I raised the mourning stick and poked it at the tile, and with a 'ding' sound, it seemed that it was not a tile, but a piece of stone and iron, and my arm hurt a little.

At this time, I was a little nervous, this tile before the burial must be broken, otherwise something will happen, and if the tile is not broken, it means that the deceased does not want to be buried.

Seeing this situation, Lao Wang comforted the master's family a few words, and secretly glanced at me and asked me to try again.

Immediately, I raised the mourning stick and poked at the tile with all my strength, but the tile was still lying on the ground intact, and after trying three times in a row, the tile was still like that.

"Hell yes!" I cursed in my heart, and was about to try again, but Li Jianguo, the second brother of the main family, spoke, "You melon boy, okay?" ”

"Jianguo, don't bother Chen Baxian!" The lord took hold of the man and rebuked him.

"Big brother, although we are poor, there is no need to invite such a hairy boy, right? I can't even break a tile, if I disturb my father, who is responsible? "Li Jian's Chinese is not good.

I ignored them and continued with the work at hand, wondering why the dead were reluctant to be buried, if there was something that had not been put in the coffin? Thinking of this, I walked to the lord's house and asked, "What did the old man love most during his lifetime?" ”

The master thought for a while, slapped his palm on his face, and said: "My father loved to play cards when he was alive, and he would play with a few old men for hours every day, and he was still talking about Da Er before he died. Is this the reason? (Honor cards are similar to poker, and the big two is a very important card in the honor card, and its role is similar to that of the king of poker.) ）

Hearing this, I asked the master to take a large two and put it in the hands of the deceased, and then once again held the mourning stick and poked it at the tile, and sure enough, the tile shattered in response.

Seeing this scene, I don't know whether to laugh or cry, it's news that a person can gamble to such a point.

"Once the tiles are broken, Baitai will be safe, prosperous and rich, and the descendants will be prosperous!" I straightened up and shouted, asked the relatives of the lord to kneel in the middle of the hall and not look up, and then took the mourning stick by the side, took the deceased from the back of the old king, and slowly put it into the coffin.

After placing the body, I tied a square copper coin with a red thread, aimed it at the deceased's nose from top to bottom, and took out a red thread and pulled it from the midline of the coffin's head to the midline of the coffin's tail.

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

When the three points formed a straight line, I took out a piece of white paper and put it on the deceased's face, and took a quilt to cover the deceased, and stuffed the corner of the futon behind the deceased.

Subsequently, he and Lao Wang closed the lid of the coffin, but it was not completely closed, and the head of the deceased was exposed, first, for the relatives who came to mourn to see the deceased for the last time, and second, after a few days, the Taoist affairs needed to let the deceased 'with his own eyes' to see his descendants 'open the way' for him. (The open road is what we call it on our side, and in other places it is called a dojo, an opening mountain, an inverted row, and so on.) ）

After all this was done, I asked all the people of the lord's house to get up, and asked them all to wear linen and filial piety, and when they went to bed, they could only take off the white cloth and not the linen, and then pinched their fingers and calculated, and told them that the road was set for six days later, and the funeral would be on the seventh day.

The three brothers of the main family understand the customs, each of the three brothers gave me and Lao Wang a red envelope, I pinched it, the main family and his third brother are about twenty-four yuan, Li Jianguo's red envelope is a bit thin, it is estimated to be one or two 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 we give an empty red envelope, we can only accept it.

Lao Wang took the red envelope, looked at the coffin, and finally handed the red envelope to me, and said softly: "Jiu Yanzi, you should pay attention to yourself!" If you really can't do it, push the way away! ”

It seemed that Lao Wang saw that something was wrong with the deceased, so I smiled at him and said, "It's okay, I'm measured!" ”

At this time, Li Jianguo walked over, glared at me, and said, "Gua Yanzi, it's best not to have an accident in this funeral, otherwise, Lao Tzu promises that you won't be able to get out of Li Village!" With that, he shook his hand and left.

Looking at his back, I was a little puzzled, where did I offend him? He threw a puzzled look at the master, who smiled awkwardly and said, "My second brother has this temper, don't worry about him." ”

The third eldest of the main family was on the side and said, "Chen Baxian, the second brother is like this, don't worry about it!" As he spoke, he dragged me and Lao Wang to his house, saying that they were discussing the matter of the grave of the deceased.

According to custom, after the burial, the eldest son of the deceased, 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, and I have to use this time to finish the tomb where the deceased is buried, otherwise, the time is a little rushed.

On the way there, I knew that the third child of the main family was called Li Jianmin, compared to the loyalty of the main family, Li Jianmin was more straightforward, and everything was the truth, he told me that the reason why Li Jianguo looked at me was because one of his relatives also wanted to take over the funeral, but that person didn't understand it at all, and he just wanted to make some money, and of course the main family and Li Jianmin would not agree.

He also asked me to pay attention when I went out of the funeral, saying that the fake immortals in Li Village might make it difficult, and I told him with a smile that as long as the fake immortals dared to make things difficult, I promised that they would not be able to walk around.

After coming to his house, Li Jianmin was more enthusiastic, brought us some fruits, and sent a pack of good cigarettes to each of us, looked at Lao Wang, and asked in a joking tone: "Brother Wang, you are over 50 years old, why do you still listen to Chen Baxian's words?" After saying that, he probably felt a little sorry for me, and smiled apologetically at me, and I stopped and said it didn't matter.

Lao Wang lit a cigarette, smoked it, looked at me deeply, and said: "Our eight immortals are not divided into ages, the master is the first, the nine men know more than me, I will naturally listen to him!" ”

Hearing this, Li Jianmin's face turned happy, and he continued to ask: "Does Chen Baxian know more than the old Xiucai in your village?" ”

Lao Wang didn't answer this question, but looked at me, meaning how to answer, afterwards, Lao Wang told me that in his heart, I was stronger than Lao Xiucai, but, this is a little sorry for Lao Xiucai.

As for the reason, it is because I have the funeral scriptures of Liuding Liujia in my hands, which is definitely a few points stronger than Lao Xiucai, who can only read dead books, after all, the funeral scriptures of Liuding Liujia have a history of more than 2,000 years and are left by the ancestors.

I motioned to Lao Wang not to speak, raised my eyes to look at Li Jianmin, and said, "Just say anything directly, there's no need to probe the wind." ”

He smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, then I'll get straight to the point, I found a feng shui treasure land, and I asked Lao Xiucai to see it, and he said that it is indeed a feng shui treasure land, but my father's birthday is not suitable for burial there." I feel that Lao Xiu is lying to me, so I want you to take a serious look, and I won't hide it from you, no matter what you say, I will bury my father there. When it comes to the four words of seriousness, his tone is particularly heavy.

I couldn't make up my mind, so I exchanged a look with Lao Wang and asked him what he meant, Lao Wang took a deep puff of cigarette, nodded and shook his head, meaning that you can go and see, but you must explain the benefits in advance.

After understanding what he meant, I said lightly: "Since ancient times, the treasure land of feng shui has been occupied by virtuous and blessed people. ”