Thinking about this, I patted my shoulder and said, "The so-called defense is indispensable, you keep an eye on those seven Taoist priests for me, if they have abnormal behavior, they will be driven out, so that nothing will happen." ”

After speaking, I was about to go to tidy up the mourning hall, Ah Da walked over with a calm face and asked, "Chen Baxian, since the hexagram is a treasure hexagram, in your opinion, what time is the right time to open the road today?" ”

I took out my mobile phone and looked at it, and at half past eleven, combined with the deceased's eight characters, I pushed it, and said, "12 o'clock is an auspicious time." ”

"Is it too late?" He asked.

"It should be no problem, I was worried that there would be no Taoist priests to recite the scriptures, but now there are seven, and the Dharma field is also ready-made, so I just need to rearrange it. By the way, you go and ask the deceased's goddaughters, if they come to participate in the opening of the way, please come over early, if you don't come, we will move the Eight Immortals Table in the Dharma Field, and we can open the way. I thought about it for a while.

"Okay, then you go and set it up, and I'll ask someone." As he spoke, Ah Da walked out of the mourning hall, apparently planning to personally ask the deceased's goddaughter.

After about five minutes, Ah Da came back with a condensed face and said, "Those people were planning to buy air tickets and stopped attending the funeral, saying that there was an urgent matter in Hong Kong." ”

I smiled bitterly, there is an urgent matter, this reason is enough, it is no wonder that they are scattered, as the so-called tree falls and Sun is scattered, Boss Yu has been pulled away by the police station, and there is no point in staying, this social reality is very much.

Whether they come or not, for me, it doesn't matter, just let Guo Fatzi and a few of them help tidy up the Eight Immortals Table in the Dharma Field, but fortunately, there was a strange thing in the mourning hall before, and no one came to watch, so the speed of making it was very fast.

Make the table of the eight immortals, almost 12 o'clock, I told Ah Da about the process of opening the way, from 12 o'clock to 14 o'clock Taoist priest recites scriptures, and the descendants atone for the deceased in the law field, from 14 o'clock to 15 o'clock, please enter the mourning hall, from 15 o'clock to 18 o'clock, the back of the meritorious service, from 18 o'clock to 23 o'clock to burn incense, 23 o'clock to 23:30, please soul.

After hearing this, he nodded and asked, "The schedule is so tight, what should I do to eat?" ”

I stopped and said, "There is too much time to delay in the morning, there is no time to eat lunch, even dinner has to be postponed until after 12 o'clock in the evening, today must be the deceased, and the living can only endure it." By the way, you remember to inform the helmsmen of the dragon and ask them to get in shape before 14 o'clock, and they must enter the mourning hall on the hour, and please don't delay the auspicious time of the dragon. ”

He nodded, took out his mobile phone and made a call, roughly arranging for the dragon to be invited.

Subsequently, I changed into a Taoist robe, found a spirit flag, let Yu Jianhao hold the photo of the deceased, and then let Yu Qian hold it in my hand, beckoning Yu Qian to walk behind me, Ah Da and Yu Qian behind, and Hu Qin to walk last.

When it was 12 o'clock, I gave Guo Fat and Stutter a look, and they carried a few buckets of fireworks and lit them. Immediately afterwards, each of them stood on the left and right sides of the mourning hall with a roll of earth red and lit it.

After the firecrackers ended, Guo Fatzi took out a gong, held the gong above his head, held the gong mallet in his right hand, and threw me an inquiring look, meaning that he can strike the gong now?

I took out my phone and looked at the time, 12 o'clock, nodded, and motioned for him to knock.

"Bell"

As the gong sounded, the atmosphere around the mourning hall became a little strange, as if something had come out of the coffin, the rancid smell in the air became extremely strong, and the temperature dropped several degrees.

Fortunately, all the people present were the closest to the deceased, and no one made any mistakes.

I took a deep breath, led Yu Qian and a few people, walked into the dharma field, shaking the soul flag in my right hand, and reciting the soul opening mantra in my mouth, I was afraid that Yu Qian would not be able to keep up with the pace with the little boy, and the speed under my feet was very slow, and I circled around the Eight Immortals table in the Dharma field for a full 118 circles, and it took an hour and 45 minutes.

During this period, those Taoist priests sat on both sides of the coffin and recited the scriptures, and everything went very smoothly, without even the slightest breeze.

It is worth mentioning that at one o'clock, many townspeople heard the sound of the mourning hall and came to watch more than a dozen people. When it was almost two o'clock, there was already a sea of people around the Dharma field, and there were hundreds of people, more than in the morning.

After doing this ceremony, I took off my robe, changed into the clothes I usually wear, and asked Ah Da, Yu Qian and others to kneel on both sides of the mourning hall, waiting for the arrival of the long dragon.

This kind of kneeling, called filial piety kneeling dragon at the funeral, is said to be conducive to the deceased's reincarnation in the next life, I don't know what it is, it is all handed down by the ancestors.

"Brother Jiu, the 'dragon' is coming soon, what do I need to do?" Guo Fatzi stood aside with the stammer, a little excited, no wonder they, the long line of 118 helmsmen, not to mention them, even I saw them for the first time.

"Carry some salute flowers to the front." I said to Guo Fatzi, then turned my head and stammered, "Seeing the 'dragon' appear, you light a roll of earth red, and before the dragon enters the mourning hall, you shout at the coffin, 'dragon' is coming." ”

I stammered and nodded, and asked me why I called it that, I looked at the time and there were still ten minutes before 14 o'clock, so I explained it to him, saying: "Legend has it that the dragon has a dragon qi on its body, which is an extremely yang thing, if it suddenly appears in the mourning hall, that dragon qi will rush to the deceased, and the deceased will become an idiot in the next life." Therefore, before the dragon enters the mourning hall, it is necessary to shout 'dragon' to let the deceased be prepared, so as to avoid the deceased being rushed by the dragon qi. ”

"Isn't it! A shout can turn the dead into a Super Saiyan? Not even dragons. Guo Fatzi leaned his head over and said incredulously.

"Get out! It's just etiquette, it doesn't mean anything, it's the same thing when you see the head teacher in school and shout at the teacher head-on. "I kicked Guo Fat's ass, Made, every time this thing has a problem, it's very strange.

"Brother Jiu, I still don't understand, what does this have to do with the head teacher?" He asked me innocently.

I glared at him and said, "If you see the head teacher, sneak up behind her, and suddenly shout at the teacher, do you think the head teacher will be frightened?" ”

He nodded.

"If a dragon suddenly appears in the mourning hall, the deceased will be shocked, and that dragon qi will naturally rush to the deceased." I patiently explained it to him.

", you just said that you were afraid that the deceased would be scared by the dragon, and it would be over, so you have to fix those professional terms and say what kind of dragon spirit." Guo Fatzi gave me a disdainful look, and walked towards the ceremony with a few buckets of ceremonial flowers.

Made, listening to Guo Fatzi say this, I really want to catch up with 'Ada' a few times, it's too annoying, if you directly say that the deceased was scared by the dragon, it is disrespectful to the deceased, and I can only use tactful words.