Those people were very slow, but they walked very steadily, Lu Yuanyan looked at it for a while, they hadn't been able to touch the stairs of the big house, Zhou Mushu stiffened and didn't dare to move, plus his tongue was numb at the moment, he suddenly felt that he was making a sin by coming over, and it was better to watch the stall with Fu Ruoning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The whole room was as quiet as stagnant water, seeing that he had no meaning to speak, Lu Yuanyan made a silent gesture again, slowly jumped off the couch, let go of his hand, shook his gown, and then, he paced to the center of the hall very calmly, and raised his hand to open the last two lacquered mahogany doors between people and ghosts.

Zhou Mushu couldn't help but shudder, and he clearly heard the sound of the water on the coal stove boiling slightly and subsiding instantly.

He suddenly reacted to something, the shiver just now was not due to fear, but the temperature in the room dropped sharply, the piece of jade stayed in his mouth for a while, not only was it not covered with heat, but it was a little cold, and his mind was also very clear at this time.

The wind was gusting at the door, Lu Yuanyan hung an extremely gentle smile, let his body to the side, raised his hand and made a "please" movement, those people looked straight ahead, stepped on the stone steps, and stepped into the hall as if they didn't see people.

By the time they fully stepped in, Lu Yuanyan had already turned to one side, and he was pitifully shrunk behind the door.

The ancestral house of the Niu Hulu family has long been sold, so this hall house is the same as the courtyard, so small as to give people a feeling of tightness, there is a hanging statue of the ancestor on the high wall in the front, wearing the supplement uniform of the military attache of the third grade, the eyebrows are kind and majestic, in front of it is a red sandalwood case, the incense case is offered with a plate of cloud cakes, a plate of apples, a short knife, and incense is inserted in the incense burner.

The four of them lowered the coffin on their shoulders to the ground, and then stood aside in an orderly manner, the coffin occupied almost the entire space of the hall, and the buttocks were directly pressed against the rosewood case, and the offerings shook obviously twice, before they barely stabilized themselves and did not roll on the ground.

Zhou Mushu gasped and said in his heart: This is a big rebellion! Ancestors are going to be angry!

But apart from him, no one else in the room seemed to care about the incense case, whether the ancestor would be angry, Lu Yuanyan's smiling face seemed to be hanging, very hypocritical, and he closed the door very dogleggingly.

Zhou Mushu unconsciously moved two steps to Lu Yuanyan's side, and unconsciously looked at the battle in front of him, only to realize that the four coffin bearers were not zombies, let alone ghosts, but paper figures pierced out, one by one, lifelike!

In the complement on the chest of the four people is a majestic black-spotted red leopard, with moire as the edge, indigo as the base, and the ancestral portrait on the wall is obviously a grade, the person who painted it is extremely careful, the color does not leak to the outside at all, the edge of the gold thread is also painted by the pigment of gold powder, although the face under the warm hat is a little too white, the eyebrows and eyes are very vivid and delicate, all of them are disc faces, thin eyes, and a small braid tied with paper on the back of the head.

Zhou Mushu looked at it for a while, and was surprised to find that this thing was scared from a distance, but after looking at it for a long time, not only did he not feel scary, but it was also a little indescribably funny.

Seeing Zhou Mushu staring at them, one of them who got close seemed to cast a faint contempt.

Although it doesn't seem to be lethal, whether it's a person or a ghost or a demon, it's not polite to stare at others after all, plus Lu Yuanyan, who has always been full of confidence, actually looks like a dog-legged kneeling down and calling grandpa at this moment, Zhou Mushu hurriedly stood up straight and looked away.

The next moment, he almost spit out the jade in his mouth, because the four of them actually "snapped" their paper-paste horseshoe sleeves and knelt down straight to Lu Yuanyan.

"Don't, don't, you torture me!" Lu Yuanyan was not ambiguous, he hurriedly knelt down, and shouted out the first words after the four of them entered the door, but his expression did not change, as if he had expected it.

One of the paper figures raised their eyes when they heard the sound, and if they lit a red candle and added a hijab, the two of them knelt face to face like a chapel, making eye contact, and the picture was very weird.

"You want me to help me know, but this ancestor has established rules, and there is no reason for you to worship me." Lu Yuanyan seemed to be talking to himself at the moment.

The paper man's eyes actually brought a trace of dazedness.

