Chapter 18: The Coffin Talisman
A large number of crows pressed down at that moment, and swept the female corpse away.
My body was lying there, not knowing what to say, the scene in front of me was so shocking: "This must be the same as the original group of crows, right?" ”
The junior brother also nodded: "I have a sense of foreboding!" ”
I don't need to say anything about this, I can feel it. One thing after another has made me realize that this is definitely not an accident.
The crows crossed the border, and nothing else was taken with them, only the female corpse! If it is really according to what the master said, then I am afraid that this matter has nothing to do with the Lou family! Is it really revenge from the Lou family? I'm also a little unsure.
In the following period, the days passed relatively peacefully. In addition to my daily exercises, I also read through the various classics in my master's study.
This time I was hit hard, my strength was too weak, and I didn't know a lot. In this case, it was difficult for me to cope with the unexpected situation that followed. My brother can help me once, but he can't help me every time! So I have to try to improve myself.
In the master's study, there are many strange clicks of all kinds. Among them, the secrets of the mountains and wilderness, ghosts and monsters can be said to be everything.
In the past few days, in addition to practicing, eating, and sleeping, I have been soaking in the master's study almost every day.
Constantly absorbing the knowledge in it.
But nothing too big happened in the village. It was as if the female corpse was just passing by, and was inadvertently salvaged, and then returned to where it was supposed to be! However, my junior brother and I don't dare to be careless, two of the eight corpses have already appeared!
I searched for a lot of books, a lot of classics, but I couldn't find the real use of the Eight Door Corpses.
Ask the junior brother, the junior brother doesn't know much!
And I feel that my junior brother has been hiding something from me and my master. Maybe it's about the life gate, but since the junior brother didn't want to talk about it, I didn't ask any more.
Half a month passed quickly, and my coffin three sticks had been practiced perfectly, and the strength was very easy. Because I grew up in Yizhuang, I don't need to practice much courage, and my godfather told me a lot of weird things, most of which I also memorize in my mind.
"Little coffin!" I was reading in the study, and Adin walked in and looked at me: "Something happened in the village!" ”
"What's the matter?" I put down the Persona Scroll in my hand, looked up at Adin and asked.
Ah Ding shook his head: "The grandmother of the Chen family passed away last night, happy and sad!" Now Mr. Yin and Yang are choosing a grave, and they say that they want me to help prepare it. After a while, the coffin needs to be lifted! ”
"Then why don't you just go?" I nodded.
Most things don't need the coffin master to go out, only the coffin bearer can do it. And Adin is the coffin bearer under the master. It is divided into eight people, and the master names them after A, B, C, D, pentohhexaxin. Adin is the fourth in line, clever and strong. In addition, he was an orphan, so the master kept him by his side. The others live in a remote courtyard and don't do much on weekdays, most of them are idle. The master needs to take care of food and drink, and the master has to go out to work as long as he needs it!
The so-called one apprentice and four servants. It's the jargon of the coffin.
As a coffin master, there must be four people under him, and these four people are the ones who carry the coffin. And the coffin master is Fu Ling! Of course, if you have the ability, you can raise eight, and the people who really have the status ask you to carry the coffin, most of them are eight people selected. In this case, four servants are obviously not enough!
"They want to invite the little coffin master to go too!" After a pause, Adin said with some embarrassment.
I stood up lightly and looked at Adin a little strangely: "Isn't it a joy and mourning?" Joy and mourning also need to be related to also beside it? It's really the first time I've heard of such a thing! Or is this Chen family hiding something? If that's the case, you can't take this job! ”
Through this period of growth, I have a certain understanding of the coffin.
In this business, the most taboo thing is to meddle in things. Once you're busy, you're bound to be in trouble. When the time comes, it won't end well.
"It's all from the village, and they're willing to give money!" Adin sighed before he continued, "You can help me go and have a look." To be honest, the brothers below haven't opened meat for a long time. The weather is getting colder, and I finally have such a job. And then the brothers have a good winter! ”
While speaking, Ah Ding put a stack of money on the table: "This is the deposit given by the Chen family!" ”
To be honest, I don't have much affection for the Chen family! The Chen family is a big family in the village and the husband of the Chen widow. After Widow Chen's husband's family died, the Chen family has been sneering. Later, fortunately, it was the godfather who reconciled with it, so that Widow Chen left the Chen family and lived alone.
And the Chen family also has some grudges against their godfather.
