Zhang Yuanwai saw that the shady had come to seduce his own soul, so how could he dare to quibble? He explained everything that happened.
It turned out that since the eminent monk gave them this method of getting married to suppress evil spirits, Zhang Yuanwai asked a matchmaker to help him find a woman who was born in Yang time, was more than ten years older than his son, and had the same horoscope.
But with such harsh requirements, how could he find it in a short time? While the matchmaker was using his connections to search everywhere, the eminent monk simply stayed at Zhang Yuan's house, burning incense and chanting Buddha's name every day, and even helped them read Feng Shui.
Half a year later, good news finally came from the matchmaker. They found such a "yang-qi" woman. The eminent monk took action again and selected a day to welcome the bride.
But on the day of the banquet, the young master of the Zhang family had an accident, and the happy event turned into a funeral. With no choice, the Zhang family had no choice but to organize the funeral and ask someone to tell the in-laws that the marriage was not done.
As a result, when the other party saw that the marriage was not consummated, the betrothal gift sent by the Zhang family had to be paid back. The plan to climb the big tree outside Zhang Yuan was also ruined. His own daughter was already a grown-up, and the family couldn't handle it.
,What can we do?
Simply grit your teeth and stamp your feet. The water thrown by the married daughter will not let the duck fly away.
Yesterday at noon, the Zhang family was preparing for the funeral, and suddenly someone came to announce that the bride had arrived.
Zhang Yuanwai thought the messenger had gone awry with his in-laws, but when he went out to take a look...
"I didn't know that the man surnamed Lin was so ruthless that he could even kill his own daughter... I have no choice but to go to the Yamen and the other party will bite me to death and say that we killed my daughter. What should I do? We have to call in the eminent monk.
Come up with another idea and hold a ghost marriage so that Shou'er can have a companion when he goes down..."
Listening to Zhang Yuanwai's narration, Zhou Shi clenched his fists unconsciously and felt sick in his heart.
Ordinary animals cannot do such a thing!
"Give me Lin's horoscope."
"Ah?" Zhang Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he had the bride's birthday and horoscope in his home, "Ah, yes, yes, wait a moment..."
He stood up, but he didn't dare to stand up straight in front of the ghosts, so he had to duck and carefully squeeze through the three ghosts.
When he walked past the ghosts, he found that their "eyes" had been following him!
Good guy, this is a real ghost... Bless our ancestors...
He took down a wooden box from the large cabinet on the other side of the room, walked back tremblingly, knelt on the ground, and raised the wooden box above his head.
Zhou Shi took the wooden box, opened it, and took out a piece of cloth placed inside. On it was written the birth dates of the two newlyweds.
He took out the iron abacus from behind and calculated Lin's horoscope using the lifespan algorithm.
Zhang Yuanwai was brave and secretly glanced at the sinister movements, but was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.
It even has an abacus, this... this is a judge of life and death, it's over...
Three down and five divided by two, four down and five down to one...
"Pah." Zhou Shi moved the last bead and sighed softly.
The calculation result is a life expectancy of forty-two, which does not match.
"These horoscopes are fake."
"Ah?" Zhang Yuanwai and his wife raised their heads at the same time, and then immediately fell to the ground.
"It's unfair. How dare we lie to you? This is what the other party repaid us!"
"You have been deceived." Zhou Shi said coldly.
I don’t know if it was the matchmaker or the Lin family who concealed Lin’s birthday in order to meet the Zhang family’s request!
Even if the eminent monk's method is effective, the bride's birth date does not match, so Master Zhang may have been killed by his own evil star...
Moreover, Lin's tragic death may also have something to do with this. Fate is a very mysterious thing, and Zhou Shi himself can't understand it.
There is one last doubt.
"Where is the eminent monk you mentioned now? What did he do in your house?"
"Well... as soon as Shou'er died, the eminent monk explained the burial matters and left this afternoon. At my house, he just ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name every night. Oh, he also taught us the feng shui of our house."
"Did he ask you to plant that mulberry tree in front of your door?"
When Zhou Shi went to the door to observe the movements of the Zhang family at noon, he hid behind a mulberry tree.
Later, he felt something was wrong. As the old saying goes, if you don't plant mulberries before, you won't plant willows later. Isn't this a taboo? A big family like the Zhang family wouldn't be so careless.
"Well, no, this tree has been there for many years, and there is something strange about it. As long as I cut it down, something strange will happen at home, but as long as I don't move it, everything will be normal, so I just let it be there." p>
"The eminent monk said that the tree is a natural thing, so don't touch it." Zhang Yuanwai's wife added.
