The ancestral hall of Wanshou Village is the same as the large and small ancestral halls handed down from ancient times in the Chinese Kingdom on the earth, and it is a place used by the whole family to worship, discuss and hold major events. www.biquge.info The ancestral hall of Wanshou Village was originally the largest surname in the village, the family ancestral hall of the surname "Hao", and then gradually became the place where the whole village held major activities, especially after the village became famous for its longevity, the ancestral hall that has always been deserted has become lively in an instant, and the people in the village believe that it is the blessing of the ancestors that makes everyone live longer, and the ancestral hall is the only place to worship the ancestors.

From the current guards of the ancestral hall, it can also be seen how much attention the village attaches to it, the leader of the guards is the cousin and nephew of the village chief Hao, and the others are also strong young men in the village. In the countryside, it is unimaginable for a young man in the prime of life to run to guard an ancestral hall instead of working in the field, but surprisingly the people in the village take it for granted, and these people are also proud to guard the ancestral hall, and they are very hard.

When Lu Ming and the three of them were still some distance away from the ancestral hall, they were stopped by two young men, including Hao Jian, the cousin and nephew of the village chief Hao. After explaining his intentions, Hao Jian was obviously a little impatient, and said to the three of them, "What are you doing here?" You said you were wearing something like you were going to climb the mountain, but we only have a few dirt bags here, what can you get? Also, didn't I tell you all, there are no old ghosts in our village, why are you in the city so strong? Now come to our ancestral hall again and ask, do you know that you are outsiders? You will not be allowed to enter, I tell you. ”

Although Hao Jian's words were a bit scattered, the unwelcoming tone and attitude were very obvious, and it was estimated that he had a deep prejudice against Lu Ming after listening to the discussions of the people in the village.

At this time, Liang Hansheng walked over quietly, and slowly handed a "Huazhong" cigarette to each of the two young men, and then said, "Brother, don't get excited." We just inquire about the old ghost, it doesn't matter if you don't know, we didn't come to the ancestral hall today for this matter, isn't it that you rained heavily a while ago, I heard that your ancestral hall is leaking rain again, we just have a few spare money, I want to come here to see if we can help, repair it, it can also be regarded as the blessing of our longevity village. "Liang Hansheng also learned this set from the families of patients who have been looking for him for treatment all year round, but I didn't expect to use it here today.

"Are you telling the truth? Do you really want to build an ancestral hall? Hao Jianhu doubted. Liang Hansheng's words made him both skeptical and excited, because few people in the village were willing to spend money to repair the ancestral hall so much, but a few outsiders said that they would spend money to repair it within a few days, which was really puzzling. But if this thing is true, then he Hao Jianke will be developed, this can be regarded as the "God of Wealth" he pulled, as long as the matter is done, he will definitely be valued in the village, and then let his cousin help him, and maybe he will be able to mix with a security chief or security squad leader in the future, and then Chunxiang and his father will definitely come to their house with his face to say goodbye.

Under Hao Jian's beautiful fantasy and expectant eyes, Liang Hansheng immediately said firmly: "Of course it's true, look at what you kid said." Why did we come all the way here to lie to you about building the ancestral hall? To put it mildly, do you have anything else here that we are worthy? ”

"Hehe, look at this trouble, uncle, you guys move forward. Two dogs, go, go and pour water!" Hao Jian didn't think much about it this time, and after giving an order to his companions who came with him, he hurriedly and excitedly let a few people into the ancestral hall, and behind him, Lu Ming quietly gave Liang Hansheng a thumbs up, exchanging a tacit look with each other.

The ancestral hall of Wanshou Village does look a little old, but it still maintains the unique style of the south. The ancestral hall as a whole is divided into a foyer, a hall, a wall, a main hall, a side hall and a bedroom. Among them, the main hall sits in the north and faces south, mainly dedicated to the ancestors and the deceased who have made significant contributions to the whole village, and is the main place to worship the ancestors on weekdays; The side hall is located on the east side, which is the main place for discussion in the village, and it is also the place where several young people usually play cards and brag; There are 3 bedrooms on the west side, and as the name suggests, they are places to rest.

After Hao Jian introduced everyone into the side hall, he couldn't wait to ask: "Uncle, when are you going to repair?" How much are you prepared to spend? Why don't I call my cousin right now? "He's hell-bent on making it happen.

