"Filial piety to children and grandchildren, filial piety to nephews and daughters, all put on filial piety clothes ......"

"Bell ......"

Xiao'er stepped forward and took up the spiritual seat. ”

...... It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

Following the custom, the Hu family wore linen and filial piety, and under the leadership of Lian Ge, they either held the spiritual position or held the mourning flag mast, stepped out of the door of the Hu family's courtyard and began the water invitation ceremony.

Although I watched the old man do it many times when I was a child, it was the first time for Lian Ge to host it by myself.

Along the way, the continuous team played funeral music, burned paper every time, and lit guns every bend.

Every time they crossed a section of the road, the residents on both sides of the road closed their doors early to avoid 'crashing'.

Finally, with the sound of gongs and funeral music, the sound of firecrackers was mixed, and the group finally walked to the bridge.

"Stop!"

Uncle Xu next to Lian Ge shouted, and in an instant the team stopped, and the mourning music also quieted down.

"Let's light the gun, Uncle Xu. Lian Ge glanced at the river in front of him, and said in a calm tone,

"Don't do another ritual?"

Uncle Xu was a little puzzled, and couldn't help asking,

"No, set off a firecracker, go to the river and get some water, and you can go back. ”

Lian Ge shook his head and replied,

As he expected, this water invitation ceremony was useless except to increase the sense of ceremony.

"Okay. Then I'm going to fetch water?" Although Uncle Xu was still a little confused, he didn't continue to ask.

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.

On the side, Uncle Xu also motioned to the people next to him to light the cannon, and then took a plastic bottle and began to go down to fetch water.

"Crackling...... Bang bang ......"

The sound of firecrackers rang out, and the smoke began to disperse,

Lian Ge then turned around and looked at the people behind him,

"Come on. ”

Behind him, everyone gathered towards Lian Ge,

"Where's the candy?" Lian Ge turned around and looked at Uncle Xu's people,

"Master Lian, here. ”

A middle-aged man opened the plastic bag he was carrying and handed it to Lian Ge.

"Filial sons and daughters, filial daughters, filial daughters, and grandchildren are all ......"

Lian Ge grabbed the candy in the plastic bag, directly skimmed the complicated ritual of inviting water, and entered the last step - loose sugar.

"A handful of sugar, a penny of sweetness, future generations will have wealth and land...... Whoa......"

Saying something auspicious, Lian Ge spread out the taut clothes of everyone and sprinkled them directly.

"There are melons, fruits and sugar, and the descendants are full of blessings...... Whoa......"

......

While scattering sugar, Lian Ge waited for Uncle Xu, who went to fetch water, to come back.

Finally, when he scattered the peanuts, melon seeds, candy and some coins in his pocket, Uncle Xu finally returned to the bridge with a plastic bottle filled with river water.

"The ancestors sprinkled a handful of money, and the descendants of the future generations were envied...... Whoa......"

After throwing out all the last bit of coins, Lian Ge stopped,

"Wax, incense, ......"

Lian Ge turned around and said to Uncle Xu and the others,

moment

"Crackling ......"

The sound of firecrackers rang out again,

"Cheer...... Let's go!"

"Bell~"

The funeral music sounded, and the procession, led by Lian Ge, moved again and began to follow the river and go back to Hu's house from another road.

......

It's night, the courtyard of the Hu family.

After a brief dinner at the end of the water invitation, night fell completely.

In the courtyard, it is illuminated by a few large wattage light bulbs, which are still as bright as day.

After Lian Ge finished eating, he returned to the table next to the courtyard again, drawing the needed talismans.

In the middle of the courtyard, kneeling is the nephew of the old lady of the Hu family, who is completing the traditional funeral ceremony under the leadership of Uncle Xu.

“...... Did the Hu family have any wrongs during his lifetime?"

"Smack!"

"There is no wrong!"

"Do you have a sharp tongue?"

"Smack!"

"Nothing. ”

"There are ......"

...... Uncle Xu was wearing a yellow robe, and when he asked, he threw a hexagram to the ground, and at the same time, there was a person next to him who cooperated with him to answer.

"Then there is no unjust debt, so why are you trapped outside the city of Xudu and have no choice but to cross the bridge?"

