Yellow Fu sacrifices to the sky, incense and candles worship God.

With the gods of the ten directions, chanting the undead transcendence.

Steward Zhou twisted a stick of incense and lit it, accidentally burned it until his fingers almost broke the incense pillar in his hand, inserted it into the incense burner, and when he turned around, the chanting stopped.

"Master Ma, find the little master, go to the inner room to have a sip of tea." Steward Zhou welcomed people in, but now there is no one in the Zhou family, and he is the only one who entertains up and down.

Master Ma is very experienced in handling the tone, and when he doesn't smile with a face, he really has a bit of the demeanor of a Taoist master, bowing his head and bowing slightly: "Amitayus Buddha, donors don't have to care too much about these mundane things, we monks are outside, everything is simple." ”

Having said that, in Steward Zhou's heart, Master Ma was given by the gods, and he didn't dare to slack off easily, so he specially found the best tea leaves to brew, and held two plates of delicate pastries for Xunqing.

Master Ma took a shallow sip of the teacup and said, "Cleanse the red dust breath of the dead soul, survive the extraordinary, and one day, the merit will be complete." ”

"Master Ma has worked hard, the master's whole family has suffered from this, only I am a bad old man, and I have no ability to do anything for the master, I just hope that they have spirits underground and can rest in peace."

"Steward Zhou is kind-hearted, and he has a relationship with my Taoist, rest assured."

Steward Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed again after a while, "But the government has been checking for so long and there has been no news, and I don't know what happened to the Yaksha, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, whether it will hurt the innocent." ”

Master Ma held the teacup, his eyes slanted over, but he didn't speak easily.

He can disguise himself so successfully, and repeatedly deceive people, knowing that it is wrong to say too much, but all high-ranking people will be cold, so as to appear that he is unfathomable.

After the rest time passed, Master Ma shook off the dust and got up, "Poor Dao will prepare for the next ritual first." ”

Xunqing stuffed the last piece of pastry into his mouth, and was just about to stand up, Steward Zhou said: "Does Xunqing little master like this kind of pastry, there are some other styles in the kitchen, I'll go and put some more for you." ”

Xunqing blushed, "No, no. "Asking for pastries is like a child.

Steward Zhou smiled and said to Master Ma, who was standing at the door and maintaining his immortal demeanor: "Although the little master Xunqing is young, he has a stable heart. ”

Master Ma actually pretended to be tired after a day, so he finally got rid of Steward Zhou, cleared his throat, glanced at his eyes and said, "Xunqing, you can go with Steward Zhou." ”

As soon as Steward Zhou and Xun Qing left, Ma Dashuai immediately spread out on the chair and said to himself weakly: "But Lao Tzu is tired and paralyzed, this silver is not easy to earn." ”

On the kitchen side, Steward Zhou took out a small food basket, and the three words 'Chongshanfang' were engraved on the outside of the basket, which was a famous dessert shop in Diqiu.

"These two days of hard work Master Ma and the little master of Xunqing, just some pastries, don't dislike the little master."

Xun Qing blushed and sneered, "There is a labor almsgiver." ”

Steward Zhou, who couldn't finish eating, wrapped it in oiled paper and stuffed it for Xunqing, "You're welcome, anyway, I'm alone in the Zhou family, I see that you are about the same age as our little master, I ...... in my heart."

