[Comprehensive] The man on the throne

Just as Ye Feizhou was about to say something, he saw a young man who was about the same age as the two of them.

"You are Brother Minglang, right? I haven't seen you for many years. I'm Wang Kaile, the kid who used to follow Brother Mingzhi when I was young."

Wang Jiu thought about it. In his memory, when Wang Mingzhi was playing with the big guys, there was always such a little tail behind him, and he said casually, "So it was you."

The young man pulled out a smile: "Brother Minglang, you finally remembered." He looked at Ye Feizhou: "Who is this?"

Wang Jiu: "My friend, Ye Feizhou."

Wang Kaile's tone was cheerful, and his words seemed extremely enthusiastic: "It turns out that you are a friend of Brother Minglang. Welcome to Wangjia Village! Wait a minute, shall I take you for a stroll?"

Ye Feizhou waved his hand quickly: "You are too polite."

Wang Kaile smiled and said: "What is this? If my brother meets Minglang's friends, he will definitely welcome you like me."

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, perhaps because he thought of his brother, which touched the heart, and then his tone became much lower.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I will lead you into the village first."

Ye Feizhou: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Wang Kaile even said no.

The two followed Wang Kaile with a distance of more than one step. Ye Feizhou found that Wang Kaile's face was shining brightly. Looking carefully, it turned out that it was the sweat beads on Wang Kaile's body that were shining.

Wang Kaile's forehead was constantly sweating, bean-like sweat slid down his neck, and his clothes were so wet that water dripped out.

Ye Feizhou was a little puzzled, although it's summer, it's good to be very hot, but how could anyone be so hot?

Wang Jiu obviously noticed this too: "Kai Le, are you hot?"

Wang Kaile wiped his sweat: "It's okay, what's wrong?"

Seeing Wang Jiu looking at his face, he immediately reacted.He wiped the sweat off his face indifferently and said with a smile, "I don't know why I've been sweating a lot lately, don't worry, it's just a trivial matter."

Wang Jiu nodded and asked

"Is there anything special going on in the village recently?"

Wang Kaile slowed down after hearing this, as if he was thinking about what Wang Jiu said.

"Yes, Aunt Ma's daughter next door has disappeared. But, their family has suddenly become much richer. You know, although their family is not at the point where they can't get rid of the pot, they are not much better, but recently they have a lot of fish and meat every day. Everyone was showing off. They all said that this family must have done something detrimental."

Speaking of this, Wang Kaile stopped talking and said

"Let's not talk about this, let's move on."

After hearing this, the two of them understood that Aunt Ma's daughter was the bride of the river god, so the sudden wealth of Aunt Ma's family was justified.

Then Wang Kaile led the two of them forward while talking about the interesting things that happened in Wangjiacun in recent years.After crossing a stone bridge, Wang Kaile suddenly turned around and said excitedly, "It's finally here. Brother Minglang, do you two want to take a break?"

Seeing that Wang Jiu agreed, he grinned: "It's just right, Uncle Nan is waiting for you at home, so I'll take you there to rest."

As for Uncle Nan that Wang Kaile was talking about, he was the younger brother of Wang Jiu's father, and he was the second eldest in the family.Wang Jiu's father went out with others when he was young, but Uncle Nan stayed in the village if he didn't want to.

All the young people in this village are like the brothers of the Wang family, some stay in the village, while others wander outside.Uncle Nan has only one daughter who is studying in university outside, and he has always loved his nephew Wang Minglang very much.Seeing Wang Jiu's arrival, he narrowed his eyes with a smile.

Uncle Nan took Wang Jiu's hand and sighed repeatedly: "That's great, that's great, you're already this old."

Uncle Nan is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his [-]s. He is a bit fat, but he smiles very kindly, which is the complete opposite of Wang Jiu's father's serious expression.If it weren't for those who knew the truth, no one would have thought that these two would be brothers.

He first led the two of them into the kitchen to wash their faces, and then followed the three of them to sit on the master chair in the lobby.

Uncle Nan: "That kid Kaile led you here." He sighed, "Kayle, you've become more sensible recently."

Wang Jiu smiled: "Well, it's much better than when I was a child."

Uncle Nan also laughed: "That's needless to say. You haven't lived here long, so you don't know. Kaile used to hang out with the ruffians at the entrance of the village all day long, doing nothing all day long. But now that he's grown up and sensible, he also knows how to be considerate. Someone else, his mother has something to look forward to, but it's a pity..."

They were chatting on the side, while Ye Feizhou paid attention to the whole hall. To be honest, the layout here is very regular and elegant, which makes people look very comfortable.The hanging on the wall, the coffee table, and the chairs sitting under the people seem to have been around for many years, and they look very simple and heavy.

All the way in, Ye Feizhou found that Wangjia Village seemed to still retain many old habits.For example, candles are also used, and water from wells is consumed.

Uncle Nan was holding a pipe, tilting his head slightly and smoking a cigarette.In the slowly rising smoke, his eyes looked regretful and melancholy.

"That child Mingzhi went there at a young age. This child is not sensible, how can he swim in the water casually?"

Wang Jiu: "Second Uncle?"

Uncle Nan took a puff of smoke: "In the early years, Mingzhi, like your father, went out of the village to wander around. He made some money these years but he never had anyone around him. His mother, Aunt Ming, asked him to come back to the girls in our village after she knew about it. A blind date wanted to find a wife for him, but who knew it would happen when he returned to the village.