"Smack...... Smack......"

"Although there is no injustice, but there are also karmic fruits......"

"The general in front of the Xudu Gate really refuses to let people go?"

"No. ”

"Then the mage must break into this capital city......

"The filial son and grandson of the Hu family are willing to break into the underworld?"

"Filial sons and grandsons are naturally willing. ”

"If you want, take the staff, and go to the gate of the underworld now. ”

"Go now?"

"Go now!"

......

Uncle Xu stretched out the Zen staff in his hand and motioned to the people behind him to pull the Zen staff, and then the people behind pulled one by one, pulling out a spreading line in the courtyard.

Next to the courtyard, Lian Ge, who had just finished drawing a talisman, raised his head and looked at the people in the courtyard, and couldn't help but smile.

It's not that Uncle Xu is funny, but the accompanying music is really funny.

"I just captured a few demons,

A few more demons descended.

How can it be so much!

(Monster, eat my grandson!) ......"

With this music, Uncle Xu carried a Zen stick, and led a group of people behind him, just around a few piles of paper money and lime circles in this courtyard.

"Just over a few mountains,

A few more rivers were crossed.

Bumpy and bumpy how it is so much!

(White: My grandson is going!~~~)"

finally

When the music of the big stereo stopped again, Uncle Xu, who was leading everyone around in a circle, also stopped,

"The East Gate of the Xudu City has arrived!"

The cooperating person next to him said in dialect.

"Is Hu here?"

"There was no one in sight at the East Gate. ”

"Then go to the West City Gate and take a look at ......"

"Leaving now?"

"Let's go now!"

The words fell, and some cheerful soundtrack sounded again, and Uncle Xu led everyone around the courtyard again.

......

Next to the courtyard, Lian Ge watched this scene, shook his head and smiled, and then withdrew his gaze and continued to draw talismans.

Time passes slowly,

From the beginning of the night to the deepening of the night.

Finally, after Uncle Xu led a group of people from the 'East City Gate' to the 'West City Gate', and then from the 'West City Gate' to the 'North City Gate' and 'South City Gate', and finally laid the 'Eighteen Layers of Hell',

Lian Ge finally made all the talismans and paused.

"Smack. Throwing down the pen in his hand, he moved his pantothenic hand, feeling the almost exhausted mana, Lian Ge raised his head again,

While collecting the rune paper and transcendent scriptures on the table, Lian Ge looked towards the middle of the courtyard, the people who had been tossing all night.

At this moment, the traditional funeral ceremony presided over by Uncle Xu is almost the same.

After smashing a few tiles with the end of his Zen stick, Uncle Xu motioned to everyone and gathered around a branch full of incense and paper money.

Next to the courtyard, Lian Ge, who put away the Fu Seal scriptures, looked at it with interest,

This branch with incense wax money paper is also called a cash cow, and basically every funeral ritual will appear at the end.

In the yard,

At Uncle Xu's signal, a group of people held the branch and shook it violently, and as the paper money and incense wax on it fell, the entire branch was also pushed into the pile of money and paper burning next to it, and it was burned.

finally

After the ceremony, the courtyard fell silent again.

Lian Ge then got up and walked towards Uncle Xu,

"Uncle Xu, you're quite skilled, but you're much more like a mage than me. Lian Ge smiled and looked at Uncle Xu and said,

"It's just an empty shelf, and you can bluff people, and you are not comparable to Master Lian. Uncle Xu took off his robe, shook his head and said,

"According to what Master Lian said before, these farts are useless, if they can really be exceeded, a scripture will be exceeded, these are all superfluous shows. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled and didn't answer, but asked instead,

"Uncle Xu, did the person who went to dig the grave come back?"

"Not yet, I'll give you a call and ask. ”

As he spoke, Uncle Xu took out his mobile phone and walked to the side to make a call.

After a very short time, Uncle Xu walked back and said to Lian Ge,

"It's a bit hard and hasn't been dug yet, but it's coming soon, and you'll be back in an hour. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded,

"Since there is no problem, let's follow the previous plan and bury it tomorrow morning. ”

"Then I'll ask the master's family to issue a death certificate now, so that it can be cremated tomorrow morning?"

"Excuse me, Uncle Xu. ”