Steward Zhou wiped the corners of his eyes, he had never married a wife and had children in his life, and he was ready to spend the rest of his life in the Zhou family, "I didn't expect this kind of disaster to happen, but I pity my little master, I followed it at such a young age." ”

Xunqing held the oil paper bag, his delicate eyebrows furrowed, and his childish face squeezed out a little bit of adulthood, "Don't be sad, my master said that nature is humane, simplified, simplified and gone, everything is orderly, and everything follows the word nature." ”

"What the little master said is, but this family died unexplained, I will die in the future, and I don't know what to say when I go down to see the master." Steward Zhou shook his head and sighed, "I don't know how the Investigation Department is doing." ”

Xunqing rolled up a little pastry crumb in his mouth, and after swallowing it, he suddenly thought of the words that Qiu Cicada said when he gave him something, and then twisted his little brow and said, "It seems that some progress has been made." ”

"Huh? How so? Don't worry, little master, I'm an old man who will definitely not talk nonsense, but I'm in a hurry. ”

Xun Qing touched his little head, thinking that there should be no secret when the autumn cicadas said outside, so he said: "Between the mountains and forests outside the watershed, the guards have found traces of human activity, so I guess they should catch the Yaksha soon." ”

Steward Zhou was shocked: "Is Yaksha a human?" ”

Xunqing was a little confused, "I don't know, it's just that Sister Qiu Chan said that the government has some evidence, and I can't think of a few days, and it will definitely be revealed." Regardless of whether the Yaksha is a human or a ghost, and there are countless people who have harmed the people, we must believe that the government will definitely bring him to justice. ”

After walking for a while, he found that there was no one around, and turned around and shouted: "Steward Zhou? ”

"Uh...... It's great to be caught, but the Zhou family is gone, alas......"

Xunqing sympathized with the old man in his heart, and couldn't help but comfort: "Life and death are determined, and the donor mourns." ”

The two returned to the front yard of the ancestral hall, Master Ma was already sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his eyes closed and his mouth chanting, yellow charms scattered around, incense and candles corresponding, quiet and peaceful, and full of Xiao Su atmosphere.

Find the right position and sit cross-legged, and the serious appearance weakens a little childishness, and it looks profound.

Steward Zhou bowed to the upper immortal venerable, "God bless, all immortals bless, the villains who killed my Zhou family are about to be ambushed, so I'll go buy more incense and candles to offer." ”

Master Ma and Xunqing were deaf, until the footsteps of Steward Zhou walking away came, Master Ma opened one eye and looked at it, and after making sure that there was no one, his straight back immediately relaxed.

Master Ma tapped on his back and grinned for a while, "Xunqing, you continue to sit here and chant the scriptures, don't go away if you have nothing to do." ”

Xunqing nodded obediently, and asked again: "What about you?" ”

Master Ma showed a serious face when he opened his eyes, and said with a dry cough: "When I closed my eyes and meditated just now, I felt that Tianzun had guidance, so I went back to my room to communicate with Tianzun first." ”

Xun Qing was half-convinced, his master had cultivated the Dao for so many years until the end, and he was not strong enough to communicate directly with the Heavenly Venerable, is Master Ma's cultivation so strong?

"Cultivating the Tao and participating in meditation must have no distractions, how can you benefit from the Tao if you are not quiet like this?"

Xun Qing was ashamed: "Master Ma, I was wrong. ”

"Well, it's a bit of a savvy to know that mistakes can be corrected." Master Ma flickered a few words, and walked out with a fairy wind bone.

Once the room was revealed, before dozing off with the quilt, I was in a daze and thought that it was too easy to find the child.

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The incense and candle shop and the coffin are spread out on the same street, and there are few people passing by on weekdays, so it looks deserted.

Steward Zhou went to the incense and candle shop for half an hour, and when he came out, he carried a basket with sacrificial supplies in his hand.

After passing through Chongshan Fang, I went to pick up the pastries that had been agreed upon before, and the two hands were full and couldn't be empty at all, so I turned around and accidentally bumped into someone.

The person on the other side spoke first: "Yo, Steward Zhou, are you shopping?" ”

The voice is low and pleasant, and the tone of the speech is smiling, which is comfortable to listen to.

