273.Chapter 273: The Empty Coffin (38)
After about five or six minutes, the funeral procession appeared in the cemetery, I waved out those bad emotions in my head, and was about to call them, where do I know, as soon as those people saw Wang Chengcai and the old man, they screamed, "Ghost! "I didn't care about the dragon frame on my shoulder, so I ran away.
As they ran, the coffin slammed into the ground, and after the coffin hit the ground, it shook the ground a few times, and then fell to the side, due to gravity, the coffin lid revealed a fist-sized opening.
I was stunned, according to the tradition of the clothed mound, the coffin can only be riveted into three nails, so the fixation is not very good, which causes the coffin lid to reveal a hole, to say that it is providence, or coincidence, I don't know, I know that the coffin lid is not a good sign.
Wang Chengcai's mother and son didn't seem to be affected by the coffin, they were still in the same posture as before, and the mother and son cried very sadly.
On the contrary, the Wang Xi brothers and sisters looked at the deceased in amazement, their eyes were full of incredulity, they wanted to step forward, but they didn't dare to step forward, so they kept standing there.
After those people left, the whole cemetery was left, me, Qing Xuanzi, Wang Chengcai's family of four, the old man, and Wang Fangmin, who was trembling all over, as for the daughters of the deceased, they ran faster than those who carried the coffin.
"Chen Baxian, what's the matter with the old man?" Qing Xuanzi walked up to me with a frown and asked softly.
"That's the deceased, she cheated to death, just to see if her children are really filial to her." I briefly told Qing Xuanzi.
After he heard this, he frowned, and didn't say anything more, so he walked to the coffin, stretched out his hand and broke it, the coffin weighed a hundred pounds, how could he break it alone, I walked forward, took a handle, and the two of us straightened the coffin, and didn't care about the reaction of those people next to him, so he was ready to pry open the coffin and take out the clothes inside and burn it, as for the coffin, according to my idea, it was to throw the coffin into the grave and burn it with fire.
Qing Xuanzi raised an objection, saying, "The main family is financially constrained, so it is better to leave this empty coffin for the bones by the river, and the tomb well for that person, so as to save a lot of money." ā
I thought about it, stretched out my finger and pointed at the old man, and whispered: "The old man wants to commit suicide, let's keep this coffin, the old man will definitely want to lie in the coffin and let us be buried, so that we will create evil and burn the coffin, so that the old man's idea of suicide can be stopped." ā
He asked me the reason, I told him about the old man's affairs in general, and after listening, he said with a calm face: "Using the formation to lock people's souls is a move against the sky, even if the old man escapes tonight, sooner or later he will still get retribution, in my opinion, the old man will be fulfilled." ā
I looked at him in surprise and said angrily: "If you don't save it, forget it, how can there be any reason to encourage the old man to commit suicide?" ā
"She is alive and suffering, and she is now collecting footprints, and she is not far from death, so she will do what she wants, and let her lie in a coffin with her man. Chen Baxian, those of us who do funerals, don't overstep our authority, just do everything according to the will of the master's family. Of course, this is my personal opinion, just for reference. Qing Xuanzi explained lightly, sat down next to the coffin, and looked at the posture, he was waiting for the meaning of the master's family.
I smiled bitterly, what he said was not unreasonable, the old man was already collecting footprints, and the days he lived were estimated to be a day or two, or even shorter, but it was a life, even if he could only live for an hour, it was still a life.
For a while, I didn't have an opinion in my heart, so I had to stand aside with Qing Xuanzi and quietly watch how the main family arranged.
Our side has just quieted down, and Wang Chengcai's side is the opposite, he has been kneeling on the ground and begging the old man, but the old man is very stubborn, and only one sentence is said at a time: "If you are really filial, carry your father's bones to the cemetery." ā
That Wang Chengcai kept holding the old man's legs, crying and saying, "Mother, please, don't do this." ā
The two were deadlocked for a while, and the Wang Xi brothers and sisters seemed to wake up from the shock, pulled their mother, ran towards the old man, and knelt in front of the old man, Wang Xi said, "Grandma, you... You... It's good that you're not dead. ā
"Grandma, Yaoyao misses you."
"Mother-in-law... I... I..."
The family hugged the old man and cried profusely, and the scene made us stand aside, and the corners of our eyes were a little moist.
"Okay, don't cry, this is my life, don't be too sad, I can prevent disasters for you before I die, I can laugh at Jiuquan." The old man stopped and stretched out his hand to pull them up.
Due to the old man's age and limited physical strength, every time she pulled someone, her body would take a few steps back, and she almost fell down a few times, but fortunately, Wang Chengcai was always by her side.
After pulling them up, the old man said to Wang Xi: "Xixi, you listen to grandma the most, can you fulfill grandma's wish and carry your grandfather's bones?" ā
"Grandma, I don't, I want you to be by our side in good health." Wang Xi wiped his tears.
"Yaoyao, grandma loves you the most, can you help grandma with this?" The old man glanced at Wang Chuyao kindly.
"Grandma, I... Iā" Wang Chuyao choked up.
"Don't you all want to?" The old man shook his head, his tone a little lost.
Wang Chengcai's family of four collectively nodded and said, "We hope that you will be by our side, even if it is only for one or two days, it will be a blessing for us." ā
To tell the truth, I'm a little blind, the old man's request makes future generations very embarrassed, just ask, how many descendants will do this kind of thing?
I pulled Qing Xuanzi's sleeve and said, "Shall we help her?" ā
"The affairs of the main family, let's not interfere, let's wait and see what happens!" Qing Xuanzi glanced at me and said lightly.
I said 'oh' and didn't say anything more, my heart was very bitter, and I was stunned.
At this time, the old man made a move. She first glanced at Wang Chengcai's family of four, and then, taking a step, slowly walked towards the coffin, put one hand on the coffin, and said a few words in her mouth that I didn't understand, the voice was very weird, a bit like a heavy (chong) sound, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
When the incantation was finished, the old man put his hand in the open opening of the coffin lid, groped inside the coffin for a while, took out an oiled paper fan, opened it, took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and put it on his mouth.
The old man took a deep breath of cigarette, looked at the fan, smiled on his face, held the oiled paper fan in the air, and began to dance, the steps under his feet were very peculiar.
After dancing for about a minute, the old man stopped moving, his face froze, he put one hand on the coffin lid, and lifted it suddenly, and he didn't know where the old man got the strength, so he lifted the coffin lid in a daze.