Isn't it hot these days? Mingzhi said that he went to the back mountain for a swim, but he didn't come back after this swim.Alas, what a pity, Mingzhi is such a filial child. "

Uncle Nan shook his head and said several regrets, Wang Mingzhi was a child he liked very much, who would have thought that he would disappear like that in the blink of an eye.

Uncle Nan: "By the way, I remember you two had a good time when you were young, right?"

Wang Jiu: "Well, I'll go over to see him now and offer him some incense sticks." He got up from the grand master's chair and asked, "Feizhou, are you going with me?"

Ye Feizhou shook his head: "You offer incense, why should I go there, I can just wander around by myself."

Uncle Nan smiled and said, "Then Mingming, go and have a look, I will accompany your friend for a stroll."

Wang Jiu nodded: "Then I will trouble you, Second Uncle." Saying that, he stepped out the door.

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Not far from outside, there was a family hanging white cloth, and the sound of crying came faintly to Wang Jiu's ears.People from afar could see that the door of that family was open, and a large square coffin was placed in the lobby, and a woman was leaning on the coffin and weeping.

Wang Jiu walked in that direction, and saw Wang Kaile kneeling on the ground silently burning ingots.

Seeing Wang Jiu's arrival, both of them were taken aback for a moment, and Wang Kaile quickly stood up.

"Brother Minglang, you are here." He lowered his body, whispered a few words into the woman's ear, and helped the woman to walk towards Wang Jiu, "Brother Minglang, this is my mother, everyone calls her Aunt Ming. "

Aunt Ming wiped away her tears: "It turns out that Minglang is back. Mingzhi played well with you when he was young. He will be very happy when you come to see him."

As he spoke, Nao took out a few sticks of incense from the side of the incense table, lit them on a candle and handed them to Wang Jiu.

Aunt Ming choked with sobs, "Mingzhi, Minglang is back to see you. Do you remember..." Before she finished speaking, she began to cry again.

Wang Jiu bent down and inserted the incense into the incense burner: "Aunt Ming, can I see Ming Zhi and say goodbye to him?"

Wang Kaile thought of his brother's appearance, hesitated for a moment, and said, "My brother's appearance..."

Aunt Ming burst into sobs, and after a while she continued intermittently: "This...Mingzhi's appearance...is not good-looking."

Wang Jiu: "It doesn't matter, I'm quite courageous. I was a very good friend with Mingzhi when I was young, so I should."

Aunt Ming nodded in satisfaction: "Then... well, don't force yourself."

Wang Jiu responded and stepped forward.

Wang Mingzhi's lips were bruised and purple, and his originally thin body was a little swollen and white under the immersion in the lake water, bulging, to put it bluntly, pale and pale, like a dead pig.

Wang Jiu looked at it for a while, and there was nothing wrong with the appearance of drowning.But he always felt that some places were weird, so he glanced at the lobby with a calm expression, and Wang Jiu felt that the place was extremely dark.Although he has no cultivation base now, people who are a little more sensitive to Yin Qi can feel it.

Looking away, seeing Aunt Ming's grief-stricken appearance, Wang Jiu could only say a word of condolence, even though the words were so pale and powerless.

Aunt Ming sobbed, staring at the portrait of her son intently, as if possessed by a demon.

Wang Kaile wiped off his sweat, sighed and said, "Brother Minglang, let me take you out."

Wang Jiu: "When will your brother be buried?"

Wang Kaile was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Everything is fine, it's only been a few days."

Wang Jiu stared at the beads of sweat that kept slipping off his forehead, said "En" and prepared to follow him out the door.When he just walked out of the door, he saw a hunchbacked little-footed woman stepping in.When the mother-in-law walked in, Wang Jiu looked at it and felt familiar.

His eyes followed the mother-in-law into the door, and Wang Jiu turned his gaze away.

Seeing him staring at his mother-in-law, Wang Kaile said strangely

"Brother Minglang, you don't recognize her, she is a witch."

Wang Jiu smiled, "No wonder it looks familiar."

Wang Kaile lowered his voice: "My mother invited the witch to prepare for my brother's ghost marriage."

Wang Jiu: "What?"

Wang Kaile whispered

"My brother didn't have a wife before he was alive. My mother was afraid that he would be alone in the bottom with no one to take care of him."

Wang Kaile sent him outside the gate: "Okay, my mother didn't let me talk about this. Brother Minglang, I'll send you here."

Wang Jiu watched him enter the door, looking thoughtful.

As for Wang Kaile here, as soon as he walked in, he felt the solemn atmosphere in the air.

It's not surprising that the witch has a cold face, because she has always been like this.It's just strange that his mother also had a cold face. He hesitated for a while and asked, "Mom, what's the matter?"

Aunt Ming ignored him, but kept her face firmly on the floor.He said coldly, "I will find a suitable candidate, and you can just take care of things when the time comes."

These words were obviously spoken to the witch.

The witch gave her a cold look, and said in a hoarse voice

"You can figure it out for yourself, and you will be responsible for what happens when the time comes."

After saying that, he slowly left with his little feet sprained.

Seeing his mother's appearance, Wang Kaile didn't dare to speak, so he slipped into his room, leaving Aunt Ming to watch the wax falling from the candle.

Under the flickering light of the candlelight, a row of her ghostly figures were reflected.