Chapter 215 Double Ninth Festival Cake (2)

"The six digits are yin, and the nine digits are yang. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the sun and the moon merge into yang. The two nines overlap each other, so it is called Double Ninth Festival."

Because he was busy with the case, Lin Fei did not go to the public kitchen for lunch. He only asked Zhao You to bring lunch to the house, and he also bought a box of Double Ninth Festival gift boxes.

The gift box was placed on a table not far away. When Lin Fei looked up, he could see the words engraved on the outside of the gift box.

These sentences come from the "Book of Changes". When Ji Cai bought the gift box, he specifically asked him if it was good.

good! Naturally good! Not only did he respond, Lin Fei lowered his eyes, placed his fingers on the case and tapped lightly: For some people, today is probably a particularly special day.

After lunch, Wen Mingtang inserted two dogwood trees at the door of the public kitchen, and then walked to his yard with a few more dogwood trees.

With nothing to do, Ah Bing and Tangyuan followed Wen Mingtang. They saw Wen Mingtang tying dogwood on the door and window of his house all the way at the entrance of the yard. Ah Bing couldn't help but said: "Every year during the Double Ninth Festival, we tie up dogwood trees." My grandma said it can drive away poisonous insects, Master Wen, is this true?"

Wen Mingtang handed the two cloth bags with dogwood tied up that he had made yesterday to the two of them and asked them to tie them around their waists. He said: "Those old people did say that, in addition to having such effects, I heard that it can also drive away It can even dispel cold and wind..."

"Dispel evil spirits!" Tangyuan said excitedly, "When I came out today, I saw several neighbors who had invited monks and Taoists to chant sutras at their homes!"

"What's that at the neighbor's house? It's just a party!" A Bing glanced at the excited Tangyuan and immediately answered, unwilling to lose face in front of Tangyuan, "I saw several restaurants opening up to do that kind of thing to avoid strangers. For business, the ostentation is so grand!"

That's true! Wen Mingtang smiled as he listened to what A Bing said, and thought thoughtfully: The Double Ninth Festival of Great Rong is a day for ordinary people to climb high, and for those who are waiting for evil, it is the annual day to get rid of evil spirits!

In this way, it is probably a big deal for the Yuan family that is engaged in tombstone business!

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Not far away, the officer who was squatting at the entrance of the alley and saw his family chanting sutras and chanting Buddha at the door of Yuan's tombstone shop was startled by a sudden slap on his shoulder. When he turned around and saw it was Liu Yuan, he breathed a sigh of relief and called out. Say "Liu Sicheng!".

"How?" Liu Yuan asked them, "Have you gained anything from squatting all morning?"

The officer nodded and said, "Sure enough, I found something! A lot of people did come here all morning to give away Buddhist scriptures, cassocks and other evil things. Five of the friends Mr. Su made even came over in person!"

This matter, if I hadn't noticed it because of the case of Su Ri, it would not be surprising.

After all, there are not many people working in this taboo trade, and there are only a few in Chang'an City. The Yuan family's tombstones are well made, so it is not surprising to meet these people.

"Those who work in this business usually look low-key and unobtrusive, but if you think about it carefully, most of the people who deal with posthumous matters have had contact with them." The officer said, "The tombstones of the Yuan family are very impressive. , is favored by wealthy businessmen and powerful people, so our friendship with these people is not shallow."

Liu Yuan nodded and looked at the row of tombstones of the Yuan family not far away where the monks were chanting sutras. He sneered and said: "Throughout the ages, everyone has been worried about what will happen after their death. Otherwise, why would the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty want to build a mausoleum on a large scale? ?”

The Yuan family's business is really a business that makes money silently. The Yuan family who want to make money will not care about Yuan Erlang and other playboys who don't understand anything abandon this business.

If this was an internal matter of the Yuan family, Dali Temple would not bother to take care of it. However, thinking of the case surnamed Su, Liu Yuan turned his head and asked the officer: "Did the families of the deceased masters who were friends with the same surnamed Su send people here?"

The officer moved his legs, which were numb from squatting, and said, "I was just about to say these things!" The officer said with a solemn expression, "When the door opened in the morning, we sent someone here!"

Isn't it the common point of these cases that we have been looking for for a long time?

Although there are not many tombstone businesses, it may not be a coincidence that the people involved in the case are related to the Yuan family tombstone business. But since they have something in common, they can be arrested and questioned.

The officer turned to Liu Yuan and asked, "Liu Sicheng, do you want to go over and arrest someone now?"

Liu Yuan shook his head, looked at the row of tombstones of the Yuan family at the door where the sounds of chanting sutras and chanting Buddhas came one after another, he picked his ears and said: "No need for now!"

Play the long game to catch the big fish! There are too many big fish, more than one, so we can’t use a long line, we should use a net!

When Liu Yuan appeared near the tombstone line of the Yuan family, Bai Zhu appeared in a teahouse outside the city wearing regular clothes and leading a few servants.

Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and many people are traveling to climb mountains. Sitting in a teahouse and looking towards the mountains, you can see groups of pedestrians everywhere, holding chrysanthemums in their hands and wearing dogwood sachets on their waists.

Bai Zhu's eyes only glanced briefly at the mountain, and then turned back to the foot of the mountain. The guards at the entrance were patrolling back and forth, preventing tourists from getting closer to Zhuangzi.

The three large cinnabar-red "Linliuzhuang" characters on the huge stone tablet in front of Zhuangzi's gate seemed to glow with blood in the sunlight, and Bai Zhu couldn't help but frown.

The waiter didn't get free until then. He trotted over and took the money handed over by Bai Zhu. He happily said "Thank you, sir" and patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, sir! I have been here for twenty years." , what I see every day when I open my eyes is this Linliu Village, and I am afraid that no one knows more about this Linliu Village except for their own people!"

"In the final analysis, the owner of Linliu Village is a good reincarnation. His ancestors have accumulated good deeds. Now that the owner of Linliu Village has no relatives around him, he will naturally enjoy all the wealth in the family. Now!" said the man. "He can spend endless amounts of rent and interest every day, so he can naturally become a wealthy and idle man! He likes all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, beauties, famous poems and paintings... …”

"I just don't know if it's because I lost my health when I was young or if it's just like this," the man said, spreading his hands and saying, "Of course I won't know about such private matters!"

"In short, the owner of Linliu Village has never had any children, and has never married a wife! Well, there are many beauties, but when the beauty gets older, the owner will send her away!" Guy Having said this, he shook his head and said, "I have been here for twenty years, and the beauties around this village owner are not over eighteen, and they are all in their prime!"

Well, although the owner of Linliu Village was not ugly in appearance when he was young, because he had plenty of money on hand, he looked younger than his peers.

"But the owner of Linliu Village is already seventy, no matter how young he is, how can he be young?" The waiter clicked his tongue and saw Bai Zhu listening to him while turning to look at the cinnabar-red stone tablet outside. He immediately said, "Sir, are you looking at that stone tablet? A few years ago, the village owner almost died from a serious illness. If he hadn't been hung up with a thousand gold worth of medicinal materials, I heard that he went down to see the King of Hell at that time. At that time, I heard that the village owner invited a A very powerful gentleman asked him to erect this monument, saying it was used to ward off evil spirits!"

As the clerk spoke, he looked at the words on the tombstone and murmured: "I don't know how the colors of the words were adjusted. Sometimes they look weird, as if they were painted with blood!"