The fat man subconsciously shrunk his neck, and soon realized his gaffe.

In one class, the fat man also made a special record.

In addition to incense, knives and scissors cannot be borrowed.

Knives and scissors are regarded as murder weapons, borrowing knives and scissors is equivalent to borrowing trouble, and the bad things that should have happened in people's homes are borrowed from the knives and scissors.

These are all rules that have been passed down since ancient times, and in addition to urine mustard seeds, as well as bowls and chopsticks, and medicine pots cannot be borrowed.

These are some long-lost folk customs, and they have their own reasons, but unfortunately not many people know about them anymore.

was reprimanded by Feng Yun so seriously, and the fat man immediately used a hippie smile to hide the embarrassment in his heart.

But the problem is still not solved, without incense, this white thing is meaningless.

There was no way, the fat man could only quickly open the mobile phone map and check the nearest white shop.

Kong Jie then ordered the soldiers to make a special trip for this purpose, although it would be a little delayed, but it was finally able to solve the problem.

Finally, when everything was ready, the fat man lay down in the coffin wearing a shroud.

Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er closed the lid of the coffin, but specially left a gap to prevent the fat man from really having any accidents inside.

Then it was time for the river god to strike.

Pay attention to the funeral: the filial son does not enter the door, first salute outside.

Therefore, the river god walked along the village road towards the village, and when he passed by every house, he would bang on the door of the house vigorously, and when someone in the house came out, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

After kowtowing, he was able to inform the villagers that something had happened in their homes, and at the same time inform them of the accurate funeral time.

The people in the village are all observant of old etiquette, and no one will refuse this kind of thing.

But after the river god is gone, these people will also be puzzled, there are many strange things about this white thing.

"Who is this man? How do you look at it? ”

"That's right, this is not Lao Zhang's family. Everyone in the old Zhang family has left, why are there still people wearing linen and filial piety? ”

"This person is wearing a filial piety suit, but why is he so old?"

"Lao Zhang's family has a son, and he hanged himself after the accident, who is this white thing for?"

The villagers were very puzzled by this, and they were at a loss.

Yesterday's strange wedding was enough to make the villagers discuss endlessly, and after only one night, today they began to report the funeral from door to door, and anyone would find it a little strange.

But after receiving the great worship of the mourners, it is still the same sentence, and all the big things have to be put aside.

Especially in this kind of village, there is a lot of respect for the custom of white things, not because of anything else, but because of the traditional concept, if you don't show up today, and when you have white things in the future, who can help you support the scene?

That's why it only takes one day for a dead person in the city to go from funeral to the end, and the next day it's as if nothing had happened. However, a white matter in the village has to be put on a grand display, and it takes three to seven days to complete the work.

Therefore, although the villagers were puzzled, they quickly fell ill with plain clothes and were ready to help.

The river god went door-to-door to report the funeral, and more and more villagers learned about it.

Soon the river god followed the village road to the last house at the foot of the mountain.

This house is where the smoker lived, and after seeing the river god coming this way, the big black dog lying in the door began to bark incessantly for the first time in broad daylight.

The barking was very slow, which also made the river god hesitate to approach.

No one came out of the house for a long time, and the river god seemed to be very afraid of the big black dog, so he struggled for a long time, and finally chose to leave this place.

The barking of the black dog was still coming, and the river god hurriedly returned to Zhang's house, and said in a hurry:

"I've delivered all the funeral letters, so there's nothing to do with me next, right?"

Looking at the river god Ma Ling'er, she quickly shook her head, then pointed to the coffin next to her and said:

"That's not good, everyone will come at the point, and it will be strange if you can't see the filial son guarding the spirit.

Moreover, no one threw the brazier, how to make it convenient for the deceased?

If the deceased is not given convenience, the roadblock ghost runs up to grab the paper money, how can the deceased go to the underworld safely? ”

As soon as he heard this, the river god suddenly pointed to the coffin a little impatiently and said:

"It's not really dead!"

"Do the whole show!"

Yan Qilin was also speaking beside him at this moment, his tone was a little cold, and he was stunned that this river god couldn't say anything.

