Chapter XVIII. Falling flags cross the soul
Mr. Li said to his lover in disbelief, could it be... Your dad loves children, so he stays with us and watches the children? Mr. Li's lover also said at a loss, but if this is the case, why did the child be fine a few years ago, but it only happened this year?
I interrupted the two of them because I was the only one in the room who could help. I told them that before the child was three years old, his mind was basically incomplete, and he did not form an accurate concept of fear and fear, and now I can basically judge that the situation is as you said, the old man stayed because he liked the child, and did not die for 49 days after his death. The maximum time limit for ghosts to remain in the human world is only allowed to be 49 days, and after 49 days, they become lonely ghosts, and they can't receive them when you burn incense and worship every year. And as time goes on, his own consumption will become greater and greater, and in the end, there will only be a little bit of original intention and instinct left, and when this instinct is also consumed, the ghost nature will be completely revealed, and at that time it will begin to harm people.
I told them that at the moment, your father should be at the stage when his humanity is gradually declining, and his ghost nature is rising, and after the age of three, the child will begin to know how to distinguish between simple things. Maybe you have seen your father when you were born, but you don't feel scared, but now when your father's behavior becomes more and more weird, the child will be afraid. That's why she would wake up in the middle of the night and point to the cabinet and say she was scared.
With that, I pointed to the closet that had been emptied. Then say, the only thing in this cabinet related to your father is the tie he wore before his death, whether it is a person or a ghost, he will habitually approach things that he is familiar with, his behavior makes the child afraid and resists, and he loves the child, and he can't help but get close to the child in a blur, which will affect the child's health. But as the child's resistance deepens, his love becomes more and more disproportionate, and such a vicious circle eventually consumes himself and harms the child.
After I said this, Mr. Li's lover sat on the ground and hid his face and cried. Mr. Li hurriedly squatted down to comfort her. I said to them and the couple, this matter, in the final analysis, is to blame your father, people should let go after death, can't let go of all are obsessions, although his original intention is just to see the child, but it delayed the time of death, now if there is no master to guide, he can only get weaker and weaker, and then never overborn, that's all, before he will never be overborn, but also because of his own love can't help himself, hurt a relative of his own.
I also sighed a little in my heart, because although I blamed this old man, I couldn't say that he did something wrong. Sometimes when we judge something, we can't just look at the result, but also think about the motivation. Although the dead are great, the living are truly the ones who can be seen and touched, and should be cherished and protected.
I reached out to pick up the couple and said to them, don't worry, since the reason has been found, all that remains is to take the old man away. Your child's illness is caused by the old man, he is gone, the child is recuperating, and he will recover soon. The most correct thing you and your husband did in this matter is to find people in our industry before there is a big mess, if it drags on for another two or three months, the child will be very dangerous, even if the old man is taken away at that time, the child's body is almost tortured, and it is all up to God to recover.
Mr. Li didn't say a word, frowning. After all, on the one hand, she is the daughter of her own sweetheart, but on the other hand, she is the father of her lover and her father-in-law. At this moment, it seemed that he had said that nothing was appropriate. On the contrary, Mr. Li's lover cried and said to me, "Little master, then please take my father away and send him to a good place, and you can help me tell him that the children have not been able to give him joy on his knees before he died, and he will definitely worship every year in the future, so that he can go with peace of mind."
Now that the matter is now, it is natural for me to deal with the aftermath. But because I still don't have enough experience, I don't know how to deal with it to bring my greatest respect to the deceased. If you take him away as a rampant soldier, it seems to be the best choice, but my altar door is very small, he is a complete ghost, and it will take a long time to purify him before I can send him away, so it can be regarded as delaying the time of his death. But if I do things now, I don't dare to ensure that I have the ability to go beyond a ghost with such a strong obsession, saying that the power of love is infinite, and the only obsession left by this ghost is to love his granddaughter.
After thinking about it for a long time, I still gave up the idea of accepting him as a rampant soldier, and decided to take a risk and take a chance, even if it was a chance to try it, in case it succeeded, and by the way, I could also practice for myself.
So I asked the old man about his birthday and death, and told Mr. Li to go outside to buy some things that I must, I have incense, candles, paper and money here, and Mr. Li only needs to prepare a rooster that has already crowed and a piece of red paper for me. When he went out to buy these things, I began to write the book according to the old man's name and eight characters.
This is called the script, and it is the same as the customs clearance script that passed the customs in ancient times. It's just that this inscription is written for those immortals in the city god. The so-called Chenghuang, in layman's terms, is the public security bureau of the underworld, which manages the household registration files of each dead person, and so on. For example, why did you die, when did you die, and so on. In the previous legends, the Netherworld Underworld, the King of Yama, the bull head and horse face, black and white impermanence, etc., were actually a bit like the meaning of the city god. And in every city of ours, almost without exception, there is a temple dedicated to the city god. The city god is connected, and there are the dead souls listed in the inscription, so they can be regarded as having a name and a surname in the city god, and they are not considered black households. And what I want to do is to play the side ball, and when I go to the table, I try my best to make sure that this old man will not be punished too heavily for overstaying.
