Before nightfall, Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei could not continue to explore Daojiazhai, so they had to follow Huang Daoling around while they were performing their duties, move things around, or stand aside and watch them perform their duties.
The so-called "walking water" is a ritual ritual for bathing and dressing the souls of the deceased.
In front of the coffin in the mourning hall, there is a paper bathroom, clean towels and shrouds, and a basin filled with hot water.
Place half a round white radish in the pot, put three spices and two wax sticks on it, and light it.
The descendants who kept the filial piety knelt down behind.
After the ceremony began, Huang Daoling led several Taoist priests to start beating gongs and drums and reciting scriptures to summon the souls of the dead to bathe and change clothes.
When the water draining is completed, the filial son kneeling first picks up the prepared shroud and burns it cleanly, which is the end of the "water draining".
It took about another hour to deal with the 'water leakage' issue.
It was evening.
The kitchen has prepared wine and food, and they have brought them out at this time. On the school grounds, everyone is eating and drinking again, so no more words will be said here.
And when it comes to night, a few of Huang Daoling's minions who keep the filial piety light a long candle. The lantern is protected inside and they can just watch it for a few turns. If the candle burns out, remember to replace it, in order to light an ever-lasting lamp. '.
The meaning of the ever-burning lamp is that the lamp is in the soul and must never be extinguished.
On the night of the Awakening of Insects, a slight breeze had begun to blow at night, and dark clouds were already surging in the sky, threatening to thunder. I thought there would be thunder tonight.
Therefore, Huang Daoling said that no rituals should be performed on the night of the Waking of Insects, and only a few minions could keep the ever-burning lamps going out.
When the night got late, Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei quietly climbed out of the window and walked straight to the back mountain of Daojiazhai along the path.
Linya cave entrance.
The boys who were on duty to guard the cave have all left, and the iron fence at the entrance of the cave has been closed, and a large lock with an iron chain as thick as a finger has been added to it.
There was a breeze but no moon at night, so it was not very convenient to move around. In addition, there were bursts of thunder in the sky and a little drizzle from time to time.
The two of them brought torches, but they didn't dare to light them. After all, this was the Dao Family Village, and if they walked around with torches at night, they would be spotted.
Yu Liufei and Xiaoyu walked down the hill path and walked to the entrance of the cave. They touched a fire stick and blew it, and saw the big lock on the fence through the weak firelight.
"Xiao Yu, it's locked, what should I do?" Yu Liufei frowned and pulled the big iron lock on the fence.
Xiao Yu frowned, glanced at the iron fence, and muttered: "Brother Yu, there is no big problem with this lock. We have to find a thin wire first."
"Why are you looking for thin wire?" Yu Liufei asked with a frown.
"Unlock, I can open the lock with a thin wire." Xiaoyu replied.
"Hey, I didn't expect you to have such skills." Yu Liufei praised.
Xiao Yu muttered: "I learned it from the old man back then. Look for it quickly, Brother Yu."
The two of them searched for a fire stick at the entrance of the cave, but couldn't find it. Yu Liufei muttered inwardly, "Who the hell built this broken fence? It's all made of pouring." There’s no wire.”
"Why are you looking for wire?" At this time, a voice whispered in Yu Liufei's ear.
Yu Liufei also took the fire break and looked at every joint on the fence to see if he could find a thin wire. After hearing this, he casually replied: "Aren't you going to use it to unlock the door?"
Hearing this, the man reached out and handed a bunch of things to Yu Liufei, shook it a few times and said, "You need the key to open the lock!".
Yu Liufei took the fire folding bag in his hand and covered it with his left hand, fearing that the drizzle would get it wet. It was so late at night, and if it got wet, he wouldn't be able to see anything.
Yu Liufei turned around and took a look, and by the firelight, he saw the shaking thing clearly. It turned out to be a set of keys. Yu Liufei said happily: "Hey, how come you have the key here? Where did you find it?"
"No, of course I have the key to this place." The man whispered back.
Only then did Yu Liufei feel something was wrong. He felt that something was wrong with Xiao Yu's voice. Xiao Yu's voice was not that rough. The voice seemed to be spoken by a man in his thirties. He was squatting there looking for the keys. When he was about to get up to see what was going on, he felt a cold feeling on his neck and heard a sentence
"do not move."
