Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 215 Double Ninth Cake (2)

   "Six determinations are yin, and nine determinations are yang. On the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon are combined with yang. The two nines are the same, so it is called Chongyang."

  Because he was busy with the case, Lin Fei didn't go to the public kitchen for lunch, but asked Zhao You to bring the lunch to the house, and bought a box of Chongyang gift boxes by the way.

  The gift box was placed on a long table not far away, and Lin Fei could see the words engraved on the outside of the gift box when he looked up.

   These few words come from the "Book of Changes". Ji Cai asked him if he was okay when he bought the gift box.

good! Naturally good! Not only in response to the festival, Lin Fei lowered his eyes, put his fingers on the case and tapped lightly: For some people, today is probably a very special day.

  After lunch, Wen Mingtang planted two cornus plants at the entrance of the public kitchen, and walked to his yard with several cornus plants.

Having nothing to do, A Bing and Tang Yuan followed Wen Mingtang and watched Wen Mingtang tie dogwood on the door and window of his house all the way. How about tying this, my mother said it can drive away poisonous insects, Master Wen, is this true?"

Wen Mingtang handed the two cloth bags tied with dogwood that he had made yesterday to the two of them, and asked them to tie them around their waists, and said: "Those old people have indeed said so. Dispelling cold and wind, and even..."

   "Quiet evil!" Tangyuan said excitedly, "When I came out today, I saw several neighbors invited monks and Taoists to recite scriptures!"

"What's that in the neighbor's house? It's just for business!" A Bing glanced at the excited Tangyuan, and immediately answered, refusing to lose face in front of the Tangyuan, "I saw several houses doing such a crime to avoid the taboo of strangers. If it’s for business, that’s the grandeur!”

  This is true! Wen Mingtang smiled when he heard what A Bing said, thoughtfully: The Day of Double Ninth Festival in Dayong is a high-level day for ordinary people, but it is the annual day of exorcising evil spirits when it is waiting for evil!

   So, for the Yuan family who is in the tombstone business, I am afraid it is a big deal!

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Not far away in the alley, squatting and seeing family members chanting sutras and chanting Buddha at the gate of the Yuan family's tombstone. The guard was startled by a sudden slap on the shoulder. Voice "Liu Sicheng!".

   "How?" Liu Yuan asked them, "Is there any gain from squatting all morning?"

   The guard nodded and said: "I really found something! A lot of people came here this morning to give Buddhist scriptures, cassocks and other things to ward off evil spirits. Five of the friends that Master Su made even came over in person!"

  This matter, if not because of the case of the surname Su, it would not be surprising on weekdays.

   After all, there are not many people in this business that is taboo for strangers, and there are only a few in the entire Chang'an City. The tombstones of the Yuan family are well done, so it is not surprising to meet these people.

"These people in this business usually look low-key and unobtrusive, but when you think about it carefully, as long as they deal with the funeral affairs, most of them have had contact with them." The guard said, "The tombstone of the Yuan family is magnificent. , is favored by wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, so I have a lot of acquaintance with these people."

Liu Yuan nodded, looked at the tombstones of the Yuan family not far away where monks were gathered to read scriptures, sneered, and said: "Throughout the ages, everyone is worried about what will happen after the death. Otherwise, why did the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty want to build a mausoleum on such a large scale? ?”

  The business of the Yuan family is really a business to make money silently, and the Yuan family who want to make money will not care about the dude like Yuan Erlang who doesn't understand anything and give up this business.

   If this is an internal matter of the Yuan family, Dali Temple is too lazy to take care of it. However, thinking about the case of Su, Liu Yuan turned his head and asked the guard: "Then the families of the deceased masters who had friends with the same surname Su have sent people to come?"

  The guard moved his numb feet and said, "I'm about to talk about these things!" The guard said with a serious expression, "When the door opened in the morning, people were sent here!"

   Isn’t this the commonality of the cases that I have been looking for for a long time?

  Although there are not many tombstone businesses, it may not be a coincidence that the people involved in the case are all related to the Yuanjia Tombstone. But since they have something in common, they can be arrested for questioning.

  The guard turned his head and asked Liu Yuan: "Liu Sicheng, do you want to arrest people now?"

  Liu Yuan shook his head, looked at the tombstones of the Yuan family at the door where the sound of chanting sutras and chanting came one after another, and plucked his ears, saying: "For the time being, there is no need!"

   Put a long line to catch big fish! There are too many big fish, there is more than one, so you can't use a long line, you should use a net!

  When Liu Yuan appeared near the tombstone row of the Yuan family, Bai Zhu appeared in a teahouse outside the city wearing ordinary clothes and leading a few servants.

   Today in Chongyang, there are many people going out to enjoy climbing. Sitting in the teahouse and looking at the mountains, you can see groups of pedestrians holding chrysanthemums in their hands and wearing dogwood sachets on their waists.

  Bai Zhu only glanced at the mountain, and then turned to the foot of the mountain, where the guards at the gate patrolled back and forth, preventing visitors from getting any closer.

  The cinnabar-red "Linliuzhuang" on the huge stone tablet in front of Zhuangzi's gate seemed to be blood-colored under the sun, and Bai Zhu couldn't help but frown.

The clerk didn't get free until this time, trotted over, took the money handed over by Bai Zhu, said happily "Thank you, sir" and patted his chest to assure: "Don't worry, my lord! I've been here for twenty years Every day when I open my eyes, I see this Linliu Village, I am afraid that apart from their own people, there is no one who knows more about this Linliu Village than the little one!"

"In the final analysis, the owner of Linliu Village was reincarnated well. His ancestors accumulated virtues, and now in the hands of the owner of Linliu Village, all his relatives are gone, and all the wealth in the family will naturally be enjoyed by him alone. Already!" said the man, "he can spend endlessly on rent and interest every day, so he can be a rich and idle man! He likes all kinds of gold and silver jewellery, beauties, famous poets and paintings... "

   "It's just that I don't know if it's because I lost my body when I was young or it's just like this," the man spread his hands and said, "Of course I won't know about such private matters!"

"In short, the owner of Linliu Village has never had any children, and has never married a wife! Well, there are quite a few beauties, but when the beauties are old, the owner will send her away!" Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, "I've been here for twenty years, and there are no more than eighteen beauties around this villa owner. They are all young beauties!"

   Well, although the owner of Linliu Village wasn't ugly when he was young, because he had more money and wealth, he looked younger than his peers.

"But the owner of Linliu Villa is already seventy, no matter how young he is, how can he be so young?" The man clicked his lips, seeing Bai Zhu listening to him while turning his head to look at the cinnabar red stone tablet outside, Immediately said, "Your Excellency, are you looking at that stele? A few years ago, the owner of the villa had a serious illness and almost passed away. If he hadn't hung himself with thousands of gold medicinal herbs, he would have gone down to see the King of Hades at that time. At that time, I heard that the owner of the villa invited a A very powerful gentleman, asked him to erect this monument, saying it was for blocking evil spirits!"

   The man said, looking at the writing on the tombstone, he murmured: "I don't know how to adjust the color of the writing, sometimes it looks weird, as if painted with blood!"

  (end of this chapter)