Listening to Han Jingui's words, I followed him into the apse without thinking about it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

To tell the truth, the apse is really not good, about sixty squares, worse than some slums, and even a lot of dilapidated places in many places, especially the eight statues on the far left, perhaps because of the age, the eight statues have been unrecognizable, and they can barely see their faces clearly, if they guess correctly, these eight statues should be Lu Dongbin and other eight immortals.

I asked Han Jingui why he didn't put the statue in the front hall, and he said that it was too shabby, and it was just a joke to put it out.

All right! I also agree with this statement, after all, the eight statues of the gods are indeed broken, it is better to put them in the apse, and without further questioning, I asked him what the third thing was.

He thought for a while, found two wooden stools in the apse, handed me another cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and sighed: "Palace master, I have heard some about your grievances with Wang Muyang. ”

I hummed, the matter between me and Wang Muyang was quite big in Quyang, and he knew that it was normal, so he motioned for him to continue.

I thought he would criticize me sharply, but who knows, he slapped his palm on his thigh and said: "Palace master, this thing is done beautifully, Wang Muyang's kid relies on the Metaphysics Association, does not take us traditional eight immortals in his eyes, and even threatens to make our traditional eight immortals have no place to live with peace of mind." ”

I haven't heard of this, but I heard Jiang Ye say that Wang Muyang has great ambitions, and he wants to occupy the whole country and let the crematorium blossom and bear fruit all over the country. To put it bluntly, Wang Muyang strongly recommends cremation, his goal is that one day in the future, crematoriums will no longer be opened in the city, and even the countryside will have crematoriums.

I thought about it for a moment and asked him, "What do you think about cremation?" ”

He sighed: "New society, new things, I am not a pedantic person, this cremation is indeed a good method from the perspective of land resources and environmental pollution." However, our Chinese burial has a funeral culture of thousands of years, and if it is broken like this, it will inevitably make people say that they forget their ancestors. In addition, some places pay special attention to the culture of mourning, and if it is forced, I am afraid that it will attract disgust. So! There are pros and cons to cremation, and there are pros and cons to burial. ”

I nodded, this Han Jingui said decently, neither favoring burial, nor despising cremation, but told some truths, take some cities as an example, an inch of land and an inch of gold, even if future generations have the heart to buy a piece of land for the old man to bury, but the price is enough to stop 95% of people.

For a while, I can't say anything, after all, the times are advancing, some things need to be taken from the early look, take their essence, whether we want to admit it or not, this society is changing all the time, maybe this is changing in response to the times, or maybe this is the inevitable result of social progress, not a single person can stop it, even me, not so big heart.

At that moment, I talked to him about cremation and burial, and I didn't say why, so I simply didn't talk about this question anymore, and asked directly, the third thing.

He glanced up at me and said, "Palace Master, since you entered the industry as the Eight Immortals, you first experienced double coffins, live burials, twin flowers, yang coffins, empty coffins, nine son coffins, and then experienced Yin Qi, bird collection, wind burial, corpses, and the Yin coffin some time ago, have you found a problem?" ”

"What's the problem?" I asked, confused.

"You respect the dead too much, the thoughts in your bones are too pedantic, some things don't need to abide by their rules, just follow the ideas of the new society, you have to know that whether it is the underworld or the yang world, it is changing all the time, and the rules of the ancestors must be passed on, yes, but as contemporary people, we need to innovate and add some of our own things to it, so that a funeral can end perfectly."

He said lightly.

I thought about it for a while, what he said was not unreasonable, many times, I was thinking, according to the content of the "Liuding Liujia Funeral Sutra", there are indeed some things that are not suitable for today's society, as it is said that funerals need to be buried with the clothes of descendants, in order to prove the respect of descendants for their ancestors.

However, how can anyone be willing to be buried with clothes in the current descendants? How unlucky is that! Therefore, I have never said this way of mourning, but to do it in a way that is acceptable to people today.

When Han Jingui saw that I didn't speak, he thought I was angry, so he said: "Palace master, I'm not denying your approach, it's just that everything needs to be flexible, I hope you can be flexible, don't seek to be evenly matched with Wang Muyang, but please lead us Eight Immortals to have food and clothing, don't let people hear that we are Eight Immortals, and throw a contemptuous look at us, I... I... Our eight immortals are not cheap, but our family background is not as good as others. ”

After saying this, Han Jingui took out a cigarette, lit it, took a few deep breaths, and sighed heavily.

I clenched my fists and didn't speak, my mind couldn't help but think of the scene in my hometown for the New Year, the young people in the village gathered together, but I didn't have the courage to go, not because I had fewer arms and legs than others, just because my profession was disgraceful, just because my work was lowly in the eyes of others.

I don't know why, I felt inexplicably bitter in my heart, followed Han Jingui's example, took out a cigarette, lit it, took a few deep breaths, neither of us spoke, just smoked silently.

After a cigarette, Han Jingui took out another one for me, lit it for me, and knelt down at me suddenly, so frightened that I hurriedly pulled him up, and said, "What are you doing here, isn't this a torture boy?" ”

"Palace Master!" His voice was a little heavy, and he was reluctant to get up, and said: "I have been in the industry for fifteen years as an eight immortals, I know the difficulties of the eight immortals, and I know that it is not easy for our eight immortals to live, my third thing is to beg you, you must let our eight immortals raise their heads and be people, really, palace master, we eight immortals are human beings, we are upright people, we are not lowly, lowly is the human heart." ”

Hearing this, my heart became even more bitter, and I more or less understood his hard work, so I nodded and said, "I must follow your old intentions, so that our eight immortals can raise our heads and be human beings, and never let anyone bully us." ”

After saying this, I hurriedly went to pull Han Jingui, he got up slowly, said hello three times in a row, and said: "Xiao Jiu, if you are brilliant and prosperous in the future, don't forget today's words." ”

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." I said in a deep voice.

He nodded with satisfaction, and began to tell me some things about the Eight Immortals, and told me the origin of the Fire Dragon Pure Yang Sword, according to what he said, the Fire Dragon Pure Yang Sword is the sword used by Lu Dongbin before becoming an immortal, and it has a restraining effect on evil things.

Of course, this fire dragon pure yang sword must be used in the funeral of the evil gate, the general funeral is still based on the soul flag, and when carrying the coffin, if there is nothing wrong, you can't take the fire dragon pure yang sword on your body, saying that the fire dragon pure yang sword itself is too yang, it will hurt the soul of the deceased, and you can only wear it when you encounter something strange.