3. Chapter 3 There is a person in the coffin
After a few seconds, the whole scene was as silent as death, the needle drop could be heard, and the silver-white moonlight sprinkled on the coffin, refracting a strange bright light, which was particularly dazzling.
Suddenly, I heard a creepy sound coming from inside the coffin, 'popping', as if someone was banging on the coffin.
In an instant, I only felt a chill rising from the soles of my feet to my heart, my hands and feet were weak, my brain was blank, and I just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
The voice seemed to see through my thoughts, the compact 'pop' sound became faster and faster, and I raised my eyes to look around the coffin, and I saw that the eight immortals and the main family were kneeling on the ground, and there was no one else around the coffin, but the 'pop' sound, I heard it very thoroughly, it was definitely from the coffin.
I felt a 'groan' in my heart, it was over, I must have met a ghost, and I began to be scared from the bottom of my heart, and my palms were full of sweat.
Lao Wang grabbed my clothes and pulled hard, making me kneel on my ground, "Jiu Yanzi, what are you doing, quickly kneel down and kowtow!" ”
I trembled, intermittently telling him, "Old... Old... Lao Wang, someone... Knock on the coffin. ”
It's okay not to speak, but when I opened my mouth, a cool breeze came into my mouth coldly, making me shiver.
Lao Wang listened to my words, didn't dare to slack off, leaned his ears to the coffin, his face changed suddenly, he pulled me up, and said, "It's not good, there are living people in the coffin, hurry up and open the museum to save people." ”
"Isn't it? How can a living person be inside a coffin? I asked, confused.
Lao Wang glanced at the coffin, ignored me, and shouted to the eight immortals: "Don't kneel, everyone, it's important to open the museum quickly to save people!" ”
When the eight immortals heard this, they immediately stood up, patted the dust on their bodies, and surrounded the coffin, and everyone pried open the coffin lid with their hands and feet, first a white hand stretched out, struggling in the air decadently and helplessly, and there were still some sawdust on their nails, and then, a weak cry for help was heard, "Help me!" ”
Hearing this voice, my tense heartstrings were relieved, and I asked the question just now, he took a puff of cigarette and said: "Nine Guys, there are still many things you have to learn, this situation is called fake death, after you become the Eight Immortals, you must pay attention to this situation, otherwise you will bury the living, but the sins of our Eight Immortals." ”
I asked some about Lao Wang, and he told me that there are many complicated rituals after death, which are generally divided into: small burial, funeral, burial, funeral, and the first seven.
And because the couple died unjustly, many rituals were ignored, and the death was pulled to our village on the same day, and the body was only parked for one night and ready to be buried, fortunately, the old king was experienced, otherwise the man would really be buried alive.
With this episode, the happiest person is the old man, he saw his son die and resurrected, and added two hundred yuan to one of our eight immortals, which is considered life-saving money.
After accepting the money, a few of us sent the old man and the man who was 'dead and resurrected' back to the village, and let the little boy follow us for the funeral, after all, the woman in the coffin was the mother of the little boy, and it was customary for him to be buried.
A few of us were busy again, re-covering the coffin lid, burning some candle ingots in front of the coffin, tying the dragon frame, and carrying the coffin straight to the tomb.
It stands to reason that the coffin should be lighter if there is one less person, but in fact, on the contrary, we do not feel lighter, but feel that the coffin is heavier than before.
Along the way, we all lifted the coffin with our heads down, and none of us expressed the doubts in our hearts, we just wanted to bury the coffin as soon as possible.
When I came to the cemetery, the moon was already in the west, the sky was gradually darkening, a few crows were hovering in the air, making a desolate chirping sound, which was extremely harsh, and an inexplicable sense of depression hit me, and the moment the coffin landed, this sense of depression was even stronger, and I was a little breathless.
Lao Wang found a few torches to light and inserted them around the tomb to make the originally dark environment brighter, he took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said: "There is still half an hour before the burial, everyone rest for a while and smoke a cigarette!" So saying, he brought a cigarette to each of us.
I took the cigarette, sat down next to Lao Wang, and said, "Lao Wang, I feel a little ridiculous in my heart, what's the matter!" ”
He smiled and said, "The first time the coffin is carried must be a bit ridiculous, it's good to get used to it in the future, don't be scared to pee your pants!" ”
His words made the Eight Immortals laugh for a while, and I didn't care, after all, they were all my seniors, so I suppressed the doubts in my heart.
After resting for a while, the tomb of the old dynasty sprinkled some yellow paper, tea, grain (unpolished rice), salt and wheat, and said a few strange words, the content was like this, "Aozi Village, Dongxing Town, Wangmen Liu is buried here, please take care of some ghosts and gods from all walks of life!" ”
After speaking, Lao Wang made three gestures towards the east with his hands in fists, and then ordered us to tear off the towel on our arms, and the moment we tore off the towel, strictly speaking, the moment I tore off the towel, something strange happened.
I heard the little boy stretch out his hand and point to the tomb and scream, "Mommy, there are monsters!" "I looked at the little boy's finger, and I saw a terrible little hole in the tomb at some point, and countless ants came out of the hole.
These ants are indescribably strange, the size of a thumb, the color is green, and there is a miserable blue fluorescence, like fireflies at night, seeing us fiercely pounced, frightened us a few screams, dropped the handkerchief in our hands and ran, just a few seconds to run behind the old king, in our hearts the old king is the backbone.
Lao Wang's face sank, and he scolded: "Look at your cowardice, it's just a big ant, what are you afraid of, hurry up and kill them!" ”
The Eight Immortals stood tremblingly behind Lao Wang, stunned and didn't dare to step forward, crooked Lao Wang's angry teeth, pointed at the Eight Immortals and scolded, "Delay the auspicious time, see if the dead are looking for trouble for you!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the eight immortals, look at me, I look at you, if the deceased really came to find trouble, this is not a joke, picked up the hoe left by digging the tomb from the ground, and walked towards the tomb.
I was stunned for a while, not up, not up, no, and finally gritted my teeth, picked up a hoe, and followed the footsteps of the eight immortals to walk over, without any movement, according to those strange ants smashed over, only to hear the banging sound constantly, sparks flying.
Those ants seemed to be made of iron, and a hoe slapped down, with a sonorous sound, not only did not shoot to death, but slapped into the soil, and I didn't care so much, catching those ants desperately shooting, there were a few bold eight immortals, and they took torches and swept towards the ant burrow.
Although the ants were fierce, fortunately, several of our eight immortals were more united, and after some brave fighting, the strange ants finally couldn't parry and fled in all directions.
"Nine Guys, come over and see what this thing is!" As soon as I put down my hoe, I heard the voice of Lao Wang.