Chapter 20: Graveyard Souls
"You know what?" I said, "I heard my grandfather say that the first time his relatives went to the temple after this man died, it was to ask the father-in-law of the land to open the temple door, so that the ghost of the dead could enter the underworld from the small temple smoothly. ”
"This second time to report to the temple is to ask the land to be announced to the prefecture, this person has left the three rooms of the Yangshi and is going to report to the prefecture."
"The third time I went to the temple, I asked the underworld to tick off the name on the deceased's life and death book, and black and white impermanence came to lead people, so that the deceased could smoothly enter the netherworld and walk the way of reincarnation."
"Then look at what you say, there should be nothing going on below, why don't we go back!" Wen Bao said: "In this dead man's courtyard, I am still a little panicked. ”
"I'm scared of you!" I scolded: "You like a dead pig for a night, and then you are panicking again!" ”
"Stay for me honestly, when will this dead man be buried alive, it won't be like Ermaozi and the big steamed bun The corpse is missing again, when will we go back."
"Then you might as well just kill me!" Wen Bao muttered quietly: "Then I have to wait for some time, I'm almost hungry." ”
"Why don't you take a look at the steamed buns for the dead on the road, and you will eat one first?" I pointed to the steamed bun on the table above the dead man's head and said teasingly.
"Go! I don't dare to snatch food from the dead if I am killed, I want to go to you! Wen Bao glared at me fiercely, and stopped talking.
Seeing that the temple report was over, the day was completely bright.
The grandfather beckoned to the people, and noisily carried the dead man into the coffin and nailed the coffin lid.
As the grandfather shouted loudly, "The coffin is finished!" In the midst of a cry, several men raised their hands and smashed the paper-burning mourning basin, throwing paper ashes on the ground.
The deceased threw the mourning basin before going on the road, so that the deceased could bring all the paper money burned by his relatives so that he could pay for the journey.
A man stands on a bench with a pole in his hand and holds it high and points southwest.
With a sad face, he shouted loudly: "Southwest Road, go all the way!" Southwest Road, go all the way! ”
"What kind of moth is this?" Wen Bao asked curiously.
I had a "Humph!" in my nose. He said, "It seems that you didn't grow up here, so you don't know anything." ”
"What do I know?" Wen Bao argued: "I have never seen a dead person since I was a child, if it weren't for following you this time, where would I have such courage." ”
"When I was a child, there were people in the village who died, and my father wouldn't let me go out of the house, let alone watch it."
"Oh! I've wronged you. I pointed to the man who was standing on a stool with a flat pole and shouted, "This is showing the way to the dead, which means that the road to the netherworld is in the southwest direction, don't take the wrong road and miss the hour." ”
"It turns out that there are so many exquisiteness in the dead person." Wenbao smacked his tongue.
"Yes! I heard my grandfather say that once you go the wrong way and miss the time to report to the underworld, you won't be able to enter the underworld. ”
"If you stay in the yang world like that, you will become a lonely ghost and a wild ghost, wandering around, unable to enter the path of reincarnation."
After pointing the way, the relatives cried and knelt down at the gate of the courtyard.
This is called a coffin, which means that you are reluctant to leave your loved ones from now on...
Crying and grabbing the ground, I watched the four-wheeled vehicle carrying the two coffins slowly drive away from the courtyard...
Seeing that my grandfather was carrying the big rooster in his hand and following behind the four-wheeled bicycle, I beckoned Wenbao and the two of them to follow from a distance on a bicycle.
Out of the village, go straight to the tomb outside the village...
Wenbao and I figured ourselves in the grove next to the tomb, watching them busy burying and adding earth.
It must have been about an hour, and the burial must have been completed, and the car drove away from the tomb with those people.
At this time, Wen Bao poked me and said, "It's over, nothing happened, let's go back!" ”
No, we must go to the grave.
After a few circles around the new tomb, I pointed to the new tomb and said to Wenbao: "Wenbao, listen, it's not that nothing happened, I'll tell you that you listen." ”
"The people who left our house in the first two nights died the next day."
