A note was pasted on each of the chairs in each of the five directions of the east, west, north, south, and middle sheds, which read: Wind and Thunder Hell in the East, Fire and Thunder Hell in the South, Vajra Hell in the West, Mingleng Hell in the North, and Infernal Hell in the Middle.

There is a saying in Taoism that the soul of the dead is broken through the five prisons, and now there is such a ritual in the funeral customs in the southern Hunan region, in their cognition, the soul of the person will stay in the hell to suffer before crossing the Nai He Bridge, there are five major hells in the east, west, north, south, and middle directions, but they do not know which hell the deceased is suffering, at this time, it is necessary for his relatives to travel to the five hells to bring the soul of the deceased back, and then escort him across the Nai He Bridge.

That's what it means, the process is actually to keep circling around these things, the mage in front of him "sings" out of his mouth while walking, I don't understand what he sings, but they all follow the rhythm of mourning, and even the frequency of walking is also following the rhythm, when we circle around the shed a few times, the mage began to take us to the hall of mourning.

Seeing the mage's recourse, I couldn't help but cheer up, I knew that I was going to see the corpse of the second grandfather, and I had a strong curiosity about the appearance of the corpse after listening to the discussion of the people in the village before.

The team walked inside, Ren Ruoyi, who was in front of me, turned her head to look at me, her eyes revealed nervousness, I knew she was a little scared, I patted her back to show comfort.

The white cloth behind the spiritual platform in the hall has been uncovered, and when I see the transparent freezer inside, I can vaguely see the figure of the person lying inside, when the team walked past the coffin of the second grandfather, I saw Uncle Guo and they all glanced at it hurriedly and withdrew their gaze, and those relatives and friends behind walked over directly to the front.

I don't know if they looked at the corpses in the freezer, maybe they didn't move their heads or just glanced at them, but I knew they didn't seem to dare to look at them, and they walked around the corpses and started walking outside again.

Finally, as the team moved forward, it was our turn to walk to the corpse, and I finally saw the corpse, and at the same time, Ren Ruoyi in front stepped back in fright and crashed into my arms.

Seeing the appearance of the corpse, coupled with Ren Ruoyi's unguarded bump, I was also startled, but fortunately, the incense in my hand was taken outside, so it didn't burn this little girl.

The second grandfather's face and hands are puffy, the bare skin is unusually pale, there are a little particles on it, some rashes like chicken skin, there are a lot of pale red corpse spots on the face and hands, I think the whole body is long, but the body is covered by something, I can only see the face and hands, the mouth is open, I can see the teeth exposed inside, the bones of the whole body are a little weird, it should be too stiff and has been stereotyped, take a closer look at the clothes on the body are not put on, but draped on the body.

This appearance appeared in front of people's eyes, it was indeed a little terrifying, and after a startled sound, I pushed Ren Ruoyi away from the corpse.

It stands to reason that there will be an undertaker to put makeup on the corpse before the body is transported back, but I thought about it carefully, the second grandfather's corpse has been soaked in water for a long time, and it is so swollen that it is useless to make up so much.

I pushed Ren Ruoyi out of the hall with the team, and then she stood up straight.

"Don't look at it if you're scared, it's really scary, I'm scared." I comforted her.

Ren Ruoyi hesitated and nodded, it seemed that he was really frightened, and the current situation was indeed a little scary, it was already night, and it was dark outside except for the lights in the shed, and the lights in the shed were also orange old-fashioned bulbs, not very bright.

The mage took us around in a circle and circle, until the slow music suddenly became faster, and the mage's pace quickened, faster and faster, almost in a hurry, until the music stopped, and we saw him stop in front of a chair in the shed.

Then there was another round of thought, and the steward stood beside him, or had been waiting for him from the beginning, with a candle in his hand.

"The three-star emperor, Wan Fan opened, guilty and innocent, all of them are hidden, day and night, Jiaotai heaven and earth, the sun and the moon are combined, there are six jia on the left, six ding on the right, the bull fight, the emperor is split, the sword is broken, the deceased is exalted, the ambition is single-mindedly summoned, the Eastern world, the boy in Tsing Yi goes down the Yao steps, holding the green flag to lead, and the soul is coming."

This is a spell recited by the prison breaker, and this is what the mage said at that time, and there are many passages, I couldn't hear it clearly at the time, I only knew that he and the steward were talking to each other, and after a conversation, the music sounded, and the mage took the staff and gestured at it, and shouted at the rune paper that said Wind Thunder Hell: "Open!" ”

The steward on the side took a candle and lit the paper directly, and when it was lit, everyone in the team bowed in that direction, and the music stopped, and when the paper burned out, the mage said in a joking voice: "It seems that it is not the wind and thunder hell, may I ask if the old lady Ren will be in that hell!?" ”

The steward replied, "You may suffer in the Burning Hell!" ”

The mage said, "All right, let's go to the Hell!" ”

After saying that, the music sounded again, and it began to repeat itself again and again as before, and so it repeated a few times until it reached the second place, and then stopped for another conversation, and then burned the paper, and then turned in circles again.

Repeating until the fifth hell, that is, the infernal hell in the middle, this time the number of circles is twice as many as before, and the first four hell stewards all say that the soul is not here, so it must be in the fifth hell.

It should be that all the customs in Shonan are carried out in this way, in fact, you are allowed to walk through these five places, and then burn the paper, which means that hell is over, and the dead will not suffer in hell, and when you are done, you can move on to the next item.

However, when turning to the fifth chair, there was a bit of an accident.

When the mage finished saying those conversations, he was about to burn the paper on the chair, when suddenly a strong wind blew, and the black paper with the Infernal Hell that had been properly attached to the chair was blown up, and it floated right in the direction of the mourning hall and landed in the hall.

I looked up at the sky, there was no starlight in the sky, and the sky not far away was darker than here, with a flash of electricity in the clouds, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Thinking about it, it was already drizzling when Ben came to Star City, although there was no rain in Liucheng, it was gloomy today, and it was a matter of time before it rained, and sure enough, at night, the wind blew the dark clouds over, and it looked like it was about to rain.

However, the mage in front of this coincidental scene did not see it that way, when the paper was blown into the hall, the mage's face changed, and he glanced at the steward on the side, and the steward quickly picked up the paper and scolded the others: "Who pasted the paper here, don't you know if it sticks a little tighter, and it will be blown off when it is loose!" ”

Although he was scolding, I still saw a solemn look in his eyes, and the guy who had the sticker before wanted to come over and explain, but the old man in charge glared directly, and the man didn't dare to come.

After taking the paper back, the mage immediately began to read aloud: "It's strange, the wind is good luck... Then he began to perform the rituals again, reciting the previous mantra.

Because we were following a long line, and the place where I was standing was behind the mages and their sides, I could clearly see the expressions on their faces, and the uncles behind them were invisible.