After saying 'Don't move', their surroundings instantly lit up, with dozens of torches illuminating the place.
Only then did Yu Liufei realize that the person talking to him was no one else, but the guards of Daojiazhai.
"Get up, stand up, you two little thieves." The guard's knife was still on Yu Liufei's neck, but he just pulled him to stand up.
Only then did Yu Liufei see Xiao Yu standing on one side with a long knife on his neck.
Yu Liufei frowned and muttered: "It turns out they were ambushed."
Xiaoyu waved his hands helplessly, and someone had a knife stuck in his neck. He didn't expect that these guards had already laid an ambush here, and just waiting for him to take the bait, they were all caught.
"Let me tell you, I watched these two people sneaking around this afternoon. I guessed that they were heading to our warehouse." A young boy stood up from behind the guard and muttered.
The guard nodded and praised: "Yes, you are finally smart. Go to my account later to get a few taels of silver as a reward."
"Okay! Thank you, Brother Ge San." The boy left happily.
When Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei went out to explore the road in the afternoon, they never thought that when they climbed over the wall, they were watched by a boy squatting in a pit to defecate through the crack in the door.
If you are caught at this time, you can only admit defeat.
"Tie them up and take them to the front. Give them to the boss and ask them how to deal with these two thieves." The guard chief ordered the guards who were escorting Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei.
...
In the front hall and the side hall, at night when there was originally only thunder, the village became lively again because Xiaoyu and his wife were arrested.
The two men's hands were tied, knives were held at their necks, and they were escorted to stand in the side hall.
Sitting on the tiger-skin chair in front of him was a woman rubbing her head. She was wearing a mink velvet gown and her hair was disheveled. She was the leader of the Dao family, Dao Qingqing. Sitting on the chair on the side is a man with a scarred face. He is the third master of the house, and his sword is Huan.
At this time, Huang Daoling wore a yellow robe and put on the zodiac hat casually. After hearing Xiao Dezi say that his disciple had been arrested, he hurried over and stood under Dao Qingqing's seat.
Huang Daoling glanced at Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei. He didn't show the slightest hint of his master's concern for his disciples. He thought to himself: "You two little bastards didn't fall into my hands, but fell into the hands of the village master. It's better now, but don't worry." We can't let him go." But he said to Dao Qingqing: "Zhao Master, I wonder what my two disciples have done that you want to arrest them?"
"Ask them yourself!" Dao Qingqing frowned, stretched out his hand to rub his forehead, and sighed heavily, "It's really big."
Huang Daoling knew that Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei were looking for someone, but seeing that Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei were tied up and unable to move, Huang Daoling had a new plan in his mind. He might as well borrow a knife to kill people. It happened that these two bastards were tied up, so he borrowed the knife. It would be best to kill them with the hands of the village leader to satisfy the hatred in his heart.
"You two, what did you do if you didn't sleep at night?" Huang Daoling scolded and slapped Xiaoyu's face several times, pretending to be extremely angry, "I told you before I came here, you guys Isn’t it all a big deal?” Huang Daoling scolded and slapped Xiaoyu and Yu Liufei hard, “What are you doing at night if I tell you to be disobedient? Can you run around in Daojiazhai?”
Xiaoyu's right cheek was sore from being slapped by the old guy, but he couldn't get angry, so he had to endure it and cursed: "Okay! Stop fighting! Huang Laodao, please go aside! Now we can only tell the truth!" "
Before Xiaoyu could finish speaking, Huang Daoling slapped him hard again and cursed: "Oh, you dare to call master by his name! I'm looking for a beating!" After Huang Daoling finished speaking, he looked at the guard next to him and asked: "Brother guard, Did my two unsatisfactory disciples steal your things?"
The guard chief replied: "Master Huang Xian, we caught them two at the entrance of the stockade warehouse. The warehouse in the back mountain is where our stockade stores gold and silver. Now that we have arrested them, we should ask the old master to give an explanation."
The Third Master Swordsman Cheng Huan replied coldly: "Yes, please give Master Huang Xian an explanation as to why your two disciples appeared in my back mountain warehouse."
