Chapter 51 The lantern relieves grievances
At Liu Ruxiang's feet, in the pitch-black coffin, it was like a woman roaring angrily, and her cold and sharp voice made my back break out in a cold sweat.
Liu Ruxiang was unmoved, and continued to sing: "When the evil ghost comes to fight, the three of them fight into the garden, the evil ghost beheads and hangs on the tree, and the three of them break their stomachs and take their livers." ”
"The three of them clapped their hands and laughed, the evil ghosts were in chaos, and the three brothers went to Xie Fa, and then went to Meishan to worship Laojun."
"The teacher in front of the altar and behind the throne also came to the altar to receive all the love, and there was fragrant tea and wine at the feast, and then invited the future god in front of the altar."
Everyone sang the words of the gods in unison, the voice was like Hong Zhong Da Lu, the momentum was magnificent, Liu Ruxiang led them to start singing repeatedly, and the movements in their hands continued.
With that short sword, he patted the corpses by the fire in turn, like a dragonfly dotting water, and recited other laws in his mouth, which became more and more mysterious under the chanting of everyone.
There were eight corpses in total, four of which had not yet fully decomposed, and the other four had almost turned into skeletons.
Liu Ruxiang slapped it with a short sword, took out a handful of incense, lit it and inserted it into the mouths of those corpses, including those skeletons, and also sandwiched a stick of incense between the bones.
At this time, another bowl of rice is taken out, which is mixed with chicken blood and turns into red sand.
She continued to sing the scriptures of the master, and at the same time asked me not to stop, and continued to lead everyone to sing the words of the gods. Then he threw the blood rice from the bowl at several corpses.
The rice, stained with rooster blood, was like a red-hot iron star, and as soon as it was sprinkled on the corpse, a puff of black smoke would rise. And if you look closely, you can find that as long as the corpse falls on the blood rice, the incense inserted on the corpse will burn violently, and it will become shorter at a speed visible to the naked eye, and when the rice is no longer sprinkled, it will become a normal burning rate.
A bowl of rice was slowly sprinkled, and the eight pillars of incense had all been burned, and during this period, it had been calm, and no other situation occurred.
Liu Ruxiang's eyes were firm, and she called out a few strong men, asking them to take axes, knives and other tools, and now they are going to dismantle this weird black coffin!
The coffin was made of wood, and it had been soaked in water for so many years, so it should be very soft and fragile, but for some reason, a group of people slashed with axes and axes, and only scraped off a layer of skin.
The men put down the tools in their hands and looked at Liu Ruxiang with a sad face.
The master also began to think of a way, paced for a moment, and muttered: "This thing in the coffin is too resentful, so ......"
Under the command of the cook, several men brought old clothes, bread and some hay, and tied them with strips of cloth to form a cloth man with hands and feet. Then he picked up a piece of charcoal that had been burned black from the side of the fire, and drew simple eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth with black ash and cinnabar.
"There is a lot of resentment in this dirty coffin, which has accumulated for a long time, and someone must sit on it and press the coffin. At that time, the filth inside poured out, and if it was a living person, it would not be long before the blood rushed to the heavens and the heart was torn to death. And using a dummy as a substitute is the best way. Liu Ruxiang said to me while writing a novel, and on the other hand, she picked up the cloth man and gently put it on the coffin to cover it.
Liu Ruxiang picked up the Dharma seal in his hand, sang an unfamiliar Shigong scripture in his mouth, and then said to the laborers, take a look at it again.
A big man raised the axe in his hand, took a step back, took a deep breath, and slashed at the side of the coffin with all his strength.
"Bang!"
The blade of the axe collided with the plank, and directly smashed the side of the coffin into it, and the sawdust flew in a flew, and there was no longer the hard iron it had just been.
"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”
The coffin became tattered, and the cloth figure sleeping on the coffin lid also changed at this time. It may have been that the cinnabar was dripping with rain, and two bright red tears flowed from the eyes of the cloth man's face, and his mouth was bleeding with it, and I stood on the side and looked at it with trepidation, and I always felt that the cloth man was staring at us with a resentful gaze.
Until the coffin was completely broken, the coffin board was also lifted off, completely revealing the appearance inside.
A lifelike corpse of a woman, sandwiched between two huge stone slabs, her hands and feet were strangled by finger-thick hemp rope, her teeth were gritted, her eyes were angry, her hideous face was bruised, and her eyes were so red that they were dripping blood. With the naked eye, we can see that a black mist lingers on the body of the female corpse.
"It is not corrupt for a hundred years, it is rare, if such evil things are done again, it will be difficult to get rid of the climate." Liu Ruxiang couldn't help smacking her tongue, took a white cloth, and covered the female corpse.
The villagers who stood on the sidelines and watched were almost frightened, some of them had white faces and chattering teeth, and they scolded: "This thing is so evil, it has killed so many people in our village." ”
"Let's deal with it quickly, we can't let him hurt people anymore."
"Yes, I'm going to crush him to ashes!" Many people gritted their teeth and immediately showed the firewood knife in their hands.
"Wait," Liu Ruxiang waved her hand and quickly stopped them, "It's not time yet, you go and get a stack of bowls, and everyone will dance the lanterns first." ”
Jumping lanterns is also a custom of our Zhuang family teachers, mostly used when the dead, nine lanterns are placed in front of the coffin, so that the teachers can step and jump on it.
But now after all, it is an emergency, and there is no way to pull those masters over at once, so the villagers can only bite the bullet.
The lantern is not complicated, in fact, it is cut into a flower bone with red paper, placed in a bowl, and then a short candle is lit in the middle.
Soon, the nine lanterns were ready, Liu Ruxiang found a few more villagers, instructed them a few words, and gave them some god tablets for them to hold in their arms, and the lantern dancing ritual began.
I stood at the back, holding a bowl of water in one hand and a small branch with leaves in the other, dipping it in the water from time to time and scattering it around, just follow the person in front of me.
The people in front followed Liu Ruxiang and several people lined up in a sleek curve, constantly shuttling between the lanterns and stepping over with their feet.
The dancing lantern lasted for a quarter of an hour before it ended, and finally, Liu Ruxiang came out, picked up the middle one of the nine lanterns, raised it above her head, and jumped a few times.
Liu Ruxiang had words in her mouth, and the ritual was over at this time.
Everyone regathered next to the coffin of the female corpse, and when they looked at it again, they could already see that the female corpse's tense face had relaxed, a wisp of black blood flowed from her mouth and nose, and her eyes slowly closed, leaving only a slit.
I breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the resentment of the female corpse has dissipated, and as long as it is done normally, there will be no more accidents.
Liu Ruxiang took a piece of white cloth, covered the female corpse, and took the dummy that had just been tied out of the cotton cloth, threw it into the broken coffin together, and then brought a few sticks of firewood, and directly threw the lantern that had just been lifted into it.