Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Seven Souls

Hearing this, I can't help but sigh in my heart, it's really a tried-and-true cycle, and if you don't understand the cause and effect in this life, it will be implicated in the next life. At that time, I heard the old man say that fathers and sons generally have great cause and effect in their previous lives to understand, so to be fathers and sons in the next life, some are here to collect debts, and some are to repay their kindness.

"What happened? I asked with some concern, if it is really as the great immortal who jumped the god said, I'm afraid the matter is a little serious.

The old man sighed, tears appeared in his eyes, and said: "Hey, Daxian means to let us beat the child, but my daughter-in-law will not let her live or die, saying that she has flesh on her body, and she can't beat the child out because of superstition!" Because of this, there was a big quarrel in the family, and then the daughter-in-law endured the pain to have an abortion, but..."

"But what?" I asked eagerly.

"But on her way to the hospital for an abortion, my son died!" At this time, the old man had already cried bitterly, obviously the white-haired man sent the black-haired man with a big blow, which made the already old man even more sad.

After hearing this, I didn't ask anymore, because I didn't want to mention this sad past, in fact, I hated that great immortal very much, and it was estimated that the Tao was not enough, so I came up with this bad idea, and it was useless to have a fetus in this situation, because the soul reincarnation was when the fetus was about to be born, and it was only seven months at that time, and it had no effect at all.

If this happens, the most important way is to find someone who is highly virtuous to do a ritual, so as to dissolve the resentment in the fetus's heart, let the child's father sincerely repent, and turn the big thing into a small one. It's a trivial.

I really can't solve it and there is no way, who let you owe someone in your previous life, if you force it to take care of it. It will be contaminated with cause and effect, and if it goes against the way of heaven, there will naturally be heavenly punishment. I heard the old man say that there was a cultivator who suffered retribution because of this kind of thing, although he saved the lives of the person concerned, but his own children suffered a tragic disaster. The ten-year-old dragon and phoenix fetuses were both drowned in the river water no more than their knees.

"Huh? Why are you looking for me when your son is dead? Do you want me to help with the funeral? "It occurred to me that question. Ordinary people in the village do this, and there is no need to find Mr. Yin and Yang or Taoist priests, and it is not like before, when people die, they have to find feng shui treasures. Now the cemeteries are all ready-made. I still remember that once I went to attend the funeral of my classmate's grandfather, and the funeral home even had a slogan "The best feng shui treasure land special!" 8888! ”。

The old man, who had just stabilized his emotions, said sadly again: "That great immortal said that my son had a grudge in his heart, and asked me to find a gentleman with high Taoism to do a Dharma service, and then left, saying that he couldn't manage it. ”

"How many days has it been since your son died?" I asked again.

"This is the sixth day, and tomorrow will be the first seven." The old man replied.

In the funeral customs of the Chinese, it is customary to believe that the "first seven" refers to the seventh day after the death of a person. The soul of the deceased will return home on the seventh day after death, and the family should return before the soul of the deceased returns. Prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased, after which it must be avoided. The most haode way is to sleep, and if you can't sleep, you should hide under the covers; If the soul of the deceased is allowed to see his family, it will make him remember, and it will affect his reincarnation. It is also said that when the family returns home on the seventh day of the first day, the family should burn a ladder-shaped object at home, so that the soul can follow the "ladder" to the sky.

This statement is actually based on the theory of occultism, the heavenly stem is evil every seven, and the earthly branch is every seven for the rush. The earth branch takes seven places for the rush, and the heavenly stem takes seven places for the meaning of evil. For example, the meridian is hedged, the number of the meridian is seven, the first is the evil, and the first is the seventh number. After death, the soul is attached to the bones, and on the seventh day, the soul is stimulated, so it walks away from the bones, and the soul is still conscious, and knows that its body has died, because the soul is consciously motivated by the heaven and the earth for the first time, and feels it extremely, so there is a willingness to seek protection, so there is a saying of "the first seven return to the soul", and there is also a saying of "the first seven are buried".

