Inside the mass grave, the fog was misty and the yin air was gusting.

The village chief recalled: "Count, that Yang Cuihua has been dead for six days until today. ”

After Xue Ergou heard this, he turned around and thought: "As soon as tonight passes, it will be the night of the first seven soul returns, plus the blessing of Yang Cuihua's corpse by the corpse raising ground, her soul will be locked in the corpse by the earth qi of the corpse raising place on the night of the soul return, and thus become a corpse demon who is confused and only knows how to kill." ”

When everyone behind him heard this, they were all puzzled.

Wang Mang: "Old Xue, I still know a little bit about this head seven, what is this corpse demon?"

The others were the same, looking at Xue Ergou and waiting for his answer.

Xue Ergou blurted out directly: "If you understand a little, you don't understand, the first seven is a funeral custom." It is customary to think that the "first seven" refers to the seventh day after a person's death. It is generally believed that the soul of the deceased will return home on the "first seven", and the family should prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased before the soul returns, and then must avoid it, the best way is to sleep, and if you can't sleep, you should hide under the covers; if the soul of the deceased sees the family, it will make him remember, and it will affect his reincarnation as a human being. 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. ”

After Xue Ergou waited for everyone to digest what he said, he continued: "As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, I have seen relevant records, "The Biography of Hu Guozhen in the Northern History": "Although the country is old, but the Buddha is Dharma", and Xue, "The edict is from the beginning to the seventh seven, all for the establishment of a thousand monks"; ”

According to the above records and other sources, scholars mostly believe that the custom of doing seven comes from the theory of birth, which was formed during the period from the spread of Buddhism to the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and broke through the scope of believers and moved towards secularization from the early Tang Dynasty. It is said that there are six streams of life, and between a person's death and life, there is a stage of "bardo body", like a child, seeking rebirth in the underworld, with seven days as a period; if the end of the seven days does not find the fate of life, it can be extended for seven days, and at the end of the seventh seven days, one will be born (see "Yoga Theory"). Therefore, in these 7749 days, it is necessary to hold excessions and sacrifices every 7th day. The reason why this kind of practice of doing seven things, which was born from the Buddhist "theory of birth", was formed during the Northern and Southern Dynasties should naturally be regarded as the product of the prevalence of Buddhism at that time. Li Ao, a Tang dynasty scholar, once wrote "Going to Buddha Zhai Theory", refuting the seven customs and their theoretical basis, one of the bases is "hurting etiquette", which is not in line with Confucianism's emphasis on human affection and sorrow, which can also prove that doing seven books is a Buddhist business.

Counting from the day of the death of the deceased, the mourning family will hold a paper-burning memorial every seven days, a total of 7 times, commonly known as "burning seven". Generally speaking, "three seven" and "five seven" are more important, and relatives and friends should also send some paper and candles. There is also a ritual called "Hui Sha" (also known as "Hui Sha"). The old custom believed that the soul of a person still exists after death, and before 7749 days, the ghost of the deceased will return home once, and the specific time is calculated by the Taoist priest. 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, the deceased is given another ashram ......"

Xue Ergou: "Now I understand, the reason why I said that after Yang Cuihua's soul comes back, it will turn into a corpse demon because the qi of the leylines of this corpse-raising land under our feet will lock her soul into the corpse, which will cause the first seven to be forcibly interrupted." ”

After hearing this, the village chief was very familiar and panicked: "What should I do then?" ”

Everyone looked at Xue Ergou again.

"Let me tell you along, the Ghouls are an alternative among zombies (see Chapter 27 for the classification of zombies), which can also be called variants.

The generation of zombies, in layman's terms, means that after death, the soul of a person will either dissipate or turn into a ghost or be reincarnated, etc., and will not have any connection with the corpse. The corpse is buried underground, and the corpse changes due to factors such as feng shui, natural disasters, and man-made disasters in some burial places, thus forming zombies.

And the formation of the corpse demon is even more difficult, it requires the right time, place and people, and after becoming a corpse demon, it is very likely that he will retain part of his memories before his death, and will destroy the most profound people or things in his memory, so I estimate that Yang Cuihua's death should not be as simple as having an affair with people. Speaking of which, Xue Ergou looked at the village chief.

The village chief didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Seeing that the village chief had something unspeakable, Xue Ergou said: "You must know that people are humane, ghosts have ghost paths, since I am here, I am here to help you solve this problem, and I will not ask about other things." ”

After hearing this, the expression on the village chief's face softened slightly: "Then what should we do now?"

Xue Ergou: "The top priority now is to find Yang Cuihua's body immediately and destroy it." ”

"Good. The village chief said and asked Tiezhu and the others to take everyone to the place where Yang Cuihua was buried......

The group looked at the grave bag in front of them, and after the beast dug it, a cave was revealed, and the body of Yang Cuihua was gone.

Seeing this, the village chief was very anxious: "Xiao Xue, what should I do?"

Xue Ergou: "Don't panic, village chief, you quickly let all the people in the village come over, there are many people and great strength, everyone will help find it." ”

"Good. The village chief seemed to have found the backbone and ordered Tie Zhu and Liu Laohan to go back to the village to gather people.

Wang Mang on the side saw Tiezhu and the two go back to the village: "Old Xue, what are we doing here?"

"Wait a minute, I'll make a call to make arrangements. Xue Ergou thought for a while, took out the mobile phone in his trouser pocket and made a call.

In an office at the headquarters of the National Security Agency, a phone rings in a cabinet under a desk.

Li Hongzhang opened the cabinet and saw several telephones of different colors placed inside, and took out the red telephone in the cabinet.

"Hey? Not that. Then he took out another white square telephone, "Hey, hello, in your pocket, Ora Ora is not." ”

The phone in the cabinet was all over again, but it was not, and the bell was still ringing, and I followed the sound.

"Oh, so it was here. Li Hongzhang squatted down on the spot and took out a box from under the stool, opened it and picked up the microphone: "Hey?"

Xue Ergou's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Sir, this time I am in trouble and need your help." ”

"Good. Li Hongzhang didn't think about agreeing.

Xue Ergou: "That's the ......"

Li Hongzhang looked at the time on his watch: "It's two o'clock in the afternoon, I'll arrange it now, and I'll arrive at you within half an hour at the earliest." ”

"Okay. Xue Ergou immediately hung up the phone.