Chapter Ninety-Three: Coffin Taiji
Li Bing and Zhang Yuanshan followed the little girl and walked towards the crowd.
When they walked to the group of people, they only heard the noise of people, and the two hurriedly squeezed into the crowd. I saw a huge wooden coffin that had been dug up and exposed to the sun, and several people with shovels and sticks were smoking cigarettes around the coffin, sweating profusely.
It was an ordinary wooden coffin, and from the coffin, which had completely shed its paint and was somewhat damaged, it was clear that it had not been buried in recent years.
The villagers were all chattering around the scum, and a man who looked like an honest farmer was telling everyone about the process of his discovery of the coffin.
Originally, this village was called Chenjiazhuang, and this farmer was called Chen Kunming. Today, after lunch, he took his shovel to his wheat field to do farm work.
When he reached the end of the wheat field, he realized that for some unknown reason, the ground had collapsed into a mud puddle the size of half a room.
Chen Kunming saw that on the edge of the mud pit, a piece of old wood was faintly exposed, he jumped off the mud pit curiously, dug a few times with a shovel, only to find that the exposed corner was a coffin with some rotten wood.
Chen Kunming did not seem panicked, because in this place, people often dig up coffins. It was a farmland, not a cemetery at all, so whenever the locals dug up the coffin, they knew they had found a treasure.
According to the local feng shui gentleman, these coffins should be at least the tombs of the Republic of China before the Republic of China, so the locals are not afraid of those ancient tombs.
Chen Kunming was excited, as the locals believed that a gate made of coffins would ward off evil spirits. Since the few coffins dug up in the local area did not have anything to accompany the burial, the farmers dug up and did not report it, so they dug it up with the villagers, took out the coffins, carried them home, and found a carpenter to make doors and windows.
After smoking a few cigarettes, Chen Kunming and a few villagers began to pry the lid of the coffin. With great effort, they finally used a shovel to pull out the nails on the lid of the coffin and pried the lid open.
The lid of the coffin cracked into three pieces and fell to the mud on the side of the coffin, and a foul smell hit me. At this time, the northwest wind was not too strong, and everyone hurriedly ran to the upwind outlet and covered their noses.
Everyone looked into the coffin curiously, and saw that the coffin was in a mess, the white bones and mud were mixed together, and the complete shape of the bones had long been gone.
"Boss Chen, you have worked hard to clean up these bones." Chen Kunming shouted.
The man named Boss Chen smiled and said, "No problem, you guys stand back, I'll dispose of the bones." ”
It turned out that this Boss Chen was specially given to people in Chenjia Village, but whenever someone died, the funeral, cremation, and burial were almost all done in accordance with Boss Chen's instructions and the rules he set.
Boss Chen lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, it is said that this is his habit, first, to drive away peculiar smells, and secondly, to ward off evil spirits.
Boss Chen put on a pair of gloves made of black again, and pulled out a snakeskin bag tied around his waist.
After everything was ready, Boss Chen ordered everyone to stand back, and he lit a stick of incense in front of the coffin, burned a few pieces of paper money, and sprinkled a handful of rice.
After the incense was burned, Boss Chen got up unhurriedly, picked up a bottle of white wine on the ground, took a big sip, and then sprayed a mist of wine at the coffin.
I saw him take out a small shovel, slowly scrape away the silt and sand in the coffin, and put the scraped bones into the snakeskin bag that had been prepared.
After about three or four cigarettes, Boss Chen raised his body, twisted his waist and said, "It's okay, you guys do it, I'll rebury these bones." ”
Boss Chen took the snakeskin bag containing the bones to the other side, dug a big pit, said something in his mouth, and kowtowed to the bones that had been put into the pit a few times, and then filled it with soil.
The coffin over there had also asked Chen Kunming and a few villagers to pull out all the rusty iron nails nailed to the coffin one by one, and take out pieces of long pieces of wood.
When they lifted the plank from the bottom of the coffin, they couldn't help but scream. Everyone gathered around to look, only to see a clay basin buried at the bottom of the coffin.
Originally, this is not surprising, the local custom, whenever the dead are buried, they will first bury a clay basin under the coffin, and put some coins in it, which used to be one or two silver dollars or copper coins as a coffin thing.
But to everyone's surprise, this clay pot is different, not its shape, what is unbelievable is that the clay pot is full of a basin of clear water, the water is so clear that people can't believe it, in this cold winter day, giving people a kind of bone-chilling coolness.
