Chapter 18: The Eight Great Mantras (text)
His grave has not been tended for more than a month, and the rest of the place is covered with grass, only the middle of the grave is placed above the urn, and there is no grass growing above, but some new mud falls on the ground.
When I saw this, I went around to the back of the grave, and then climbed up to look at it, and I was so frightened that I fell down, and ran home as fast as I could.
Because Xiaoxiao and I have been kneeling in front of the coffin when Xiaoxiao's father was buried, I know where the urn is placed in the coffin.
When I looked at the grave just now, I found that there was a big hole in the tomb, and when I went down the hole, I saw that the coffin had also been dug a big hole, and then I looked inside the coffin, and the location where there should have been an urn was missing.
It took less than five minutes to run home this time, and after returning home, I didn't care if I saw anyone or not, so I shouted directly: "Uncle Ye's urn has been dug up." ”
Meng Changqing was sitting in the hall thinking about things, and when my grandparents heard my shouting, they came out and yelled at me: "Don't mess around when you carry it." ”
I said it was true, my grandparents saw that my expression didn't look like a lie, so they hurriedly rushed to the hill with a hoe, and Meng Changqing also went with him.
Grandpa had a lot of labor, so he dug up the grave and pried open the coffin to see that it was really empty.
Grandpa looked at the coffin with a hoe and looked at it with a face full of fear, and the coffin said, "Oh no, I have to find a way to notify your second grandmother to come back." ”
In our village, the dead are very important, and we invite the dead to go home for dinner during the New Year's holidays, and we will go to the grave to hoe and weed. What the old people here are most afraid of is that no one will take care of their graves after death, let alone the graves will be dug up.
Meng Changqing looked at this grave and frowned, no matter where he was, digging other people's graves was a matter of great loss of yin morality.
When the grandparents saw that the urn was missing, they immediately ran to gather the villagers to discuss.
Meng Changqing watched here for a while and then left with me, saying that people under the age of twelve could not watch these scenes.
In this regard, I only believe in the second grandmother and Meng Changqing, and I will rely on what he says.
After returning home, I asked Meng Changqing if he saw anything, and Meng Changqing said that he could see it tonight.
I was anxious when I saw him halfway through his speech, but I knew his personality and knew that I wouldn't say much even if I asked.
He smiled when he saw that I was anxious and said: "I will leave when this matter is solved, I said when you apprenticed to the teacher, you can leave Taoism at any time without the consent of your family, but before this you are still my apprentice, I still have to teach you something." Taoism has a saying of sexual cultivation, a while ago let you drink tea is part of sexual cultivation, that tea is to let you calm down, you can also drink tea if you are okay at this time, after drinking to tell me the taste of tea, if you can know the taste of tea, it means that you can stop thinking, stop thinking and I will teach you Taoism. ”
I was very happy to hear him and say that he wanted to teach me, but after thinking about it, after drinking tea for so long, I have never tasted the taste of tea at all, and besides, the temperature of the tea and water brewed each time is different, and the taste of tea is naturally different, so how can I taste it?
Meng Changqing laughed again when he saw my embarrassed frowning, and then said, "If you could meditate and stop thinking, you wouldn't have such an expression." ”
I figured he had made it up on purpose to fool me, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity, so I poured a cup of tea and drank it.
The grandparents didn't go back to the house all morning, they were all busy working in front of Xiaoxiao's father's grave, and the villagers were also looking for Xiaoxiao's father's urn everywhere.
Meng Changqing and I were not in a hurry, we stayed in the house all the time, and in the afternoon, all the villagers went to my grandparents' house to rest.
That's all the talk about during the break.
They guessed that it wasn't a human who got it, but a weasel or something like that, and people wouldn't have touched the urn if they were fine.
Because the second grandmother is not in the village, the grandparents have become Xiaoxiao's father's closest people, and when this happens, it is natural that the grandparents will shoulder the task of finding the urn first.
During this period, they said that they wanted the second grandmother to come back soon, and asked me where the second grandmother was, but where I know where she is now, I can only say that I don't know.
In addition, the signal in the village is not very good, the telephone is not popular at all, the whole Shetou Village only has a red landline at the village chief Ye Grandpa's house, on weekdays, someone from outside calls in, he will shout on the loudspeaker 'so-and-so, so-and-so time to answer the phone', the person who gets the notice will pass at that time, and call over there at a certain point, so that he will receive a call.
Because it is too closed, the second grandmother has no phone at all, and it is impossible to call her, and all she can do now is wait for her to come back.
Meng Changqing listened to their conversation for a while, and interjected: "Don't go out in the afternoon, I'll help you find it in the evening, but you have to prepare something for me." ”
They looked at Meng Changqing with a strange look on their faces, I understand what they mean, they thought that Meng Changqing was looking for them for money, so they had this gaze, and now they must regard Meng Changqing as a liar.
