Xiao Yu brought a table, then spread it with a yellow cloth, then took out the Bagua mirror, a peach wood sword, and then things in cinnabar, covering the table, and finally it looked like Ergou was coming.
Some fruits are placed on the plate! Of course, the most important thing here is a plate of steamed buns.
The sky is getting darker and darker. There is no sun today. The whole sky is gloomy. The biting cold wind blows the branches around the village, making a rustling sound. Together with the crows on the trees, Bailong Village is enveloped.
A strange atmosphere.
When it gets dark, people who play suona and sing filial songs come one after another. Those who sing filial songs are all middle-aged men. They are indispensable for any funeral. Although singing filial songs is good for death,
It's not very useful, but it has a very refreshing effect on the living people.
After a person dies, in China, there is a custom of mourning. That is to say, the living person spends the last few days with the deceased, so they stay up all night. However, people's physical strength is limited. If they are in such a sad atmosphere, they will be very mentally exhausted.
I felt sleepy, so the profession of singing filial piety slowly emerged.
In the evening, the elderly and middle-aged people from the village and other villages came here. There were many charcoal fires burning in the house, which dissipated a lot of the cold air in the house! Then the relatives of the deceased began to fall down beside the coffin.
He went up to the house and began to cry loudly to express his condolence, and the people who arrived began to offer incense to the deceased. Ergou's children knelt there, carrying mourning cloths, and kept kowtowing to thank the deceased.
As more and more relatives arrived, heart-wrenching cries could be heard throughout the village. Sadness and anger spread in the village, especially some old people. Seeing this scene, it was like seeing them die.
That day, I started to cry unconsciously.
Xiao Yu and his master sat cross-legged beside the coffin. Xiao Yu recited the death spell in a low voice, while his master drew some talismans and stuck them on the coffin!
Those talismans are just ordinary talismans. They have no effect. At best, they just fool people!
According to Grandpa Xiao Yu, drawing useful talismans requires a lot of materials. Those things are too expensive, and there are not many corpses that can turn into ghosts, so don't waste money.
After placing the talisman around the coffin, Grandpa Xiao Yu wore a Taoist robe, lit an oil lamp, and slowly placed it under the coffin. Then he ordered a bowl of noodles from the kitchen, stood in front of the coffin, and muttered a few words to the coffin,
Then the noodles were placed in front of the coffin.
After doing this, the prelude to the ceremony was basically completed, and then Grandpa Xiao Yu also sat next to Xiao Yu. The eyes of the old man and the little one were closed tightly. They did not open their eyes despite the crying and shouting in the room.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, after the thank-you meal, the number of people coming gradually dwindled, and the young men in the village gathered together to play cards, and some old people gathered around the brazier and chatted! At this time, the filial piety singers set up the gongs and drums,
Waiting on the speakers, they began to sing one sentence after another! Hearing the sound of singing filial piety, Xiao Yu felt relieved because he knew that he could finally get up and move around.
"Grandpa, I'm so sleepy, can you go back and take a nap?" Xiao Yu asked softly.
"Go on, this young man is so evil that he will appear tomorrow. Come here early! Remember, don't run around when you go out. Take the jade token that grandpa gave you carefully," Grandpa Xiao Yu instructed.
"Well, I understand. Grandpa, why don't you come with me and ask God to do it at dawn? It's still early."
"No, I have to be here. I've checked the time. The time of death of this corpse is a bit strange. As long as we survive tonight, nothing will happen."
"Oh" Xiao Yu agreed, then rubbed his stiff legs, and roasted around the fire pot for a while before getting ready to go home. It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and if it were an ordinary child, he would probably be dreaming.
A few! But Xiao Yu has been going to nightclubs with his grandfather since he could walk, and they were still in the same village, so this journey was not difficult at all for him.
After walking out of Ergou's house, a cold wind suddenly hit outside. Xiao Yu not only shivered, but he immediately wrapped his cotton-padded jacket tighter, and then rushed home despite the cold wind!
But just after Xiao Yu walked a hundred meters, he suddenly saw a man riding a white horse standing there. Behind the man, there were seven or eight soldiers carrying a sedan chair, as if they were getting married.
"Whose family is getting married so late? Are you sick?" Xiao Yu muttered in his mind and took two steps forward. Unexpectedly, his heart skipped a beat, his face suddenly turned pale, and he immediately took a few steps back.
"Is this Yin Bing? Yin Bing wants to get married?" Xiao Yu said with a trembling voice.
Xiao Yu could see ghosts, and those ghosts could naturally see Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, and deliberately took two steps forward. Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head again, and came towards
go the way.
"Don't panic. Grandpa said you must not run away when you see a ghost. The Yang Fire will weaken as soon as you run away." Xiao Yu comforted himself in his heart and quickened his pace. At the same time, he kept chanting the Liuding Protective Charm.
"Ren Gao protects me, Ding Chou protects me, Ren He saves me, Ding You protects me, Ren Can manages the soul, Ding Si nourishes the mind...".
Seeing Ergou's house getting closer and closer, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he deliberately squatted down and made a gesture of tying his shoelaces. From his crotch, he saw that those ghosts were still coming here, and he saw
The speed was getting faster and faster.
"Oops, are they here to pick up Aunt Liu?" Xiao Yu thought to himself.
"Aunt Liu has just died. She should not go to the underworld until the night of rebirth. Are these ghosts here to steal the bride? Do they want to take away Aunt Liu's soul directly before she goes to the underworld?"
"That's not right. Didn't grandpa say that right after death, the earth god protects him? How could they... Could it be that the earth god was bribed?"
With this thought in his mind, Xiao Yu finally stepped into Ergou's house. Only then did Xiao Yu see that his grandfather was drawing a talisman, and it was a black dog blood talisman. This was only used when dealing with evil spirits.
"Grandpa, I...".
Xiao Yu was about to speak, but was glared at by his grandfather. He swallowed what he was about to say and just tiptoed forward to tell him what he had just seen.
"Well, it is indeed a ghost who snatched the bride. Since it can appear at this time, I am afraid that this ghost has a lot of background. Even the land master would not dare to offend him." Grandpa Xiao Yu said with a frown.
"Grandpa, what should we do now? That ghost seems to be very powerful, can you deal with him?" Xiao Yu asked in a low voice.
"Well, you go and get the paper man and go find Ergou."
Grandpa Xiao Yu gave a few instructions, then stood up, picked up the Bagua mirror on the table, and placed it directly on the front door.
The villagers in the house were a little curious when they saw Xiao Yu bringing the paper man next to the coffin to his grandfather, and immediately gathered around to watch the fun! However, those who came were only old people, and most of the young people went home to sleep.
