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Time passed little by little. About the third watch, my great-grandfather tucked his cigarette pouch back into his waist, got up from under the willow tree, stretched out his hand to copy the willow branch next to him, put it on his shoulder, and strode towards the village.

When he came to the entrance of the village, he did not enter the village, but carried the willow branch around a path outside the village, and followed the path until the southeast end.

Here in the south of the village, it is the only way for those child ghosts, because we don't see ghosts in these crafts in our family, and we can only rely on the accumulated experience and our own feelings. At this time, my great-grandfather could only wait for the rabbit.

After waiting for a stick of incense here in the south of the village, it was estimated that the time was almost up, and my great-grandfather found a suitable place and planted a willow branch in the ground. Semi-sandy soil, easy to insert.

At this time, the atmosphere in the village was obviously different from usual, eerie, and there was a feeling of breathlessness, the temperature around was very low, extremely quiet, and there was not even a dog barking. It was as if the village had been abandoned for many years, and the whole thing seemed lifeless.

From the moment I left the riverbank, my great-grandfather had been thinking in his heart that at this time, those child ghosts should be at the door of these villagers' houses, maybe crying, or trying to find a way to enter the house. As for the purpose for which they enter the house, it may be varied, and this cannot be verified. However, at this time, it is also the time to test the ability of these villagers in Sanwangzhuang to bear, and people with heavy yang energy may not have anything, at most they are upset, and they feel that they don't know where to keep blowing cold wind. If the yang energy is weak, you will hear footsteps, crying, or the sound of banging on the window, knocking on the door, and even through the crack in the door, you can see what is standing in the yard.

This is nothing, at this time, the most dangerous children under the age of ten, they are very likely to be disturbed by the ghost child's yin qi and resentment, crying endlessly, and some will even fall unconscious, have a fever and talk nonsense.

At this time, after the ghost boy sees the mirror in the basin at the door of the villager's house, he will be scared to another family, and after the other family sees it, he will be scared away to the next family.

My great-grandfather planted willow branches in the south of the village at this time, just waiting for them to return, which is the so-called waiting for the rabbit.

Soul Flags and Willow Branches, in our case, their nature and purpose are the same, they are used when the dead are at the funeral, if you use willow branches, you don't need to use Soul Flags, and vice versa. When the deceased is buried at the funeral, willow branches or soul-attracting flags will be carried or carried by filial sons, and when they arrive at the cemetery, if they are used to attract souls, they will be burned together with those paper jobs, that is, paper people and paper horses. If a willow branch is used, the willow branch will be inserted into the grave and a bucket of swill will be poured on it, but the willow branch inserted in the ground cannot live, and if it is alive, it means that the soul of the deceased attached to the branch has not left, which is not good for the deceased's family.

I say so much, in fact, I mainly want to say that my great-grandfather was hanging a soul-attracting banner on the willow branch at this time, which was a two-pronged approach, and he did this mainly because these children died in vain, and he was very angry, and I am afraid that the soul-attracting banner or willow branch alone would not be able to keep them.

Straight to the point. After waiting here in the south of the village for a while, my great-grandfather felt that the time was almost up, and that it was almost time for the ghost boys to return, so he took out a thick pile of burning paper from his body, drew a circle on the ground with his fingers, put the burning paper into the circle, and then took out the fire sickle velvet and ignited the burning paper.

When the burning paper was halfway burned, my great-grandfather took out a thick pile of money from his arms, the kind that was round on the outside and on the inside, and sprinkled it on the willow branch standing on the ground, and shouted in his mouth: "Sprinkle, sprinkle the sky, Zhong Kui Heavenly Master descends; The second sprinkle, sprinkled the earth, the earth is auspicious, the man is harmed and the woman is destroyed, and the sprinkled Qi dies; Three sprinkles, sprinkled ghosts, sprinkled all the souls of the dead, and left this place in a hurry; The sky is round, the nine chapters of the law, I serve the people of Nanshan to help me drive away, such as the edict of the law! ”

After shouting all this, he then shouted, "Boys...... Come back and forth...... I miss you...... Daddy is looking for you...... Come on...... Come on...... Go home with Da Ye to find his parents...... Looking for my father and mother......"

At this time, the shouting must be dragged out in a long tone, so that the tone is sad and desolate, half singing and half speaking, as if talking to ghosts, and as if singing to the dead souls.

At this time, the main thing is to pay attention to a sincere soul, just like the old Confucius said, "Sacrifice is like being, sacrifice to God is like God," whether you see those ghosts or not, or whether they are nearby, you must treat them as if they are by your side, and only if you have a sincere attitude and sincerely communicate with them, they will sense it.

Another point is that when you do this, you have to make sure that no one is around, and if someone sees it at this time, it will scare those people not to say anything, and at the same time, it will also lead to the Dharma not working, and the ghosts will not come.

