Chapter 11: Treachery
Rural funeral, in addition to the coffin bearer also has an important role is the coffin, the coffin hand funeral sticker, the coffin, into the sacrifice, the time of filling the soil is shouted by the coffin master for the number, this is a bit similar to the old Beijing Hotel shop Xiao Er shouting hall, many places of the coffin are served by the local Mr. Yin and Yang, can deal with some unexpected situations, but ordinary people mourn actually not so much, many are held by the elders of the clan, and our coffin master is generally invited to the coffin shop Master Wang, It was the one who reminded me in the first place that my mother's coffin and seven nails were cursed.
Grandpa's coffin is set by the third uncle is a cypress coffin, an ordinary coffin, poplar, paulownia, cypress, for rural people, cypress coffin is already the best coffin, the advantage of cypress is that it is more corrosion-resistant than paulownia poplar, of course, it is heavier, but even so, a cypress coffin plus the weight of my grandfather's body is not enough to carry the coffin of eight prime-aged coffin bearers.
This situation is naturally considered by people to be a vision, Master Wang put his ear on the coffin, and said softly: "Brother Chen, I know you are in a hurry, but after death, people must always go into the ground for peace, people take the humane path, ghosts go to the ghost road, let go of peace of mind, don't make trouble for the children." ”
After speaking, Master Wang patted three times at the top of the coffin, pulled his neck and shouted: "When the auspicious time comes, the Chen Mansion will mourn, get up!" ”
He drank it down, and the eight coffin bearers squatted down and got up again.
But Rao is these eight people gritted their teeth, and they couldn't shake the coffin in the slightest, as if the coffin had long legs and took root on the ground, and now the situation is big, and everyone in the village knows that my grandfather committed a cat after his death, and now the coffin is out again, I see that many timid villagers have sneaked away, and Master Wang over there is also sweating profusely, Master Wang, I know, he is not a mage and has no mana, he is just a coffin master has experienced a lot, of course, The tricks he knew were just simple tricks passed down by word of mouth from his master.
"I didn't fucking eat!" The third uncle shouted angrily.
"Shut up, third child!" My dad frowned and scolded my third uncle, in such a situation, he is going to stand up as the old nature of the family, after saying this, my dad and I looked at my second uncle almost at the same time.
In the current situation, the second uncle is our only reliance.
The second uncle stared at the coffin, and he must have known that we were watching him. But he ignored us, and stared at the coffin, his eyes were clear, and I couldn't tell anything from his eyes and expressions, but I felt that he seemed to be tangled and thinking.
I'm more afraid that he doesn't care, if he chooses to sit back at this time, and my grandfather's coffin can't be lifted, then my family will once again be called the focus of ten miles and eight villages this time.
I walked over to him, looked at him and said, "Second uncle? ”
He glanced back at me and whispered, "He's pushing me." ”
"What?" I don't understand what the second uncle is saying.
The second uncle looked at me deeply, and this time I saw his helplessness, that is, this look made me understand the meaning of his words, it was my grandfather who was forcing him! Ask him to help with the family! The coffin can't afford it, because grandpa's wish is not fulfilled, and his wish is that he can't let go of the people in the family!
My tears welled up instantly, I admit that it is a bit difficult for grandpa to persecute the second uncle in this way, but I can't suppress my sadness, grandpa is not an unreasonable and brazen person, he really can't help it!
He can't let go of my father, he can't let go of me.
I knelt down directly for the second uncle, I took my head and knocked in front of him, I don't know how many kowtows.
In the end, a pair of powerful hands dragged me, and I looked at the still calm second uncle in front of me with teary eyes and said: "Second uncle, promise grandpa, let him go with peace of mind, the affairs of the family, the life and death of the family, have nothing to do with you!" ”
He reached out to wipe away my tears, nodded, and said to the coffin, "I'll care." ”
The second uncle lifted me up, he beckoned Master Wang over, and said in a low voice: "Let all the people in the yard who belong to dogs and rats leave the yard." ”
Master Wang has also heard of me, the second uncle who can deter cats, in fact, now he has no other way but to listen to the second uncle, he nodded, and said in a loud voice: "Those who belong to dogs and rats have withdrawn from the yard!" ”
When he shouted, people left all at once, and many people were scared, but they stayed here just for the sake of face, and with such an excuse, they naturally wanted to go out, and after they all went out, Master Wang said: "What's next?" ”
"All those who are in the courtyard have turned their backs." The second uncle said.
