After having lunch with their uncle, Qin Yu and Meng Yao separated from their uncle. After all, the end of the year was here, and his uncle's work was busier than usual.
"Qin Yu, what are we doing this afternoon?" Meng Yao took Qin Yu's hand and asked.
"In the afternoon, let's go to Tongbo Mountain to play. The scenery of Jiuxian Lake there is nice." Qin Yu thought for a moment and replied.
It only takes more than an hour to drive from the county seat to Jiuxian Lake. When Qin Yu and Meng Yao drove to Jiuxian Lake, it was only around two o'clock in the afternoon.
Qin Yu originally thought that there were not many tourists at this time of the year and there would not be many people here at Jiuxian Lake. However, when he saw dozens of cars parked below, Qin Yu realized that he was wrong.
Although there are fewer tourists during this season, many young people working outside have returned. These young people have chosen Jiuxian Lake as their first choice for visiting. After all, it used to be because of inconvenient transportation, but as people's living standards rise,
, more and more families own cars, and when they go out for fun, the county is no longer their choice.
"You can go up to Jiuxian Lake from here." Qin Yu pointed to the mountainside not far ahead and said to Meng Yao.
In fact, the car could originally drive directly to Jiuxian Lake, but Qin Yu did not choose to do so. The scenery of Tongbo Mountain is very beautiful, not only Jiuxian Lake, but also the scenery along the way.
Qin Yu and Meng Yao walked all the way up, and many cars whizzed by along the way. By the time they arrived at Jiuxian Lake, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
"It's really beautiful, Qin Yu. I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful place in your hometown."
The sparkling green water, dotted with green mountains on both sides, this beautiful landscape immediately attracted Meng Yao.
"Of course, I've never heard of a saying that bad mountains and rivers breed unruly people, so we Jiangxi people are also called Jiangxi laobiao because there are so many mountains and rivers." Qin Yu said with a smile.
"Hey, are there any boats over there?" Meng Yao pointed to the cruise ship gliding on the lake, her expression becoming excited.
"This is specially prepared for tourists. We can also rent one." Qin Yu saw Meng Yao's excited expression, so he asked Meng Yao to wait here, while he walked towards the lake, where there was a
A row of cruise ships parked there.
"Boss, how can I rent this boat?"
"Fifty dollars an hour."
"Okay, I want to rent one."
Under the leadership of the boss, Qin Yu chose one of the ships, and then waved to Meng Yao.
"You didn't bring a lifebuoy or a lifejacket with you. If you don't bring one, you can't sail out on the boat according to the regulations. But I have one here. It costs 10 yuan to rent a lifebuoy and 20 yuan for a lifejacket."
Qin Yu didn't bargain with the boss. After taking two lifebuoys and two life jackets, he took Meng Yao onto the boat and started it immediately.
Green mountains, green water, the breeze blowing across the water, creating waves, and the girl clinging to him, at this moment Qin Yu can finally understand why Fan Li chose to give up power after helping Gou Jian destroy the Wu Kingdom.
And we went boating with America.
Of course, it would be even more perfect if there was no noise from the diesel engine behind the stern and the occasional smell of diesel coming over.
"Hey, Qin Yu, where are you looking?"
When Meng Yao looked at the mountains and rivers by the lake, he suddenly noticed something, pointed his finger in a direction on the other side of the lake and said.
Qin Yu looked in the direction Meng Yao pointed. It was at the foot of the mountain on the other side of Jiuxian Lake. There were dozens of white figures. Meng Yao couldn't see them clearly from such a distance, but Qin Yu could see them clearly.
, these people were wearing linen clothes, and the leaders were holding flags.
"It looks like a funeral procession. These people are wearing linen clothes, and the people in front are carrying soul-calling flags." Qin Yu said to Meng Yao.
"Ah." After hearing Qin Yu's words, Meng Yao stuck out his tongue, but it seemed a little taboo, and he immediately looked away.
Qin Yu himself, on the other hand, had an expression of interest on his face, staring at the funeral procession.
It's not that Qin Yu likes to see these things, but he vaguely feels that this funeral procession is a bit strange.
In a normal funeral procession, there will be cries along the way. The relatives of the deceased have to cry until the deceased is buried and laid to rest. But in this procession, there was no sound. No one cried.
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Qin Yu is very confident in his hearing. Although he is still some distance away from the team, as long as there is crying, he cannot not hear it. Moreover, in a general traveling team, the two people in front carry the flag, followed by
The eight generals carried the coffin, followed by the funeral procession, and finally someone had to scatter paper money along the way.