Lu Yuanyan naturally understood the meaning of the paper figure and sighed, but the words were still directly understood, "It's just that I want to ask you for something, if you are willing to take off the peacock feather on the back of your head and give it to me, although the matter you are asking for is tricky, I will also fight for my wealth to let you get your wish." ”

Hearing this, the paper man lowered his head, revealing a royal blue papier-mâché top bead, and Zhou Mushu saw that behind the red tassel hat was the peacock feather that Lu Yuanyan wanted, and it was also the only place on their bodies that was not papier-mâché.

They are like people thinking, this thinking time is not short, and Lu Yuanyan is not in a hurry, just kneeling, yawning and playing with his fingers.

Zhou Mushu stood on the edge of the couch, not knowing what medicine Lu Yuanyan was selling, and trading with ghosts and ghosts would naturally not be anything good, but he didn't bother to guess now, just to see that the old man's breathing was quite stable, and his heart was put back in his stomach, but at this time, he suddenly frowned.

Even if Lu Yuanyan didn't say it explicitly, Zhou Mushu had already thought that in addition to making him a little unfriendly, the piece of jade in his mouth also had the effect of concentrating and calming his mind. It was like a blow that gave off a burning sensation of panic.

Obviously, Lu Yuanyan also noticed this, he still knelt on the ground, slowly raised his head to look this way, blinked and did not speak, as if he was afraid of interrupting the paper man's thinking, he gestured twice, signaled Zhou Mushu to endure, and covered his mouth with his hand.

Zhou Mushu nodded, although the burning sensation gradually rose, but it was not to the point of unbearable, and as soon as his hand was brought to his mouth, he was interrupted by a "puff, puff, puff-" inhalation sound.

This time, the inhalation sound was longer and louder than just now, and there was a rapid and dissonant melody, which was suppressed and frustrated, and the breath returned to the intestines, one after another, and as the sound became louder and louder, the paper man who had lowered his head straightened his head in unison.

The voice was obvious this time, so obvious that anyone with a discerning eye could hear it, it didn't come from Old Man Ling's mouth, but it was like it was everywhere in this room, surrounding him, unwilling to disperse, unwilling to stop, like urging, more like an order.

Lu Yuanyan didn't say much, just turned his head and took a deep look outside the house.

Although the paper man's decision was made very slowly, it was not ambiguous, and in the inhalation sound of "puff, puff, puff", he slowly took off his official hat, clasped his fists with both hands, and slowly saluted Lu Yuanyan.

Lu Yuanyan slowly stood up, also hugged his fist at them, shook his robe habitually, and walked to the couch where Old Man Ling was lying, "Puff puff puff-" The sound continued, but it was not as loud as just now, but gradually faint, and gradually calmed down.

"Wow-" With a sound, Old Man Ling's quilt was lifted, and a somewhat loose gray gown was put on his shriveled and thin body, lying down at this time, it was even more ribbed through the cloth shirt, and it seemed that the clothes were empty, and he was holding something in his left hand against the couch, which was slowly picked up by Lu Yuanyan and held in his hand.

It is a crutch with a faint luster, anyone who has seen the old man Ling in this piece will recognize it, this thing has accompanied him to walk the streets and alleys for most of his life, the whole body is purple, and the head of the cane is a statue of an Arhat holding Ruyi, which means that the Arhat protects the body, and has already been touched out of a thick layer of pulp.

"Rosewood microphylla." Lu Yuanyan stroked the uneven wooden marks, turned around twice in his hand, and suddenly smiled at the paper man, "Xianfengye's handwriting in the world is not in vain for the old hero baby." ”

The paper figures didn't react, just kneeling with their official hats in their hands, their heads lowered and their eyes clear.

The restlessness of the jade in Zhou Mushu's mouth had gradually subsided at this time, and his chest suddenly felt a little stuffy, and he was suddenly stunned, because in the next second, he felt a faint mourning emotion, the emotion was extremely weak, but he felt it very clearly, as if there was a line tying him and the crutches in Lu Yuanyan's hands together.

The faint and indescribable mourning came from the crutches.

Crutch? Zhou Mushu shook his head, reminding himself that this was ridiculous, he couldn't believe the idea he came up with, no matter how aura an antique is, it is also an object, it is common to people, and it will only make people laugh when he says it, but he was completely defeated after shaking his head three times and pinching his eye sockets.

He is not a person who likes to deceive himself, he exists, he does exist, although it is weak, but the suppressed sadness really makes him feel uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.

