The Plow

The Guan family is very lively.

It feels too ordinary to describe people coming and going.

If Ling Shu had to sum it up in one word, it should be temple fair.

The sound of gongs and drums, the sound of people, the black heads are divided into groups on both sides, some people line up with name cards, some people whisper to each other in groups, and some people gather around the two small stalls on the left and right of the door. Know what you're looking at.

Isn't this just like a temple fair?

Counting the days, from the delivery of the letter to the time when they rushed over, the old man should have been buried long ago, the first seven days may have passed, Yue Dingtang probably could only rush over to kowtow in front of the old man's grave, but even if there is a funeral, the Guan family shouldn't It's so much fanfare, it's as lively as a festival!

Look at the expressions on these people's faces, some are smiling, some are beaming, maybe they really thought that Fengtian City moved the temple fair to Guan's house.

Ling Shu looked left and right, and stepped forward to the crowd on the left.

"Master, what is this?"

He probed to ask the elderly man wearing a cotton hat with two ears in front of him.

The other party is mysterious.

"Are you from out of town?"

Ling Shu: "Oh, yes!"

Two-eared hat: "You are lucky. Today is the day when Grandpa Huang comes out to open the hall. Here, see if the person in front is there, holding a pen and paper in his hand. When he walks to you later, you follow him Ask for one, write your own birth date, and then keep it in your pocket, and when it's your turn, hurry up and ask Grandpa Huang what you want to ask."

Ling Shu:? ? ?

"Wait a minute, sir, isn't the surname of this family Guan?"

"Hey, you child, you don't understand what you say. That's Grandpa Huang, the Baojiaxian, do you understand? Asking about troubles to avoid disasters and exorcise evil spirits is very effective. Fourth Master Guan has a celestial destiny, Grandpa Huang I just chose him, my neighbor came to ask about it once, and it worked!"

Ling Shu: ...

After asking for a long time, he finally almost figured it out.

The so-called Grandpa Huang is a weasel who becomes a spirit and possesses predestined people, and uses them to do good deeds and accumulate virtues to practice and accumulate Taoism.

That is to say, the fourth master of the Guan family was possessed by a weasel and became a well-known horse fairy!

The ear-hat uncle also listed to Ling Shu all kinds of miracles of Guan Siye.

For example, there is a family whose child cries every night, not only crying but also talking nonsense in the middle of the night. Ziyun's family lives somewhere in the outskirts of the city. He was half dead, and sought medical treatment everywhere, but he couldn't be cured, but he brought him to Guan Siye for a look, and the next day he returned to his original state, alive and kicking.

For another example, a few years ago, a certain family had a murder case. The husband died, and the suspect was the wife. But the wife tried every means to make excuses, and the police couldn’t find any evidence. They were about to close the case hastily. Some of the wife’s relatives and friends came here. Seeking the fourth master of the Guan family to come forward, the fourth master of the Guan family really did something extraordinary when he made a move. He took the suspect's relatives and friends to the graveyard of the suspect's husband in the middle of the night to dig up the dead body. Under the spell, the dead body returned from the underworld to speak and tell the truth. , it turned out that the real murderer was her husband's younger brother...

Click, click.

The two-eared cap spoke happily, and Ling Shu listened with gusto.

He even took out a handful of melon seeds from nowhere and gave half of them to the other party, and the two just chatted with each other.

The uncle saw that the young man was very pleasing to the eye, and offered to let him follow him.

Ling Shu agreed without hesitation, without hesitation.

"Master, you are really kind. Everyone says that people from the Northeast are straightforward. I have seen it now."

The binaural hat was coaxed by him into a smile.

"Are you coming to Fengtian for business, or something?"

Ling Shu: "I'm visiting relatives. My friend's relatives have something to do. I will follow my friend to kowtow to the elders."

Two-ear hat: "Hey, then you are good to your friend, and you have come here all the way, are you a family friend?"

Ling Shu ate a melon seed: "Almost."

Two-ear hat: "Where is your friend's relative's house? Have you found it? There is no place in Fengtian City that I am not familiar with. If you can't find it, you can ask me!"

Ling Shu: "I found it, isn't this just visiting?"

"Why are you... visiting?"

The binaural hat was puzzled at first, then raised his finger and pointed to the Guan family plaque above his head.

"This? The Guan family?"

Ling Shu grinned: "Isn't it the Guan family?"

Ear cap: ...

Ling Shu: "Let me tell you, my friend is a close relative of the Guan family, not a relative who can't be reached. The old man of their family passed away. My friend came here on behalf of the family. I heard that the Guan family has a big business. A rich and powerful family, looking at it now, it is really extraordinary, I said, sir, seeing your reaction, how come you are not half envious?"

Two-eared hat: "... I'm envious! What a mess this Guan family has become. Take a look for yourself. The family is not a family, and there is no distinction between top and bottom. Not long after the old man of the Guan family was buried, the door of the house is like a temple fair." , is it decent?"

Ling Shu almost laughed: "Then didn't you just say that Fourth Master Guan is very effective?"

Two-eared hat: "Hey, you child is not sensible! I said that Master Guan is psychic, and it doesn't interfere with these things. The one who is efficacious is Huang Daxian, not Guan's family! Fourth Master Guan has a psychic physique, and he has a relationship with Huang Daxian. The others are really outrageous, have you seen the stall next door to you?"

Ling Shu: "I see, I was just about to ask you, what's going on, did the Guan family have two immortal families?"

Uncle Shuang Ermao said: "Of course not, the five brothers of the Guan family, except for the fourth master Guan who has a fairy fate, the rest are ordinary people, but the uncle of the Guan family has always been obsessed with Buddhism. practice……"

"Wait a minute, sir!" Ling Shu had to interrupt him, "This method of eating fast, chanting Buddha and opening an altar, Buddhism and Taoism, I'm afraid it doesn't fit?"