Just when the river god hesitated, the fat man's sullen voice came from the coffin:

"Don't grind, don't want to atone for your sins?"

The fat man is still very good at manipulating people, and he hit the weakness of the river god in one sentence.

After a moment of entanglement, the river god could only silently agree to the matter.

But as soon as the time came, the villagers from every household came to Zhang's house in plain clothes.

After entering the door, almost everyone was looking around curiously, and everyone was very puzzled by this white matter.

Especially when the villagers saw the black and white photos of the fat man, their eyes widened in astonishment.

Yesterday they also saw the fat man talking to the villagers after entering the village, and it was only a night later, and today the people left?

"This little fat man of the Zhang family died too hastily......"

The villagers don't know who this fat man is, and they can only be regarded as the descendants of the Zhang family, although they have never heard of this person.

The river god was forced by the obscenity of the fat man, and at this moment he was kneeling next to the coffin and crying with a low headache.

said that it was crying, but in fact, it was dry thunder and no rain, and the reason why I didn't raise my head was because I was afraid that people would see the clues.

But the white thing was a matter of great respect for these villagers, so although they were puzzled, they quickly stepped forward and bowed to the statue of the fat man, and some even couldn't bear to appease the river god.

The etiquette of the white affair is actually very complex and can be roughly divided into fifteen steps.

Small to the most common conjuring, obituary.

As big as the master and housewife Feng Ma, a large funeral sacrifice was set up.

Therefore, most of the white things need to be done for a few days before they are buried.

But the fat man and others simplified these rituals a lot, leaving only the most critical steps.

This is also why the villagers are puzzled, except for the custom of hot death and hot burial in some places, most of them have to stay for a few days, how can someone bury them on the day of death?

Of course, it doesn't count in the city.

But after all, they came to participate in the white event, and although the villagers were puzzled, of course, no one was discussing it in the mourning hall.

Feng Yun and Kong Jie always stood far away and looked this way, and the dress of the two soldiers always attracted the curious attention of the villagers.

Not to mention, this fake white affair was really done by the fat man, and there was a sad atmosphere in the mourning hall.

No one knows that in the coffin, the fat man is lying bored and playing with his mobile phone, watching short videos at low volume, if it weren't for the lack of space, he would even be about to lift Erlang's legs......

The villagers in the mourning hall all looked solemn, although they didn't know the person on the black and white statue at all.

But after all, it is a matter in the village, so the kind villagers still feel a little heavy in their hearts.

After the paper was burned, the river god picked up the brazier and smashed it, and the matter of the mourning hall was temporarily over.

Immediately afterwards, the villagers brought the cauldron and put it on the village road, and plate after plate of vegetables was brought to the table.

After the funeral, there is always a banquet, which is a thank you gift to the comer, thanking relatives and friends for coming from afar to see the deceased on a journey, which is a traditional process.

But the fat man lying in the coffin was hooked by the smell of this dish.

After the daytime ceremony is opened, even if it is temporarily over, the next only need to wait until the evening funeral.

In the afternoon, Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin and the villagers tied hemp rope under the coffin and passed through the two coffin poles in the middle.

During this period, the villagers also asked curiously, why did they have to go out at night?

But in this regard, Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin only made a few perfunctory words ambiguously, and did not clarify the truth.

According to folk tradition, eight people are needed to lift this coffin.

These eight people are called the 'Eight Immortals', also known as the 'Eight King Kongs'.

Once the coffin is lifted, it must not touch the ground until it reaches the place, so it is difficult for even strong laborers to eat.

In some areas, the coffin bearer is also called the 'coffin tiger', in fact, under normal circumstances, only 4 people are needed to lift the coffin.

But the fat man himself is a face-saving person, even if it is a fake funeral, it means that there must be 8 people who show their identity to carry the coffin.

In order not to cause trouble to the villagers, Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin decided to select 8 people from the officers and soldiers to be the Eight Immortals.

This matter naturally fell on Kong Jie's head, and to this day, Kong Jie feels that his brain is completely insufficient.

But he is not stupid, he has already seen the subtlety and weirdness of the situation all the way, so now he no longer simply questions, but has the desire to explore the truth.

