I wrapped up my clothes and asked the old man, "What did Li Lamb say in his dream?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "Li Lamb, this kid." Sleep is a rule, never sleepwalking, snoring, talking in the sleep or anything like that. He must have been too worried when he talked in his dreams that day. The old man tending the sheep asked him two questions, and he answered them all. ”

It turned out that after Li Lamb finished studying the feng shui book, he went out to find a feng shui treasure to change his life. He searched for a few days and found a good place. ”

I said, "Why bother when you've found a good place?" ”

The old man took a sharp puff of dry smoke and said, "Because of the treasure land of feng shui, it is necessary to bury people." ”

My heart thumped, and a very bad feeling arose.

The old man looked up. looked at the moonlight in the sky and said, "That piece of feng shui treasure is really good." It's just that this burial seems to have something to do with the hour. After three days, there will be no more burials there, and this feng shui will be abolished. ”

I asked tentatively, "So." Is Li Lamb planning to move the ancestral grave? ”

The old man shook his head: "The ancestral tomb is not good. You have to be a close relative. ”

I said, "But his parents are still alive." Saying this, I suddenly realized, and couldn't help but say, "I understand, I understand." No wonder he's worried, no wonder. ”

The old man sighed and said, "Li Lamb told his parents in a dream. That piece of feng shui treasure land, once in a thousand years, if within three days, bury the body of a loved one. can be guaranteed within three generations, all of them are officials, and their status is getting higher and higher. If you bury the nails of your loved ones, the hair acts as a stand-in. Then you can only keep your official position for thirty years. Correspondingly, the longevity of the loved ones will also be shortened by 30 years. ”

I couldn't help but sigh and said, "Li Lamb is really worthy of his name." What did he do later? ”

The old man said: "Later, after hearing this, the old couple didn't know what to do. He quietly closed the door. Exited. Li Lamb has studied hard since he was a child, and he wants to get rid of poverty, and they all understand. This baby wants to be more motivated than anyone else. As for the words in their son's dream, the old couple never mentioned it again. ”

The next day, Li Lamb did not go out, but locked himself in the house and lay on the bed. Two eyes stared straight at the beams. He lay like this all day, without eating. The old woman coaxed him for a long time, but he did not move, but just lay down on the bed and slept. ”

I secretly thought in my heart: "Li Lamb's meaning is obvious, it's nothing more than that I can't say this kind of lack of morality, and I want to force my parents to take the initiative to say it." ”

The old man sighed and said, "As a result, the next day, the old woman went to herd the sheep, and she never came back. When it was dark, someone ran back and said that the old woman had fallen under the hill and died. ”

Although I had expected this result for a long time, I was still a little sad when I heard the news suddenly. I sighed and said, "This old woman is really stupid. ”

The old man smoked a dry cigarette and was silent for a long time.

I cautiously asked, "What happened later?" Did Li Lamb become a big official? ”

The old man nodded slowly: "On the day of the old woman's death, Li Lamb buried people in that feng shui treasure land. "Zhen Yiyang garbage.

Since then, Li Lamb has become very smooth, step by step, becoming a big official, and he is no longer as depressed as he was a few years ago. But the old woman is dead, and she can't live anymore. ”

I asked, "What about the old man who herds the sheep?" Not angry? ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "Who doesn't want their children and grandchildren to live a good life." The old man was not angry, but he was sad, and the old woman followed him to suffer all his life, and finally ended up like this, often waking up in the middle of the night, and her tears wet the pillow. Li Lamb became a big official in the city, and wanted to take the old man over and pay a good respect. If this had been before, the old man would have been happy to keep his mouth shut. But after the old woman died, the old man didn't want to leave. I just want to stay in the countryside and accompany my wife well. The person is gone, but the old man misses her every day. When people are old, the old man thinks about the things of his youth all day long. One eats, the other works in the fields......"

When I heard this, I felt some emotion in my heart, but I didn't know what the old man meant by saying this. So there was no interjection.

The old man said: "That day, the old man couldn't sleep at night and wanted to talk to the old woman. So he put on his clothes and got up. And he went to the lonely grave. Halfway through, we had to cross a river. That night, the river was so fierce that the old man was a little frightened, but it was useless to be afraid. A hand reached out from the river and dragged him down. It turned out that the water ghost wanted to find a stand-in. ”

The old man sighed again and again: "Even if this old man dies, he regrets it very much." knew that he was going to die, so it was better to jump off the hill in the first place, so that the old woman could leave her life. ”

I looked at the old man dumbfounded, and then at the river behind him. Cautiously asked, "Could it be that you are the old man who herded sheep back then?" ”

The old man looked up and smiled at me, "Yes, young man. I was the old man. He looked at the darkness in the distance: "The feng shui master you are looking for is the Li Lamb back then." I've seen him all these years, but every time I've gone into hiding. Hey, this kid is filial, I guess I didn't feel good when he saw me being a water ghost. ”

I said silently: "Li Lamb, are you a high-ranking official now?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "These policemen you brought don't dare to touch him." Therefore, whether it is Taoism or pistols, they can't help him. ”

I was a little depressed, and sat on the stone in silence, when suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I said to the old man, "Old man, please show me the way." ”

The old man stood up and said, "When I died, my son retrieved my body. Then he was buried in the ancestral grave of his hometown. In my life, what I hope most is to be buried with my wife and son. Although my son is filial, I don't want to count on it. There is only one old woman, who suffered and tired with me when she was young, and finally wants to live a good life, but she can't catch up. Hey, now that many years have passed, I'm afraid she would have been reincarnated a long time ago. I made a water ghost here, and I can't do without this river. Hey, this wish can't be fulfilled. ”

He handed me the dry tobacco stick in his hand and said, "If you help me bury the tobacco stick in front of the old woman's grave, I will be buried with her." One day, when I think of her in this cold river, my heart is happy. ”

I took it with mixed feelings. Then he nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely handle the things you explain." ”

The old man pointed to the other side of the river: "Li Lamb is over there, near the old woman's grave." If you want to find him, go there. With my dry tobacco stick here, he won't embarrass you. ”

After saying this, a black gas poured out of his body. I felt like his soul had become a little more transparent.

The old man sighed and said, "Can I be reincarnated?" ”

I said next to me, "The obsession in your heart is gone. It should be possible to reincarnate. ”

The old man nodded to me and said, "You have helped me again in the empty house." I will repay this kindness in my next life. ”

Then I heard him pull his neck and sing:

You're going to die, you're going to die early,

The morning you died, I followed you closely.

The mutton in his hand with the cake in his arms,

Desperate for my life, I ran to my sister's house.

I see that my lover sister has endless words,

The two of us have been together for a long time.

The old man's singing voice became longer and longer, but his figure became fainter and fainter. In the end, only loud singing was left here, rough, enthusiastic, and around the beam for three days.

I was surrounded by singing and couldn't help but be a little moved. It seems that this old man has been a water ghost alone in the river for more than ten years, but his feelings for the old woman are getting stronger and stronger.

I don't know how long it took, but the song disappeared. The surrounding water ghosts and black mist were blown away by the night wind. And Xue Qian and his party suddenly found me as if they had woken up.

Xue Qian ran over panting and said, "Lao Zhao, where have you been?" We searched for you all night. ”

I said, "Really? How do I think you're hanging around all the time? ”

Xue Qian took a breath: "Oh, this riverbank is so long, we didn't go out all night." ”

Suddenly, he pointed to the surface of the river: "You see, the river is freezing. ”

I looked down, didn't I? The whole river quickly froze. In the moonlight, it looks like a large piece of white jade