Even in the matter of demolishing Yizhuang this time, the Chen family also made a lot of efforts!
"What did the Chen family do...... I sat there lightly, and said with some displeasure: "Otherwise, why do you have to let me, the little coffin master, go to help the spirit?" You have to inquire about this matter clearly, otherwise, you will be confused to help carry the coffin. Get into a lot of trouble, and it won't end well! ”
Adin laughed dryly: "We are carrying the coffin just to deal with trouble!" If you agree, I will go back to Chen's house, and in two days, I may need you to go and stop! ”
I nodded, and in fact Adin was right. There is no money in the Zhuangzi, the master has not returned, and the money in the Zhuangzi is only in and out, and a lot of it has been consumed.
Now that the master is gone, it is really necessary for me to improve the quality of life for the people below.
Thinking of this, there is no reason why I should not agree! I pulled out a piece of yellow paper from the table and put my name on it. He lightly drew a line underneath it, and then handed it to Adin in front of him.
This is called the coffin talisman, and if you receive the money and give the coffin talisman, it means that you have taken over this errand! And the coffin charm will be held in the palm of the deceased's hand. After the coffin is polished, it will be placed inside the coffin. This is a sign that represents which coffin master took the job. Some principled Tufuzi, even if they open the coffin and see the coffin talisman, they all understand that they are people in the industry. Only one of these things will be taken, not the nest end!
Seeing that I had agreed, Adin hurriedly took the coffin talisman in his hand and walked out.
And my brows furrowed slightly, this Chen family is afraid that he has really done something immoral, otherwise, he would not have asked me to help the spirit so strongly. It's easy to say, and it's troublesome. I decided to go and see this grandmother of the Chen family first!
Thinking of this, I stood up and walked out of the house.
The junior brother walked in at this time, glanced at me, and asked softly, "Adin has already told you, right?" You promised? ”
"yes!" I nodded and said, "This is also something that can't be helped, there is really not much money in the Zhuangzi, and the master has not come back for more than half a month." We have to continue to live, and we finally have such a trip to make a living, we can't miss it! ”
"I see!" The junior brother nodded and said, and did not refuse: "Senior brother, this is going out?" ”
"I feel that something is wrong with the situation, and I want to go to the Chen family to take a look, if this grandma is really happy and mourned, there is no need for the Chen family to invite me!" My brows furrowed slightly, and then I continued: "The Chen family should be hiding something, I must find out about this matter." Otherwise, it will be difficult to feel at ease! ”
The junior brother's brows furrowed slightly: "That's right, since that's the case, then I'll accompany you on a trip!" ”
We walked out of Zhuangzi and walked towards Chen's house.
Outside Chen's house, Su Su was flying, paper money was waving, and it was a solemn scene. However, there are red lanterns hanging on the gates. There was no crying in the house, which represented joy and mourning, and joy and mourning was a thing worth being happy about, so naturally I wouldn't cry!
When they reached the front of the house, the junior brother stopped and looked up at the whole house.
"Is there something wrong?" I turned my head to look at my junior brother, who is more capable than me, and this is something I must admit. So what can stop him is definitely not simple!
Senior brother's face was a little ugly, and he patted me on the shoulder: "Senior brother, I'm afraid this job will not be easy to accept!" Logically speaking, even if it is not a happy funeral, it is just a normal death. There shouldn't be much resentment outside the house. But standing here, I feel a little panicked in my heart, and the resentment is too great! And it's all over the house, it's strange, it wasn't there when I passed by yesterday! ”
I was stunned for a moment: "You went to my godfather's grave again yesterday?" ”
The junior brother nodded, there was no concealment!
I wondered why my brother always went to my godfather's grave to meditate, or was there some kind of connection between my brother and my godfather that I didn't know about. But seeing that he didn't mean what he wanted to say, I didn't ask any further.
Instead, he turned his head, stared carefully at the Chen Mansion in front of him, and after a pause, he took a few steps forward.
But at this moment, the green sac hanging from my waist suddenly trembled violently. I pressed it down with my right hand. His brows furrowed slightly: "It seems that it is similar to what I thought, the death of the grandmother of the Chen family may have another reason." This is not a joy at all, but a grievance! ”
"You've already taken the job?" The junior brother asked me.
I nodded: "Yes, the coffin talisman has been given, and now it may be held in the right hand of the grandmother of the Chen family!" ”