After learning of this, Kong Jie quickly found eight sturdy officers and soldiers.

Of course, among them, Yan Qilin also specially instructed that the 8 officers and soldiers found must all be married.

This is a custom that has been handed down since ancient times, because the yang energy of an unmarried man is too heavy, and it is easy to suppress the yin energy of the deceased.

Although such a restriction was set, Kong Jie still easily found 8 suitable people.

Carrying a coffin is not just a manual task, there are many things to pay attention to in the whole process.

Therefore, the taciturn Yan Qilin recommended Ma Ling'er to serve as the teacher of the 8 officers and soldiers, and began to tell them about some things that needed attention.

For example, once the coffin is lifted, it must not fall to the ground until it reaches the place.

Secondly, in the process of carrying the coffin, there are still some necessary slogans to shout.

For example, in the process of carrying the coffin, he saw a ditch in front of him, and the person in front of the coffin should shout:

"A line ahead!"

Later, when you hear someone, you have to answer:

"I'll see it when I get there!"

When you turn a corner, you have to shout:

"Prepare to turn left (right)."

The people behind should answer quickly, and don't let the words fall to the ground:

"I know how to drag!"

When encountering a hill climb, the person carrying the coffin should call the deceased by his name and shout 'work hard'.

In addition, the person carrying the coffin cannot be an immediate family member of the deceased, and at the same time, it is taboo not to touch the door frame when going out.

It is said that once it touches the door frame, it will affect the prosperity and fortune of future generations, and it cannot be forgiven.

Therefore, the folk white affairs, the coffin will be set up to avoid the door frame, just to make it convenient to get up the coffin at that time.

The eight officers and soldiers heard it in a fog, although they didn't know what the meaning of this was, but they still remembered it very seriously, and the more they listened, the more cautious they became, after all, it was about white affairs and folk customs, and there were some things that could not be believed, but they needed to be respected.

"That's right!"

Ma Ling'er instructed at the end:

"When carrying the coffin, it is taboo to say the word 'heavy', and this point should also be paid attention to at that time."

On the way to carry the coffin, it is taboo to say that the coffin is heavy, and if you accidentally say it, there may be an accident, and the coffin will become more than a thousand pounds, and it is even likely to fall.

The eight nodded in confusion, they couldn't figure it out anyway, anyway, they just had to do it.

As night fell, as it approached eight o'clock in the evening.

After Ma Ling'er urged the eight officers and soldiers to offer incense and worship in all directions, they stood around the coffin, ready to carry the coffin.

The villagers are already standing at the door and waiting, all they have to do is follow the coffin through the next journey, which is the so-called funeral and send the coffin into the ground.

But at this moment, a figure slowly walked towards this side from the end of the village, grabbing a handful of paper money and scattering it on the ground as he walked.

"Look, the smoker is here again!"

"This smoker is real, as soon as he arrives, the white man will come, is there any way to say this?"

"I heard the elders say that red things are uninvited, and white things are uninvited. This smoker doesn't look at people very strangely, but he still seems to be a person who respects old reason. ”

The smoker didn't bother with the villagers' discussions, but walked straight to the front of the line.

Everywhere he passed, the white paper money was scattered on the ground, like snowflakes.

Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er followed the coffin-carrying team out of the door left and right, and soon saw the smoker.

But the smoker just glanced at the two and didn't speak, just walked at the front of the line by himself, scattering paper money while holding the mourning number.

"Paper money paves the way, and the soul returns to the sun. Passing ghosts and gods are avoided, and the imps are temporarily away from ......"

Feng Yun followed at the back of the team, did not participate in the white ceremony the whole time, and looked at the smoker walking in the front with great interest at the moment.

And behind the smoker, that is, at the front of the coffin, is the river god who is holding the statue and willing to act as the head of the wrong.

The role played by the river god is the son of the deceased, in fact, this role is not important in this ceremony, there is nothing to blame, otherwise it doesn't make sense, after all, the deceased is a young fat man, can the son still be an old man?

But the reason why the fat man had to arrange this errand for him was because he hated being touched by the river god that night and taking advantage of it.

