On the highway, Li Bing was driving an off-road vehicle, and the four of them were talking and laughing in the car. The joy of reunion after the festival and the joy of the Lantern Festival at the City God Temple yesterday made the four of them almost forget that they would embark on another terrifying and strange journey.

Zhang Yuanshan's eyes narrowed into a slit with joy, and said happily: "Miss Zhao, oh, no, Chairman Zhao is really generous, he gave the three of us such a rich red envelope today, and he is happy to kill us." ”

Li Bing was also so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and smiled: "If this is the case every year, I don't want to study as a graduate student, and with Wan'er, I don't have to worry about food and clothing in this life." ”

Zhao Wan'er pretended to be angry and said, "Li Bing, you are too unambitious, just such a little money, you let you lose yourself?" Remember, you are applying for a suspension of your studies now, and when we are done, you go back and make up for your homework and bring your master's diploma back to our company, otherwise, let you be the company janitor. ”

Li Bing nodded happily, and Zhao Wan'er also glared at Zhang Yuanshan and said, "Brother Zhang, look at you like this, it's not promising." is so old, and I don't think about finding a sister-in-law to start a family. ”

Zhang Yuanshan smiled and said, "I am now full of food alone, and the whole family is not hungry." However, the chairman's teachings, the elder brother has to obey orders, this matter is over, I will find you a sister-in-law, and when the time comes, your red envelope can't be too small. ”

Shi Yali chuckled and said, "Brother Zhang, you have it." I told Wan'er that if you don't have a family by then, I'll let you go to the construction site to move bricks. ”

The four of them talked and laughed, and they all blossomed. Especially Shi Liya, this year is the happiest for her. There was no forced debt, Zhao Wan'er also accompanied her to buy her a lot of brand-name fashion and cosmetics when she went shopping, and after the company's group meeting this morning, Zhao Wan'er privately sent 10,000 yuan to each of the three of them, so that she temporarily forgot the worrying days in the past, and during the entire Spring Festival, because she lived with Wan'er, she was not harassed by Wang Liping.

When the car arrived in Qianxian the next day, Li Bing, Zhang Yuanshan and Shi Liya accompanied Zhao Wan'er to the Qianling Tomb to pay respects to her father Zhao Yiming.

Qian Yiduo received a call and hurried to meet the four of them. After the worship, the five people drove to the mountain village north of Qianling, where Zhang Yuanshan and Li Bing confirmed that the black gas was emitted.

It was a large village surrounded by mountains on three sides, not remote, and to some extent relatively lively, because there was a lesser-known university across the road.

The five of them settled down in two large rooms in a small hotel on the side of the road. When the shopkeeper saw that the five people were from the big city of Shanghai, they were well-dressed and generous, so they were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together and entertained them hobly.

That night, all five of them seemed quite excited, playing cards and chatting, and did not rest until late.

Early the next morning, Li Bing asked the shopkeeper if there were any places of interest nearby. The shopkeeper smiled and said in embarrassment, "This really makes you ask, we used to be relatively remote here, and there is no fun place." A few years ago, after the road was opened, it became a development zone, and even the new campus of the university was moved, which made it more lively. ”

Li Bing listened and showed a disappointed look on his face. The shopkeeper smiled slyly, "But there is one place that is nothing in the eyes of our countrymen, and you who come from the big city may be interested." ”

Li Bing was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Boss, don't sell it, tell me quickly, what kind of place is it?" ”

The boss pulled Li Bing out of the small hotel, pointed to the hill in the middle of the mountain village and said, "On this mountain, there is a dilapidated temple. Occasionally, there is a little incense, which is also offered by tourists who come here. If you are idle and bored, you can go up to the mountain and have a look. It's just that this mountain has not been developed, and it is not open to traffic, so you can only walk up to it, but I am afraid that you city people will feel very tired. ”

Li Bing said thank you repeatedly, ran back to the room with some excitement, and told the other four people about the situation.

After taking enough drinks and food, each carrying a travel bag, the group left the inn and began to walk towards the hill.

When they reached the village at the foot of the mountain, they heard the sound of a violent suona coming from the village. Zhang Yuanshan immediately said sensitively: "There are just people dead in this village, and it is a big New Year, how bad it is, let's go quickly and pass through this village." ”

Unfortunately, the place where the suona came from happened to be on the only sheep intestine trail leading to the mountain, and several people stopped talking and invariably accelerated their pace.

