Hu Zongren and I are the ones who burn incense on weekdays, and we must enshrine shrines in our respective homes according to regulations, because we are still employed. Unless we are not at home for a long time, otherwise, we must do it every day.
Burning incense. Hu Zongren and I both need to use the ashes of offered incense as a means of fighting ghosts to varying degrees. We know a lot about ashes. Usually when burning paper during sacrifices, the paper will be soft and flammable because of its original nature.
It will burn out soon, but even if the open fire is extinguished, there is still a dark fire. The so-called dark fire is the flame that you cannot see the flame. This is why when there is no flame, the pile of money and paper will still smoke.
Because of. Any burning, whether it is burning incense, candles or money paper, is divided into three stages. In the first stage, the flame can be seen, and in the second stage, smoke is emitted. When the smoke is emitted, the flame is emitted.
The ashes of burned money paper are black. In the third stage, the black paper ashes will be burned again and turn into gray-white, which is what Hu Zongren and I are seeing now.
The finally burned paper ash is very soft and even weightless. The moisture in the air will penetrate into it, causing the paper ash to be moist, so the newly burned paper ash will fly around under the action of external force, while the overnight
But it has a certain stickiness. This is why Hu Zongren and I immediately judged it when we saw the paper ashes in the brazier. There were actually a lot of incense sticks in it, and they didn't look like they were burned at once.
, and there were some unburned money paper in the corners. Hu Zongren picked it up and took a look, and then told me that this was yellow straw paper, which was also the most commonly used money paper in Sichuan and Chongqing areas. Burning paper is divided into
There are two types, one is rough yellow straw paper with holes punched in it and looks like a string of coins, which is usually used to burn to the dead. The other is very similar to the yellow talisman paper we often use.
The color is bright yellow, relatively smooth, but also very soft. It is often a large piece and then folded into a rectangle. This kind is burned to Bodhisattvas or gods. If you follow what Teacher Yang said, this supermarket burns paper.
If a Fujian employee burned paper because of customs, he obviously chose the wrong person. In other words, probably from the first day he started burning paper, he failed to invite gods to pave the way for wealth, but instead invited some people from around the world.
The kid came to join in the fun.
Hu Zongren said with a smile that the guy who burned the paper didn't even know who he was worshiping. It took him so long to get into trouble until now. He was really lucky. I also smiled and said, isn't it? You said there must be a lot of people around here.
They are old residents. There are relatively more elderly residents in the old residents. In addition, there is a hospital nearby, and people die every day. The ghost of the old woman that Teacher Yang and the others met is probably from around here. Hu Zongren threw away the money paper.
, and then said to me, check the compass and see what happens around here. So I took out the compass and started walking down the stairs from the first floor to the second floor. As before, this passage was full of activity.
It's just that the further you go up, the weaker it becomes, because after all, there are people working up there, and the yang and yin energy offset each other to a certain extent. The closer you get to the brazier, the stronger it gets, and it gradually gets weaker as you continue to go down.
It means that these ghosts are aiming at this brazier. They gather around the brazier. So far, I am completely sure that the appearance of ghosts is because the burning of money paper has attracted ghosts from all around.
But I still haven't found the ghosts who are currently staying here, so Hu Zongren said, since they are here and they have to be taken away, let's also burn paper and pay homage. I hope those good friends will be here later.
My son can be gentler to us. I smiled and said to Hu Zongren, so you are still afraid of being rough. Aren't you just a rough person? When you were with Fu Yunni, wasn't it because she was rougher than you?
Hu Zongren burst out laughing. While laughing, he took out incense, candles, money and paper from his bag. He is a Taoist priest, and these things are more commonly used than me. Although I also prepare them on me, the number of times I use them is relatively small.
Hu Zongren's burning of incense is not an ordinary method of burning, but has the meaning of summoning souls and inviting gods. Others burn incense and just chant blessings and blessings, but what Hu Zongren chants is incantations. Taoist incantations are all kinds of strange, and most of them are
It is composed of classical Chinese, so when we first learned these mantras, we often memorized them by rote, and then gradually understood them in actual combat and slowly gained experience. By the year I met Hu Zongren, we were already able to understand them very clearly.
We need to know whether our spell actually summoned the ghost we wanted to summon in a case.
After Hu Zongren finished reciting the mantra, he kneaded and dispersed the money paper in his hand to form a fan shape. He lit a corner and tried to let the flame ignite the rest of the money paper. His middle finger was on top, and his index finger and ring finger were on the bottom.
