Volume 1 The Dark Lantern Chapter 36 Resolving the Soul and Sending Grievances
Yu Huo acted strangely, which made everyone more or less puzzled, but Lai Changqing didn't think so, because he knew in his heart that anyone who had some ability didn't act according to the routine.
"You guys, what kind of nonsense, hurry up and do as Mr. Yu instructs."
Lai Changqing angrily scolded his subordinates that the reason why he changed his painting style, from wanting to get rid of the embers before to unconditionally supporting the embers, was nothing more than seeing the real materials of the embers with his own eyes.
If it is really as Ember said, it can bring the dying dark lamp back to life, and let Ember give it a try, it will not hurt, but it will be an opportunity to seize the initiative.
After Lai Changqing finished his wishful thinking, he let go of the idea of killing Yu Huo, changed his previous attitude, and obeyed his words and maintained his arrangements for Yu Huo in every way.
"Boss, do you really want to do what this kid says?"
Although Lai Changqing had already given the order, there were still many brothers who had too many doubts and confusion about the operation of the embers, and more contempt and dissatisfaction.
"Do you have a better way?"
As soon as these words came out, Lai Changqing looked around with disdain, but found that none of the brothers standing under him dared to stand up and speak.
Lai Changqing breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said: "If you can't do it, then listen to him obediently, at least he is saving us." ”
With Lai Changqing's support, Ember has a strong backing force and can boldly give it a go.
Everyone has moved five live chickens, five cows and sheep, and five dogs to the old man's spirit, and in the south direction of the coffin, neatly pestle, as if the family is doing their last filial piety.
Ember came to the spirit of the old man, sacrificed to the spirit of the old man, asked the spirit woman to surpass the soul, guide the way for the dead, cross the Nai He Bridge, reincarnate, and become a new person.
Yu Huo held the talisman paper in his left hand, and between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, the middle finger and the ring finger, and between the ring finger and the little finger, each holding a silver needle, surrounded the old man's coffin and kept chanting incantations that people couldn't understand.
"Behead the chicken!"
As soon as the embers fell, the Chang Chang Sword in Lai Changqing's hand, the heads of the five live chickens were beheaded, and the blood burst out and splattered around the coffin, making people look somewhat bloody and violent.
Filial piety before the spirit is a noble tribute to the deceased, and the head of the chicken, as a sacrificial offering, is the first bowl of the ceremony.
"Hang the sheep's head!"
Ember waved the rune paper in his hand, on which the pattern of a sheep's head was drawn, one after another, five pieces of rune paper in succession, each pasted on the foreheads of the five sheep, and the lamb, which was originally a little panicked and restless, suddenly stopped in place.
Five lambs are lined up, facing the coffin of the old man, and under the rune of each sheep is a neat goatee, like a mourner to the soul of the dead.
Immediately after the embers completed the ritual ceremony, Lai Changqing's five subordinates took out their long swords and directly cut off the heads of the five sheep, and all the sheep bodies came out of the laboratory, but the five sheep heads were all hung on the back of the coffin, that is, on the wall where the deceased's head faced.
The five sheep's heads were hung up, and the solemn and majestic atmosphere was immediate, and at this time, the movement of the struggle in the coffin seemed to have subsided somewhat, but the wailing and unwilling resistance still left a residual sound.
Resentful spirits and evil ghosts are nothing more than those who died unexpectedly before death, and are not willing to be reincarnated after death, so they will wander in this yellow spring, and their souls and flesh will not live in peace, and they even want to return to the world just for revenge.
Maybe the souls wandering in the nest may be thinking that one day they can return to the world, be a human again, fulfill their unfulfilled wishes, and say goodbye to their loved ones or relatives again.
Similarly, this is also the most direct reason for the nest to come up with the dark lamp in every possible way.
The allure of the dark lamp is enough to make the beings of the remnant of the nest, at the risk of annihilation, also think of him.
In the eyes of the Nest, the dark lamp is a beacon to the light, the key to get out of this ghost gate, and the only hope to return to the world.
On the contrary, the world also regards the dark lamp as a thorn in the eye, because the dark lamp can introduce the unjust souls and evil ghosts that wander in the world into the nest and return to the Yellow Spring, but once the dark lamp is extinguished and the ghost door is opened, when the time comes, the boundary between people and ghosts will be completely subverted.
"Bull Hunting!"
I saw that the embers were leading a cow, and the other four cows followed the cow to the coffin containing the old man and circled three times.
And immediately afterwards, the long sword in Lai Changqing's hand coldly stabbed a cow, only to see the cow, snorting and falling to the ground, no movement.
This frightened the other cows into panic, but they didn't want Lai Changqing's other subordinates to stab all the other cows to the ground with three punches and two kicks, and the blood stained the entire coffin, accompanied by the lights of the laboratory, which looked particularly weird and terrifying.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound from inside the coffin, and if I listened carefully, I could indeed hear a miserable choking sound from inside the coffin, which was the old man making his last struggle.
Yu Huo looked at the three incense sticks that were about to be burned behind him, and quickly reminded: "There is not much time left for us. ”
'Sacrifice dogs, pluck sacrifices!' ’
Ember asked Lai Changqing's subordinates to tie five black dogs that kept barking on dog leashes, and arranged them on both sides of the old man's coffin in five directions.
This outbreak was recorded in the codex of the ancestors who sewed the corpse, and it was called 'sacrificing dogs, which means accompanying the burial.
