At the gate of the Shen Mansion,

The white accent has come to the fore,

Mourning flags were hung all over the wall, and the chief housekeeper of the Shen family was wearing filial piety to greet the guests who came to mourn.

Seeing Zhang Xiaojia and the three of them,

hurriedly stepped forward: "Mr. Zhang, you can count it." ”

Zhang Xiaojia was welcomed to the gate, with his hands behind his back, looking at him expressionlessly, Hei Haoqin was holding the box and Zhang Xiaoyi standing behind him, the fan was pinned to his waist, and he was very imposing.

The housekeeper's face was full of apologies: "I'm really sorry sir, it's not our temporary change of hexagram, it's really ......"

"What's going on, explain it."

"Ugh." The housekeeper's face was full of embarrassment: "Isn't it, the day the master was killed, Mrs. asked me to find you, and it was all set."

But what,

The second master, he didn't want to, he believed in Buddhism, so he went outside the city without his wife and found the great monk of Qingyuan Temple. ”

"Good fellow, I see." Zhang Xiaojia nodded, and asked again, "Then do we still count?" ”

"Yes, of course, Madame is still waiting for you inside."

"That's good."

"Come in with me."

The three of them walked into the courtyard, this seven-entry compound, and there was a mourning atmosphere inside.

Zhang Xiaoyi also heard it, and followed his father in to watch the excitement.

In fact, it's the sister-in-law and the brother-in-law who are doing it against each other.

Although Shen Yuanwai has a child, he is a daughter.

The will was not left,

So he died suddenly, and in terms of family property, the eldest lady and his brother have a chance.

But who is divided into whom, who is more and who is less, it depends on who has high ability and who has hard wrists.

If you choose the Tao, I will choose the monk.

If you say so, I'll have to do it.

It seems to be lively,

In fact, it is full of filth and calculation.

This is a calculation between their uncle and sister-in-law, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Xiaojia.

After the three of them entered, the whole house was covered with plain wraps, and in the end, people still had money.

The mourning hall was placed in the hall of the fifth entrance, and there was a lot of crying.

The material of the big coffin is very good, and the golden silk nanmu has been prepared for a long time.

Large families are like this, and they will buy a coffin for themselves many years in advance, especially Master Shen's coffin, which highlights the arrogance in it.

Mrs. Shen and her daughter knelt beside the coffin and cried while burning paper, and Master Shen's younger brother Shen Cai was also full of sadness, entertaining relatives and friends who came to mourn.

There were six monks standing next to the coffin in the mourning hall, one was the abbot of Qingyuan Temple, Elder Guang'an, who was wearing a robe and had a kind face, and behind him were five small novices.

Each person twisted the Buddha beads in their hands and silently chanted and prayed for Shen Yuanwai.

Zhang Xiaoyi looked at all this in front of him, especially Shen Fu, although he looked very sad, but in Zhang Xiaoyi's eyes, the corners of his mouth were upturned.

Shen Fu's reputation is neither good nor bad, compared to his brother, but he hasn't done anything hurtful, at least he hasn't heard it on the surface.

However, there are many comments from black-hearted businessmen such as selfishness and price gouging when doing business.

looks very similar to Shen Lu, but is thinner than Shen Lu, and looks more capable than his brother.

Mrs. Shen,

Zhang Xiaoyi looked at her appearance, she was such a noble lady very kindly, and she could see that her young appearance must not be bad. Even now, the pig-killing knife of the years has not left too many marks on her face, and it is well maintained.

Two people who look upright in their faces, but there is a gap between their hearts and their faces.

Otherwise, his mother would not have said that the Shen family's food would not be cheap in the future.

However, Shen Lu's daughter is okay, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, she has not yet completely opened, and she is still slim.

She cried the saddest,

I guess only she cries the simplest.

After entering the courtyard, the housekeeper walked up to his wife and reminded her that Zhang Xiaojia had arrived.

Mrs. Shen raised her head, looked at Zhang Xiaojia, nodded to him, and then stood up to greet him with the support of the maid beside her.

Shen Lu watched his sister-in-law talking with Zhang Xiaojia, and did not disturb, and continued to act in front of relatives and friends.

Not stupid,

In front of outsiders, the two of them had to pretend to be a family.

At this juncture, those who are arguing passionately about family property are stupid.

"Mr. Zhang." Mrs. Shen's voice was hoarse.

"Mrs. Shen's day mourns."

"Well, so be it. Xiancha has already told me that the goblin who killed our master has been corrected.

To say that he also suffered on his own, looking for goblins in the middle of the night......

He is well now, and he lies in the coffin with his eyes closed, leaving us orphans and widows, so that our mothers and daughters can live. ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Shen's tears couldn't stop falling out, and her plain handkerchief wiped her tears, which was pitiful.

"Look away, people die greatly, and those who live don't have to live."

"Alas, persuade yourself to make Mr. Zhang smile." Mrs. Shen raised her head and wiped away her tears.

Zhang Xiaojia looked at the monks inside and asked, "Then how do we settle this matter?" ”

The front is all polite, after all, you have to get down to business and talk about business.

