Next morning. 次日清晨。 Chinese Catalpa Village. 梓村。 Village head family/home. 村长家。 Qiao Ciguang brings Shi Wanli, as well as four junior sister come in waves. 乔慈光带着石万里,以及四位师妹联袂而至。 Originally, she is thinks that a person comes, but considering yesterday's experience, if oneself are not, Shi Wanli braves hardships and dangers by the body with four junior sister again, but not necessarily has the good luck again. 原本,她是想一个人过来的,但考虑到昨日的经历,万一自己不在,石万里与四位师妹再次以身涉险,可未必再有好运气。 Therefore then takes five people simply together. 因此便干脆将五人一起带上。 The business in house, then gave Fairy Yu Meng to be responsible for temporarily. 宅子里的事务,则暂时交给了羽濛仙子负责。 „Outsider, morning.” Must the old man of white hair hear the sound white/in vain, looked around in the room, immediately puts down in the hand the matter, comes out to greet. “外乡人,早。”白须白发的老叟听到动静,在屋中张望了下,立刻放下手中之事,出来迎接。 His attitude compared with yesterday's warm feelings many, the look seems like, seems grateful to Qiao Ciguang and the others. 他的态度比昨日热络了不少,神色看上去,似乎对乔慈光等人非常感激。 Some Qiao Ciguang doubts, but the proper business is important, then asks immediately: „When may I ask the funeral to start, if we want to attend the ceremony to send to establish, what has to need to pay attention?” 乔慈光有些疑惑,但正事要紧,便立刻问道:“敢问丧事何时开始,我们若是想观礼致奠,有什么需要注意的？” The village head said: „Miss is not anxious, the funeral high noon will start. The room of main family, is not the related person, best probably go in not. Words that must attend the ceremony, where is casual is good. When they prepared, funeral service team each households of families entrance process from village.” 村长说道:“姑娘莫急,丧事正午才会开始。只是,主家的屋子,不是相关之人,最好莫要进去。要观礼的话,随便在什么地方都行。等他们准备好了,丧仪队伍会从村里每户人家门口经过。” „Is only the miss was sure to remember, do not have any contact with the team, do not start talking.” “只是姑娘切记,不要跟队伍有任何接触,更不要开口说话。” Old Xu Family that Qiao Ciguang nod of looking pensive, they have not made funeral arrangements very early in the morning directly, but is looks for the village head , because, Shi Wanli entered old Xu Family to have an accident yesterday. 乔慈光若有所思的点了点头,他们一大早没有直接去办丧事的老徐家,而是来找村长,就是因为,昨天石万里就是进入老徐家才出事的。 „Now treats here.” She passes message immediately to Shi Wanli as well as four junior sister, „met the funeral service team to pass through, we with.” “现在就待在这里。”她立刻传音给石万里以及四位师妹,“等会丧仪队伍经过,我们就跟上去。” Nod that five people of hears word, maintains composure. 五人闻言,都不动声色的点头。 Therefore, they at the invitation of Master, take a seat in the main room, chatted with the village head with pauses. 于是,他们在村长的邀请下,于堂屋落座,与村长有一搭没一搭的聊了起来。 The village head rumor is extremely strict, is the idle talk that some peasant families that chatted planted, regarding the origin of village, was in the matter as for village, kept silent...... 只是村长口风极严,聊的都是些农家栽种的闲话,对于村子的来历,乃至于村里的事情,绝口不提…… At this moment, old Xu Family, the front door shuts tightly, green couplet bright such as new. 此刻,老徐家,大门紧闭,绿色对联鲜艳如新。 A senile old woman, the camel the back, is carrying a bamboo basket that is covering the black cloth, leads the man who four appearance varied, limped got to the entrance. 一名老态龙钟的老妇,驼着背,拎着一个盖着黑布的竹篮,带了四名打扮不一的男子,步履蹒跚的走到了门口。 This old woman, is the employing professional mourners woman of riverside housing. 这老妇,就是沿河居住的哭丧婆。 But these four men, is loose cultivator that Fairy Yu Meng chooses specially, is the virginity, cultivation base only has Qi Refinement Stage. 而这四名男子,则是羽濛仙子特意挑选出来的散修,还是童身,修为都只有练气期。 At present these four loose cultivator have not known that yesterday had anything, Fairy Yu Meng has only told them, works with this employing professional mourners woman, is the order of True Successor Qiao! 眼下这四名散修还不知道昨日发生了什么,羽濛仙子只跟他们说过,跟着这位哭丧婆过来做事,是乔真传的命令！ This floating island extremely strange, originally their loose cultivator, and sends the true strength between disciples greatly, the disparity is very disparate. 