The paper is between the middle finger and the index finger and the ring finger, so even if you don't hold it with your thumb at this moment, the money paper is fixed on Hu Zongren's hand. This is a gesture of the Yaoshan sect to make seals, make spells, and burn paper, because for Hu Zongren
As far as Zongren is concerned, the meaning of whether the thumb is extended or rolled in is different from the posture of the person casting the spell. The reason will not be explained in detail. In short, when the money paper in Hu Zongren's hand is about to be burned
When it came to his fingers, he gently loosened a few fingers and let the money papers scatter freely, and all the money papers would gather into the brazier as they fell. Just after the last one fell in, the money papers were still burning.
The fire was burning, and suddenly I felt a gust of wind blowing by.
I know that Hu Zongren is good at controlling fire, and the Yaoshan sect’s method of detecting spirits is basically based on this principle. The flames began to sway violently with the wind, but Hu Zongren and I didn’t feel a trace of wind. Although this corridor
It is not completely sealed, but the ventilation areas at both ends are outside the corners. If there is any place in this corridor that is least ventilated, it must be where we are standing. I think this is why the Fujian employee chose to be here.
One of the reasons for burning paper. But Hu Zongren did this without warning me in advance. When I saw the flames flying, I knew that Hu Zongren had brought the ghost.
I scolded Hu Zongren and said, why didn't you remind me? Hu Zongren answered me, you didn't ask me yourself. Too lazy to continue arguing with him, I quickly took out the compass and looked at it. The compass pointer in my hand began to rotate rapidly, but
It goes to a certain place, but immediately bounces back. The way it bounces is like the rebound of a pointer that is running at high speed when it suddenly hits something. This situation occurs very often on my compass.
So few, so few that I can count them on the fingers of one hand, and I also understand that this kind of rebound means that there are other ghosts around, causing the compass to not know where to point. And the place where the compass rebounds,
It happens to be where I am at the moment, which means that where I stand, there is a ghost squatting or standing overlapping me. I can't see it, but it is surrounding the brazier like me.
When I thought of this, I quickly jumped back to the side and pulled Hu Zongren over. I felt that the posture of my backward jump at that time would cause a stir in the audience and judges' seats even in the Olympics.
exclaimed. Hu Zongren seemed a little staggered by my sudden pull. He threw away his hand impatiently and asked me, "What are you doing?" I said something came from where we were standing. After saying that, I put the compass towards Hu Zongren.
I showed it to him. Hu Zongren looked at it and said, what does it mean to keep bouncing back and forth like this? My eyes are blurry. I said that it seems that the pile of money papers you burned just now attracted the ghosts around here.
, and it also shows that the ghosts around here will quickly gather because of someone burning paper. That is to say, in addition to this phenomenon having existed for a long time, they are being supported by people almost every day, just like those stray cats and dogs. If someone continuously
They are fed in the same place every day, so if the person feeding them does not come on any day, these cats and dogs will still be waiting in this place.
Hu Zongren nodded and said to me, that being the case, if we get rid of all the ghosts here now, does that mean we have solved the problem in the fastest way? I said that in principle, it is like
You catch ants. After destroying the ant nest, the ants scatter in all directions. It is difficult for you to catch them all. But if you put some sugar water next to the ant nest, you will be able to catch them all soon. Hu Zongren said, let's try
Try it, catch it, solve it one by one, and send them on their way one by one.
So I put the compass back into my bag, pulled out another piece of red rope, and hung five head-sized coils from the five fingers of my right hand, because I saw from the compass that although there were several ghosts here
But I can confirm that the number will not exceed five. If we can locate one of them, then catching the rest is just a matter of method and time. Hu Zongren only needs to sprinkle a handful of incense ash to make these ghosts
Revealed. Hu Zongren also held one edge of the Bagua bag with his right hand, making the mouth of the Bagua bag as big as possible. Then he picked up a handful of incense ashes with his left hand, nodded at me, and then scattered a handful of the ashes.
How to describe it, let’s put it this way, I clearly saw the incense ash hovering in the air, almost only for a few tenths of a second, so I was able to determine that the location of the group of ghosts was the location I guessed. When Hu Zongren and I
Just when I was about to pounce on the blind fishermen and catch as many as I could, just when I lifted my steps and moved forward, the incense ash actually bounced towards me and Hu Zongren in the opposite direction. This was a huge surprise to me.
I was caught off guard and accidentally got incense ash into my eyes.
I hurriedly stopped, squatted on the ground, and then turned around, trying to face the ghosts with my back, thinking that the back would be beaten more easily than the front. Then I stretched out my hand to rub my eyes, and at this moment, I heard the sound of Hu Zongren in my ears.
There was a muffled sound, followed by a sound of huffing and puffing, from near to far. If I guessed correctly, it was the sound of Hu Zongren rolling down the stairs. When I was about to shout out to Hu Zongren, a sound on my left side
My ribs were pushed by a force. It didn't hurt, but I lost my center of gravity. Then I felt dizzy and experienced severe pain in many parts of my body because I was also pushed down the stairs.
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