Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Art of Hiding the Corpse

Shun Ye said this, I also feel very strange, I have also seen zombies, zombies are not the same as ghosts, limited by themselves, can not be like ghosts, the body moves at will, I suddenly remembered the weasel spirit pretending to be a human thing, so I said: "Shun Grandpa I know, that living dead must be changed by some spirit." ”

Shun Ye smiled and said: "Bold, that is not a spirit but a human, a dead living person." ”

I said, "Grandpa Shun, I don't understand a little, why is it a dead living person?" ”

Shun Ye said: "That's what the old Taoist said at the time, I didn't understand, so I asked the old Taoist what was going on, and the old Taoist said: "This dead living person is actually a kind of witchcraft in ancient times, and now it has been lost. This kind of witchcraft is to make people fake their deaths, evade the pursuit of the underworld, and escape reincarnation in order to gain immortality. ”

I asked the old Taoist why he faked his death, and the old Taoist said: "This has something to do with the life and death book of the underworld, people's birth, old age, sickness and death, all in the life and death book, when the time comes, you will get the Yin Cao Difu to report, this is the so-called Hades want you to die in the third watch, you can't live to the fifth watch, if the time comes, don't go to report, the underworld will send a messenger to arrest you."

At this time, the only way is to fake death, there is such a thing in ancient times, there is an old road to pass a family, begging for fasting, the family is dedicated to the Tao, looking for all the rice and noodles at home, barely enough for a meal, entertaining this old Tao, after the old Tao has eaten, said: "Donor, I see that you have a dead face, tonight must be the end of time, that is to say, tonight is your death date." ”

When the man heard this, he quickly knelt down to Lao Dao and begged Lao Dao to save his life, Lao Dao said: "I accept your kindness for a meal, give you a Jiazi's life, you do this tonight, turn the head of the bed to the door, lie on the bed and pretend to be dead, I will write you a yellow paper talisman, you cover your face, put a bowl of white rice in front, two chopsticks stuck on it, put a few grains of white rice in your mouth, and the family has to be like a funeral." Whatever you hear tonight, don't move, or no one will be able to save you. ”

The man nodded and said that he must do what the Taoist chief said, in the face of life and death, there are few who are not afraid, at that time their family carried the bed to the door of the house, and then adjusted the bed, the head of the bed rushed to the door, the end of the bed rushed to the north, the person lay on the bed, began to pretend to be dead, the family cried there, crying while burning paper, everything according to the funeral.

The Taoist priest put a piece of yellow paper on the person's face and said to the person: "Life and death depend on yourself today, and your life is worry-free after the rooster crows, and I will come back tomorrow." ”

After finishing speaking, the old road left, the person who pretended to be dead was lying on the bed, anxiously waiting for the rooster to crow, about midnight, the person felt that the yin wind gusted, it must be the yin difference, sure enough, after a while, there were two yin differences standing next to the bed, the person's face was covered with yellow paper, and he could not see the appearance of the yin difference.

At this time, a yin cha said, "Is this this the person?" ”

Another said, "This is the man on our Soul Hook card." ”

"No, this man has no soul, and he's been dead for days, and you see maggots in his mouth, crawling out of his mouth. Could it be that the soul is scattered? ”

"Maybe, otherwise, we can't have no soul, let's take a closer look, if it's really gone, we'll go back and report it, and let the boss write down the name first, and then check it after sixty years."

After a while, the wind gradually went away, and then the rooster crowed, and the man was nervous all night, and when he heard the rooster crow, his heart was put down, and he fell asleep there. On the second day, Lao Dao woke up the man, and the man told him what he had encountered at night, and Lao Dao smiled and said, "You have been worry-free for sixty years." ”

The man didn't understand and asked Lao Dao what was going on, Lao Dao smiled and said: "This is our faction's art of hiding corpses, which is divided into many sects in Taoism, there are alchemy and cultivation, and there are drawing talismans to exorcise ghosts, which is nothing more than for immortality, to escape the life and death of the Yin Division, Yin Si is generally after the death of a person, can not hook the soul of the person, will write down the name, sixty years later, look for it again, if you can't find it again, will write it down again, one hundred and twenty years to find it again, one hundred and twenty years can not be found, the name of the deceased will be completely ticked."