Two-ear hat: "You don't think it fits, she is quite beautiful herself, no, in order to fight with Guan Siye, Uncle Guan found a few monks and priests from somewhere, and said they were local eminent monks and Taoists, but I didn't hear anything I’ve heard that there is a practice of praying for blessings, saying that it is to give people peace talismans, write blessing characters, and bring healing talismans to drink water, what a mess!”

Ling Shu: "Are the safety talismans expensive?"

Two-ear hat: "No money, it's free!"

After he finished speaking, he showed Ling Shu a look at the cuff, where a yellow corner was exposed, which was not exactly the appearance of a talisman paper.

Ling Shu: ...

"You dare to bet on both sides, so you don't lose money?"

The two-ear hat said twice: "What do you know, anyway, it doesn't cost money, don't waste it, what if it works? Of course, I definitely believe in Fourth Master Guan, so don't say it outside, in case Grandpa Huang finds out If you think I'm dishonest, don't show it to me!"

Ling Shu: "What do you want to ask Fourth Master Guan?"

Speaking of this, the interest in the binaural hat suddenly disappeared.

"My little grandson is sick, no matter how you look at it, the doctor said, hey, it's not a good thing, we are desperate, so I thought of coming here to try, I have many grandchildren, but this little grandson is the most lively and lovable One of them, God bless, let him get well!"

The smile on the face of the double-ear hat was gone, he folded his hands together, lowered his head and muttered to himself, and lost the enthusiasm he had just talked with Ling Shu.

"Ling Shu."

A familiar voice came from not far away.

Ling Shu turned his head.

Yue Dingtang had already come back from the group of people on the right, and beside him was a middle-aged man in a gray robe.

Ling Shu touched his nose, he was really interested in taking a look at Fourth Master Guan's fairy fate.

"Ling Shu, come here."

Seeing that he didn't respond, Yue Dingtang yelled again.

Ling Shu had no choice but to bid farewell to the ear cap and walk over.

"You stood there for a long time, what are you talking about?" Yue Dingtang frowned, "I didn't hear you when I called you a few times."

Ling Shu said truthfully: "I'm waiting in line for Fourth Master Guan to ask questions."

Yue Dingtang twitched the corner of his mouth: "What intractable diseases do you have?"

Ling Shu laughed: "I want to ask when I will be able to achieve great success, and when my sister will become gentler, especially towards me."

"Don't fool around!"

Yue Dingtang reprimanded him softly, and introduced him to the middle-aged man beside him.

"This is Mr. He's job. He has worked in the Guan family for several generations. He came to pick us up."

While Yue Dingtang was speaking, Master He was also observing Ling Yue and the two of them.

The two are of similar stature, the young master of the Yue family is slightly taller, but they are both Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi, talents with imposing appearance.

The Yue family and the Guan family hadn't been in touch for many years, and they occasionally wrote letters, but they were polite and distant, and dealt with the matter.

The Guan family is far in the Northeast, so they don't know much about the Yue family. They only know that the Yue family is doing well in Shanghai. Although the previous generation died young, the three young masters of the Yue family are all dragons and phoenixes, social elites, and they all stand out from the crowd. rise.

Looking at it now, Yue Dingtang's appearance confirmed this statement.

In comparison, the Guan family's peers are much inferior.

Not only is it inferior.

Master He sighed secretly, but there was a smile on his face.

"Young Master Yue, Mr. Ling, please come with the villain! The gate is a bit messy today, which made my family laugh at me. I was supposed to pick you up at the station yesterday, but something happened at home, so this..."

Yue Dingtang and Ling Shu followed him through the side door.

It wasn't that the Guan family was negligent on purpose, but that the main entrance was crowded with people, and it was impossible to get in.

The inside is very open-minded.

The courtyards with several entrances and exits are not inferior to the old palace. Although there are occasional moss cracks at the corners of the steps, and the red paint of the pillars is gradually fading, the family background of the Guan family when they moved to Fengtian can be seen.

It's just that many trendy people are no longer willing to live in such a house, and even Yue's family lives in a small single-family house.

Wherever Lingshu and the others went, there were people in a hurry and some making loud noises, it was not much quieter than the outside, until they passed the atrium, the population decreased a little, and they finally had their eyes free to take a good look at the house.

It's just that in the flower hall, many people gathered again, and the noise became louder and louder, as if they were arguing and arguing, one person shouted loudly, the other roared, each sound was louder than the other sound, the tone fluctuated, as if singing an opera.

Ling Shu couldn't help but stop, and was about to take out the melon seeds in his pocket again.

As soon as he pinched the melon seeds with his fingers, Yue Dingtang held down his slender wrist, and the other party gave him a prophetic look.

Ling Shu looked innocent.

"What's the matter?" Yue Dingtang asked Mr. He.

Chief He smiled wryly: "It's the elder master and the fourth master. The two seem to have some quarrels. Let's go inside first. The second master is waiting for you!"

It wasn't just a quarrel, Ling Shu even saw one person punching the other in the face.

This is a brother?Those who don't know it can be regarded as revenge for killing their father.

Really answered the words of the bamboo hat——

Mess, it's too messy, it's just a mess!

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ps, regarding the two small details mentioned by readers in the last chapter, let’s unify this. 1. The title of Beijing is for the purpose of unifying the front and back, so it will not be changed back and forth. Readers will be confused if they talk about Beijing for a while and then Beiping for a while. 2. The year of Puyi’s restoration, here refers to the time when the puppet Manchukuo was established, not from Puyi’s “enthronement”, so the last year in the article should be 1932, and the “now” in the article is 1933.