Chapter 68: The Eternal Lamp That Doesn't Burn
As soon as I saw the two paper figures next to the mourning hall being pasted in the eyes, I was immediately very annoyed, this is a big taboo in the industry, because the paper figures are absolutely not eye-catching. It is said that once the dragon has its eyes, it will have spirituality, and the same is true of the paper figure, if the eyes are drawn, it will come to life.
Some people may ask, how can the paper man come back to life, this is too **, right? In fact, when I say come to life, I don't mean that the paper man itself will live, but that there will be lonely souls and wild ghosts who will take advantage of the void and attach themselves to the paper man, so that the paper man will come alive. It's no wonder that Xiao Nan said that he saw two paper figures running around in the mourning hall.
At this time, Ma Yun also came back after sending the clothes, and Ma Long and Xiao Nan also followed.
Seeing that they were all coming, I pointed at the two paper people and said angrily: "Who put the paper man's eyes on?" ”
There is a reason why I am so annoyed, the paper man is still a small matter, but if it causes the old man Ma to deceive the corpse, it will be a big trouble.
As soon as Ma Yun saw the black eyes on the sockets of the paper figures, he immediately shook his head and said that he didn't know who posted them. At the same time, he hurriedly turned his head and asked Ma Long and Xiao Nan if they had posted it.
Ma Long and Xiao Nan both shook their heads again and again, and they were sure that they didn't post it. According to their words, they are panicked when they look at these things, where do they dare to give paper stickers.
But it's right to think about it, most people really don't go to this kind of thing to do. At this time, Ma Yun asked me: "Master, what's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”
I nodded: "The paper figures were spotted to make them miserable." This is also fortunate to be found in time, if it is some time in the evening, it collides with the old man, maybe the old man has already cheated the corpse. Moreover, if you didn't put it on yourself, it was done by someone with a heart, and someone might have entered the mourning hall. ”
"Huh?" They were taken aback, and Ma Yun said, "Mr. Chen, what do you mean...... Are you saying that someone is hurting me behind my back? ”
I nodded, and I guess I meant it.
Then, Lao Tang asked him, "Have you Ma family offended anyone?" ”
Ma Yun frowned, shook his head after thinking for a moment, and said that he had not offended anyone.
Seeing that they couldn't figure it out, I didn't ask about it, anyway, as long as the first seven soul nights were past tonight, the matter would be settled. As for whether there is really someone in their Ma family who is making trouble behind their backs, it's none of my business.
Seeing that I didn't ask more, Lao Tang naturally understood what I meant, more things are better than less things, we can't care about other people's grievances, and we can't do more. So, Lao Tang tore off the pieces of paper from the eyes of the two paper figures, and I also walked to the altar to take a closer look.
It's okay not to look at it, but I really see the problem at a glance, first of all, I don't know when the ever-bright lamp will go out. The so-called ever-bright lamp, ever-bright lamp, as the name suggests, is to be ever-bright, and cannot be extinguished. This lantern is used to guide the soul of the deceased to return home, and secondly, the lantern also represents the fire of light and yang, and the lantern lit in front of the mourning hall can dispel evil spirits and prevent the deceased from changing. That is, a lamp burns hundreds of thousands of lamps, and the lamp continues, but the lamp is endless, so the name is always bright.
I looked at the oil of the ever-bright lamp, and there was still a small half of the oil, and it was obvious that the lamp was very strange. At that moment, I frowned and quickly lit the lantern.
At this time, Lao Tang asked me what was wrong?
I said that I don't know when the lantern will go out, so I need to be more careful tonight. At the same time, I immediately looked into the incense burner in the center of the altar and plucked the three pillars of incense from the incense burner!
"Two short and one long?" When I saw the three-pillar incense burned in my hand, I couldn't help but be shocked, and the bad premonition in my heart became even stronger.
Ma Yun asked me, "Is there a problem with this incense?" ”
I let out a long breath, turned to them and said, "It's okay with incense, but it's okay with firing." As the saying goes, people are afraid of three long and two short, and burning incense is most afraid of burning two short and one long! ”
As soon as Ma Yun and the others heard this, they immediately felt an unlucky atmosphere, and immediately asked: "Sir, what will happen if you burn incense into two short and one long?" ”
"The delegates will die!"
"Huh?" Jack Ma was shocked.
At this time, Xiao Nan asked fearfully, "Where do you mean that people will die?" ”
Lao Tang didn't have a good impression of Xiao Nan, and when he saw her asking, he immediately threw away a sentence coldly: "It's not that the Ma family wants to die, isn't it possible to kill others!" ”
Maybe it was because Xiao Nan had seen the paper figures running around with his own eyes before, so he was bumped by Lao Tangding at this time, and he was stunned that he didn't have a temper at all, but his face turned pale with fright.
