Mutated Tao Chapter 32: Hu Family Ancestral Hall

People who can afford to sing for ghosts are not ordinary people. The Hu family is considered a common surname in Wuligang, and almost one-third of the people in the village have the surname Hu.

Li Huowang already knew from Lu Zhuangyuan that the one who paid for the singing was the richest landlord in Wuligang and also the highest seniority, Hu Qinghe.

At this time, he was accompanying Lu Zhuangyuan and his party as they rushed towards the Hu Family Ancestral Hall.

"Master Hu said, it's nothing serious. He also invited other theater troupes to sing ghost shows in previous years. Nothing happened."

Li Huowang glanced at him as if he didn't know who he was trying to comfort by saying this.

Pressing the bell on his waist with his hand, Li Huowang felt a little more at ease, even if something happened, it didn't matter.

Of course, it's best not to have any accidents, after all, it takes three months to invite a Taoist priest once.

Walking on the path in the village, they soon arrived at the Hu Family Ancestral Hall where many red lanterns were lit.

The meeting was very crowded, and Li Huowang and others couldn't squeeze in. Looking over the layers of heads, he saw that many people were kowtowing to the black spiritual tablet.

"That's Mr. Hu, he also told us not to leave after the play, and treat us to dinner."

Lv Zhuangyuan pointed to the old man in silk and satin clothes in front of the kowtowers and said.

While he was speaking, those kowtowers stood up, and respectfully invited down the black tablet of their ancestors, and put it on the half-immortal table that had already been prepared.

There are many memorial tablets and tables, which fill up the spacious three-door ancestral hall.

The table in front of the queue is not empty, and there are also delicious dishes on it, with many types.

Red candles, incense, gold ingots, and yellow paper are neatly arranged on the serving plate for the ancestors to enjoy.

It seems that they are afraid that they will not be taken care of well. There are still more than a dozen paper figurines serving tea and water standing on the wall of the ancestral hall. It is estimated that they will be placed next to the table to wait.

"Hey, Mr. Huang is really open-minded. He personally spent money to hire an opera troupe to sing for the ancestors."

"Yes, it's no wonder that there are no diseases or disasters in Mr. Hu's house. It's all thanks to the blessings of our ancestors."

"Hey, I don't know if I can have this wealth after I die."

"Then your younger generation can make a lot of money like Mr. Hu. It will cost a lot of money to hire someone to sing for ghosts."

Listening to the words of these Hu family members and looking at the solemn scene in front of him, Li Huowang felt a little settled. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an accident will happen.

He leaned slightly sideways to Lu Zhuangyuan who was beside him. "Leader Lu, you have been traveling all over the world for so many years, have you encountered more ghosts or the kind of things that ask for seals?"

"Huh?! What's the matter, isn't this the same thing?" Lu Zhuangyuan's eyes widened, his expression very surprised.

"How can this be the same. One is that people become after death, and the other is..." Li Huowang said this, but he didn't know how to explain it.

But what Li Huowang can be sure of is that no matter the grandma Dan Yangzi used to make alchemy, Master You, or even the little-footed woman that night, they are definitely not ghosts, at least not the ghosts in his impression.

At this moment, the tablets of the Hu family had already been invited, and Hu Qinghe led a large group of Hu family members towards Lu Zhuangyuan.

"Team Leader Lu, please work hard, that, Jiao Liang, you bring other people to help Team Leader Lu set up the stage."

"Oh, oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Hu is really too polite."

"Master Lu, you also know the rules of opera singing. When the ancestors come out to watch the opera, the younger generation who invite the opera will leave and stay at home behind closed doors. Please take care of me here in the ancestral hall." Hu The master asked kindly.

"Should be, should be. Don't worry, Mr. Hu, with me here, the ancestral hall will be fine." Lu Zhuangyuan patted his chest and said firmly.

Although no one was watching, Lu Zhuangyuan really didn't dare to make a mistake. If something happened to the ancestral hall, the Hu family could bury the entire Lu family class alive.

"Also, when the opera begins, the living will not be able to talk to the opera singer, so as not to make the ancestors feel uncomfortable."

"As for the drama, just choose something joyful. The ancestors dreamed that the underworld is too deserted, so we need to see something joyful."

"You don't have to sing all night, after the fifth watch, my son comes to pick up the ancestral tablets and go home, and you can rest."

Lv Zhuangyuan's head lit up like a chicken pecking rice, "Hey, hey, don't worry, Mr. Hu, he will never break the rules."

With the help of the Hu family, the stage was quickly set up in the ancestral hall. There were only five people performing on stage tonight, and Luo Juanhua did not come because women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.

Immediately after Hu Qinghe yelled, the crowd who had been watching the excitement just now dispersed and went home.

"Qiang Qiang~Qiang Qiang lift~!" When the Lu family began to sing on stage, Li Huowang stayed in the background and waited.

As time passed, the whole Wuligang fell silent, and the rather large village was plunged into darkness, only the ancestral hall was lit.

It was the first time for Li Huowang that a living person performed for a dead person. He opened the backstage curtain and looked outside.

I have to say, this is quite scary, the stage is bustling with excitement, but the audience is dead silent. There was no applause, only rows of black tablets with names engraved on them, and candle yellow paper between the tablets.

Walking in the Qingfeng Temple, these scenes still can't scare him, but the Lu family class can't do it. After a while, the opera singer Lu Juren forgot several times. The champion was in a hurry.

However, as time passed, they began to enter the state, and they began to smooth out.

In the silence of the night, the sound of singing from an opera went far away, and Li Huowang, who was carrying a sword on his back, sat in the background with his eyes closed and rested in the company of the sound.

Listen, listen, let alone, the somewhat boring Li Huowang really heard a hint of charm, and shook his head following the babbling singing.

In this environment, the second watch passed unknowingly, and came to the third watch.

Li Huowang has also figured it out at this time, the third watch is from eleven o'clock in the morning to one o'clock in the morning, the fourth watch is from one o'clock to three o'clock, and the fifth watch is from three to five o'clock, usually after five o'clock, The chickens in the village are about to crow.

He hit a hache, don't know why, he always sleeps more easily than others when he comes here.

I can't really fall asleep when I use money to do things. Li Huowang simply put the book of heaven in his hand and pondered it to relieve his drowsiness.

Recently, during night vigils, he would also take it out to study, but apart from being more sure that this is a scripture that exhorts people to do good, he has gained nothing.

Looking at it, the second watch has passed, and at the third watch, everything in the entire ancestral hall is normal, nothing happened.

Li Huowang looked up at Lu Zhuangyuan, who was changing his makeup in front of the bronze mirror, and said in his heart: "Leader Lu must be bleeding from his heart now, and he lost six taels of silver for no reason."

It's right to think about it, logically speaking, nothing should happen, this is the Hu family's ancestral hall, and the younger generation invites the elders to watch a play, and the elders can't make trouble.

Just when Li Huowang thought that tonight would be like this, an accident happened. He heard the sound of the drama outside suddenly stop without warning.