Chapter 17: The Night of the Soul

At night, the villagers and neighbors dispersed, and the Li family cleared out the idle people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And then it's time for Zhang Taisheng's performance.

The people of the Li family need to go to the mourning hall at this time, and they can't go out half a step, and the women and children can go to the side room of the room where the mourning hall is decorated, in short, from this moment on, no matter what happens outside, the people of the Li family can't take a step until Zhang Taisheng finishes the rituals.

I saw Zhang Taisheng hanging a copper bell on the wooden door of the courtyard of the Li family, and then tied a red rope on the edge of the threshold, and then went to the door of the mourning hall, sprinkled the flour in the basin on the ground outside the door, and spread it evenly.

The third uncle is not from the Li family, but he has the right to watch from the sidelines. It is said that when Zhang Taisheng was taking a bath, the third uncle went to beg him and helped him rub his back. Zhang Taisheng was moved by the third uncle's heart to live and learn, so he agreed. Don't get me wrong, the third uncle definitely didn't do anything to betray his py, and Zhang Taisheng is naturally not the kind of person who is driven by monetary interests.

Ahem, back to the point. Li Ziping set up a table in the southeast direction of the courtyard and sat down. On the table was a basin filled with water that had just been drawn from the well, and a magnetic needle was placed in the water. Speaking of which, it is necessary to explain. Standing at the gate of the courtyard of the Li family, from the perspective of feng shui, the southeast position is in a "prolonged" position, which is an auspicious position in popular terms, so Li Ziping sat in this position. And put a magnetic needle in the basin, mainly to see the direction. Once Old Madam Li returns to her soul, the magnetic field here will definitely change, and this place will also be full of femininity, and the magnetic needle will be affected by the ghost's aura, and the tip of the needle will always follow the direction of the ghost's movement.

In the middle of the courtyard, between the house where the mourning hall is placed and the wooden door of the courtyard, there is a case hall. Incense burners, talisman paper, money, water, rice and other necessities were placed on the desk, as well as a ring ruler.

Zhang Taisheng exorcises demons and exorcises demons Unlike other Taoist priests, others use peachwood swords, but he uses a ring ruler. It is said that this ring ruler has a history. Back then, there was an ancestor in a Taoist family who was not a Taoist priest as a teacher and educated people, so it was impossible to carry a sword on his back, right? It's scary, and it doesn't look like a teacher. So he asked people to create a ring ruler, and then chanted spells and cast spells, turned on the light, etc., so that this ring ruler had the power to subdue demons and subdue demons. Later, the ancestor died, and the Taoist family felt that this ring ruler was of epochal significance, so they kept it and passed it down from generation to generation, and now it has been passed on to Zhang Taisheng's hands.

"Bring me the clothes." Zhang Taisheng said. The third uncle hurriedly took the blue robe and put it on Zhang Taisheng.

It is not for nothing that Zhang Taisheng left the third uncle here, after all, for him, he needs someone to help him, but this matter is not good for Li Ziping to come, so simply let the third uncle do it, and let him learn something.

Everything is ready to go, just wait until the hour comes.

But Li Ziping and Zhang Taisheng knew in their hearts that it was very likely that Mrs. Li would not be able to return to her soul tonight. Why can't I go back? Because Mrs. Li's bones were eaten by the bloody corpse, it is very likely that her soul was controlled by the bloody corpse, and it is also possible that her soul has already been scattered, in this case, how can she return to her soul?

But even so, everything has to be done in accordance with the procedure, otherwise it will seem that Zhang Taisheng is unprofessional, and it is easy to make people laugh when it is passed out.

I saw that Zhang Taisheng asked the third uncle to bring two benches and swing them into the courtyard, and the two benches were about one meter wide apart. Zhang Taisheng's face was grim at this time, and after putting on the uniform, he seemed to have completely changed as a person. But I saw him walk to the edge of the table, pick up the ring ruler and wave it, and read in his mouth: "The children and grandchildren were filial piety in every way before death, and they still remember their appearance after death. As soon as the words fell, he picked up the tip of the ruler and picked up the charm on the table, only to see the charm rising in a row, Zhang Taisheng's other hand slapped out with a palm, and a palm wind blew out of the "whew", hitting the charm, the charm flew out and landed between the two benches, connected from end to end, but in an instant it seemed to form a bridge.

"Okay." Li Ziping saw it and applauded. Zhang Taisheng's kung fu, if you don't have two brushes, you really can't get it.

"Be quiet, don't make a fuss." Zhang Taisheng raised his eyebrows and glared at Li Ziping.

Li Ziping nodded again and again, his face was serious, holding back a smile, but his heart was already happy, he couldn't imagine that this Taisheng was really enough, if he didn't know that he was really capable, he would really think he was a deceitful stick. The reason why Li Ziping decided that Zhang Taisheng was acting was because he felt that Mrs. Li would not be able to return to her soul tonight. If Mrs. Li can't return to her soul, then tonight Zhang Taisheng will recite all the mantras of this Taoist family and play all the tricks, which is useless.

"Traveling all over the Three Realms, the heavens and the earth, the bull head and the horse face open the door of the house, walk on both sides of the black and white impermanence, and stay until the first seven to return to the soul." Zhang Taisheng thought again, grabbed a handful of rice in his hand, sprinkled it on the two stools, and then put the ring ruler on the table, lit three incense, bowed three times, and inserted the incense. He ordered the third uncle to take some money, went out of the gate of the courtyard, and burned it on both sides of the gate.

This is the so-called "welcoming the soul", and generally speaking, there is no custom of doing this ritual in our village, and on the day of the soul's return, after the ritual is completed during the day, it will be fine. I don't do this kind of ritual at night, but in fact, this set of ritual exists, and if you invite a capable Taoist priest to do it, you can know when your relatives will come back. The paper burned at the door is mainly for the bull head and horse noodles or black and white impermanence or some small ghosts who escort the ghosts, so that the ghosts can be less tortured when they walk on the Huangquan Road. In Zhang Taisheng's words, not only the human world, but also the ghost world and the underworld, it also talks about "personnel".

"Personnel" refers to the meaning of greetings and gifts. In ancient times, if someone in the family of ordinary people was taken to prison after a lawsuit, and relatives wanted to go in to visit, those jailers who guarded the prison might say "do their best". It means that something needs to be given, which can be understood as a bribe. Generally speaking, if you have done your "personnel", you can have a "good practice", that is, you can have a good life.

As soon as the paper was burned, it took less than a sip of tea to feel a gust of wind blowing, and then look at the bridge between the two benches with rune paper, which was already blown by the wind at this time. "Whoosh", I saw a fire somehow rising in the rune paper, and instantly burned the bridge built by the rune paper.

"Here we are." Zhang Taisheng opened his mouth to speak, but he was a little surprised between his words, and couldn't help but look at Li Ziping in the southeast.

At this time, Li Ziping was also taken aback, looked at Zhang Taisheng who was looking at him, and then looked at the magnetic needle in the basin on the table in front of him. I saw the tip of the magnetic needle, after a random swing, pointing to the gate of the courtyard.

Old Madam Li has actually returned to her soul!