At this time, the sky was almost dusk, and the ancient tower village where the sunset was shining obliquely seemed so quiet, but Qi Lu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, as if he was caught in a treacherous whirlpool, and he could only desperately stretch out a head and breathe hard.
"Xiao Yang, go out to play," Yang Shaotian walked from the side with a hoe and greeted the two of them with a smile.
"yes."
Qi Lu reluctantly answered with a smile on his face.
Ding Xiaolan was a little nervous and said, "What now?"
"What's the panic, he doesn't know we want to escape from the village."
When Yang Shaotian came to the front, Qi Lu had already started talking to him with a calm and calm expression.
Yang Shaotian said: "Tomorrow will be held to worship the ancestors, the two of you should rest early, don't miss the time." ” "Thank you Lao Yang for reminding us, we are getting ready to go back to sleep."
"Rest so early, then I won't disturb the two of you to rest."
Before leaving, Yang Shaotian said meaningfully: "Don't forget to bring your father's key tomorrow." ” Qi Lu was taken aback when he heard this, how could even this Yang Shaotian be interested in the key belt He looked at the middle-aged man in front of him coldly, and caught a trace of greed from his seemingly calm eyes.
Qi Lu asked quietly: "Lao Yang, how do you know that I brought my father's key?"
"Hehe, the whole village knows.
Ever since he received your father's letter, the village chief has treated it as a big deal.
Yang Shaotian pretended to be close and said: "We have inconvenient transportation here, and there are Rohingya from time to time to harass, and it is rare for guests to come all year round."
Xiao Yang, you have traveled thousands of miles to see us, we have to entertain you well. ” "Old Yang, you are too polite."
"I'm here this time, but I'll stay a few more days, and I'll take you to the back mountains to hunt wild boars when I have time."
"Okay, okay, then I'll thank you in advance."
The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Yang Shaotian said goodbye and went home for dinner.
After Yang Shaotian left, Qi Lu combed his hair with his hands, and then walked towards the village.
Ding Xiaolan exclaimed: "Don't go, this village is too ghostly" "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided."
"We're just afraid we're going to die in this village."
"It's not as serious as you say."
Ding Xiaolan still said uneasily: "We don't even have the key, how can you explain to the village chief tomorrow that they will treat us as liars" Qi Lu replied with a smile: "It's okay, I already thought of a reason to explain just now." ” "These villagers have guns, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide it tomorrow, and they will shoot you down."
"If we run away again, you can guarantee that we won't run around like we did and end up back in Guta Village."
"This" Ding Xiaolan was speechless.
Qi Lu sighed: "Beauty, don't you understand, if we don't reveal the secret of Guta Village, I'm afraid we will never have a chance to get out." ” After saying that, Qi Lu didn't care how scared Ding Xiaolan was, and forcibly dragged her towards the house that Yang Yi arranged for them.
At dinner time, Yang Bo came over again to invite Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan to his house for dinner.
But Ding Xiaolan was shocked and scared, and said that she didn't want to go, so Qi Lu had to politely refuse.
Soon after Yang Bo left, the village chief's wife brought food.
Qi Lu tossed for a day, he was really hungry, he picked up the rice bowl and ate it in a big gulp, but Ding Xiaolan didn't dare to raise chopsticks to eat.
Qi Lu said: "Eat, what are you still doing?"
” "I'm afraid that the rice is poisonous."
Qi Lu smiled and said: "What a little fool, if they really want to poison us, why bother to scare us these days" Qi Lu paused for a moment and said: "They don't know that there is no key in the box that Yang Peng gave me, that is to say, they will not poison us before the key arrives." ” Ding Xiaolan listened to what Qi Lu said was reasonable, and then saw that Qi Lu had eaten for a long time and had no adverse reactions, so she also picked up chopsticks and ate the vegetables.
"yes, that's the way to behave.
If we don't eat and drink, how can we have the energy to run for our lives?
After speaking, Qi Lu grimaced at her, which amused Ding Xiaolan.
After eating, Qi Lu went out, and when he came back, he was carrying a large bag in his hand, and he poured the contents of the bag on the table and sorted them out.
Ding Xiaolan saw that these things were all drawing materials such as cinnabar, and asked strangely: "You will hand over the keys tomorrow, what are you doing with these things now?"
"Draw talismans, maybe I'll catch a few ghosts tomorrow."
"I'm afraid that you won't be able to get off the stage tomorrow without a key, and you still want to have a chance to catch ghosts" "Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it."
Qi Lu glanced at her and grinned and said, "In case I am killed by the villagers tomorrow, you can remember to send me a wreath." ” Seeing Qi Lu's indecent appearance, Ding Xiaolan had no choice but to smile bitterly and shake her head.
Early the next morning, Yang Bo and a few descendants came over to invite Qi Lu to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.
It seems that Guta Village attaches great importance to this ancestor worship, along the way Qi Lu heard the sound of firecrackers constantly, and several descendants who greeted him also looked solemn, holding gongs and drums in front of the road, striking the gong every ten steps, and reciting the language that Qi Lu could not understand, presumably a blessing or something like a blessing.
