Chapter 234: The Fox Blocks the Way
When Liu Er and I came back from the mountain, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, it was already the end of November, and it was already autumn, the night was long and white, the sky was already slightly dark, and soon the heaven and earth would become black, and the stretching low mountain was like a ghost lying there peeping at the small mountain village under the background of the night, adding a bit of gloomy and terrifying. [No pop-ups]
I took advantage of the fact that there was still time, and hurriedly instructed Liu Erzi to find me something, tonight to re-bury and grave, there are a lot of things needed, a piece of black cloth, a bowl of chicken blood, a rooster over three years old, half a bag of glutinous rice, and all the things needed for the funeral must be re-prepared.
Hearing this, Liu Er was stunned where did he dare to delay, and ran outside in a hurry like his buttocks on fire, and after the news that Mrs. Liu was going to re-enter the funeral spread, it completely exploded in this somewhat superstitious small mountain village, and everyone gathered outside the courtyard to talk about it, with a frightened face, and said everything.
Liu Er was stunned and came back quickly, it only took less than an hour to prepare everything, but it took a little effort to find the person who carried the coffin, last night's incident scared everyone, no matter what, he was unwilling to help, and in the end, Liu Er was stunned and gave 10,000 yuan to each family before inviting people back.
The chef who invited back quickly set up a stove in the courtyard, made a simple and skillful meal for the mourners, and then after eating together, several people smoked cigarettes and chatted, and looked at the back room from time to time, with a little uneasy and frightened on their faces.
As the time approached, the wind slowly rose in the yard, the branches swayed, the dogs barked, and the chatting people immediately stood up, looking a little panicked, I waved my hand to signal everyone not to move, and then let Liu Er be stunned to wrap the coffin with the black cloth prepared in advance, and then light the red candle, brazier, burn still incense, and kneel down in front of the coffin.
In the end, I sprinkled the incense ash that burned to ashes on the coffin, took out a pen and dipped it in some chicken blood, mixed it with the incense ash to draw a corpse suppression charm, and then tied the rooster to the coffin, put a bowl of glutinous rice on the side of my mouth, and gently knocked on the coffin with my right finger, as if saying that I was on the road!
Then he instructed the coffin bearer in the courtyard: "The coffin should be three feet above the ground, not high, not low, not landing, be steady, don't talk when carrying the coffin, don't be angry at the coffin, and don't be disrespectful to the deceased!" ”
When the coffin passed by the group of dogs, the group of dogs quickly retreated, as if they were driven away, and ran back without barking and turning back.
There is no moon in the sky tonight, only a little starlight, the road is not very clear, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, so the speed is not fast, Liu Er was stunned and wore filial piety clothes, shouting in his mouth, and from time to time spilled a stack of paper money, which was scattered with the wind, which was sprinkled for the lonely ghosts passing by, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.
And once the coffin passes by other graves, Liu Er will go forward to burn a handful of money and kowtow a few times, this is because his mother has just arrived, just like a foreigner, he must first have a good relationship with the local people, otherwise he will not be bullied, which is also a custom.
I walked behind the coffin with my hands on my waist and swayed, my eyes were on the soul-attracting chicken on the coffin, the soul-attracting chicken was very quiet lying on the coffin, stretching out its mouth from time to time to eat some glutinous rice, without screaming or moving, and the black cloth covered on the coffin was clanging with the wind, this is a sleepy yin cloth, which can isolate the yin qi, so that the deceased is peaceful, and there will be no more fraudulent corpses!
I walked for about ten minutes, and it was very smooth, but just after a bend, I obviously felt that the coffin was stagnant, and the breathing of several men carrying the coffin was also short, I knew that there was a situation, and then walked to the front of the coffin, only to see more than a dozen foxes with red skin and white tails crossing the road without hurrying.
"It was these foxes last time!" Liu Er was stunned and whispered in my ear, looking a little frightened, I nodded, before I could speak, those foxes suddenly ran under the coffin in the exclamation of a few men, ran to the back of the coffin, and then grinned at the coffin, a terrifying scream.
The rooster was originally afraid of the fox, but when he heard the fox's roar, he was naturally frightened, and began to squeak, and almost flew down from the coffin.
My face sank, and I put a charm between my fingers, and after reciting the spell, I pointed and threw it at the foxes, who knew it so well that they immediately dodged it, roared at me, and then disappeared into the grass beside it.
"Xiaofei, what's going on?" Liu Er was stunned and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and asked softly.
"The fox is the most cautious and grudgeful, the last time he kindly reminded you that there was danger, let you go back, you didn't listen, so you held a grudge, this time it must be for revenge, ran directly to the back of the coffin and roared, just don't let you go back, you can only go forward, and scared the soul-attracting chicken crowed, which indicates that something will happen ahead!" I shook my head, the fox is cunning and ferocious, and it is a kind of monster that is more difficult to deal with.
After solving this problem, we continued to walk, and walked for ten more minutes, and met a group of gophers, who were not afraid of people at all, and circled around the coffin, hissing a few times, and then burrowed into the bushes.
And then I met a few owls, these owls hung upside down in the treetops, a pair of eyes like dead people staring gloomily at everyone, sometimes making a cry-like cry in the night is very terrifying, this feeling is like being stared at by a dead man, making you creepy and hairy.
Several of the men's clothes were soaked with sweat, some were tired and some were frightened, if it weren't for me in the back, maybe a few men would have thrown the coffin down and scared away.
So I finally came to the destination, I observed, at night this place is heavier, thicker, the five trees are also more gloomy, the trees hang a few snake corpses, swaying is very terrifying, the grave is covered with the corpses of gophers, it seems to be more than when I came in the afternoon, I stepped forward and grabbed a handful of soil on the grave, the place where I started was slimy, this soil was mixed with blood, the blood of gophers and snakes, the blood was with evil breath, and the grave overflowed with strong corpse gas, In other words, the corpse inside has already been deceitful!
"Stop the coffin, open the tomb!" I said to Liu Er, Liu Erzi nodded, quickly took out a few black wooden stakes and put them on the ground, and then commanded a few men to put the coffin up, and finally picked up a few pillars of incense and worshiped in front of the grave, and began to pick up the shovel prepared in advance and began to dig the grave!