The old village chief knew that the old man was a high-minded person, and he would never have the slightest interest in this kind of thing of showing up and engaging in formality, so he just came to my house as an "old friend" to sit down, and then "by the way" to discuss it while eating and drinking, and did not say too much, nor did he play the emotional card, it was like saying a little thing that did not hurt.

are all elderly people, how can they not know what kind of character the old man is, just say things, there is no need to make those empty heads, those unnecessary words will only backfire, and it is easy to hurt feelings.

But that doesn't mean things aren't important. Although none of the people in the township appeared, the old village chief and the branch secretary were like talking about inconsequential things in the village, but as long as they thought about it a little, it was not difficult to know that they were actually here with the tasks of the township, and it was really not important, so they would not open this mouth.

Maybe I could understand the difficulty behind their opening, so the old man didn't think too much about it, and he really agreed, which surprised me.

And the old village chief's branch secretary who came for this reason, obviously didn't expect the old man to agree so easily, and he couldn't help but react after a while, and then he was overjoyed and hurriedly explained the reason.

It turned out that the reason why I thought of inviting the old man to come over and read the proclamation on behalf of the four townships was not just to find a famous person and do the scene. In fact, there are more people in our area who are famous in folk affairs, and the old man is just a foreigner, because what happened back then, and the affairs of Pan Guanghai and his wife, have a very high reputation and status in people's hearts, but more of them are only limited to a few nearby villages. Out of a few villages, in fact, few people recognize him, so in terms of prestige, it is really not as good as a few old people who are unknown to everyone in ten miles and eight villages, and before the old wizard died, he was the most respected one among these people.

So the township decided to invite him over as a "guest", in fact, because of some strange things.

Since it is necessary to build a "General's Day" around the general's tomb, it is inevitable that some construction will be carried out on the general's tomb, and the monument of merit and merit will be repaired is actually nothing, the focus is to build a stage that can accommodate one or two hundred people at the same time, and the construction party has made some changes to the environment around the general's tomb, and to put it bluntly, some damage has been carried out.

In this way, the problem arises.

The problem is similar to that of the bridge more than 10 years ago, although the amount of work is not at the same level, most of them are temporary facilities, and they will be dismantled and restored to their original appearance after completion, but from the beginning, the construction did not go smoothly. Although there were not all kinds of safety and quality problems like back then, according to all the construction workers and people in charge, from the beginning of the construction, they were inexplicable, always feeling panicked and a little scared, as if something terrible was about to happen.

Because of this panic for an inexplicable reason, many workers came to work for a day, or even half a day, and then left directly, saying that they would not come again, and that they were in a hurry, and even simply said that they did not want wages, in short, they would not work again anyway.

Originally, it was planned a year ago, and it was finalized after the year, and the cycle was very short, with only one week of construction time in total. There was no way, the four townships had to increase the budget, raise the wages of the workers again and again, find people everywhere to fill the vacancies, and require two shifts of construction, 24 hours a day, in order to save time and make it more convenient to appease people's hearts, the workers also directly invited, and those who came did not refuse.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and after the salary is more than doubled, there are more and more people willing to work, and even in our village, there are many people who went to work in the general's grave.

Although the panic has always been there, as long as there are people involved in the construction, fortunately, nothing really happened, after a few days of all-night work, the stage was finally successfully completed this morning, and then began to be arranged and debugged in full swing.

The successful completion of the project made the people in charge of the project breathe a sigh of relief, and began to think that the previous panic was all false, and spread falsehoods, although in fact, for several days, as long as the people involved in the project, their hearts were also covered with a layer of haze, including these responsible persons.

It wasn't until the city's song and dance troupe arrived in a few buses to start rehearsals, and as soon as they got on the stage, they said that they suddenly felt very panicked and scared, and those who were a little timid even turned white with fright, that the people in charge had to re-understand the seriousness of the problem.

You know, these people from the city didn't know about this before. If people feel scared during construction, it can also be explained that someone deliberately exaggerated panic with false rumors, and finally made people panic, then these people who were originally unaware began to be afraid as soon as they got on the stage, and they couldn't say anything.

In fact, everyone knows the reason for this kind of thing, but they don't want to admit it when it's not serious enough to face it. When I think of the bridge more than ten years ago, when the bridge was repaired, the bridge repeatedly sank into the river, and some people warned in a dream that the bridge should not be repaired in front of the general's grave, and the root of the problem is already obvious.

The bridge can be repaired once and again, and it can be repaired in another place, but it takes a lot of effort to plan and publicize, and the "General's Day" that has invested a lot of manpower and material resources cannot be done, but there is no way to end it at all. Therefore, although they have always opposed feudal superstition in policy, by this time, the heads of several townships had no choice, so they began to find someone to solve it on the premise of not making a noise.

At the beginning, the matter of "ghost daughter-in-law asking for life" in Panjiayuan was in an uproar, and after two lives, people in several townships knew about it, not to mention the old village chief, and they also knew that I communicated with the general gods and spirits, and let him help me.

In the eyes of the old village chief, I was almost killed by the general's spirit, but now I can let him help in turn, and if there is an old man in charge, the possibility of an accident will be even lower. If they could, they also hoped that the old man could communicate with the general's gods, so that the general's gods would not be angry, and not blame people for disturbing his purity, so as to ensure that the three-day "General's Day" could be successfully completed.

To be honest, it's not a difficult thing at all to just ask the general's soul not to be a demon, and it's not even a matter at all, and the old man doesn't need to go out in person, just need me to go to the general's soul and ask him why he's angry.

