The old man looked to be about eighty years old, with a stooped body, very thin, skin and bones, and the loose skin hung on her face like dead tree bark. She wore an old-fashioned light blue slant-fronted gown and a long black skirt that didn't reach her feet. Her gray hair was pulled into a small bun behind her head.
She was hunched over and a head shorter than me. When she looked at me, she held her head high and stared at me with a pair of bright black eyes.
Yes, her eyes are very bright, not as cloudy as an old person should be, they are exactly like a pair of young people's eyes, hiding a sharp energy.
The door opened and she suddenly appeared in front of me.
My heart skipped a beat in fright, and I instinctively took a step back.
At this time, the old woman suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist with her skinny hands like eagle talons, "Come in with me."
She was very strong, and my wrists hurt from being caught, but I didn't dare to speak and followed her into the house.
The living room is decorated in pure Chinese style. As soon as you enter the living room, you will see the nave painting on the wall in front of you. The painting in the middle hall is a big green snake descending from the mountain. The mountains are steep and the smoke is lingering. The huge body of the green snake surrounds the mountain, and the snake's head swoops down, as if it is descending the mountain.
Taoist priest Lin said that the chief leader of the hall worshiped by Liu Xiangu is the Snake Immortal. The big green snake in this painting should be the Snake Immortal at the entrance of the hall.
There are wooden tables and chairs placed in front of the painting in the nave. The exquisite mahogany furniture is flanked by wooden tables and wooden chairs. The master's seat is a wooden platform with a small low table placed on the wooden platform.
At this time, a young man wearing a cyan slanted gown, short hair, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses sat on the wooden couch. The man is about thirty years old, with a thin build and a delicate appearance. He looks like a teacher from the Republic of China period, giving people a very educated and knowledgeable feeling.
"Kneel down!" Pulling me to the man, the old woman let go of me and ordered in a cold voice.
I didn't dare to hesitate, so I knelt down in front of the man as soon as my knees gave out, "Tang Ning, a faithful woman, kowtows to Grandpa Xian, begging Grandpa Xian for help..."
"Give me his tablet," the man suddenly said, interrupting me with a cold voice, "I will help you set up the memorial tablet."
I was startled, raised my head, and looked at the man in disbelief.
As expected of an immortal, he knew why I came before I even finished speaking!
I leaned over and hit my forehead hard on the floor, making a dull thud, "Thank you, Grandpa Xianjia, for saving my life..."
"Don't thank me in a hurry," the man said coldly, "I can help you establish a court, but I have one condition. You can't tell anyone that I am the one who leads the way. Shuo Bai was removed from the Liu family tree, and even the surname Liu was removed. He took it back, but now he wants to open a hall as Liu Jiaxian. He is not qualified. If the Liu family's head hall notices this in the future and comes to cause trouble for you, please don't involve me. "
I was stunned.
He knew Shuo Bai's identity, and he also knew that Shuo Bai was not qualified to establish a court, and he was worried about being implicated by Shuo Bai.
But since he is worried, why does he help us establish a court? It was as if someone was forcing him to do this and he had to accept it.
I suppressed the doubts in my heart and kowtowed respectfully to the man, "Xinnu has memorized all the words of Grandpa Xianjia. Thank you very much for Grandpa Xianjia's life-saving grace. No matter what disaster happens to Xinnu and Shuobai in the future, they will never be implicated." Come to Grandpa Xianjia. The faithful woman swears an oath here. If she breaks her oath, she will not die well."
Hearing my oath, the man seemed to feel relieved a lot. He let out a breath, then turned around and walked towards the inner hall. A cold voice came, "Come in with me."
I quickly got up and followed the man into the inner hall.
As soon as I entered the room, I smelled a strong aroma of offerings.
The house is not big, and there is a big red cloth hanging on the wall facing the door. There are golden calligraphy written on the big red cloth. On the top it says "Sanqing Lingbao Tianzun Long Blessing". Below the Lingbao Tianzun, it is written on the left and right. Long blessings to the leader of the golden flower, long blessings to the leader of the silver flower.
