Chapter 39: Before leaving
Wanfu instructed people to prepare the rice, flour, and sesame oil to be used in Wan'en Temple, and went back to the house first.
As soon as he returned to the house, he took out two fragrant cakes from his bosom, threw them into the brazier and burned them.
When the incense cake is thrown into the fire, it immediately emits a strange fragrance, and the fragrance does not enter the tip of the nose, which makes people feel a sense of annoyance for no reason.
Wan Fu hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve.
These two fragrant cakes were attached to him by the "Zheng Gongzi" who owed the deed. Tell him to hang these two incense cakes on his body.
Although Wanfu did not want it in his heart, he was held in his hand and had to do it. Fragrant cakes are worn on the body, the aroma is very light, you can't smell it if you don't smell it carefully, and you don't have to worry about your life when you wear it for so many days, except for making people sleepless at night and palpitations.
For Wanfu, insomnia is not a big deal. But for Master Ke, who is riddled with heart disease and is worried that the ghost of the Lu family will come to ask for his life, this palpitation and uneasiness is like adding insult to injury, and it is really life-threatening.
"Zheng Gongzi" asked Wanfu to pretend to be a ghost in Ke's house, and disguise the illusion that the ghost of the Lu family came to ask for his life, so as to break Master Ke's mind.
So Wan Fu did what the letter said, and asked people to make two wooden shoe molds from afar, and when they were poured with water, two wet footprints appeared.
Lu's feet are not big, and the embroidered shoes are all made by herself, which is not easy to buy outside, but the shoe mold can be easily done. From time to time, he helped Ke Chengxing fold his clothes and pack up his books, and hinted that there might be a woman crying in the middle of the night, which really made Ke Chengxing soon frightened.
Ordinary maids can't enter Ke Chengxing's house, but Wanfu can, Lu's habit of folding clothes and collecting books is unknown to others, but Wanfu, who is with Ke Chengxing, knows it in his heart. It's just that Ke Chengxing trusts Wanfu, and he never pointed the finger of suspicion at the little guy around him. So Wanfu struck while the iron was hot again, and proposed to let the Taoist priest do a ritual to exorcise evil spirits.
In the three days of exorcism, Wanfu did not pretend to be a ghost and scary, Ke Chengxing believed that evil did not prevail over good, and everything was caused by Lu's ghost. And this movement alarmed the Qin family and Mrs. Ke, these two did not let Ke Chengxing continue to do these ghost things in the mansion, and Ke Chengxing, who was desperate, would be convinced when he heard the last straw of the Qinglian Festival.
Wanfu was secretly frightened.
"Zheng Gongzi" is really terrifying, he has never entered the Ke family at all, but he seems to have expected every step that happened in the Ke family, so he introduced Ke Chengxing into the Qinglian Festival step by step.
As for what would happen at the Qinglian Festival, Wanfu couldn't even think about it.
Now that he's done that, there's no turning back.
Mama Wan came in from outside and saw that Wan Fu was sweeping the burned ashes to one place, and immediately said angrily: "What are you doing all this all day long?" She took two steps forward and asked urgently, "Tell me honestly, how is Quan'er doing now?" ”
Wan Fu didn't tell Mama Wan everything, only told her that Wan Quan owed gambling debts, and he was thinking of raising money to replace people. It's just that because of the importance of the matter, Mama Wan didn't know the inside story of Lu's death, and if she knew, it would be dangerous.
didn't say "Zheng Gongzi", and Master Ke couldn't spare her.
So Wan Fu hid it from Wan Mama, after all, sometimes, ignorance is a blessing.
He stood up and stuffed the bamboo broom into Mama Wan's hand: "It's soon, I'll be back in a few days." Don't let people see it, the uncle's silver can be hidden for a while. ”
Mama Wan was moved by the seriousness of his expression, and nodded subconsciously. Seeing that Wanfu was out again, he hurriedly chased a few steps behind him and asked, "It's time to eat, where are you going?" ”
Wanfu didn't answer her words, and the figure quickly disappeared outside the house.
