In the blink of an eye, it was the first seven days, and according to the plan, we should go back tomorrow morning, but this night, another incident happened.

Under Jiang Jiezheng's management, I got some steamed buns and cornmeal porridge for the two of us, the taste is not bad, but it is a little lighter, if it is paired with pickles, it complements each other. Runko ate most of it, and finally brought a few to eat on the road tomorrow morning, the sky gradually darkened, and it was about five o'clock in the evening, and the family closed the door to rest, but we did not rest.

Jiang Jiezheng said that the funeral was just a matter of Jane, and today was the first seven, so let the company commander Ma come back and leave separately. So according to the custom of my hometown, I opened the door of the house where Commander Ma died before his death, sprinkled some flour on the ground, lit two candles on both sides of the door, put seven copper coins on the way from the door to the kang bed, and finally opened the window and erected a bamboo pole outward.

Runzi was not surprised, but Jiang Jie was looking at the freshness, and he had to ask the reason for each of my actions.

"I said Layue nephew, open the door and let Brother Ma come back, I can understand, what are you doing with all this flour, it's a pity." Chiang Kai-shek was worried that the food would be wasted like this, and he didn't understand my actions.

"Once Company Commander Ma comes back, he can give us a wake-up call, don't you still have a lot to say to him, won't you know when the time comes."

"Oh, yes, yes, that's a good idea." Jiang Jiezheng nodded again and again, and then asked, "What about these seven copper coins?" ”

"This is the treasure at the bottom of my family's pressure box, I finally found it, I guess you must not have given the Ma Company Commander 'pressure money'!"

Jiang Jiezheng patted his head, smiled ashamedly, and said: "I really said it, it happened suddenly, and I didn't prepare for it for a while, it turned out that there was one at home, but I couldn't find it, negligence, negligence!" ”

"This is also a way to make amends, the 'pressure money' is to let the deceased die after the death of the bull head and horse noodles of the soul money, will not be collected immediately after the death of the breath, if not released, that is, when the death is gone. In the same way, the seven copper coins I put here are 'pressure hand money', in order to let the deceased leave more time after returning home on the first seven days, eat people's mouths and collect people's hands short, and hope that Niu Tou Ma Mian's subordinates will be merciful and give their relatives one last time to get together. ”

Junzi had only seen this custom in her hometown, but she didn't know why, and when she heard me explain it, she was also excited to hear it. Jiang Jiezheng listened attentively, and I didn't want him to ask them one by one, and explain them all at once.

"In fact, there are sayings about these, and it goes without saying that you can open the door to welcome the soul. The candle at the door is the soul-attracting candle, after the death of the person, the three souls and seven souls are incomplete, just like the person is old, the memory is poor, so that when you go home, you need to light a lantern at the door, to be able to recognize your own door, the lantern attracts people, and the candle attracts the soul. Finally, it is to open the skylight and set up a heavenly pole, hoping that the deceased can follow the rod to heaven instead of going to the underworld, and be a god to protect the family! ”

"Obediently, it's really eye-opening to pay so much attention to turning back seven alone!" Chiang Kai-shek was full of admiration and praised me for my ability.

I have mixed feelings in my heart, what is this, but you are also a revolutionary soldier, and you still have a tendon for this kind of thing, it is really difficult for the teachers to teach us every day to learn from the revolutionary martyrs and break the feudal superstitions, no wonder the retired army is only a squad leader, and the thoughts in the bones have gone wrong.

As soon as we were ready, Runzi and I were just like the other day, nesting in Chiang Kai-zheng's house and laying bunks. Idle and bored, I asked about his "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism", and he did not shy away from it, and handed it to me directly. I put it under the kerosene lamp, and looked at myself, and he saw that the book had been preserved in a fairly complete way, and at first glance it was not missing, but it was also covered with dust.

On the cover of the book, the six characters "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism" are written in ink, and a five-character poem is attached to the page:

The heavenly stone seals the demon corpse, and the ground needle locks the corpse grid;

There is a lonely island in the sea, and the blood moon shines through the stars.