Lu Yuanyan laid out his cyan handkerchief on the spot, raised the hand with a wrench, and surrounded the Arhat statue, his fingering was very special, extremely fast, gradually, a little bit of luminous light flew out from the wrench, gathering more and more, and gradually surrounded the Arhat on the head of the crutch, that is, in the blink of an eye, the Arhat actually carried the white light out of the crutch and landed firmly on the handkerchief that had been prepared.

At the same time, Zhou Mushu's eyes widened in astonishment, and as Luohan got out, a white object flew out of the crutches, which was not big, but extremely beautiful, with scales like flowing clouds, and the top of his head was red, it was actually a small snake two fingers wide, and after coming out, he fell to the ground, and he didn't look around, spitting apricots and swimming in the direction of the paper man.

The two paper figures stood up from the ground in unison, with solemn eyes, and slowly lifted the black coffin lid, while the other two kowtowed three times very reverently.

The little snake slowly spun up and climbed, waiting to walk into the coffin, raised the white and red head and looked out of the window, as if there was reluctance, but finally as the coffin lid slowly closed and did not enter it, and then, the figure of the four people became more and more faint, in the hall, but half a pillar of incense, it returned to the appearance just now.

"Are you still alive?" After being silent for a long time, it was Lu Yuanyan who spoke first, and he leaned back to the side of the couch, pressing his temples with his fingers, looking a little tired.

Zhou Mushu reacted from shock at this time, and hurriedly spit out the jade in his mouth, and went to probe the old man Ling's snort, but was pulled away by Lu Yuanyan, "I don't mean him, I mean you!" ”

"Me?" Zhou Mushu was inexplicable, "Didn't I stand well?" ”

"I'm talking about whether you've been scared to death." Lu Yuanyan picked up Luohan's head and put it back on, and slowly put the crutch next to Old Man Ling.

Zhou Mushu heard the ridicule in these words, and retorted with a stomach full of questions, "Grandpa, I'm not afraid at all." ”

"That's interesting." Lu Yuanyan said, "Who shook my face with me just now, I don't want to see ghosts, I don't want jade, my temperament is faster than a grinding plate?" ”

Zhou Mushu was fine, but his face was a little thin, and he was searching for words to sarcastically go back, but he saw Lu Yuanyan pointing to the stove, "Huh, the water is going to boil dry!" ”

Since they came in, the water has been boiling, and it is still smoking at this time, but the smoke has faded, Zhou Mushu secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to lift it, and was burned to the root of his ears.

Lu Yuanyan sighed, "Forget it, forget it." ”

"Don't boil the medicine?" Zhou Mushu glanced at Old Man Ling on the couch, "Your Life-Sustaining Pill is not so godly, is it?" ”

"If you don't boil it, it was originally reserved for his family to bury and wipe themselves." Lu Yuanyan shook his head, pulled the blanket on Old Man Ling's head, lowered his eyelids and whispered, "It's dead." ”

Zhou Mushu was stupid, "Dead?!" ”

"People will eventually die, what do you have to be shocked about?" Lu Yuanyan was inexplicably called by him.

"It's not... Didn't you say you could be saved? Zhou Mushu collapsed on the ground, now it's okay, Ding Yanzhai's first business didn't save people, according to the speed of the spread of rumors, or a few days, this business will get worse and worse, although he doesn't want to deal with ghosts, but he also wants to intercede to be an ordinary apprentice to catch some ocean, this is like the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, and it will be a bubble.

"I also said, robbing people with Hades, there is no bottom." Lu Yuanyan didn't seem to care, got up and walked to the door and struggled to push the door open, the sky was clear outside the house, and the sound of cicadas made people upset, he stretched his waist, "Let's go, go with the shopkeeper to finish this deal." ”

Zhou Mushu suddenly suspected that this person lacked heart, thinking that the salary had grown wings and flew, he sat on the ground and sighed, "How can there be a business to do?" ”

"Being young is as noisy as half of your body into the ground, let's go." Lu Yuanyan pulled him, and the two of them came out of the hall, one was in a hurry, and the other was unstoppable, so they directly pushed open the door of the dilapidated house and walked in.

Gray, dilapidated, with rats, this is Zhou Mushu's first impression of this place, the layout is similar to the hall, but due to the collapse, the top is a little crooked, and cobwebs can be seen everywhere.

In the middle is also an incense case, and four small chairs and a long shelf, which is also the only relatively clean place here, the original person on the chair is gone, there is a peacock feather, and the shelf is already empty.

Lu Yuanyan stretched out his hand to take off the peacock feather, put it in his sleeve like a baby, looked up and looked at the empty shelf, suddenly sighed, and out of nowhere he found a Guanyin, put it on it, and slowly closed his hands.

