Xue Yue'er washed the tombstone clean, and looked at Li Hao still touching the tombstone in a daze, looking at the continuous drizzle, but she didn't know how to light incense and burn money.

Helpless, Xue Yue'er had to persuade softly: "Husband, you should burn money for your grandfather as soon as possible, otherwise he will suffer over there!" ”

Li Hao answered, came to his senses, drew his sword and quickly slashed, and built a semicircular scaffolding with branches. It is only two feet high, about two and a half feet long, and about a foot wide.

After making the frame, Li Hao quickly covered it with the oiled paper he brought, fixed it with ropes, and made a simple shed.

Next to her, Xue Yue'er had already taken out a large pile of paper money, incense and candles, Li Hao knelt in the damp mud, and Xue Yue'er knelt down together.

Li Hao took the incense candle, knocked on the flint to light it, inserted the incense candle in front of the grave, and slowly burned the paper money. In the misty white mist, a faint green smoke floated up in an instant, rising obliquely, and a gust of wind blew, immediately dissipating invisible.

Li Hao burned the paper money while muttering: "Grandpa, the unfilial grandson brought his granddaughter-in-law to see you!" ”

A flash of joy flashed in Xue Yue'er's sadness, with Li Hao's words, she could rest assured, and she would no longer feel uneasy because Li Hao didn't pay attention to her all the way.

The residents of the town at the foot of the mountain were bored in their houses, and when they looked at the smoke rising from the mountain, they couldn't help but wonder what was going on.

When they learned from the grocery store that two heroes came to burn money and incense, worship and sweep the tomb, and then look at the place where the smoke started, it was the mountain where Li Hao's grandfather was buried. There are only a few cemeteries there, and the local people have already cleaned and worshiped on the Qingming Festival, but the old thief remains.

Could it be that the son and daughter-in-law of the old thief have returned? When Yicheng returns, they won't come to trouble themselves, right?

Thinking of this, several families in the town became panicked, especially the one who finally killed the old thief.

The more they thought about it, the more frightened they felt when they gathered in the mayor's house, as if the cold sword had penetrated like this cold weather, and was about to be placed on their necks in the blink of an eye.

This temperament, the thin boss who still wears a white fox fur hat: "Mayor of the town, this matter must be found out as soon as possible, otherwise there may be a disaster that will wash the whole town in blood!" ”

"Scared now? Why was the old thief beaten to death just for a few catties of grain stolen in the first place! A square-faced man sitting directly above glared at him and continued, "They came in the rain to prove that they don't dare to come nonsense, so let's sit upright." Lao Ke, you hurry over and see, be smart, if you don't understand, don't come back! ”

The thin boss said with a sad face: "Aren't I eliminating harm for the people?" At that time, I killed the old thief, but you clapped your hands one by one, and even if the two heroes came to wash my family in blood, you wouldn't be able to escape! ”

There was a sudden chaos and noise in the hall, some urged the mayor to quickly send a message to send someone to arrest them, and some wanted to tell the Hakka family to clean up and prepare to slip away.

The mayor slapped the table and shouted, "Quiet! ”

The people in the hall immediately stopped talking and became silent.

The only few guards in the town are guarding this house, and the mayor of the town doesn't need to continue to transfer people, sending a letter at this moment, this drizzling ghost weather, the town next to it will definitely not send someone to help, not to mention that it is a trumped-up charge, it is just their speculation.

The mayor continued to ask the shopkeeper of the grocery store: "When those two heroes came over, did they have a look of gritting teeth, being extremely angry, and ready to commit murder?" ”

The grocery store shopkeeper frowned and pondered carefully for a while, and said calmly: "They don't have any special expressions, just like the ordinary people who come to sweep the graves, they are depressed and sad. By the way, the woman seemed to want to buy paper horses, paper buildings, etc., but she was glared at by her husband, and she didn't dare to speak. ”

The fox fur hat hurriedly said: "Could it be that there is not much money on him?" What else? What kind of yin money did they buy at that time, you should explain it carefully? ”

The grocery store shopkeeper said: "There are very few people who come to buy paper money at this time, and I naturally remember it very clearly." The man bought two pairs of incense candles, a lot of paper money, and two large packages, almost emptying the shop! By the way, there are also several large pieces of oiled paper wrapped in paper money. ”

The mayor nodded: "At this time, it rains, and if you don't wrap it in oiled paper, you will get wet, which is why those two don't buy paper horses and other big things." Burning so much at once, is this going far away, are they really going to attack us? ”

The fox fur hat turned pale with fright, and urged, "Mayor Town, before they come, let's run!" ”

The mayor kept tapping his fingers on the table, and suddenly shook his head and said, "Relax and relax, they definitely didn't come to trouble us!" If they want to do it, they will slaughter our town first, and then incense the old thief, instead of slowly turning money over there. ”

The fox fur hat said: "Could it be that they want to miss this point and come over in a while?" ”

Most of the faces of the people in the hall were as pale as fox fur hats. Since they dare to come, they must be excellent in martial arts, and they are definitely not something that these ordinary guards can intercept.

