Chapter 3: The Devil Snatches His Relatives (1)
Xiao Yu brought a table, then spread a yellow cloth, then took out a gossip mirror, a peachwood sword, and then something in cinnabar, which filled the table, and finally asked for some fruit like Ergou and put it on the plate! Of course, the most important thing here is a plate of steamed buns.
The sky is getting darker and darker, today day, there is no sun, the whole sky is gloomy, the biting cold wind blows the branches around the village, making a rattling sound, plus the crows on the trees, shrouding Bailong Village with a strange atmosphere.
When it gets dark, those who blow suona and sing filial piety songs come one after another, those who sing filial piety songs are some middle-aged men, who have had a funeral, they are indispensable, although this singing filial piety song is not very useful for death, but this has a good refreshing effect on the living.
After death, in China, there is the habit of sitting on filial piety, that is to say, the last few days of the living with the dead, so it is all all-nighters, but people's physical strength is limited, if in this sad atmosphere, very mentally exhausted and sleepy, so the profession of singing filial piety slowly appeared.
At night, the elderly and middle-aged people from the village and other villages come here, and there are many pots of charcoal fire in the house, which dispels a lot of cold in the house! Then the relatives of the deceased began to fall on the edge of the coffin, began to cry loudly, and the people began to incense the deceased, where the children of the two dogs knelt, holding filial piety cloths, and kept kowtowing to thank them.
As more and more relatives arrived, heart-rending cries were heard throughout the village, and sadness and anger spread throughout the village, especially some old people, who began to cry when they saw this scene, as if they saw the day they died.
Xiao Yu and his master sat cross-legged on the edge of the coffin, Xiao Yu whispered the mantra of death, and his master drew some talismans and pasted him on the coffin! However, those talismans are just ordinary talismans, they have no effect, at most they are just fooling people! In Grandpa Xiao Yu's words, drawing useful talismans requires a lot of materials, those things are too expensive, and there are not many corpses that will become powerful ghosts, so don't waste money.
After pasting the talisman around the coffin, Grandpa Xiao Yu wore a Taoist robe, lit an oil lamp, and slowly placed it under the coffin, and then asked for a bowl of noodles from the kitchen, stood in front of the coffin, and muttered a few words to the coffin, and then put the noodles in front of the coffin.
After doing this, the prelude to this Dharma was basically completed, and then Xiao Yu's grandfather also sat next to Xiao Yu, the old man and the young man closed their eyes tightly, and they didn't open their eyes even though they were crying in the room.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, after the thanksgiving meal, the number of people who came gradually decreased, and the young men in the village gathered together to play cards, and some old people gathered around the brazier, where to gossip! At this time, the people who sing filial piety set up gongs and drums, speakers, etc., and began to sing one sentence after another! Hearing the sound of singing filial piety, Xiao Yu's heart was relieved, because he knew that he could finally get up and move.
"Grandpa, I'm so sleepy, can I go back to sleep?" Xiao Yu asked in a low voice.
"Go, this young man is dead, and he will be out of the spirit tomorrow, so come over early! Remember, don't run around when you go out, take the jade plate that grandpa gave you carefully," Grandpa Xiao Yu instructed.
"Well, I know, grandpa, if you don't come with me, please ask God to ask for dawn, it's still early."
"No, I have to be here, I've seen the time, the time of this corpse's death is a little strange, as long as I survive tonight, I guess nothing will happen."
"Oh" Xiao Yu agreed, and then rubbed his somewhat stiff legs, and then he was allowed to roast around the brazier for a while, and then he was ready to go home, at this time it was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, if it was an ordinary child, it was estimated that the dream had made a few! But Xiao Yu has been with his grandfather since he could walk, and he is still in this village, so this road is not difficult for him at all.
Walking out of Ergou's house, a cold wind suddenly hit outside, which made Xiao Yu not only shiver, but also wrapped the padded jacket on his body tightly, and then stared at the cold wind and rushed home! However, just after Xiao Yu walked a hundred meters, he suddenly saw that in front of him, there was a man riding a white horse, and behind the man, there were seven or eight small soldiers, carrying a sedan chair, as if they were about to marry.
"Whose family is this, marrying so late, is it sick?" Xiao Yu muttered in his heart, and King Zhengwang walked forward, but his heart suddenly chuckled, his face suddenly turned white, and he immediately took a few steps back.
"This is a Yin Soldier? Yin soldiers want to marry? Xiao Yu said with a trembling voice.
Xiao Yu could see ghosts, and those ghosts could naturally see Xiao Yu, but now Xiao Yu forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, and deliberately took two steps forward, and then seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head again, and walked towards the way he came.
"Don't panic, grandpa said, you must not run when you see a ghost, as soon as you run, the yang fire will weaken" Xiao Yu comforted himself in his heart, while speeding up his pace, and at the same time kept chanting the six Ding talisman mantras in his mouth, "Ren Gao protects me, Ding Chou protects me, Ren He saves me, Ding You protects the soul, Ding Si nourishes the spirit...".
Seeing that Ergou's house was getting closer and closer, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time deliberately squatted down and made a posture of tying his shoelaces, and saw from his crotch that those ghosts were still coming this way, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
"Oh no, could it be that they are the ones who picked up Aunt Liu?" Xiao Yu said secretly in his heart.
"Aunt Liu just died, she should go to the underworld after the night of resurrection, are these ghosts here to rob relatives? Do you want to take the soul away directly before Aunt Liu doesn't go to the underworld? ”
"No, didn't grandpa say that after people just died, there was the protection of the land lord, how could they? Could it be that the land lord was bought? With this in his heart, Xiao Yu finally stepped into Ergou's house, and at this time Xiao Yu saw that his grandfather was actually drawing a talisman, and it was a black dog blood talisman, which was only used when dealing with evil ghosts.
"Grandpa, I'm ......" Xiao Yu was about to speak, but was glared at by his grandfather, and swallowed back what he was about to say, just tiptoed forward and said what he had just seen.
"Well, it's true that a ghost robs a relative, since it can appear at this time, I'm afraid that the origin of this ghost is not small, and even the land lord doesn't dare to offend" Grandpa Xiao Yu frowned.
"Grandpa, what now? That ghost seems to be very powerful, can you deal with him? Xiao Yu asked in a low voice.
"Well, you go and bring the paper man and go find Ergou to come over" Grandpa Xiao Yu said a few words, then got up, picked up the gossip mirror on the table, and put it directly at the door.
The villagers in the house were a little curious when they saw Xiao Yu taking the paper figure next to the coffin to his grandfather, and they immediately gathered around to see the excitement! But there were only some old people, and most of the young people went home to sleep.