I glanced at Wang Xi and said in an inquiring tone: "The mound is not very particular about the funeral ceremony, so don't get the ritual at night, just seal the coffin and recite the sacrifice, right?" What do you think? ”

That Wang Xi seemed to be a little displeased, his face sank, and he said, "Brother Jiu, don't you think you have less money to save the ceremony?" How much money do you need to be willing to do a good funeral for grandma, as long as you open your mouth, I will immediately make up money for you. ”

I was stunned for a moment, it seemed that he had misunderstood, so I told him: "The mound is just some clothes in the coffin, many ceremonies can be saved, even those dojos during the day can be saved, it focuses on the sacrificial text after sealing the coffin, and the ceremony of the burial meeting, this recitation of the sacrificial text is a hard work, you must be mentally prepared." ”

He thought about it for a while, and said, "Brother Jiu, is this really the case?" Don't lie to me, although there are only grandma's clothes in the coffin, I still hope that you will treat it as a normal funeral, so that grandma can leave with peace of mind. Can't find her old man's body, it's already a big unfilial piety, if the funeral ceremony is saved, after our family dies, where will we have the face to see grandma. ”

Hearing him say this, I was also drunk, there is no need to do some rituals on the clothed mound, once I do it, maybe as Qing Xuanzi said, I will invite some lonely souls and wild ghosts in the vicinity, and at that time, it will really outweigh the losses.

"Hou Shengzai, listen to Chen Baxian, he will not harm you, let alone offend the deceased, I will guarantee you with my personality." Qing Xuanzi took a few steps forward, stood in front of Wang Xi, and said lightly.

I don't know what's going on, that Wang Xi stared at Qing Xuanzi for a while, and without speaking, he threw his puzzled eyes at me.

I nodded at him and patiently explained to him, "There are some things that you laymen don't understand, but we insiders all put the dead first, and we will never do things that are sorry for the dead because of laziness or money." ”

He looked at me, nodded thoughtfully, and said nothing. I began to arrange, first asked Wang Xi to go to their village to find someone to dig the grave, and strive to dig the grave well before 2 o'clock tonight.

He said, "Brother Jiu, why don't you find someone to dig during the day?" I had to start digging at night, and I was a little pressed for time. ”

I told him that digging graves during the day is too yang, and the clothes are very particular about digging graves, and only digging graves at night is a sign of respect for the dead.

After hearing this, he nodded, and without saying a word, he walked directly to the outside of the hall, presumably to find someone to dig a grave.

After he left, I handed Qing Xuanzi a red envelope of 300 yuan, as a Taoist priest, as long as he said a word for this funeral, even if it was mixed into the funeral, just now he persuaded Wang Xi that this red envelope must be given.

The Qing Xuanzi was an insider, and he knew this custom, so he smiled, stretched out his hand to take the red envelope, and said, "After receiving this red envelope, I have to do something for the funeral, and I will do some of the scriptures at the time of the funeral!" ”

I nodded, and began to arrange for the sealing of the coffin, if it was a normal funeral, this coffin would be in the second half of the night, and the prayer would be the next morning. However, the current funeral is a bit urgent, and I can only save the funeral ceremony on the premise of not offending the deceased, and try to carry the coffin up the mountain as soon as possible.

After arranging everything, we hurriedly took a few bites of dinner, and then began to seal the coffin, I asked the deceased's relatives to kneel in front of the coffin, and asked Qing Xuanzi to read the words of sealing the coffin on the side.

I lit the three pillars of incense and some yellow paper, threw it towards the coffin, and said some auspicious words for the lord's house.

To do all this, I asked Qing Xuanzi to take the handle, covered the coffin lid, and then found three shou nails prepared in advance, it is worth mentioning that the ordinary shou nails are black, these three shou nails are red, soaked in cinnabar for a long time, it is said that such shou nails can allow the deceased to find the yin house where they live.

That Qing Xuanzi glanced at the shou nails in my hand and spoke, he said: "Chen Baxian, generally the shou nails are five or lacquer roots, why do you only take three red shou nails?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and explained to him in a low voice, "According to funeral customs, the coffin of the well-dressed mound cannot be riveted into the shou nail, and can only be tied with a red rope, but, the deceased was a 'fairy woman' before her death, and after her death, she should be blindfolded in the underworld to punish her for leaking the heavenly secret in the yang world, and my three shou nails are the guiding lights for the deceased to find his own yin house." ”

After speaking, I riveted the first nail in the middle of the coffin, and the second and third nails riveted on the shoulders in front of the coffin, the left and right sides of the coffin and the tail, so that it was empty.

After riveting the nails, I sat on the left side of the coffin with Qing Xuanzi, and the deceased's relatives knelt in front of the coffin and wailed. In this cry, I can hear that only Wang Chengcai and Wang Chuyao's cries are full of emotion, which is really sad. The rest of the people cried a little fake, only Wang Chengcai's daughter-in-law's cry made me unable to distinguish whether it was true or false.

Let's say it's true, her voice doesn't have any emotional color in it, let's say it's fake, and her expression doesn't look like acting.

I couldn't help but stare at her for a while, and I saw that this person was in his forties, his temples were white, and his eyes didn't know if he was crying or what's going on, and he looked a little cloudy.

At this moment, Qing Xuanzi gently pushed me, stretched out his finger and pointed at the woman, and said, "Is that person the daughter-in-law of the deceased?" ”

I nodded and asked him what he had. Qing Xuanzi's face was condensed, and he said, "There seems to be something strange about her, a bit like a person of the same kind." ”

"You say she's a Taoist?" I asked, louder, causing the men kneeling in front of the coffin to glance at me.

He glared at me and said, "I'm not sure, but, she's definitely not an ordinary person." ”

I asked him why, and he said, "If you look at the eyes of those people next to you, and then look at the eyes of the woman, you will find that her eyes are cloudy, and this kind of eyes is definitely not caused by crying, it is said that when you open the yin and yang eyes, your eyes will become like this, so I deduce that she and I are the same kind of people, even if they are not Taoist priests, they are definitely goddesses and the like." ”

I was about to ask Qingxuanzi when the woman seemed to notice that we were talking about her, nodded at us, and continued to wail.

What a strong sixth sense, this is the first thought in my mind, you must know that at this time the crying in the hall is endless, not to mention that we speak softly, even if it is louder, the cry can cover our voice.

But the woman was stunned to see that we were talking about her.

Qing Xuanzi seemed to have noticed this phenomenon, reached out and stabbed me, and said, "That woman is really not an ordinary person. ”

To tell you the truth, I would have liked to stand up and walk over to the woman and ask some questions, but now is the time to cry and mourn, and outsiders must not disturb them, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the dead.

So, I asked Qing Xuanzi what the situation was with his yin and yang eyes.