Chapter 22: The Coffin
Of course, if you have to lift the coffin, it will be very particular. The first is to find a good feng shui master to choose a good day and an auspicious day, and to dig out the coffin within the specified time.
And generally speaking, it will not be in broad daylight, because after a person dies, it is yin, and the sun is yang, and this kind of yin and sun are mutually restrictive. If the coffin is opened in broad daylight and the sunlight shines directly on the bones, the future generations of the bones will be affected.
But if the time chosen is in the daytime, a pergola should be built above the bones to shield them from the sun. Of course, Zhang Wen also considered this reason, so he asked Zeng Zhenhua to wait for the coffin with the workers at this time.
Zhang Wen took out a requiem charm and muttered a prayer in his mouth, informing the descendants of the Yin people that they were going to move her grave back to her hometown to be buried with her husband.
Zhang Wen saw from the debris of the coffin that had been dug up that the coffin used by Zeng Zhenhua's mother was not made of good materials, and after such a long time, the coffin had almost completely decayed. And from what I saw in the Yin-Yang Mirror just now, Zeng Zhenhua's mother's bones were almost all corrupted, leaving only the skull and some fragmentary bones in it.
Zhang Wen said, "After such a long time, the coffin and the body have all been corrupted, and you are now in the coffin, you should be careful not to dig up the bones." ”
"Are you saying that where we are standing now is in the grave?" Sanniu's face changed suddenly, and a feeling of fear rose from the bottom of his heart.
"Of course, where do you think you are now?"
"Now that you're in the coffin, Boss Zeng, it's useless for so many people to be here, just let Sanniu and them go up, and I'll clean it up here." Liu Lao Er also knew that these nephews had not experienced this kind of thing, and they would definitely be afraid, so it was better to ask them to go up and wait.
Zeng Zhenwei asked Zhang Wen, "Zhang Wen, what do you think?" ”
Zhang Wen nodded and said, "That's okay, you guys come up." ”
Although no one has ever seen ghosts and gods, ordinary people always have the mentality that they would rather believe in what they exist than believe in what they don't, so they are unconsciously afraid of the bones of the dead. The thought of stepping on a human bone now, these strong-blooded people also felt their scalps tingle. Hearing Zhang Wen's promise to let them get up, the three brothers immediately got up from the cemetery in a panic.
Because he was afraid that the bones would be damaged, Liu Lao Er did not dare to shovel the soil with a shovel, so he could only use his hands to push the soil to the side.
Zhang Wen shouted above, "Liu Lao Er, be careful, your current position is exactly the head of the coffin, you have to pay attention to finding the human skull." ”
"Don't worry, I'll definitely pay attention."
"Forget it, I'd better go down and look for it with you." Zhang Wen thought about it and felt still uneasy, so he decided to go down to help himself.
After seeing Zhang Wen go down, Zeng Zhenhua was also very moved in his heart. In fact, he also saw that the brothers of Sanniu did not dare to go down because they were afraid. He has already lived to this age, and he has already experienced a lot of life and death, and the person buried below is his mother, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Zhang Wen, I'll go down too." Zeng Zhenhua also jumped down after speaking.
"You give way, and I'll go down too." The eldest brother has gone down, although Zeng Zhenwei is a little unwilling, but he can't watch from the side, his wooden plank factory was paid for by this cousin, and he still wants to continue to expand the scale of the factory, and wants to borrow money from this cousin. If you don't help in this situation now, you will be embarrassed to ask your cousin to borrow money in the future, so you can only jump down.
"Okay, Uncle Zeng, you clean up here. Uncle Zeng, you are in charge of this. Zhang Wen pointed to the side and assigned it.
And the three brothers of Sanniu, who had just gotten up, saw that the boss had jumped down, and their faces couldn't help but be a little ugly, and their brothers agreed to help, but their brothers didn't go down to work, and the boss went to work below. If the boss gets angry and fires his brothers, it will be miserable. But now I can't go down, the grave is so big, and now there are a few people squeezed underneath, and I can't squeeze so many people in. And the brothers were also genuinely afraid.
After about ten minutes, Liu Lao Er groped for an object and cried out with a little fear, "Zhang Wen, come and take a look, what is this?" ”
Zhang Wen turned his head to look, only to see Liu Lao Er holding a yellowed skull in his second-hand hand, at this time Liu Lao Er's hand holding the skull was trembling desperately, Zhang Wen hurriedly said, "Liu Lao Er, be careful, this is a skull, don't break it." ”
As soon as Zeng Zhenhua saw the skull, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried.