The mayor couldn't make up his mind for a while, frowned and walked to the door, looking at the green smoke floating on the hill in the distance.

The fox fur hat suddenly said: "Mayor Town, maybe they calculated that we would definitely not run away on this rainy day, and no one would come to help, so they did not hurry to burn money there." With a drizzle of cold rain and dark nights, it's definitely the perfect time to kill! ”

Everyone couldn't help but shiver, imagining the cold rain, the wind swishing, the five fingers of the fingers could not be seen, the two demons drew their swords and swept and cut wantonly, and the whole town howled miserably and blood splashed, like a tragic scene of hell on earth.

As if their necks had become colder, a few people were so frightened that they didn't even hold up their umbrellas, and they rushed into the rain in a panic, screaming at the top of their throats: "The devil has killed someone!" Everyone, run for your life! ”

The mayor of the town also shivered, and immediately shouted: "The gatekeeper, stop it!" ”

"Bang!"

The gate of the mayor's mansion was closed, and two strong men standing at the door, five big and three thick, stopped the three people who were about to go crazy with fright.

Strangely, there was no thin fox fur hat among the three! Come to think of it, he is not bold enough, and he will not beat people to death directly.

Looking at the three screaming and desperately rushing for the door, everyone in the hall became restless, and they all looked at each other with a touch of worry.

The town lord shouted: "Brothers, don't worry, and wait for Lao Ke to hear the news before discussing." ”

The fox fur hat said: "Mayor Town, it may be too late for him to find out, let's hide for a while, shall we?" ”

The mayor glared at him again, and said in surprise: "You were the one who proposed to run, why didn't you escape in the rain just now?" If you want to run for your life, I can have someone throw you out!" ”

The fox fur hat did not dare to speak again, and the people in the hall became silent again, restless, some of them walked back and forth restlessly, and some stood in front of the door and continued to stare at the faint green smoke. Perhaps, when the smoke is gone, it will be the time for them to accept their lives.

Why is it raining this damn rain today, otherwise I would have ridden a horse to avoid it for a while, and no one would have asked a joke.

After a full hour, the old Ke who had been sent out rushed back soaking wet, and an oil-paper umbrella was propped up as if it was not propped up.

As soon as he entered, there was not even a single person handing him a dry towel, but they all surrounded him and asked, "Who are the two who came?" What is the other purpose? ”

The thin old man wiped the rain from his face and said, "Mayor, the little detective understands, they are not here to kill." The woman said that she would get married on the same day, so she came to worship her ancestors. Ahh ”

The grocery store shopkeeper was stunned and said, "Worship ancestors? The thief should have been under ten years old when he left, and he was only in his teens so far, there was no way he could have grown so tall! ”

The mayor frowned and said, "Old Ke, have you asked clearly?" ”

"The woman said it herself!"

The poor old man was soaked, shivering with cold, and no one answered, and he was so crowded that he couldn't move.

The mayor's brow was still unfurled, and he continued to ask, "Does the man have any words?" ”

Lao Ke shook his head and said: "That hero is extremely sad, tears are like tears, and he is unwilling to answer my old man." ”

The mayor said, "In this way, it is indeed impossible to admit mistakes." The strange thing is that the thief was very small when he left, and he had only been gone for less than four years, so he could not have grown so tall, right? Lao Ke, it will be carefully explained. ”

"Ahh

Lao Ke sneezed heavily and sprayed everyone on the other side, especially the mayor on the other side sprayed the most.

The mayor closed his eyes, wiped his face disgustingly, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't care about scolding, and ordered: "Come on, quickly bring dry towels and dry clothes, and then bring a pot of fire!" ”

Lao Ke bowed down and thanked: "Master Xie Zhen!" The little old man hurriedly trotted up the hill......"

Old man Ke held an umbrella and carried a mountain knife, hurried to the top of the mountain, looked at the two people burning money in front of the grave, and said with a little joy: "Lao Er thought that the mountains and forests were on fire, but it turned out that someone was sweeping the tomb in the rain and incense, and there was a false alarm!" ”

The man under the shed in front of the grave did not look back, and the woman looked back at him and continued to make money.

Old Man Ke slowly approached the two of them, and continued to ask strangely: "Two heroes, why are you in such a hurry to sweep the tomb in the rain?" After a while, when the weather is fine, wouldn't it be better to burn more paper horses, paper houses or something? ”

The woman sighed and said, "In two days, we will marry our husband, and we can't delay, we can only worship our ancestors in the rain." It's a pity that you can't burn more! ”

Old man Ke walked over and helped melt a few pieces of paper money, taking the opportunity to see their faces clearly, as he approached, the man's fierce light flashed, glared at him, saw his face clearly, his face was slightly flat, and continued to burn money.

