Chapter 435: Funeral
After nightfall, the streets of Zhengzhou are still brightly lit. But in the suburbs, it's dark.
High-rise buildings can't be built here, and most of the street lights are broken. It's a place in darkness, and it seems that it doesn't like to be exposed to the light by nature.
In this darkness there are two strings of light. These two strands of light resemble the two rows of legs of a large centipede. Winding and circling, walking slowly along the suburban paths.
The sight looked eerie enough to scare anyone who walked at night away.
However, when you walk in, you will find out. It's just a team.
The line is long, two by two. Each of them was dressed in white and carried a white paper lantern in his hand.
The person who walked in front carried the spirit flag, followed by two people, walking all the way, throwing paper money all the way. In the center of the procession, there were eight sturdy lads, who carried two black lacquered coffins.
Yes, this is a funeral procession. And in the coffin were my parents.
They didn't die, but they were hooked out by me and Wushuang.
Those who walk in front are relatives. Thanks to a while ago, my mother was suspicious and thought she was going to die. These relatives have already prepared the gift money and the like. At the sound of an order during the day today, they all rushed over.
Wushuang and I walked at the back with the souls of our parents.
My mom asked me a little worriedly, "Is that okay?" I won't be dug up. We've been not allowed to be buried for a long time. ”
I waved my hand: "Don't worry. We have put a spell on the grave and we have put a spell on the grave, and no one can move it. Besides, this is our hometown's own land, who dares to move? ”
My mom asked worriedly, "Can your dad and I come back?" When you come back, your body won't be rotten, right? ”
Wushuang pulled her arm: "Don't worry, Xu You and I have already drawn a talisman for you in the coffin." Now this coffin is like a big refrigerator, and all the yin qi has gathered. Make sure your body doesn't break. ”
My mom nodded: "That's good, that's good." ”
Then she said with some dissatisfaction: "Since your father and I are not really dead." Why do you have to do this funeral, it feels very unlucky. ”
I said, "After all, you are not cultivators, you just enter the underworld, it's a bit of a bad rule, let's hold a funeral in the world, which means that you are already dead, so as not to be embarrassed by those misfortunes in the underworld." Also, if you don't do this funeral, the police station, your relatives, still think you're alive. The two big living people suddenly disappeared, can't they be found? If you can't find it, it's okay to say, but if you find it, you will be taken to the crematorium and cremated, what will you do? Therefore, today's funeral is not unlucky, it is to protect you. ”
My mom nodded, "I see." ”
Thin men and scruffy Taoists are working undercover with us. They only cared about one thing, and that was the task given to them by the evil thoughts of King Jizo.
I only heard the sloppy Taoist priest ask: "Xu You, is it after the funeral?" We're going to have to go to find that big secret? ”
I glanced at Wushuang, and then smiled: "Of course." ”
My parents, thin people, and sloppy Taoist priests are all in a state of soul. No one could see them. But those relatives and friends, seeing me and Wushuang walking at the back of the line, kept muttering something quietly, and even laughed twice sometimes.
There is an old and serious elder who is not happy. He walked over from the front of the line angrily, looked at me and Wushuang and shouted, "What's the matter with you two? What are you laughing at? Any idea when this is? I said Xu You, is it easy for your parents to pull you so big? Now that they're gone, you don't say cry twice? What are you muttering to this new daughter-in-law all day long? Throwing pots and carrying banners, you don't even do the most basic things? Aren't you afraid that your parents will die and be at peace? ”
A middle-aged woman in the back crossed her waist and scolded: "I see, he simply married his daughter-in-law and forgot his mother." ”
I was speechless, and looked at them with a wry smile: "This, it's not what you think, I'm ...... it"
An aunt in the back said slowly: "You have been scolded for him." ”
As soon as I heard this, my eyes lit up, and I nodded again and again, and said in my heart, finally a sensible person has come.
Unexpectedly, the aunt continued, "I have already inquired." Xu You, I haven't had a good relationship with his parents since I was a child, do you know why? ”
The relatives started gossiping, and even those who pretended to be tweezers, hummed and pretended to cry all the way, turned around and asked, "Why?" ”
The aunt said triumphantly: "I heard that Xu You is not their own child. The child was lost once and sent to an orphanage. But they went to the orphanage to pick up the wrong person. So, their family is under the banner of being biological. Actually, this kid is an adopted son. ”
Everyone sighed and said in a chaotic manner: "So that's what happened." ”
From this moment on, the originally solemn and mournful funeral procession became lively.
The ranks also dispersed, and relatives began to chat in groups. Most of the content is in the orchestration of our family. Chasing after the wind and shadows, it is said that there is a nose and an eye.
Wushuang leaned over to listen to their small talk, laughing loudly.
My mother's face turned pale, and she looked at these relatives and said, "Usually these people are polite, why are they so annoying now?" ”
My dad smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "We're all dead, why do we care so much?" Do you still want to turn into a ghost and scare them? ”
After walking for a while, we have reached the ancestral tomb.
These relatives are still chatting in groups. Except for the sturdy guys who carried the coffin. They sweat like rain in digging pits.
Wushuang thought it was funny and asked me: "These eight young people are very strange, they are honest along the way, they don't gossip, and they work when they get to the place." ”
I blackened my face and said, "Because these eight people are not relatives of our family, they are hired to work." ”
Wushuang smiled and nodded: "I see." ”
I never knew that our family has always been very low-key, and there are so many things to gossip about. Until the coffin was put into the pit, and the boys piled up two grave bags. These relatives quieted down. They hastily went through the basic etiquette. Then, they dispersed.
I was left with Wushuang and I standing in front of the grave. After everyone was gone, I said to my parents, "Let's go, we're ready to go to the underworld." ”
My mom didn't move, she pointed in one direction a little nervously and said, "There's someone over there." ”
My dad nervously said, "Don't point your fingers in the ancestral grave." Who is there at night? ”
My mom said firmly, "There's really someone, it's over there." ”
Wushuang whispered, "Could it be that the people from the Longevity Club are spying on us?" Then she said, "Wait here for me, and I'll go and get them." ”
Then, her body swept out as quickly as she could.
We waited where we were for a while. A few minutes later, Musou brought back a person.
This person is actually Paper Zha Wu.
Paper Zha Wu looked at us with a harmless look on his face. He greeted us: "That's what. There are no longevity parties around, I've seen it. ”
I looked at him with a frown: "You were the one who was spying on us just now?" ”
Paper Zha Wu waved his hand: "It's not called voyeurism, I've been secretly following you." Xu You, you hook out the souls of your parents. What is this for? ”
I said, "It's a bit dangerous in the world. I'm going to send them to the underworld. ”
Paper Zawu nodded: "It's the same as I thought." I'm also going to the underworld. Let's just drop by. Then, he looked at the thin man and said with a smile: "Apprentice, why don't you say hello when you see me?" ”
The thin man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Ah, what, Master, why are you here?" ”
Paper Zha Wu laughed: "I came to see you specifically." Then he circled the thin man, and as he watched, he made a sound.
I knew he had a smile on his face, but he was annoyed in his heart. After all, the soul of the thin man has not been found until now. And there are people here who are blatantly mixed with us under the banner of thin people.
I stopped him before he lost control of his emotions and said, "Let's go, let's go to the underworld, and then we will find that big secret together." ”