Chapter 17: Red Altar Cloth
"Buddha's eyes reach the sky!"
Ye Langzhong's body shook and turned to me, but his eyes were a little dazed: "Ninth Boy...... What is it? ”
I shook my head and said I didn't know.
Not long after I met Dou Dabao, I heard him mention the Ninth World Boy, and I really don't know where he heard such a word.
I said that now is not the time to talk about this, human life is at stake, and we must not play around.
Dou Dabao still had to argue strongly, which made me stare back.
After a long time, he whispered, "Then you ...... Be careful yourself. ”
I was moved, pinched his round shoulder and pressed it hard, "Definitely." ”
After having a good meal, I asked Sang Lan's father where he chose his address.
He said that he had rented the yard of a family surnamed Li on the back edge of Shilian Pond.
Dou Dabao slapped his thigh violently, "You actually rented a house from Li Lezi's family, he must have opened his mouth, right?" ”
Sang Lan's father said mildly, the person who rented the house to him was called Li Lai.
Dou Dabao said that it was Li Lezi, his family was originally one of the richest families in Liantang Town, but it turned out that Li Lezi was such a loser, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, and smoking without him, and his parents were angry with him to death, and the family business was also ruined. Now there is only one Li Lezi left, almost forty years old or a single, idle all day long, stealing chickens and touching dogs, and everyone is about to catch up with the rats crossing the street.
Seeing that Sang Lan's father was slightly embarrassed, I was busy talking about it for one night, so I didn't care so much, so I would rush there now and prepare in advance.
Out of the restaurant, Dou Dabao walked up to me and said, "I'm familiar here, I'm ...... Shall I send you there? ”
"Do you know how to drive?" I asked.
"I just got my driving book at the beginning of the year."
"Then you drive."
"Okay!" Dou Dabao was overjoyed.
I asked him to drive slowly, took out the chicken blood and willow leaves prepared in advance from his bag, and opened the yin and yang eyes in the car.
I didn't open my eyes in front of Ye Langzhong, I just thought this old man was weird, and I couldn't tell which one he was.
When they arrived at the back edge of the Ten Lotus Pond, Sang Lan's father was talking to an idler at the gate of a farmhouse.
"Leper!" Dou Dabao poked his head out and shouted.
The idler was stunned for a moment, saw that it was him, and ran over with a shy smile. While helping Dou Dabao open the door, he flattered and asked what kind of wind blew Brother Dabao here.
Shen Qing and I glanced at each other and said that we couldn't stand it.
No matter how you look at this Li Lezi, he is in his forties, and Dou Dabao is only half a year older than me, so he actually calls him brother.
Dou Dabao got out of the car and patted Li Lezi on the shoulder with a smile: "Someone rents your room?" How much do you charge? ”
Li Lezi leaned over, suppressed his voice and said:
"A group of fools from other places said that they wanted to rent my yard for a week because they saw the beautiful scenery of Liantang and wanted to rent my yard. Brother Dabao, you also know that I don't run a hotel, and if I rent the room to them, I have to live in a hotel, right? ”
Dou Dabao glanced at him: "Tell me directly, how much did you want?" ”
Li Lezi gestured a finger: "Ten thousand." ”
"Ten thousand?" Dou Dabao's eyes widened.
I hurriedly pushed him into the car and said that Mr. Sang was not bad for money, 10,000 was 10,000.
I told Shen Qing that I would definitely not stop tonight, let her and Dou Dabao go back to the hotel in the town for one night, and I will take Ye Langzhong back tomorrow.
Although Shen Qing was also full of curiosity, she knew the severity, and immediately nodded in agreement.
As soon as Li Lezi heard that they were going back to the town, he said that he was also going to the town to stay in a hotel, so he happened to take a ride and invited Brother Dabao to drink.
As he spoke, he also looked at Shen Qing's leg shyly.
I pursed my lips, nodded to Dou Dabao, and turned around to the gate of the courtyard with my bag on my back.
When I looked into the courtyard, I couldn't help but be a little surprised.
The house is an old house, but it is not an ordinary peasant house, but an old building, with green bricks and green tiles, carved window lattices, and bats carved on the stone steps on the threshold...... This was not a courtyard that ordinary people could live in in the old days.
Ye Langzhong seemed to see my doubts, and said with a smile: "This house should be the old mansion of the Ling family, and then somehow it was exchanged into the hands of the Li family." ”
I suddenly realized, turned around, and saw that the door of the house was facing the location of the flat land that Liu Blind pointed out last time.
The trouble caused by the Ling family was calmed down in the Ling family's old house, and Ye Langzhong really thought about it.
"Brother-in-law, you can go back too." Ji Yayun said to Sang Lan's father.
Sang Lan's father shook his head: "I promised your sister to take care of you, although I don't know yin and yang, I always have the strength to do it." ”
Ji Yayun's eyes were red, and she walked up to me and grabbed my hand again.
I was stunned and wanted to pull my hand out, but I didn't feel very appropriate, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange.
To say that she pulled me on Pinggugang and No. 48 because she was afraid, and now it's a little inexplicable to pull my hand. What's more, in front of her brother-in-law and Ye Langzhong, she actually snuggled up to me with half of her body.
Looking at her autumn-like eyes, I suddenly had a strange feeling, I was very familiar with her and Sang Lan, how did this look become a little unfamiliar.
Sang Lan's father and Ye Langzhong looked at the hands held by the two, obviously a little puzzled.
