"Three lives are reincarnated, and my life is engraved with ......"

At this moment, I was half-kneeling in front of the deceased, the corpse bell in my hand swaying, and the corpse curse was silently recited in my mouth.

The invisible spiritual power in his mind merged with the ringtone, turning into invisible silk threads that wound towards the corpse of the deceased.

The dead man became like a marionette in my hands, raising the bell, manipulating the corpse, and using the corpse as a soldier.

"Edict!"

When the corpse bell in my hand shook violently, and the word edict was spoken, the corpse that had been lying on the bed sat up suddenly.

Seeing the corpse sit up, I knew that the corpse ceremony was halfway there.

The corpse bell in his hand increased the rhythm of shaking, and the spiritual thread wrapped around the corpse tightened suddenly, and the corpse stood up suddenly.

If the corpse is successfully lifted, it will be much easier to control the corpse to walk.

Under the continuous control of my mental power, the corpse jumped out of the back room and into the lobby like a puppet.

When the relatives of the deceased who were watching in the lobby saw this scene, they were so frightened that they all fell to their knees.

When the eldest of the main family saw that the deceased had stood up, he thought that his wife had come to life, and he was about to step forward and fall on the deceased's body at once.

"Young, don't disturb the Daoist." The master hurriedly grabbed the man and rebuked him.

"Big brother, I didn't expect that hairy boy you invited has real skills, and he can actually manipulate corpses, I just heard about it before, but it's the first time I've seen it." When the old man of the main family saw this scene, he reacted, touched his head in embarrassment, and felt that he was indeed a little reckless just now.

I had already stood up and followed the deceased, and while controlling the corpse bell, I walked into the lobby.

"One step at a time, one step at a time, ascend to heaven and go west, children and grandchildren, don't worry!" I straightened my face, shook the copper bell a few times and shouted, asking the relatives of the main family to kneel on both sides of the coffin in the lobby and not look up, and at the same time sacrificed the corpse bell, controlled the corpse, and slowly walked into the coffin and lay down.

After putting the body into the coffin, I put away the corpse bell, took a red thread from Lao Zhang's hand, tied a copper coin, and from the front to the back, aimed at the deceased's nose, and took out a red thread and pulled it from the middle line of the coffin's head to the middle line of the coffin's tail.

Straightening the red line, I walked around the coffin several times, the purpose was to see if the deceased's nose was in the middle line of the head and tail of the coffin, and whether the three points were on the same line.

This is also very particular about placing the corpse in the coffin, I don't know how to put it casually, the emphasis is on the unity of the human coffin, the slightest sloppiness, the position of the corpse in the coffin should present a straight line, not allowing the slightest deviation.

After putting the body in the coffin, I asked Lao Zhang to move the position of the deceased, and repeated adjustments and proofreading were completed.

Then he picked up a piece of white paper and covered the face of the deceased, and then picked up the shou quilt and covered it layer by layer on the deceased's body, and so on, covering a total of nine layers.

It wasn't until the coffin was stuffed to the brim that Lao Zhang and I closed the coffin.

Before the coffin is built, the relatives can come up and throw a little money, usually a dollar coin, as for the big money, it is meaningless, and it will rot after a few days of being brought into the soil, which is too bad and will also attract the concern of tomb robbers.

After all this, I asked all the relatives of the lord's family to get up, and asked them to wear linen and filial piety in the days before the funeral, even if they could only take off the white cloth when they were sleeping, and could not take off the linen.

Then he took out the old yellow calendar and counted his fingers, telling them that the road was set for six days later, and the funeral would be on the seventh day.

The four brothers of the main family all understand these customs, each of their four brothers gave me a red envelope, I pinched it, each red envelope is about a hundred yuan, I don't care, after all, how much the red envelope is the heart of the main family, there is no mandatory requirement, even if it is an empty red envelope, we also receive, this in the jargon of the village Taoist priest: "Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate!" ”

Lao Zhang also accepted the red envelope, looked at the coffin, and finally whispered to me: "Zhang Yanzi, this is a person who died in a trance, generally speaking, the sooner he is buried, the better, how can you set the opening of the road in six days?" ”

It seems that Lao Zhang also saw that something was wrong with the deceased, so I smiled at him and said, "It's okay!" I nailed the peach wood nails, and as long as no one pulled out the peach wood nails within three days, the corpse qi in the body of the deceased would dissipate, so there was no need to care. ”

At this time, the old man of the main family came over, looked at me with a little meaning and said: "Daochang Liu, there must be no accidents in this funeral, otherwise, Lao Tzu guarantees that you will not be able to leave Hongshan Village." ”

After saying that, he left with a snort.

Looking at the back of his departure, I felt a little inexplicable, I don't know why, I always felt that something bad would happen next.

The master seemed to have guessed this situation a long time ago, and walked up to me with an embarrassed smile and said: "My family is the old man with this temper, about after the death of the old lady, I am not happy that the money is less, hey! In fact, the old lady left that money in total, and he always suspected that our other three brothers had swallowed it privately, and I can't explain it now! ”

The second eldest of the main family said on the side: "My family is young, young, and I have been spoiled by my mother since I was a child. ”

Saying that, he took Lao Zhang and me to the side room outside to rest, and discussed the matter of the deceased's grave by the way.

According to our local customs, after the deceased is buried, the eldest son of the deceased, who is the main family, needs to go to the relatives' house to mourn and tell those relatives the news of the deceased's death and the time to open the way for the funeral.

The second eldest of the main family accompanied me to the side room to rest, this person's name is Wu Huaien, and he is relatively honest and loyal compared to the eldest of the main family.

Wu Huaien is more straightforward, and what he says is the truth, he told me that the protagonist is young, and the reason why Wu Huaiyi has a bad temper these days is not only that the money is unevenly distributed after the death of the old lady, but also that the family's land and property are also the most occupied by the main family, which makes the old and young unhappy.

It is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, and I can only laugh when I hear this, I only care about the dead, and I can't care about the living.

Wu Huaien also asked me to pay attention when I went out of the funeral, saying that there is also a village Taoist priest in this village, and he may come out to make trouble at that time. I smiled and told him that a small loach can't make a big wave, so don't care.

After coming to the side room, Wu Huaien was more enthusiastic, brought us some fruits to eat, and gave me and Lao Zhang a pack of 25 yuan of good cigarettes, looked at Lao Zhang, and asked in a joking tone: "You are sixty years away, why do you still listen to this little Taoist?" ”