Chapter 44: Thunder's Fury

Aunt Zhang died at night, not in the house, but in the yard.

After dinner in the evening, when Aunt Zhang was walking in the courtyard, she accidentally fell, and she was not in good health, so she couldn't get up.

It happened that there was another heavy rain at night, and Aunt Zhang fell into the yard like this, was drenched in the heavy rain, slowly fell asleep, and left the sea of bitterness.

When he got up in the morning, the old Taoist priest prepared the magic weapon, and after instructing Lin Yingying to stay in the Taoist temple, he took Li Yuan down the mountain.

According to custom, funeral ceremonies are not allowed to be approached by animals, especially black cats.

But the conversation in the early hours of the morning made the old Taoist priest notice that there seemed to be some communication between Li Yuan and Zhang Shizhu, so he took him down the mountain with him.

Descending to the foot of the mountain and walking to the intersection in front of the village, the old Taoist priest stopped.

At this time, the sun had risen, and there were already villagers working in the fields outside the village.

After the old Taoist priest looked around, he squatted down and whispered to Li Yuan: "Xiao Hei, when you enter the village, it is inconvenient for the master to take you to the door, you act in the village by yourself, be careful." ”

Li Yuan was a little puzzled, he didn't understand why the old Taoist priest was like this?

"Funeral customs, black cats should not appear."

After listening to the old Taoist priest's explanation, Li Yuan understood, nodded, and signaled that he knew.

Seeing Li Yuan agree, the old Taoist priest stood up again, waved his hand slightly, and walked into the village alone.

When the old Taoist priest walked away, Li Yuan moved, followed the intersection, and also walked into the village.

Without the red fox's illusion to cover it, Li Yuan, who didn't want to attract attention, walked along the wall of the village road.

The old Taoist priest seemed to know where Aunt Zhang lived, and walked directly in the direction of the old house.

Walking to the door of the old house and pushing open the wooden door, even the old Taoist priest who has been cultivating himself for decades couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart.

In the courtyard, Aunt Zhang's stiff body was still lying curled up, and no one had found it so far.

Taking a deep breath, the old Taoist priest read the request before Aunt Zhang left, and barely suppressed the anger in his heart.

Walking to the courtyard, the old Taoist priest first sorted out the remains of Aunt Zhang, and then took out a yellow talisman from his sleeve and pasted it on the forehead of the corpse to prevent the corpse from rotting.

After doing all this, the old Taoist priest lifted the body vigorously, walked into the house, and put the body on the bed.

Standing in the room, looking at the dilapidated environment around him, and looking at the food that had long been spoiled on the wooden table, the old Taoist priest couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped his right hand heavily on the wooden table.

"In vain for the Son of Man! Beasts are not as good as beasts! ”

After scolding angrily, the old Taoist priest looked at Aunt Zhang's body again and sighed.

On the courtyard wall outside the old house, Li Yuan stood there, saw the scene in the house, and heard the angry voice of the old Taoist.

There was also anger rising in his heart, if it wasn't for Aunt Zhang's request, he would have punished the three unfilial people a long time ago.

Watching the old Taoist priest walk out of the house, Li Yuan glanced at him and jumped off the wall.

After temporarily settling the body, the old Taoist priest who came out went to inform Aunt Zhang's three sons.

Knowing that their mother died, the three sons didn't even bother to perform a fake cry, and the first thing they proposed was that they had no money to hire an old Taoist priest to do things.

After hearing the old Taoist priest say that he had known his mother for a long time and did not need to collect money, he relieved his heart.

The three sons didn't care about how their mother died, and how the old Taoist priest found out, but they just got together to discuss how to handle the funeral simply, and how to divide the silk money collected?

The three families changed their clothes and carried the cedar coffin that their father had prepared when he was still there, and went to the old house.

Along the way, other villagers were constantly notified that their mother had passed away, so that everyone could mourn.

The three sons were expressionless, which was good, and the eldest daughter-in-law of the three daughters-in-law didn't even hold back, and laughed out.