But Liang Hansheng was not in a hurry, but stood up and looked around, and then asked slowly: "Don't worry, you have to tell me how many years your ancestral hall has been, what is going on?" We also want to see if it's worth our repair, and I heard that there is no genealogy in the ancestral hall, we also want to see if there are any famous or blessed people in your village, we come to repair this ancestral hall for a purpose, and we won't spend money in vain for no reason, do you say this reason? ”

The more Liang Hansheng had this attitude and statement, the more Hao Jian felt convinced. Hao Jian thought in his heart, yes, everyone said that they came to repair the ancestral hall to get good fortune and accumulate some virtue, if there is no characteristic, people come all the way here to repair something. However, there are no characteristics in the village except for the relatively long life per capita, so how can this be done?

Hey? Pregnant! Hao Jian seemed to think of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Then he said, "Yes, yes, that's right." Uncle, you wait, I'll go get you a genealogy, although there have been no rich people in our village, but there are many long-lived people, and there is a legend in our village, I will tell you later, to ensure that you can rest assured. With that, he hurried out.

The three people in the room were all relieved to see him go out. Originally, the purpose of their coming to the ancestral hall was to look at the family tree, to find out if there was an old ghost at the end, or a name with homophones such as "expensive", "gui" and "juniper". It's just that I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the ancestral hall, I was so strongly rejected by the villagers, but fortunately, Liang Hansheng reacted quickly and found an excuse to repair the ancestral hall, but fortunately they were facing young people, if they faced someone as shrewd as Village Chief Hao, it is estimated that this method would not work.

Soon, Hao Jian trotted in with a thick pile of booklets, this is the genealogy of the entire village since the "Qing Dynasty", the content of which is quite detailed, and the life of everyone in the village has more or less some records, especially for some people who have made meritorious achievements, which are entered in more detail. Lu Ming and the three of them didn't care much, so they immediately took it in their hands and looked at it, trying not to let go of every detail, until they saw that it was only half of it late at night. After contacting the other two groups, Lu Ming and the others decided to rest in the ancestral hall and continue to check tomorrow. At the same time, Lu Ming also learned that Wang Fugui's group had made some progress, but Wang Fugui did not elaborate, only said that it was estimated that there would be results tonight, and everyone would be notified as soon as there was news.

So there was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Lu Ming and the others got up and continued to start looking through the family tree, but there was no harvest all morning, all the names related to the word old ghost in the family tree, Lu Ming handed them over to Gao Yu through text messages and asked them to check in the new village, but there were still no clues. There were less than 12 hours left, and Lu Ming and the others had to prepare to leave first, and then go to find the old Liu Tou who was looking for the grave to ask about the situation.

Who knew that as soon as he was about to leave, he bumped into Hao Jian who came back, Hao Jian was very enthusiastic about them, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what do you see?" There are still a lot of long-lived people in our village, this is all blessed by our ancestral hall, as long as you cultivate, it is definitely a great merit, and I can also tell my cousin and uncle, what kind of merit monument to put in the ancestral hall, it will definitely give a few great blessings! "It seems that not only Lu Ming and they were busy last night, but Hao Jian probably didn't have idleness when he went home, not even the idea of the merit monument came up, but he just wanted to keep Lu Ming and them pay for the ancestral hall here.

At this time, it was Liang Hansheng who said, "Little brother, we have looked through the genealogy of our village, but except for some long-lived people in the village, there is nothing else, to be honest, there are quite a lot of long-lived villages like yours in the country, we also have to look at the others, compare them and then decide." Liang Hansheng wanted to send Hao Jian away with the words he had prepared yesterday.

"Don't, uncle, listen to me, our village is different, our village has miracles, legends, and immortals!" Hao Jian saw that Liang Hansheng was not in high spirits, and hurriedly said again and again.

"Oh? Really? Tell me what's going on, we want to hear it too" At this time, Lu Ming suddenly accosted, he instinctively felt that what Hao Jian said might be helpful to them.

"Okay, okay, here's the thing."

The story told by Hao Jian was also told by the villagers, and it is impossible to find out whether there is an exaggerated element. The protagonist of the story is called Yu Dong, a man who has lived for 116 years. Yu Dong entered this village upside down, and in the past few years, he was as honest and responsible as the ordinary people in the village, and his temper was notoriously good. Until one time, Yu Dong took a sheep herding baby to play at the top of the village, that is, above the village cemetery. I don't know what happened, Yu Dong suddenly disappeared, and the child who was herding the sheep was frightened at that time, and staggered back to the village to shout for help, but when a group of people in the village were ready to go to find Yu Dong, they found that he came back slowly and leisurely along the hillside alone. According to his own account, he fell into a pit and finally climbed up on his own, nothing serious. As soon as everyone saw that the person had come back and was safe and sound, they naturally didn't mention this matter again, and no one cared about what the sheep herding baby meant by disappearing! After all, it's possible that children are stunned and babbling nonsense.