I understand everything, and Meng Changqing naturally understands, but he doesn't care about other people's eyes, so he still says with that unhurried look: "You can prepare a dustpan, a liter of sand, nine red beans, two pairs of chopsticks, and a few dogs for me in the afternoon." ”
It's not that the villagers are stingy and reluctant to give money, it's just that they are too simple, and in their eyes, asking for money by themselves and others taking the initiative to give money are two completely different concepts.
When the villagers heard that Meng Changqing wanted these strange things, they hurriedly asked Meng Changqing what good methods he had, and Meng Changqing smiled and said that these things can't be talked about outside, if others use them to do bad things, he will create a karma.
They really didn't go out in the afternoon, some of them went to prepare the things that Meng Changqing wanted, and some of them stayed here to chat with Meng Changqing.
Meng Changqing spoke extremely gently, and it was very comfortable to chat with him, so the villagers surrounded Meng Changqing all afternoon, and when they knew that Meng Changqing was not married, they even said that they would help Meng Changqing find a daughter-in-law, saying that whoever is there is a very good person, has a big butt and has a baby, is thick, and can work. Catch up with Ming'er and let Meng Changqing take a look.
When it came to this matter, Meng Changqing's face made waves, and he waved his hand again and again, saying no with an embarrassed expression.
The villagers ate at their grandparents' house for dinner, Meng Changqing didn't eat it, he said that he should clean his heart and mouth before doing things, and his grandparents didn't understand this, so he followed his words.
Before going to the table, Meng Changqing asked his grandparents who was closer to Xiaoxiao's father, and before the grandparents could speak, the villagers all pointed to me and said, "This baby, this baby was sent all the way when he died." ”
When Meng Changqing learned about it, he lifted me off the dining table, saying that he would use me for a while, and I couldn't eat, and asked me to wash.
After dinner, Meng Changqing ran to the house and took out his purple robe and put it on, he was still an ordinary person before, but after putting it on, the whole thing changed a lot, and he was a powerful person at first glance, and the villagers also praised Meng Changqing for being a good talent.
Meng Changqing responded to them and began to decorate the hall, and I was pressed aside by Meng Changqing to recite the Eight Great Divine Mantras.
The Eight Great Mantras are something that must be recited in the morning and evening classes of Taoism, and I have been with him for so long, so I naturally learned it.
These eight mantras are 'Pure Heart Mantra, Pure Mouth Mantra, Body Purification Mantra, Golden Light Mantra, Pure Heaven and Earth Mantra, Incense Mantra, and Xuanyun Mantra'.
When I recited the mantra, the villagers sighed and said, "This baby is out of breath, and he can be a god in the future." ”
I listened to it funny, and after reading it a few times, I didn't know that I could become a god.
After reading for about an hour, Meng Changqing let me open my eyes, and he had already set up the hall.
The villagers all sat in the house according to his requirements, two big wolf dogs were tied to the door, and a dustpan full of sand was placed on the table of the eight immortals in the middle of the house, and the sand was inlaid with nine red beans, which were arranged according to the nine-square grid method.
Meng Changqing was carrying a money sword behind his back, his face was extremely majestic, he was not smiling, and his eyes were more terrifying than the wolf dogs outside.
I asked Meng Changqing why the sword had to be carried behind his back, and he didn't laugh before he caught ghosts.
He explained to me: "Money swords and talismans are all lighted, and the things that have been turned on are the least likely to get wet or dirty, and the safest and cleanest to carry on your back." As for why the face is majestic before catching ghosts, this is very easy to explain, people are afraid of evil ghosts, ghosts are afraid of evil people, as long as the face is majestic and terrible enough, ghosts do not dare to approach. ”
Of course, this is off topic.
After I opened my eyes, Meng Changqing asked me to sit cross-legged in front of the dustpan in a 'five hearts to the sky', holding a cross tied with two chopsticks in my hand.
After I sat down, Meng Changqing turned to the villagers and said: "After a while, I will use the Taoist 'Dou Zhan Method' and 'Fu Ping Method' to tell where the urn is, during which time I will remove Ye Hai's soul from the body for the gods to live in, and in the process may attract some unclean things, you see the dog barking in which direction, and please throw a stick of incense to send them away." ”
The villagers listened in a daze, but nodded anyway.
After that, Meng Changqing lit a kerosene lamp next to me and burned some tung oil with a small crucible.
After a qiē, Meng Changqing asked me to close my eyes, and he stood behind me and chanted the mantra and squeezed his hands.
After a while, I fell asleep in a daze, during which I dreamed that many people came to pick me up, and every time I wanted to go with them, Meng Changqing would shout: "Don't be fooled by ghosts." ”
This was repeated many times, and after a while, I suddenly felt an unbearable burning sensation in my hands, and my eyes suddenly opened, only to see my grandfather dripping boiling tung oil into my hands.
I hurriedly retracted my hand and screamed, Meng Changqing then dragged me aside, and he went to look at the dustpan by himself.
I looked outside the door, where the dogs were barking wildly, and the door was already sprinkled with sandalwood.