Since ancient times, there has been the custom of sacrificing livestock or gold and silver treasures to accompany the burial, but sacrificing dogs is rare, and the reason why the embers want to use five black dogs to bury the old man.
On the one hand, it is better to let the old man raise five sons before his death, it is better to raise five dogs and sacrifice them with dogs, which is nothing more than letting the five dogs act as the five unfilial sons of the old man, so that the old man can die where he needs to be, and he will die with peace of mind.
On the other hand, the embers naturally wanted to use the blood of the five black dogs as a medicine for the spell, so that the deceased could rest completely.
This black dog must be a male dog, and a female dog is ineffective, so Ember has a word first, and five pure black dogs must be obtained.
Since the ancient Taoist sect, the usual trick is to use the blood of the black dog to drive away evil spirits, supplemented by charms, which can drive away evil spirits and suppress evil, and protect the safety of one party.
The soul of the deceased is not dispersed, the resentment is too heavy, and the resurrection and cannibalism are enough for the evil sect, at this time, once the evil spirits are exorcized, the extremes of things will be reversed, which will inevitably attract the extreme resistance of the deceased, and even resurrect and eat people again.
At this time, some yin qi was attracted, so that these resentful spirits with extremely heavy yin qi suppressed the restless yin spirits of the old man, and such an unexpected method confirmed the old saying that fighting poison with poison is confirmed.
Sure enough, this method was very effective, and the embers finally suppressed the old man's unjust soul with the combination of black dog blood and sewing corpse with a special rune paper, and the possibility of turning into a murderous corpse again was gone.
But for the sake of insurance, Yu Huo asked Lai Changqing's subordinates to replace them with brand new coffin nails, and said with a serious face: "Eight coffin nails, each one can only be knocked nine times, and it must be bottomed, otherwise, everything that has been done before will be lost." ”
Ember is not alarmist, because for an evil ghost who is unwilling to be reincarnated, it can only be suppressed by force, and the previous series of operations of Ember are nothing more than some substitutes, or sacrifices, to relieve the soul of the deceased, so that the deceased can be freed from bad luck.
Sealing the coffin is a technical work that cannot be played, especially in the face of the resentment of the deceased, the fire of each coffin nailed to the bottom needs to be just right, and nine beats are the key to this nail.
Moreover, these eight coffin nails require eight skilled strong men, and eight coffin nails are hammered at the same time, and the time error of each coffin nail into the bottom is no more than two seconds at most, and the synchronization of God is naturally the best result.
At this time, the time to test teamwork has come, and whether the group of people under Lai Changqing is working together or not, it will be clear later.
Lai Changqing found seven of his most trusted brothers, plus he himself was exactly eight people, and the same frequency of eight people directly determined the previous efforts, and the success or failure was in one fell swoop.
Everyone was ready, Lai Changqing nodded, and then waved the sledgehammer in his hand and aimed it at the coffin nail.
"Solve the soul and send the wrong, seal the coffin!"
As soon as the embers gave the order, only the sound of a neat sledgehammer hitting the steel nails was heard, one, two, three...... With the crisp sound of the ninth sledgehammer hitting the steel nails, the eight coffin nails have bottomed out impartially, and the coffin cover is firmly buckled on the coffin.
Judging from the sound just now, under the command of Lai Changqing, the time of the eight people beating can be said to be synchronized, which also made Yu Huo somewhat relieved, and then said: "Master Lai, everyone who wants you to come to the coffin of the deceased to light three incense sticks and perform a worship ceremony, you can eliminate the disaster." ”
Yu Huo spoke, and no one in the production dared not disobey, because Yu Huo's series of operations just now, although it was a little funny, the final result was good, in other words, Yu Huo has now become the lifesaver of everyone present.
Yu Huo didn't ask for gratitude, he only hoped that Lai Changqing and his subordinates would no longer have the idea of killing the killer, after all, everyone present could get out of here alive, and Yu Huo had proven his ability.
After two temptations, Yu Huo has clearly seen a fact, that is, Lai Changqing is not credible.
It is impossible to find the whereabouts of the dark lamp through him, because Lai Changqing is a businessman, and he is careful all the time in business.
Calculate every transaction, every payment, is there a return? What is the return? How high is the return? It's all clear.
The dark lamp is in danger, the embers can't be so drained by Lai Changqing, and if the dark lamp falls, the consequences will be unimaginable.
needs to save himself, and Ember needs to get rid of Lai Changqing's surveillance as soon as possible, leave the lair, and find another way to rescue the Dark Lantern.
"Mr. Yu, today is to see with my own eyes Mr. Courage and ability to deal with things, and also let us see the exquisite technique of sewing corpses, by the way, the dark lamp that Mr. Yu wants is now kept by the ghost head himself, but the ghost head has been in retreat for more than three months, and when the ghost head is out of the customs, I will take you to see him immediately, so that you can continue your life for the ghost lamp, what do you think?"
Seeing that the crisis in the laboratory had been lifted, Lai Changqing began to make a small calculation again, while bringing a high hat to the embers, he wanted to stabilize the embers, and waited for the opportunity to steal the technique of sewing the corpse.
But Yu Huo is not a three-year-old child, and after three or two temptations and coaxing, he even has the motive to kill the killer, and he is a fool who will no longer trust Changqing's nonsense.
But the embers couldn't show it too much, so they had to deal with it and said: "Listen to the respect, everything is arranged by Master Lai." ”