Nolangzhong said that it was not too early, so let's start preparing immediately.
When I entered the courtyard, I looked around inside and out, and said that this mansion doesn't seem to be anything now, but in a certain era, it must be regarded as a mansion. As Liu Blind said, the Ling family was a big family in the town back then.
I'm half-baked, and I have all the belongings in my bag, so I don't have anything to prepare.
Ye Langzhong set up a Dharma platform in the courtyard, spread a goose yellow altar cloth, burned incense and wax, and placed five offerings.
He didn't dance the sword altar like a Taoist priest, but just lit three sticks of incense, bowed in all directions, inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then entered the hall without saying a word.
Seeing that he took out another piece of bright red cloth and spread it on the table at the door, and also placed the five offerings, I couldn't help but ask: "Old man, aren't there only three kinds of altar cloth: yellow, white and black?" What's the name of red? ”
Not only is the red altar cloth strange, but I've never heard of anyone erecting two altars at the same time.
Ye Langzhong smiled slightly, "The Dharma platform in the courtyard is for the ghost king of the Quartet, and the Dharma platform in this house is for the ancestor of this sect." Zhong Kui Shenjun was originally born as a champion, so the altar cloth at this door is a big red champion robe. ”
It dawned on me.
Legend has it that Zhong Kui did win the champion, but the emperor saw that he had a big beard and an ugly appearance, so he refused to admit him. Zhong Kui crashed to death on the stone steps of the palace in a fit of rage, and this is why there is a ghost king in the town.
Ye Langzhong set up the altar and took out a large porcelain bowl from the broken pocket he carried.
Immediately afterwards, he took out two bottles of two pots!
After doing this, he sat down behind the Dharma platform and actually began to drink.
I frowned, "Old man, don't you have to keep the Lingtai clear when you punish evil spirits, how did you get drunk?" ”
"Hehe, haven't you heard the allusion that the ghost king and the god king are happy when they smell the wine?" Noro took a big sip from the bowl, and his nose immediately turned red.
He put the wine bowl on the table and looked at me with a smile: "Tonight is the last time I invite the ghost king to the hall, and after tonight, there will be no more wild Langzhong in the world." ”
I was shocked: "Is the old gentleman going to sacrifice his life to defend the Tao and kill himself?" ”
Ye Langzhong rolled his eyes and spat on the ground:
"Bah, you're dead! Lao Tzu has been a bachelor all his life for this business, and after this time, I will stop doing it, and go back to my hometown to marry a wife and spend the rest of my life! Hehe, thanks to the little Taoist friends, help me get the ghost catfish gall, so that I can harvest the mountain early. ”
I almost vomited blood when I listened.
The old girl who dares to love is making enough money, and she wants to pick a son and quit.
Ye Langzhong was originally an old man with bald and small eyes, and when he saw that he looked obscene when he talked about marrying a wife, Sang Lan's father couldn't help but laugh.
"Hehe, Mr. Ye, haven't you ever had a family?" Ji Yayun couldn't help laughing and trembling, hugged my arm, and stuck closer to me.
Being so attached to the big beauty, I should have snickered, but I didn't feel flattered at all, but I felt a little uneasy.
It's just one day, I was almost hanged in Pinggugang in the morning, and on the way back, I learned that I had been used by my girlfriend for two years, and at noon I not only saw that terrible scene in the No. 48 murder house, but also was taken by a female ghost......
Why is she in the mood to joke at this point?
Could it be that you are too frightened and scared, and your courage is sharpened?
I shook my head, and saw that Ye Langzhong was still drinking and eating meat, and felt that he was a little unreliable. After thinking about it, I decided to do something about it.
I went to the edge of the lotus pond and folded a large bundle of reed poles, turned out a stack of old newspapers in the house, and began to tie up the shelves.
Ji Yayun has been following beside her, and when she saw me setting up a shelf, she opened her mouth and wanted to say something.
Ye Langzhong suddenly said: "The ghost king may not be able to easily make the red robe happy and ambushed, so it's good to be a stand-in just in case." ”
"Hehe, the old gentleman is really well-informed, admire." I said from the bottom of my heart.
Seeing that it was getting dark, I put aside the straw man and said that I would go outside and find someone to buy a rooster and come back.
Ji Yayun seemed to want to follow, but after looking at Sang Lan's father, he probably didn't think it was appropriate, so he didn't follow.
When I went out, I saw a QQ parked under the tree by the lotus pond from a distance.
"Holy!" I was in a hurry to run over, and I saw Dou Dabao smiling at me with the steering wheel.
"Why are you still here?" I asked, a little annoyed.
Dou Dabao stammered: "I'm not at ease, I'll ...... I'll keep an eye on you outside, and I'll call you as soon as I see a ghost coming. ”
"Okay." I really can't be angry with this brother.
I said, "You've come just in time, you're familiar here, see who has a big rooster, go buy one for me." ”
"Big? Hey, there's no one here. You wait, I'll get it for you! Dou Dabao jumped out of the car in a hurry, ran into a house, and soon came out with a colorful rooster.
I was just about to pick it up when my phone suddenly 'buzzed'.
When I took it out, it was an unfamiliar number, and it was a landline.
frowned and picked it up, and a frightened and suppressed voice immediately came from inside: "Hey, Xu Xuan, I was locked up, I am in a small building in Guduo Village, Pinggu County, it seems to be a small factory." ”