I didn't speak, but stared at Fu Hao, and finally nodded, and didn't speak.

As soon as Fu Hao's face relaxed, he discussed with me about going down to pull the coffin, first set up a simple tent on the edge of the cliff, and then set up two temporary altars, one was used to pick up the bones of the old man Fu, and the other was used to pay tribute to the river god.

This memorial to the river god, that Fu Hao said that Luo Zhongtian did not want to come over for the time being, so let me hold a ceremony for him, because this ceremony is a matter other than finding bones, I discussed the cost with Fu Hao, the salary is 500, that Fu Hao is worthy of being a rich man, and said directly: "Xiao Jiu, as long as the ceremony is done, I will add a 0 to the back for you." ”

I was slightly stunned, since the main family wanted to give me more money, I was naturally willing to accept it, so I began to arrange a tribute to the river god. It is rumored that in ancient times, the living environment of human beings was very harsh, and people were limited by their cognitive ability and ability to transform nature, and they had a sense of fear and awe of all food and phenomena in the natural world, and the concept of animism arose at that time, which made people at that time full of worship for all things in the universe, such as the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and often worshiped such things, in order to seek protection.

Over time, all kinds of worship emerge in endlessly, as for whether it is useful or not, I don't know, however, the custom is like this, you have to do it according to the custom, just like an old saying in our big China, it is not strange to have many people.

It is out of this mentality that this sacrifice to the river god will take place.

Since we are going down to the Wuyuan Tan to pull the coffin, this way of worshiping the river god is different from the ordinary worship of the river god, first of all, the table of sacrifice, to use a small table of eight immortals, about 50 cm high, 90 cm long and wide, there is the meaning of the ninety-five supreme in it, indicating the respect of the worshipper to the river god.

Then there is the sacrifice, the sacrifice of the river god needs to put a pig's head, three bowls of rice, and five grains, it is worth noting that the pig's head must be taken off the pig's hair, poured with boiling oil again, and then the pig's head eyes must be closed, can not let the pig's eyes open, once opened is disrespectful to the river god, will offend the river god, a minor illness, a large will be a big hemorrhage.

When I had finished all these things, I wrote the throne of the river god in yellow cloth, and then I put it in a seven-inch bamboo cane, hung the yellow cloth, and finally inserted the yellow cloth in the middle of the offering.

To prepare these things, I found four large bowls of white wine, (one of which was prepared by myself, and the other three were for the river god), nine pillars of fragrance, and placed them on the edge of the table of the eight immortals.

At this moment, Fu Hao came over and asked me, "Xiao Jiu, have you done it?" ”

I glanced at the Eight Immortals Table, and the offerings were basically ready, so I said, "Okay." ”

After saying this, I began to arrange sacrifices to the river god, first let Fu Hao kneel in the first row, the second row were Joyce and Chen Erbei, the third row were those who helped pull the coffin, and then the back were those who were invited by Fu Hao, and I stood on the edge of the Eight Immortals table.

After they knelt down, I looked stunned, held the nine-pillar fragrance in my left hand, made three gestures to the Wuyuantan, and shouted loudly: "Ah, immortal heaven, the spirit of the ancestors, ah, bless all beings, seek prosperity, seek prosperity!" Ah, the Divine Mirror of the Heavenly Father, the eyes of the Earth Mother, all living beings, continue to reproduce, envy the ninety-nine rites, offer the sincerity of all people, the waves on the lake, and flash the spirits of the eight directions. ”

After shouting this, I asked Fu Hao and the others to fold their hands and kowtow three times in the direction of Wuyuantan.

After they finished kowtowing, I continued to shout: "Worship the nine pillars of incense, kowtow to the nine heavy heads, and put on the nine kinds of sacrifices." ”

While shouting this, I inserted the nine-pillar incense in the four directions of the southeast and northwest of the Eight Immortals Table, and then inserted the three pillars of incense on the offerings of the Eight Immortals Table, and finally the two incense plants were inserted on the edge of the cliff, these two fragrances have another layer of meaning in it, according to legend, the river god is a couple, and these two fragrances represent the river god couple.

After inserting the incense, I knelt on the edge of the cliff, kowtowed nine times, and groaned in my mouth: "Today, there is a Hubei person Fu Dongfeng, unfortunately buried at the bottom of the lake, and I hope that the old man of the river god will open his side, let the old man come out, in order to enter the soil for peace, the disciple Chen Jiu led the grandson of the old man Fu, Fu Hao, to come to the lake to take away the remains of the ancestors. As the saying goes, filial piety comes first, Fu Hao's filial piety can move God, and the earth mother can be moved, I hope that the river god will see Fu Hao's filial piety for the sake of his filial piety, and he can open up the net, and his disciple Chen Jiu is grateful. ”

After saying this, I kowtowed nine times to Wuyuantan again, and asked Fu Hao and others to kowtow to Wuyuantan like me.

They will come to their senses and immediately kowtow, that Fu Hao may be in a hurry to find the bones of the old man Fu, kowtowing is very sincere, and he is stunned to knock out a piece of blood on his forehead, which makes me nod with satisfaction, this sacrifice to the river god is about a sincerity.

After kowtowing, I stood up and shouted, "Thousands of miles of ice cover the Wangsacrificial Lake, thousands of acres of lake surface competition, open the way to put the rope out of the coffin, and the coffin goes ashore to report to the river god." ”

After shouting this, I walked to the edge of the table of the eight immortals, first picked up a bowl of white wine and sprinkled it into the air, then took a sip of a bowl of white wine on the right, and then sprayed it towards the Wuyuan Pool.

After getting this done, I picked up another bowl of white wine and sprinkled it on the ground, and then sprayed a sip of white wine according to the previous method, which means that I am a messenger sent by the land lord on the ground, and I belong to the river god, so that the river god can open his eyes and not take people's lives.

The last bowl of liquor, I poured all the wine into the Wuyuan Pond, while pouring the wine, while saying: "Wine under the river god's belly, open your eyes to see clearly, don't harm the gods, accidentally hurt other people's lives." ”

As soon as I finished pouring the wine, I glanced at the bottom of the Wuyuan Pool, I don't know if I was dazzled or what's going on, I felt that the lake was particularly calm, and there was no hazy feeling before, which made me happy, this situation showed that the sacrifice played a role, so that Joyce and Chen Erbei stood up, and then took a sip of white wine in his mouth, sprayed it on Joyce and Chen Erbei, and shouted in his mouth: "These two are fellow disciples, and I hope that the river god will open his eyes and see clearly." ”

After saying this, I took some rice from the table of the Eight Immortals, stuck it on the hair of Joyce and Chen Erbei, and read another paragraph, which roughly meant to tell the river god that the three of us are mortal immortals in the world, and let him not mess around.

Do all this, pour all the tributes on the table of the eight immortals into the Wuyuan Pool, as for the pig's head, I did not fall down, but found a red rope to tie it, and then put a wooden stake on the edge of the cliff, and hung the pig's head on the edge of the cliff.