I have worshiped under my godfather's door since I was a child, and even my name was given by my godfather, and Zhang Qiyun is the first time I have seen him, according to common sense, I should believe my godfather's words.

When the two were arguing, his father rushed back, holding a quaint brazier in his hand, which looked very old, this should be the brazier that Zhang Qiyun asked his father to borrow.

My father was very happy to see my godfather coming, but when he heard that my godfather was going to take me away, he was immediately embarrassed, and he weighed it and didn't make a decision in a hurry, meaning to dispose of my grandmother's body first.

When the godfather said this, he stopped talking, but took out the copper smoke pot and began to smoke heavily.

After the thunder, the rain poured down, and Zhang Qiyun was going to cremate his grandmother's body on the spot, but due to the rain, the body could only be parked in the mourning hall.

The corpse had its eyes open all the time, and in order to look less scary, Zhang Qiyun blindfolded his eyes with a black cloth tape. After thinking about it, he didn't feel very safe again, so he decided to nail the corpse.

Thunderstorms will cause chaos in the heavens and the earth, and the possibility of corpses becoming more likely will increase. Grandma's corpse has moved on its own, but it has not yet become a zombie, so in order to prevent it from becoming a zombie, Zhang Qiyun decided to nail the corpse.

The so-called nailing of corpses is to nail nails made of hardwood to the major joints of corpses, which is equivalent to destroying the basic functions of corpses and preventing corpses.

This is a very cruel ceremony, my father and mother and I knelt in the mourning hall, bowing our heads and listening to the sound of Zhang Qiyun and the people who came to help knock hardwood nails into the corpse.

After the ceremony was completed, Zhang Qiyun wrapped his grandmother's body in a white cloth and placed it in the mourning hall. But her eyes motioned for me to let her out.

I followed my mother to the room, and my mother closed the door and asked me nervously, "This time, your godfather came, did you notice anything wrong?" ”

I looked at it in confusion, thinking back to the situation when I met my godfather, and I didn't think there was anything wrong.

"Is there an extra sign on your godfather's right hand at the tiger's mouth, this sign is like this!" After the mother finished speaking, she took a pen and drew a cross sign.

After my mother reminded me of this, I remembered that there was indeed such a sign.

When my mother saw me nodding, her face became more and more frightened, she grabbed my arm at once, and said nervously: "Changshan, you must not go with your godfather this time!" Absolutely not! ”

I nodded and agreed to my mother, but I felt very puzzled in my heart, and couldn't help asking, "Mother, why?" ”

"Child, I'll tell you the truth, on the day I gave birth to you, I had a strange dream, I dreamed that a big snake was chasing, and the head of the big snake had a sign, exactly the same as the one on your godfather's hand, the big snake chased me, and said that it wanted the child in my belly, that is, you!"

I nodded as if I didn't understand, and held my mother's hand to reassure her.

When it was almost dawn, Zhang Qiyun asked people to take his grandmother's body out for cremation, and when he left, he kept telling me that I must not follow my godfather.

However, as soon as Zhang Qiyun left, my godfather grabbed my hand and wanted to take me away. He stretched out his right hand and grabbed my arm, and the blue-gray "cross" pattern at the tiger's mouth was very obvious, exactly like my mother's drawing.

I didn't divert the topic, pretending to be interested in the pattern on my godfather's hand and asked, "Godfather, what is this pattern?" ”

The godfather was stunned and replied, "This is the symbol of our clan!" Come with me, I'll save your life!" ”

"Godfather, I'...... I don't want to go! "I directly refused.

When the godfather heard this, he immediately became anxious, "If you stay, it will be a dead end, follow me, I will save you!" ”

While my godfather was talking, there was an idea of forcibly pulling me away, but at this time, my mother came out, and he saw my mother and said a little unwillingly: "You will come again, think about it!" With that, he was indignant and strode out, and then I heard the sound of horses' hoofs.

When Zhang Qiyun came back, his grandmother was only left with ashes. The person who was sent to Erlang Temple the night before to borrow the bronze lamp in front of the Buddha also returned.

