The weather in Lingnan can be described in one word: hot. It's also hot in winter. That's not to say that the temperature is very high. It's just because this place is mountainous. When the sun shines, water vapor easily evaporates, creating a humid heat wave in the mountains, just like a sauna.
Lord Ghost went out early in the morning, and I squatted alone under the shade of a tree in the yard, waiting for the helper he introduced. After waiting for about ten o'clock in the morning, Lord Gui led four young people in, two men and two women. However, the ghost prince is really admirable. After walking for a long time on the mountain road, his face was covered with sweat. He didn't even unbutton a button and remained motionless.
When I saw Mr. Gui Hou come in, I sat up from the shade of the tree and said, "Thank you, Mr. Gu."
"Come on, kid, let me introduce you." The Ghost Marquis gestured to the men and women beside him in a serious manner, "They are all my descendants who have been with me before, and they can be regarded as the best in your generation. Junjie."
When I heard this, I felt uncomfortable, "This is just to slap me in the face. They are heroes. What am I? A green onion?" But there was nothing I could do. This made people have to bow their heads under the eaves, so I had to force a smile. , said: "I have met all my brothers and sisters. We are all one family. I hope you will take good care of me."
Fortunately, these people were quite polite and didn't make any fuss with me. I guess it was Gui Hou Ye who told me that after all, Lao Ji's face was not easy to refute, and they were also understanding people.
It seemed that the two men were both in their early thirties, tall and strong, with the short sleeves of their T-shirts stretched tightly by their muscles. One of them was very fond of laughing. He rushed to shake my hand and said, "I heard that Brother Li Rui is from Shaoxing? How many years older are you? Just call me Daozi. I will have brothers to support me in the future."
"Easy to say, easy to say." I felt happy in my heart, thinking that with this relationship, I would be able to eat well wherever I go from now on.
The other man was also quite interesting. He didn't like to talk much. He looked calm and down-to-earth, but he was quite kind. As soon as I saw him, I felt that I could get along with him, so I took the initiative to shake hands with him. He introduced himself: "My name is Yan Sheng. Please take good care of me in the future."
"Yansheng? This name suits you well. He doesn't like to talk, and is calm and down-to-earth." Yansheng himself also smiled, and he looked quite honest.
The other two girls, one older and one younger, both look good, but I have seen so many beauties that these two are no longer attractive to me. The older one is called Meng Yao, and everyone calls her Sister Meng. As for why she is not called Sister Yao, it is probably because there is a ambiguity with "Sister Yao". Sister Yao looks a bit fierce. She usually works in the hospital, so I am a bit afraid of her.
"Little ghost, this Mengyao is a great person. She has excellent medical skills and a comprehensive understanding of Chinese and Western medicine. She is indispensable if we encounter any serious illness or minor disaster." Lord Gui obviously valued this sister Meng very much.
I immediately smiled and said, "I've met Sister Meng."
Sister Meng smiled and stretched out her hand, squeezed my hand, and repeated it twice. I seemed to sense some signal, and glanced at her, with a subtle smile on my lips. I took a look at her, with her big breasts and buttocks, and thought: "This Sister Meng is really an angel in white? Why do I feel like she is more like a nightclub girl?"
At this time, another girl said with a smile, "Yes, our Sister Meng is amazing!"
"By the way, there is also Sissi. Although this girl is young, she has been with me for many years. I can tell a joke with her on the way to relieve my boredom."
This little girl named Xixi is probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she debuted much earlier than me. She has two big eyes and a voice like a lark.
"Hello, brother Li Rui."
"Hey, hello. I didn't realize I wasn't the youngest."
"Kid, we're all here now. I think it's better to get there sooner rather than later. Let's go down the mountain."
"Okay!" I naturally raised my hands in agreement.
Lord Gui arranged for Yansheng and Daozi to move things from the back. Each had a mountaineering bag and carried a few more boxes and put them on their pickup truck. When I looked at the bags, I saw that they were all old, and I felt a little disgusted with them. But I didn’t bring anything with me when I came out, so I had to make do with them. On the way, I heard Daozi mention that the warehouse behind Guihouye was full of these old things. We originally wanted to tell him to replace them with new ones, but he was too stubborn and refused to change them.
"Little brother, just make do with it. In fact, these things are just a bit old, but they are quite easy to use."
Our pickup truck can only seat two people. Yansheng sat in the back pocket, Daozi drove, and including the co-pilot Gui Houye, the two girls could only get in my car. But I was a little wary of Sister Meng. She felt uncomfortable as soon as she sat next to me. Especially when she seemed to accidentally bend down, revealing a hint of spring, which even made goosebumps rise.
We drove all the way, including the few days I was delayed in Shaoxing, five days had passed by the time we arrived at Panlong. I want to see Huai Rujin, but I feel unsure.
At this time, Fatty Yu called, "Li Rui, why don't you come?"
"We are on our way to you. We will be there in a moment."
"Hey, then turn around quickly. We have already set off for Yaowang Mountain. Miss Huai said we would meet there."