Under this big red cloth, there is an offering table. On the top of the offering table stands a tablet with a red paper on it. On the tablet is written the title of Liu Yinglong, the second grandpa of the Liu family, the head of the hall.
There are more than a dozen tablets with yellow paper placed under the tablet of the second grandfather of the Liu family. Tributes and incense burners were placed in front of these tablets. At this time, there were incense sticks in the incense burners and they were burning, with white smoke rising out.
This man's original name was Liu Yinglong.
Just as I was thinking about it, Liu Yinglong walked to the altar table. He stretched out his hand, grabbed a handful of incense ashes from the incense burner, pressed the ashes hard on the table, and smoothed it with his palms.
In the blink of an eye, the smoothed incense ashes disappeared, and a suitably cut piece of red paper appeared on the altar table.
Then, Liu Yinglong pulled out an incense stick from the incense burner and flicked it casually in his hand. The incense stick that was still burning a second ago turned into a writing brush in the blink of an eye.
It was like magic, I was dumbfounded.
Liu Yinglong held the writing brush in his hand, dipped the tip of the pen into the palm of his hand, and then wrote a few large golden characters on the red paper - the title of the leader of the hall, Rokuro Shuobai of the Liu family.
After writing the words, Liu Yinglong inserted the brush into the incense burner. The brush turned into incense again, but the incense burned very quickly. In just a few seconds, the incense turned into ashes and fell into the incense burner. .
Liu Yinglong stretched out his hand towards me and said, "Bring the tablet."
I quickly handed over the tablet with both hands.
Liu Yinglong took the tablet, tore off the yellow talisman posted by Taoist Lin on the tablet, then picked up the red paper on the altar table and pasted it on the tablet. While doing this, he said, "Tang Ning, your tangkou has been established. From now on, you must abide by your duties as a fairy and accept more business. As the tangkou becomes popular, Shuo Bai's cultivation will also increase. As for now, your hall has just been established and there is no incense, Shuo Bai’s tablet can be left in my hall for the time being, so that he can eat the incense from my hall to nourish his body."
Hearing this, I was so moved that my knees weakened and I knelt down to kowtow.
Liu Yinglong raised his hand to support me, raised his voice, and shouted to the people outside the door, "Xiangxiu, she just started and doesn't understand anything. Just give her your notes, and we will act as guides. Then Just do your duty as a guide.”
"Yes." The old woman's aged voice came from outside the house, "Tang Xiangu, please come with me."
I thanked Liu Yinglong and then slowly exited the room at the entrance.
I retreated to the door of the room, and when I turned around to go out, I heard a slight sigh from behind. Liu Yinglong's voice was low and helpless, "I can only do so much for you. From now on, ask for more." Bless you."
I was confused. Liu Yinglong should have said this to Shuo Bai, right? What does Ting Ting mean? He and Shuo Bai know each other?
Without giving me time to think about it, the old woman Liu Xiangxiu led me into her bedroom.
She climbed onto the kang, opened the wooden cabinet at the end of the kang, and took out a small bag wrapped in red cloth.
Opening the red cloth, an old notebook appeared in front of me.
Liu Xiangxiu handed me the notebook, her aging face full of arrogance, "I started speaking in court at the age of fifteen, and it has been more than fifty years. This notebook is a record of my life on the road. Take it back and learn from it."
I thanked her and was about to leave with my notebook in hand, when Liu Xiangxiu suddenly grabbed my wrist and she suddenly came closer to me, her aging face magnified in front of my eyes.
"Tang Xiangu," she stared at me and asked, "do you know that your immortal family was expelled from the family because of any mistakes you made?"
My heart was lifted, I shook my head and said, "Please ask Liu Xiangu for advice."
"Because of killing!" Liu Xiangxiu lowered her voice, and her old voice reached my ears like an ancient curse in the dark room.
"Because he went crazy and killed his own disciple!"