At this time, there was no one here in the south of Sanwangzhuang Village, of course, it was empty and silent, because the villagers were trembling and cowering at home.

Just after my great-grandfather shouted that there could be more than a dozen sounds, the few soul-attracting flags tied to the willow branches moved a few times, at this time, there was no trace of wind in the air, and the soul-attracting flags belonged to the windless automatic, which was very weird.

Of course, weirdness is limited to ordinary people, and in the eyes of those of us, it is commonplace.

My great-grandfather was relieved when he saw the soul-attracting flags move a few times, stopped throwing money away, showed a very kind smile on his face, and asked the soul-attracting flags, "Son, are you here?" Whoever arrives, talk to the big one. ”

As soon as my great-grandfather's voice fell, a few soul-attracting flags on the willow branches swayed irregularly back and forth, left and right.

Grandfather raised his hand and counted, "One, two, three, four, five...... Hey, why is there one less one, where is the kid, go and find him, hurry up and call him back, and take him to find your father. ”

After my great-grandfather finished speaking, the swinging soul-attracting flags stopped moving, as if the wind had suddenly stopped.

Next, my great-grandfather stood beside the willow branch and waited for a bag of cigarettes, and the six soul-attracting flags on the willow branch moved at the same time, like six children playing happily.

When my great-grandfather saw it, he smiled again, still with a kind face, "It's all here, okay, let's go, I will take you to find my father." My great-grandfather said, gently plucking the willow branch from the ground and putting it on his shoulder, and said, "Children, sit down, don't fall behind, go ......."

After my great-grandfather finished speaking, he strode towards the direction of the barren slope, while walking, he took out the dark money from his body, raised his hand to the sky and scattered the dark money, and shouted in his mouth at the same time: "The king of the Western Regions is coming to the coffin, and the Dharma protector is on both sides of the altar, Tai Sui heard that he has traveled thousands of miles, and the mourning door hangers should hide away, this place is not a place to stay in the spirit, I would like to invite the deceased to the ...... of the Western Heavens."

"I take one step, what god dares to block, I take two steps, the sea floats in the ocean, I take three steps, destroy and perish, I take four steps, God avoids ghosts, I take five steps, ambush the corpse and ghosts, I take six steps, one point to the other; There are stars to protect, there are three lights of the sun and the moon, the heavens are hindered to the sky, the earth is hindered to the earth, the gods are hindered to the temple, the ghosts are hindered to the grave, and those who dare to violate it will be escorted to Kuigang, such as the edict of the law! ”

At this time, my great-grandfather's mouth was called "Spirit Mantra", which was used to send the dead, and at this time he was sending these children and ghosts on the road.

As we walked, we scattered money and chanted incantations, and soon my great-grandfather came to the barren slope with a willow branch.

Because these children are dying here, just like the place where they were born, here is their roots, and if you want to send them, you have to come to the place where they died, of course, for those unknown lonely souls and wild ghosts, the method of sending them is not the same as this, as for the method of sending wild ghosts, it will be mentioned in the future.

It is best to find the place where the children's bodies are buried, but my great-grandfather never asked the head hunter about the children's bodies, and he never asked the children if their bodies were found, and as for the children's bodies, my great-grandfather did not know the exact location.

According to my estimate, the bodies of these children should also be buried here on the barren slope, not too far from the earth cave, because it is impossible for those cultists to carry the corpses on their backs for several miles and then bury them, let alone give them a funeral or a grand funeral. The bodies of the children may have been found long ago, but you can imagine the tragic situation of those corpses being disemboweled, or the limbs decomposing. The reason why my great-grandfather didn't ask was probably because of this, he didn't want to, or couldn't accept, the tragic corpses of those children, it was so pitiful.

Since there was no exact location for the children's bodies to be buried, my great-grandfather could only carry the willow branch to the earthen cave, and after inserting the willow branch at the mouth of the earthen cave, he drew a large circle at the mouth of the earthen cave with his fingers, and then took out all the money and burning paper in his arms and put it into the circle, and took off the six-sided soul-attracting banner on the willow branch, and said in his mouth: "Children, come home, take all this money, and go home to find your father...... and mother."

In the inky night, there was the beating of the firelight, which reflected my great-grandfather's face, and the messy money and burning paper in the circle turned into ashes under the burning of the firelight......

At this moment, a whirlwind suddenly blew in the air, and the whirlwind swirled the burned paper ashes and shook them into the sky.

My great-grandfather got up from the ground, looked at the flying ashes, and let out a long sigh......

He whispered, "Boys, let's go, get over there......

In this world, there is no clear division between good people and bad people, good things and bad things, but there is a clear distinction, good people do bad things, they will become bad people, on the contrary, bad people do good things, they can also become good people. Whether you want to be a good person or a bad person depends only on the actions you do and the thoughts you have