Steward Zhou said apologetically: "Lord Yun, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hit you." ”

Yun Qi waved his hand nonchalantly, shook off the jade bone fan in a dashing manner, and swept his eyes slightly downward from the things he was holding in both hands, "I bought a lot of things, and it's not convenient for you to carry them, so it's better for me to let someone give you a ride." ”

"Where do you dare to trouble you?" Steward Zhou politely refused: "It's just some incense, candles, and paper money, and it's not heavy." ”

"Oh." Yun Qi nodded, and when Steward Zhou thought he was out of the way, he raised his chin at the restaurant next to him: "Okay, just sit here, I just have something to ask you." ”

Steward Zhou entered the wing of the restaurant only to find that there was another person inside, and he had also seen it, just because the woman was a servant, he was particularly impressed.

Steward Zhou put down his things tremblingly, "I don't know what Lord Yun commands?" He wasn't sure now if it was an accident to hit Yunqi.

"It's not a big deal." Yun Qi was calm, his peach blossom eyes were half-narrowed, and he looked naturally romantic, and said with an informal expression: "The Zhou family is gone, and now you are taking care of it up and down, it's very hard, right?" ”

Steward Zhou sighed: "What should I do, my lord, they are gone, I can only do something for them, I hope they will go all the way." ”

"The Zhou family doesn't have any relatives?"

"The old lady fled to Diqiu, even though he had a brother family before, he had no contact for so many years, and he had already cut off contact."

"Oh, it's a one-off."

The two of you gossip back and forth, and what you say is innocuous words.

Lu Anran rubbed his nose and noticed the delicate food box that Steward Zhou placed next to him.

"Steward Zhou, you like these things as much as a little girl at your age." Yun Qi looked over and teased.

Steward Zhou was embarrassed, "It's not me who eats, it's my family, my young lady likes it, but unfortunately the little girl can't eat it anymore, so I bought it and offered it." As he spoke, he added, "Oh yes, Chef Xunqing also loves this kind of pastry, so he bought more." ”

Yun raised his eyebrows, "I see, it seems to taste good." ”

"Chongshanfang has made pastries for three generations, which is called a must in the local area."

"Steward Zhou doesn't mind sharing a little, right?"

Steward Zhou was really stunned, and immediately said, "Lord Yun, please." ”

Yunqi was really unkind, lifted the lid of the food box and took out a stack of it, and put it in front of Lu Anran, "Oh, the saliva is about to flow out." ”

It was impossible for Lu Anran to drool seriously, but smelling the pastry was really fragrant, he gestured to Steward Zhou, took a piece and put it in his mouth, and suddenly sighed in his heart, it is worthy of being a century-old shop, and it is worthy of its name.

Steward Zhou saw that she only picked up a little bit of masked cloth when she was eating, and she didn't take it off, because she looked at it a few more times because of curiosity.

"Listening to your intimate tone, you are very affectionate with Zhou Pei?" Yun Qi recalled Steward Zhou's thoughts on the other side.

Steward Zhou's family was old and slow to react, "Ah, in this way, the young lady and young master have all grown up watching me since I was a child, although it is a bit out of the ordinary to say this, I treat them as my own children in my heart." ”

Yunqi's fingertips rub lightly on the food plate, on which gilt depicts tangled begonias, the colors are gorgeous and magnificent, and the crystal small pastries are stacked on top of each other, which is exquisite and luxurious.

"Isn't such a plate of pastries cheap?" A plate alone is worth a few taels of silver.

Steward Zhou pointed to the plate and said: "This plate is not provided by Chongshanfang, I took it from home, Miss only likes to use such a plate to hold pastries, she said it looks good." ”

Yun Qi nodded: "Good looking is good-looking, but ......" The words changed, "Your Zhou family uses gilt plates to eat pastries, can you directly serve the golden bowl for the main meal?" ”

Steward Zhou: "......"

Yun Qi hooked his lips, his eyes wandered and he smiled: "The Zhou family is so rich, they won't do shady business behind their backs, right?" ”

Steward Zhou's eyelids jumped, and he listened to Yunqi and said slowly: "For example, human trafficking." ”