This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

One of the four happiest events in life, the wedding night in the bridal chamber is on the list.

It is very common for a wedding banquet to be held in the village, and the host family warmly invites travelers to have a glass of wedding wine.

If a traveler has spare money, he can give some money at will, and if he is shy, there is no need to refuse too much.Most of the hosts laughed and said that a cup of wedding wine and a few mouthfuls of wedding cakes are nothing, and travelers must be invited to stay and drink and eat food to rejoice.

However, if it is a ghost marriage, one of the bride and groom must have died, or both of them will go to the underworld together. This kind of wedding banquet is by no means happy.

The time for ghost marriages is different from ordinary wedding banquets. It must be a dark night when the sky has completely darkened, and some will deliberately choose the middle of the night.

As for whether the person sitting in the sedan chair is a human being or not, it depends on the different types of ghost marriages.

If the two parties have a marriage contract but are both dead, the tablet will be carried in the sedan chair.If the bridegroom is dead and the bride is alive, and the wedding banquet continues in this situation, then although the people carried in the sedan chair are living people, the bride will be as good as dead when she marries, and most of them will spend the rest of their lives in austerity.

Yan Buzhou never thought that he would encounter such a special scene when he attended the wedding banquet for the first time in Song Dynasty.

The auditorium is still a large area of ​​red, but there are a few touches of white in it.For example, the two tablets on the front incense table are wrapped with red and white two-color silk, and the groom's parents and close relatives are all wearing different filial cloths.

In the center, where the bride and groom were originally saluting, there are now two coffins side by side.The groom's mouth has already been laid down, and the bride's mouth has just been carried in.

The guests standing on both sides came to watch the ceremony, not only the relatives of the groom, but also the neighbors from the village who did not wear Shoubu.

No matter how many people come, this wedding banquet has nothing to do with excitement.The master of ceremonies recited one bow to heaven and earth and two bows to the high hall, and all the spectators stood silently with sullen faces. This scene really seemed to be in a mourning hall.

Before a stick of incense, the carriage drove to the entrance of the village, and happened to bump into the wedding reception, and the three of them were invited by the master's family to watch the ceremony.

Since you are not happy, why not resign?As the words came to the lips, the people who caught a glimpse of the welcoming team were not the ones they met by chance two days ago.After contacting the female ghost of the Nobile bride in the woods, she swallowed her refusal to participate.

After listening to the introduction, the groom's surname is Tang.At the young age of less than seventeen, he passed away more than half a month ago.

The Tang family immediately invited a ghost matchmaker to marry the recently deceased girl of the Ding family.Miss Ding is also a confidante, and she died of illness just after reaching the fifteenth day.

"Husband and wife greet each other—"

At this time, the master of ceremonies was about to announce the final ceremony, but saw a cat with a yin and yang face coming out of nowhere, and jumped down onto the lid of the bride's coffin.

The yin-yang cat with half-black, half-white fur and symmetrically divided hair color yelled with its tail upright, and the sound sounded like a human being crying until his throat became hoarse. "Woo--"

"What's going on, why is there such a ghost cat in the village?"

"Oh, take it away quickly, what if you cheat on that!"

"That's right. You can't let the cat stay on the coffin. Let's help and beat it away quickly."

According to folk customs, cats must not be allowed to jump over the coffin during the wake, otherwise the corpse is likely to be fraudulent.

The situation in front of me was not exactly the same as during the vigil, but the two coffins placed in the middle of the auditorium were not closed either.

Since it is a wedding, it is indispensable for the new couple to show up.Even if they were only lying in the coffin, they couldn't salute Ruru living people.

Yan Buzhou had heard of an even more outrageous way of worshiping the hall, custom-made special wooden frames to prop up the corpses, so that the two corpses stood up and saluted like living people.The Tang family only put the corpse in the coffin, which was considered merciful, and there was no more outrageous fuss.

People don't make a fuss, but the gods deliberately add obstacles, and the cat with yin and yang faces sneaks in without a sound.

Its half-black and half-white cat face seemed to be black and white, and it was usually not seen by most people, so how could it be popular now.

The ghost matchmaker was the first to move, and rushed forward waving the silk handkerchief in her hand.

She has ten fingers in each hand, and she wears seven gold rings. There are two thick gold bracelets around her exposed left and right wrists.

Although the yin and yang face cat is slightly fatter, but its posture is extremely vigorous, and it can avoid the ghost matchmaker by moving a little left and right.

Not only that, the cat seemed to have eyes behind it, and immediately noticed that someone was chasing it with a broom.

Suddenly, when it jumped into the air, the cat's tail twitched fiercely, and hit the back of a person's hand directly, causing the person to throw away the weapon in pain.

