The meal was rather awkward. Before eating, Chen Dongfang wanted to lead his family to pay homage. Only then did I notice that in the middle of the hall, there were three portraits, all of which were painted in oil paintings, two men and one woman, in a very old style, and the figures looked a little gloomy in old age. The painting depicts two men wearing melon-skin hats, and the woman is an old woman with deep eyebrows.

Chen Dongfang stood in front of the portrait with three sticks of incense in his hand, and drank for the first time: "Respect heaven and earth!" ”

A large family knelt down with him, including the four or five-year-old child.

We outsiders watched in silence. Zhang Chong was quite shocked, he didn't expect that the people here would worship the ghost hall to this point.

Chen Dongfang drank a second time: "Worship the gods!" ”

The family kowtowed a second time.

Chen Dongfang drank for the third time: "The old father and mother in the worship hall." ”

The family kowtowed a third time.

He put the incense in the incense burner and called the children: "Dog, look at the three people on the wall and see if they know who it is, tell these uncles and aunts to listen." ”

The child was very clever, and immediately said: "In the middle is Chen Yuanbi, the ancestor of Tangkou, and there are two next to him, one is Grandpa Liu Jiahe, and the other is Grandma Wang Baolu, and Grandma Wang Baolu is also called Su Huanzhen." ”

The little daughter-in-law called Xiaowen and came over and touched the dog's head: "It's wrong, you can't call grandparents, you have to call old father and mother!" In the future, you will honor the two of them like you will honor our parents, grandparents, and grandparents, do you hear? ”

I listened to goosebumps all over my body, I really didn't expect Liu Jiahe and Wang Baolu to get to such a point with the help of the platform of the ghost hall, and the people's homes burned incense and prayed for them, and kowtowed three times a day.

Chen Dongfang said: "Okay, after worshipping the old father and mother, you can eat." ”

"Grandpa, that's wrong." The dog crooked his little brain and said.

Chen Dongfang smiled: "Grandpa, what's wrong?" ”

The dog took the empty bowl, filled a bowl of rice, went to the northeast corner of the house, put the rice there, and said, "There is a rule in the hall, when we eat, we should think of the ghosts of the underworld, and leave a bowl for them." ”

Chen Dongfang nodded: "Good boy, really smart." ”

After this set of rituals is completed, the table is served. The food was quite rich, with chicken stewed with mountain mushrooms, pork vermicelli, fish and shrimp bubbling with aroma, but I couldn't eat it.

After eating, Chen Dongfang instructed the family to clean up the guest room and let the new guests live.

His wife said, "I'm afraid it's not enough to live." ”

Chen Dongfang said: "It's okay, vacate a house and let them coordinate it by themselves." They live with us. ”

Daughter-in-law Xiaowen said, "Dad, let them register." ”

Before I could speak, Zhang Chong was incredulous: "What is it?" Do you still need to register if you live in your home? ”

Wu Biaozi glared: "If you want to board, you will board." Girl, my name is Wu Cai, this is my apprentice, my name is Zhang Chong. I went over and said, "My name is Feng Ziwang." Let me take the trouble to ask, what are you doing with our names, and where do you report them? ”

Chen Dongfang hurriedly said: "A few people don't be impatient, this is the rule of the hall, all outsiders living in our town have the responsibility to register their names, and then report to the branch altar above, and then report to the main hall." This is also for the sake of local security, after strengthening the registration system, we are really smooth here, and the road is not left behind. ”

I can afford goosebumps, the ghost hall is simply tightly controlled here, forming such an extremely thorough system. I said, "Naturally, there are public officials and local police, so why do you still do this?" ”

Xiaowen sneered and said: "The slogan of Tangkou is that I am for everyone, and everyone is for me." If everyone puts the responsibility of safety on the public service, then what public morality is there to talk about? What else do you believe? ”

I was speechless by her, but I always felt that something was wrong, and I couldn't refute it for a while.

After registering, Chen Dongfang's wife took us to a large tiled house at the back, where there were two rooms. I guess it's still me and Wu Biaozi in the same room, Zhang Chong with two walking corpses in a room, who knows that Wu Biaozi whispered to me: "Hall master, you have a good rest tonight, I and Zhang Chong are in the same room, it won't affect you." ”

I nodded, and that's fine, let me sleep in the same bed with such an old man, I'm not comfortable yet.

The house is very clean, the quilts and mattresses are quite new, and it looks very tidy.

There was no entertainment in the countryside at night, and the lights were turned off just after eight o'clock and went to bed. I lay in bed and thought to myself that this place was so clean, and that it was almost time to reach the temple. This is the beginning of nightlife in the big cities, where everyone sleeps.

