Along with the mournful music, paper money was flying.
Four coffin bearers carried a heavy coffin straight to the back hill of Lanruo Temple, followed by hundreds of Li family guards.
The arms of these guards are all tied with white silk, which represents the death of the deceased.
Li Xiuyuan planned to follow Qingmei's last wish and bury her in Lanruo Temple, but to be honest, he did not want to bury Qingmei here, but wanted to bury her in the ancestral grave of his Li family, to show that Qingmei was born in Lanruo Temple.
The death of a member of the Li family is the fault of the Li family.
But the reason why he didn't do this was not only to comply with her last wish, but there was another most important reason.
That is the specialness of Lanruo Temple.
Maybe we can meet again in the future.
Although this possibility is very small, it is at least a hope.
When the funeral procession arrived in front of the Main Hall of Lanruo Temple, Master Liao Kong and several monks came to greet them here early.
"Donor Li will start burying Donor Qingmei today?" Master Liaokong asked.
"Exactly, I wanted to say hello to Master Kong before so that I could borrow a piece of land in the back of your temple to bury Miss Qingmei. However, I was too busy with things, so I forgot about it. I hope Master Kong is here.
Don't be offended." Li Xiuyuan said.
Master Liao Kong replied: "Monks are meant to be convenient to others. Green Plum Donor died in Lanruo Temple, and the old monk also has an unshirkable responsibility. If Donor Li doesn't mind it, it would be better for the old monk to lead the way and find someone for Green Plum Donor."
It’s a treasure trove.”
"Then there's Master Lao." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Everyone, please come with the old monk." Master Liaokong said with his hands clasped together, then he bypassed the Main Hall and walked towards the back mountain.
Li Xiuyuan took a look and said: "Master seems to have taken the wrong path. This is the way to the back mountain."
"For burial, the terrain here is higher and better than that." Master Liaokong said.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "But I still have one more thing to do. I appreciate Master Kong Kong's kindness." After saying that, he waved his hand and led the team directly to the back mountain.
Seeing Li Xiuyuan leaving, Master Liaokong helplessly called out Amitabha, and had no choice but to shake his head and follow him pacing.
After arriving at the back mountain.
A towering thousand-year-old banyan tree stands in front of you.
The crown of the tree is like a canopy, blocking out the sky and the sun, just like a small forest, which is amazing.
"Thousand-year-old tree demon, we meet again." Li Xiuyuan stopped and looked at the thousand-year-old banyan tree, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"Yesterday I couldn't bear to let Miss Qingmei die in the wilderness, so I had to leave. For this reason, I delayed for a day and let you survive for a few hours. But today you can't even think of escaping this disaster. Today I, Li Xiuyuan, will be the one
I cut down your thousand-year-old banyan tree in front of Miss Qingmei's coffin, and I don't believe that you can use any magical powers with me here today."
Li Xiuyuan murmured to himself, and finally shouted suddenly: "Where are the servants of my Li family?"
"Here it is." More than a hundred people shouted in unison.
The voice is uniform and well-trained.
"Take the ax and cut down this banyan tree." Li Xiuyuan ordered coldly.
"Yes, young master." Everyone responded.
Then hundreds of servants took off their axes from their waists, and then strode to the huge banyan tree with vigorous steps, and chopped it down without hesitation with the axe.
"Click! Click! Click!"
The sharp ax fell on the trunk of the huge banyan tree, leaving a deep gash on it. The situation where the steel knife could not cut it yesterday did not happen again. Even the weather did not change.
The banyan tree does not automatically grow in the absence of wind.
Everything seemed very normal.
Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly at this moment. Looking at the banyan tree that was constantly being cut out, he felt vaguely that something was wrong.
Yesterday, this thousand-year-old banyan tree could still display supernatural powers, but today, it felt like an ordinary tree to him, not the same at all.
Hundreds of servants also cut down the wood very smoothly.
In less than a moment, a hole was cut in the banyan tree. At this speed, the banyan tree would be felled in less than an hour.
"What's wrong?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the huge banyan tree calmly, vaguely feeling that the banyan tree was much droopier than yesterday.
It doesn't seem so fresh and energetic anymore.
"Young Master, there is something strange about this banyan tree." A servant suddenly shouted.
"What's weird?" Li Xiuyuan immediately strode over.
The servant pointed to the cut hole and said, "Young master, look, this banyan tree is empty inside."
Li Xiuyuan looked at it, and sure enough, the trunk of the banyan tree was empty. There was only a thick layer of bark on the outside, and there was nothing inside.