Of course, Ma Yun and his son were also frightened, panicked, and couldn't help but beg us: "Two gentlemen, you can save us, don't have an accident." ”
It's no wonder that they are afraid of being like this, and anyone who hears that someone is going to die in their family will be terrified.
I comforted Jack Ma a little and told him that we would do our best. However, I also advised them not to keep a vigil tonight, and let me and Lao Tang keep watch, and not to come out no matter what movement they hear.
Ma Yun and they were already like frightened deer at this time, where did they dare to say no, they nodded hurriedly, and then everyone honestly hid back in the room, not daring to come out.
Besides, Lao Tang and I stayed by the side of the mourning hall, but we didn't dare to be careless. After a while, I checked the ever-bright lantern and the corpse of the old man Ma, for fear that something would happen.
In this way, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and a huge mourning hall was guarded by me and Lao Tang. Guarding the spirit, this feeling is actually very terrifying, not to mention whether you are afraid of ghosts, the atmosphere of the mourning hall alone is very eerie. Both sides of the mourning hall are full of wreaths of white flowers, and there are yin and yang strange paper figures above, the flowers are green, next to the incense burner is an ever-bright lamp, and I don't know where a night wind blows in to blow the flame of the oil lamp to shake, lining the whole mourning hall is even more weird.
Night, silent.
The vigil is a very energy-consuming thing, and Lao Tang and I just sat like that, except for chatting, there was basically no other entertainment, facing a large brazier, throwing a wad of yellow paper money into it, wasting time. Perhaps I was bored, and when I sat by the brazier until about midnight, my eyelids began to fight, and the warm brazier in front of me grew even more sleepy, and I fell asleep unconsciously......
I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly a cold wind woke me up, and when I opened my eyes, I found that the door of the mourning hall was open at this time, and the cold wind was blowing in from outside the gate. Did anyone go out?
I looked up at the mourning hall, and I couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that the everlasting lights on the mourning hall were extinguished again, and the paper figures placed on both sides of the mourning hall were gone.
Seeing this, I immediately stood up and fell asleep. Hurriedly woke up Lao Tang and said to him, "The paper man is gone!" ”
When Lao Tang heard me say this, he hurriedly looked towards the mourning hall, and then he was also startled, and asked me what was going on, could it be that the paper man himself came to life and ran away again?
I didn't say anything because I didn't know exactly what was going on. I asked him if you opened the door, and Lao Tang said no, so I ran to the door to take a look, but I didn't find anything.
At this time, Lao Tang asked me, "Brother Chen, do you feel cold?" ”
I nodded, because I was woken up cold. To be honest, this kind of cold is very special, like the cold in the cold winter, so cold that goosebumps rise.
At this time, Lao Tang ran to the front of the spiritual platform to re-light the ever-bright lamp, but after lighting it for a long time, Ren didn't light the ever-bright lamp, so he scolded angrily.
I saw that he couldn't light it, so I went over to help, and the lighter lit the lantern of the ever-bright lamp, and the bean-sized flame would be extinguished after two flutters, but I also lit it for a long time, but I still couldn't light it.
When I saw this, I exclaimed, "What a hell of a life!" ”
As the saying goes, everything happens is a demon, and this everlasting lamp can't be lit, so something must be going to happen. At this time, the old soup on the side suddenly gave himself a mouthful, and I asked him what was wrong? He glanced up at the top of his head and muttered, "Paralyzed, I don't know where a drop of water came from." ”
I rolled my eyes and wondered how this house could possibly drip water. However, as I thought about it, a drop of water suddenly fell from my neck, and it was cold.
I touched it with my hand, and it was indeed the water droplets, and then I looked up at the top of my head, and saw that the white ceiling was full of water droplets, which were falling drop by drop, and there were water stains everywhere on the ground.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but be stunned, why are there so many water beads? Could it be a resurgence? Sometimes, if the sky changes, there will be water droplets in the corner of the house, but just now I went to the door to see, the moon and stars in the sky are cold, and it is not a rainy day at all, how can there be water droplets in the house?
Thinking of this, I immediately went to look at the lantern, touched the lamp with my hand, and it was wet, and it was all vapor. Looking at the coffin lid again, it is the same, the water vapor condenses into water droplets on the coffin lid. Seeing this, I couldn't help but scream that it was not good, this is a trouble! <