"It's really a big forest, and there are all kinds of birds." On the way back, Jiang Yifeng kept babbling in my ear about the so-called Uncle Tian, "His son died, I saw that his wife was crying a lot, but he didn't look uncomfortable at all, but he could still laugh?" Jiujiao, I didn't say it, that guy must have a problem, and the problem is not small! What's more, cremation, you haven't done it either, have you? I suggest you don't take this job. ”

I didn't say yes, I didn't say no. But I kept thinking that if he came to me again, then I would help him with nothing. But if he doesn't come, then that's it, and I won't take the initiative to come to the door.

Just thinking like this, Jiang Yifeng chattered again, "This has been in the ground for safety since ancient times, when did you hear that there is a fire for safety?" He, as an intellectual, doesn't he understand this truth? ”

Hearing him say this, I shook my head and said, "That's not necessarily!" ”

Jiang Yifeng suddenly looked at me with a very strange gaze, and saw that my hair was straight and goosebumps were rising. Only then did he say to me, "Jiujiao, aren't you also confused? The rule handed down by our ancestors for thousands of years is burial! Cremation or something, do you really think it makes sense? ”

"Does it make sense? Who told you that your ancestors were buried? I glanced at Jiang Yifeng helplessly a few times and said to him, "Since thousands of years ago to the present, in addition to burial, isn't there so many burial methods as sky burial, water burial, and tower burial?" Cremation is not an unusual way, it's just that I haven't done it for anyone else. ”

Jiang Yifeng was obviously unwilling to accept it, and he argued with me: "The sky burial, water burial, and tower burial you said are not the burial methods used by the people in our place!" What cremation? I don't think it's reliable. ”

Seeing that he had been struggling with the issue of cremation, I had to tell him about cremation in detail.

It is said that the ancients insisted on 'entering the soil for peace', but in fact, there is no such saying. Because in ancient times, since thousands of years ago, some people, and the people of the Central Plains, have begun to popularize the method of cremation. Whether burial appeared earlier or cremation appeared earlier, it is really difficult to say.

Anyway, according to the records on the materials I have read, there were already records of cremation by the ancients in the pre-Qin era at the latest.

After Buddhism was introduced to me, cremation gradually became popular from one region. Because according to the rules of Buddhism, after the death of a monk, cremation is generally held. With the gradual popularization of Buddhism, cremation has not only been limited to monks, but even not only popular among the people, and there are records of cremation of royal family members in ancient books.

So the reason why there are many people like Jiang Yifeng, who think that the ancients were all buried, only burial is orthodox, and the rest are not normal burial methods, it is because with the rise of Confucianism, and gradually with the respect of the ruler and occupy a dominant position in people's hearts, some people began to believe in the saying of 'the body is skinned, the parents are affected, dare not destroy, and the beginning of filial piety', coupled with the absolute prohibition of the ruler, so many people gradually abandoned cremation and chose burial.

Therefore, cremation is actually not a big deal, what I am worried about or curious about, Jiang Yifeng has just said, that is, Uncle Tian does not act like a dead son at all, but can still laugh, which makes me a little incomprehensible.

After listening to my explanation of cremation, although Jiang Yifeng still didn't believe it, he really didn't bother with this issue anymore.

"So what are you going to do? Do you really want to help him? Jiang Yifeng asked, "Didn't I say it, you really don't have that experience, so you don't have to do it, right?" ”

"It's not that I can, it's that he found me." I said to Jiang Yifeng, "Think about it, if he can really convince Cadre Liu to let him cremate his son's body, will he be an ordinary person?" Definitely not! If I don't agree, will he take any coercive measures? ”

Of course, on the one hand, I am afraid of the other party's unscrupulous revenge, and on the other hand, I want to get close to Tian Zhengyang to see how he died.

When we returned home that day, Jiang Yifeng and I were already very tired, and when we got home, we slept all afternoon, and we didn't get up until my grandmother called us for dinner.

Seeing that neither of us was very energetic, my grandmother asked us long and short questions with concern, until I promised us that we had no problems and that it would be good to rest, and she didn't ask any more questions, but there was still a look of disbelief in her eyes.

I know that there have been too many things recently, which can't help but worry Grandma and Minmin.

After dinner, I chatted with my grandmother for a while before returning to the house.

But because I slept all afternoon, I was not sleepy at all when I returned to the house, and Jiang Yifeng was the same. Although the lights were turned off and neither of us spoke, we both knew that the other was not asleep while lying in bed.

The lights in the hall had long since gone out, and Grandma and Minmin were probably asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, I heard a soft sound from the bench in the hall. It's as if someone walked by and touched the bench.

I immediately became alert, but I didn't sit up from bed.

Tilting his head, he glanced at Jiang Yifeng, neither of us moved, pricked up our ears, and quietly listened to the movement outside.

After a while, there seemed to be no more movement outside, as if the sound of the bench just now was just an illusion.

I glanced at Jiang Yifeng, Jiang Yifeng also glanced at me, and the two of us once again looked in the direction of the hall.

"Get up and see?" Jiang Yifeng leaned over and whispered to me.

I frowned, thought for a moment, and was about to agree, but I saw a small shadow at the door suddenly appear.

I hurriedly tried my best to control the strength and stop Jiang Yifeng, who was about to get up.

The little shadow floated in slowly, paused at the doorway, and then floated towards me.

I was afraid that he would find out that I was still awake, so I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Quietly, I felt the little shadow come to me. Just like the last time he was at Liu's house, he leaned next to me again and blew gently at me.

I just felt an itch in my neck, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that the feeling was getting heavier and heavier, and even the more I couldn't hold back, the more I felt that the itchy feeling was about to drive me crazy.

Finally, my body couldn't help but tremble, and the little shadow seemed to be suddenly frightened, and the uncomfortable feeling on my body disappeared without a trace in an instant.

When I opened my eyes again, there was no shadow in the room.

"Gone?" When Jiang Yifeng saw me sit up, he also sat up with me, he rubbed his forehead and said to me, "Is this little ghost eyeing you?" Why does it always haunt you? But it doesn't seem to be malicious, it's just playing around with you! ”

"How do I know that?" I didn't have the heart to answer.

Ren didn't want to be entangled by a ghost, and besides, this ghost was so ferocious, not to mention killing the three members of the Hu family, he also killed Tian Zhengyang, who had nothing to do with it.

Such a little ghost, I Guan Jiujiao thinks that I can't afford to serve him, so it's better to stay away from him.

But then, Jiang Yifeng suddenly looked at me again, and that look seemed to reveal that he had already thought of a way. But my gut told me that he would never think of a good idea!

Sure enough, he opened his mouth and said to me: "Jiujiao, I have an idea, can you listen to it?" ”