Chapter 8: Going Dark
Li Langzhong's words made Lin Laoshi and Li's hearts cold, Li thought that the time when the child was born was wrong, and the doll born on July 14 was easy to provoke some dirty things, but Lin Laoshi understood that this was the black fox's trouble, and he wanted to tell the cause and effect of this beforehand, but he was afraid of scaring the Li family, and he was even more afraid of being driven out of the village, so he was stunned for a long time without saying a word.
Sent away Li Langzhong, the two of them combined, the nearby ten miles and eight villages will see things, only the old Wang who walked in the abduction river village at the other end of the mountain, this abduction river village has a history, according to legend, there was a river running from west to east before, but when it came here, it suddenly turned its head. There is such a name, the southwest corner of the village, there is a bridge hole underground, a lot of ancient bricks have been dug out, and a shipwreck has been found under the ground in the northwest corner.
Lao Wang is lonely and widowed, guarding a coffin shop, selling some paper money, shrouds and the like, Lin is no stranger to him, a few years ago he also helped to subdue the yellow fox, very convinced, but I heard that Lao Wang is very eccentric, stubborn temper, by no means a good person to invite, if he looks at you pleasing to the eye, two or two millet can come to help you see the feng shui to choose the yin house, if he sees you unpleasant even if he offers gold jewelry, he will never help you choose an hour for red and white things.
Speaking of Lao Wang, there is a legend about the Yin errand, that was more than ten years ago, at that time Lao Wang was still young, and he would not go on a bad day, he married a handsome wife Qian, and he was happy all day long, thinking about living a good life, people can do it, and he can always be seen in the fields and countryside.
Lao Wang is really not bad with Lin Laoshi, he is good to his mother-in-law, he knows how to work, so that she has no worries about food and clothing, but he has no interest, and his mouth is stupid, no matter what he has in his heart, his mother-in-law used to be a maid in a big family, and he can be regarded as having seen the world, and it is still his duty to follow Lao Wang for the first two years, but this is a long time, the mountain village is lonely, and Lao Wang is not a sensible person, so he has other thoughts in his heart.
It just so happens that there is a merchant in those days, he looks very handsome, and people can speak well, as if he has a sweet mouth, and often goes to the village to sell some needles and threads, and hooks up with the Qian family, Lao Wang works in the field during the day, this merchant comes during the day, Lao Wang goes to other villages to help idle, he will help idle time, and it is inevitable that some rumors will come out after a long time, the merchant is a timid man, he wants to break off this bad fate, who knows that Qian moved the spring heart, that is, nine horses can not pull back.
Seeing that he was about to break contact with this handsome little Langjun, Qian's heart was like a knife, and he wanted to elope with the merchant, and he was reluctant to let Lao Wang accumulate more than a dozen acres of fertile land.
When Li saw him like a bear, he also became angry, and threatened that if he didn't do it, he would say that he had seduced him and told them both, and that the village hated such a person the most, and would inevitably kill him. Then he made a wish and said, when the matter is done, Lao Wang's land and property are not all theirs, and in the future, they will live and live together, and they will not have to walk the streets and alleys to suffer that kind of fatigue, wouldn't it be good?
The merchant is a pariah, not to mention a merchant like him, who is also a lazy man, who can't stand the pain of digging in the field, and sells small things in the streets and alleys.
The two of them summed up and made a plan, this day Lao Wang was weeding in the field, Qian carried a wicker basket with food to find him, Ping said that Lao Wang brought his own food, Qian has never sent food, and his heart is also happy, so he asked Qian how to send food today?
Qian replied shyly that he had not added a man and a half woman to the Wang family in the past few years, and he was anxious, and he had to find someone to calculate, and he had a better chance today, so he came to look for him, and went home early, and the rest of the work was not too late to do tomorrow.
Lao Wang was happy in his heart, thinking that his mother-in-law was so sensible, it was really a blessing from the previous life, and he didn't think much about it, and followed his mother-in-law home after eating, but he didn't expect that Qian took him to the nearby hills, and Lao Wang wondered and asked her where she was going.
Qian said that there was an old Taoist who passed through the house, and pointed out to her, today is a good son of Huaizhu, but she must be in the east mountain to conceive a boy. The two of them followed the path to a mountain stream, there was a big tree in that place, Qian replied shyly that it was in this place, Lao Wang did not doubt that he had him, and he was happy to fornicate, and Qian also came up with a means to coax Lao Wang like falling into the clouds.
Just when the old king was in a trance, behind the big tree with a crown, a person suddenly jumped out, holding a sharp stone, and smashed it towards the back of the old king's head.
It was that Lang Zhong who secretly had a black hand, he was a little white face or the first time to do this, seeing Lao Wang's white eyes rolling, looking at himself without looking at himself, he was suddenly frightened and sat on the ground, but it was the Qian family who got up from the ground with a cold snort, sorted out his clothes, scolded sharply, and asked Lang Zhong to push Lao Wang down the mountain stream.
At this time, Qian also saw that Langzhong was a useless embroidered pillow, and with such a person, it would be better to not see him in the future, and he also regretted it a little in his heart, but at this time, it could only be a way to the dark. The two discussed, waited for Lao Wang to pass the first seven, and was buried, so that Na Langzhong would come to find her again.