"And you can also see that the death of these two deceased people is not normal at all, their faces are bruised, and there are dried blood stains at the corners of their mouths."
"With such an abnormal death, why doesn't anyone suspect anything? Don't you think this man died a strange death? ”
"And this soul-leading rooster, why only one? It's normal to have one person at a time! So it's absolutely abnormal. ”
"And what are you going to do? It's not like you're going to be here all the time guarding the graves of these two dead, is it? Wen Bao said with a sad face.
"I said you're a little patient, okay?" I said disdainfully, "The only thing we can do now is to stay here." ”
"It's okay to keep it, but this stomach is growling, and it can't hold it!" Wen Bao clutched his stomach and screamed.
"That's it!" I looked up and saw that the sun was rising quite high, and I felt that my stomach was hungry.
"In this way, Wenbao, you go back and get some food and drink first, and I'll guard here alone first." I said, "I promise you, we'll keep watch one more night." ”
"If there's no special movement tonight, then we'll give up and go home."
As he was talking, he suddenly saw a figure in the distance, sneakily walking towards him.
As he walked, he watched cautiously, as if he was afraid of being seen by others.
"Shhhh Someone came over. "I pulled Wenbao and dodged behind a tomb.
"Damn! That's my dad. Wenbao shouted.
I took a closer look, but who is Uncle Yan? I saw that Uncle Yan's thief was not out of the cat's small waist, and he quickly ran towards this side.
"I said Wenbao, why didn't you catch the people in our family, but instead brought your father here?" I asked, puzzled.
"I'm going to ask my dad, what are you doing here?" Wen Bao got up and was about to run out.
"Don't move!" I found that Uncle Yan walked in front of the newly buried grave bag and did not move.
Inexplicably, he walked around the tomb a few times, and then quickly turned around and left.
I patted Wenbao on the shoulder and said, "Your dad is gone, you hurry up and get some food and drink, I think we'll have a good show tonight." ”
"Young Master Coffin, what do you mean?" Wen Bao looked at his father's leaving figure suspiciously, shook his head in confusion, turned around and rode away.
It was easy to eat, sleep and sleep to get through the day, and as soon as it was dark, I saw a large thick dark cloud floating in the sky, and it was quickly gloomy!
The air also became unusually humid, and Wen Bao shouted: "It's going to rain, we don't bring any rain gear, let's go home quickly." ”
As he spoke, the rumbling thunder was mixed with the lightning, illuminating the cemetery strangely and terrifyingly!
"Run!" Wenbao dragged me and ran outside the tomb.
The rain soon fell, crackling and smashing on the body.
In the midst of the thunder and lightning, I suddenly saw countless fluttering shadows in front of me, wandering around the cemetery, and I was stunned for a while.
"It's over! Master Coffin, we seem to be surrounded by ghosts, what should we do? Wen Bao shouted: "How can you say that this rain is coming?" ”
"Also, look, why do I see people everywhere? Is it because my eyes are glazed, or is there really a ghost? ”
Listening to Wen Bao's trembling voice, I knew very well in my heart that now we have really bumped into ghosts, and they are countless ghosts in a tomb!
I closed my eyes, let out a long exhale, and yelled, "Run!" Pulling Wenbao and planning to quickly rush out of the tomb and leave here.
I can't wait to give birth to one more leg, and the two of us are running through countless ghost shadows like we are dead...
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the air was getting more and more dull, and I felt that it was difficult to breathe, so I wiped the rain from my forehead indiscriminately, trying to discern the direction.
Because I found that although I ran away with Wenbao for a long time, there were still those shadowy ghosts in front of me, and it seemed that I couldn't get rid of them at all!
"I can't do it anymore!" Wen Bao said intermittently out of breath: "I really can't do it anymore, I can't run anymore." ”
"If you can't run, you have to run!" As soon as I opened my mouth, I was filled with wind in my stomach, and my words were choked back!
The wind was blowing, thunderstorm and lightning mixed with gusts of cool breeze, and the two of us completely lost our sense of direction...