Chapter V The County Magistrate Visits
"Woooooooo..."
The dark wind blew by, and a transparent and illusory ghost followed behind Uncle Fu, picking up the ghost money and ingots.
Immediately afterwards, more and more ghosts appeared, fighting for the ghost money and ingots, and even fought each other for a single ingot.
These ghosts are male and female, old and young, some are missing arms and legs, some are beyond recognition, some have protruding eyes and long tongues, they are all kinds of strange, ferocious and terrifying.
Seeing these ghosts, Su Hao knew that these were poor people. Unlike Su An, although Su An practiced heretical practices, Su An guarded the tranquility of Yu County, had merits, and entered the underworld after death, at least.
If you can be awarded a minor underworld official, if you choose to be reincarnated, you will also be blessed with wealth and longevity.
However, these ghosts died unjustly during their lifetime, died in an unknown manner, and were too resentful to be reincarnated. There was no one to sacrifice them to, so they could only live as lonely ghosts. If there were any offerings, they would naturally break their heads and fight for them.
When Uncle Fu returned to the hearse, the hearse set off again, and Uncle Fu would throw down some ghost money and ingots from time to time, letting the ghosts follow the hearse closely.
Half an hour later, the hearse stopped in front of a mountain. There was no road ahead.
Su Hao moved the six paper figures off the hearse one by one, and then Su Hao took out a dagger.
The next moment, Su Hao cut his fingers expressionlessly, drew inexplicable symbols on the paper figures with blood, and chanted unknown spells. When all six paper figures were painted with symbols, Su Hao
Hao's face also turned a little pale.
Although controlling these ordinary paper figures does not require any effort, it does require a lot of energy and blood.
"disease!"
Su Hao shouted loudly, and the blood from the six paper figures was instantly absorbed into the paper figures. The next moment, the six paper figures started to move.
Four of the paper figures came to Su An's ebony coffin and lifted it up, while the other two paper figures picked up the other ghost coins and ingots on the hearse.
"rise!"
Su Hao pointed his hand, and the four paper figures carried the ebony coffin towards the mountains. Su Hao and Uncle Fu followed closely behind. The last two paper figures were throwing money and ingots.
"Hehehe..."
"Woooooooo..."
The paper man let out an irritating laugh, and the ghosts fighting for the ghost money made a whine similar to crying.
Laughter and crying mixed together strangely.
Fortunately, this is a deserted mountain and it is midnight and no one is passing by. Otherwise, ordinary people would be scared to death.
The paper man carried the ebony coffin deep into the mountains and stopped in front of a large pit that had been dug.
This is the blessed place that Su An chose during his lifetime.
After the four paper figures put the ebony coffin into the deep pit and built the tomb, Su Hao took out three sticks of incense, lit it, inserted it in the open space, and then raised his voice to the ghosts who were following:
"Fellow folks, my father is buried today. Su Hao would like to ask all folks to guard my father's grave for three years!"
"In the past three years, all of you folks have been worshiped by the Su family!"
As soon as Su Hao finished speaking, whispers rang out among the many ghosts, like a noisy vegetable market.
"If any villagers and elders are willing, they can enter the paper man."
Su Hao spoke again, and at the same time, he waved his hand and scattered paper into soldiers. Hundreds of paper figures appeared in the open space.
At this time, the whispering ghosts couldn't bear it anymore and merged into the paper figures one after another. They had already endured enough of the days of lonely ghosts. Although they only had three years to offer sacrifices, they didn't want to miss it.
Immediately, hundreds of paper figures got into the newly piled grave. The next moment, a faint light flashed on the mound, and the entire tomb took on the luster of iron stone.
Seeing this scene, Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Hundreds of ghosts were buried with him to guard the tomb. Ordinary ghost and demon monks could not destroy the tomb. After a year and a half, the magic power in Su An's body dissipated and his body turned into a mortal.
If Su An's body is dead, those monsters and monsters will have no interest in pursuing Su An's body.
………
After Su An was buried, Su Hao stayed at home to observe filial piety for Su An. According to the Ming Dynasty's filial piety system, when an official's parents died in his family, he had to observe filial piety for three years. During the three years, he could not be an official, could not take scientific examinations, and could not go to the nearest university.
Women are not allowed to drink and have fun.
However, Su Hao is only a scholar and has not yet become an official. To keep his filial piety, he does not need to build a shed in front of the tomb like an official. However, in the past three years, Su Hao will not be able to take part in the imperial examination again. Otherwise, he will be charged with unfilial piety, let alone pass the exam.
, maybe he will be dead.
Su Hao was looking through the books taken out from the secret room. These books were travel notes compiled from the personal experiences of several generations of the Su family. They were the experiences and lessons accumulated by the Su family for several generations.
At this time, the housekeeper Zhu Bo hurried in and said: "Young Master, the county magistrate is here!"
Is it finally here?
When Su Hao heard the arrival of the magistrate of Yu County, Su Hao raised his eyebrows. Now the Su family can occupy the funeral business in several surrounding counties and own more than a thousand acres of fertile land, thanks to the name of the magistrate of Yu County, Zhang Jiatao.
It has been three months since Su An was buried. Zhang Jiatao could bear to wait until now, which is considered a great honor to Su An.
"Follow me out to meet the magistrate!"
After taking a deep breath, Su Hao said in a deep voice, there is no way to avoid what is coming. Ever since Su An's legs were broken, Zhang Jiatao has seldom let Su An take action. Now that Su An is dead, if he can't take over Su An's
burden, then Zhang Jiatao will definitely not continue to support the Su family.
And without Zhang Jiatao's support, the Su family would be just a big piece of fat!
After Su Hao and Zhang Jiatao greeted Zhang Jiatao for a while, Zhang Jiatao got down to business.
"My dear nephew, I don't know the inheritance of the Su family. How much have you learned?"
"Uncle Zhang, don't worry. My father once said that my nephew's practice is already considered as an intrusion."
Su Hao chuckled and replied, although he had just started cultivating, his paper man was made by several generations of the Su family, and with the help of Uncle Fu, a century-old ghost, his strength was not much worse than Su An's back then. The only difference was that
It's all about experience.
"If that's the case, then I can rest assured."
Zhang Jiatao chuckled and said: "This time, I came to visit my uncle, mainly because I have something to ask my nephew for help."
Hearing Zhang Jiatao's words, Su Hao was not surprised at all. The Su family relied on Zhang Jiatao's influence to have its current family business. Now that Su An is dead, Zhang Jiatao naturally wants to see if Su Hao is qualified to take on Su An's responsibilities.
Otherwise, he wouldn't let Su Hao continue to take advantage of him for nothing.
"Uncle Zhang, please tell me, within my ability, my nephew will never shirk the blame."
After thinking for a while, Su Hao chuckled and said, although he wanted to use Zhang Jiatao's influence to save the Su family's family business, it didn't mean that there would be any danger.
The relationship between the Su family and Zhang Jiatao is a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship. The Su family wants to use Zhang Jiatao's name to establish a foothold in Yu County, while Zhang Jiatao uses the power of the Su family to ensure the safety of the territory.
Chapter completed!