Chapter 22 Red and Black! The Yin Life of the Dead
"Mr. Lin will naturally understand when we get there," Yan Shiting said.
As soon as I heard this, I felt a little uncomfortable. I hesitated for a long time, but in the end I said nothing. It was really appetizing!
About half an hour later, the car drove into a manor. From the outside, the manor was simple yet luxurious in style. It was obviously a place where wealthy people lived.
Outside the manor, there are many luxury cars parked. These luxury cars all have one thing in common, that is, they all have a big red flower tied to the front of the car.
I was surprised to see it, and I thought that someone was getting married? No, if it was a wedding, why was Yan Shiting wearing black clothes? And why did you ask me to come?
After getting off the car, Yan Shiting took me straight into the manor villa without talking nonsense. As soon as I entered the villa lobby, I glanced at it and immediately felt something was wrong.
Although there are many people gathered in the hall, everyone is wearing black clothes and black trousers, and their expressions are very lonely. In sharp contrast to them, red silk and lanterns are hung everywhere in the villa, which looks very festive.
This time I was really confused. What the hell was going on?!
Just when I was in a daze, a young man walked towards me. He was tall and elegant, but his expression was a little weird.
"Sister, is this the master you invited?"
The man looked at me and asked Yan Shiting angrily.
"Well...Mr. Lin is Master Huo's apprentice."
Yan Shiting responded indifferently.
"Are you mistaken? What skills can this kid have at such a young age? Why not invite that old guy Huo Qian?"
I frowned, this idiot actually scolded Master in front of me without any hesitation, how could I bear it?!
So I took a step forward and said coldly:
"Who are you talking about, old guy?!"
"What, you're not happy? I'm just talking about Huo Qian! His casual words back then caused the Yan family to suffer for ten years. Now that my parents are dead, he is so cowed that he doesn't dare to show his face.
Now, what is he if he’s not an old thing?!"
Before I could speak, Yan Shuting said to the man first:
"Yan Feng! Don't talk nonsense. Master Huo asked Mr. Lin to come here today to deal with the problem. Don't offend my distinguished guest!"
After saying that, Yan Shiting pulled me towards a room inside.
"What the hell is going on?! Why can't you tell me now?"
I asked a little unhappily.
Yan Shiting still didn't answer. Just when I was about to get angry, she suddenly opened the door in front of me. I subconsciously looked into the room and found that it was a very spacious room, like a living room.
At this time, the ceiling of the living room was filled with red silk lanterns, and a big Chinese character "Longevity" hung on the wall under the red silk lanterns.
Under the character "Shou" is a long altar table, on which are placed longevity noodles, longevity turtles, longevity peaches, wine, delicacies, incense and candles...
But there was a huge brazier clearly placed under the altar table!
I was suddenly shocked! Now I finally understood why everyone in the entire manor was wearing black clothes and black trousers and looked lonely, but the decoration of the manor was extremely festive...
Because a birthday banquet will be held here, and this birthday banquet is for the dead!
Yin Shou, as the name suggests, is when the living celebrate the birthday of the deceased. This custom has been silent in China for many years. The contemporary people are very evil because of their evil nature, so they are very repulsive. Only remote mountainous areas still continue to inherit this custom.
It’s just that this Yin life is not that Yin life!
"Whose Yin Shou is this?" I asked Yan Shiting with a frown.
"It belongs to my grandfather..."
Yan Shiting's tone was a little sad.
"Originally, my parents should have taken care of grandpa's longevity. Unfortunately, both my parents died a year ago, so I can only take care of the last year of my life."
"Both parents are dead..."
I murmured, remembering what Yan Feng said before, it seems that the Yan family must have experienced something in these years, and it seems to be related to the master.
"I heard from Yan Feng that your grandfather's Yin Shou ceremony has been held for ten years. Why does it take so many years? What does this have to do with my master?"
I asked about the doubts in my heart.
Yan Shiting sighed softly and said:
"Eleven years ago, my grandfather passed away. Before he left, he made a last wish, hoping that his family would grant him a three-year life span. At that time, my parents did not understand the significance of this. In order to reassure my grandfather, they agreed.
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"Three years? Isn't it ten years?" I asked in confusion.
"That's right, it was originally three years, but later Master Huo asked us to change the three-year life span to ten years."
I was stunned and asked hurriedly:
"Did Master say why this is?"
Yan Shiting shook her head,
"I don't know, but one year after my grandfather was buried, my father found Master Huo and asked him to help preside over my grandfather's first year of death. Master Huo agreed, but the condition was that he had to visit my grandfather's grave.
"
"So my father took Master Huo to my grandfather's grave. Master Huo only took one look at it and said that Yin Shou cannot be done for three years, but must be done for ten years, otherwise our Yan family will be ruined in a short time.
!”
Hearing this, I became even more confused,
"But you have been doing this for ten years now. Logically speaking, the last wishes of the deceased should have been fulfilled. Why do your parents still..."
Yan Shiting sighed softly,
"On the Yin Shou Festival last year, my brother accidentally knocked over the brazier and scattered paper money and ingots on the floor. As a result, my parents died in a car accident not long after."
"I went to see Master Huo at that time, and he said that the brazier was a treasure basin of food and fortune. Overturning the treasure basin of food and fortune meant not leaving a way for grandpa to survive, which meant that he had collided with him. But he didn't know why he ended up with me.
On the parents’ part…”
I nodded suddenly. It turned out that the root of everything was Yan Shiting's dead grandfather. But the strange thing is why he insisted on giving himself three years of Yin life? And why did Master say that if it was not changed to ten years, the Yan family would be ruined?
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And the most important thing is why her grandfather wanted to harm his family?
In addition to these, there is another thing that I can't figure out, that is, the old man of the Yan family has been dead for eleven years. It is said that the body has been turned into bones long ago, and the ghost should have been reincarnated long ago. How could he bring so many disasters to his descendants?
Thinking of this, I hurriedly took out my cell phone and called Master, but he turned it off. It was indeed the style of the shopkeeper who turned his back on me!
At this time, I accidentally saw something hanging around Yan Shiting's neck, and it seemed to have wisps of cold air on it.
"Miss Yan, can you let me see your pendant?"
Yan Shiting had a look on her face, then casually took off the pendant from her neck and handed it to me.
I took it and saw that it was half a jade, but it was bright red, and there were indeed bursts of cold air flowing inside the jade.
"Miss Yan, I would like to ask you, how do you keep this jade in your daily life?"
Hearing my question, Yan Shiting's cold face suddenly showed a trace of unnaturalness, but she still replied softly:
"I... usually wear it around my neck, but every night before going to bed I will... I will hold it in my mouth for an hour...