这座浮岛太过诡异,本来他们散修,跟大派弟子之间的真正实力,差距就十分悬殊。 Do not say, their several, did not have Foundation Establishment. 更不要说,他们几个,都还没筑基。 Now only then follows firmly the Plain True Heaven best pupil, has a slim chance of survival. 现在只有牢牢跟着素真天的高足,才有一线生机。 Now naturally does not dare to defy the life of Qiao Ciguang, moreover Plain True Heaven is the prestigious family correct path, the reputation outside, has never had criminal record that entraps loose cultivator. 如今自然不敢违抗乔慈光之命,而且素真天是名门正道,声名在外,从未有过坑害散修的前科。 Therefore, they dare to take risk to come. 因此,他们才敢冒险前来。 The front door at present, the employing professional mourners woman has not actually pushed the meaning that the gate enters slightly, but bamboo basket cautious putting down in hand, then, opened the black cloth, takes out one pair living goose. 大门就在眼前,哭丧婆却丝毫没有推门而入的意思,而是将手中的竹篮小心翼翼的放下,尔后,揭开黑布,取出一对活着的大雁。 This is bright to the goose feather, the whole body woven five-colors silk ribbon ties up solid, even/including Niaohui was also entangled several, is unable to sound. 这对大雁羽毛鲜亮,全身都被编织的五彩丝绦绑得结结实实,连鸟喙也被缠了数道,无法鸣叫。 The employing professional mourners woman look is serious, an anxiety. 哭丧婆神色郑重,略带一丝紧张。 Her both hands hold this to the goose, put them gently shut tightly on the threshold before front door, took out two bells from the bosom, the bell by stops up the thing in inside, is unable to voice. 她双手捧着这对大雁,将它们轻轻放到了紧闭大门前的门槛上,又从怀里取出两个铃铛,铃铛原本被塞了东西在里面,无法发声。 At this moment, the cotton material that the employing professional mourners woman will force in pulls, hangs the bell to the nape of the neck of goose on, then said in a low voice: „Kneels down.” 此刻,哭丧婆将塞进去的布料扯出来,将铃铛挂到大雁的脖颈上,尔后低声道:“跪下。” Saying, oneself take the lead „plop”, knelt, deeply bows, the forehead pasted the ground directly. 说着,自己率先“扑通”一声,跪了下去,深深躬身,额头直接贴到了地面。 Four loose cultivator see that to look at each other in blank dismay, but is quick, they also depend on the bottle gourd picture wooden scoop, kneels down, pastes the mud at the volume. 四名散修见状面面相觑,但很快,他们也依葫芦画瓢,跪倒在地,以额贴泥。 After a little while will hear the bell sound gently. 少顷就听到轻轻的铃铛声。 Some probably people are provoking careless , the bell is getting more and more resounding, even starts to mix with sounding of goose pain. 像是有人漫不经心的拨弄着,紧接着,铃铛越来越响亮,甚至开始夹杂进大雁痛苦的鸣叫。 In four loose cultivator hearts dark startled, the goose was bound the bird beak obviously, how actually to sound? 四名散修心中暗惊,大雁明明被绑住了鸟喙,却是如何鸣叫的？ They have a mind to look up one, but thinks that strange of this village, actually has not dared. 他们有心抬头看一眼,只是想到这村子的诡异,究竟没敢。 Long time later, the bell sound and wild goose whining noise gradually vanished, the employing professional mourners woman waited for the moment, until hearing front door „” opens, relaxes secretly, crawls said: „Ok, we went.” 良久之后,铃铛声、雁鸣声都逐渐消失了,哭丧婆又等了片刻,直到听到大门“吱嘎”一声打开,才暗松口气,边爬起来边道:“好了,我们进去。” „grandma, is this?” Four loose cultivator follow to set out, the vision has swept the threshold, actually sees the goose and bell has disappeared, the threshold bank, fell several feather that is actually stained with the blood, making their pupils shrink. “婆婆,这是？”四名散修跟着起身,目光扫过门槛,却见大雁与铃铛都已经不见踪影,倒是门槛畔,落了几根沾血的羽毛,令他们瞳孔一缩。 Four people look one, probes was asking. 四人对望一眼,试探着问。 The employing professional mourners woman sighed saying: „This is the custom in village, cannot rush to the vacant room, only if, vacant room initiative invitation......” 哭丧婆叹了口气说道:“这是村子里的规矩,不能闯空房,除非,空房主动邀请……” „Otherwise, present old Xu Family, who enters who dies.” “否则,现在的老徐家,谁进谁死。” She does not have the meaning of detailed explanation, shakes the head, walks out, enters in the room. 她没有详细解释的意思,摇了摇头,跨过门槛,走进屋内。 Four loose cultivator knit the brows, but with. 四名散修皱了皱眉,但还是跟了上去。 The employing professional mourners woman has not stopped over in the main room, well-targeted directly soaring backyard. 