Chapter 77
After saying this, the old man paused for a moment.
This section was something that he had found incredible for many years. When it came to this key point, he naturally wanted to keep a small fuss and waited for Zhang Ping to ask in a hurry.
But... the old man looked at the young man's cool and white face...
And, his eyes were a little empty...
Is this distracted?
Fortunately, Zhang Ping's eyes flashed when the old man's heart was dark and dark, and he gathered his attention again, and made a sound: "Oh?"
The old man's heart that fell in the loss was brought back in time. In Zhang Ping's attention, he poured a cup of tea, sucked a bite, and stroked his beard. He said: "This matter is even more strange. There are several places outside Dawan Village with good feng shui. I wanted to bury my grandma into the soil. But I knew that many laborers carried the coffin together, but they couldn't lift it. I was so scared that I asked the monk to recite scriptures and burn incense again."
Jiao Er felt that his grandmother might like his place. Anyway, he didn't dare to live there after digging a coffin, so he gave it to his grandmother and didn't bother her much.
But the county’s husband said that since my grandmother chose Jiao Er to dig her out, she must have made arrangements. The place in the village was not in line with her, so she didn’t like to go there. So she set up an altar to write a spirit book and asked her to explain it in person.
However, he asked to ask for it left and right, and even asked Jiao Er to go up and invite it. All the time they invited were messy spirits. The county middle school teacher suddenly realized that it might be that his grandmother disliked everyone's uncleanness and refused to come. So he found two girls to write the spirits, but it still failed. He had no choice but to find two boys, but he never thought that he would actually ask for the spirits.
"At that time, I was right next to me, and I saw the cigarettes in the stove floating in the same place, and I started moving with the spirit!"
The two dolls who wrote the spirit writing were both village children and were illiterate, but a few lines of words were clearly written on the sand.
Sitting on the mountain high, watching the water long, and the wonderful mystery hidden under the pine trees outside the clouds; beneath the seat, you will be blessed and unparalleled in the world.
"I didn't like studying since I was a child, and I didn't even go to my mind for poetry and lyrics. But it was amazing. After reading these few sentences, I will remember them clearly for the rest of my life, and my words will never be memorized. Even if I carve a knife into my heart, I can only remember them so clearly."
This time, Zhang Ping's eyes were very focused and nodded: "Yes."
The old man was still satisfied, so he took another sip of tea and continued to tell.
The gentleman from the county and several monks interpreted these spirit poems together, and speculated that grandma was going to be on the mountain or on the top of the peak.
The villagers thought that there were several old pine trees on the top of Dabaozi Mountain outside the village. Then everyone suddenly realized that the direction of the incense and smoke in the furnace was exactly where Dabaozi Mountain was located.
Jiao Ergeng said that when grandma's sarcophagus was dug out, the head of the coffin was also facing the direction of Dabaozi Mountain.
It turned out that grandma had already suggested that it was just that everyone was ignorant and had never understood it.
After finishing the ritual, Dawan Village sent grandma's sarcophagus to Dabaozi Mountain for burial. It was so magical that even people from the county and township came. This time, grandma's sarcophagus was easily lifted. Several young men who carried the coffin did not feel tired even after they went up the mountain.
After burying my grandma, everyone felt that calling Dabaozi Mountain Dabaozi Mountain seemed to be disrespectful to my grandma. In the past, it was called this because the mountain was round and looked like a bun. Now that grandma is buried on the top of the mountain, should I consider grandma as the top fold of the bun? Or the green pea on Xiaolongbao's close relative Shaosai's head?
Too disrespectful.
So the nearby villagers changed their names to call this mountain Grandma Mountain. After Xie Magistrate took office, the name of the mountain was changed to Shounian Mountain.
After listening to the old man's story, Zhang Ping looked a little contemplative again on his face. The old man saw it as though he was still unfulfilled and was very pleased.
Zhang Ping ate another bowl of tea, said goodbye to the old man, and rode his horse to Cishou Village.
The place where the sarcophagus was dug out was very easy to find. There were many people like Zhang Ping who wanted to visit the place where grandma's miracle first appeared. The villagers were used to it. Seeing that Zhang Ping was a raw face in a long gown, they stopped by the road and immediately pointed out the way for Zhang Ping as soon as he spoke.
When Zhang Ping arrived at the place, he saw that as Guo Sou said, there was a small temple surrounded by bamboo poles, but if you cross the poles and drill the cracks, you could also get in. It seemed that many people were doing that. The bamboo poles were all crooked, one was high and the other was low.
Zhang Ping first circled around the bamboo railings. It was surrounded here, and it seemed that he was planning to renovate and rebuild. There were bricks piled under the shed on the open space. It was obvious that the doors and windows of the dilapidated temple were broken off and temporarily installed. The main door and two windows on both sides were tilted, like a face that was grimacing. There were also marks painted with paint on the ground, and we were going to expand the small ruined temple to three times the size.
Zhang Ping crawled into the bamboo railing again and walked to a pile of soil in front of the Taoist temple.