"Mom, my son came to pick you up, my son is unfilial, so you haven't come home for so long." From ancient times to the present, Huaxia has paid attention to the custom of returning to the roots, and people who are buried outside after death are wandering ghosts, and they cannot enjoy the sacrifices of their families. Therefore, the last words left by many people who are exiled abroad after death are to take their ashes back to their hometown for burial.
Zeng Zhenhua lost his mother when he was a child, and he has not had his mother by his side for decades, and he has missed his mother very much since he was a child. And his father has been looking for decades, and now he is starting to find it, and he can't help but lose control of his emotions and cry bitterly.
"Auntie, eldest brother and uncle have been looking for you for decades, and now they have finally found you. But Uncle has been..." Zeng Zhenwei also cried bitterly.
Zeng Zhenhua cried for a while before he controlled his emotions, stopped crying, wiped his tears and said, "I'm sorry, Zhang Wen, Uncle can't control himself, so he makes you laugh." ”
"Uncle Zeng, it doesn't matter, I can understand." Zhang Wen's eyes were also red, he also remembered his mother, he was raised by his father alone since he was sensible, and he also asked his father about his mother when he was a child, but he was very sad to see his father suddenly silent. Since then he has been very sensible and has never asked his mother about it again, although he is very curious about her in his heart.
At this time, Da Niu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Boss Zeng, let's go and move the coffin on the car, right?" ”
"Zhang Wen, what do you think?" Zeng Zhenhua turned his head to look at Zhang Wen.
"Hurry up." Zhang Wen continued, "Liu Lao Er, you put this skull next to you first. You also go up and take the hand and carry the coffin with them. ”
It didn't take long for Liu's second uncle and nephew to carry the coffin over, and Zhang Wen and the others also cleaned up the many broken bones buried in the soil.
Zeng Zhenhua also turned out a silver bracelet engraved with the word Zeng for burial from the ground, and he immediately began to cry again, he had heard from his father that he did not take down the heirloom bracelet that his mother wore in his hand when he buried him. When he saw the bracelet, he no longer doubted whether the skeleton was his mother.
Several people finally found all the bones in the grave and moved them to the coffin that had just been moved, and Zeng Zhenhua was still holding the silver bracelet for a while.
Seeing that everything was ready, Zhang Wencai shouted, "Uncle Zeng, we should go back, and if we don't go back, it will be dawn." ”
Zeng Zhenhua took a deep breath and stood up and said, "Okay, let's all go back." ”
Zhang Wen suddenly remembered something, "Uncle Zeng, you have to promise me that I will help you tonight, and you must not spread the word." ”
"This is just a trivial matter, Liu Lao Er, I don't want today's matter to get out of the way. Do you know what to do? "Zhang Wen's strength is too shocking, and he can find a grave buried underground, which is not something ordinary people can do. Maintaining a good relationship with him must be good for himself, and Zhang Wen had helped them just now, so he hurriedly expressed his kindness to Zhang Wen.
"Boss Zeng, don't worry, our uncles and nephews will definitely not say anything." Liu Lao Er hurriedly reassured, and he threatened a few nephews, "Have you a few stinky boys heard it, if you dare to say anything, I will break your legs." ”
Their uncle and nephew rely on Zeng Zhenwei to eat, if Boss Zeng fires them for squid, then their family will have to eat the northwest wind. These brothers obviously understood this truth, and hurriedly agreed together.
"That's good, I'm very satisfied with this matter, and after I go back, in addition to the original conditions, I will pay each of you two more months' salary."
Zeng Zhenwei's words made Liu's second uncle and nephew suddenly happy, especially the three brothers of Sanniu, just now the three of them were worried that Zeng Zhenwei would fire them because of what happened just now, and now the boss said that he would pay them another two months' salary, and finally all of them were relieved.
Zhang Wen instructed Liu's second uncle and nephew to cover the coffin, tie both sides of the coffin with two hemp ropes, and insert two wooden sticks as thick as fists into the hemp ropes, each holding one end of the stick. Then he walked to the coffin and took out a stack of dark coins, and after muttering a prayer in his mouth, he threw the dark coins up, and the dark coins scattered in the air.
It is also an ancient custom that these coins are specially sold to some wandering spirits and wild ghosts, and after death, the soul will be attached to the body of the skeleton and taken by the people of the yang world to the burial place. Therefore, when people send funerals, there is always a Taoist priest walking in front, and when crossing a bridge or crossing an intersection, he scatters dark coins to sell the road to wandering souls and wild ghosts. Otherwise, I am afraid that the way will be blocked by the wandering ghosts, and the ghosts will not follow the bones.
After Zhang Wen finished doing this, he called out, "Okay, get the coffin." ”
Liu's second uncle and nephew, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly lifted the coffin and followed Zhang Wen in the direction of the truck.