It was a very delicately crafted bronze lamp, apparently had been used in the temple for a long time, and the whole body was smooth, and it had not yet been lit, and I felt as if this lamp was glowing.

Zhang Qiyun asked his father to write out my eight characters, and then he wrote it on a large piece of yellow paper, which was made into a flag and inserted in front of the coffin.

I stripped off my shirt and sat in the coffin, and Zhang Qiyun dipped a brush in cinnabar to draw yellow talismans on my back. He said to his father as he painted:

"Cinnabar is absolutely indispensable, you ask people to buy it quickly, and inquire about another kind of cinnabar!"

The father didn't know what the other kind of cinnabar Zhang Qiyun was talking about, so he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zhang, what is the other kind of cinnabar?" ”

"Cinnabar is divided into two kinds, ordinary cinnabar is sold in the market, and the other is taken out of the pig's body, this kind of thing is hard to find, you try to arrange someone to find it!"

After listening to Zhang Qiyun's introduction, his father immediately asked the housekeeper to do it, and told him not to care about money. At this time, my family is still not short of money.

Zhang Qiyun quickly finished painting on my back, and then asked me to lie in the coffin wearing the shroud that only the dead wear. He then said to me, "If the fire in the brazier, the bronze lamp is shining, and if it lasts for seven days and seven nights, your calamity will be over!" And if, during these seven days and seven nights, the fire is extinguished, or the lights are extinguished...... I can't save you! He paused, and his tone was a little low: "You have to be mentally prepared!" ”

I nodded, pondered for a while, and asked him, "Mr. Zhang, can I ask you a question?" ”

He nodded, and I asked, "Mr. Zhang, do people want to go to a place after they die?" ”

He nodded his head when I asked, and I continued, "Is it true that everyone goes to the same place?" ”

"It's not!" He shook his head, "Not every ghost can go to that place!" ”

"And if I die, can I see my grandmother in that place?"

He listened to my question and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Don't think about it, I'll try to help you!" ”

I would like to ask again, he has already bent down and lit a fire in the brazier.

He shouted loudly while lighting the fire: "The golden furnace has been burning for a thousand years, and today it is lit for a thousand years!" ”

The brazier was filled with dry wood, which he quickly lit. The fire was burning vigorously.

The expression on Zhang Qiyun's face eased a little, and he turned his head to me and said, "As long as the brazier and bronze lamp are not extinguished, you will survive!" ”

I nodded, and saw Zhang Qiyun take very strange steps, gathered the bronze lamp above his head, and then placed it in front of the altar, and read aloud: "Long live the jade lamp, long live the lamp!" ”

When he had finished reading this, he used his torch to light the lamp.

However, he lit the wick for a long time, but the bronze lamp was never lit.

Zhang Qiyun's face became solemn again, and he then read aloud: "Long live the jade lamp, long live the lamp!" Then light the lamp.

However, the torches were lit for a long time, and the wicks of the bronze lamps were blackened, but the lamps were not lit.

The father, who was standing on the sidelines and watching, was already sweating profusely, and he asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhang, is there something wrong with the wick?" ”

Zhang Qiyun didn't answer his father, he still put the fire close to the wick, and lit the wick like that, but the wick always couldn't burn.

"I can't close my eyes, I can't look at death, now that the body has been cremated, it stands to reason that it has been lifted, why is the jade cup still not burning?"

Zhang Qiyun said to himself.

The father strode forward and said to Zhang Qiyun: "It must be that the wick is pregnant, and there is also a problem with the lamp oil, let's change it!" After speaking, he personally replaced all the wicks and lamp oil, and then asked Zhang Qiyun to light the lamp.

Zhang Qiyun read high in his mouth: "Long live the jade lamp, long live the lamp with one lamp!" "Keep lighting the lamp, however, the bronze lamp still doesn't burn.

I lay in the coffin and felt chills all over my body, and I was in despair.

"Could it be that if you don't close your eyes, you can't turn your eyes away, and you haven't lifted your eyes yet? Now, I have to try another way! ”