434 - Weddings, funerals
As soon as she spoke, the bodyguard was also scared and the dog was scared away, and we didn't have time to take care of it, so we quickly carried the fainted bodyguard and hid in the grass in the corner of the yard before following Chen Wei into the villa.
Through the foyer corridor, Chen Wei led us into the hall of the villa. The atmosphere in this villa tonight is obviously different from last night, when I came in last night, it was full of gold, and the lights were shining all the way down the corridor, and I was still wondering how much electricity it would take, and the rich would really be able to swing wide.
And tonight is different, the lights in the corridor tonight are dim, and the wall lamps on both sides of the wall and the chandelier on the roof are covered with a layer of bright red gauze, the light shines through the red gauze, and the whole villa is red and blood-red everywhere, just looking at the atmosphere, I feel a little cautious.
And that's not the strangest thing, the strangest corridor is that there is a huge 'Xi' word pasted on the wall every few steps, which looks very festive. Underneath the happy word, there are clusters of snow-white wreaths, the paper flowers on the wreaths are white, the straps are black, and the lights wrapped in red cloth shine as if they were stained with blood, rendering the atmosphere in the whole villa even more terrifying.
When I walked forward, I heard Bai Long say: "Yin marriage, red and white, I don't know how many good people have been harmed in ancient times, but I didn't expect that the extraordinary Taoist even came up with this method in order to catch ghosts, he can do a big evil this time, and say something ugly, it is simply shame......ful to make people in the same door."
As she spoke, Chen Wei had already led us into the hall, and the layout in the hall was similar to that in the corridor, especially the large chandelier worth hundreds of thousands of yuan in the middle of the roof had also been covered in red. Blood light fell from the sky, that is called a cautious man. At the very front, the main hall has been properly arranged, and it is almost like a mourning hall, but it really looks like an auditorium for a wedding chapel.
In the deepest part of the main hall against the wall, there is a coffin, the coffin lid is tightly closed, and I don't know if it is empty or what is put inside, and in front of the coffin is a mahogany offering table, on which there is a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, a pair of dragon and phoenix stickers, and there are two photos in the middle position, one of the black and white photos is Chen Xu, and the other photo is blank. There was no one in it, but the two photos were covered with two white cloths, and a big red flower was placed in the middle, and two red ribbons were output from the two sections of the red flower, each of which was tied together in a circle along the frame of the two photos.
In addition, there were several boxes on both sides of the offering table, and when we saw it, it was a collection of silk and satin, cloth, gold, silver, and jewelry, which were obviously dowry, and only half of the dowry in so many boxes was real, and the other half was all made of paper.
Behind each box stands a paper figure made of paper, both male and female. Some are dressed in red and painted like matchmakers, strong men and little maids in the ancient marriage procession, and some are dressed in black and white with sadness, just like the relatives and friends of the deceased and the coffin bearer accompanying them at the funeral.
It's the first time I've seen this kind of scene, and when I was surprised, I saw Chen Wei lighting a cigarette on the side, and said with disdain: "See, this is the good idea given by the extraordinary Taoist, in one day, one of our good homes has been transformed into a hell......"
Hearing what Chen Wei said, I smiled and replied: "But your father really has a way, it's not for anyone to decorate a good villa in one day, just these paper people and paper horses are all handiwork, and it is ......really not easy to get so much in one day."
"None of this is a ...... to our Chen family."
Chen Wei looked arrogant, and said: "After all, this is my brother's life and death, my dad fully trusts that extraordinary Taoist, of course he will cooperate with him wholeheartedly, today from the morning, my dad sent people to all the coffin shops in the city to collect things, it only took a little more than half a day, and these application things were ready......
Saying that, Chen Wei looked at her watch, and then said: "The time is almost up, my father and the extraordinary Taoist are waiting for time in the back hall, I'm afraid they will come over soon......"
"So what do we do?" I asked.
