The so-called Archmaster Suzuki is the spiritual master who presides over the funeral ceremony, usually this person has to be on the spirit card of the dead, praising the classic works of Buddhism, such as "The Great Day Nyorai Sutra", "The Ghost Chapter", "The Diamond Sutra", "The Eight Sutras of the Heavenly Dragon", and these scriptures can surpass the dead and return the dead to the Elysium as soon as possible. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But now that the archmage rushed to the coffin, it seemed that there was another ceremony to be held, this mage was wearing a yellow robe, with Lingji beads, holding a golden bell in his hand, wearing cloth shoes on the soles of his feet, his face was full of kindness and health, his eyes were blazing, and he knew at a glance that he was a person with very spiritual power, and the Taoism was naturally profound, There are many criminals, evil spirit, poisonous gas, evil spirit, and yin qi are too strong, resulting in the ghost not dispersing, and the evil and evil come out, but this master has the virtue of the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth, and has great compassion, and has been sitting in Wushi Town for decades, silently reciting the Buddha's words, and surpassing the dead, which can be described as a holy monk.

Chen Xu looked at the respected archmage in front of him with respect, but this mage asked a few servants around him to lift the coffin on the stool, and the master came forward and said, "Dare to ask the mage, why is this?" ”

"Don't be nervous, my lord, before this coffin is nailed, I have to do a routine examination of the deceased in the coffin, which is also a tradition I have maintained for many years, so that nothing happens."

The mage turned around and said, "Please get out of the way, people who belong to tigers, dogs, dragons, and monkeys must turn around and not look sideways, because the deceased has passed away, so the reverse yin is yang, and the people who belong to these animals have heavier yang energy, and one yin and one yang rush against each other, and it will inevitably be reversed." ”

Everyone was frightened when they heard this, so they followed the order of the mage to carry it out, but Chen Xu is a sheep, and there is an auspicious saying of "three sheep Kaitai" in the sheep folk, which can be said to be a hundred evils and unscrupulous, so it must also be avoided, Chen Xu stood on the threshold in front of the door and closely watched the movements of the archmage, and also hoped to learn a trick and a half from it.

With a creak, the coffin was opened, fortunately, the deceased inside had been bathed in fragrant flowers and relatives did not sprinkle perfume around the coffin, there were several Rui beasts in the house, the sandalwood on it rose up, sandalwood came from the land of Lingnan, it is a kind of arbor plant of high height, not the people of Lingnan to sell sandalwood for a living, there have always been collectors who continue to collect some more and more rare sandalwood, this kind of good wood is the older it is, the greater the value, the better the medicinal value, Rich and noble people are proud of getting sandalwood, which can drive away evil spirits and bacteria, refresh the mind, increase people's wisdom, and calm the stomach.

So as soon as the coffin was opened, the people around couldn't smell any unpleasant smell, when Chen Xu looked at it, he saw that the clan in the coffin was wearing the classic clothes of the medieval period, with a string of Buddhist beads hanging around his neck, a string of amber beads on his hands, a pair of black leather boots on his feet, and a pair of yellow-brown pants, but the shape of the whole person was a little terrifying, his face was swollen and he didn't look at it, his beard fell off a little, his two eyeballs were deeply sunken, and his two thighs were many times more than usual. There seemed to be a trail of water running on the skin of the whole person, and there was even a little black blood on the side of the mouth.

Chen Xu was shocked by such a scene, and suddenly an idea suddenly sprouted in his heart, as if he had discovered something, "Oh, I know, the more than a dozen elders who have died in the ancestors in the past month have all drunk the spring water in the well in the ancestral hall of the great clan, oh my God, is their death related to the water in this well." ”

A few servants came over with a Song Dynasty porcelain bowl in the shape of a tall leg, the archmage leaned over slightly, soaked his two hands in the water, and slowly stretched out the coffin, Chen Xu looked carefully, only to see that he opened the mouth of the deceased, and immediately seven glutinous rice flowed out of his mouth.

In the north of China, if the average person dies, the relatives will put seven glutinous rice into the mouth of the deceased at the first time, but the seven glutinous rice in front of him has turned black, the situation seems not optimistic, the mage is even more aware of the clues, and immediately took out a silver needle from his cloth pocket, Chen Xu learned from the ancient book "The Different Paths of People and Ghosts" that this one is a spirit needle, the spirit needle is actually a small and bright and transparent glass, Invite a skilled jade craftsman to open a hole on it, and then pour mercury and gold leaf water into it, and worship for 7749 days in front of the seat of the medicine master Liuliguang Rulai, with great compassion, and recite the mantra until the consecration can come in handy, and the use of the spirit needle is to stick it on the elbow of the deceased, so that you can get a glimpse of whether the deceased has been thanked for a series of situations that have occurred after that. But the specific content Chen Xu is not clear.

