In my anger, I even wanted to kill him. I threw away the chopsticks and said to my dad, "I'm going to find Old Scoundrel Zhou now!"
After saying that, I started to walk out. My mom probably saw that my expression wasn't right, so she quickly came up and pulled me back, and anxiously persuaded me, "San-bozi, we don't dare to cause trouble, although your Old Lai's actions weren't right, he didn't break the law, we won't be in the right if we cause trouble, even if we bring it to the Public Security Bureau, they won't give us any face."
My dad also stood up and sighed. "The plot of land for our ancestral grave belongs to Xu Youfu's family. Old Scoundrel Zhou paid, but Xu Youfu didn't say anything. There's nothing we can do."
My parents had the mindset of a typical commoner. They worried too much, but I didn't worry about it. The law was the law, and the reason was the reason. My family was in the right, so I didn't care.
If I was pushed too far, and I wasn't a good person, I could definitely make Old Scoundrel Zhou's entire family die without anyone finding out.
However, my parents' insistence made me stop and sit back down.
After eating a few more mouthfuls of rice, I calmed down, and my thoughts weren't as extreme as I thought.
Old Scoundrel Zhou was in the wrong, but he didn't deserve death. Killing people was a bit too much, and it wasn't like the country didn't have a department that specialized in Metaphysics. If we really made things too big, someone would come looking for us sooner or later.
At this time, the joyous atmosphere at the dining table was long gone. My dad and I were silent. My mom kept trying to persuade us, but as she spoke, she also started to sigh.
After we finished eating, the sky turned dark. I wanted to go to the graveyard to see the situation, but my dad didn't agree. He told me to rest first and go with me the next morning.
No matter how high my cultivation realm was, I couldn't ignore my dad's words. I could only agree and go back to my room to sleep.
The next morning, after eating breakfast, my dad put on a military coat and took me to the graveyard.
I didn't know how many times I've been to the ancestral grave since I was young, but I never paid attention to Fengshui. It wasn't until this time that I took a good look.
We are in a hilly area, and there are no tall mountains. However, the mountain where my family's ancestral grave is located is not low. Moreover, there is an earthen wall that is more than ten meters high next to the farmland where the ancestral grave is located.
A dozen or so meters wasn't too tall, but the earthen walls were extremely thin. Leaning against the mountain ridge, it seemed very tall and thin.
In Fengshui, it was recorded that the dragon was solitary, tall and thin, and was known as the "Drum Dragon". In terms of Fengshui, it was considered a medium-sized tomb. Among them, the dragon had a round head and a sparkling body, which was considered an auspicious omen. Moreover, it had to be protected by the horns of the flag. The ancestors were buried here, and the descendants could be appointed as officials, which was the current provincial officials.
However, my family's ancestral grave is far from being as round and clean as a mountain. Moreover, this earthen wall is relatively too tall, and is suspected of usurping the host.
In this kind of 'drum beating dragon' landscape, it is appropriate to bury a person like my family's ancestral grave who was born alone.
After understanding it, I gave a wry smile. Is it possible that my ancestors have blessed me to enter the Metaphysics world?
At this moment, my father pointed at Laolai Zhou's father's grave. I turned around and saw a big grave less than five meters behind my family's ancestral grave. There were stone tablets and statues on the grave, and there were even two rows of pine and cypress trees. It looked really imposing.
I used the Turning Trigram Palm to calculate the location. Laolai Zhou's grave was in the Kun position of my family's ancestral grave. Lord Kun's ancestral energy had been passed on to his descendants.
From this situation, it seemed he was determined to take my family's ancestral fortune.
Unfortunately, with my family's Fengshui, what use would it be if he robbed it?
In the end, Laolai Zhou was also tricked by Wang Zekun. Wang Zekun had a grudge against me, which was why he had found this chance. His purpose had nothing to do with my family's ancestral fortune. He just wanted to take revenge on me.
After pondering for a while, I had an idea. After kowtowing to the ancestral grave, I didn't linger. I asked my father to go home with me.
During lunch, I discussed with my father that we would go to Laolai Zhou's house in the afternoon.
From the bottom of my heart, I thought that Laolai Zhou was still a member of my family. No matter what, I had to give him a chance.
My dad finally nodded and agreed this time. He had already failed to negotiate with Zhou Laolai, so he decided to use me as his backbone.
After lunch, I went to the small shop at the entrance of the village to buy two snacks and two bottles of wine. Then, I went with my father to Laolai Zhou's house.
Laolai Zhou's house was not far from my house. It was a three-story western-style building with a large courtyard. Not only that, there was a large factory not far from his house. Inside the factory was the chicken farm that his family had been operating for more than ten years.
After knocking on the door, Laolai Zhou's son, Zhou Jia, opened the door. He was the same age as me, and we had been classmates from elementary school to high school. Our relationship wasn't bad back then.
As soon as he opened the door and saw me and my father, his face darkened. He didn't even bother to greet us and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Facing the rich people in the village, my father seemed a bit humble. He smiled at his juniors and was about to say something, but I stopped him and said, "Nothing. It's the New Year, so we came here to wish Laolai Zhou a happy new year."
Zhou Jia was prepared to argue with us. However, after listening to me, she swallowed the words she wanted to say. Reluctantly, she brought us through the door.
We hadn't even entered the house when Laolai Zhou heard the commotion and rushed over. As soon as he saw us, he cursed. "Zhou Hedgehog, what are you doing here?