"I'll take you out into the bodyguard team in a moment, and then you can just act when you have the opportunity."
Inevitably bumped into by the extraordinary Taoist and Chen Tianqi, Chen Wei said and took us out of the hall, sure enough, the old housekeeper of the family had already gathered a team of bodyguards in the courtyard, about twenty people, and after the bodyguards were lined up in three teams, the old housekeeper began to let people distribute things to those bodyguards, I secretly glanced at it, it was the red flower of the guests for filial piety and marriage, this is fun, is this a funeral? Or is it marriage?
At this time, I saw Chen Wei walking towards the old housekeeper, smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, leave it to me here, you can go and do something else." β
"Got it, Miss." He carried it with a group.
The old butler nodded after speaking, and then left, and then Chen Wei gave us a look, let us blend into the bodyguard team, and continued to initiate things for us.
After the things were sent to the hand, Chen Wei asked us to put on all the saffron and filial piety belts, I secretly looked at the watch, it was about to be twelve o'clock, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of blowing and blowing outside the courtyard, and it didn't take long to see a team of greeting relatives dressed in red and green has been blowing and blowing and walking towards the courtyard, followed by the blowing team is a large sedan chair with an eight-person platform, the sedan chair is boxy, the inside is very large, and there is no sedan curtain, look inside, the sedan chair is placed in a mahogany coffin......
And behind the sedan chair followed by a dozen people, these people are not dressed in red and green, all dressed in linen and filial piety, each of them is holding something in their hands, half of them are holding what kind of silk ruler, gold and silver treasures and other genuine goods, and the other half of the people are holding paper paste skin, cotton, clips, single clothes each one, two pairs of brocade boxes, which are earrings, bracelets, rings and hairpins and other jewelry and jewelry, it looks like the same as the decoration in the mourning hall, are true and false.
And at this moment, I saw that the extraordinary Taoist had already walked over from the back hall with Chen Tianqi and another team of servants from the house, and those servants were also holding a tray in their hands, and the tray in front of them was also full of papier-mΓ’chΓ© clothes and jewelry, and the tray in the back was placed goose cage sea wine, dragon and phoenix wedding cakes and fragrant elbow candy, these are all true.
Although it looks a little weird, I still understand these old customs, what came in from outside was the procession of sending relatives, and those people brought the so-called bride's 'dowry', and those servants brought out and what was placed in the mourning hall was obviously the 'bride price'.
After walking out of the door, the Extraordinary Daoist didn't notice that we were mixed in the crowd, so he walked towards the team carrying the sedan chair with his hands behind his back, and asked a matchmaker next to the sedan chair with a not very good-looking face, "How is it, how many circles have you circled?" β
"Replying to your words, according to your instructions, we circled around seven times, but seven times, and then dared to come back, we did what you said, and we did it, scattering paper money along the way, not daring to speak loudly, until we reached the gate and began to play musical instruments......"
The matchmaker's face became more and more ugly when she spoke, and after she finished speaking, she suddenly pursed her mouth again, took a deep breath and said: "What, Dao, Dao Chief, we are all regular weddings, this is the first time to do this kind of thing, this, this is too scary, can you, can you discuss with Boss Chen, and give more money?" β
"Don't worry, as long as you do well, I won't treat you badly."
Daoist Bufan responded casually, and did not continue to pay attention to her, but walked towards the sedan chair behind, and then stood in front of the sedan chair with a red gauze curtain, knocked on the coffin seven times with his hand, and then frowned and listened carefully, as if waiting for some response.
Everyone watched with bated breath, and they didn't dare to breathe, and after waiting for a while, the extraordinary Taoist suddenly turned to the matchmaker and said, "The bride has not arrived, you go around again, and you will ......turn around like just now."
After listening to the Extraordinary Dao Chief, I couldn't help but whisper to the white dragon beside me, "White Dragon, what is this old thing doing?" β
"Kiss." The white dragon replied.