Chapter Eighty-Seven: Borrowing the Soul to Raise the Corpse
Taking advantage of the fact that the Eight Immortals had not yet arrived and the coffin had not yet been prepared, I first asked the head of Shanhou Village to call someone to find cinnabar, dipped a brush in cinnabar, and drew two amulets on the yellow paper.
Then, I pasted one of the talismans on the head of the old man's bed, and then, calming my mind, lit the other talisman paper, and silently recited in my mouth: "The soul of a thousand miles is here, hurry into the body." Seeing the rune paper burning into ashes, he slapped the old man on the forehead.
When I was doing things, the village chief, the head of Shanhou Village, the uncle, Jiang Yifeng and several others were watching from the side. But to everyone's disappointment, Niu Laohan did not move at all, and he did not look like he was alive at all.
"Little coffin, what's going on?" At this time, the most worried about Niu Laohan's situation is the uncle, after all, Niu Laohan also helped him deal with the aftermath of Old Man Sun before. And seven or eight times out of ten, their family also suffered a catastrophe because of Old Man Sun's affairs. Therefore, seeing that Niu Laohan showed no signs of improvement, he was of course anxious.
I can understand other people's feelings, but others may not be able to understand my feelings. Even if I don't look in the mirror, I know my face will never look good. Because I'm already 70% sure, my bad premonition should have happened.
But until this time, I still had a bit of luck in my heart and decided to try again.
When I told the others what I thought, they agreed with me as before, but I could see that there was already a hint of doubt in their eyes.
Getting rid of the distractions and condensing my mind, I drew the talisman again and read it again.
But this time, Niu Laohan still didn't move, and he didn't mean to wake up at all.
"Little coffin, isn't it ineffective?" The uncle asked visibly anxiously, "Why don't you go find a goddess to shout?" ”
It's no wonder that he started to distrust me, and if it were me, eighty percent would have the same reaction as him.
After all, I am a coffin bearer, and I am not a full-time soul caller and soul summoner, so I naturally don't know the Tao very clearly.
But this time, I'm afraid I'm really going to disappoint them.
After some hesitation, in the end, I decided to tell you the truth of the matter. While this may cause some panic, panic is not deadly. And if they don't know the truth, then it is conceivable that the consequences will be very serious.
After all, cinnabar mixed with black dog blood to ward off evil spirits is not a panacea.
First of all, it has a range of effects. If the zombies can't get close to the living here, so they run to other nearby villages, it will inevitably cause many innocent people to suffer miserably.
Secondly, the combination of these two things is effective against ordinary zombies. But I still have the Misty Forest in my heart, and I have known more than once that the frequent abnormal things around here are probably related to the Misty Forest. If the zombie quickly becomes powerful because of some action in the Misty Forest, then the cinnabar black dog blood can only restrain him for a while, and it is difficult to really solve the problem.
With these considerations in mind, I told the truth anyway.
"Even if you look for the goddess now, I'm afraid it's too late. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that Old Man Niu's soul was not frightened, but fell when he was carrying the coffin. ”
"Huh?" Jiang Yifeng suddenly shouted, grabbed me and asked, "Will you lose your soul if you carry the coffin?" ”
I spread my hands and told him of course I would.
It's not unusual, there's really no need to make a fuss.
Everyone knows that there are many rules for carrying the coffin, and it is not just a random person who can carry the coffin. If you don't understand the rules, it's a trivial matter to lose your yin and life, and if you don't get it right, you may lose your life on the spot.
The rules of the coffin bearer are the valuable experience that has been passed down from generation to generation and summed up by generations of people through practice. Even behind every rule, there will be a price for several lives. Therefore, as a coffin bearer, the rules handed down by the ancestors are enshrined as golden rules, and half a word cannot be changed at will.
In the case of Mr. Niu, I can now be sure that he broke the rules when closing the coffin.
Seeing that everyone couldn't understand it, I continued to explain: "Old Man Niu is not a coffin bearer, and it is very likely that he will break the rules. According to the rules of the coffin bearer, when the coffin is covered, you must not put your own shadow into the coffin. Old Man Niu probably didn't notice this, so he was covered by the coffin lid when he was covering the coffin. ”
"But ......" the uncle hesitated a little, but still stood up and retorted, "Little coffin, after the coffin lid was closed, I saw it." Uncle Niu is not abnormal? ”
Although my uncle couldn't understand it, at this time, I had already decided that this was the truth.
"Uncle, if a person's soul is lost, it is not always possible to have an abnormality immediately, and it is reasonable that you didn't notice it. But you will definitely notice that after the coffin is closed, does the old man Niu turn pale and often be stunned along the way? Maybe later, the face is already white and bloodless, right? ”
After listening to me, not only the uncle, but even the face of the head of Shanhou Village changed.
Obviously, looking at the situation in front of me, I must have been unfortunate enough to say it.
"If I'm not mistaken, Old Man Niu should have fallen into a deep coma after returning home that night. The high fever persists, but it looks like he is asleep. Uncle Niu may not have figured out what happened to Old Man Niu, and then something happened to Old Man Sun, so he hurriedly ran to help Uncle Sun's family, but he didn't say anything about his family. It's just that the old man Niu is suddenly uncomfortable, or he is usually reluctant to deal with him, so he doesn't care too much. ”
"In this case, the old man Sun's corpse is actually because of ......"
Now everyone in this room can guess that when Old Man Niu was directing the coffin, he accidentally covered his own shadow into the coffin, and two of the three souls were sealed in the coffin.
Among the three souls of man, the heavenly soul belongs to yang, and the human soul and earth soul belong to yin. Old Man Niu's heavenly soul is in his body, so he can be guaranteed to be alive until now, and the human soul and earth soul are lost in Old Man Sun's coffin.
However, because it was the yin soul that fell into the coffin, and the three souls were incomplete, and the seven spirits were not there, the corpse of Old Man Sun could not be used to return to the yang, but it made him rise because of this.
"Now that it is certain that it is a corpse, it is imperative to dispose of this zombie. Uncle, I hope you can understand, if I can, I will never easily hurt Old Man Sun's body, just subdue him and rebury him, it doesn't matter. But when it comes to the last resort, for the sake of the living, some countermeasures have to be used. ”