This grand scene made Qi Lu feel a little complacent, feeling like an ancient county magistrate going to the countryside to inspect, Yang Bo and those juniors were of course the servants who supported him to open the way.
When Qi Lu came to the ancestral hall, he saw that the whole village had come, and the sound of ritual music also sounded, but Ding Xiaolan bit his ear and said, "The suona is too ugly, it's really harsh." ” Qi Lu listened carefully to what Ding Xiaolan said, except for the drum beating on the beat, the other instruments played were really out of tune.
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He took a closer look and was relieved, it turned out that the people who played music and chanted the scriptures were all villagers from his village.
It is no wonder that the village is located in the middle of nowhere, and the people in the village have time to go outside to invite monks and Taoists.
The ancestral hall had been renovated, and Qi Lu saw Yang Yi and several elderly villagers changing into brand new clothes, standing in front of the vermilion lacquer gate chatting, and hurriedly came forward to greet him.
After a while, the door of the ancestral hall was opened by two juniors, Yang Yi took the lead in entering, and several older villagers behind him were half a step behind, and the others followed closely behind.
Qi Lu saw that at the top of the ancestral hall was a statue of a warrior with a bow carved in stone, and his eyes looked into the distance, extremely deep and far-reaching.
Below the statue are rows of ancestral tablets, the offering table is divided into two rows, the upper row is full of flowers, wine, fruits, cakes and other vegetarian food, and the lower row is full of pig's heads, roosters and other tributes.
Ding Xiaolan asked: "Why is the tribute still divided into two rows, is there anything exquisite?"
Qi Lu chuckled and said, "You don't know anything about this."
Taoism has clouds and geese and the earth is disgusted with dogs, so ancestors should not worship birds such as geese and ducks and dog meat.
The statue in the center of the ancestral hall tablet must be Hou Yi, the villagers claim to be the descendants of Yi, and Hou Yi belongs to the higher level of the god in ancient myths and legends, he is the great hero praised by the world, and the table is served with vegetarian food, so as to show respect.
Although the other tablets are the ancestors of the villagers, they are mortals after all, so they use the dish to show the difference. ” Ding Xiaolan stuck out her tongue and said lightly: "I didn't expect that there are so many rules for ancestor worship." ” At this time, Yang Yi stood in front of everyone and shouted: "Today is a big day to worship ancestors, are you ready?"
"Ready," everyone replied in a loud voice.
"Okay, please enter the arena in turn, and stand in line on both sides."
Qi Lu was worried about where he should stand, and Yang Bo had quietly come to lead him to stand in line.
At this time, Qi Lu realized that he was very senior in the village, and he could actually stand in the front row.
And Ding Xiaolan, she came to Guta Village as Qi Lu's fiancée, and now she is not a member of the village, and she has been politely invited by a junior to rest outside the door.
With the sound of gongs and drums, Yang Yi recited the sacrificial prayer on behalf of the whole clan, cleaned his hands and dusted his clothes, and then led men, women and children to bow down to their ancestors according to their seniority, and burned gold leaf and incense paper The whole process of the ceremony was quite long and cumbersome, and it took two or three hours to complete the worship to the ancestors.
At this time, Qi Lu's stomach was already rumbling with hunger.
After all, worshipping ancestors is a big event, and Yang Yi set up a sumptuous banquet in the square.
For a time, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, chickens and ducks were boiled, and the voices of people were boiling, and the whole Guta Village was not lively.
At the main table, except for Yang Yi and his wife, a few high-ranking villagers, and Qi Lu, everyone else was not qualified to sit at all.
Of course, as today's protagonist, Qi Lu is indispensable to be drunk.
He wanted to pretend to be drunk like last time, but it didn't work today.
Because today, as long as the villagers who can drink a little wine come to him to toast, some villagers who are much older than him even say that the uncle is long and the uncle is short, so he is really embarrassed not to drink.
Fortunately, Qi Lu drank a lot of wine, and when the banquet ended, although he was drunk, he was not very drunk.
Qi Lu saw that the time was almost up, so he glanced at Ding Xiaolan, who had already finished eating and had been sitting on the side to take care of him.
Seeing this, Ding Xiaolan hurriedly smiled and said to Yang Yi: "Uncle Yang, Xiao Yang is drunk today, I'll help him go back to rest first, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." ” Yang Yi was just about to answer, when a lukewarm voice sounded behind them: "Village Chief, aren't you going to hand over the key today?"
Qi Lu looked back with drunken eyes, and saw Yang Shaotian coming over from the wine table next to him to ask.
"Oops, I really forgot if you didn't say it."
Qi Lu grinned and took out the box from his pocket.
Ding Xiaolan's face turned pale instantly, and she secretly pulled the corner of Qi Lu's clothes with her hand to remind him not to be drunk and confused, but Qi Lu pretended not to know and solemnly handed the box into Yang Yi's hands.
"I finally recognized my ancestors and returned to my ancestors, thanks to your father's foresight."
Yang Yi sighed, opened the seal, and then opened the box again.
As soon as the box was opened, everyone's eyes widened in an instant, and they didn't even close their mouths. freeti0 t1706231537: