Chapter 4: The Coffin Keeper
Zhang Wuren's face was solemn, he held the lantern and studied the runes one by one, then killed seven roosters, mixed cinnabar with chicken blood, and then used a brush to spend a few dishes on the statue's head. When he was done, he asked people to put the coffin back in and bury it.
After all this, Zhang Wuren asked each of the seven selected men to guard a wooden statue, and told them not to look, not to listen, and not to think about whatever happened. To put it simply, as long as you keep the statue and don't leave, it doesn't matter if you sleep here all night tonight.
When I saw that he had arranged it in good order, I asked him, "What should I do?" Zhang Wuren said, you take this thing, and I will let you take it later, and you will take it wherever I want.
What he gave me was an antique gossip mirror with an octagonal appearance and engraved with gossip symbols. In the middle is a shiny mirror that reflects moonlight, sunlight, lights, and all kinds of light.
I looked at the sky and said it was cloudy tonight. How do you know that Zhang Wuren took out a Buddha lamp from his bag, and then told me that this is a Buddha lamp from the Berlin Zen Temple, and the lamp oil in it is also a good product that has been influenced by Buddhism for decades.
At the end, he reminded that ghosts can't blow out the Buddha lamp, but the wind can blow it out, so be careful not to let the Buddha lamp go out, otherwise Lao Zhang's life will be in jeopardy.
I saw that his expression was solemn and didn't look like he was joking, so I nodded solemnly, lit the Buddha lamp, and stood in front of the big willow tree with a gossip mirror in my hand. Zhang Wuren was even further forward than me, and he was standing right under the branch where the people had hanged themselves.
Old Man Huo and the unrelated villagers have already been persuaded to return to the room, and they are not allowed to come out no matter what happens tonight. In a huge village, except for the seven villagers who were 100 meters away, only Zhang Wuren and I were left standing under this big willow tree.
I finally know that this industry is really fucking not easy, although the money is fast, and I don't have to work hard every day, but the psychological pressure and sin I suffer are far from what ordinary people can imagine. The most important thing is that we don't know when Pomensha will run out and make trouble, and who the target is, so we can only wait patiently under the tree.
This is more than two hours.
The temperature in the mountains was very low, and it was at night, and I couldn't help but shiver when it blew later, but at this time, Zhang Wuren suddenly said, here!
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and it was very cold, and my goosebumps rose. I was worried that the Buddha lamp would be blown out, so I hurriedly went to protect it, but I didn't expect to find that the flame of the Buddha lamp did not move under the cool breeze.
I suddenly remembered what Zhang Wuren said, this Buddha lamp, the ghost can't be blown out, and then there was a creepy feeling in an instant.
There was a strange sound from the top of the big willow tree, like the wind blowing through the treetops, and like something was whining. Zhang Wuren said, you are guarding below, and when I call you, you will use the gossip mirror to shine on me. Do you understand?
I nodded and said you be careful. Then I saw Zhang Wuren take the iron rod in his hand and climb up slowly.
The big willow tree has lived for more than 400 years, and naturally it is luxuriant, and as soon as he climbs up, I can't even see his shadow.
I nervously grasped the gossip mirror, kept adjusting the angle, and unexpectedly hung a rope from the tree, which was directly put around my neck.
I was so frightened that I hurriedly grabbed the rope, but the force on the other end of the rope was so great that I was going to pull my whole body up. My heart is broken! You're going to hang me here!
I rolled my eyes and couldn't even speak. When I was panicking, there was a strange scream overhead, and then I heard Zhang Wufu roar.
The rope suddenly loosened, but I almost fell to the ground, coughing incessantly. Zhang Wuren shouted from the tree, hurry up! Gossip Mirror!
I didn't care about my sore throat, the gossip mirror reflected the light of the Buddha lamp, and the head and face shone towards the tree.
Faintly I saw a black shadow scurrying deftly over the tree, and then hiding in the branches of the great willow tree.
Zhang Wuren scolded and hurriedly followed, only then did I find that he was agile and agile, and he was like a monkey in the tree.
Don't look at the surface of the bronze mirror, but the light reflected by the Buddha lamp is not ambiguous at all. The pillar of light is like a flashlight, and it shines brightly on the tree. It's just that the thing in the tree is so fast that I can't even keep up.
There was a mess in the trees, and I didn't know who had the upper hand. Who knew that at this time, a dull footstep staggered from far and near.
Zhang Wuren scolded and said, Didn't you want any of you to move? The Seven Souls Coffin needs seven people to guard there! If you move around, you will hurt the whole village!
But as soon as he finished scolding, I realized that something was wrong, because the guy with heavy steps was not the lazy thing in the village?
To say that this lazy thing is also a strange thing in Huojia Zhuangzi, he is lazy all day long, and he has a fat body, and his daughter-in-law has the same personality. It's really a lazy person with a lazy person, made in heaven.
But this guy is not the seven coffin keepers at all, and it is said that at this point in time, no one is allowed to come out except for the seven coffin keepers. What is this lazy guy doing here?
No sooner had this thought crossed my mind than I saw the lazy guy still holding a rope in his hand, and he had a glazed gaze and a smile on his face, and when he went under the tree, he looked up at the branch where many people had hanged.
I immediately understood that this guy must have been bewitched by his mother-in-law, this is the rhythm of hanging himself!
Don't look at the lazy guy who usually does everything slowly, but he commits suicide faster than anyone else, and as soon as he raised the rope in his hand, he hung down through the branches. I yelled angrily, who knew that this thing would not pay attention to me at all.
I said, Lao Zhang, you take it first! I've got to save people!
I didn't hear what Zhang Wuren said on the tree, but at this time, the lazy man had already tied a knot in the rope, and he was about to reach into it as soon as his neck was stretched.
I hurriedly put down the gossip mirror and kicked the lazy thing with one kick. But at this time, I also heard Zhang Wuren shouting and scolding on the tree, and then the sound of the branch breaking.
Zhang Wuren fell from the tree and fell to the ground motionless on the spot.
My scalp was numb at the time, you must know that Zhang Wuren is the main force to deal with the mother-in-law, as soon as he misses, how can a half-hung person like me do it? I'm afraid it's going to be more auspicious tonight!
I hurriedly ran over, dragged Lao Zhang back, and when I touched his hand, I felt that the tentacles were cold, as if I had touched an ice cube.
At that time, I didn't have time to think about it, so I dragged him and ran back. But at this time, the black shadow on the tree finally poked its head out.
It was something like a big monkey, with strange facial features and black gas on its body. Its eyes were pitch black, its arms were unusually long, and its body was still on the branches, but its arms could reach two meters away. When it saw that I was going to drag Zhang Wuyan away, it ran down.
I don't know where I got the courage, snatched the iron rod from Zhang Wuren's hand, and hit him with a head and face.
The black shadow was even more powerful than I had imagined, and a pair of claws were as if they were made of steel, and they were painted on me in just one moment. But I wasn't scared at all in my heart, but only had one thought, no matter what, don't let Lao Zhang die here.
The so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and that's what I'm talking about. I don't know if this black shadow is a mother-in-law, but this thing wants my life, so naturally I can't hand it over obediently. So instead of retreating, I rushed forward.
I was drenched in blood, like a mad tiger, and even the Tantric iron rod was stained with a lot of blood. Strange to say, that guy may have been frightened by my madness, and after taking a few sticks from me in a daze, he turned around and ran to the top of the big willow tree.
I didn't dare to chase after it, but dragged Zhang Wuren and quickly retreated to the range of the Buddha's lamp. At this time, I saw that Zhang Wuren's neck was blackened, and it was shaped like a handprint.
Zhang Wuyi snorted for a long time before he barely got up. I said Lao Zhang, don't scare me, it's okay, right?
As he spoke, he looked at the lazy guy next to him, and the guy didn't know if he was dead, so he fell to the ground and didn't even move.
Zhang Wuren said that his grandmother's was touched by a ghost.
The so-called being touched by ghosts is actually being invaded by yin qi. You must know that those dirty things are very heavy yin qi, and if you are touched by this thing, the yin qi will appear on the surface of the body. The black handprint on Zhang Wuren's neck was a sign of the spread of yin qi.
He took out a small bottle from the package, opened it with a strong aroma of wine, poured it on his hand and pressed it down on his neck, and then grinned and said, Hurry up and get the person back.
I saw that he was not lightly injured, and hurriedly dragged the fat lazy man back. This guy is so dead that I can't wake up even if I'm dragging him.
Zhang Wuren said, it's okay, that guy was beaten by me, and it is estimated that the injury is not light, and he can't catch up for a while. After dawn, as soon as the seven wooden figures were buried, it was estimated that it would not be able to jump up.
I said that the black shadow is the mother-in-law? Didn't you say it was a ghost? How does the fight look like a lump of wood?
Zhang Wuren showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said, Liu Mu Tong Yin, this is just a yin qi of the mother-in-law, with the help of Liu Mu formed a freak. If we don't believe that tomorrow we will go to the tree and look for it, and we will definitely find a willow statue with your blood on it.
He also said, we are really lucky this time, the Seven Soul Coffin has suppressed this thing for more than 400 years, and this thing is estimated to be a big loss of vitality. If this guy's yin qi can be a little more, we will probably have to explain it here.
I said it's okay now?
Zhang Wuren said that this iron rod is the magic weapon of the tantric Dharma protector lama, and it was originally a treasure invited by my old man from Tibet. That thing was just a wisp of yin qi from the Pomensha, and this stick was enough for it to drink a pot. In this way, we will stay here until dawn, and bury the wooden statue in the soil after dawn, at least for a hundred years.
I asked him again, what will happen in a hundred years?