After death, if a person is attached without bones, it is called turning bones into ashes, or wandering ghosts, or the soul is scattered, so there is a custom of preserving the corpse from ancient times to the present.

Counting from the day of the deceased's death, the mourners have to hold a paper-burning memorial service every seven days, a total of 7 times, commonly known as "burning seven". The first seven of these are the most important, and the "Hui Sha" (also known as "Hui Sha") ceremony is held.

At that time, the bereaved family will arrange the incense, candles, wine and food, 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 was placed in a pot in the corner of the house to bribe the god of evil (commonly known as the god of chicken feet) to keep the ghost of the deceased in the house for a little longer. At this time, the family hides far away, and after the specified time has passed, they first throw a string of firecrackers into the house, and then they can enter the house after the explosion. At the end of the 100th day and anniversary, paper is burned to commemorate the occasion. Half a year or a year after the death of the deceased, another ashram is given to the deceased.

After arriving at the old man's house, he first went to see his daughter-in-law, although she looked haggard and tired, but it could be seen that it was normal, and there was nothing wrong with the fetus in the womb, and then she prepared all kinds of things for the first seven years, and the day passed as soon as she was busy.

The next day, the first seven days of the deceased, early in the morning the villagers came to mourn, and the family members of the deceased knelt at the door, and everyone who came in had to kowtow to thank the comer.

At noon, I prepared a banquet to entertain the guests, and at the same time the old man also found a group of people to cry and mourn and a group of singing, to be honest, I was the first time to do white things for people, and it was also the first time to see people crying and mourning, they were all draped in white cloths, and they cried in front of the coffin, not to mention, the miserable one who cried, the tears were all down, I didn't know that I really thought it was my relatives who died, I could only say in my heart, "Damn, really dedicated!" ”

Because the old man's daughter-in-law was pregnant, he didn't let her come out to keep filial piety, and the singing was a day, and at night, I saw that the time was about the same, so I went into the back room and changed into a robe, this dress has not been worn for a long time, and for a while I remembered the time when Master Li was alive, and I will go down to find his old man in a few decades, right?

"Sir?" The old man woke me up as soon as I was called, but I didn't expect five minutes to pass as soon as I paid attention.

I walked out of the room in a Taoist robe, and there was an uproar in the audience, as if they had never seen such a formal Taoist priest again, or maybe I was too stylish in a Taoist robe, at least I thought so!

"The ritual of returning to evil will be held soon, all women who are not close relatives and those who belong to the rooster, cow and snake should go home and close the doors and windows to rest, and the faint of heart should also avoid it!" I stood in the courtyard and said loudly, these people were very fast, and after a while, two-thirds of the people left, and there were many people who were curious to see what the Taoist priest did, so they stayed.

I walked to the coffin and looked inside, a square urn appeared in the field of vision, and in front of the coffin was placed a bowl of inverted rice, and a pair of chopsticks were inserted vertically into the bowl, which was prepared for the deceased.

In fact, the real way of doing things is not as troublesome as what is seen on TV or in modern times, those people are just putting on a show and going through the motions, making the bereaved family feel that the money is worth it.

After a while, I suddenly felt that the temperature around me dropped, and the yin qi attacked, so I hurriedly looked at my watch, and when I was about to arrive, I said loudly: "The deceased is about to return to his soul, please close your eyes and mourn in silence, don't make a sound!" ”

Hearing my words, the noisy yard was quiet in an instant, I didn't open the yin and yang eyes, and I wouldn't open them until I had to, not only consuming energy, but also very uncomfortable, every time I opened the yin and yang eyes, the eyes would have needle eyes (everything that was not clean would have it, but the medical explanation was that the eyelid near the eyelid was a small boil, shaped like a wheat grain, and easy to ulcerate, called the eye disease of the needle) or inflammation.

I could clearly feel that the soul of the deceased had walked into the courtyard, and the yellow paper burning in the brazier had suddenly been extinguished, but there was no wind tonight! And I clearly feel that there is resentment in the deceased! (To be continued......)

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