Speaking of this, Master Liang smoked snuff again, closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a while, before turning the topic back to his grandfather Liang Yi and no, Lian Yi.

At that time, Lian Yi had already learned several percent of his master's craftsmanship. At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and the people were very poor, but no matter how poor they were, they would not be frugal in such white things as funerals, and every household had to do their best as much as possible. After all, people live for a hundred years, and when they finally enter the ground, they always hope to have a wooden board to cover their bodies, and their children and grandchildren also hope to let the deceased go beautifully and shade their families. Therefore, in that era, the business of the coffin shop was always quite good, and even the business of the paper shop was also brought up. Compared with the price of a coffin, paper money, filial piety flags or something is much cheaper, the rest of the paper people, carriages and horses depend on the conditions of the deceased's family, better ones naturally have to be equipped with things, when the funeral is carried out, the inner coffin and the outer coffin, the paper people, the paper horse honor guard is complete, and the blowing and playing are not pulled; The worse ones are not so complete, and it is okay to do whatever they can do, after all, there are some people who cut back the paper from the grocery store and cut it themselves to make their own money, which can be regarded as doing their best.

On that day, Master Lian Yi's hometown had an urgent matter and needed to go back for a few days, so he was left in the store to watch the store, saying that it was the father of the county master Wang who passed away, and he had set a full set of chariots and horses honor guards, and he would send someone to pick them up today. That was the first time Lian Yi saw Master draw the eyes of the paper figure in advance. After the eyes were drawn, his master took out a few pieces of rune paper from the drawer and pasted them on the paper man's forehead, and told Lian Yi to tell Master Wang's family that the rune paper could only be taken off when the paper man stood in the mourning hall after he arrived home. After Mr. Wang's family took away the paper carriage and horse honor guard, it was already afternoon, and Lian Yi planned to close the business, but at this moment, someone came to buy paper money, paper people and paper cow paper cars. As soon as Lian Yi heard that someone wanted to buy paper cows, he immediately understood that the deceased person in their family must have been a woman. After careful questioning, I learned that there was a family surnamed Wang in Hulu Village in the north of the county who married a daughter-in-law today, but I didn't expect that the bride had just stepped out of the sedan door, and she didn't even cross the brazier at the door. Since the bride had not yet passed the door, she was pulled back to her parents' house, so the happy event turned into a funeral. The mourning hall was also set up temporarily, and all funeral supplies could only be purchased temporarily.

The paper in the paper shop was all wrapped up by Mr. Wang's family, and even the last bundle of money was left, which was not enough at all. The people who came pleaded again and again, saying that they had found Mr. Yin and Yang, and on the day of marriage, the bride died violently in front of the door, and she was extremely unwilling in her heart, and she must be angry; and died wearing a big red cannon, fearing that he would turn into a powerful ghost and bring disaster to the world. For fear of hurting the family, they must be put into the coffin today, and after doing the Dharma overnight, they must be buried tomorrow, and they must be buried before dawn, and they must not wait for the first seven days. At the same time, in order to dissipate the resentment of the bride, it is necessary to burn more paper money, paper people and ox carts. The car needs to be pulled by four oxen, and the paper man needs two men and two women. Mr. Na said that if there are many paper people, the service is in place, and the cattle and horses are prosperous and stable, hoping to satisfy the deceased and resolve the grievances. Lian Yi didn't want to take this deal, but he couldn't stand the kind words and hard words of the people who came, and the matter was really urgent, and they were the only paper shops in the whole county, so they finally agreed.

Due to the tight time, the buyer can't be allowed to pick it up after Lian Yi is done in the store, so he can only take the guy to the customer's house to do it. When Lian Yi tied up the ox cart and the paper figure, it was already the second half of the night. He hurriedly put all the things in the mourning hall, because they would have to be carried to the graveyard and burned in another hour or two. Of course, the cemetery was not prepared, but was selected by Mr. Yin and Yang.

When Lian Yi transported the paper to the mourning hall, he found that the person guarding the spirit was sitting on a stool next to him and was asleep. Lian Yi knew this person, who was said to be the bride's brother, and it seemed that his name was Qin San. He did not alarm the main family, but put the paper figure and ox cart in the right place by himself. When he walked out of the mourning hall, he saw that the coffin was not covered. At this time, an idea suddenly sprung up in his heart, that is, to see what this unlucky bride looked like.

Lian Yi walked to the edge of the coffin, tentatively stretched his neck and looked into the coffin, only to see a woman with a beautiful face wearing a phoenix crown and a red wedding robe lying inside, but her face looked extremely pale. After listening to the words of the person who went to the store to buy paper, Lian Yi always imagined this woman as a demon in his heart, but he didn't expect that the "ghost" in his heart turned out to be such a delicate appearance.

Lian Yi suddenly felt pity in his heart, and said in his heart that this woman is also a poor person, it was originally a great joy in life, but it became a great tragedy without warning, alas, it is really unpredictable...... Just like the old saying - "there are no young and old on the Huangquan Road", people's life span is destined by God, and they can't help themselves.

Lian Yi glanced at the female corpse in the coffin twice, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the woman was beautiful, and he couldn't help but say with regret: "It's a pity that she looks so beautiful and died before she could worship heaven and earth...... If I were your unmarried father-in-law, I would want you to be my wife even if you died......"

Lian Yi turned around and was just about to walk out of the mourning hall when he heard a soft sound of "bang" coming from the coffin behind him. He was startled, and hurriedly looked into the coffin, and saw a string of bead chains on the phoenix crown that were originally on the eyes of the female corpse, hanging down on the side of the female corpse's face at this time, swinging slightly in the air. Seeing this, he naturally didn't know what was going on, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe again.

Lian Yi slowly moved his gaze to the female corpse's face, and seeing that her expression had not changed, it was still the same as just now, and he couldn't help but put his heart down a little, thinking: Maybe it's just a simple bead chain slipping off, there is no need to scare yourself. Just thinking like this, he saw the corners of the female corpse's mouth slightly upturned, and then opened his eyes suddenly, and a miserable white hand suddenly stretched out from the coffin, grabbing Lian Yi's wrist on the edge of the coffin......

"Ah~~" Lian Yi raised his head suddenly, and found that he was asleep on the table, and his back was covered with cold sweat, which was completely soaked. It turned out that everything just now was just a dream. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and calmed down a little.

"Master Lian, how is the paper work? In half an hour, I will have to be buried in the coffin! "Someone at the door urged.

"Oh, okay, it's over, it's coming, it's coming!" Lian Yi agreed.

After that, a few people came in from outside the door to help Lian Yi carry the paper to the mourning hall. When passing by the coffin, Lian Yi glanced into the coffin intentionally or unintentionally, only to find that the female corpse had her eyes open, the corners of her mouth raised high, and a weird smile on her face, and her right hand was raised high, with five fingers into claws, as if she was grasping something, just like the female corpse grabbed his wrist in his dream last night.