Zhou Mushu followed behind and hurriedly closed it, but was slapped on the head by Lu Yuanyan, "Send Zi Guanyin, what are you worshipping her?" ”

Zhou Mushu grinned in pain and burst out vulgar words, "Then what are you doing here to send Guanyin here?" ”

As soon as the words fell, another hammer hit him with gold stars in his eyes, and before he could have a seizure, he heard Lu Yuanyan silently open his mouth, but the question was very strange, "What kind of person do you think this old man Ling is?" ”

"Who? A strange old man who likes to preach his glorious history, after the abdication of Emperor Xuantong, the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, what's the point of talking more. Zhou Mushu touched his head.

Lu Yuanyan smiled bitterly, and bowed to the statue of Guanyin, "At the age of fifteen, I went to Xiangzhou with the army to fight Hong Xiuquan, but unfortunately I lost a battle and broke my leg." ”

"At the age of seventeen, he followed Xiang Rong to the Jiangnan camp, but the old injuries were not healed, and new injuries were added; During the period, he supported his sick body to the south and the northern expedition, until he was twenty-four years old, he won a small victory and held Hangzhou, but since then, he has never been able to go to the battlefield again, because his right leg is completely broken, and it is difficult to walk, so Xianfeng gave him an Arhat staff, which he regarded as a treasure. ”

Zhou Mushu condensed his breath and quietly listened to Lu Yuanyan talk about the life of this scoundrel in the eyes of the neighbors.

Lu Yuanyan closed his eyes, very pious, "Later, the Qing Dynasty died, how could he endure it, fortunately, the baby has a spirit, Niu Hulu's family is a former Qing nobleman, and the old man Lingtai is also well-informed, I don't know where to hear a method, tie paper to replace the ancestors, with the essence of blood as the nourishment, you can ask the family god to protect the hospital, and raise the snake spirit in the red sandalwood cane, this snake spirit lives and dies with the Lord, the owner runs out of oil, and it will also die, at this time, it will rely on the ancestor to carry the coffin and send it back to the divine realm, this is ' Coffin array', looking at the size of this snake spirit, calculate the time of birth, and it is also the time when Guishun made a fortune. ”

Zhou Mushu didn't know anything about the 'coffin array', he only felt that this old man was not easy, he was born in the troubled times of the change of dynasty, but when the previous dynasty fell, he was still a stupid boy with no concept, and when his mind matured, he had already lived a small life of chaos outside and peace inside, and he could only sigh, "That's worthy of a hard time for him." ”

"Huh." Lu Yuanyan pulled out a mocking smile, and respectfully bowed to the statue for the third time, "As long as the gods and ghosts have dependence and offerings, they will not treat the breeder badly, the snake spirit let Guishun make a fortune, let him marry a daughter-in-law, and let him live a good life, but he has done his own sin, so he will not have an incense so far." ”

"Iniquity?" Zhou Mushu was stunned, he knew that the shopkeeper was a good person, at least he had a good reputation.

"If you take a closer look here, when you see this shrine, you can understand that this is the house where Guishun's filial son is filial to his father, and deliberately moves his nest for him, first, for fear of ruining his reputation, and secondly, if I kill Ling Tai, what will Guishun, who regards wealth as his life, plan, you should know better than me just now." Lu Yuanyan slowly opened his eyes, and there was a bit of compassion in his eyes that had always been arrogant.

Lu Yuanyan, who had his abacus just now, knew everything, and Zhou Mushu couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Ling Tai's essence blood is sealed in the Peacock Feather Tube, without this, his four ancestor stand-ins are very likely to be wiped out on the way to protect the coffin, as I expected, in order to leave a legacy for Niu Hulu's family, the family god agreed, and promised to make a deal with this thing." Lu Yuanyan dusted off his hands and sighed, "Actually, if he is not abused by Guishun, he can live longer until Guishun's child is born safely." ”

"You mean Aunt Xue, she..." Zhou Mushu was dumbfounded, everything has a cause and must have an effect, if Lu Yuanyan was not invited to come today, after the death of the snake spirit, Aunt Xue'er's child...

Lu Yuanyan suddenly spread his hands and patted Zhou Mushu's shoulder, "Don't worry, but I accepted other people's things, even if I am unwilling, I should fulfill my promise to keep this child for Guishun." ”

"Wait, what do you want that Peacock Feather to do?"

"Mountain people have their own uses."

"Uninteresting."