, I was standing on an old-fashioned straight street, lined with the facades of antique buildings, one after the other, all the tall facades connected to each other, and the whole street formed an enclosed space.
On the high walls and eaves of these buildings, many red lanterns are hung, and when the wind blows and gently swings, the whole street is dyed red, mysterious and enchanting.
I walked down the street in amazement, and I couldn't see anyone, let alone Old Man Fan, even if I was a good Taoist, I didn't know where I was.
This street is so weird, it's obviously an ancient place. I have entered the bardo realm several times, including Wang Yue's, Chen Jian's, He Qingyou's, and of course, myself, and these bardo realms have a common feature, that is, the scenes all take place in modern times.
The bardo realm tests the sins and pain points of this person's life, and it is the most in line with experience and karma, everyone usually lives in modern times, so the bardo scene is also in modern times, and it is closely related to life. But now it's too weird, Old Man Fan's bardo realm is actually in ancient times.
It's really strange what this person has experienced, maybe there are a lot of mechanisms here that I haven't figured out yet, and it's reasonable to appear, so let's continue to explore.
My understanding of ancient Chinese history was a mess before the Ming and Qing dynasties, and I couldn't tell the age just by looking at these buildings. As I walked, I looked around, and I was alone in the whole straight street, silent all around, except for countless red lanterns gently swaying in the wind.
I didn't dare to walk in the middle of the street, I slipped forward along the root of the wall, walked for a long time, and finally got out of the street, and when I turned around the corner, I saw a big family holding a funeral, and the door of the big family was full of elegiac couplets, and the wreaths with the word "lay" were piled up in the corner of the wall, which made people feel chills down their spines. At the door, a few people dressed as housekeepers were holding their hands and whispering something, their faces were concerned, and everyone was sighing.
The other houses around are closed, only this one is noisy, and I am now in the bardo realm, just looking for an unusual scene. There must be something wrong with this one!
In the realm of the bardo, I can be visible or invisible, and I can hide my body at the moment, and the transparent person generally walks in along the door.
Ho, this is really magnanimous, enter the door is the yard, the owner is very tasteful, collected a lot of strange stones and strange stones, placed all over the yard, it looks messy but not messy, must have been carefully choreographed. The small bridge flows, the pavilion and the old trees, quite elegant, but unfortunately the funeral is being held now, people come and go, the ground is full of lanterns and paper money, paper boys and girls, and a good yard adds a bit of ominous color.
I was very surprised, according to previous experience, a person enters the realm of the bardo, a total of seven levels, each level has to solve the corresponding puzzle to enter the next level, and the last level is the seventh level is the ultimate test, and in the end either die into the underworld, or return to the yang. Judging by the current situation, the test of this level should be opened, and Old Man Fan doesn't know where to solve the difficulty, maybe it's in this family.
Through careful reasoning, I determined the next course of action, which was to find Mr. Fan.
My main purpose is to find the dragon, as far as the current situation is concerned, the dragon should not be hidden in this level, but to enter the next level, you must follow the old man and find him to find the key to the next level.
The courtyard was full of people, and no one saw me, so I went straight into the inner hall, which was very large, with antique wooden furniture and antique shelves, and all the celadon in bottles and jars. In the center is the offering table, with dishes and bowls, hanging high, a woman crying, followed by an ignorant little boy munching on an apple, and a few other people who resemble butlers, with their hands hidden in their sleeves, shaking their heads and sighing as they speak.
One of the housekeepers said, "This is the situation, the old man was caught off guard, and the eldest lady went with him." Second wife, you are the only one left in charge of the family, and you still have the little master, you will have to support this family in the future. ”
I glanced at this woman, she looked very young, probably less than twenty years old, probably the "twenty-eight beauties" often mentioned in the book, the old man passed away, wearing a plain dress, no powder, crying pear blossoms with rain, to a little bit of beauty. I'm very curious about who died, and many of the couplets hanging on the wall are written in pairs, and the characters are traditional, and I don't know them. Among them, there are very few words in a couplet, just three words, written "Spring Mantang", and the payment is made by a friend so-and-so.
As soon as I looked at the name of the deceased, my brain suddenly buzzed. Because the deceased's name was Fan Zhong.
Fan Zhong is the name of Old Man Fan. It's strange, Old Man Fan is dying in reality, how can he also die in the bardo realm? He's all dead, how can he solve the current puzzle?
My brain stopped spinning for a while, and I felt more and more weird, there must be unexpected joints here.
I regret it a little, it's good that Li Damin is here, this kid is so smart, he will definitely be able to find clues. No, no, shake your head quickly, now you can no longer have the idea of dependence, don't rely on Li Damin as much as possible, and learn to deal with it yourself.
At this moment, a person came in from outside the door, it was a boy, wearing a hat and staring at him, his face was sallow and yawning.
As soon as he arrived, the atmosphere in the room suddenly dropped to freezing, and everyone stopped talking.
"What's going on, I've heard from afar that someone wants to grab power, and they want to seek power and usurp the throne when the old man dies, isn't it?" Two puffs of cold air erupted from Childe's nostrils.
"The eldest prince, you came just in time," the housekeeper beat his spirit: "I don't need to inform you separately, the master and the eldest lady have already traveled west, and the family will be handed over to the second wife......"
"Fart!" The eldest prince slapped the hardwood table, and his hands hurt a lot after patting, hissing and inhaling the cold air, a very ridiculous scene, but unfortunately the atmosphere in the room was solemn, and no one could laugh.
"While I'm not there, I want to abolish the long and young? Dream! The eldest prince shouted: "As long as I live, don't try to take this family away from me!" Play this cat, you guys are still tender. ”
"My lord," said the butler patiently, "I don't want to carry you on my back. The old man said before his death, once a hundred years later, he would give all the family business to the second son. ”
"Fuck your mother's fart!" The eldest prince was furious, his eyes widened: "The old man loved me the most when he was alive, and he was close to me with all good things, how could he give such a big family business to a child who didn't know anything." You must be tired of doing something in the middle, butler, is the second wife sleeping with you? ”
The second wife didn't look like a girl under the age of twenty, but she was extremely chaste, and when she heard this, she immediately became angry, and it was inconvenient to scold any dirty words, so she stared at the eldest prince angrily.
The eldest prince sneered: "It's not over, I still suspect that the old man died strangely." I have already invited a master to prepare for an open coffin autopsy! ”
The housekeeper hurriedly ran to the door, closed the door, and begged bitterly: "Don't make trouble, although the lord didn't let you inherit all the family business, he gave you all the high-quality land in Dongzhuang, and you can still be a rich man, why bother to make a family meet each other......"
"Scared, aren't you, aren't you scared?" The eldest prince smiled gloomily: "I thought that something was wrong with the old man's death, don't look at the age of the old man, but it is not a problem to control three girls and two daughters in one night, the old man is very capable, why did he die suddenly?!" I'm telling you, I'm going to report to the police, and I have to find out. ”
"Check!" The second wife, that is, the little woman, said coldly: "Check, check casually, the master's body is in the backyard atrium, and no one has touched it." Check it out! ”
"Is it a shouting? You're scared of me. The eldest prince sneered.
The housekeeper sighed: "The eldest prince, the master was a cultivator who went mad and died, there are many things here, and it is really not appropriate to publicize it." ”
"Fart," the eldest prince scolded: "I live so big, I haven't heard of anyone meditating who can beat himself to death." It's bullshit, I invited a master, and I'll know it when I check it. He snapped his hands twice.
I only heard a "squeak" The door was pushed open, and a Taoist priest with fairy wind and bones walked slowly outside. I was stupid when I saw it, it was Zishan Dao Chang.