Chapter 36: A Secret Marriage (Part II)
When Granny Yue heard Master's words, Huo Di stood up, frightened Zhang Qiaoqiao's father, and came to listen to the instructions with a bewildered face. This month's mother-in-law must be more famous in this area, after all, the people of the mountain village are almost difficult to know about the information from the outside world, but the cognition passed down by the ancient sages is regarded as a magic weapon to guide fate, and compared to the theory of heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, it is naturally convinced. If there is a Mr. Yin and Yang who can predict the past and the future and solve disasters in a place, he is very respected by the local people, and the Moon Granny in front of him may be exactly like this.
It's just that Granny Yue didn't pay attention to Zhang's father, but walked to the door with an indifferent face, glanced at the well-arranged materials for the secret marriage in the courtyard, and then stretched out her fingers to calculate it, and suddenly turned her head and said coldly: "The secret marriage will be held tonight!" There is no mistake in the hour! ”
Father Zhang seemed to obey Granny Yue's words, and immediately nodded again and again: "Granny Yue said so, then the secret marriage is right tonight, the designation is right!" Mr. Yang, maybe you are mistaken, right? However, for you Taoist priests from other places, we believe in Granny Yue even more, Granny Yue has always been like a god, what she said, what is accurate, there has never been a mistake, the people in our area know that Granny Yue is a fairy woman who can communicate with gods and ghosts, if Mr. Yang is not sure, or don't interject for ......"
Although this was said politely, anyone could see that Father Zhang obviously intended to belittle the master and promote the mother-in-law of that month. I saw that instead of being annoyed by Zhang's father's words, Master smiled and nodded, which made me suddenly angry, and shouted angrily: "My master said that if the secret marriage can't be done tonight, then it must not be done!" ”
"Could it be that your master and apprentice want to make trouble, right?" How do you know that Granny Yue sneered and asked Master.
The master was sitting in a precarious position, and when he heard the words, he said lightly: "We are just coming with Li Mu, how much can we represent the Li family, if Granny Yue can take care of this errand of the underworld marriage." Yang is naturally optimistic, what to say to make trouble here, but it can't be talked about, Yang never does bad people's merits, and if Granny Yue can do a good marriage, she can also comfort the deceased, and she has the merit of accumulating yin virtue, Yang will naturally not interfere, this can be assured. ”
Father Zhang looked at Granny Yue with an embarrassed face, then looked at the master, and soon said with a smile: "Hehe! Since everything has been said, it's good! Mr. Yang's master and apprentice came to watch the underworld wedding on behalf of the Li family, so naturally there is no way to find fault, and Granny Yue can also help our Zhang family organize the underworld wedding normally tonight. Please also rest assured that there will be no shortage of sesame oil money afterwards! ”
Granny Yue glanced at Father Zhang, squinted slightly and nodded, before she sat back peacefully. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but sneer and sat on the side of the master, but at this moment, the master glared at me and said, "Don't you know the rules? We're here to be guests, be honest! ”
"Oh......" I pouted and sat up helplessly, in fact, I was reluctant to come to such a person, and I was not welcomed. Alas, in the final analysis, it is for Li Mu, pity him for his ill-fated fate, the master has the heart to help him, and I, as an apprentice, can only help the master.
Li Mu is also in love with the deceased Zhang Qiaoqiao, and he can be regarded as a good son who values love and righteousness, and he doesn't know how long he cried on the coffin in the spirit shed before he was brought back. After being comforted by Zhang's father and Zhang's mother for a long time, it was finally stopped. And lunch was postponed until mid-afternoon, just eating a bowl of lunch, the Zhang family almost didn't open their eyes to look at us, as if they were respectful to that month's mother-in-law, but for these, the master still treated them meticulously, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
After lunch, Zhang's father hurriedly went to the village to find more than a dozen crops to help with tonight's underworld marriage, originally according to the rules of the funeral, the number of people to be found should be a total of fourteen people, because the four homonyms "death", but this underworld marriage is different, it is a yang man and a ghost in the underworld, so he just found thirteen people, one person is missing, which means that there is a life and a death. However, there are so many meanings in it, and it may be difficult to find a clue when you really study it.
The sky gradually darkened, so Zhang's father asked people to set up candlesticks in the courtyard to illuminate them, and Granny Yue also walked out at this moment, and began to assign their tasks to the villagers who came to help. There are people who carry paper, there are people who carry paper sedan chairs, there are people who scatter paper money along the road, and naturally there are people who carry soul-attracting flags. At this moment, Master and I were standing at the door of the hall, quietly watching Granny Yue busy in the courtyard.
I said disdainfully, "Is it that evil? The rules and regulations are so exquisite! ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" The master frowned, and then said: "Granny Yue's arrangement is very cautious, and very delicate, and it is not child's play to hold a secret marriage, and it cannot be a little sloppy. At this point, Granny Yue did a good job, but ......"
"Master, what's it?" I asked curiously.