Master Wang shouted in the same way, and people turned around one after another.
The second uncle said to the eight coffin bearers: "Thank you for your hard work, please avoid it a little." ”
The eight coffin bearers put down their burdens and walked out, and our family and Master Wang were left in the house, and the second uncle walked to the coffin, picked up four incense sticks and inserted the incense burner (incense has different customs in different places, but most of the Central Plains have the rules of gods and ghosts, that is, worship the gods on three incense, sacrifice the ancestors to insert four incense). After inserting the incense, the second uncle said to Master Wang: "Open the coffin." ”
"It is not in accordance with the rules to open the coffin after the wedge is nailed." Master Wang said with a frown.
"Open the coffin." The second uncle is categorical.
I gave Master Wang a look and motioned for him to listen to my second uncle's arrangement, and Master Wang nodded, picked up his tools and opened the wedge of the coffin that had been nailed. After opening the wedge of the coffin, Master Wang seemed unwilling to continue to mix with the strange things in my house, and he turned around and walked into the corner.
The second uncle put his hand on the coffin board and wanted to open the coffin board.
The third uncle walked over at this time, and he directly pressed the second uncle's hand and said, "It's taboo to open the coffin now, Chen Changsheng, are you sure you want to open the coffin?" ”
"Third uncle, don't make trouble!" I immediately said to the third uncle, I still believe in my second uncle in this matter.
"Shut up! There's no place for you to talk here! The third uncle shouted angrily, I feel that I am a traitor in the eyes of the third uncle now.
The second uncle looked at the third uncle, and a chilling smile suddenly appeared on his face at this time, and he said, "What are you afraid of?" ”
"I'm afraid of hair! I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it and hurt your dad again! The third uncle said.
The second uncle snorted coldly, he shook off the third uncle's hand, I know the bad dish as soon as I see this, if the third uncle's temper is ignited, he will be a madman! Sure enough, the third uncle thought that the second uncle had done something to him, and he was immediately furious and was about to rush up to fight.
"Stop! If anyone dares to mess around again, I'll be killed! At this time, my dad roared with tears.
The room fell silent for a moment, and the third uncle didn't make any further movements, he stood aside angrily.
"Second brother, open the coffin. I bear what happened, disturbing my father's tranquility, and this sin is also mine! My dad said.
The second uncle nodded, pushed the coffin away, and gently uncovered the white paper covering his grandfather's face, which was called masked paper.
Then, the second uncle covered his grandfather's face with his hand at a very fast speed!
But even so, I saw it!
I saw that grandfather's face, which turned into a cat face!
Grandpa's facial features are distorted and deformed, just like a cat's face!
Cat!
It's a cat again!
The cat hanged himself on a red rope in front of my house!
After Grandpa's death, the cat attacks the cats!
Now grandpa's own face has also become a cat face!
The second uncle's hand just covered his grandfather's face.
But I saw my grandfather's eyes suddenly open at this time!
There was a buzz in my head, and I just felt that my scalp was numb and I couldn't stand on my feet!
Grandpa opened his eyes!
What's going on?
On top of that, grandpa's eyes turned green!
That's a pair of cat's eyes, too!
The eyes stared at the second uncle, and his eyes were full of resentment.
The second uncle also stared at him, not afraid at all.
And the grandfather in the coffin struggled at this moment, and the coffin of the struggle sounded.
When the third uncle heard this, his face turned white all of a sudden, and he walked over and shouted to the second uncle, "What are you doing!" ”
But when the third uncle approached and saw his grandfather's eyes, he squatted on the ground.
The second uncle covered his grandfather's mouth and nose like this.
Let Grandpa struggle.
Looking at his movements, it seems that he wants to cover "grandpa" to death.
Cold sweat had soaked my whole body.
In the end, the pair of cat's eyes became sluggish, and Grandpa's body no longer struggled.
The second uncle let go of his hand.
He finally killed my "grandfather"!
"Cover the coffin and mourn." He said softly.
When such a thing happened, I couldn't stand up trembling, but the second uncle's face was still Gujing Wubo.