Once the river god became the husband of the fat man, the fat man had to let him return the filial son.

The key is that the fat man scared the river god a lot, and repeatedly said that once the ceremony failed, he had to ask him, so the river god had to pretend to cry with a sad face and dutifully be a son.

The funeral road passes through the village, and the final destination is by the Yongan River.

This is obviously unreasonable, because no burial can be made by the river, which is a custom that people do not need to mention.

And there is a cemetery in the village, in the fields behind the village, not by the river at all.

But after all, on such a serious occasion, the villagers could only keep their doubts in their hearts.

If you have any questions, you have to wait for the funeral to end, and then discuss them privately.

With the sprinkled white paper money, eight officers and soldiers struggled to carry the coffin.

The fat man lying in the coffin is beautiful, not to mention, this funeral experience is quite chic.

At the entrance of the village, someone raised a nest of chickens, and the moment he saw this nest of chickens, the smoker who was walking in front suddenly changed his tone and shouted:

"Phoenix Dai Xiao, slap the coffin three times!"

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er quickly slapped the coffin, and the thick sound immediately scared away the nest of chickens.

It is very taboo to encounter animals on the way out of the funeral, especially chickens, and even line up in front of black cats.

Therefore, every time they encounter chickens, the farewell team must shout a phoenix Dai Xiao, and then scare the chickens away by the sound of slapping the coffin.

However, not many people know about this kind of old etiquette now, and the reason why Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er were able to react like this was because they had heard this attention when Feng Yun was in class.

Originally, Yan Qilin was about to shout, but he didn't want to be preempted by the smoker who was walking in the front.

This made the two of them even more puzzled by the smoker, and this person actually gave the two of them a feeling that they couldn't see through.

However, Feng Yun's expression at the moment was a little intriguing, and there was even a little relief in his eyes when he looked at the smoker.

The farewell team soon came to the Yongan River.

The soldiers who had originally blocked the riverside had already been ordered to vacate this area.

"Fall into the coffin!"

As Yan Qilin's voice did not fluctuate, the 8 officers and soldiers finally put down the coffin with difficulty.

As the saying goes, the coffin does not fall to the ground, and it is buried when it lands.

It is said that in the process of sending off the funeral, if the coffin really suddenly breaks the rope and falls to the ground, then it is best to bury the coffin here.

Zhuge Kongming was like this back then, and the place where the coffin was buried was the mound.

The villagers stood not far away and watched curiously, it was clear that the tomb had not been dug in advance, and it was by the river, could it be that the coffin was sunk to the bottom of the river?

This custom disappeared a hundred years ago, and it is normal for the villagers to be confused.

There was a bamboo raft parked on the calm river, Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er commanded the officers and soldiers to place the coffin in the center of the bamboo raft, and then the two stood on both sides of the coffin on the left and right, and the river god still stood at the front of the coffin with the portrait frame of the fat man.

Feng Yun stood on the shore and watched this scene, and Kong Jie next to him said with some uneasiness:

"Director Feng, are you sure we don't have to go? How many of them, can they do it? ”

Kong Jie's tone has changed greatly from before, and what he has seen and heard in the past few days has subtly changed Kong Jie's mentality.

At this time, he seemed to have a premonition that the next progress of the case was about to take a turn, and he was worried that these people would not be able to handle it?

Feng Yun shook his head with a smile when he heard this, then pointed to the bamboo raft and said:

"The load-bearing capacity of the bamboo raft is limited, and if we go up, the bamboo raft will probably sink.

They're using a river burial to lure out the ghost boat, and if we go up, we may only ruin the ceremony. ”

The river burial mentioned in Fengyunkou was common in ancient times in the lower end of the Nine Rivers.

However, those who will choose this method are generally poor, because high-ranking officials and nobles can afford to buy feng shui land and take care of future generations.

Most of the poor people can't even afford coffins, so river burials are also produced in that special cultural atmosphere.

Each time the burial was a simple bamboo raft, and the bamboo raft contained the corpses of some poor people.