Old man Ke said with palpitations: "A few old men don't know, the man's eyes at that time were fierce and vicious, like a demon from the Hades Palace, which frightened the little old man's heart suddenly and violently, thinking that he would not be able to live today!" ”

The people in the hall were suddenly frightened, and their faces became a little pale, and the people who came were not good!

The mayor of the town was calm and calm, and said calmly: "What happened later? ”

Old man Ke panicked in his hands, took a large pile of paper money and threw it forward, and the man quickly snatched it from the fire, so fast that the paper money did not ignite.

Old man Ke was startled, thinking that he was going to kill someone, so he hurriedly crawled back, but suddenly his hands were empty again, and he also took back the pile of paper money he was holding!

Old man Ke got up in a hurry, fell on the grass, didn't dare to turn the money again, and stood aside to look at the two of them. Fortunately, they didn't say anything to drive people away, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

The few people standing behind him nodded, he was indeed soaking wet.

Old man Ke shook his head and exclaimed: "I don't know, the speed of the hero's shot is as fast as lightning, and as soon as the old man sees a flower, the paper money placed on the incense is gone, and the flute is not lit, and then the paper money in his hand is also taken off before it is drenched in the rain." When Lao Er came back, he remembered that the hero didn't dare to burn so much paper money at one time because the oil paper shed above his head was too low, and he was afraid of being burned by the flames. ”

"This hero just has a way, with a little action, he can calmly burn money on this rainy day!"

Everyone in the hall nodded their heads in praise.

Another human: "They are heroes, of course the speed is fast, you think it is your old man who is chopping wood slowly with a knife!" ”

The mayor urged, "What about later? ”

Old Man Ke waited for a while, his heart calmed down, and then he continued to ask, "Oh, this is not an old thief...... Isn't this the tomb of the lonely old man? I heard that he has no relatives, a young grandson is gone, life and death are unknown, no one has come to sweep the grave for two or three years, and the two heroes have not recognized the wrong person? ”

The woman cried at that time and said: "Grandpa is pitiful, in the future, I will ask my husband to come to sweep the tomb every year!" ”

"So they are indeed the grandsons of the old thief, the thief and his future wife?"

The crowd looked at each other, and the look of horror on their faces was even greater.

The fox fur hat turned pale and asked, "Mayor Town, what shall we do?" Is it true that the thief is back? Could it be that he was so tall because he didn't look good and was young, and he didn't know why he was so tall when he entered the martial arts sect? ”

There was chaos in the hall again, and the mayor slapped the table and yelled, "Don't make noise! Listen to Lao Ke! ”

Lao Ke Tou wanted to continue to ask, although the heroine was sad, but she would answer some, and then the hero snorted heavily, and the two scared the two of us a lot, the heroine didn't dare to say anything, presumably the hero was angry that she turned money half-heartedly.

Old man Ke saw that although he didn't know much about the investigation, he had already obtained what he could hear, and he couldn't find anything if he stayed there, so he didn't dare to linger any longer, so he hurried down the mountain.

Old man Ke looked back before leaving, but he didn't see them looking at him, and he didn't hear any more words coming from the mountain.

The mayor frowned and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "Did the woman pause when she said that she would sweep the tomb every year in the future?" ”

Lao Ke, who was wearing clean clothes and holding a bowl of ginger soup on the fire, shook his head and said, "Lao Er just asked, and the woman answered without thinking about it, it doesn't seem to be a lie." ”

The mayor breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good! They didn't come for us, they really came back to sweep the grave! Since they have to sweep the graves every year, they will definitely not slaughter the whole town, and then they will definitely not be able to come back to worship. ”

After a pause, the mayor turned to the fox fur hat and said, "However, I'm afraid that you old man will have a disaster!" ”

The fox fur hat was frightened, and screamed at the throat of the male duck, "Help, mayor! ”

The mayor shook his head and said, "I'm not sure what the hero wants, what can I help you?" Go and confess to him yourself, or run for your life now before he comes. ”

The fox fur hat looked at the sky that was about to turn dark, and said with a sad face: "The cold drizzle does not stop, the road is muddy, the soft and soft house has not been cleaned up, and the black light is blind when the fire is on, how can I escape?" Don't be killed, you will die of fear and illness first! Mayor Mare, brothers, this time you must help me intercede with the hero! Don't forget, you also have a share in the beating of their grandparents and grandchildren! ”

……

In front of the lonely grave, a large pile of paper money burned slowly one after another, and the igniting green smoke made the oiled paper above the head rattle, and the rustle of drizzle drops echoed each other, playing a sad lament.