It is a waste of resources to treat the matter of sacrificing the general's soul as a grand festival, but it is also a good thing no matter how you look at it, so that more people can come to worship the general's soul, no matter how you look at it, this guy has no reason to be angry.

So there must be something hidden in this.

So when the old man agreed, several old men talked and laughed, drank and fed, and agreed to come to pick up the old man early tomorrow morning, the old village chief's branch secretary, and after leaving with satisfaction accompanied by Pan Changhong, I would discuss with the old man, or I would go over overnight to find out the reason for the general's anger.

Although my father had already sacrificed the general's soul on my behalf in the morning and explained the reason why I couldn't be separated, after all, what I promised at that time was to go at home in person, so I originally had the idea of going over overnight to make a loss after eating, and now I have a reason for the past, so it is even better.

The old man naturally knew what I was thinking, and after one look at me, he nodded in agreement.

Dad had already drunk with him just now, and he couldn't drive anymore, but fortunately, I had already driven a few times on this part of the road, and I didn't have to worry about checking the car at night, so I went to the incense drawer of the hall house and got some incense paper candles, and took a few apples and oranges as offerings, and then took the car keys and went out.

Since the technology has not yet reached home, and it is a night road, it took a full hour to drive my father's car to the general's grave.

I had just driven out of a short section of the canyon on this side of the Shidong River, and I couldn't see the mouth of the river, so I noticed something different.

Although the general's tomb has always been full of incense, there are actually no people in this section of the river, and it is always dark at night, because of the existence of this giant tomb, it seems a little gloomy, but at this time, the bank of the Xinyang River is no longer as dark as before, and before I saw the place, I first saw the lights that illuminated the night sky over there, just like coming to the edge of the city.

After driving out of the Shidong River and coming to the mouth of the river, the scenery on the other side is like a curtain has been drawn, and it has lost the shelter of the insulating cliffs, and it is all in full view at once.

I saw that on the slope of the highway behind the huge general's tomb, a huge billboard has been erected, the content on it is a helmet and armor, both hands in front of the sword, the appearance is majestic, the beard fluttering ancient general, there are a few lines of small characters that are not very clear next to it, under the illumination of a circle of strong lights on the edge of the billboard, it looks extraordinarily clear, like a god descending from the earth standing on the top of the mountain, staring into the distance, there are a few rotating laser lights on the top, the beams of different colors, hit the general's tomb under the highway, and the river in front of it, moving back and forth.

More precisely, it was on the stage in front of the general's grave.

Because the railing in front of the general's tomb has been removed, and in its place is a large temporary stage that extends out of the river bank, half of which is built on the river surface, and can accommodate one or two hundred people. At this time, the stage has been covered with red carpets, there is a row of stereos in front, behind the stage, that is, on the side of the river, there is also a big screen, across the river with the car window closed, you can hear the high-power sound from the national songs, the ears have long been calloused, the strong lights around the stage, the entire opposite bank illuminated as day.

At this time, the general's tomb has also taken on a new look, and the hill-like tomb bag is full of colorful flags painted with various talisman totems, waving in the wind on the bank of the Xinyang River at night, and hunting sounds. On both sides, it is not easy to say whether it is artificially piled up, or it naturally exists, and the soil slope that is lower than the general's tomb has also been shoveled into the flat ground, which is level with the original riverside path, and two small stages have been built on the position of the original small soil slope, and some plastic stools and chairs are placed around the stage.

I knew what I was going to do for General's Day, but I didn't expect it to be so big.

Before crossing the bridge, the car was stopped, saying that the opposite side is now under construction, and it will take an hour to pass, so there is no way, so I have to take the incense paper candle and walk across the bridge.

After crossing the bridge, I found that the road in the shadow of the light has been occupied by cranes and trucks, and I am getting down to prepare to hang things to the river, and the whole general's tomb seems to have become a construction site, and the legendary song and dance troupe did not see it, and asked the workers at random, it turned out that I was going back to the county to rest, and I would come early tomorrow morning.

Although construction was underway, no one stopped me when I heard that I was going to the general's grave. But in this way, I wanted to call the general's soul out to speak, which was a little inconvenient, so I burned the incense paper and candle as fast as I could, and said softly: "I'll wait for you in another place, I hope to come out to meet," and then returned to the road to leave.

Although the behavior of running over to burn incense paper at night seems a little weird, it is precisely because of this that the construction team, which was originally working with a lingering restlessness, just quietly watched me leave, and no one came to ask a word, but it saved me the trouble of explanation.

I crossed the bridge again and returned to the opposite bank, and was looking for a place to speak, when I casually looked up the hillside behind the road, but found that the general's soul, whose face was cold and pale, was already waiting on the hillside.

"I thought you had forgotten what you promised me and wouldn't come back today." The general's soul, who was still halfway up the slope and looked at me with a blank face, opened his mouth coldly. Although his demeanor is the same as before, there has been a significant change in his words, and he has not been a "general" anymore, but has become "me".

Seeing that he couldn't wait to speak, I didn't rub it anymore, and after touching the top of the slope three or two times, I scratched my head and smiled: "Where do you dare to forget, there are really some things that I can't get out of recently, so I had to let my father come here first, isn't this just a time to come over, I hope you don't mind." ”

The general's soul did not speak, and accepted such an explanation with silence.

"You look like you're a little unhappy?" Since he didn't care about coming now, I naturally didn't need to stay on this issue, so I changed the topic and asked.