Zhang Xiaojia didn't come to deliver white envelopes, he had to make money as soon as he took a look.

The butler stood aside, his head bowed and didn't know what to do. It had to be Mrs. Shen in charge, and she shouted directly: "Second child." ”

Shen Fu heard his sister-in-law calling him, said sorry to the guest, and then came to Mrs. Shen's side, as if he had just seen Zhang Xiaojia and them, and hugged his fists to apologize: "I'm really sorry, my brother left suddenly, at first I didn't know that my sister-in-law invited you, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang." ”

His family is in Xianlai County, not to mention that women and children are well known, but his father's name is quite loud, and Shen Lu does not dare to put on a big show.

Zhang Xiaojia also knew that Shen Lu was not aiming at herself, he was aiming at her sister-in-law, so she smiled: "It's okay, you discuss first, who to use." ”

Shen Lu bowed slightly to Zhang Xiaojia and apologized, and said to Mrs. Shen, "Sister-in-law, I am to blame for this." But you see, Elder Guang'an has come from afar, and he has read the scriptures ......"

"Second brother, don't talk about that, your brother believed when he was alive, you are looking for a group of monks now, don't you add to his blockage."

"My sister-in-law doesn't know that Elder Guang'an has superb Buddhism. With him, my eldest brother can ascend to Elysium. ”

"Brother, what Elysium, people die to go to the underworld......"

The grandfather hugged his shoulders and listened to their uncle and sister-in-law's "discussion", which seemed to be slow and logical, but in fact, they secretly clashed.

Each has its own reason, and no one can convince anyone.

The dispute between the uncle and sister-in-law also attracted other guests and friends, and they all gathered around to see what was going on.

Although they came to mourn, no one really grieved as much as the death of their loved ones. Of course, although they also regret it, that little regret is insignificant compared to watching the excitement.

Hei Haoqin took out his homemade cigarette case, took out two cigarettes and distributed them to the old man and young master, the master was smoking, and Zhang Xiaojia also raised his eyebrows at Master Guang'an, who was reciting the scriptures.

Uncle and sister-in-law can't convince anyone, so at this time, someone has to stand up and make the decision.

The two of them set their sights on an elder in the clan, who was already an old uncle.

"Uncle, you've been listening to it for a long time, which one do you think we should use?" Mrs. Shen looked at the old man pitifully.

"Pity our orphans and widows, the man has no support, and he can't even do the funeral of his own man."

"Hey sister-in-law, what you said, aren't we also discussing."

Hearing that his sister-in-law was buying miserably, Shen Fu had a big head for a while, and he couldn't stand the old ladies playing this trick.

The uncle stood up, looked at the two of them and said with a straight face: "What are you doing, let outsiders see jokes?"

Reasonably, who should I listen to? ”

"Isn't that just for you to make up your mind?"

"Hmph, such an adult, not ashamed. I know Master Guang'an, and I am familiar with Mr. Zhang, how do I get an idea? ”

"Then you have to choose one, you can't use them all." Mrs. Shen said.

In this world, Buddhism emphasizes that people go to the Western Elysium after death. Taoism, on the other hand, says that it is the right way to go to the northern underworld after death.

So if both the west and the north are used, who should the deceased ancestors go with?

At this time, Master Guang'an also came over, after all, he was discussed, and he couldn't pretend not to hear it.

"Amitabha, I've seen Brother Zhang Dao, several masters."

Zhang Xiaojia nodded at Master Guang'an, in this world, monks appear later than Taoist priests, so monks have to call senior brother when they see Taoist priests, or Taoist brothers to show respect.

Zhang Xiaoyi's previous life was the same, because Buddhism is a foreign sect, so when he sees a Taoist priest, he has to call him senior brother.

Although the monks of this world are not outsiders, they still haven't gone up in seniority.

"What does Master Guang'an have to say?" Shen Fu asked, how could he not know that his sister-in-law had found the Zhang family. When he invited Master Guang'an, he had already discussed it with Master Guang'an.

The focus of everyone was on Master Guang'an, who was in his sixties, with kind eyebrows and slightly closed eyes, which looked particularly pitiful.

"The poor monk doesn't know that the master's family has invited Brother Dao, it's the poor monk's fault."

"And then?" Zhang Xiaojia asked with interest while holding a cigarette.

"But the poor monk has already recited the Sutra of Rebirth with all his disciples nine times, and Lord Shen's soul has already ascended to Bliss."

This is very clear, and they have agreed on it.

I've sent people away, and you can call them back?

At this time, everyone looked at Zhang Xiaojia and focused on him.

Zhang Xiaoyi looked at his father, he didn't know how his father should deal with this problem, could he really call people's souls back from the West?

Zhang Xiaojia put the cigarette in his mouth, spit out a puff of smoke and said, "The corpse is not complete, walk slowly." ”

Zhang Xiaoyi looked at his father in surprise, but his father didn't refute it.

"Haozi."

"Sir."

Hei Haoqin handed the square box forward, and Zhang Xiaojia opened the lid.

