65.Chapter 65: A Living Burial (12)
The so-called slogan, is similar to robbers blocking the road, self-reporting home, however, we slogan is pure nonsense, some outrageous Taoist priests, generally shout directly, the deity is the Taishang Laojun is also, I don't know if this slogan is useful, I know that those Taoist priests who send funerals will shout such a sentence.
After shouting this voice, I held a mourning stick and a small amount of yellow paper in my left hand, formed a Dao finger with my right hand, recited the "Sutra of Amitayus" in my mouth, and slowly lifted my feet and stepped forward, because it was a living burial, the coffin could not be lifted at this time, and they could not carry the coffin until I crossed the threshold of the hall.
I walked roughly seven steps, sprinkled some yellow paper on the door, and as soon as my left foot stepped through the door, I shouted: "The Taoist priest is out of the door, and the coffin is about to go." This is a funeral sentence, which means to tell the eight immortals that they can lift the coffin.
As soon as the words fell, I heard the high-ranking man's dull voice sound, 'Unit, two, three, rise,', and then I heard some panicked footsteps approaching me. (Note: When buried alive, when the coffin is lifted, the Taoist priest cannot turn back.) )
As soon as I heard the sound of footsteps, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, I was most afraid that the coffin would go wrong, and now the coffin is safely lifted, which is a good sign. I took a few steps forward, and when the coffin was out of the hall, I slowed down, parallel to the tall man, and asked him, "Where is the grave?" ”
The tall man's face was a little pale, and his panting was a little short, obviously the coffin was a little heavy, he said: "It's not far, go straight for a hundred meters, then turn to the left, and then walk some distance up the mountain to arrive, I left a mark along the way." ”
I nodded, looked at Yang Yan, he was already sweating profusely after only a few steps, fortunately, his feet were quite stable, it looked like he couldn't lift it for long and he had to rest, so I told the tall guy that he would rather walk slowly than have any problems.
As I spoke, I moved a little faster on my feet, and I distanced myself from the tall guys, and walked to the front to continue leading the way, reciting scriptures as I went, and from time to time motioned for Joyce to sprinkle some yellow paper.
Not to mention, Joyce, this beautiful girl, is still quite familiar with the coffin bearer's business, I looked at it, she immediately understood what it meant, and immediately sprinkled yellow paper, sometimes, I even suspected that she was not a Gu master, but a coffin bearer.
A hundred steps was quite easy for me, but it was very difficult for the eight immortals who carried the coffin, and after walking a hundred steps, I asked Joyce to find a flat place and put two long wooden benches on them for the eight immortals to rest.
The Eight Immortals put the coffin on the bench with difficulty, and the whole person was about to collapse, sitting on the ground with one butt, and saying in their mouths: "It's so heavy, this living man's dragon coffin is so heavy." ”
I smiled bitterly, and I couldn't say anything, so I put the mourning stick on the coffin, gave each of them a cigarette, and said in a muffled voice: "Everyone has worked hard, carry it to the mountain, even if we save a life, we have all become great benevolent people, and when the time comes, Dr. Yang will definitely express it, after all, this matter has something to do with him." ”
As I spoke, I turned my head to look at Yang Yan, who was sitting weakly on the ground, gasping for breath in his mouth, and I quipped: "Doctor Yang, after carrying the coffin, do you invite us Eight Immortals to the town to rub it?" ”
"Well said, well said!" He took a deep puff of his cigarette and coughed violently, apparently the hairy doctor didn't smoke, and he probably was usually focused on medicine.
We rested for about ten minutes, continued to carry the coffin forward, rested twice in a row, and finally carried the coffin to the foot of the mountain, I don't know what was going on, just arrived at the foot of the mountain I felt a little bored, signaled them to rest for a while, carefully look at the mountain in front of me.
This mountain is said to be a mountain, in fact, it is not a mountain, at most it is a slope, it is not very high, about ten meters, the road surface is a little steep, the looming grave appears in the position of the middle of the hill, there are some trees all around, the strange thing is that these trees are particularly large, and the style has to be decades old.
Logically speaking, some old trees generally appear in the deep mountains and old forests, and trees in places like this will die after seven or eight years at most, but now, the trees in this kind of place can actually grow such trees, and no one will believe that there is nothing strange in them.
I asked the tall guy, "Did you encounter anything strange when you were digging the grave?" ”
He looked at me suspiciously, and said, "No, it's very smooth, there is no sound at all, but it is dug to a one-meter position, and there are stones underneath, which is particularly difficult to dig." ”
As soon as I heard this, I felt that something was wrong, and when I thought about it carefully, my face changed, and most of the places where trees grow are dirt, and occasionally some stones are normal, but these trees actually grow on stones, which is simply subverting my cognition.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? The tall guy took a puff of his cigarette and asked me.
I frowned and looked at the hillside, and said absentmindedly: "It's okay, pay attention to safety when going up the hillside, and I'll help you support the coffin from behind, there is no need to recite the Sutra of Amitayus." ”
I don't dare to tell them the truth, mainly because I am afraid that they will be timid, once people are timid, as long as there is a little wind and grass, they will be frightened, and they will be frightened when they do anything, and they will not have the usual calmness.
"Don't read the scriptures? Is that okay? One of the Eight Immortals next to the tall guy asked.
"It should be no problem, we are burying a living person this time, it doesn't matter whether you read those scriptures or not, the task now is to bury the coffin as soon as possible." I explained.
"Why should you be buried sooner?" Yang Yan interjected on the side.
"There is a saying in the funeral scripture, the bones of the hills, the branches of Gangfu, the qi follows, the current vitality is strong, and the surrounding aura is also good, especially those trees grow so big, presumably the gas emitted by the trees is also good, let these gases pour into the coffin, Wang Jie should be saved, I am afraid that once the sun appears, these gases will let the sunlight disperse, and when the time comes, Wang Jie will not be saved, I am afraid that the live burial will become a funeral." I lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, feeling a little guilty in my heart, I knew that the cemetery was like this, and I should have carried the coffin over earlier, and it was all my negligence to make it look like this.
After listening to my words, the eight immortals fell silent, and no one spoke, but Joyce walked over, patted me on the shoulder and said, "I have practiced martial arts for a few years, and my strength is a little stronger than that of ordinary men, or I will carry the coffin too?" ”
"No, women belong to the yin, the coffin taboos women, once the woman is allowed to carry the coffin, I am afraid that the coffin will become extremely heavy." I shook my head.
"Chen Baxian, it's only early 5 o'clock now, and the sun usually doesn't come out until 6 o'clock, so it should be in time, right? Are you a little worried? The tall guy walked over and said a little unconvinced.