348.Chapter 348: The Coffin of the Nine Sons (68)
"Fatty, stammering, are you two alright?" I took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.
The two of them shook their heads, and Guo Fatzi said in a trembling voice: "The atmosphere is so weird, I can't kick it anymore!" ”
As soon as these words came out, several of us nodded in unison, said a few words of encouragement to each other, and prepared to rush out in one go.
Who knows, as soon as I took a step, there was a 'click' sound under my feet.
I was stunned, and when I looked at my feet with a kerosene lamp, I felt goosebumps on my arms.
I saw that a white and shiny bone was being trampled under my feet. The bone was about two fingers in size, a foot long, and hollow at both ends.
Guo Fatzi saw that I was stunned, so he asked me what was wrong. I pointed to my feet and said, "It's like stepping on a bone!" ”
Hearing this, he glanced at my feet, his face turned white, and he screamed, "Ghost! ”
"It's called Mao! It's animal bones! I glared at him and scolded angrily. This dead fat man has been a coffin bearer for a while, and his courage is still so small. When I was studying, some people said that fat people are timid, I didn't believe it before, but now... I'm kind of convinced.
When Guo Fatzi saw me say this, he said, "Brother Jiu, don't bring such a scary!" ”
As he spoke, he leaned down and reached for the bone.
Strange to say, just when Guo Fatzi was about to touch the bones, a gust of wind blew, and the soul attraction banner was 'whirring'. Immediately after, the bone let out a terrible scream.
This scared a few of us a lot, and the three of them clung to me tightly, and Guo Fatzi said with a crying voice: "Brother Jiu, are you mistaken?" ”
"What's wrong?" I looked around, and it was full of reeds, and the visibility was terrible.
"Your feet are not animal bones, but human bones!" Guo Fatzi trembled and pointed to the bone.
", I've been in contact with a lot of corpses, so I can't tell the difference between human bones and animal bones." I said angrily, so I bent down, picked up the bone and looked at it, there was a piece in the middle of the bone that was protruding, and it was definitely not like a human bone.
Immediately, I raised the bone in front of Guo Fatzi's eyes and said, "See clearly whether it is a human bone or an animal bone!" ”
The fat man Guo was frightened by my action, and quickly closed his eyes and said, "Take it, take it away!" ”
I smiled, didn't say anything more, and dug a small pit next to it and buried the bone.
I don't know what's going on, as soon as I buried this bone in the ground, the previous feeling of depression immediately disappeared, and the reedy air became a little clearer.
This scene made several of us breathe a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and stammered, "Brother Jiu, isn't it...?" ”
I nodded and said, "Everything has a spirit, even if it is an animal, it does not want its bones to be exposed in the wilderness. ”
"Oh? What do you mean by that? Lu Yaodong, who had never spoken, asked.
I smiled bitterly, took out a cigarette, gave them one, and said, "Burial in the soil is burial, which originated in primitive society." At that time, there was no such thing as a custom, people ate or discarded after death, until one day, someone saw an animal burying the corpse of a companion under the soil, and the human world was buried, which has continued until now. ”
Lu Yaodong seemed to want to ask something, so I hurriedly stopped and said, "This kind of thing will be endless, just understand it, don't forget, our purpose." ”
After saying that, I took the first step and led them forward, about ten steps, and a few of us finally walked out of the reeds.
Before, I could only vaguely see a temple from a distance, and after walking out of the reeds, I found that this temple could only be described in two words, barren, most of the walls of the temple have peeled off, revealing pieces of adobe, the whole window is only a few strips of wood that show the original color, and there are many insects and ants crawling on the dark red gate, and only a small half of the whole gate is left hanging at the head of the door, swaying with the wind, making a 'squeak' sound.
"Boss Lu, how long has this 'Temple of the Dead' been unused?" I pointed to the temple and wondered.
"It's been decades!" He said with a sigh.
"Then why did you suddenly think of this temple?" I was stunned and asked.
"After my father was critically ill, I occasionally heard him mention to my mother about 'death', and I wrote it down." He explained.
I hummed, didn't speak, walked towards the temple, just arrived at the door, there was a musty smell from the temple, I frowned, and asked Lu Yaodong to be at the door, inserting a pair of candles.
When he took out the candles, I was stunned, and I saw that there were still two pairs of candles left in his hand, and Made, when he was swinging in the reeds just now, only cared about the reeds, and forgot to put the candles there.
This is not a good sign, you must know that the 'light of death' lies in a passing word, all the way, a pair of candles are inserted at a distance of 71 meters, but now it is broken by a point.
Immediately, I said to Lu Yaodong: "You take a pair of candles, three pillars of incense, and some yellow paper to go to the reeds." ”
"What?" He was stunned for a moment, and said, "I'm going to the reeds alone?" ”
I nodded and said, "This kind of thing can only be done by filial piety, and outsiders can't help you." ”
"Xiao Jiu, that... You also know the situation inside the reeds, let me go alone? I ......" he took a few steps back.
How could I not understand what he meant, and before he could finish speaking, I gave up and said, "I am also to blame for this, I was only thinking about those reeds and bones in the reeds before, and I forgot to remind you, so be it! I'll send you to the reeds, and you put those things outside the reeds! ”
"Well... Good... I'm sorry for you, after the funeral, Lu will definitely be thankful! He pulled out a red envelope and stuffed it in my hand.
I pinched the red envelope, it was a bit thick, estimated to be seven or eight hundred yuan, I didn't refuse, so I stuffed the red envelope into my pocket.
As the saying goes, eating people with a soft mouth and taking people with short hands, I am also a worldly person, and I am naturally very happy when I receive such a heavy red envelope.
Immediately, I sent Lu Yaodong outside the reeds and handed him candles and other things.
After a while, Lu Yaodong put the candle on the ground, lit it, and burned some fragrant and yellow paper.
After doing this, a few of us returned to the temple and redid the action just now.
According to the ritual of 'Shine Death', it is necessary to recite the scriptures for three hours in front of the 'Shine Temple'.
However, it is now close to six o'clock in the afternoon, and if we read the scriptures for three hours, it will be 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and I am afraid that a few of us will have a little trouble replying. After all, this 'Temple of the Dead' is a place where yin qi is extremely heavy, and it is inevitable that there will be some strange things. (Note: An hour is 2 hours.) )