Chapter 32: The Funeral

Runzi's father took his finger and looked at it, and sure enough, there were red marks.

Company Commander Ma sniffed out of thin air, then retched a few times, hid aside and shouted: "It smells so bad, this is definitely not blood, take it away, take it away." ”

"Big nephew, take your hand." Jiang Jiezheng carefully examined Runzi's finger under the kerosene lamp, sniffed it closely, and said, "It's cinnabar." ”

"Cinnabar?" The three of them spoke in unison.

"Yes, cinnabar, this is a sharp weapon to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts, for Taoism to draw talismans, fix corpses, eye-catching, and open the light. My grandfather always carried it with him, probably in the book. ”

Listening to Jiang Jiezheng's words, Runzi was even more worried, and wiped it on his clothes fiercely.

And the company commander Ma on the side seemed to be very taboo cinnabar, covering his nose, and his blue face flickered brightly and darkly, which looked even more terrifying.

Runzi's father said: "Company Commander Ma, you are okay, this is just cinnabar, don't be afraid." ”

"I don't know, I'm a little out of breath." Company Commander Ma turned his face to the side and avoided it.

Jiang Jiezheng took the "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism" again, touched the wet place of the moisturizer with his hand, and explained: "The cinnabar was originally in the book, but you didn't react, but you had such a strong reaction when you were dripped, judging from what you just said, your illness is really a bit strict, and normal people are absolutely fine as long as they don't eat it." ”

"So what to do, I don't think I will survive tomorrow if I continue like this." As soon as the commander of the Ma company finished speaking, the sound of the rooster crowed, which frightened him even more, and his already infiltrating face instantly emitted a blue light, and then he pounced down from the kang, regardless of the size of the kang hole, he just drilled into it, and his whole body shook into a sieve.

"Brother Ma, it's just dawn, come out quickly, the kang hole is dirty!"

"I don't come out, I'm afraid of the sun, you can see my back."

Jiang Jiezheng lifted his clothes, only to see that his back was covered with black bumps, the size of his fingernails, and there were white curly hairs on the black bumps.

Junko was frightened on the spot, and couldn't believe that she had seen so many horrific scenes overnight, and hid by the door again.

"Stinky boy, such a big man has grown in vain, come and help." Runzi's father shouted while dragging the company commander Ma with Jiang Jie.

Reluctantly, Junko trembled and pulled up the trouser legs of the horse company commander, only to find that his feet were as hard as stones.

It took a lot of effort for the three of them to drag the company commander Ma out of the kang hole, and before he could react, he enclosed himself in the straw mat, motionless, and the outcrop was still shining with blue light.

Junko laughed out loud and said, "It's like a big firefly!" ”

Runzi's father glanced at Runzi for a moment, and then he worked together to lift the Ma Company Commander to the kang, opened a gap and said inside: "Ma Company Commander, Ma Company Commander, the sun can't be seen in the house for a while, you come out first, there is a thin quilt here, and the straw mat is leaking!" ”

The commander of the company was right to think about it, spread out the straw mat, grabbed the thin quilt and wrapped it around his body.

Looking at him like this, Jiang Jiezheng couldn't bear it, sighed again and again, and had no idea for a while.

"Old squad leader, I think we should go back to investigate first, if there is really a way to save him, we must come back as soon as possible, what do you think?"

"Well, that's all there is to it." Chiang Kai was shaking his head.

Runzi's father didn't delay any longer, packed his luggage, and traveled with Runzi day and night, and before leaving, he told Jiang Jiezheng that if there was a situation that he couldn't control, he would trap the commander of the Ma company in the house, and he must not act alone. Back in Shuize Village, Runzi's father did three things: first, he explained the situation of the company commander Ma to Runzi, because the identity of the police is sensitive, he can't help but startle the snake, and only Runzi is the most suitable to monitor the whereabouts of the boss of the Liu family; second, reported the situation of the boss of the Liu family to the director, which did not mention the commander of the Ma company; Third, keep in communication with Jiang Jiezheng and always pay attention to the situation of Company Commander Ma, in fact, Father Runzi is not only worried about him, but Jiang Jiezheng is more worried, because his intuition tells him that Company Commander Ma cannot be regarded as a human being. Later, there was a zombie child incident, but unfortunately the boss of the Liu family died, and I can't be sure if he was telling the truth to Commander Ma, because I was also present at the time, and I didn't mention the matter of exchanging a life for a life, I think maybe the boss of the Liu family really wanted to save him in this matter. There are no wonders about the size of the world. In addition to these few things, what interests me the most is the "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism" that Runzi said. To be honest, the school textbooks are too boring, far from being as rich and diverse as modern textbooks, and there are villain books that can be seen at ordinary times, one person passes on one person, and it is still a treasure when it is broken, I remember "Proud Little Frog", "Journey to the West", etc., these are my favorite to read. In that era, although feudal superstition has not been on the table, but burning incense and worshiping the Buddha is endless, worship God and worship ancestors I personally think that it is better to ask for peace of mind, whether it is useful or not can only be said to vary from person to person. Of course, there may be many supernatural events around us that cannot be explained for a while, and carrying a Buddha statue and Buddha beads with us can also calm our hearts, which are all expedient measures for people to panic under the unknown. After my ears were normal, Runzi came to my house, and this time I happened to ask him about the "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism" and the commander of the Ma Company. Before I could ask, he himself took the lead in speaking: "Twelve, do you want to go to Shandong with me?" As soon as I heard this, I didn't look particularly happy, and asked him casually, "What's the matter, you're itching again?" "What nonsense, don't I also listen to my father, he said that the commander of the company Ma died, and Uncle Jiang can't handle it alone, so let me go and help him." "What, I'm dead," to be honest, I really wanted to meet that weird man, and since I'm dead, I still want to keep this curiosity. "That'...... Then what can you help, it's not to make trouble. "Didn't I invite your old man to come, didn't your family do this before!" Indeed, Runzi is right, my grandfather was the funeral chief of the village before liberation, although after the death of my grandfather, there was no inheritance in the family, but I don't know how many times I have seen a set of processes, I think they are all dead people, and the customs should be similar. Since the school had already started, I asked for leave from the school, and when we arrived at Chiang Kai-zheng's home, he had already set up the mourning hall and prepared all the funeral supplies such as coffins and shrouds, and there was basically nothing to be faulted with. According to his Jianyì, the commander of the Ma company had no other relatives, and if the cremation was too inhumane, he was simply buried in the town's "Fu Lu Shou Cemetery", and the funeral customs were also simplified. For me, it also saves a lot of trouble, no matter where the customs are extremely cumbersome, and in my eyes, the funeral is the most thankless task, and some unnecessary procedures can be omitted. I think of a digression: It is better to sacrifice and be rich than to raise it, and it is too late to regret it.