Seeing this, three or four people continued to encircle and attack.

The cat with a yin-yang face looked left and right, and jumped out of the crack, almost making those people unable to hold back the momentum, and almost jumped onto the coffin board with a jerk.

'cough. 'Yan Buzhouxu clenched his fists and coughed lightly, covering up his untimely smile.

As a foreign guest, it is inconvenient for her to intervene, but she watched the scene of the cat teasing people, and only then did she find some excitement of the so-called wedding from the cold dark wedding scene.

The yin and yang cat seemed to have no intention of leaving the auditorium at all.It jumped back and forth, left and right, as if teasing a group of cat catchers.

Phew, this time it accidentally ran to Zhan Zhao's feet, and was immediately grabbed and hugged.

Zhan Zhao didn't want these people to hurt the yin-yang face cat, so he hugged it tightly.With the previous experience of holding the Nian beast and fighting against the disaster, he is very proficient in holding the cat now.

He looked at Mr. Tang, who was in charge, "It's better not to touch the stick since it's a wedding banquet. It's for the peace of the underground people and the peace of the house. I'll take it away first, and watch the cat so that it doesn't make trouble again."

This must be said first.The cat with a yin and yang face has an ominous meaning, and the villagers are hard to say what to do with it, and they might kill it violently.

Even if you get married tonight, you can't see blood at the wedding banquet.

The purpose of holding a ghost marriage is to comfort the dead and make the family of the living live in harmony.Now that copycats are easy to beat, aren't they afraid of talking right and wrong?

"Stop it, don't mess it up."

Master Tang frowned and shouted, "Okay, let's start the ceremony after the ceremony ends smoothly."

"That's right, the most important thing is to be a gift." Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, the ghost matchmaker glanced at the yin-yang-faced cat with an unkind look.Where did this scary thing come from? It almost smashed her signboard.

Zhan Zhao hugged the cat with a yin and yang face and left first, and Lu Hao, who couldn't stand the weird atmosphere, also left with an excuse.

Only Yan Buzhou did not choose to go back to the room for dinner in order to observe the situation, but stayed for a feast without any laughter.

The only good thing is that the banquet dishes are cooked well, and the ingredients and taste are worthy of the gift money.A full stomach and warmth in the body can somewhat relieve the eerie atmosphere of the ghost marriage.

"There is no ghost energy in the coffin in the auditorium. At most, the corpse exudes a little Yin energy. It is normal for the corpse to have Yin energy."

After the meal, they offered incense to the 'newcomers' in a nonchalant manner.After a distance of ten feet, I paid special attention to the situation inside the coffin, and found no strange movements, and then returned to the suite.

Lu Hao lives in the outer room, and there are two bedrooms in the north and south.Yan Buzhou deliberately said a few more words, just to reassure the worried Lu Hao.

Lu Hao really hoped to be comforted, but it was difficult to calm down when he was suspicious.

This time, he looked at the yin-yang-faced cat obediently Zhan Zhao being stroked, while tilting his head and staring at the food in Yan Buzhou's hand.No, it should be called glutinous rice balls.

As a cat with an extraordinary face, Tangyuan came to the wedding hall uninvited. Is there really any special reason?

"Master Zhan, do you think Tangyuan is really a passing cat?"

Lu Hao looked at Zhan Zhao with unspeakable expectation.Since Zhan Zhao is honored as a royal cat, is it possible to understand the cat's thoughts?

Just now, Yan Buzhou has confirmed that this cat has no evil spirit.

In the future, Tangyuan can't tell whether it is possible to be like Xiao Heitan, who mutated into a demon because of an accidental encounter.So far, it's just a normal cat that's exceptionally smart.

Zhan Zhao squeezed the front paw of the glutinous rice balls and shook them, he was not capable of understanding what an ordinary cat was thinking. "Xiao Lu, do you think we are just passers-by?"

This question seemed simple, but Lu Hao was about to nod, but stopped.

It is true that they bumped into the ghost wedding scene by accident, but can they really be classified as passers-by?Will passers-by bump into ghosts?Will passers-by happen to meet the welcoming team they met a few days ago?

"I've inquired. The Ding family is from Long County, Xinzhou. The send-off team first passed the path by the woods where the female ghost of the golden hairpin haunts, and then entered the official road. They were blocked in the same way as us two days ago.

Sending off relatives does not turn back, so they chose the other side to detour.Don't be afraid to go too far, this time to see off relatives, I had already set off a few days earlier. "

Yan Buzhou fed the glutinous rice balls with jerky with great interest, and incidentally talked about the topic of the guests chatting in low voices at the dinner table.