You know, sprinkling paper money is not just a formality, especially if it is buried in this mountain. It is to deal with the ghosts nearby in advance and tell them that there is a new friend here. Now that the money has been collected,
, but don’t bully newcomers.
In layman's terms, it's called "protection fee." The underworld, like the underworld, also has many unspoken rules of its own, so don't underestimate some superstitious behaviors, as they all have their own reasons.
"Qin Yu, what are you looking at? Since it's a funeral, what's there to see?" Meng Yao couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Qin Yu staring at that side. This funeral is not a taboo thing.
? It’s not good to stare like that.
"Interesting, really interesting. I didn't expect that I would actually see it today." Qin Yu suddenly said something that made Meng Yao confused.
"Are you confused? Let me take you to watch a good show." Qin Yu lowered his head and saw Meng Yao's confused expression. A mysterious smile appeared on his face and he began to turn the direction of the cruise ship towards the place where the funeral was held.
The team on the other side left.
"Hey, the diesel engine doesn't even sound, how come this ship is still moving?"
When they were about to approach the hill by the lake, Meng Yao suddenly discovered that the diesel engine behind him had stopped working, but the boat still maintained a certain speed and approached the hill.
"If there is a sound that alarms those people, there will be no good show." Qin Yu smiled. The boat can move naturally because he borrowed the underwater aura to push the boat forward.
The boat stopped at the mountainside. Qin Yu took Meng Yao up the hill and quietly walked toward the funeral procession. After walking for a few minutes, he finally caught up with the procession.
Meng Yao was held by Qin Yu's hand along the way. Although she was full of doubts, she still didn't ask in the end. But now, looking at the funeral procession in front of her, her heart trembled for no reason and she shuddered all over.
This time, even she could see something was wrong with this funeral procession. Ordinary funeral processions were filled with gongs and drums and loud cries, but this funeral procession had no sound other than the sound of walking footsteps.
Any other sound that comes out does not sound like a funeral, but more like a thief.
"Shh, don't ask yet. I'll tell you the reason later." Qin Yu seemed to have guessed that Meng Yao was about to ask a question at this time. After making a gesture of silence, he quietly waited for the funeral procession to go away.
some.
"Okay, now they have gone a little further." When there were only a few blurry figures left in the team, Qin Yu took Meng Yao out and came to the road that the team had just walked.
"Meng Yao, do you know what this is?" Qin Yu pointed at some black dust on the ground and asked with a smile.
"It can't be paper money, right?" Meng Yao knelt down and observed for a while before expressing his opinion.
"Hey, it would be nice if I had paper money. I'm really getting more and more curious about this team now." Qin Yu chuckled, dipped his fingers into the dust on the ground, and said, "This is a scripture, the entire scripture."
arts."
"Scripture? Why are you burning this thing?" After hearing Qin Yu's words, Meng Yao was stunned for a moment and asked.
"Well, you'll know if you follow me and take a look. I'm not sure now." Qin Yu shook his head and said nothing more. He took Meng Yao's hand and chased towards the front team again.
Just like this, they stopped three times in a row, and after seeing ashes appear on the ground three times in total, the team finally reached their destination.
It was a small hill that had been cleared. Judging from the color of the soil exposed on the surface, it should have been cleared in the past few days. It was obvious that someone had shoveled the weeds here before this.
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Qin Yu and Meng Yao hid in the bushes behind them, peeling off the leaves of the bushes and looking at the people in front of them.
I saw the two people carrying the flags planting the flags on the left and right sides of the hill, and then an old man in his fifties walked out of the crowd, holding a bowl in his hand, and walked to the hill
Above, he grabbed the white powder in the bowl with one hand and sprinkled it on the hill, forming a rectangular shape.
After doing this, the old man pointed at the place to the crowd below, and four or five strong men came up carrying hoes and shovels, and started digging directly in the rectangle drawn by the old man.
While doing all this, no one in the team spoke. Everything seemed to have been rehearsed in advance. Everyone knew what they should do. From beginning to end, there was not even a loud cough.
Half an hour later, the four or five strong men finally finished digging and returned to the team. After the old man stepped forward to check, he waved to the big men carrying the coffin.
He walked up carrying the coffin, and then carefully placed the coffin into the dug pit.
Everyone's cooperation was very skillful, as if they had rehearsed dozens of times in advance, and there was not a single accident.
After the coffin was put down, several big men made a move that shocked Meng Yao. They put their hands under the coffin lid, and then lifted the coffin lid all at once. (To be continued)