"Yaowang Mountain?"
"Okay, hurry up!" With that, Fatty Yu hung up the phone.
I had no choice but to turn around and head straight to Yaowang Mountain. From what the Ghost Marquis said, he knew why Huai Rujin went to Yaowang Mountain. There was a deserted village there with a custom of ghost marriage. She probably went there for this matter.
"But this has nothing to do with our matter?"
"Kid, you don't understand this. Don't you still have to gain her trust? Isn't it okay that we won't go?"
"What Mr. Gu said is that after all, you are the most profound."
This Yaowang Mountain is just outside Panlong County and is part of the mountains blocking the county to the north. When I drove into the mountains, I saw four or five cars parked at the intersection, with people crowding in front of them.
"Fat man!" I recognized Fatty Yu from the crowd at a glance. When Fatty Yu saw me finally appearing, he smiled from ear to ear. He ran back with a smile and picked him up, "Your kid is finally here."
"What's going on?"
"Forget it, the villagers won't let our car in."
"Where's Miss White?"
"How can I care about her? Look at that car, isn't it there?"
"Oh, let you negotiate with the villagers while she lays down in the car and relaxes."
"What are you talking about? Hurry up and say hello." Fatty Yu urged.
Huai Rujin was sitting in the car and had seen us arriving. When I passed by, she had already rolled down the window. What I didn't expect was that she didn't mean to blame her at all. When she heard that I had brought the first Gu master in Lingnan, Lord Guihou, she agreed without saying a word.
I thought that the Ghost Marquis was so famous that she didn't dare to make mistakes, so I didn't care. I looked at the bustling people outside the village and said, "Miss Huai, what's going on?"
"When we came here, we happened to see them holding a ghost wedding. The villagers refused to let us in because they were afraid of offending the gods."
Ghost marriage is to find a spouse for a dead person. In ancient times, if there were children in a family, both of them would die before getting married. If the marriage is not consummated, ghosts will cause trouble. Therefore, a ghost marriage must be held and the bones must be buried together.
In addition, in the old days, people were generally superstitious about the Feng Shui theory of Kanyu Taoist priests. In order to make more money, they tried their best to encourage ghost marriages, which made ghost marriages become a common practice in some places.
In the early years, this kind of "wedding" ceremony was mostly held at night. Sometimes, when people are sleeping peacefully, they are suddenly awakened by drumming in the streets. A paper sedan chair is carried, and all the suonas, gongs and drums are in odd numbers, and they are played in advance.
"Then can I ask, what is the purpose of Miss Huai coming to Yaowang Mountain?"
"Bridal Tomb."
"Bridal Tomb?" I asked confused.
"Yes, the folk customs in this village are very strange. For hundreds of years, every household has engaged in ghost marriage, but there is always only one ghost bride." Huai Rujin said, "The grave of that bride is the King of Medicine. The Bride Tomb of Mt.”
I thought about it and discussed with Lord Ghost, "Would you like to explore the bride's tomb?"
"We must go," said Lord Ghost, "but we have to go at night. There are so many people there during the day, and the bride is not there now."
"Then where did she go?"
"You little brat, you idiot, how can you hold a ghost wedding without digging up the bride?"
"Is this the only bride in Yaowang Mountain? She has been poached several times?"
"We have heard about this for a long time, but as long as there is no trouble, the brothers below will not care about it. Today we have encountered her, so we have to deal with her for a while."
"By the way, Master Gu, since we have encountered this ghost marriage, I would like to ask you for advice. Is this thing really as evil as the legend says?"
The Ghost Marquis touched his mustache and said: "Underworld marriages existed before the Han Dynasty. "The Rites of Zhou" says: 'It is forbidden to move, bury and marry those who mourn.' However, this trend has never been eradicated. Cao Cao's favorite His son Cao Chong died at the age of thirteen, so he dug up the deceased Miss Zhen, married her to his son, and then buried them together."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Whether this ghost marriage is true or false depends on the situation. If the deceased is obsessed with it and his soul is still lingering, holding a ghost marriage at this time can certainly play a role in comforting the deceased and alleviating the resentment. , but if it is used by someone with evil intentions, I am afraid something big will happen." Ghost Marquis said.
"What will happen?"
"It's hard to say. Before the Han Dynasty, some alchemists used ghost marriages as a cover to return corpses to the sun, and did a lot of evil things. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were still residual phenomena of ghost marriages in various places, where dead people married dead people. It's called corpse-building, but it's just some Taoist priests who are only interested in profit and defrauding people with drugs and defrauding them of ill-gotten gains."
"Hey, feudal superstition really kills people!"
"Little devil, our trip is not about feudal superstition. Although this ghost bride has never harmed anyone, she is still here after hundreds of years. Even if she is an innocent soul, it is time to disperse."
"Isn't that right? Anyway, since we're all here, it's time to take care of things here, don't you think?"
The Ghost Marquis puffed out his chest and said arrogantly: "That's right!"