I leaned back on my pillow and fell asleep in a daze.

I slept very lightly, and I vaguely felt someone lift the curtain and look at me. My consciousness is much stronger now than before, and it is extremely acute, don't look at sleeping, I will notice it immediately.

I opened my eyes slightly in the dark, and the man lowered the curtain and went out, it was Zhang Chong!

I rolled over, sat up silently, crouched barefoot behind the curtain, and listened with bated breath. I faintly heard a small voice, which should have come from the opposite room: "Master, he is asleep." ”

Followed by Wu Biaozi's voice: "You keep an eye on him, I'll go out." ”

"Okay, don't worry." This was followed by the sound of shredded footsteps.

I hurriedly turned over on the kang and pretended to sleep with my back to the door curtain. After a short time, the curtain was lifted in a corner, and someone was peeping at me, but I didn't act rashly, for fear of startling the snake.

I held my breath and listened to the footsteps outside. The footsteps are very special, extremely small, like two chopsticks falling on the ground. It must be Wu Biaozi, his two legs are prosthetics, and he has already left the house.

I wondered in my heart, along the way, he called me one by one, with a flattering smile on his face, how he began to hide his eyes when he arrived in this place.

I listened quietly to Wu Biaozi's footsteps, which were thin and small, but with my efforts, they could still be heard clearly. I know my skills have gone up.

Ever since the Corpse King became popular, I felt like my skills were increasing day by day. I wonder if the essence of the corpse pill was absorbed by me?

Listening to Wu Biaozi's footsteps stop in a certain direction, I used my brain to sketch a topographic map, and staggered the distribution of buildings in the entire courtyard on this brain-filled map, which clearly marked Wu Biaozi's current location.

I'm really dark, you know, when I was in school, I learned spatial geometry, it was called a lot of effort, and there was no three-dimensional sense at all. But now, with the improvement of the exercises, the brain is also refreshed, and the three-dimensional diagram automatically appears.

It is almost certain that the direction where Wu Biaozi is located should be Chen Dongfang's bedroom.

Wu Biaozi had a secret meeting with Chen Dongfang late at night, and the two of them must have a bad relationship, not only carrying me, but also their family members.

After being brainwashed by the ghost hall, the people of the town are like secret agents, searching for any unfavorable information every day. I really don't know how Chen Dongfang gritted his teeth and survived until now while guarding the big secret.

I'm listening with my heart, and I can't hear anymore. The propagation distance of the sound is still within my listening ability, but I can't hear any sound now, which can only mean one thing, Chen Dongfang probably used some method to block his conversation with Wu Biaozi out of his spell ability.

If you want to hear clearly, I'm afraid you have to squat on the wall like you did before a meal and listen with your ears.

I deliberately made a little noise, and Zhang Chong probe outside poked his brain in to take a look. I moaned and hugged my stomach as if in pain. Out of curiosity, he crept over and looked at me to see what was going on.

I suddenly got out of bed, and grabbed him with my hand like lightning. Zhang Chong stared at me, wanted to shout but couldn't, I covered his mouth tightly, punched him up, and directly knocked him out.

Zhang Chong lay limply on the bed, and I put him away. Then I cautiously came out of the house. Following the direction I had just heard, I walked through the courtyard to the front of the house.

I was calm, and sure enough, there was a voice in the room, it was Wu Biaozi and Chen Dongfang.

Chen Dongfang's voice came intermittently: "...... There is a chance, and in half a month it will be the point ceremony of the main hall of the ghost hall, and then the main road capitals of the altars in various places will arrive, and it is the best time to make trouble. But the problem is that the security at the scene is also the most thorough, and several masters of the ghost hall will be in charge...... Are you sure? If you are in trouble at that node, the end will be life and death. ”

Wu Biaozi said: "Don't worry, I can contact Taiwan's Wuji faction in half a month." There are masters here in the ghost hall, and there are elites over there, and when the time comes, I don't know what will happen when the real guns and knives are done. ”

"Why are you arguing with the Ghost Hall, just relying on a Wuji faction? Hehe. Chen Dongfang sneered.

Wu Biaozi said: "The young man who came with me today doesn't look like our previous Hu Tang Master?" ”

"It's like it, it's not like it," Chen Dongfang said lightly: "You want to rely on such an imposter to bring down Liu Jiahe and Su Zhenzhen, it's too naïve." ”

I chuckled in my heart, Wu Biaozi didn't think I was the hall master at all, he actually knew that I was an imposter for a long time.

What was his idea?