Chapter 29: Painting Makeup (II)
The second master said as he walked: The dead body opens its eyes, and the mourning master walks away.
This sentence is very easy to understand, it is literal, as for why to go far, I don't understand.
When we got out of the hall, there were a few people sitting scattered outside, and when they saw us in a panic, they asked what had happened.
I just wanted to speak, but the second master pulled me and said, "Something is wrong, don't go in yet. Then he turned to me and said, do you dare to go up alone and call your master over?
At that time, I had that face all over my mind. Staring at the second master, I shook my head vigorously. Said I didn't dare, because it was dark outside, and I was limping around when I came down during the day. I'm not very familiar with the road yet. Not to mention at night.
The second master took out a string of beads and brought it to me and said, "Go ahead. It's okay. Look into the eyes of the people around you. I gritted my teeth, grabbed the flashlight that the second master handed me, and rushed up the mountain.
The village has nine turns and eighteen turns. But I just ran in the direction of the mountain. There was no detour to it. As he ran, he recited the mantra of courage, and slowly calmed down. I ran for about twenty minutes. Finally, out of breath, I ran to the temple. At that time, Master had already fallen asleep, and I knocked on Master's door.
Master put on his pants and opened the door, looked at me with a puzzled face, and asked, "Why did you come back?"
I said, "Master, something happened, and the second master asked me to invite you to go down.
Master seemed to understand what was going on in an instant. I quickly went into the house, put on my clothes, and then took my bag, and said to me, "Go, go down and have a look!" Then run away.
Poor I had just run up and down the hill, and I didn't even breathe. But there's no way, that's fine, at least I won't think about that crooked face.
Running to the victim's house, the second master was chatting with the night watchman, sitting and chatting, and saw the master and I coming from a distance. Then he stood up and walked over, stopping about 100 meters away from their night watchman. Master and I stopped walking. Then he spoke to Master in a low voice about the process of this matter. Mixed with his own opinions, I thought to myself that it was no wonder that when I came down, Master didn't even ask me what was going on. It turns out that the second master is many times clearer than me when he talks about this matter.
When they had finished speaking, they went to the hall. I followed behind, and I was not afraid at all. Because the Master is here, I am not afraid even if the sky falls. They told the night watchmen not to go in yet. Then Master opened the door. We just walked in. At that time, I couldn't help anything, I could only fight, and I didn't understand a lot of things, and I didn't know how to deal with them.
After entering the door, the master didn't even look back and said: took out a talisman and a small plastic glue bottle, which was rice cereal, mixed with chicken comb blood, and handed it to the back and said: Close the door and put the talisman on. I took the things and quickly closed the door and marked the charm. Then the master and the second master ran over the body. The master took the compass and began to circle the body.
I also walked over after pasting the talisman, and at this time I was not afraid of that face at all, because there were two masters, no matter how twisted and frightened he was, the eyes of the corpse were still staring, but the mouth was already closed. Compared to the first time I took off the towel, it was much milder, but my face was getting paler.
The second master stared at the body and asked, "What's going on?"
Master pondered for a moment and asked, "How many days is this the last day of breath?"
The second master said: Just this morning, I hanged myself and found it before the hour. At that time, I was already dying.
The master said: It has not been more than 12 hours since I said this, the soul of heaven and earth is gone, and the soul of man regrets, this is the body that I want to return to after death. The three souls are gone. No more. Being able to open my eyes is already a great remorse. If such a strong obsession is not handled well, it will be difficult for the family to go smoothly in the future. Do you know why she hanged herself?
The second master said, "I don't know about this, I just ask about these things. And people don't like to talk about such things.
The master said: If you don't say no, it's not easy to deal with, people have already left, so remorseful, if you don't do something, I'm afraid it will be difficult to settle down. Let's go out and ask the victim. Zhang Tuozi, you introduce me to the subject, little cub, you stay here and watch. Come out and call us if there's any movement.
I was taken aback when I heard the last sentence. To leave me alone in the hall with this body that had scared me, I thought I didn't have that much courage yet. I said can I go along?
Master glanced at me and said solemnly: "You have seen all the spirits, are you still afraid of the corpse?"
I was speechless for a while, this is not a concept at all, but I don't dare to refute it, I have already regarded every word of the master as a test and expectation for me, and in the same way, I don't want to disappoint the master.
I stammered and said, "Okay, then you guys hurry up. I'm your only apprentice. Don't regret it.
They both dropped the same sentence one after another: It's really useless. He turned around and went out the door.
After going out, I didn't forget to take the door from the outside, as if I was afraid that I would run away. I was holding my breath, but I knew that they were training me to be brave, and this was also the homework I had to do.
I also comfort myself, I am also a little Taoist priest, if I am really frightened by a corpse, then it is really as they say, it is really useless. Then I found a bench and planned to sit down and wait, but then the problem came.
Am I facing it or turning my back to it, facing it must be in my sight, even if I don't stare at it, but the eyes will still glance at it, and I will be even more unhappy with my back to it, because then I will think more chaotically.
After thinking about it, I still sat down facing it, and I tried not to stare at its face, but the strange thing was that the more I didn't want to look, the more my eyes moved to the face of the corpse.
Fearful but curious. This complex mental activity is the same as that of some friends who like to watch horror movies, when I think of horror music, I cover my eyes and watch it, but I have to leave a slit. In the end, I read it all.
