As soon as Boss Yu's words came out, he completely subverted his image in my heart, since he came to the hospital, he gave me the impression of being an iron man, but I didn't expect that in terms of women, he was the same as ordinary people. It can be seen that since ancient times, the phrase that heroes are sad about beauty is universal, no matter which dynasty or generation.

Now that the Lord has spoken, what can I say? I had no choice but to nod and let them wrap white linen around their heads and go with us to ask for water.

The place where I went to ask for water was to the east of our town, where there was a river, about two or three meters wide, I don't know how wide it was, I can only estimate it. After all, who would be idle to measure how wide the river is?

To tell the truth, the water in the river is not my black town, it can be said that it is not water, there are more than 120 families living in the town, and almost all of their domestic garbage is thrown into the river, which has caused the river to be blocked several times, and the town government has paid for cleaning up the river.

Later, the town government erected a sign by the river, strictly prohibiting the throwing of household garbage into the river, and the offender was fined 100 yuan. The surface of the river was slightly better, but the water in the river was still jet black.

However, not the whole river is like that, near the center of the town, there is a body of water, and the townspeople have built a large cage with bamboo chips to separate the domestic garbage, and the water there is relatively clear, which is usually used by the townspeople to wash vegetables.

Although tap water was already widespread in the town at that time, some people took vegetables to the river to wash them and then went home to pour them with tap water again in order to save money on water bills.

Along the way, I walked in front with the tools for asking for water, Boss Yu and his family followed, Yan Qiqi and a strong man carried a small table of eight immortals and walked at the back, and five or six strong men next to them carried some ceremonial flowers and lighting tools.

Walking to the destination, I asked Yan Seventeen to put the Eight Immortals Table by the river. Then, I put the gong and kettle on the table, and wrote the name of the deceased and the date of birth with a cinnabar pen and pasted them on the gong.

The name of the deceased and the eight characters are pasted on the gong, which has the function of guiding the way, which means to attract the soul of the deceased to the river.

After doing this, I asked Boss Yu and the others to stand four feet behind me, then lit the three pillars of incense, held the incense with both hands and made a gesture towards the river, and inserted the fragrance under the table of the Eight Immortals.

As for why it is inserted under the table of the Eight Immortals, there is also a reason. The dragon lord belongs to the gods of the earth, if the fragrance is inserted on the table of the eight immortals, it is the god of the sky, and only when it is inserted under the table of the eight immortals, it is the god of the dragon.

Don't look at this fragrance is only separated by a table of eight immortals, but the two are different gods, there is an old saying, not afraid of burning the wrong incense, afraid of worshipping the wrong god, referring to the incense. Yellow paper can be burned indiscriminately, but the fragrance can never be indiscriminately inserted, once the wrong god is worshipped, it will attract ominousness.

After inserting the fragrance, I picked up the gong and knocked it three times, recited a soul-attracting spell in my mouth, and then struck the gong three times, walked to the river, looked right, and read in my mouth: "The sky and the earth are boundless, the moon is sad, the grass is full of frost, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows, today is the first day of the first month of the first month of 2006 AD, Liu Jinxiu, a local person in Dongxing Town, unfortunately suffered from a vicious disease, and left the world with ineffective treatment, which is the misfortune of the Yu family, and this is the sorrow of the children and grandchildren. I, Chen Jiu, was invited by Liu Jinxiu's son to come to the river to ask the Dragon Lord to bless Liu Jinxiu's soul, and give me the 'Purifying Holy Water' to wash away the rights and wrongs of Liu Jinxiu's old man before his death, and I hope that the Dragon Lord will be merciful and compassionate! ”

After reading this passage, I struck the gong violently, took seven steps back, circled around the table of the eight immortals three times, then stomped heavily on the ground with my right foot, lit three pieces of yellow paper, placed them on the gong, and burned them along with the eight characters of the deceased's birthday.

When the yellow paper was burned, the gong was a little hot, so I folded the yellow paper into three sections and wrapped my fingers, picked up the gong, and poured the burned ashes into the river. I don't know what's going on, the temperature by the river has become a little cold, and the gong, which was originally a little hot, has become cold after a while.

I reached out and touched the gong, it was very cold, and even a little sticky skin, I didn't think about it that much, I dipped three drops of water on the gong, and then returned to the table of the eight immortals.

Doing funerals will definitely encounter some things that cannot be explained by science, as long as there are no problems in important links, other problems are not called problems. If every aspect is perfect, I am sure that few dead people will be buried in peace, after all, funerals are inherently evil.

Back in front of the Eight Immortals table, I lifted the kettle, made a gesture towards the river, turned my head, stretched my throat to Boss Yu and the others, and shouted, "Liu Jinxiu's filial son and grandson, kneel down, and implore the Dragon King to give you 'purifying holy water'." ”

As soon as the words fell, Boss Yu and the others brushed it and knelt on the ground in unison. I glanced at them, took the kettle, went down to the river, lifted the lid of the kettle, filled it with a jug of water, and returned to the table of the eight immortals.

When they saw me coming back with water, they thought that the water was finished, and wanted to stand up, but I stopped them with my eyes, holding the gong in my left hand and the kettle in my right hand, and shook it again towards the river, and began to say the word "please water" in my mouth.

This recitation of the water word, the foot can not stop, need to follow the pace of three steps forward and two steps back, and then two steps forward and three steps back, the pace during this period can not be chaotic, we eight immortals call this pace 'three forward, two backward five lucky steps'

I recited the words of asking for water in my mouth, and stepped on three in, two and five blessing steps under my feet, and when I finished reading the words of asking for water, I had stepped back and forth seven times under my feet, and when I returned to the same place, I made another gesture towards the river, and opened the lid of the kettle to take a look.

The water in the kettle turned out to be black, I thought it was the night, which caused the visual color difference, so I asked Yan Qiqi to bring a flashlight and shine the water in the kettle, yes, it was black water.

Made, what's going on, my ritual didn't go wrong at all, and the process went very smoothly, how could it turn into black water? Could it be that there is something wrong with the water in the river? I took the flashlight and shone it to the river, where the water was filled just now, and the water source was clear. But how can the water in this kettle be black water?

Puzzled, I poured out the water and filled another pot of water from the river, and before the ceremony, I took a special look at the kettle, and the water in it was clear. After I finished reading the words "please water", I looked at the water in the kettle, and it turned black again.

I tried three times in a row, every time I read the words of asking for water, the water of the kettle will turn black, this water is the simplest ritual of the funeral, if there is a problem in this link, then the later link, still have?

According to the funeral customs on our side, there is absolutely no problem with my ceremony, there is only one possibility, there is a problem with the filial son and grandson kneeling on the ground.

Thinking of this, I was a little angry, and I didn't care that the other party was rich, so I yelled at Boss Yu and the others, "All kneel honestly, don't think about some dirty things in your head, if you offend the deceased, let the deceased come back to you, I can't care about it." ”