I already told you, I bought the land with Xu Youfu. My father is already buried in it, it's too late for you to say anything now. If you dare to ask me to dig my father up again, do you believe that I won't smash your house today? "
The smile on my dad's face also froze. He opened his mouth and wanted to argue with him, but he, who had been honest his whole life, couldn't say anything as his face turned red. In the end, I said coldly, "Uncle Lai, my dad and I are here to pay our New Year's greetings to your family. What? Is your family rich, and us poor relatives can't even enter?"
Laolai Zhou lowered his head and looked at the desserts and alcohol in my hands, then sneered. "Third brat, you're someone who went to university, and you still have the nerve to bring these crappy desserts in your hands?
You're right, you won't even be able to get in today. "
I was going to give him one last chance, but it seems like I was too soft-hearted.
I nodded and looked at him. "All right, we won't be going in today, but I'm going to call you Laolai Zhou one last time. There are some things that people do, and God is watching. Don't regret it when the time comes."
Then, I left with my father. When we walked out of the door, I heard Laolai Zhou's arrogant voice saying something. 'This brat's brain has gone stupid from studying, and I'm too happy to regret it!'
I didn't mind. After we left, I smiled and comforted my father for a while. Then, we returned home together.
Just as we arrived at the door, my mom hurriedly came over to ask us about the situation. In the end, after saying a few words, she lowered her head and saw that we were still holding the snacks in our hands. She couldn't ask anything else and could only sigh while comforting us.
That afternoon, I hid in my room and used the weasel hair brush and the yellow talisman paper I had brought with me to make a special talisman. Then, I wandered around the village and brought back some peach and locust tree branches.
After I was ready, I took advantage of the night to go to my family's ancestral grave. I used the talisman and the Yin and Yang peach and locust tree branches to set up an 'Ancestral Seeking Formation' between Laolai Zhou's grave and my family's.
This kind of geomancy formation was used to search for the ancestors. Its function was similar to paternity tests nowadays. However, there was no such method in ancient times. Geomancy masters often used this kind of geomancy formation to help people find their roots.
It wasn't too difficult to set up the formation. It only took me half an hour to set it up. Moreover, to speed up the formation, I had poured my Dao energy into it to increase the effect of the Ancestral Seeking Formation.
The ancestral energy in my family's grave was triggered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, it moved to Laolai Zhou's father's grave.
Around one hour later, the ancestral energy had completely covered the new grave. After one or two days of nourishment, Laolai Zhou's grave and my family's grave would become one.
He wanted to take my family's fortune, so I helped him speed up the process. However, if his family's new grave could stay here for dozens of years and stabilize, it could still maintain its independence when it took away the fortune of my family's ancestral grave.
However, since I had accelerated the process, Laolai Zhou's father's grave hadn't stabilized yet. While it was taking away the fortune, it was directly assimilated by my family's grave.
To put it simply, this new grave was now one of my family's ancestral graves.
The ancestral graves were arranged according to seniority, and there was a distance of five meters between the two graves, which was the distance of at least one grave.
In other words, the position of Laolai Zhou's father's grave was where I would be after I died. That was why his seniority was now the same as mine.
Something like seniority might sound ethereal, but there was a great mystery behind it.
Since Laolai Zhou liked my family's ancestral grave that much, I would help him find his ancestral home.
After that, I didn't retrieve the ancestral formation. I covered it with a thin layer of soil to strengthen the formation's effect. Then, I turned around and returned home.
On the third day, Laolai Zhou and his son, Zhou Jia, finally came. As soon as they entered the house, Laolai Zhou pointed at my father and scolded him. "Zhou Hedgehog, what the heck did you do? Last night, my father told me in my dream that your family had invited an expert to change the geomancy of his grave. Why did he ask me to come and apologize to you?
And, more than a hundred chickens in my house have died these days. Did your family … "
Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. Half of his face was swollen.
My father stood there, dumbstruck. He couldn't get a hold of himself.
Laolai Zhou was a troublemaker. After he fell, he didn't care about the pain. He got up and continued to scold me. "Damn it! Why did you put so many rocks in front of your house?"
As soon as he said that, a few sparrows flew across the sky in the middle of winter. When they passed by his head, some bird droppings fell on his face.
At this moment, the neighbors came to see what was going on. They couldn't help but laugh when they saw the scene.
Zhou Jia stood next to them. He couldn't stand it anymore. He opened his mouth and scolded them. Then, he hurried to help Laolai Zhou get the bird droppings. However, as soon as he walked to Laolai Zhou, Laolai Zhou threw the bird droppings behind him. He slapped Zhou Jia's face and smeared the bird droppings on his hand on Zhou Jia's face.
The people around laughed harder. Laolai Zhou and his son stood there in a daze. They couldn't believe what had just happened.
The two of them obviously felt strange at this time. They looked at each other, turned around and said some harsh words to my dad. Then, they got up and prepared to leave. However, before they could take a few steps, the father and son both bumped into the iron gate of my house. Zhou Jia even got a cut on her face.
This time, the people around couldn't laugh anymore.
My house's gate was wide open. Why didn't they walk through the two-meter-wide gate? Why did they have to bump into the gate against the wall?
In just a blink of an eye, people wore strange faces and started to discuss. There was only one topic. Did Laolai Zhou and his son encounter evil spirits?
At this moment, I smiled. Of course, this father and son pair weren't possessed. They were just disrespectful to their ancestors.
After setting up the ancestral formation, it had been several days since then. From a geomancy point of view, my father was Laolai Zhou's grandfather and Zhou Jia's great-grandfather. Now that they had insulted their ancestors, it would be strange if they weren't unlucky.