Chapter 813: The Coffin
The rising sun illuminates the land of China, and all things wake up.
An old man got up in the morning, passed by the Five Ghost Bridge, and found two coffins in the deserted grave. The coffin was black and as clean as new, and it was quite strange that it was sandwiched between the tomb.
The old man thought that the coffin was abandoned, so he looked at it for a while and pushed the lid of the coffin hard, but as a result, the coffin did not move at all, and it could not be opened.
The old man was in a hurry, so he ran home to find some villagers and came to the deserted grave to check the coffin.
The villagers are talking a lot, this deserted tomb is on the other side of the Five Ghost Bridge, it has been abandoned for a long time, why are there suddenly two more coffins here?
The villagers deliberated for a while and decided to carry the coffin back to the village and study it slowly. Several strong men found ropes and sticks to tie up the coffin.
Carrying the coffin is a technical job, and if you don't do it, you will be crushed to death by the coffin. The dead in this are also spiritual, and once they get caught on fire, they will be haunted by unjust spirits and unlucky for a lifetime.
There are more than a dozen villagers arguing about carrying the coffin, and who will carry the coffin is a big deal, and you can't be careless.
The villagers are all farmers, when did they carry the coffin. Without the experience and technology to carry the coffin, once the coffin is carried rashly, the deceased inside will be in trouble if he angers the deceased.
The villagers didn't dare to take risks, so after discussing for a while, they decided to go back to the village to find Li Baxian and his group to carry the coffin.
Li Baxian and his group have a total of eight people, all of whom are farmers, who farm when they are busy in the farm, and do funerals for people when they are free, making a little money to support their families.
Li Baxian and his gang have a resounding name, called the coffin bearer, who specializes in the business of dead people.
Whoever dies in ten miles and eight towns will ask Li Baxian and his group to help and arrange a burial. In terms of remuneration, the rich give one silver dollar, and the poor give five cents.
Li Baxian is not only the leader of the coffin bearers, but also a great feng shui gentleman.
Li Baxian is a strange person, telling fortunes, finding dragon points, and being proficient in everything. It is precisely because he has a lot of unique skills that he has the nickname Li Baxian.
The coffins carried by Li Baxian are varied, including yang coffins, yin coffins, sarcophagi, living coffins, and bronze coffins dug up from ancient tombs.
Li Baxian is in his forties this year, and he has a son under his knees, who is mentally retarded, and I heard that if he comes into contact with the dead, the child born will be violated by the corpse, and he will be an idiot at best, and he will die at worst.
Li Baxian was a bandit when he was young, his marksmanship was very accurate, and his martial arts were very good, and the people in the village were afraid of him.
The villagers approached Li Baxian and asked him to carry the coffin in the deserted grave. Li Baxian readily agreed, and in terms of compensation, he asked for a silver dollar, five cents for a coffin, and a silver dollar for two coffins.
The villagers paid, and Li Baxian gathered the members of the coffin bearer, took the good guys, and went to the deserted grave.
Li Baxian came to the deserted tomb, and when he saw the two coffins inside, his face immediately turned green, and he muttered: "This coffin appeared in the deserted tomb inexplicably, there must be something strange." ”
While speaking, Li Baxian stretched out his hand and knocked on the lid of the coffin, calling the evil door.
A villager asked, "Eight immortals, what's wrong with this coffin?" ”
Li Baxian frowned and said, "There is evil qi leaking out of the coffin, and the deceased who is buried inside is probably not a good one." ”
"What then, do you still have to carry it back to the village?" The villagers were scared, and even Li Baxian felt that the things of the evil sect were naturally very dangerous.
Li Baxian smiled and said: "I have seen not a thousand dead people, but eight hundred, what kind of coffin has not been carried." Even if there is a monster in this coffin, I dare to carry it back. Brothers, do it. ”
After the words fell, the coffin bearer unloaded all the ropes and sticks that the villagers had tied to the coffin before. Then, tie the rope you brought with you to the top of the coffin.
The villagers all knew in their hearts that this coffin was very important, and ordinary ropes could not be used, because the deceased inside would be affected.
The coffin bearer specially prepared a dragon rope for carrying the coffin, that is, the ordinary rope was placed in rooster blood and glutinous rice water, soaked for ten days and ten nights, and then taken out to dry, and covered with a layer of coffin ash.
This coffin ash is the ashes left behind after being burned with a coffin board. Rooster blood can suppress evil spirits, glutinous rice water can dissolve corpse poison, and coffin ash is used to revere the dead.
After the coffin bearer tied the rope, he inserted two wooden sticks into it. A coffin needs to be carried by four people, two in the front and two in the front.
There were eight coffin bearers, and just two coffins were lifted at the same time. Li Baxian shouted the slogan, one, two, three, and as soon as the voice fell, the eight coffin bearers lifted the coffin up at the same time.
The weight of this coffin plus the dead buried in it adds up to at least 200 catties. Four big living people carry a coffin, the journey is short and not tiring, once the journey is long, they will be tired and half dead.
Carrying the coffin needs to be done in one go, and after lifting it, it is not allowed to rest halfway, and it must be carried all the way to the target location.
The deserted grave on the other side of the Five Ghost Bridge is ten miles away from the village, and the coffin bearer carries two coffins, which is very difficult, staggering, and walking on the bumpy road.
A villager followed closely behind the coffin, shouting slogans and scattering some paper money.
The slogan of the coffin bearer is very simple, that is, "The coffin man will pass from now on, and the little ghost should not be stopped." Leave a lot of paper money and honor you. ”
Where the coffin passed, paper money flew all over the sky, fell to the ground, was blown by the wind, and moved everywhere.
After a pillar of incense, the coffin bearer finally carried the two coffins back to the village. At this time, at noon, the temperature rises, and the coffin bearer is tired and sweaty.
The villagers who were working in the fields came back one after another, and found that there were two new coffins in the village.
The villagers gathered around the coffin, gossiping, discussing who the deceased would be in the coffin.
The villagers who had asked to carry the coffin back asked Li Baxian to open the coffin and see what was inside.
The idea of the villagers is simple, there will be not only the deceased but also funerary items in the coffin, and in case there are gold, silver and jewelry in the coffin, it will be a fortune.
Li Baxian was also very curious about these two coffins, and thought about opening the coffins to see what was inside. Li Baxian told all the villagers to disperse and stay away from the coffin.
If there is an evil thing in this coffin that jumps out and hurts the villagers, it is their own sin.
The coffin bearer prepared everything for the purpose of suppressing evil spirits, including rooster blood, black dog blood, and the legendary black donkey's hooves that can suppress zombies.
This black donkey's hooves need to be more than thirty years old to be effective, and the younger ones do not have the effect of suppressing evil spirits.
Li Baxian burned incense and kowtowed in front of the coffin, burned some paper money, and then instructed the members of the coffin bearer to start opening the coffin.
The two bold coffin bearers rolled up their sleeves and pushed the coffin lid hard, but the coffin lid was like a boulder, and they couldn't push it no matter how they pushed it.
The coffin bearer was shocked, thinking that the deceased in the coffin had an evil spirit and was unwilling to let people open the coffin.
Li Baxian saw it, and his heart beat a drum, the first time he encountered such an evil coffin, he couldn't open it.