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The days always pass quickly.
After there were fewer people buying medicinal tea, there was nothing else in the medical hall, Du Changqing took Ah Cheng home early, Yinzheng closed the door in the shop, and after taking inventory of the remaining medicinal tea cans, it was already the time to hold the lamp.
The lanterns in the courtyard are shaky, and it rained a few days ago, and the lanterns were wet by the rain, and the flowers on the top were blurred, and they looked more and more old.
The small window of the kitchen is closed, and some orange lights leak out of the cracks, adding a bit of softness and tranquility to the small courtyard.
Lu Tong is making medicine in the back kitchen.
She's always been busy lately. When Du Changqing was in a daze in the shop, Lu Tong often went back to the small courtyard of the second bunk first, and went into the kitchen, and it took a few hours to drill. Sometimes I was busy until late at night, and I got up early the next morning to open the door.
Yinzheng walked to the porch, looked at the lights between the windows, and wondered in his heart, wouldn't his own girl feel tired? Ordinary people are worried about this, and they are already lazy, but she looks clear every day and does not see fatigue.
The bluestone jar in front of the corridor is filled with clear water, and a water scoop made of a gourd floats on the water surface, and shallow ripples ripple under the lamplight.
Yinzheng settled down, pushed the door and walked in, and said, "Girl......"
The whole kitchen was filled with smoke, and a strange aroma came to the face.
The aroma was strange, it seemed to be mixed with some kind of rosin, and it was like sandalwood in a temple, both rich and light, clear and cloudy. As soon as it penetrates the tip of the nose, it is as if someone has been poured into a sip of aged liquor that has been set aside for a long time, and the smoke makes people's brains swell.
Yinzheng was stunned, and the next moment, Lu Tong shouted sharply in his ears: "Get out!" ”
She seldom spoke to Yinzheng in such a stern tone, and Yinzheng was startled, and quickly took a few steps back, and closed the door by the way, and for some reason, her heart thumped a few times.
The room was filled with smoke, not like it was making medicine, and the incense......
The cold wind outside blew away the palpitations of Fang Cai, the night in the small courtyard was quiet, and Yinzheng's beating heart slowly calmed down. She thought about it, turned around and found a pestle, moved to sit under the porch in front of the back kitchen, and waited with peace of mind.
The oil from the oil lamp burned a small half, and the door to the back kitchen was opened.
Lu Tong walked out of it, her brown cloth was gray from smoke, and there was a tired color between her eyebrows.
Yinzheng stood up and said softly: "Girl, the news has been replied from the Happy Building, Wanfu said that everything is ready, and tomorrow morning, Uncle Ke will set off to Wan'en Temple." ”
She didn't mention the strange fragrance smelling in the back kitchen just now, and only smiled at Lu Tong: "Uncle Ke is convinced of Wanfu's proposal, I didn't expect this to go so smoothly." ”
At the beginning, when Lu Tong sent fragrant cakes to Wanfu, Yinzheng was still a little uneasy. It is certainly a way to find someone to pretend to be a ghost, but the old lady of the Ke family does not look like a fool. Once discovered, it will inevitably be troublesome to come to the door.
Who knew that in the fragrant cake sent by Lu Tong, there was also a cold ointment. Wanfu secretly smeared the edge of Mrs. Ke's daily cup a few times, and Mrs. Ke blew the wind and soon caught a cold.
The old lady Ke, who was dragging her sick body, couldn't do any more to worry about the affairs of the house, so she had to let Wanfu fiddle with Ke Chengxing's side.
It was much easier than expected for Ke Chengxing to agree to go to Wan'en Temple.
Yinzheng looked at Lu Tong: "But girl, when are we leaving?" ”
Lu Tong said lightly: "It will take half a day to go up the mountain, and it will be evening when I go to the temple at noon tomorrow." After the overnight, the second day of the Blue Lotus Festival. ”
She lowered her eyes: "Tomorrow afternoon." ”