However, the things that followed gradually became strange, and within a month, Yu Dong was going to divorce! He was in his forties at that time, and he had two children, and they had always had a good relationship between husband and wife, but when he suddenly said that he wanted to divorce, the whole village felt incredible. As for the mother's family, they didn't do it, especially Yu Dong still came in upside down, and even dared to mention the divorce, where did this make the mother's family lose face? So a fat beating is inevitable, who knew that Yu Dong, who had always been honest and dutiful, suddenly broke out that day, biting the neck of his brother-in-law who usually had a good relationship with him and did not let go, and the angry green tendons on his face were like struggling green snakes, which scared everyone present stupid.

Later, the marriage was naturally divorced, and Yu Dong was also driven to the ancestral hall by the people of the village to live, the ancestral hall at that time was far less important than it is now, saying that it was the ancestral hall, but it was actually similar to the taste of exile, and it happened that the people in the village didn't want to see him, and he himself didn't seem to have any complaints, but was happy.

Time passed like this, except for the sheep herding baby and Yu Dong's two children who occasionally came to see him, the rest of the village almost forgot the name Yu Dong. Until everyone slowly discovered a strange thing, Yu Dong didn't seem to be old!! Or that he has been aging for a lot longer than the average person. The most direct example is that the sheep herding baby who went up the mountain with him back then has become a grandfather, and he still looks like he is in his 40s, you must know that his real age is almost 100 years old!

Gradually, there are more and more discussions in the village, some people say that Yu Dong is a god who has the art of immortality, some people say that Yu Dong got the preaching of a high monk by chance, and it is even more outrageous that Yu Dong is a monster who has to eat boys and girls every day to maintain his appearance, of course, the person who said this was quickly pushed back, because the nearby ten miles and eight villages have not heard of someone losing their children.

In the end, things were really a bit uproar, and the village chief at that time had to come forward in person, and after talking with Yu Dong all morning, the village chief announced to everyone that the reason why Yu Dong did not grow old was entirely because of this ancestral hall. Since Yu Dong entered the ancestral hall, he would worship his ancestors on time every day, subconsciously cultivate his mind, and then get the blessings of the ancestral hall and be ageless. Now the people in the village are crazy, Wanshou Village originally produced high-lived people, plus most of the villagers have a low level of education, they may not understand other explanations, but when the village chief said this, they were convinced. Yes, why are other villages not like this, only how many people live in our village, this must be blessed by the ancestors, and Yu Dong must have been blessed by the ancestors to become like this. So for a time, the ancestral hall in the village was overcrowded, regardless of men and women, young and old, they didn't even do farm work in the field, and knelt down in the ancestral hall every day, praying for the blessing and longevity of the ancestors.

In the end, it was Yu Dong who came forward to solve this problem, and he told everyone that the blessing of the ancestors belonged to heaven, but he didn't expect the village chief to tell everyone. As a result, now the ancestors have punished him, so that he will not live for 10 years. Originally, he had to punish the people in the village, but he had already pleaded with the ancestors, and he had suffered for everyone, and he guarded the ancestral hall all his life, eating fast every day to be good, and worshiping the ancestors. After listening to Yu Dong's words, the villagers were grateful to Dade and gradually left, and Yu Dong also changed from a person who was not accepted in the village to an "old fairy" in the mouth of the villagers. The ancestral hall of the village has also become a sacred place in the hearts of the villagers, and it has gradually been taken seriously, of course, these are all later words.

After listening to Hao Jian's speech, Lu Ming was originally very disdainful in his heart, where is this old immortal, he is an old liar who has lived for a long time, and the ancestors blessed you with a big-headed ghost. But when I thought about the adventures of several of them, I couldn't say a word.

Seeing that Lu Ming was silent, Liang Hansheng asked for him, "What about Yu Dong?" What happened to him in the end? ”

"Of course, the old fairy has been traveling west with a crane, it has been many years, and he is buried on the slope of the highest hill, and the cemetery is going up," Hao Jian pointed out to a few of them.

"Okay, let's get to know the situation again, we can't just listen to what you say." When he came back to his senses and saw that there was no new harvest, Lu Ming glanced at everyone and continued to walk out.

"Hey, uncle, uncle. I'm not bragging, I don't believe you ask the old Liu Tou who is looking at the grave, he knows this matter best. That's really the case, hey, if you decide to build the ancestral hall, you must tell me first" Hao Jian followed behind them, looked at their distant figures, and hurriedly shouted.

Lu Ming and the others waved their hands with their backs to Hao Jian, and set off towards the place where Lao Liu Tou lived. After checking the information all night, I listened to the story, but it was still of little help to find the entrance to the realm. Old Liu Tou was the last hope, he was currently the oldest person in the village, and Lu Ming hoped to get some clues from him.