But this is completely different from watching a horror movie, what I hope in my heart is to see the dead corpse on the face of the face open mouth and blink these actions, but I am afraid of this kind of action. Since I couldn't take my eyes off, I simply stared at that miserable white face and whispered the courage mantra, and after a long time, I was not so afraid.
I have to say that there are some things that the more you look forward to it, the more it will go where you want it to go. When I felt that there should be a change in its complexion, it really seemed like there was a slight change. As for why I want it to change its meaning, it's because Master said that if there's any movement, go to them immediately. So that I can leave this space that I am so depressed.
The slightest change is not in the eyes, but in the mouth. Because after the second master closed it, the upper and lower lips basically fit, but I stared at it for a long time, but I felt that my lips were slowly opening. The movement was so slow that I couldn't tell it without looking closely, so to make more sure that its mouth was slowly opening, I walked over, squatted down, and then leaned my head over to see if it was really opening. It wasn't until there was a gap of two or three centimeters between the upper and lower lips that I was finally sure that it was an open mouth. Just when I was sure and ready to get up and go to Master.
It seems like someone pushed me from behind, since I was squatting, and I was squatting diagonally. Originally, the lower plate was unstable, and the body was obliquely close to the body, and this push, although the strength was very small, still pushed me and smashed directly on the body. Although it has only been a long time, it is still separated by a cup. But I still felt that the body was already stiff. There is no feeling of falling on a person at all. This one of them made me a little overwhelmed. The Courage Curse doesn't really work. I got up. Rush to the door. Pull open the door and rush out.
However, when I rushed out, I bumped into Master. Fortunately, I was young at that time and didn't have much strength, if it had been changed to now, Master would definitely have been knocked down by me, and I would definitely have been beaten.
Master pulled me up and asked me what was wrong. I just said: I was pushed when I looked at the body. It also fell on the body. Master turned my shoulders and gave me a turn. Lifted my clothes and looked at my back. Then I quickly took a piece of talisman paper, wrapped something and wiped it on my back. I know that this is helping me in exorcism.
After finishing it, Master took me another talisman and said three words: Drink water,
He took the charm and went to their kitchen to find water. After drinking it, I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. When I got back to the hall, Master was already up in the field. I know that array, it's a soul shouter. Master saw me come in. Just say, don't look, either turn around or go out. I wondered in my heart. But I did it anyway and walked out... The second master also walked out together.
I moved a chair for the second master and asked him: Why didn't my master let me see it, I was here before.
The second master said, you learned all the things I taught you in the afternoon.
I understood it instantly. It turned out to be my eight characters and the deceased's punishment, and it was not appropriate to directly face the new soul that shouted out. Thinking about how stupid I was, the moment I was pushed down, I should have figured out what was going on.
Outside, I took the opportunity to ask the second master a lot of things about the feng shui of the yin house, although the second master is not very good-tempered, but he is always very patient with me to answer my questions, and every time like this, I feel that time flies very fast.
About 20 minutes later, the master opened the door and said to the second master, "It's okay.
The second master didn't speak, nodded his head, and went in to continue to paint makeup. I wanted to follow up and see, but the master grabbed me again and said, this spirit, you should avoid it, even if you have been sent away by me, but your lives are very conflicting, after all, it is better not to get close to each other again.
I asked Master, "After that, what will I do if I encounter a spirit that is very different from my destiny?"
The Master said, "You have not studied the art well now, so you have this scruple. When you can leave the school in the future, there will be no such thing.
I nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then can we wait for the second master?"
The master said, "Zhang Tuozi doesn't go up the mountain to live, what are you waiting for him to do?" Do you want to go along? If you don't go, I'll go!
Of course I'm leaving, it's useless to stay here, I said hello to the second master, and then turned around and followed the master. At the moment of turning around, I saw that when the second master was painting the dark makeup, his rickety back seemed more curved. That serious and meticulous look, as if nothing had happened just now, please one. This may be the professionalism of the second master, he is always conscientious and meticulous in his work. I looked back as I walked, and saw a person and a corpse gradually disappearing, squatting and squatting, and the picture seemed so harmonious.
On the way back, I asked Master why she committed suicide.
Master said: In the thought of life and death, in fact, the matter is very small, but she can't think about it, so she commits suicide. But the second she kicked the stool away, she already regretted it, but she couldn't get it back. Alas. People are like this, sometimes they try all kinds of ways to escape, but when you finally figure it out, you find that those escapes are very unnecessary. It's just that she's miserable, she figured it out, but it didn't work, and she made a hundred mistakes. Nothing can be undone.
I nodded thoughtfully. In my opinion, suicide is a very incomprehensible act. Do you even have the courage to commit suicide? Why don't you have the courage to face it? Maybe it's really like what Master said, life and death are a thought.
Although I didn't gossip, I also wanted to know what happened, so I asked Master, "What happened then?"
The Master said, "You little child, you can't understand these things even if I tell you. Don't ask so much.
I asked Master: Is there a deception on the corpse, the kind of TV that bites people everywhere when they get up?
Master said, "There are corpses, but there are very few, but the one who gets up and bites people everywhere is a liar to you children.
I said I knew, and I didn't say anything more.
No more words along the way. I only remember that when I came to the gate of the temple, the master sighed and said a word
"If you can let everything go with it, you will be a free person in the world"
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