The raft followed the river, and no one knew where the corpses had gone, but they wished the souls of the dead to follow them to the Land of Bliss.

But in reality, these carcasses often end up sinking into the river and becoming food for fish and shrimp.

Those who have done all the evil deeds will always have a long life, and those who are good and poor often have no death.

The things of the world are indescribable, and the so-called heavenly way is a good reincarnation, no one can escape, but no one can see it.

As Yan Qilin slowly untied the rope on the bamboo raft, the bamboo raft began to drift forward with the river.

The villagers stood by the river curiously and looked around, but it didn't take long to find that the river was suddenly covered with white mist.

The white mist came suddenly, and it spread very quickly.

In just a few breaths, the surface of the river turned into a foggy patch.

Everyone was surprised by the strange weather, and the smoker standing by the river also frowned solemnly at this moment.

Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin on the bamboo raft glanced at each other, and then Ma Ling'er leaned next to the coffin and whispered to the fat man inside:

"Don't come out yet, the river is foggy."

Hearing this, the fat man instinctively pulled out a charm and clamped it in his hand, and at this moment, in this dead silence, he could even hear his heartbeat clearly.

Yan Qilin noticed that the river god's expression was a little strange at the moment, and the old man seemed to be looking around looking for something in the fog.

But before Yan Qilin could delve into the matter, he saw the shadow of a ship looming in the white mist not far away.

As the ship gradually approached, Yan Qilin and the others finally saw that the ship was dilapidated, as if it had just flipped up from the bottom of the river.

And the ship didn't have any masts, but it was able to float on the surface of the river and keep approaching this way.

The ship was not large, and not a single person was visible on the deck.

There was no one rowing, but the boat was moving fast.

The villagers on the shore also saw the boat looming in the fog, and the voices of puzzled discussions came one after another.

No one is out of the boat today, could it be that this boat is from another village?

Due to the distance, the villagers could not see the true face of the ship clearly, and could only faintly see the outline of the ship in the white fog.

Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin on the bamboo raft subconsciously grasped their weapons one after another, and looked vigilantly at the ship that was getting closer and closer.

Obviously, this should be the ghost ship they are looking for, with the white fog and the eerie aura that swirls, there is no mistake!

"Smack!"

However, just when the attention of both of them was on the ghost ship, something unexpected suddenly happened.

The river god, who had been standing honestly in front of the coffin, threw the old father's photo in his hand on the ground at this moment, and at the same time ripped off the filial piety clothes he was wearing.

"I didn't expect you to bring the ship here!"

After saying this, the river god plunged into the river with a fierce son, and when the water surfaced again, the river god shouted at Ma Ling'er and the others:

"This is not something you can get involved in, if you want to live, stop it!"

After saying this, the figure of the river god quickly disappeared into the river.

The fat man heard the voice of the river god, kicked open the lid of the coffin, and stood up from inside:

"Old thing, what the fuck are you fooling me?"

Everyone on the shore was stunned, and the fat man who stood up from the coffin made the villagers look stunned.

This is...... Deceived corpses?

At this time, the river god had climbed onto the ghost boat, and the ghost boat no longer approached the bamboo raft, but left in the opposite direction.

The river god stood on the deck, looked at the fat man and the others and shook his head and sighed:

"You're still too young, and I'm doing this for your good.

Lao Tzu goes first, and the fat man, I'll go to your grandma's legs! ”

"You're fucking talking!"

The fat man's face was flushed, and he pointed at the river god and scolded, but at this time, the ghost ship had once again disappeared into the white mist.

As the white mist gradually dissipated, the ghost ship gradually disappeared.

At this moment, the fat man finally realized that they were pretended to be pigs and eaten tigers by the river god.

The words of the river god showed that he really didn't expect that the fat people could really attract ghost boats.

This also means that he knows a lot of things, but apparently he has been running trains with his mouth full of before, and few words are true.

And now the move of escaping is indeed catching the fat man off guard!

At the same time, a few people did not notice that at this time, in the distance of the Yong'an River, a group of official reporters with the waist sign of "Dongshan Prefecture Government Newspaper" were hurrying over.

Ask for a commuter pass

(End of chapter)