He only saw that this mage gently inserted this spirit probe needle into the elbow of the deceased, about half a pillar of incense time, the mage ordered an apprentice next to him to pull it out, Chen Xu saw that the original crystal clear spirit probe needle turned light red at this time, Chen Xu didn't know what the result was, and a disciple didn't know.

"Master, may I ask how the spirit probe needle turned red?"

"The spirit probe needle is to measure the soul movement of the deceased, if there is no change, the spirit probe needle is still white, that is, it means that the soul of the deceased has reached the asura realm and is about to be reincarnated, if it is yellow, it means that the soul of the deceased has left the body, but it is still nostalgic in the world, thinking of his relatives, if it is red, it means that the soul of the deceased has not left the body, and there is still a breath in the throat, if it is buried, it will definitely be unfavorable to future generations, breeding countless incidents, Then it will be dangerous. ”

Chen Xu buzzed in his head, he understood at this time what it meant that there was a breath in the throat of the deceased, once buried underground, not only would the body of the deceased not decay, but also the hair and nails would slowly become longer, once the yin qi was heavy, the nails of the deceased would become cat's tooth fingers, and they would become zombies, after jumping out of the grave, they would endanger the people in the world, take resentment as their strength, live on blood, be displaced in the world, wander endlessly, create boundless killing karma, and offend countless living beings.

Chen Xu was speaking, and the apprentice wanted to ask, "Master, since this is the case, what should I do now?" ”

"Apprentice, don't panic first, lest the people behind you see it, make things worse, for the teacher has his own way, you first go to the stone qilin at the back of the house and bring me a wooden trough."

After the apprentice did as the archmage said, Chen Xu only saw the trough he brought, and couldn't help but be surprised, "What's the matter, inside the trough are a few small loaches that are slippery and stained with thick liquid, how can people not understand these can; What comes in handy.

It can be said that the layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway, Chen Xu doesn't know this, the archmage put the small loach in the trough on the palm of his hand, and smacked it shallowly on his two fingers with his teeth, and suddenly the red blood flowed out of the surface skin, and the mage stained the blood on the two small eyes of the loach, silently chanting the incantation in his mouth, and then with a wave of his right hand, the disciple next to him immediately knew what it meant, and immediately broke the mouth of the deceased in the coffin.

The mage put the small loach that was still alive in his hand into the throat of the deceased, and the loach scurried into the deceased's abdomen

Chen Xu was dumbfounded, he only knew that Li Shizhen, a divine doctor in the Middle Ages, said in the Compendium of Materia Medica that after boiling the captured loaches and adding two spoonfuls of sugar, Huang Heng's illness could be cured, but he didn't expect the archmage to use it on the dead man.

The apprentice next to him didn't know why he did this, and asked: "Master, what are you doing here, the apprentice doesn't understand, and I hope the master will teach you." ”

"Hehe, in fact, this is not a profound knowledge, but the deceased was depressed before his death, not afraid of trouble, I saw that the loach was smooth all over, and the body was full of mucus, which was convenient for advancing the abdominal cavity of the deceased, and cast a spell to remove the resentment in the chest of the deceased from the body, which is why I brought the water tank whenever I had a ritual.

"It's really strange, the master is really profound, the mana is strong, and the disciple has been taught."

"Those who are monks must be cautious, don't boast, don't boast, although the master can save the dead and let the dead be reborn in the Elysium, but capturing demons and ghosts is not within the master's ability, so it can't be said to be a strong mana."

After Chen Xu heard this, he suddenly felt a trace of disappointment in his heart, he originally planned to invite this archmage to the ancestral hall of the great clan to spy on the supernatural, if he encountered something powerful in the ancestral hall, he would be able to accept it, but after hearing his words, Chen Xu knew that this was not what he was good at.

After everyone expressed their deep respect for the deceased, seeing that the night was approaching, a flock of crows returning to the forest were crying from the edge of the sun clouds that were red in the east, and the shadows on the surrounding eaves were also stretched on the ground, and in a blink of an eye it was time to start the meal again.