Soon Mr. Li came back from shopping, and I first used the red paper he bought, and used three incense sticks as a supporting skeleton, and glued the front and back sides with paste to make a simple spiritual position, on which was written the spiritual position of the deceased. Serve three plates of fruit, each with only three fruits. Then I grabbed the wings and began to bow in all directions, and even though I bowed down, the head was still holding its head upright. It means that when I look down and can't see, the rooster is visible.
A rooster that has begun to crow indicates that it is sexually mature, so its comb blood is pure yang. I pinched a little bit with my fingers, and beads of blood the size of a grain of rice began to pop up. I tore the feathers off the chicken's neck, got some blood on it, and stuck it on the door, on the wall, at the head of the bed, and on the spiritual seat I had pierced the old man. This is to let him know that when it is time to leave, this place is already full of chicken blood and chicken feathers, and there is no place for himself.
Then I handed the chicken to Mr. Li, took out the rice and began to sprinkle it in all directions, this move is to worship the heavens and the earth, the ghosts and gods, indicating that a new friend is coming, and please make it convenient. Then, with a spirit banner in one hand and a brass bell in the other, I chose a kind of gang step according to the old man's eight characters in each room of this house, and while stepping on it, I chanted the soul sending spell used by Chaodu. But when sending the soul, he encountered a very uncooperative resistance.
This feeling is like a person who has been sentenced to death, even though he knows that he is going to die, but when he goes to the execution ground, he has the kind of extremely reluctant resistance. I believe that this old gentleman knew that I was going to take him away from the moment I showed up at their house today, and then when I investigated, he did not even give me the slightest resistance, which inevitably made me feel that he himself was willing to leave. Now that it's really time to separate, he is reluctant.
In the little girl's house, no matter how much I chanted the mantra and took steps, there were always more or less mistakes, and I was not an imprudent person, especially in the face of life and death, so I knew that it was the old gentleman who resisted. Seeing that we have reached the last step, it is impossible for me to stop at this moment. So I made up my mind and secretly tried my strength, but the more I strened, the stronger the resistance I encountered, and for a while, I couldn't help the old man's soul.
At that time, I was a little panicked, because at this point in my life, if I failed, it would be equivalent to letting go of the old man's ghost, and imagine that a person who escaped on the execution ground would definitely do something more out of the ordinary. So whatever if I can't stop. Although I kept rattling the bell in my hand at this moment, my movement of waving the spirit flag was noticeably slowed down, because every time I swung it, it was like a thousand pounds, and it was extremely laborious. So my stubborn temper also came up, closed my mouth and eyes, gently bit the tip of my tongue with my teeth, and said in my heart:
"The Banner Hanging Treasure No. Puli Boundless Gods protect the heavens and eliminate the sins, and after the flags fall into the clouds, they return to the heavens, and they must obey the law and must not be delayed, and they are as urgent as the law!"
This is a spell of the flag, specially used to deal with this kind of situation where the soul refuses to follow the flag, but although I know this spell by heart, it is the first time I use it, so I use repeated silent recitation to increase the power of my conjuring flag, I don't remember how many times I recited it, but later, my hand was light, I knew that he finally gave in, and followed, but I opened my eyes and was dizzy.
The wrestling just now, I feel that it took a long time to decide the winner, and because of the resistance of the old man's ghost, when I decided to recite the mantra, he was destined to greatly consume himself, so that the original day of death, I am afraid it will be delayed a lot, this point, let me feel a little guilty, after all, it is because I am not good at learning, I have not succeeded once, this matter, I have to be responsible in my heart.
For the rest of the time, I was in a very low mood, but I didn't dare to tell Mr. and Mrs. Li the truth. After doing the Dharma and making sure that the house was clean, I told the couple to pay attention to the changes in the child within 14 days from now, and if there is any bad change, you should come to Master's house in time to inform me, but if nothing else, the child will get better in three days, recover greatly in seven days, and be safe and sound in 14 days.
The couple thanked me again and again, and paid me a few dollars, which were more useful than a few hundred dollars now, and when I left, I took some of their fruits, and the rooster that was doing things. It stands to reason that I should be happy that I have completed my work, but I am not happy at all, and I am still blaming myself for the old man's affairs.
When I was about to arrive at Master's house, for the first time, I went to a small shop and bought a bottle of soju.
When I got home, Master looked at me with a depressed face, so he asked me if something was messed up, and I said no, so I told Master about the situation, and Master comforted me and said that some things are like this, since you meddle in other people's affairs, your actions and decisions can change the outcome, this is the meaning of the existence of our industry, and today this matter is only to blame for your lack of practice, and it is also the old man's creation.
Master looked at the soju I bought, and he knew that I was a non-drinker. But he sighed, touched my head and said, If you feel sad, bring some snacks and food, and go to the pavilion on the top of the mountain to drink a bar, and Master doesn't care how much you drink today, until you think you have done the right thing.