"Young Master, this place is empty too." Another servant also cut the bark of the tree and pointed to the hollow trunk.
"Same here."
"It's the same here."
Li Xiuyuan's expression immediately changed: "Impossible, how can a banyan tree that has grown for nearly a thousand years be hollow."
But after saying this, he suddenly realized something and looked at Master Likong not far away.
Master Liao Kong was looking at his eyes, nose and heart at the moment, holding his Buddhist beads and reciting sutras, seemingly unaware of the strange thing happening right now.
"Keep cutting." Li Xiuyuan shouted.
Everyone responded and continued to cut down the thousand-year-old banyan tree.
After a while, the big tree was shaking.
"Get out of the way, the tree is coming."
"It fell to the left, everyone, be careful."
Accompanied by a loud sound of a big tree falling to the ground, branches broke, and vegetation was broken. This sacred tree that has grown here for nearly a thousand years and has enjoyed incense and worship for countless years was today taken by Li Xiuyuan with a hundred servants.
It was cut down directly and there was no possibility of saving it.
However, when the thousand-year-old banyan tree fell to the ground, everyone looked at it and were surprised to find that the heart of the banyan tree was empty.
It was so empty that dozens of people could be hidden in a big hole.
"Young Master, has this tree been hollowed out by insects?" a servant asked cautiously.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly and he smiled coldly: "There are no traces of being eaten by insects. It is obvious that the tree demon used the golden cicada's plan to escape its shell and escaped overnight."
After speaking, he glanced at Master Kong intentionally or unintentionally.
"It's impossible for the tree demon to move without any movement at all. I heard that the monks in Lanruo Temple recited scriptures all night last night. The sound was so loud that it enveloped the entire temple. I wonder what Master Kong thinks of this matter?"
Master Liao Kong could no longer pretend at this time, clasped his hands and said: "Amitabha, God has the virtue of good life. This sacred tree existed before this temple was built, and has protected this temple for decades. Now Mr. Li insists on it.
"How can we do nothing in this temple? Now that the sacred tree has gone, I ask Mr. Li to put down the resentment in his heart, settle this grudge and right and wrong, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately."
"I haven't picked up the butcher's knife, so how can I put it down?" Li Xiuyuan said, "Master's actions today may cause disaster in the future."
"Please give me some instructions from Donor Li," Master Liaokong said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "There is a saying that if a tree does not need bark, it will undoubtedly die. This thousand-year-old demon has abandoned the bark and escaped. If he wants to survive, he must find ways to survive. At that time, in order to survive, he will definitely cause harm to one party. Once this tree demon does this, he will
If he completely degenerates into a demon and the demons cause chaos, wouldn't it be a big disaster? I wonder how Master Kong will resolve this disaster when the day comes?"
"On that day, the old monk will probably have passed away, and we can only place our hope in Almsgiver Li." Master Liaokong clasped his hands together and said with compassion and pain on his face.
Li Xiuyuan felt angry and annoyed when he heard this, but he really couldn't vent to the young Master Liao Kong.
However, Master Kong is really thinking too hard. In the next thousand years, the tree demon will cause chaos, and he hopes to stop it.
But after all this, Li Xiuyuan is certain that this thousand-year-old banyan tree must be the future tree demon grandma, and it will definitely cause harm to the party and kill countless people.
However, now that things have happened, even if he wants to find this thousand-year-old tree demon and kill him, it is difficult to do so.
In the end, I had no choice but to wave my hand: "Burn this thousand-year-old banyan tree, don't leave a single branch."
"Yes, young master." The servants responded in unison and began to prepare things for making fire, intending to burn the thousand-year-old banyan tree immediately.
Li Xiuyuan didn't look at it. The thousand-year-old tree demon had already escaped, and what was left here was just an empty shell. Even if he didn't suppress it here, there would be no problem, and he didn't want to delay it any longer and let Qingmei girl continue to fall.
No burial.
Immediately, he gave an order and led the team carrying the coffin to a secluded place in the back mountain.
This is the cemetery of Lanruo Temple.
The monks and travelers who died in Lanruo Temple are buried here.
"Just dig there." Li Xiuyuan pointed to a hill on higher ground facing the sun and said.
If you have a master here, you will definitely be able to find a Feng Shui treasure.
However, he did not use Feng Shui and could only choose a relatively clean and pleasing place to bury Qingmei.
Immediately, the workers used shovels and hoes to dig the grave and set up a monument to prepare for burial.