The next day, Qian went to the village and said that her old king had not seen anyone for a day and a night, and asked everyone to help find it, and this search found the body of Lao Wang in the mountain stream, which would have died well for Lao Wang, and the people in the village thought that Lao Wang had accidentally fallen under the mountain stream, in addition to helping to deal with the aftermath, he also secretly sighed that Lao Wang's life was thin.
When people in the village have white things, they all build a shed so that someone can come to worship, and Qian wore white clothes and pretended to cry, but he hoped that the seven days would pass as soon as possible. Every place has the customs of each place, but the first seven are roughly the same, the customs of this area believe that after death, the soul is attached to the bones, to the seventh day of the heaven and earth, because of the death of the body, the soul is excited, so it is separated from the bones, at this time the soul is still conscious, and knows that he has died, because the soul is consciously affected by the heaven and earth for the first time, the feeling is extreme, and there is the will to find protection, so there are the first seven to return to the soul, the first seven to be buried.
On this day, the bereaved family should put incense, candles, wine and food on the ground, and spread a layer of charcoal ash or plant ash on the ground to test the footprints of the deceased. With a bamboo pole and a sticker money every foot, stand on the doorstep or insert it under the eaves of the house where the deceased has fallen into the air, and it is said that the ghost will enter the house when he sees this. A hard-boiled egg is placed in a clay pot in the corner of the house to bribe the god of evil, commonly known as the god of chicken feet, so that the ghost of the deceased will stay at home for a little longer. After doing this, the family hid far away, and after the specified time had passed, they would first throw a string of firecrackers into the house, and only after the explosion could they enter the house and be buried the next day.
Li has a ghost in his heart, and he dares to keep a guard there, so he entered the house early and lay down, and he felt a little scared in his heart, I don't know if Lao Wang's dead ghost will return to the door, but he wants to do it, what is the use of being afraid? Hold on and wait for dawn.
In the first half of the night, the wind was calm, Qian's heart was also put into his stomach, and he slowly fell asleep, and in a daze, he felt that the door was blown open by a gust of wind, the wind came suddenly, cold and cold, Qian opened his eyes and saw a ghost wearing a white pointed hat outside the door escorting Lao Wang to the door.
The ghost was vaguely unable to see clearly, but the cold breath made people fearful, and the two of them didn't come in when they arrived at the door, so they heard the ghost say to the old king: "The king of the mansion reads that you are honest and honest, and you are wronged in death, and you are allowed to return your soul, you can have any send, you have to be on call, do a bad job, you can't marry a wife and have children in this life, and you can't save the family property, if you violate, you will never recover in the future, and the paper money you promised me, don't forget to burn." After speaking, he pushed Lao Wang hard, and the whole person disappeared.
Lao Wang was pushed by the ghost and staggered into the house, Qian suddenly woke up, and then heard the wind gusting in the courtyard, and the coffin lid made a bang...... It was like a knock on the door, and Li was so frightened that he trembled and muttered: "It's all the merchant who hurt you with me...... I'm blinded by lard, I'm sorry for you, I know it's wrong, don't come to me, if you want to find it, go to the merchant...... For the sake of husband and wife, bypass me this time......"
Qian chanted while chanting Amitabha, and after such a short while, the coffin outside the courtyard thumped...... The voice stopped, and she secretly glanced out of the door, and saw that Lao Wang was standing at the door at some point, his face was pale, and a pair of cold eyes were staring at her.
Qian already had a ghost in his heart, and he could withstand such a fright, so he immediately went crazy, ran to the village and yelled, and when he saw people, he said that it was Na Langzhong who picked her up, and he was even more incoherent, and he said what he did upside down I don't know how many times.
When the people in the village arrived at Lao Wang's house, Lao Wang actually returned to his soul, but after Lao Wang's soul was restored, the whole person became extremely cold, and he sold all his family property and moved to the abandoned City God Temple at the end of the village, and opened a coffin shop.
After a few days, I heard that Na Langzhong suddenly died when he was selling goods in another village, and his death was extremely miserable, he strangled his throat with both hands, and his eyes were about to fall out when he died.
Since then, Lao Wang sometimes talks or walks, and suddenly sits down, or lies down, ignoring the call, and also breathing, just not moving. After a while, I woke up again, and everything was as usual. People asked him what was wrong. He said, "I will do this again in the future, and you will not touch me." Otherwise I won't be able to come back. They asked him what he had done. So he said, "Arrest someone."
Someone asked him what it meant to arrest people. He said that it was to take away the souls of the damned. He was like this from time to time, and later someone asked, is it really fake? He said, why is it not true, I just caught one, under a certain big willow tree, tethered and not sent away, the person is Zhang Basi from Xiaozhang Village. The good people went to verify it, went to Xiaozhang Village to see, and sure enough, they found that Zhang Basi had just died. Then he went under the willow tree, and searched and searched, but he could not find the tethered soul, but saw a green-headed fly, bound by a spider's silk. Someone broke the silk and the flies flew away.
The bizarre thing is that Zhang Basi of Xiaozhang Village came back to life after the spider silk was broken. Lao Wang went on a bad walk again, and when he woke up, his thigh was blue. It hurt for a while, and he said that it was the punishment for him over there. Since then, the story of Lao Wang's errand has spread. And Lao Wang's ability to pass the yin is quite smart, after two years, not only all the people in ten miles and eight villages know that Lao Wang will pass the yin, but even people in the town have come to invite him.
Lin honestly feared ghosts and gods, and when he wanted to invite such a person, he muttered a little in his heart. After discussing it with Li, I decided to wait and see.
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