"I'm here to send my heart to Master Shen."

Zhang Xiaoyi watched his father come up with a killer idea, Jin Sinan's heart was not made in vain.

Everyone looked at the exquisite, lifelike heart carved by Jin Si Nan in the wooden box, and nodded incessantly.

It is very important for the people to have a whole corpse in their hearts, and some people do not have a whole corpse after death, even if they use straw to spell it out.

Master Guang'an was slightly surprised, and Shen Fu was even more stunned.

It's not that he didn't think of this, it's just that his customized heart hasn't arrived yet.

"The Elysian World Dharma is vast, and it will make up for Master Shen's incomplete body." Master Guang'an still doesn't give up.

Zhang Xiaojia smiled: "That's not necessarily, you have to ask the deceased's opinion." ”

"What is the opinion of the deceased?"

"That's the question."

Zhang Xiaoyi watched his father walk forward, and everyone got out of the way.

When he walked to the coffin, threw the cigarette in his hand to the ground and extinguished it, he looked down at Master Shen's body.

He asked:

"Shen Yuanwai, do you want to be careful?"

The next moment,

I saw Shen Yuanwai's body, which was already cold, sitting up "Teng",

The pale face forced the eyes,

Spoken:

"Yes!"

At this moment,

Everyone was taken aback by the scene in front of them, especially the few little novices who were standing next to the coffin and chanting, and they were even more frightened and retreated.

"It's a god!"

"Mr. Zhang still has this kind of means, and he can talk to dead people?"

"Mr. Zhang's Taoism is exquisite!"

In the face of everyone's praise, Zhang Xiaojia behaved lightly, and said to Master Shen's corpse: "Okay, put it on for you." ”

"Thank you."

Bang!

Master Shen lay down again.

Zhang Xiaoyi is also the first time to see such a magical picture, and he has never seen it in the memory of the original body.

Knowing what his dad will order,

But I never thought that it would be hidden.

Originally, I only thought that he was just like Uncle Jiu, but with this hand, Zhang Xiaoyi knew that his cheap father's Taoism was much higher than that of Uncle Jiu.

It seems that this is my father's killer weapon, and my cheap father really impresses me.

Master Guang'an didn't say much when he saw this, he first saluted Zhang Xiaojia with his hands together, and then said to Shen Fu: "When you meet a master, the old man is willing to bow down." ”

Shen Fu was also helpless, he didn't know what to say if he wanted to say anything, so he could only watch Master Guang'an leave with his apprentices.

The Shen family's business was taken over, and everyone dispersed, and they should be busy.

The impression of other guests on Zhang Xiaojia has improved a lot again, and there will be more customers of the Zhang family in the future.

"Come here and put on the heart for Master Shen."

"Yes."

Zhang Xiaoyi and Hei Haoqin walked to the coffin, the brothers took a look, and Haozi took the initiative to say, "Young Master help to help Master Shen." ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Xiaoyi dragged Master Shen's body up, and Haozi untied Master Shen's clothes, peeling them off layer by layer, revealing a big hole in his chest.

Looking at the bloody hole up close is indeed a challenge for Zhang Xiaoyi.

Especially when I saw Haozi take out the heart of the wood, stuff it into his body, and listen to the wood rubbing the flesh and blood, the picture ......

Zhang Xiaoyi clenched his teeth so that he didn't let himself vomit.

When you are well,

Hei Haoqin redressed Master Shen, and Zhang Xiaoyi put him down.

"Dad, I'll go out for a while."

"Go ahead."

Zhang Xiaoyi walked out of the mourning hall, and his mind was recalling the scene just now, lingering.

It wasn't until he came to the front yard and lit a cigarette that he felt much less physically uncomfortable.

Seeing the corpse at the gate of the Shen family before, and meeting the beggar were not as impactful as they are today.

Smoking a cigarette, the smell of tobacco suppressing his nausea, leaning against the fence and watching the passing guests.

At this time, an eldest sister walked over beside him, dressed very plainly, and looked a little out of place with the other guests of the Shen family.

The people who came to mourn the Shen family were all relatives, friends or business partners, although the clothes they wore were very plain in color, but the fabrics were of the highest quality.

It was only her, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and she didn't even have a headdress.

When you enter the second entrance, put the white bag on the table where you write the gift, and go out.

When passing by Zhang Xiaoyi's side, he saw Zhang Xiaoyi observing himself, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid it. While his eyes dodged, his body moved to the other side.

Zhang Xiaoyi was very curious, he hadn't seen her. How does it feel that she is afraid of herself?

Driven by curiosity, Zhang Xiaoyi opened his mouth and asked, "Sister-in-law, do we know each other?" ”

The woman was stunned, turned her head and squeezed out a smile at Zhang Xiaoyi.

"It's the first time I've met the Taoist."

"Oh, sister-in-law and the Shen family......"

"My husband used to be a long-term worker in the Shen family, but later passed away due to illness. Master Shen was kind to my husband when he was alive, so he came to chat and express his feelings. ”

"Oh."

"Sister-in-law's surname?"

"The little Taoist is polite, slave Yulian."