Chapter 52, going to the ceremony
The sun sets on the western mountains, the afterglow of the sunset is bright red, and the snow in the forest has dissipated a lot, but the snow is close to a day and a night, and the winter sun does not melt much. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this moment, the Moon Village is in a huge shadow, and the colorful glow on the horizon and the remnant sun of the sunset have decorated this place beautifully, but no one appreciates this beauty.
It has been a day and a night since he set off from Z County, and because he needs people's guidance, Xiao An decided to find Bai Zaha to go with him alone to facilitate the care of all the way, and Bai Zaha has agreed that he is waiting for the end of the last village sacrifice in Zhuyue Village this year, and then set off, and there will be a day or two later.
Zhou Maoyin had already visited Zhuyue Village at night, and he didn't find anything special, but the way to bury people here made him a little curious.
Most of the people in Zhuyue Village are surnamed Bai, and I don't know what kind of race they are, but the way of burying people is very special.
Zhou Maoyin is interested in metaphysics, and metaphysics includes Zhou Yi, Confucianism and Taoism, that interest to put it bluntly, the life and death of people, some things that science cannot explain, he is interested, for this kind of burial ceremony of the dead, is also one of them, he naturally cares about it.
The population of the village is small, and there are not many examples of dead people, most of them go hunting and fall into the valley, or are eaten by wild beasts, the bones are not cold, and the corpses are exposed for a long time, waiting for the wind and sun to be exposed, and then turned into soil, or buried.
There are very few people who die of old age in Xiangyue Village, and many people have died in the forest before they see their grandsons, so they can be a little sad, and they don't think about it after a long time, but they already feel that this is a kind of glory, and it is better to die outside than to die of old age and illness.
The people of this village live in this kind of jungle, so they are muscular, the physique is good, there is very little illness for them, and there is no plague at all, they do not raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, they all eat meat from the forest, so there are many white bones around the village, and it is impossible to distinguish between humans and beasts.
There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, there are very few people who die of old age, and most of the people who can live to fifty in Zhuyue Village can already be called elders, and the patriarch must give up the position of the patriarch to the capable young man when he reaches fifty.
In this way, there are very few people who die of old age, and the old and dead people are blessed by the heavens in the saying of the moon village, so that they can live until now, and their lives belong to this forest, and they have been hunters all their lives, fighting against prey beasts.
Because the Moon Village is this idea, so the burial is very special, although they are not sky burials, but they are more mysterious than sky burials.
There is no need for a coffin, just dig a hole, like the one in a shaft, more than two meters deep, and wrap the remains of the deceased and put them straight in, so that you can look ahead as if you were standing.
When you put the corpse, you must have your feet under it, your head on it, and your head looking at the east, so that you can go to the soil, and then there is a small mound of dirt and a simple tombstone last year.
The corpse is wrapped like a mummy, and it is still standing, so it feels a little mysterious, as for this kind of burial Zhou Maoyin knows a thing or two, and it belongs to a very rare minority to be this kind of funeral, so he has nothing to study about the cemetery here.
The tomb is not spacious, there is nothing in the natural tomb, there is no trap of the Yin Yang Taoist, and there is no special legend of corpse transformation, Zhou Maoyin is naturally not interested.
The so-called corpse transformation is that, according to some local sayings, the buried corpse is neither old nor rotten, and then turns into a ghoul and comes out to suck human blood, which is what people say is terrifying.
"Dead people" may be young, although such examples are rare, but there are rumors.
There is also a return to the light, and the kind that dies for a while and then can come out, this does not exist at all.
Huiguang is the kind of person who is about to die, suddenly energetic, eats and drinks, and dies in less than a day.
The so-called immortal and incorruptible corpse transformation has indeed not been seen, but there are immortal corpses, and that is what Zhou Maoyin wants to study.
After the body of the Empress Dowager Cixi was unearthed in the early years, the skin of the corpse still felt elastic, like a living person, but the hair was dry, and there are different theories as to why the corpse can remain this way.
The corpse of the Empress Dowager Cixi is not mummy, nor is it like the snow freeze of the glacier, but directly unearthed, the first theory is that she contains a night pearl in her mouth, this night pearl has special properties, can ensure that the corpse does not decay, as long as the night pearl takes out the corpse will quickly decay.
Now many zombies in movies are filmed like this, with pearls in their mouths, immortal, and they take the pearl and turn into zombies to suck human blood, this kind of Zhou Maoyin naturally doesn't believe it.
There is a saying that the geographical location is special, the corpse lacks bacteria to decompose the corpse, the soil takes money and oxygen, the bacteria cannot breed, and the corpse will not decay if it does not see the sun, as long as the corpse sees the light, it will quickly decay, this is a scientific statement, Zhou Maoyin still believes.
The last one means that Mr. Yin and Yang set up a special formation in it, causing the corpse not to rot, and even emitting a fragrance, the living can not get close to the corpse, otherwise there will be a disaster, this belongs to metaphysics, Zhou Maoyin is very interested, just like there is a special plant that can ensure the freshness of the corpse, corpse fragrance konjac, if you can find this plant, Zhou Maoyin is very happy.
Seeing that the entire Zhuyue Village is a barren tribe, so it is a treasure land of feng shui, but there are people living in people who are not from the dynasty, what can he do, he is also very helpless.
At this moment, Zhou Maoyin looked at Xiao An blankly, Xiao An just spit smoke in his mouth, and did not intend to give him any explanation.
Before that, he asked Xiao An and Huang Bo why they didn't give him a consultation about Bai Zaha's involvement in this matter.
Xiao An's statement to him was because he thought of it at the time, and Zhou Maoyin was drunk at that time, so he made a decision, which made Zhou Maoyin a little annoyed, but there was no way.
Huang Bo crossed Erlang's leg again, looking proud, looking at Zhou Maoyin playfully to see what he could toss.
Zhou Maoyin still admitted defeat, and then said,
"Captain Xiao, you must discuss with me in advance if you have anything next time, and forget it this time."
Xiao An nodded, looked away from the other side and said,
"Okay, next time I must discuss it with Mr. Zhou, you don't blow your nose and stare like this."
Zhou Maoyin smiled awkwardly,
"It's a word, let's not talk about this matter for a moment, Captain Xiao, have you taken a walk around the village today?"
Xiao An turned his head to look at Zhou Maoyin, looked at him for a while, and then said,
"Let's go, nothing special, and besides, I'm not as interested in this layout as you are."
Zhou Maoyin's eyes swept away, and then said a little treacherously,
"Patriarch Bai said that he wanted to sacrifice, do you want to go and see it, anyway, it's boring at night, it's okay to take a look."
Xiao An looked at Huang Bo,
"That's fine, but don't be afraid to ruin their ritual."
Zhou Maoyin said with a smile,
"That's nature."
Huang Bo also nodded,
"I'm interested, too."