As soon as it was eight o'clock, I glanced at the tall guy and said, "Burn firecrackers." ”

After saying this, I picked up the spirit flag and a white ash prepared in advance from the table of the eight immortals, stood on the threshold of the hall, and did not speak, just waiting for the high-ranking man to light the firecrackers.

After waiting for about seven or eight seconds, the tall guy lit a firecracker, which crackled for about ten seconds. Immediately afterwards, the sound of the gong sounded, making the originally deserted hall instantly become extremely lively.

The sound of the gong of this seal seven is different from the ordinary funeral, the first time it is struck, it can only be struck seven times, which means seven men and eight sons-in-law, and the meaning of having many sons and grandchildren is in it.

After the seven gongs, I gave the old king a look, meaning to ask him to go to the coffin to burn the yellow paper, and I stood at the door of the hall, first glancing at the Dharma field, which looked vibrant in the early morning sun, and the paper products were also like real ones.

There are a lot of village women standing around the Dharma field, all of them are some women from the Walking Horse Village, and there are few people from other villages, not that the people from other villages don't want to come, but in fact, the Walking Horse Villagers are too strong and no one wants to come.

I swept over the village women one by one, pinched my fingers and counted the birthdays of the deceased, and shouted: "Yinluo, Yinluo, those whose zodiac signs belong to ox, horse, and pig are temporarily avoided, and they will come to watch after a seal." ”

After shouting this, seven or eight village women reluctantly walked back to their respective houses, and to my relief, the village women who had left were all unfamiliar faces, not the same women who had been staying in the hall all the time, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble.

After the village women left, I cleared my throat, first made three bows to the position of the Dharma field, and then shouted: "Life is like the splendor of spring flowers, becoming eternal, and death is like the quiet beauty of the autumn moon, remaining in the world." In 2006, on the seventh day of the fifth month, Shen Jun, a person from Yanma Village, Dongxing Town, unfortunately passed away, enjoying three Chinese New Year's Eve.

Here, on behalf of all the guests, allow me to bow three times to Mr. Shen Jun. ”

As soon as the words fell, the tall guy set off again, and there was a burst of 'crackling' firecrackers, and the smoke from the firecrackers made my eyes a little unopenable, but fortunately, the firecrackers were not set off for a long time, otherwise, I guess I wouldn't be able to open my eyes at all.

After the sound of firecrackers stopped, Lao Wang stood between Shen Jun and the coffin of the mother and son, holding a coffin with both hands, and shouted in a long voice: "Bow." ”

Hearing this, I put the spirit flag behind my back, the candle on my chest, and bent down towards the coffin, and the old king shouted again: "Bow again!" ”

I did it again.

Immediately afterwards, Lao Wang shouted: "Three bows!" I didn't dare to slack off, so I quickly bent over.

After the three bows fell, he shouted again: "After the salute, light the firecrackers!" ”

Subsequently, firecrackers are set off again, and the sound of firecrackers is accompanied by the sound of a gong, which is still seven sounds, which means that the deceased has seven steps in his next life.

When the voice quieted down, I swept the smoke in front of me and looked at the old king, who was holding a red wax in his hand, and was squatting under the coffin to light the red wax in his hand on the immortal lamp.

In less than a few seconds, the red wax was lit, Lao Wang straightened his waist, and walked with strange steps under his feet, first the first three retreats to two, and then the first five retreats to four, just a few meters away, he walked for two or three minutes in a daze.

When I came to me, the old dynasty made a gesture, stretched my voice and shouted: "Yinluo, Yinluo, the descendants of the first Yin, the descendants of Yinluo, the descendants ”

According to the rules of Yin Qi, this anti-word seal is said by the deceased's descendants, and it is worth noting that this descendant is the deceased's descendants or elders, such as the deceased's brother and uncle.

After Lao Wang shouted the reverse character print, he held the candle above his head with both hands, bent down at me three times, and then took out a red envelope and handed it to me, and handed me the red wax in his hand.

I took the red envelope, ignored the red wax, but stretched my voice and shouted: "A red envelope starts from the beginning, today is the ancient and the present, the red wax of the main family is determined, and it is ashamed that the Chinese and Han Dynasty have returned to the west. ”

After shouting this, I bent down to the old king once, and then leaned the white wax in my hand towards the red wax.

When the two candles were leaning together, Lao Wang and I stood in a row on the threshold, and at the same time raised our voices and shouted, "Gulashi, Gulado, Gulashido." (Note: This sentence is similar to a ballad, but it is not possible to express that kind of tune.) ）

We shouted seven times before we stopped. Immediately afterwards, the two of us faced each other and exchanged the candles in their respective hands, and the white wax in my hand turned into red wax with auspicious meaning in it, which can be regarded as a blessing, a blessing from the deceased to future generations. (Note: At this time, the white wax should not be ignited, it needs to be printed seven, ignited with red wax, and then placed under the coffin.) ）

After exchanging candles, we bent down again at each other, and then made three waves towards the coffin in the hall and three times toward the dharma field. In the end, Lao Wang put the white wax on his chest with both hands, looked at me with both eyes, and retreated in the direction of the coffin.

While he retreated, I couldn't move, I had to hold the spirit banner behind me in my left hand and the red wax in my right hand on my chest.

This action is called 'soul fixing' in Yin Qi, which means to test whether the soul of the deceased can sense the mourning. After all, most of the people who died in the seventh year of the first month had some sins in their lives, and to put it bluntly, they didn't do good deeds, they didn't have yin virtues, and they weren't treated in the underworld. It's not good, as soon as the deceased died, his soul was caught by the shadows, so this 'soul fixing' is also called 'soul measurement'.

This 'soul fixing' is very simple, just stand motionless on the threshold with red wax for seven minutes.

During this period, if the candle is extinguished, there are two possibilities, one is that the deceased does not want to print seven, there is a wish that has not been fulfilled, and it is necessary to fulfill his wish, and then stand on the threshold for seven minutes, if it is extinguished again, then continue, and repeat, until the candle is not extinguished, then the seven can be printed.

The second is that the candle is only seven days, that is, the candle is extinguished on the first day, the candle is extinguished on the second day, the candle is extinguished again on the second day, and the candle is extinguished on the third day, until the seventh day, which means that the soul of the deceased has been confined to the underworld and has nothing to do with the yang.

This requires Ling Mi Ji to carry the paper and coffin to the tomb of the deceased, burn the paper at the tomb, and use these paper ties to redeem the soul of the deceased from the hands of the shadows.

After the soul of the deceased is redeemed, it cannot be buried on the same day, but it is necessary to ask someone to sing a funeral song at the tomb, commonly known as 'singing night songs', and ask a priest to recite the "Sutra of the Past Life" at the tomb, which is regarded as atonement for the deceased.

On the threshold, I stood for five minutes in a row, and the flame of the red wax was very normal, which made me breathe a sigh of relief in my heart, and I secretly rejoiced in my heart that this seal seven should be able to go smoothly.

Standing, standing, and I don't know what's going on, and I feel uneasy, vaguely as if something is happening, but I can't express that feeling.

At this moment, the senior guy shouted at me suddenly: "Chen Baxian, be careful!" ”