We take advantage of this, and when we reach the limit, we hide our bodies and souls to avoid the capture of the soul seduction, and when we dodge for 120 years, we will jump out of the cycle and live forever. ”

When the man heard this, he thanked the old man again for his great kindness, and then the man really lived for another sixty years, and after the news spread, people followed suit, and after the death of the person, he turned the bed around, put a bowl of rice in front of the bed, and covered his face with yellow paper, in order to avoid the soul chaser of the Yin Division, so that his relatives could be reborn. ”

After the old Taoist finished speaking, I thought about it, we still retain these funeral customs here, and the old Taoist continued: "This person will be obsessed with wealth, this living dead has already escaped reincarnation, but for a little gold and silver, hundreds of years of cultivation have been ruined. Old soft-shelled turtle, you don't even want your life for a little gold and silver, this is a man dies for money, and birds die for food. ”

After saying that, we left, and then we buried the living dead in the back mountain, and after the old soft-shelled turtle had money, he built a house on the village and rebuilt the land temple. This is the history of Lao Jia's family. ”

Erdan glared and said, "So that's the case, so I really don't have the ruthlessness to ask for money and don't want to die." ”

As he was talking, Erdan's mother came over and said to Erdan: "Erdan, go and see, Lao Jia's family has found a feng shui gentleman who is building a grave for the old turtle." ”

Erdan's face changed when he heard it, and he said: "Mother, we only have those two acres of thin land, once it is occupied by Lao Jia's family, we have no hope, we can only go and ask for food again." ”

Erdan's mother cried and said: "I can't help it, Jia Renyi took out the note that your father borrowed money for treatment, saying that it was just enough to reach the two acres of land, otherwise we would have to pay back the money, how can our family have the money to pay him back." ”

I know the land of Erdan's house, it is two acres of red stone slag land, the master said, that land is fire, three feet underground is flint, although there is an excellent dragon vein there, but the body is buried underneath, will suffer from burning, so I said: "Auntie, don't cry, let's go and see, try not to occupy your family's land." ”

Although the Jia family is the largest household in our village, but we are not afraid of their family, the master often leads us to the Jia family to eat big households, although Jia Renyi is angry, but there is no way to take the master, one is that our master saved his father's old turtle, which is considered a friendship of the elders, and the second is that the master is strong, they are afraid of provoking the master, and the master secretly teaches them, so I am angry and afraid of my master and have no choice.

We and Erdan and their mothers, as well as those who watched the excitement, came to the land of Erdan's house, which is located in a mountain col, high behind and on both sides, the terrain in front is flat, it is indeed a feng shui land from the topography, but here is red gravel everywhere, very barren, can only plant some sweet potatoes and the like, in the village belongs to the most terrible land, other land harvests two seasons a year, here can only be harvested one season.

Now the sweet potatoes have been harvested, and the ground is red from a distance, which is incompatible with other places. More than a dozen people were busy in the field, and when we came to take a look, we saw a person wearing toad glasses and silk was pointing there, and Jia Renyi was standing next to him and nodding. Needless to say, the person wearing the toad glasses was the feng shui gentleman invited by Jia Renyi. The others were working there with tools.

When we got there, Baoguo shouted loudly, "Stop, stop, no graves can be built here." ”

As soon as those who were working heard Baoguo say this, they all stopped and looked at us, when Jia Renyi came over, looked at us and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Erdan took a step forward and said, "This is my family's land, and you can't say that you can occupy it." ”

Jia Renyi smiled coldly, and then said, "Your family's land? Now I'll tell you, this piece of land has the surname Jia and has nothing to do with your family. ”