While the workers were busy building the tomb, Li Xiuyuan walked around alone to see what the scenery was like at the place where Qingmei's bones would be buried in the future. Is there anything dirty?
Change the place of burial.
It is different from the gloomy and terrifying scene of Lanruo Temple in my impression.
Although this is a cemetery, it is also lined with green trees, singing birds, fragrant flowers, temples, and tombstones. It is obvious that there are dedicated monks taking care of it here.
After walking around for a while, Li Xiuyuan also thought that this was a good burial place.
Moreover, he also intentionally buried Qingmei in Lanruo Temple, so that we might meet again in the future. You must know that this is a Chinese fairy tale world, and even if a person dies, his soul may still be there.
This can be considered a bit of Li Xiuyuan's selfishness.
"Young Master, the tomb has been built and ready for burial." Suddenly, the voice of guard Tieshan sounded.
"I understand." Li Xiuyuan nodded and turned around to go back.
But when he went back, his peripheral vision suddenly fell on the tombstone of a tomb.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned when the name of a deceased person was engraved on the tombstone.
"The tomb of my beloved daughter Nie Xiaoqian."
Nie Xiaoqian?
Li Xiuyuan's expression immediately changed. When he got closer, he saw that it was indeed the tomb of Nie Xiaoqian.
Who is Nie Xiaoqian?
Come to think of it, anyone who has watched A Chinese Ghost Story knows that she is also the most famous infatuated female ghost in Liaozhai, and she and Ning Caichen performed a heart-stirring love between a human and a ghost.
"Nie Xiaoqian is actually dead and buried in Lanruo Temple. Doesn't this mean that the main characters in Lanruo Temple are all here." Li Xiuyuan suddenly remembered Qingmei who had just died.
Sure enough, Qingmei is Xiaoqing, the female ghost who will be under the control of the tree demon for thousands of years in the future, and Nie Xiaoqian is Xiaoqian, the female ghost.
As for the thousand-year-old tree demon, there is no doubt that it is the sacred tree that escaped before.
My previous guess was correct.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Xiuyuan suddenly had a lot of distracting thoughts in his mind, and he became a little trance looking at Nie Xiaoqian's grave.
"Young Master, the tomb has been built and we are waiting for the Young Master to order the burial." At this time, Tieshan came over and said again.
Li Xiuyuan didn't hear it for a while.
"What did you say?"
Tieshan said: "Young Master, the younger one said that the tomb has been built and we are waiting for the Young Master's order to bury it."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Tieshan, remember this tomb. I'll have someone clean it later and offer some incense and paper money. Don't forget to remind me to pay for this tomb when I visit Miss Qingmei's tomb in the future."
I need to make an offering."
"Yes, I have remembered it, but the young master, I don't know who this tomb belongs to, so I bothered the young master to clean his grave." Tieshan asked curiously: "A tomb like this could be that of a woman who died in a foreign country before.
There are many such tombs in Lanruo Temple."
"Don't ask too much, just write it down." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, you are too talkative." Tieshan immediately did not dare to continue asking.
Of course he would not know the special nature of Nie Xiaoqian's tomb.
Only Li Xiuyuan knows, but at the moment Lanruo Temple is still prosperous and has not declined, and the female ghosts have not yet appeared. But when the time comes, this Lanruo Temple will naturally become the Lanruo Temple in his impression. By that time.
.....
"Perhaps I can see Qingmei again by then." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.
Turn around and leave.
He came to Qingmei's grave and buried him.
After some repairs, Qingmei's grave fell in front of her as the carved tombstone was erected. Then Li Xiuyuan paid homage, and everything came to an end.
In the evening, the sun sets.
The back hill inside Lanruo Temple is now a bit eerie.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan spoke: "Xiaodie, Miss Qingmei's funeral arrangements have been taken care of. It's not an option for you to keep kneeling here to worship. If this continues, your body will not be able to bear it. Since Miss Qingmei has been laid to rest,
Okay, let's not continue to disturb her rest here, and it's getting late now. It's time for us to leave Lanruo Temple and return to Guobei County. Next time, if you think about it next time, I'll take you to pay homage.
Dear Miss Qingmei."
"Yes." Xiaodie, who was still very sad and knelt in front of the tomb, wiped away her tears after burning all the remaining paper money.
After cleaning up, Li Xiuyuan immediately left with Xiaodie and many members of the Li family.
Before leaving, Li Xiuyuan said to Master Liaokong who was sent to the mountain gate: "Master Liaokong, although your thousand-year-old tree spirit has escaped, its roots are in Lanruo Temple and will come back sooner or later. You should pay more attention and come to Guo if anything happens."
Look for me in Beixian County, and I will help you get rid of this evildoer and keep your temple clean."
"Amitabha~!"
Master Lokong clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name, but there was no clear answer.
"With that said, Master Kong, I'll take my leave." Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands and gestured: "Let's go."
Immediately, more than a hundred riders, as well as many carriages and horses, left Lanruo Temple and headed towards Guobei County.
After walking far away, Li Xiuyuan turned back and took a deep look at Lanruo Temple.
But... Li Xiuyuan's eyes flashed. If everything goes as history, then Qingmei will definitely meet him again. Although people and ghosts have different paths, what does it matter? People and ghosts in the Liaozhai world may not be unable to exist.
Together.
As for the tree demon who wants to control Qingmei's ghost in the future, he won't let it happen.
Did the tree demon move the person he buried?
Facing the last afterglow, Li Xiuyuan and others entered Guobei County.
At this time, the sky was completely dark.
But it's night time.
In a deep mountain and old forest deep in the mountains behind Lanruo Temple, a strange wind suddenly blew.
There seemed to be something passing through under the ground, lifting up a piece of soil, leaving a trace that seemed to have been cultivated. This trace was densely packed, covering a large area deep in the back mountain, like a dense spider web.
, which makes people feel incredible.
"Boom~!"
Suddenly, in the center of this dense spider web, the land bulged and exploded, and a barkless tree trunk suddenly rushed out.
This tree trunk vaguely takes on the shape of a human, with hands and feet, and an old face that cannot be identified as male or female. It seems to be a statue carved from a tree, but what makes people's scalp numb is that it is not the same as the wood carving.
Dead things, but alive.
At this moment, Mu Ren's old face showed a look of anger and resentment, and an intermittent hoarse voice came out of his mouth: "Li... Li Xiuyuan, you ruined my foundation, I will definitely come back with revenge."
"簌猌~!"
In the woods, an elk was suddenly alarmed by the sound, turned around and ran away very alertly.
But the next moment, an old tree root suddenly emerged from the ground, and directly pierced the elk that was trying to escape. Then the root sucked, and a plump elk immediately turned into a
A mummy.
After absorbing the flesh and blood of this elk, the old wrinkles on the tree man's face seemed to be slightly alleviated.
"However, it's not enough."
The hoarse voice floated out, and the thousand-year-old tree spirit sank deep into the ground again, and soon disappeared without a trace.