Master sighed inexplicably: "It's just that tonight's secret marriage, I'm afraid it still won't work, Ergou, in order to prevent chaos tonight, you are now quietly making a whip, you have the talent to play with whips, and you may be able to use it then!" "Hearing Master's words, I was a little confused, tonight is Mother-in-law Yue is responsible for helping the Zhang family to run the secret marriage, Master and I were originally watching a lively scene, by the way, to protect Li Mu's safety, Master wants to be nosy? Besides, even if I'm nosy, why should I be whipped?
But seeing the master's serious expression, I had to quietly find Li Mu on the side, and asked Li Mu to touch a hemp rope to Zhang's mother in private, sure enough, Li Mu is one of the protagonists of tonight's secret marriage, and the Zhang family is also counting on him, so Li Mu's request, Zhang's mother didn't think much about it at all, turned around and ran to the inner room to find a small bundle of hemp rope, I took the hemp rope, twisted a strong whip shaft out, and then the hemp rope from top to bottom made nine knots in a row.
Finally, I brushed the tail of the whip, and I nodded in satisfaction, and then my arm shook, and the nine-section whip was wrapped around my waist in an instant. When I came to Master's side, I reached out and patted the nine-section whip on my waist, and then laughed in a low voice, "Master, this little thing is nothing, the whip is ready!" ”
The master nodded slightly, and turned to look at the courtyard, where it was already completely dark. Especially tonight, the sky seems to be particularly dark, and the full moon has become a half moon, the night wind is cold, and the hula blows on the tall trees around it, which makes people inevitably have layers of goosebumps, plus those weird things in the yard, it is even more terrifying.
After arranging it properly, Granny Yue turned around and returned to this hall, first took a small bamboo basket from the top of the god case and rolled it out, but it was covered by an earthy yellow cloth, and I couldn't see what was inside, but in my opinion, it was probably the same as the yellow cloth bag I was carrying, containing all kinds of magic weapons. Walking to the door, just about to walk out, Granny Yue stopped, turned her head and asked the master: "Mr. Yang, now is the end of the unitary time, only three o'clock in the hour, our ceremony of the underworld marriage will begin, do you still think that tonight's underworld marriage will not be possible?" ”
The master hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said politely: "If Granny Yue can do it well, it will naturally be beneficial to both the yin and yang worlds, and Yang is optimistic about it." ”
"Humph!" Granny Yue snorted coldly, strode out, and said loudly to everyone: "At three o'clock, a couple of newcomers first worship heaven and earth and their parents, and then announce the two worlds of yin and yang, send the document table directly to the underworld, and then send the yin people back to the yin house, visit the ancestors who have seen the world, drink happy wine, and become a ceremony!" By the way, can Zhang find someone to support Miss Zhang? As she spoke, Granny Yue hurriedly glanced around.
When Father Zhang heard Granny Yue's words, he immediately slapped the back of his head, and said with a look of shame: "I'm just busy with this before and after, and I haven't looked for it yet, but it doesn't seem to be easy to find, if you want to say that a big man can still help, if you want to find an unmarried girl to hold a clever stand-in and Xiao Mu to do a secret marriage, I'm afraid I can't find it, no one wants to let their daughter get involved in this matter, right?" Granny Yue, can you find an older one? At least be bold enough! ”
"Yes, yes, but if it's not an unmarried woman, I'm afraid it will be bad for the man......" Granny Yue said, raised her eyes and swept Li Mu who was standing aside, and then sighed: "If you find an unmarried woman to hold Miss Zhang's stand-in, if the man wants to marry again in the future, he can get his wish, but if someone else replaces, especially if he is married, or even has children, it will be a break in the marriage of the man's young man!" ”
As soon as I heard this, I was immediately unhappy, strode up to everyone, and said: "Everything else can be followed, but what your Zhang family says can't break Xiao Mu's marriage, he is still so young now, if the marriage is gone, won't he be a bachelor for the rest of his life in the future?" Your Zhang family is all for your daughter, Li Mu can also come because he has affection for Miss Zhang Qiaoqiao, but if your Zhang family is blindly selfish and thinks about yourself and ignores Xiao Mu, this matter is not reasonable! ”
"Yes, yes, Li Mu is still a young man, he can't let his family find a daughter-in-law in the future, right?"
"You should find an unmarried girl to hold a stand-in, you can't just find someone to replace it!"
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The villagers who were helping on the side were also a little unsightly, and they all spoke out to help Li Mu, which made Zhang's father very annoyed with me, and secretly glanced at me, and then smiled awkwardly: "Okay, for Xiao Mu's future plans, I will be cheeky to go to the village and beg for help again, to see whose daughter can help me come to visit, it's a big deal to give more thanks!" With that, Father Zhang turned his head and walked out.
But soon, Zhang's father retreated again, but he was panicked, his legs trembled and retreated to the courtyard, and he shouted to Granny Yue as he retreated: "Yue...... Granny Moon is coming! Yes, yes, there are ghosts! ”
As soon as I heard what Father Zhang said, I felt goosebumps suddenly appear all over my body, and like Master, I looked out of the courtyard gate in a daze. Suddenly, I was stunned to see a strong gray aura floating from outside the courtyard gate towards this courtyard, that, it was really yin! Is there really a ghost?!