What surprised everyone even more was that in the clear water of the basin, there were two fish that looked very much like crucian carp swimming, one black and one white, constantly chasing each other in circles. What is puzzling is that the water in the clay basin does not have half a wave.
Li Bing also felt incredible, and quietly asked Zhang Yuanshan what was going on.
Zhang Yuanshan was also at a loss, and after thinking for a while, he put it in Li Bing's ear and said: "I see that this wheat field is originally a treasure of feng shui, it may be that the ancestors of this family are buried here, and the years have changed, and the grave has long been gone." The children and grandchildren of this family should be more prosperous. You see where this wheat field is located, there is a small dirt slope behind it, the sun is back to the north, and the surrounding terrain is higher than other places, it should be a feng shui treasure land that is invulnerable to water and fire. ”
Zhang Yuanshan tilted his head sideways, as if he couldn't figure it out, he said softly: "Strange, it stands to reason that the descendants of this family should be prosperous, you look at the clay basin of the coffin, the two black and white chasing fish, it is clearly a Taiji." But this Chen Kunming is just an ordinary farmer, which is really incredible. ”
While the two were talking, they saw everyone laughing loudly, it turned out that Chen Kunming had fished the two fish out of the basin, and under the sunlight, the two fish were constantly struggling on his hands to emit a little light.
"Not good", Zhang Yuanshan shouted, and couldn't help but rush forward and shout: "Quickly put this fish back in the basin." ”
With his loud shout, everyone suddenly quieted down, and all turned their eyes to this stranger who had never seen before, Chen Kunming was even more stunned, standing there grabbing two fish and looking at Zhang Yuanshan.
Li Bing saw that everyone's eyes were extremely unfriendly, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Everyone, the two of us happened to pass by here, and when we saw you digging a coffin, we were curious for a while, so we came up to join in the fun." My friend's surname is Zhang, he is actually a Taoist priest, since he said so, he naturally has his reasoning, you might as well listen to him. ”
Everyone quieted down, staring at the two of them still so vigilant. Zhang Yuanshan said loudly: "These two fish can't move, no accident, you can see again, there should be two silver dollars in this tile pot." ”
At this time, Boss Chen on the side looked at the two of them suspiciously, and saw that the clear water in the tile basin was only covered with a thin layer of sediment, and there was no silver dollar in sight. He saw that Zhang Yuanshan was still speaking in a firm tone, unconsciously stretched out his hand into the basin, and when he touched it, sure enough, two silver dollars shining in the sun pinched his fingers.
Zhang Yuanshan saw that the silver dollar had been touched, he had already understood in his heart, and he said loudly: "This is a piece of feng shui treasure land, when it was buried, there must have been a master to guide it." Therefore, the two fish of yin and yang will appear in the tile pot in the coffin, showing the image of Taiji. Supposedly, the descendants of this family should be prosperous. Since this coffin has been dug up, it is necessary to ask the monks and Taoist priests to do a good ritual, and at the same time, put the yin and yang fish into the river and release it. If not, the descendants of the owner of this tomb will be blessed, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for many nights and difficulties, and if it is not done, there will be danger to life. ”
After hearing this, Chen Kunming panicked, and as soon as he let go, two fish fell to the ground, jumping around in the sunset, an indescribable weirdness.
Seeing that everyone began to panic and hesitate, Boss Chen was a little displeased. He stepped forward, picked up the two fish from the ground, put them in his bag, and said with a sneer: "Folks, don't listen to this person's nonsense. Don't you see him calling himself a Taoist? Don't you think it's funny that you want to do something for the owner of this grave? He just wanted to deceive us all into believing it, and then lied about doing things and wanted to cheat money. ”
When everyone heard what Boss Chen said, they all began to discuss, in their hearts, Boss Chen was a half-immortal and knew everything.
Seeing that everyone was beginning to believe his words, Boss Chen was suspicious of these two outsiders, and couldn't help but smile proudly: "I, Boss Chen, I am really lucky today, I have eaten vegetarian dishes for a few days without any meat." Today, these two fish just happened to give me wine. ”
Boss Chen said to Chen Kunming on the side: "Kunming, old rules, today I picked up the bones of this coffin, and when I come to your house to drink at night, I will make these two fish as snacks, and let these two liars see what can happen." It's not me who brags, my ability to do white things for people is the true inheritance of the previous king and half immortal. ”