Sure enough, behind the mound of soil, there is a circle of wells.
The well edge is mottled and old, stained with new soil, and the walls of the well cave are also exposed. Looking at the traces of the well edge, above and around, there should have been a covered stone slab. It has just been dug open recently, and I plan to dig a well again.
Zhang Ping measured the size of the wellhead with his arm, then picked up a tree stick and pounded it into the pile of soil. He didn't find anything buried under the soil.
I think the stone slab that sealed the well was moved away.
Zhang Ping walked a few steps in front of the temple and looked around, but before entering the temple, he crawled out of the bamboo pole fence.
He looked around carefully, then took the old horse and turned away. As soon as he walked a few feet away, a young man suddenly appeared at the intersection ahead, leaning on a big iron fork, revealing his little white teeth.
"This young master, the government has an order, and this place is not allowed to enter without permission.
Zhang Ping pulled the horse and stopped: "Oh."
The young man stepped into the middle of the road: "But the young master has just entered, how can he be?"
Zhang Ping said: "Just look."
The young man rolled up the cuffs: "Look? I just didn't let him look, so I just put it on the railing. Did you drill the railing just now?"
Zhang Ping said: "Yes."
The young man turned the iron fork in his hand: "The government has an order. If anyone breaks through, he will immediately tie it to the yamen and punish it severely."
Zhang Ping said: "Oh." He looked like he was here, please tie him up calmly.
The young man waited for a while, but did not see any other reactions, so he acted again and looked at him: "I think the young master should be a foreigner and he doesn't know the rules."
Zhang Ping said seriously: "It's a mistake to commit it, it doesn't matter if it's not."
The young man stared at him, then grinned again after a moment: "But if I ask me to send the young master to the government, I seem to be inhumane."
Zhang Ping said seriously again: "No need to blame himself, sending him to the official is a reasonable move."
The young man glared at Zhang Ping again and couldn't help but curse in his heart. Damn, what's going on! It's not bad to see the clothes, it's not bad. It's a matter of 10 or 20 cents, as for this? Damn, is this from a mountain corner?
Give him a fork?
The young man looked at Zhang Ping again. Is this kind of person worthy of the effort to move his arms?
Not worthy of Zhan Ye’s fork!
The young man spat: "Okay, go over!"
Zhang Ping bowed to him with a sincere look on his face: "Thank you." He slowly climbed up to the old horse.
Old Ma walked forward slowly, and the young man resisted the urge to get on the horse's butt and spat hard. Looking at Zhang Ping's back, he wanted to take out a handful of money from his arms and smash it on his back.
I have never seen such a person before!
Zhang Ping rushed back to the county town for another night before returning to Yiping County.
Zhang Ping's face was popular in Yiping County. As soon as he arrived in front of the city gate, someone rushed into the county government to inform the county magistrate Shao.
Magistrate Shao was so happy that he burst into tears. He personally greeted Zhang Ping at the gate and told Zhang Ping that the Ministry of Personnel had sent someone and had been waiting for Zhang Ping in the county government office for two days.
King Dai was exiled to Fengle County. If the new and old magistrates alternated during the exile period, it would be inappropriate. The Ministry of Personnel sent someone to inform Zhang Ping to arrive in advance.
The little official who came was ordered to inform Zhang Ping in person and immediately took him to the capital. Who would have thought that Zhang Ping was not there in Yiping County and didn't know where to go for a walk. The little official waited for two days and was full of anger.
At the critical moment of relocation, I left my old job leisurely and went out for a spring outing. After living for half my life, I have never seen an official as such a person!
The minor official suppressed his anger and did not show his expression. He waited for his return to the Ministry to report Zhang Ping's fault for his dereliction of duty. The emperor's imperial edict did not help but local officials who had committed favoritism because of King Dai's identity and were not allowed to disclose it. Therefore, the minor official did not mention it, and only briefly informed Zhang Ping to set off immediately and entered Beijing overnight.
"Will you rest for a day?" Shao Magistrate pleaded for Zhang Ping, "Although Lord Zhang has not been here for Yiping for a long time, it is very popular with the people. The people also want to send him one to Lord Zhang."
The minor official said with a stern face: "No matter whether the order is urgent, you must not delay it, otherwise you will be punished." Fortunately, in the past few days, the worship of county magistrate Shao's wine and food has been satisfied, so he finally let Zhang Ping take a sip of tea.
Zhang Ping didn't say much, and the official duties he wanted to hand over had already been sorted out. At this time, he quickly collected a small bag and said goodbye to the county magistrate Shao and his colleagues in the county government. Then he left with someone from the Ministry of Personnel.
Magistrate Shao led all the officials of the county government to send him outside the city gate, and many people followed him to watch, and the farewell scene was a bit magnificent.
Zhang Ping bowed to the magistrate Shao, and his colleagues and the people said goodbye. He looked up at the three words Yiping County on the city gate, and turned around and rode his horse forward.
Chapter completed!