Although the eldest daughter-in-law hurriedly reined in and changed her sad expression, the old Taoist priest still found out, and Li Yuan, who was standing in the distance, also saw it.

When he arrived at the old house, the old Taoist priest first asked people to sort out the remains of Aunt Zhang, and then changed into a shroud, and then the eldest son carried the body into the funeral.

After some tossing, the group returned to the eldest son's house with the coffin, and the funeral was to be held here.

Lying on the roof in the distance, Li Yuan watched the funeral from afar.

Afraid of the fame of the old Taoist priest in the area of Wohu Mountain, the three sons were very cooperative when they held the funeral ceremony and did not dare to make trouble.

According to the custom in the village, the spirit is suspended for three days, and the ritual lasts for three days.

Three days later, it was a funeral and burial, still commanded by the old Taoist priest.

The cemetery is where Mrs. Zhang's husband is buried, and the old Taoist priest chose a good time and walked all the way with the funeral procession.

By the time the funeral was over and the group returned to the village, it was almost noon, and the eldest son's family had already prepared a banquet to entertain the friends and neighbors who attended the funeral.

Unlike the leftovers and vegetables that my mother sent when she was alive, the feast was prepared very richly.

The three sons behaved very generously, especially the eldest son, who had a good face, holding the wine, laughing and toasting table by table, and the courtyard was so lively.

Originally, the three sons all spoke out to keep the old Taoist priest to eat together, but he refused.

Looking at the table full of wine and meat, thinking of the porridge and vegetables he saw in the old house, the old Taoist priest had a fire in his heart, and he couldn't put it out!

In the joyful laughter of Aunt Zhang's three sons, the old Taoist priest walked out of the courtyard and walked towards the intersection of the village.

Li Yuan, who was also staying in the village, saw the old Taoist priest walk out and jumped down from the wall in the distance.

trotted and walked in front of the old Taoist, Li Yuan shouted.

"Blackie, let's go!" The old Taoist priest smiled reluctantly and said out loud.

Knowing that the old Taoist priest was uncomfortable, Li Yuan, who was also angry, nodded, followed the master, and walked forward.

Walking out of the village and walking to the field road, the old Taoist priest looked at a lonely tree not far away and stopped.

It was the one Li Yuan saw last time, there was a bird's nest in the tree, and there was an old crow in the nest.

The three young crows were feeding the old crows at this time, and the old Taoist priest was silent for a long time when he saw this scene.

"The crow feeds back! The crow feeds back! Muttering to himself, the fire in the old Taoist's heart not only did not go out, but rose even higher.

"Animals still know filial piety, how can people be so unfilial, they are really not as good as beasts!"

As he spoke, the old Taoist priest walked under the big tree, looked at the crows, and then looked down in the direction of the village.

"Master Zhang, I'm sorry."

With a sigh, there was thunderous anger in the eyes of the old Taoist priest.

Li Yuan, who was standing on the side, his eyes lit up, he knew that the old Taoist priest was really angry, and he didn't want to care about the old man's request.

Li Yuan, who had long seen that the three unfilial beasts were very unhappy, originally thought that if the old Taoist priest didn't make a move, he would find an opportunity to secretly go down the mountain and punish the three bastards.

Leaving under the big tree, the old Taoist priest walked to a high ground in the field, facing the direction of the village, and pinched a Dharma seal in his hand.

Four spirit runes flew out of the sleeves of the Taoist robe, flying in front of the old Taoist priest, spontaneously combusting without fire.

"Unfilial piety, the old way is intolerable, the thunder helps me!"

After speaking, the clear and cloudless sky was full of dark clouds and thunder.

Thunder fell from the sky, and with the anger of the old way, it slashed into the courtyard where the eldest son held a banquet.

The people in the courtyard panicked and fled in all directions, and the three sons and eldest daughter-in-law were struck by the thunder, and fell to the ground with convulsions.

The old Taoist priest collected the mana and did not ask for the lives of the four people, but only seriously injured them.

If the wife is virtuous and filial piety, and the good life is taken care of for a few months, it can naturally recover.