The so-called bone washing is to remove the impurities and residual flesh on the side of the air-dried bones with a brush. But this process has been done before, and now it only needs to be cleaned of dust and dirt. He picked up the fine-bristled brush in his right hand and cleaned it from the leg bones first.

This seemingly simple task lasted for more than an hour, and then it was time to enter the urn.

He came to the newly taken out golden urn and drew it with a ruler. The front of the urn containing the bones is usually based on the central line of the pattern, and then the central line of the urn is drawn out with the line of plumb and the traditional way, because the human bone structure is symmetrical, so this line has a very important impact on the discharge of the skeleton behind, so the bone collectors of the past generations will be very careful to measure the baseline line, and then use this line as the benchmark to consider the emission of bones.

Soon, the central line was measured for the first time under his skillful operation. Zhao Yinhe took out a pair of chopsticks from his body to check whether they were equal in half. This method was already a very accurate recalculation method in the era when various measurement tools were not yet developed. Even in modern times, bone pickers still use it out of respect for the wisdom of their ancestors.

And then it's really into the bones. In general, the bones that enter the urn are all in the posture of Guanyin sitting on top of each other, and the leg bones are the first to be put in. And the 'yin corpse' does not need to be placed, it will be burned horizontally and vertically, and it is almost a matter of pouring it into the urn indiscriminately.

However, for the 'Yang Corpse', he didn't have any information left by his predecessors, so he had to rely on the experience accumulated over the years, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to temporarily create a kind of Arhat inversion that had just been named a second ago. It is also a complete reversal of the previous arrangement.

The bottom was first filled with charcoal, and he took out the black dog's blood and mixed it with cinnabar to create a crimson almost black pigment. Dip a little brush into it and draw two circles around the eye socket of the skull. Then fill the entire circle. The head was lowered into the urn.

Then there is the spine, because some of the deceased because of age, the bones are not completely corrupted, then the link of the spine is directly put into the urn, if the complete skeleton is connected with wicker and red silk thread, like a complete spine. But this time the bones were really tricky, and since the vertebrae chain was taken out, it stretched straight like a whip when it came into contact with the air, like a person straightening his chest, and there was no way to soften it no matter what. I had to break the bone chain secretly, and then put it in.

Spread another layer of charcoal, and tie up the ribs that had been divided into left and right sides when washing the bones with a red thread, and Zhao Yinhe easily identified the location with years of experience, and there was no mistake at all.

Then there is the ischial bones, which are taken out symmetrically, and then placed under the thigh bone to complete the upside-down sitting position. Because of the difference in body structure, the bone of boys and girls is divided between the round hole, and the ischial bones of the boys are smaller and the hole is smaller.

In this way, the half of the corpse is complete. Continue to stuff the charcoal, the charcoal in the golden bucket urn can not only be used to keep it dry, but also to keep the bones from displacing and messing up the body.

After that, the arrangement is simpler, with the sitting bones followed by the toes, soles and calf bones, and then the thigh bones. At the beginning, it should be Zhao Yinhe, who is not very accustomed to this method, to do it faster and faster, and it will be all done in about half an hour.

Closing the lid and thumping his back hard, he took a long breath.

"Little three, little four, the rest of you should know how to do it, I'm going out to prepare something." He commanded, and went to the gate of righteousness. When he staggered with his apprentice, taking the opportunity of the blind spot, Zhao Yinhe quickly whispered, "Pay attention to Widow Li's every move, if she falls asleep during the vigil, go to the forest outside to find me." Be careful, if this thing is messed up, the whole village will die. ”

Seeing that what the master said was strange and terrifying, Xiao San was so frightened that his whole body trembled. It took a while for a while to start the matter of the mourning hall.

The mourning hall is nothing more than lighting a few white candles, placing offerings, and burning a few piles of paper money. Widow Li sat on her knees crying, holding the golden bucket urn containing the skeleton and shouting to the heavens and the earth, tossing for more than half an hour before she stood up and burned down the prepared car house. It has to be said that in some ways, women do have more stamina than men.

The two middle-aged boys, the third and the fourth, were almost unbearable, and when they were about to be tortured and went crazy, Widow Li finally got tired and leaned against the corner to take a nap.

There was a deathly silence all around, the lamps of righteousness dimly illuminated the surroundings, and the candles burned in the air, creating a scalp-tinging atmosphere.

The little three and four leaned close together, muttering the latest gossip in a low voice. Finally, his gaze stayed on the golden bucket urn.

"Little Four, what do you think is wrong with that corpse? It can't be a 'yin corpse', but why did the master put the bones upside down when he just washed the bones into the urn? ”

Xiao Si was not a person who thought very deeply, so he shook his head casually and said vaguely, "Master must have his reason." ”

"Do you think the skeleton will be a corpse?" Xiao San is not without worries.

"Stupid, since you also know that it is a corpse, but where did the corpse come from? The man was left with only a pile of bones, what else could he conjure?! ”

"But I've never seen Master's nervous look." Xiao San frowned, "There is absolutely something, it's just that the master didn't tell us ......"

Before the words could be spoken, something suddenly jumped down. The little three and the fourth were so frightened that they almost fell to the ground. It was a cat, an old cat staring at them lazily with its glowing green eyes, and for a long time it yawned and ran out of the doorway.

"It turned out to be a cat, and it almost scared me to death!" Xiao Si pounded his chest hard.

Xiao San was still stunned and looked at the place where the cat disappeared, and his whole body was trembling, "Xiao Si, have you noticed the color of that cat?" ”

"It's black, what's wrong...... Yes! Xiao Si recalled, the words came out of his mouth, and he didn't feel quite right. The black old cat is so unlucky!

"I remember that no one in the village had a black cat at all, you say, where did that cat come from?" Xiao San's voice also began to tremble, and he said with difficulty.

"I ...... How could I possibly know! "Xiao Si is also scared" By the way, the master said that Widow Li was asleep and went to call him, let's hurry over. ”

Xiao San nodded, got up and was about to go out, but I don't know where a gust of wind blew in the back hall that was almost sealed, and the chandelier hanging on the eaves shook sharply, and all the candles were suddenly extinguished. Then came the lamp, which flickered a few times, then began to dim, and finally no more light came out.

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