The short-lived ghost of the Xie family has lived a long life

Chapter 750
The bells of Jietai Temple are divided into morning, noon and evening.

The monk who rings the bell in the evening shift is called Yayoi. On the first day, he didn’t pay much attention to it. At 110, the bell was ringing so hard that he almost went deaf. He couldn’t even notice it.

The next day, Yayoi realized something was wrong. The last click didn’t even sound.

But it’s unlikely when you think about it.

It's still the same bell beating, it's still the same big bell, it's still using the same force, how could it not ring?
On the third day, Yayoi was careful and called the youngest junior fellow student in the same sect to help count.

At the last moment, the two of them watched helplessly as the bell hit them. The big bell shook, but no sound was made at all.

Yayoi suddenly broke into a cold sweat on her back.

The junior brother didn't think so.

Yayoi advised Yayoi to say that it didn't matter if the knocking didn't work. Who was eating enough and having nothing to do and why he came to count them? The temple was so busy that it was better to do less than to do more.

Yayoi thought about it and realized that no one would pay attention. Besides, it wasn't because he was lazy, so he didn't announce it to anyone.

But I always feel uneasy in my heart.

After holding it in for a few days, I finally couldn't hold it in anymore, so I ran to find the abbot at night when no one was around.

The abbot has lived for most of his life and has heard a lot of strange things, but he doesn't take them to heart.

Now his immediate boss, Mr. Pei, came, and he reported the matter smoothly.

If anything happens, Jietai Temple will be able to evade it.

"Master Pei, look at this..."

Pei Xiao thought something big was going on, but after a long while, it turned out that the clock didn't ring.

what ah!
As long as the coffin doesn't crack, anything can be said.

"There have been a lot of strange things happening in Sijiu City recently. I'm afraid they are related to the mountain collapse."

He said in a very calm tone: "Don't publicize this matter anymore, just pretend it didn't happen!"

The abbot originally wanted to prepare a case before his superior.

"Your Majesty is right. It must be caused by fluctuations in luck. If you don't make it public, it's rotten in your stomach."

clever!

Pei Xiao raised his hat and said, "Come on, I have to rush to the next temple."

"I'll send the adults off."

"After seeing you for thousands of miles, we finally need to say goodbye!"

The abbot was startled and looked at Huang Qi beside him: What's wrong with your family?
Astragalus is just invisible.

He can't say that my adults have shrunk since they showed off that night, and they are still wilting to this day.

While speaking, he arrived at the main hall.

Huang Qi thought about it again and again, but decided to share the worries for his family: "Master, would you like to light some incense?"

"What do you ask for? How do you ask for it? Which Bodhisattva do you ask for?"

Pei Xiao's smile exploded like a lit firecracker.

Guanyin is responsible for giving birth to children, and Yuelao is responsible for marriage. Which Bodhisattva can control the man named Li? Why don't you like him?
……

Yonghe 18 years.

On March [-], after the preparations for the enthronement ceremony were completed, Du Jianxue, the Minister of Rites, invited the prince to ascend the throne.

The prince lowered the curtain at the main entrance of Qianqing Palace to suspend the funeral.
On that day, the Shangbaosi set up treasure cases in Fengtian Hall and Honglu Temple and set up table cases on Danbi. The Jiaofangsi displayed them in Zhonghe Shaole, but they were in mourning and did not make them.

The Jinyiwei set up a cloud cover and a cloud tray in the east of the Fengtian Hall, a cloud tray on the Chengtian Gate, a cloud carriage outside the Xingmen, and a reading table on the Chengtian Gate to the southwest.

At night, there is a curfew in [-] cities.

The nine city gates are tightly closed, and those from outside cannot get in, and those from within cannot get out.

The emperor's personal guards and Jin Yiwei strictly inspected every street and alley in the city, and the military and horse divisions of the five cities assisted in the investigation.

Soon the streets were deserted.

Even the two sides of the Yongding River, which is usually the busiest, were silent, and all the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion were closed to thank guests.

The entire Sijiu City was empty and quiet, waiting for the upcoming new owner.

...Yonghe 18th year, March [-]th.

The sound of bells and drums awakened the sleeping Sijiu City.

The sound of bells and drums comes from the Meridian Gate.

There are three bell and drum pavilions on both sides of the main tower of the Meridian Gate. Whenever the emperor visited the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth to offer sacrifices, the bells would be rung, and the drums would be played when the emperor went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices.

For example, when the new emperor ascends the throne today, the bells and drums will ring in unison. The bells will strike ninety-nine and eighty-one times, and the drums will beat one hundred and eighty-eight times, all of which have a certain number.

At this time, civil and military officials dressed in court clothes entered from the palace gate and walked all the way to Danqi, waiting for the arrival of the new emperor.

This is a long way, and the officials can neither walk too fast nor too slowly. At the same time as the bells and drums are beating, the generals will arrive at Danchi.

After practicing in the past few days, the officials have mastered a trick.

After a bell is struck, walk nine steps. According to this rhythm, take 720 nine steps and stand still.

Xie Daozhi walked in front of the team, making plans in his mind.

As the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier.

After today, the old emperor will become the late emperor. As one of the cabinet ministers of the late emperor, he should stay in the cabinet for one or two years to make a transition.

But the new emperor and the previous emperor had always been at odds with each other. I'm afraid the first thing he would do after taking office was to replace all the old guys like them.

The current situation is probably going to be turbulent for a while.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly realized something was wrong. Why did everyone in front of me stop, and they were still only a few steps away from Danchi.

Just when Xie Daozhi was about to ask what was going on with the old minister in front of him, out of the corner of his eye he saw Qin Qi, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial department on the steps, swept his fly whisk, called the young chamberlain behind him, and whispered a few words.

The little chamberlain ran away, ran to Feng Changxiu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards in the distance, and whispered a few words.

Feng Changxiu's face suddenly darkened, and he turned to look at the person behind him.

The person behind him nodded and waved his hand, and seven or eight guards in royal robes flew towards the Meridian Gate and flew away.

Changes happened so quickly.

Xie Daozhi touched the old minister in front of him with his arm and asked in a low voice: "What happened?"

Old Shangshu's eyes were full of anger, and his voice was roaring so that everyone around him could hear it.

"The bell ringers at Meridian Gate don't know what they are doing. On such an important occasion, they don't have to ring the bells once."

Only eighty knocks?

Xie Daozhi's heart thumped, thinking that something was not good now.

……

Meridian Gate.

In the bell pavilion.

The two brothers who rang the bell, one named Lin Hai and the other Lin Tao, were both kneeling in front of their boss Zhao Wentu, trembling.

"Master Zhao, it's not that we didn't ring, it's that the bell didn't ring."

"Master Zhao, the bell really didn't ring. I watched him hit it. Please save us, save us!"

Zhao Wentu's body went limp and he fell to the ground, howling worse than a ghost.

"I will save you, how can I save you? Who will believe it? Who will believe it... Even my Zhao family has to take copies of everything. My eldest grandson is only three years old, only three years old..."

When the two Lin brothers heard this, their faces turned pale.

Just a moment later, the Meridian Gate was already surrounded by Jinyi guards.

A team of people rushed into the bell pavilion and picked up three people who were lying on the ground.

The leading Jin Yiwei put his hands on his waist and sneered.

"The grand ceremony of the new emperor's coronation, the bell has struck nine-nine-nine and eighty-one, and you dare not ring it once. Every one of you is damn tired of living. Take them all away to me and find out who is the mastermind behind them!"

"Wrong, wrong..."

Jin Yiwei was so angry that he kicked him over.

"It's no use to wrong your mother!"

(End of this chapter)