Chapter 117: Funeral

The descendant of the Sun family who accompanied me to see the ancestral tomb and selected the tomb site was named Sun Jizhao, the second eldest of the Sun family's house, and he was a big partner with me. When I was a child, I had a good relationship, and when I grew up, although I was a little rusty, because of the same village, I didn't completely break off contact, and occasionally I would play together.

I followed him to find the location of the ancestral grave of the Sun family on the tomb mountain, and after turning around, I knew why the Sun family was so prosperous, although the family business was not rich, but it was not dilapidated.

According to Feng Shui, the location of the selected tomb site must be a place where the dragon veins are more prosperous, and it is best to have yin and yang dragons entwined with each other. The sand and water are beautiful, and Luocheng has won the game; The acupuncture points are qi, and the soil quality is good.

However, the site of the grave selected varies according to each person's own situation.

For example, if a person who did evil in his lifetime chooses a blessed land, then he will not be buried here. Not only can it not bring benefits to the tomb owner and the descendants of the tomb owner, but the gods who are responsible for taking care of the mountain god land here, Liuding Liujia and other gods will defile the treasure land after death because they did not accumulate virtue during his lifetime, and he will not be at peace after death.

But if it is a person who has accumulated virtue in his life and has great blessings. Even if you choose a slightly worse piece of land, you will be blessed with the whole land because of your own merit.

Therefore, what kind of people, what kind of ground is buried. If you are insatiable, you will be punished by God.

And as I said to Mr. Sun, he is not a bad guy with bloody hands. He killed a lot of spiritual animals, but that was also to support his family, and his profession required him to do so.

Besides, if there is no one to sell, he can't buy the ingredients if he wants to. If no one wanted to eat it, he couldn't kill it at all. If you want to blame, you have to blame those who sell ingredients and eat all the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

He will certainly do some bad things to himself because of this, but he will not become a bloody sinner because of it. Just looking at the prosperity of his family house and the harmony of his children and grandchildren, it can be seen that the old man is actually very blessed.

The approximate location has been chosen, and the auspicious place has to be determined.

Generally speaking, the emphasis is on 'having a photo in the front, relying on the back, and being surrounded by mountains and rivers'. The tomb itself is a mountain, and the most important point in choosing a site here is the selection of water.

Feng Shui says: there are mountains but no water burial grounds, and the mountains manage people and water and wealth. If the mountain is in the form of a dragon, then the water is the dragon's blood. If there are mountains and no water, the dragon will not be able to live and play a role. Moreover, as the saying goes, rich sand and precious sand come in clusters, and the water mouth is misused into ashes. No matter how good the place you choose, if you choose the wrong water outlet, it will be a vain choice.

Due to the instructions of Old Man Sun before his death, I was extremely important when I chose a grave site for him.

After much consideration, the location was finally chosen.

Immediately afterwards, he calculated the yellow calendar and chose a date for the old man to be buried. The time was very close, just three days later, but it was not because of the rush of time that the auspicious day could not be chosen. On the contrary, it is an excellent day for burial and groundbreaking. And neither with the tomb owner, nor with the descendants of the contradiction, I and the eight immortals of the birth of the eight characters are not in the same place. Such a good day, once you miss it, you will have to wait for a long time.

At first, after listening to the time I chose, the Sun family was reluctant.

Because if it is a happy funeral, not a horizontal death like an old executioner, it will generally not be buried hot. They must stop for a few days for relatives and friends to worship and remember.

If you just died and you are in a hurry to be buried, apart from the strange business of the Wu family, I really haven't seen the foundation. Because to send them away in such a hurry is a great disrespect to the deceased.

But after listening to my explanation, the Sun family also agreed with my statement.

After all, anyone can read the yellow calendar, and those who know a little bit about the eight characters can roughly calculate whether they are in harmony or in harmony. Knowing that I said it was no problem, I began to prepare for the funeral in three days.

On the day of the funeral, a lot of people gathered at the door of Sun's house.

Some people say that whether a person succeeds in this life or not depends on the funeral.

In fact, this sentence makes a lot of sense!

For example, Mr. Sun, who accumulated virtue and did good deeds during his lifetime, had both children behind him, and many relatives and friends came. Even if you can't come in person, you have to send close family members to participate on your behalf and send the old man on his last journey.

In the morning of the same day, the guests invited to participate had already come to Sun's house.

And at the door of Sun's house, a mourning flag has also been hung at this time.

The so-called mourning flags are very particular about making them, such as between one piece of paper and another, which must not be glued with paste. Instead, the paper must be folded and smashed with an iron tool to implicate it.

When Mr. Sun went, he was already in his old age, and he was a happy and sad person without illness or disaster. Therefore, the paper on his mourning banner is very particular, and those who come to the funeral can get a piece when they leave. This kind of torn off note, worn by children, is said to prolong life and ward off evil spirits.

In addition to the mourning flags, there is also a taboo sign hanging on the left side of the gate.

The taboo card is usually written by me, not only to indicate the date of birth and death of the deceased, the date of the funeral, but also to list a lot of avoidance matters.

For example, which people are in conflict with the deceased in the eight characters, and they cannot enter today, so as not to collide with the deceased. For example, some commonplace funeral precautions must also be listed one by one. lest someone accidentally break the rules, not only disrespectful to the deceased, but also to themselves.

When it was almost noon, the Eight Immortals also arrived.

The Sun family immediately invited me, Jiang Yifeng, and a total of ten people from the Eight Immortals to the table, and Uncle Sun personally accompanied them to the banquet for dinner.

According to the rules, the coffin bearer and the eight immortals are the people who should be respected the most in the whole funeral ceremony, except for the deceased. Therefore, the dishes on our table are the earliest, and the last dish can be eaten immediately, without waiting for anyone. When we finish eating, if the time is up and we have to go out immediately, then everyone else must put down their chopsticks immediately regardless of whether they have finished eating or not.

However, as far as the auspicious time is concerned, it is still far away, so there is no need to worry about someone going up the mountain hungry.

After eating and drinking, the main family distributed cigarettes, white towels, and white shoes to the eight immortals, and officially sealed the coffin of the deceased.

The deceased had copper coins in his mouth, copper coins in his hands, and his face was covered with a white veil. A lantern is lit inside the coffin, and a sealed jar filled with food is placed in the coffin.

This sealed jar was prepared by the two sons of Old Man Sun, and the two took turns to put various dishes and food into the jar, and kept pressing until they could no longer press it. Put a steamed bun on the top and perforate it vertically with a pair of chopsticks. Then, the jar was sealed and buried with the coffin. It means that whether it is in the underworld or reincarnated in the next life, the old man will have a full granary and no worries about food and clothing.

I took nails to seal the coffin, and Uncle Sun, as the eldest son, kept rubbing the lid of the coffin with burning paper when I sealed the coffin, meaning to appease the deceased, so as not to be disturbed by the sound of smashing nails. The coffin was sealed, and I poured chicken blood on the coffin head and used the dragon head to calm the coffin.

Immediately afterwards, my two sons from the Sun family, as well as the Eight Immortals, worked together to carry the coffin to the dragon frame and tie it up with a rope that had been prepared long ago. Carefully inspected before and after, left and right, and there was no disclosure, so the eldest son was arranged to fall into the auspicious basin.

The basin fell to the ground and shattered, the drums sounded, and the surrounding cries and screams were painful.

I commanded the Eight Immortals to slowly lift the coffin and embark on the dirt road out of the funeral.