Last question.
"How did that salesman die? Let's get real!"
"I don't know, I really don't know!"
"Huh?"
"Master... Judge, calm down. The salesman had no grievances against us. He just died after sleeping in our house for one night, and he was missing his eyeballs. We were afraid of ghosts... evil spirits, and we were afraid of lawsuits, so we had no choice but to
Buried secretly together..."
"What did the eminent monk say?"
"It was said that he was killed by Lin's resentment."
Not only is it just resentment, it has turned into a ghost...
It’s almost done, I can’t find anything if I ask again.
Zhou Shi wanted to go back immediately to settle Chen Zhu's death account, but he looked at the two people waiting in front of him and decided to resolve their matters first.
He exhaled and raised his tone——
"Listen up, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang!"
"Yes, yes!"
"The two of you knew the truth and failed to report it, which made it difficult for the good Lin family to redress their grievances. The salesman Chen Zhu died tragically in his dream. It is a heinous crime!"
The couple lay on the ground, shaking like chaff.
"Because you don't know the inside story, Lin's death is not your fault. I will spare your lives."
Upon hearing this, the two of them quickly kowtowed.
"Thank you, judge, for your mercy!"
"The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. You will also take care of the grave of the salesman Chen Zhu, and burn more paper money every Qingming Festival; no one can enter the side house where he died in the future.
"From today on, the land rent you collect will be reduced by 30%. You are not allowed to increase the rent without permission. All the money owed by farmers in previous years will be written off."
"Yes, yes!"
"Only by accumulating virtue and doing good deeds can you live a long and prosperous life. If you dare to disobey the order, I will come to see you that night."
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
Zhang Yuanwai brought the account book and respectfully handed it to Zhou Shi for inspection.
Good guy, even though he is just a rich man, he still has a lot of land.
After Zhou Shi finished reading, he closed the account book, put it in his clothes, and sang:
"Take care of yourself! Let's go——"
Compared with the debut, the curtain call seemed a bit shabby. Zhou Shi led the three ghosts and strode out of the door, leaving the Zhang family and his wife kneeling on the ground for a long time.
After a while, Zhang Yuanwai slowly raised his head, looked around, and said to his wife:
"Hey, let's go."
The daughter-in-law slowly got up. After being so frightened, she no longer even wanted to cry.
She stared aimlessly at the dim room, muttering:
"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end..."
……
Zhou Shi walked to the entrance of the village and took off his awkward outfit. The black gauze used to cover the windows was rough and made him itchy.
He looked at the three ghosts behind him, cupped his fists and said:
"Thank you three brothers. It's all thanks to you tonight."
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
"Who among us is following whom? Shopkeeper Zhou, please remember to treat us to a drink."
"Oh, it's such a pity that that girl, who was so good, was killed by her own parents."
"Let's go back to the inn, that guy is still waiting for you."
……
An hour later.
In a corner of the Yinhun Inn, Zhou Shi and Chen Zhu were sitting opposite each other.
The noise in the inn seemed to have nothing to do with them, because Chen Zhu was focused on the story told by Zhou Shi - the truth about his death.
"That's it..."
After hearing this, Chen Zhu leaned back, seeming to have forgotten that this was a bench without a backrest. Fortunately, Zhou Shi caught him in time to prevent him from falling.
"Thank you, thank you so much..."
"You are calmer than I thought."
Indeed, Chen Zhu was no longer crying as much as he was last night, but was quietly listening to Zhou Shi's story.
"Haha, maybe I just looked away... I can't help it, life and death are fateful."
Zhou Shi nodded and asked, "Do you have any last wishes? I'll figure it out."
"Yes. My parents are old and cannot go to the fields..."
"I'll get the silver you have on you back for you, and I'll ask other runners to deliver it to you."
This is the method discussed between Zhou Shi and Mr. Mo.
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
Chen Zhu pushed the wine away and said, "It's a pity that I don't have anything to pay the bill with, so I have to pay you back in my next life."
Zhou Shi smiled and said: "Want to default on your debt? Touch your pocket."
Chen Zhu was stunned and took out a few ghost coins from his body.
"Huh?"
"This is given to you by Zhangjiashao. It can be regarded as a small compensation."
Zhou Shi took the Ming coin and dialed it twice symbolically on the iron abacus.
"Well, shopkeeper, I'm leaving."
Chen Zhu's figure slowly faded, turned into a wisp of smoke, and entered reincarnation.
At the same time, Zhou Shi turned an abacus and found a small bamboo tube in his hand.