"If it weren't for the two newcomers who had a marriage contract before, it would be costly to find a bride after death. It is very difficult to find a bride who is of the right age. The Ding family can find a daughter-in-law they like so quickly, all thanks to that ghost Matchmaker Peng Wanniang."

Most of the ghost marriages are young men and women who died young.

Throughout the dynasties, the custom of ghost marriage has never been cut off.In the Song Dynasty, the people's lives became more prosperous, and the number of ghost marriages was greater than before.

Just from Peng Wanniang's wearing gold and silver, it is not difficult to see that the ghost marriage industry is a huge profiteering industry.A matchmaker who connects a man and a woman is almost worthless. If you want to say who is the last person who is unwilling to have such a marriage, the ghost matchmaker is definitely the best matchmaker.

Therefore, Peng Wanniang will do her best to arrange the itinerary to see off her relatives, and try her best to count the auspicious days.

As for the thousands of choices or the way through the forest haunted by the ghost of the bride, it cannot be said that Peng Wanniang is incapable.After all, there was no ghost in the sending-off team, and the unlucky one was Lu Hao who found the wrong place to squat.

Lu Hao could only pinch his nose to admit his bad luck, and muttered about it to get some wash water.

In the room, Zhan Zhao heard Lu Hao's footsteps fading away, so he asked, "Ayan, do you suspect that the female ghost of the gold hairpin is related to the ghost marriage?"

There is only one gold hairpin left in the woods of Xingwang Town, and there are no bones of female ghosts or other objects.

Before, the two deduced that the thief might have accidentally lost the stolen goods, but now there is another possibility.

The dead marriage is married to the bones, which explains why the news of the tragic death of the bride has never been heard.Perhaps, the ghost bride's send-off team once walked through the woods, and the golden hairpin was dropped in the woods for some reason.

Yan Buzhou nodded slightly, she and Zhan Zhao wanted to go together.

"Where there are interests, there will be conflicts. Huge interests are enough to cause death. Marriage of living people will save their lives anyway. It's hard to say what happens to the dead. Peng Wanniang is often active near Xinzhou. I think I should check it out." She is also well prepared."

Regardless of whether the glutinous rice balls appear by chance or not, one detail must not be missed.

Zhan Zhao wrote a letter, planning to find a post station and send it to Xinzhou tomorrow.Please ask Chen Ming to check the situation of Ding's family. Is there any problem with the deceased Mrs. Ding?

These words were not said in front of Lu Hao, just because he didn't want to cause him any more psychological pressure.

Good ideas, accidents often happen.

Lu Hao took the firewood back from the firewood room and prepared to boil water. Halfway there, he heard screams coming from the direction of the flower hall of the auditorium.

"Fake corpse—"

The scream made Lu Hao drop all the firewood in his hand.

At this moment, the auditorium was in chaos.

After the banquet, most of the guests left first, leaving the close relatives of the two couples to seal the coffin.Peng Wanniang chose a time to bury the two newcomers near the son tonight.

Unexpectedly, just as the bride's uncle was about to drive nails into the coffin, his feet slipped suddenly, and he threw himself on the coffin lid, and then the hammer flew out of his hand.

'Bang! ''Boom! '

Can't tell which end made the sound first.

Uncle Ding fell on a big horse, and directly toppled the lid of the coffin to the ground, half of his body fell headlong into the coffin.Seeing that there was an inch away from Mrs. Ding's face, he was so frightened that he supported the coffin with all his strength and got up.

It's a good thing if you don't support it, but with this violent force, Uncle Ding saw the coffin tip over before Uncle Ding could stand still, and Lady Ding's body fell out sideways.The corpse's eyes half-opened for some reason, and it met Uncle Ding's eyes!

"I didn't mean to harm you!"

Uncle Ding was so frightened that he quickly pulled out his toes that were being held down by the corpse. He was so frightened that he almost rolled and rushed out of the auditorium.

Ding Niangzi's coffin was overturned here, and Tang Langjun's coffin was also in a difficult situation.

The hammer that Uncle Ding missed and flew out hit the lid of Tang Langjun's coffin, making a big hole with a bang.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tang immediately yelled, "Ah! Don't smash Xiaofeng. Quickly, go and lift the lid of the coffin to see what's inside."

She said this to her second son.

Tang Erlang moved forward to open the coffin lid, when Uncle Ding panicked and went into trouble.The two coffins were placed very close to each other, and one was thrown over by Uncle Ding, so how could the other survive.

For a while, the auditorium was in chaos.When Peng Wanniang first heard the word fraudulent corpse, she rushed out of the house subconsciously, and she didn't know who she tripped to the ground while pushing and shoving.

Before and after less than half a cup of tea, there were more than ten people in the room, all turning their bodies on their backs, screaming again and again.

"Shut up all of them! Open your eyes and see, there is no such thing as a fake corpse!"