哭丧婆没有在正屋逗留,目标明确的直奔后院。 In the backyard, three coffins calmly place. 后院之中,三口棺材静静摆放。 She to this, not slightly accidental/surprised, puts down in the hand the bamboo basket, takes out a burden, after opening, inside impressively is one set bright rouge cosmetic that if the red bridal clothes of blood, as well as two jacket water red tunics, with are used to dress up and so on. 她对这一幕,没有丝毫意外,放下手中竹篮,从中取出一个包袱,打开之后,里面赫然是一套鲜艳若血的红嫁衣,以及两套水红色裙衫,跟一些用来装扮的胭脂水粉之类。 „You open the coffin lid, I reorganize the correct manners discipline for them.” The employing professional mourners woman takes up the powder hairpins and earrings, urged four loose cultivator. “你们将棺盖打开,我为他们整理仪容。”哭丧婆拿起脂粉钗环,叮嘱四名散修。 loose cultivator have no response to the corpse, after all as cultivator, were many, the body of mortal the deceased person saw, could not cancel their interest. 散修们对尸体没什么反应,毕竟作为修士,死人见的多了,凡人的尸体,一点勾不起他们的兴趣。 Sees the thing in her hand actually, quite the surprise, does the funeral wear the red bridal clothes? Wears the hairpins and earrings pearl head ornament? 倒是看到她手里的东西,颇为诧异,丧事穿红嫁衣？戴钗环珠花？ But was urged by the employing professional mourners woman, four people depended on the word to open the coffin lids of three coffins, looks that the employing professional mourners woman gave the appearance that in the coffin the corpse applied rouge and power in turn. 但被哭丧婆催促,四人还是依言打开了三具棺材的棺盖,看着哭丧婆依次给棺中尸身涂脂抹粉的打扮。 Her movement is very adept, hands and feet agile not like the old person of this age, but among facial expressions, although conceals strongly, shows faintly anxiously with fearing. 她的动作十分娴熟,手脚利索的不像这个年纪的老人,但神情之间,尽管竭力掩饰,还是隐隐透出紧张与惧怕。 Four loose cultivator stand in the one side, looks at this, the heart is slightly imposing, always thought that this duty, as if did not say like Fairy Yu Meng that superficial...... 四名散修站在一旁,看着这一幕,心头微微凛然,总觉得这个任务,似乎不像羽濛仙子说的那么轻描淡写…… At this moment, they do not dare to leave arbitrarily. 只是事到如今,他们也不敢擅自离开。 At this moment, the employing professional mourners woman said: „On makeup, you held, should comb the hair.” 就在此刻,哭丧婆说道:“妆上好了,你们将人扶起来,该梳头了。” She said turns out from the burden comb that inlays gold/metal Qianbao, that comb roughly palm of the hand size, magnificent lives the hand of full age-spots with her, as well as all around crude environment is incompatible. 她边说边从包袱里翻出一把镶金嵌宝的梳子,那梳子约莫巴掌大小,华丽的与她生满老人斑的手,以及四周简陋的环境格格不入。 Four loose cultivator could not bear looked at one, at once discovers, on the comb is carving many rune/symbol writing, impressively was Magical Artifact! 以至于四名散修都忍不住多看了一眼,旋即发现,梳子上镂刻着不少符文,赫然是一柄法宝！ This place will present Magical Artifact unexpectedly! 这种地方竟然会出现法宝！ Moreover, is in a mortal old woman hand of no cultivation base? 而且,还是在一个毫无修为的凡人老妇手中？ Four loose cultivator read the writings suddenly corruptly, the vision touched three mortal bodies to calm down, each other to exchange a meaningful glance, decided after employed professional mourners to complete, did to discuss. 四名散修一时间贪念大作,目光触及三具凡人尸体才冷静下来,彼此交换一个眼色,决定等哭丧完成之后再作计议。 At this time, the employing professional mourners woman stood in the little girl who was first held behind, is combing her withered and yellow sending silk with the Magical Artifact comb at the same time, a sideband the weeping voice was singing: „Combs to send the tail, two comb old age simultaneous/uniform Mei, three comb the descendant everywhere, four comb to get married, five comb obliging Weng Li, six comb the luck near the family/home place, seven comb Ji Fenghuo to evade, eight comb the prize investment, nine comb Le Shanbai the taste, ten comb hundred not to have taboo.” 就在这时候,哭丧婆站在最先被扶起来的小女孩身后,一边以法宝梳子梳着她枯黄的发丝,一边带着哭腔唱道:“一梳梳到发尾,二梳白头齐眉,三梳儿孙满地,四梳永结连理,五梳和順翁娌,六梳福临家地,七梳吉逢祸避,八梳一本万利,九梳乐膳百味,十梳百无禁忌。” Tenth combs, the little girl of dying opened the eyes suddenly! 第十下梳完,死去的小女孩猛然睁开双眼！