The venue of the Great Clan Funeral Council ran over, pulled the two-way copper bell on the shed a few times, and all the clansmen knew that it was time to rest and eat after a busy day, so they lined up the queue, in Pu'an County, what great joy happened to the clan, it was necessary to pay attention to etiquette and norms, especially in the funeral ceremony, only to see that the station of the queue was determined according to the color of the silk rope carried on the left shoulder blade of the hand, there were seven colors in total: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, In this order, everyone rushed in through the gate of the house.

There are obvious regulations in the funeral ceremony in Pu'an County, if the dearest person is gone, he cannot sleep in the same bed with his wife during the filial piety of his relatives, and he cannot get the meat and fish, but he does not quit drinking, because they think that wine can paralyze a person's brain, temporarily control and suppress the pain and loss of relatives at the time of mourning, so after taking a seat, Chen Xu saw that every table was full of all kinds of wine, there were May red, thousands of people drunk, bamboo leaf green, Fenjiu, the general and the famous daughter red.

After a long time, the people around him gathered around the table to eat, but Chen Xu was very depressed, although there were relatives of his own clan who were persuading him to eat and eat vegetables, but Chen Xu simply ate a few small dishes in front of him, such as fried shrimp with snails, stewed bamboo shoots from female duck, stir-fried crayfish, and fried braised pork with pineapple.

Soon, Chen Xu was a little drunk, as the saying goes, "one drunk relieves a thousand sorrows" but after Chen Xu was a little drunk, the guilt and sorrow in his heart came out like leeks after the rain, he looked at the coffin placed at the door, and thought in his heart: I was already suspicious before, in the past month, almost a dozen of the elders of the big clan have died, and in retrospect, they all drank the water in the big well in the ancestral hall that day, and it must be inseparable from this.

Chen Xu squeezed out a few tears in his eyes, looking at the sad and affectionate faces of the relatives of the deceased around him, his mood was difficult to calm down, "Hey, if I hadn't opened this big well with my uncle's servants that day, maybe the elders in the ancestral hall would not have died, my father disappeared when I was young, the elders in the ancestral hall took pity on our mother and widows, and they took very good care of us, I didn't expect that I didn't have time to repay them today, and they died. And their deaths have nothing to do with me, and they all blame me. ”

Chen Xu took a glass of wine on the table and drank it all, the knot in his chest was incomprehensible, but soon he had a second thought, "Oh my God, I can't invite a Laoshan Taoist priest to tell me about one day today, if it is as he said, there is really a murder hidden in the ancestral hall, if it goes on like this, the clan of my clan will not escape the doom, until today, I dare not expound my point of view in front of everyone, but I am afraid that everyone will not believe it, no, I have taken action, and I must not do whatever the demon spirit wants, I must continue the genealogy of the great family to thousands of generations, and there must be no more mistakes. ”

Chen Xu's courage was smaller than the wren insect on the tree, and when he stood up, the heel of his left leg trembled to the point of being a little paralyzed, but for the sake of the name of the clan, he did not hesitate, he picked up a plate of peanuts and cooked the delicacies of the old duck mother, and drank the old spring wine inside.

In the staggered light of the glasses, Chen Xu moved the elm stool on his lower body, and without anyone next to him noticing anything, he walked home crookedly like a bat hanging upside down on a tree.

As soon as Chen Xu walked into the house, he heard a few unicorn dog barks from the firewood room, he opened the door of the firewood room, and swept the cotton wool on the dilapidated shop, and the half moon in the sky shone the light into the skylight of the firewood room. So Chen Xu found the exorcism weapons that were relied on by Taoists from various places, and there was everything, only to see a triangular wind chime, as well as a peachwood sword, a ghost talisman of the Heavenly Master Zhong Kui, and a legend that the Yellow Emperor used the ghost needle in the Zhuoyuan War when he was in the Great War with Chiyou, the demon rope that had been opened in front of the male witch Amitabha Buddha seat in Nan'an Temple, and even the Qiankun bag on the curtain on the left side of the shop also hid a piece of black dog blood frozen into pieces from the cellar of the old front door. These are the things that can at least serve as a self-defense when encountering ghosts.

When Chen Xu tore down the curtains on the bed, he saw that there was a flickering light all around, and those lights were a bit like the wings of fire insects and night fire insects, floating around in all directions, until they flew out of the window and rose into the sky.