The sound of suona became louder and louder, and several people peeked to see that a family was building a large white cloth shed, and a coffin was parked in it, and many people knelt and cried around the coffin.

Zhao Wan'er said in a low voice: "Aren't the people here cremated when they die?" How can there be such a big coffin? It's scary. ”

Qian Yiduo replied in a low voice: "Although the government requires cremation, in many mountain villages, many people can't change their concepts, and always think that people should be buried in coffins when they die, and the government is not able to manage them all for the time being." ”

Several people stopped talking, and when they just walked to the door of the house, Li Bing suddenly stopped, "Huh", and showed a strange look on his face.

When the other four saw Li Bing like this, they couldn't help but stop and looked at Li Bing in puzzlement.

Zhao Wan'er asked in a low voice, "Li Bing, what's wrong with you?" Isn't that the family doing the funeral? It's a big New Year, it's very unlucky, don't look at it, let's go. ”

At this time, the family of the funeral family saw five strangers stopping at their door, and they were all a little strange, and even the sound of suona stopped.

A young man in filial piety clothes stepped forward and asked in a hoarse but polite voice, "May I ask how many of you are?" Is it my father's old friend? ”

Li Bing hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, we don't know each other, we pass by here occasionally." I saw a red glow on the coffin, which made me feel strange, so I stopped to take a look. ”

The young man was stunned, looked back at the coffin, found nothing, shook his head, and said to himself, "Crazy." ”

When the local young man walked away, Zhang Yuanshan quietly attached himself to Li Bing's ear and asked, "Li Bing, what did you just say?" Can you repeat that? ”

Li Bing still stared straight at the coffin with his eyes and said, "Brother Zhang, can't you see it?" There was a red light on the coffin, and it never went away. ”

Zhang Yuanshan looked at it, but found nothing, he stared at Li Bing's face in surprise, and various thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind.

After a while, Zhang Yuanshan suddenly left the four of them and walked quickly to the spirit shed.

Everyone was taken aback, Zhang Yuanshan clasped his hands into fists, and saluted a group of people wearing filial piety clothes. Seeing Zhang Yuanshan like this, those people hurriedly returned the salute, and the young man from before stood up and asked, "This old brother, since you are not your father's old friend, what is the matter with you?" ”

Zhang Yuanshan hugged his fists and said, "This little brother, what do you call it?" Since the man lying in this coffin is your father, how did he die? When was that? ”

When the young man saw Zhang Yuanshan's question, he didn't feel a little angry, but his father was newly mourned, and he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to hold back his anger and said: "I'm calling Qian Hui, my father was happy last night and drank more wine." As a result, I found out this morning that his old man had already passed away. Not long after this coffin was built, even this coffin was borrowed from someone else's house. ”

Zhang Yuanshan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qian Hui, don't be angry, I have no malicious intent." Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhang Yuanshan, and he is a Taoist priest of Maoshan Mountain, and it was only because my little brother just now saw a red light appear above the coffin, so he stopped. In my opinion, it's not that simple. I beg Brother Qian Hui to allow me to pay my respects in front of the coffin. ”

Qian Hui and the others waited for him, and when they heard that Zhang Yuanshan was a Taoist priest in Maoshan, they had a good impression, and saw that he was very polite to worship the dead, so naturally they couldn't refuse, so Qian Hui agreed to Zhang Yuanshan's request.

Li Bing and the other four people were very strange, a strange deceased, I don't know why Zhang Yuanshan wanted to worship.

Zhang Yuanshan borrowed a table, spread yellow paper in front of the coffin, placed incense and candles, and respectfully kowtowed to the coffin three times before standing up.

Zhang Yuanshan asked for a bowl of water, burned a piece of rune paper and melted it in the water, and closed his eyes and recited the incantation for a while. After a moment, he frowned, as if he was struggling to think about it.

Li Bing said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, what the hell are you doing?" Don't affect people's funerals, if you anger the people in the mountains, I'm afraid we will all be beaten. ”

Zhang Yuanshan shook his head seriously and said, "Li Bing, I'm not messing around, I just feel a little strange." ”

He glanced at Li Bing with a bitter face, and suddenly, his eyes showed an excited light, and a strange smile appeared on his face.