Yan Buzhou hurried to the entrance of the auditorium, and glanced inside the room, what are these people doing nonsense.If there were really fraudulent corpses, more than a dozen people would not want to subdue the mutated corpse first.

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Mrs. Ding and Tang Langjun are your relatives, how could this happen?"

Mrs. Tang and Master Tang supported each other and stood up.This is looking out of the house with a bad face, Uncle Ding did not make the mess.

"Aunt Ding, you can't even walk at the gate of your house, and you fell on the flat ground, which made everyone unlucky."

Mrs. Tang gave Aunt Ding an angry sideways glance. If her eldest son hadn't died young, she would never marry such a poor family.

Several people were talking, Yan Buzhou walked into the auditorium, straightened the two coffins with a slight lift, and put all the corpses in their original positions.The two corpses were not possessed by ghosts, everything was just scary.

Looking down, she found some round gravels on the ground, eight out of nine out of ten were the reasons why Uncle Ding fell on the ground.

How could there be gravel with soil in the auditorium?

It can't help but remind people of the glutinous rice balls that just played with a group of people.Could it be that the glutinous rice balls were left on purpose during the human-cat battle just now?

Outside the auditorium, Zhan Zhao came one step later with the glutinous rice balls in his arms, and stopped Uncle Ding who was so frightened that he was about to run towards the gate.

"Why is Uncle Ding so panicked? If Mrs. Ding's ghost really came back, she wouldn't attack her relatives for no reason. You just shouted that you didn't harm her. Could it be that you know who harmed her?"

This question made Uncle Ding's face pale again and again.As soon as he lowered his head guiltyly, facing Tang Yuan's yin and yang face, he heard the shrill cat meowing again.

"No, no, I really didn't intentionally harm anyone. Xiaohong's heart disease was deeply rooted, and her eldest brother-in-law died early, leaving no money at all. The money from my family is not enough for Xiaohong's treatment."

Uncle Ding spoke tremblingly, but his tone became firmer as he spoke. "Xiao Hong really died of illness. This matter is not a joke."

At this time, Peng Wanniang, who had half-legged out of the auditorium, also calmed down, and she said to Master Tang with a serious face, "It didn't mean that she died of illness. Everyone in Long County knows about this, so how can they fake it? The autopsy by Wu Zuo came to the same conclusion. I did not do any harm."

Mrs. Peng rolled her eyes at Zhanzhao, and slapped Zhanzhao in a sarcastic tone, "Some people are just staying here, so don't gossip here. Look, everyone, why is this strange cat lashing out at us like this? You outsiders are well-behaved, it must not be that you deliberately let the cats make trouble, and you want to gain some benefits."

"Ugh-"

Tangyuan seemed to sense Peng Wanniang's malice, and yelled at her fiercely, and her cat fur exploded.

The three came to stay overnight without specifically naming their identities.Zhan Zhao's official uniform was destroyed in the case of fake firecrackers, and the spare official uniform is far away in Bianjing, and all he wears are casual clothes, so it's normal for him not to be recognized.

"Hehe. Interesting, really interesting. There is a saying, if you walk too much at night, you will inevitably run into ghosts, and it's hard to say who hits you."

Yan Buzhou laughed when he heard the words, and looked at Peng Wanniang teasingly from top to bottom.She couldn't help but take a few steps back after seeing people so much that she turned her head to look at Master Tang and Mrs. Tang.

"Death from illness is a very particular method of death. Being terminally ill is one kind of death, and not taking medicine is another kind of death. Dark marriages pay attention to horoscopes, not only the time of birth but also the time of death.

Thinking about it, the Tang family also paid a lot of money to hire Mrs. Ding. The money will not be used after Mrs. Ding dies.Besides, it doesn't matter to us passers-by if we leave. Isn't the Tang family afraid of ruining Feng Shui after marrying a daughter-in-law who died in vain? "

Mrs. Tang's face darkened first, there was enough farce tonight.She couldn't really like her new in-laws.

Zhan Zhao comforted the fried Tangyuan, and he became more and more sure that Tangyuan and Lady Ding should have known each other, otherwise Tangyuan would be nosy.

"Then check it out. It won't waste too much time. I have sent a message to invite people from the county government to come and walk around."

Lu Hao, who was missing, went to the county seat on horseback.The two places are not far from each other, they just left the county government this afternoon.

This time, he directly took away the letter from Zhan Zhao to Chen Ming, so he sent it urgently without waiting for tomorrow morning, so as to find out the situation of Peng Wanniang and Ding's family earlier.

Peng Wanniang's face froze immediately, the three of them were actually related to the government, so why didn't they wear brocade clothes, and even the carriage was so gray and ordinary.