The five elements gather all the corpses, and the bones lead to the funeral lamp;

The stone temple enters the alien, and the secret treasure of immortality comes out.

This poem is written without any meaning, and I still don't understand the meaning of the expression after reading it several times, but in addition to these, each page has a Taoist narrative and illustrations, which is very attractive to me.

And Junzi didn't have the slightest interest in this book, of course, he didn't know much about it, but asked about how he and his father left, and why Company Commander Ma died.

Jiang Jiezheng was still smoking a dry cigarette, snapping two sips, and talking about the events of those days.

Since Runzi and the others left, Jiang Jiezheng took care of Company Commander Ma on the one hand, and looked for a way to treat him on the other, but he was unable to do so. Over time, Company Commander Ma became a rat in the ditch, day and night, and his temper became extremely manic, but he did not lose his mind, and at the reminder of Runzi's father, Jiang Jiezheng tied up the hands and feet of Company Commander Ma. The big living people don't eat or drink, lie on the kang during the day, and jump around the house at night, fortunately, there are not many people living in the surrounding houses, otherwise they will toss up, and they have to make a fuss.

One night, when Jiang Jie was sleeping soundly, he heard the commander of the horse company start tossing again, and when he opened the door, he jumped up and down, "boom" sounded, if the room was not so high, I am afraid that he could go to the sky. Jiang Jiezheng was worried that his head would break sooner or later if he continued like this, so he stepped forward and hugged him, but he was extremely strong, and he jumped up and down with Jiang Jie, without any intention of stopping.

"Brother Ma, wake up, don't jump anymore, please stop!" Jiang Jiezheng was shouting loudly, and Company Commander Ma seemed to hear the call and slowly stopped. I thought it would be quiet like this, but I never thought that this person was like a murderer with red eyes, and instantly broke the rope that tied his hand, and suddenly choked Jiang Jiezheng's neck, and he was about to bite it off.

Jiang Jiezheng saw that it was not good, and hurriedly put his elbow against his chin and asked, "Brother Ma, what are you doing, I can't breathe." ”

The commander of the horse company did not give up, he didn't hear what he said at all, his strength gradually increased, and his mouth showed four white long teeth, one by one, and stretched his neck like crazy.

"Brother Ma, what do you want to do?" Jiang Jiezheng became scared at this time, remembering that this was not the case with the legendary zombie sucking blood, and he was stunned for a moment, and the cold fangs had touched his skin.

If the stalemate continues, sooner or later it will be bitten to death. Jiang Jiezheng was in a dilemma, and finally made up his mind and roared wildly: "Brother Ma, I'm sorry." I saw him retreat backwards, and at the same time pressed his forehead against the forehead of the commander of the horse company, turned over and fell, and got out of his hand, a big stride was already behind the commander of the horse company, opened the bow left and right, and used the "cross lock throat hand", forcefully supported the neck of the commander of the horse company, took a small step back, and used his chin against the hundred points of the commander of the horse company, and within three seconds, the commander of the horse company slowly closed his eyes and collapsed.

Jiang Jiezheng unhurriedly helped the company commander Ma to lie down on the kang, and found a rope to tie his hand, thinking about it and not worrying, he wrapped the thin quilt around him, and wrapped it twice, then leaned on the edge of the kang and panted roughly.

Jiang Jiezheng remembered Runzi's father's advice before leaving, blaming himself for his poor memory, and the commander of the Ma company really became a zombie.

Jiang Jiezheng's set of kung fu is the ancestral "corpse capture technique", thanks to the short stature of the commander of the horse company, coupled with the incomplete corpse transformation, otherwise this trick is really futile. However, it also consumed all his body, and he lay down until dawn. He also knew that this was a palliative treatment after all, not a long-term method, and he had to work up for twelve points in the future, so he didn't even eat breakfast, looking for a restraint weapon in the cupboard, and his hard work paid off, and he really found a "treasure".