Chapter 311: Vertical Coffin
When it comes to carrying a coffin, this is by no means the first time for me.
Born into a family of coffin bearers, because my father was rebellious by nature, he was extremely disgusted with these gods and ghosts. Therefore, I was regarded by my grandfather as a serious inheritor of this craft since I was a child. It is precisely because of this that when I was a child, I had seen my grandfather carry the coffin of others many times. I even heard my grandfather tell a lot of stories about his own coffin.
In addition, after my grandfather went to Xishangouzi, I read a lot of notes that he had never shown to me, and found a lot of things that he didn't tell me at the time. And the funerary scripture that he gave me to study.
If you talk about practical experience, I may not have enough experience, but if you talk about theoretical things, I think I have absorbed a lot.
But even so, when I saw this scene in front of me, I was still very unproductive and stunned.
On Yu Wanli's grave, most of the soil has been cut off.
To be reasonable, the Eight Immortals I brought have been with me for a short time, and they are all relatively experienced. The shovel is much more accurate than those who don't understand, according to their planing method, if it is according to the normal burial method, then by this time, you can basically see about half of the whole coffin, but the coffin seen at this time is obviously not buried according to the normal burial method.
Only one head of the coffin emerged from the soil, and on both sides of the coffin head, the blood-red soil that had just flowed out was still faintly bloody. The color of blood spread to the sides, and the more it went outward, the more it contracted to the middle. The bloodstained outlines on both sides that seem to be spread out like wings, coupled with a small section of the coffin head that has revealed the true face of Lushan in the middle, looks like a ...... No, it's not like a wild goose about to fly, but it's a lot like ......
"Jiujiao." Jiang Yifeng's voice appeared behind me.
I turned around and met his shocked eyes.
When he saw that I had turned my head, he took advantage of the situation and showed a palpitating expression. Almost close to my ear, the volume was pushed to the lowest, and in a very small voice, he asked me tentatively: "Jiujiao, do you think this looks like a ...... The wild goose that was flattened......"
I gasped!
Yes! Although what he said was unlucky, although I didn't want to admit it. But in fact, another way to express that you don't want to admit it is that you have actually admitted it in your heart.
That's right, it's not like a wild goose about to fly, but like a wild goose that has been flattened.
Who the hell is it? How much hatred? Why did you come up with such a burial method?
"Little ...... The little coffin master ...... "One of the Eight Immortals asked me from afar, "Let's ...... Do you still want to dig it? ”
My gaze swept around the Eight Immortals around me, and each of them had the words 'frightened' written all over their faces. Everyone's hand holding the shovel was trembling uncontrollably. They tried their best to control themselves, but they only controlled themselves from running away.
I sighed inwardly, gritted my teeth, and responded, "What do you think, if you don't dig, what else can you do?" What are we? They have already dug people's graves like this, is there a way out? I've told you a long time ago, if you're timid, don't come here to do any Eight Immortals! Afraid of what? No matter how big it is, it's a dead man! We have so many big* here, isn't the yang energy enough? Besides, now that the sun has risen, no matter how powerful she is, what else can she do when she sees the sun? If you're afraid of death, you can go now! Don't be afraid to cower and get involved! ”
As I spoke, I snatched the shovel from one of the Eight Immortals, who was closer to me, and joined the ranks of digging graves.
Shovel after spade, my heart is naturally beating the drum.
If my words were too heavy and they ran out of smoke, then I would really have to cry with a shovel, which would be called lifting a stone and shooting myself in the foot!
However, fortunately, it didn't make me wait too long, Jiang Yifeng already understood what I meant, and took the initiative to pick up a shovel to help. With the participation of the two of us, the other Eight Immortals naturally didn't run away very well. After all, everyone is from the same village, and who is embarrassed to be said by others, 'When he is in danger, he throws away others and runs, and he is not righteous at all'. If that's really the case, he's afraid he won't have to mix up in the village, and he has to let people poke his backbone out every day.
At this time, Zhang Youquan had also eased up, he trotted over and joined the team of digging pits.
The man with the shovel in his hand was digging the pit with all his might, and the man without a shovel stood by and leaned his neck to watch. Slowly, the coffin inside the pit revealed its true face.
And even though I was mentally prepared, my tense mood still couldn't relax at all.
When the coffin was buried in the earth, and there was still about a quarter of the height left, I stopped my shovel and shouted, "Stop!" Let's get here first. ”
Then, under the stunned gaze of everyone, I slowly climbed down the pit that had been made.
To be honest, after being a coffin bearer for so long, this is the first time I have seen an upright coffin.
The shape of this coffin, speaking of which, is also very regular. The emphasis is on one end being big and the other being small, and it must not be one big on both sides and one high on the other. The big head symbolizes yang, the small head symbolizes yin, yin and yang are opposite, and yin and yang are in harmony, which is all exquisite.
Moreover, when collecting the body into the burial, the rules are not small. After a person dies, generally speaking, it is the family members who help the coffin bearer to put the body into the coffin, and the direction must not be wrong. The head should be toward the big head and the feet towards the small head. When it was buried, the big head was facing north. In the future, when you go to the grave of your ancestors, you should kneel on the side of the little head to show respect.
It is this that makes me the most incomprehensible. Because of this coffin, whether you stand on the top of the pit and look at it, or from the angle above my current position, you can clearly see that the upward end is a small head!
That said, there are now two scenarios.
Or, when the body is collected and buried, the person is dressed in reverse. The head is towards the small head and the feet are towards the big head.
Or, when the coffin is buried, the coffin is buried backwards. Then, the corpse in the coffin now should be a big head down.
I couldn't help but understand it even more, staring at the coffin for a while, I asked someone to help pull it to the pit, came to Zhang Youquan's side, and asked him: "At that time, this is how your niece was buried?" I really wonder if your family is all brains? You don't know how to stop such an obviously wrong burial method? Could it be that it was buried like this specifically to avenge the Li family? You don't want to think about it, the ancients all said, death is like life! Would you rather be head-down all day? That's it, and you still say that you care about your niece, and you tease me? ”
Zhang Youquan listened to it, and his reaction was beyond my expectations. He spread his hands very innocently and argued: "O conscience of heaven and earth! Little coffin, I was also present when I was buried, it's not like this! ”
"Not so?" I thought it was even more strange, "Is it possible...... This is not your family's grave? ”
"No, no, no, definitely! Yes definitely! I'm sure, you can't go wrong! Zhang Youquan hurriedly explained, "I wanted to tell you just now, when I was buried that day, it was clear that the coffin was not placed like this!" This...... I know this coffin! It must be the bite I ordered! I found someone to set the coffin myself, the materials I chose, the patterns I chose, and the words engraved were all different from others, I couldn't be mistaken! ”
"And how do you explain that?" I really can't explain it, "You don't know that your grave has been touched by anyone else?" ”
Zhang Youquan's mouth grew and he couldn't speak.