The things on the bed are all treasures valued by the immortals, the peach wood sword since the Chinese ancestors from the Hemudu era, the ancestors created the tree house, the half-column room and the crypt room will be the peach wood sword as the town house to dispel evil, eliminate disasters and refuge of the spiritual object, and even, this black dog blood is the evil and evil things in the underworld are afraid of, and now these things are gathered together, it is really supernatural, Chen Xu thinks that the light emitted just now is the gathering of these spiritual things.

At this moment, the barking of a unicorn dog came from a cloth pocket under the bed, and this intelligent and supernatural creature seemed to have sensed the movement of its master, and several calls were touching, as if he wanted to say something to his master.

Chen Xu was not in a hurry to release the unicorn dog from the cloth pocket, the death of the elders of the great clan, according to the convention, Kai's mother and Chen Xu had to go to the funeral ceremony, there was no one in the family, afraid that the unicorn dog would escape from this house, what time would it take, and when she was helpless, Kai's mother only thought of an expedient solution to put the unicorn dog in a white cloth pocket.

What Kai Mu doesn't know is that this unicorn dog is not from a mortal thing in the world, but a gift from God, and now it is because it was born only a month ago, and its size is still small, and its spiritual power is not deep.

Chen Xu was not in a hurry to make a strange bark from the unicorn dog, nor did he release it, but put it behind a pile of lychee firewood on the left side of the firewood room, sat on the bed, held a bright lamp, and looked at the Taoist holy relics around him.

Chen Xu moved to the shop and sat down, opened a copy of "Qianyuan Buddhism Map" on the yellow sandalwood table, and saw that the top was a ghost exorcism talisman handed down by the ancestor of Bodhidharma, Chen Xu painted a gourd in the same way, and used a brush dipped in cinnabar to depict this ghost talisman on his abdomen, under the moonlight, flashing bright colors, and on the elbow Chen Xu painted the symbol of Buddhism, two "swastika" characters, legend has it that the Buddha group of Sakyamuni had thirty-six noble appearances, and Mrs. Maya gave birth to him in the bamboo forest. There were two "swastikas" on his chest, and Chen Xu thought that this was a symbol of great mana.

After everything was ready, Chen Xu took these things out of the door and walked straight to the old village of the ancestral hall of the big clan.

The light of the half moon in the sky illuminated the bamboo forest on the road ahead, the slight brilliance infinitely extended the road under Chen Xu's feet, the path was full of leaves, Chen Xu took every step, the sound of Geba Geba came from his feet, Chen Xu's backbone came with a cold feeling, when he was afraid, he shifted his attention and looked at the half moon in the sky, the moon was shrouded by the surrounding halo, as if it was hairy, the left side was just like the hair of the yak on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the right side was just like the fluff of a duckling, At this time, Chen Xu remembered why poets in the Tang and Song dynasties often liked to call the moon in the sky "Crow Yellow Moon", and the moon in the sky emitted a light yellow light when it was cloudy, as if a well-known painter painted it with a brush dipped in ochre yellow, so it is said.

Chen Xu looked at the old village in front of him, it was full of black, a road was paved with stone slabs, and there were small grains of sand on it, there was not even a little wind and grass, and there was no animal cry, which can be described as extremely calm, he was still hesitating at first, still wandering, so he walked into the ditch and pond for no reason, and sat down on a big bluestone that shone in the moonlight.

Chen Xu looked at it, there is a longan tree on the shore of the ditch pond, Chen Xu is familiar with this tree, because this is his grandfather planted it by himself, there are many types of longan trees, and this longan tree is a kind of unique in the local area, the taste is sweet and delicious, juicy and delicious, known as "glutinous rice sticky", it bears fruit in June every year, when Chen Xu was still young, whenever this time, the children in the village are very greedy, regardless of the height of the tree to climb up to pick fruits to eat, This longan tree is famous far and wide, and even the singles of the neighboring villages, the ruffians and hooligans often take bamboo poles, iron hooks, and ropes to steal the longan here during the third watch in the middle of the night.

But then no one came here, no matter how much the longan on the tree grew in June of that year, people did not dare to come to pick, only let the beetle and aphids, the shell Lang enjoyed, such a situation is only because I don't know that the villagers of Yinhong Village or Cai Hong's surname township buried a child who died soon after birth under the longan tree, and there were still some merchants at that time, outsiders in the early hours of the morning, took this road to Xilou Village to sell goods, but then they didn't dare, when they came back, He also told the local people that when they were on the road, they heard the cry of babies coming from the pool from time to time.