My master is invincible

Chapter 342 Nine Coffins (65)

During the hour from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], many things happened. Firstly, because of Grandma Qiao's departure, there was no one for Lu's eldest son to attend the funeral, and Lu's eldest son had quarreled with Lu Yaodong for a long time.Later, an unknown master of metaphysics was introduced to continue Joyce's work.

I know the master of metaphysics, he is a member of the Metaphysics Association, but he is a student of Taoism and has only a half-knowledge about funerals.

Time is something that always slips away at your fingertips, and soon it will be ten o'clock, a lot of firecrackers and fireworks are set off, and the first gong is finally sounded.

After the sound of the gong, another strange thing happened. Blind Luo, who was doing the funeral for the second son of the Lu family, fell to the ground in response. .

This made the metaphysics masters present puzzled. Na Luo blind man is the best among the metaphysics masters. Not to mention that his zodiac did not violate the four phases of taboo, even if he did, with his morality, such a situation would never happen. situation.

However, such an awesome person just fainted.

Afterwards, Blind Luo was carried away and said that he was sent to the hospital for treatment.

After the blind Na Luo left, a shadow was cast over everyone's heads, saying that the funeral was difficult and everyone was in danger, and many masters of metaphysics began to retreat.

Fortunately, the nine sons of the Lu family promised to double the cost of the funeral, together with the assurance from Commander Yan, this stabilized the hearts of those masters of metaphysics and allowed the funeral to go on smoothly.

After dealing with these matters, it was almost twelve noon. According to the local customs, twelve o'clock is the meal time, and it is not appropriate to continue the funeral, so the funeral was postponed again.

In the next period of time, a group of people hurriedly picked up a few meals and sat together to talk about the funeral of the old hero. All the things reported up.

I don't know what Wang Muyang said on the phone, I just know that after Wan Yang called Wang Muyang, his face relaxed a lot, and Wang Muyang must have given him an idea.

When the hour hand pointed to 2 o'clock, the funeral finally began, and those masters of metaphysics returned to their own coffins and began to busy themselves with the funeral.

Of course, I went back to the seventh coffin without exception, and started the funeral. Because of the venue, I planned to break the mold, and then lead Lu Yaodong and his family around the coffin 108 times, and then do some rituals. It's a funeral.

How did he know, Lu Yaodong said, this is not enough respect for the old heroes, he wants to use a funeral custom of the 50s to 'photograph the death'.

I've heard people say about this "Zhaodie" before. The full name is Chuandeng Zhaodie. In the 50s, "Zhaodie" emerged in Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi. Later, I don't know what happened. This custom was replaced, but , There are also many people who follow this custom.After all, everyone believes differently.

It is said that this custom can be traced back as far as the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, people believed that after death, people went to the dark road, and the darkness was boundless. They needed a bright light to guide the way, so that the dead could find their way to the underworld.

Later, various versions emerged one after another. Some people said that you don’t need a bright light to lead the way, just hold a piece of yellow [yellow] paper, go to the designated place, and stick the yellow paper there. If the yellow paper can be pasted on the wall, the deceased’s The souls of the dead are there, and they need to burn yellow paper, burn incense, and recite Sutras of Rebirth in that place.

Later, someone combined the two versions and built a "Zhaode Temple" among the villages.

This "Zhaode Temple" is equivalent to the upper household registration in the yang world. It is a household registration for the deceased in the underworld.

Because of the long history, "Zhaodie" is not a common funeral etiquette. Many people don't know how to operate it until someone who is interested finds such a description in Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions".

' This day is the fifth day of May [-]th, when the Buddhist monk Naying was opening the square to break the prison, passed on the lamp to illuminate the dead, visited Yan Jun, and the ghosts of Judu, invited the king of Tibet, opened the golden bridge, and led the banners, and the Taoist priests were laying down. Shen Biao went to Sanqing, kowtowed to the Jade Emperor, Buddhist monks held incense, set off flames, worshiped water and repented. There were also thirteen nuns, who draped embroidered clothes, wore red shoes, and silently recited various mantras in front of the spirit. It was very lively. '

It is this description that makes "Zhaodie" popular.However, there was a quarrel over the candidates for the "Zhaode" event.Taoist priests say that this is a ritual performed by Taoist priests, while Buddhist monks say that this is a ritual performed by monks.

The two parties argued for a long time until the founding of New China. Due to some special reasons, the vitality of the Taoist and Buddhist families was greatly injured. This "Zhaode" was picked up by the funeral directors. They simplified the ceremony a lot and became more popular with the people. .In Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi, it is still very prosperous. Even in very few places in Hunan, there is the custom of "photographing death".

It is the quarrel between Taoism and Buddhism on "Zhaode" that caused people who do funerals in some places to call themselves monks, and in some places call themselves Taoists. In fact, people know that people who do funerals are neither real Taoists. , nor an authentic monk, just tacit understanding.

A little too far, let's get down to business.

As soon as I heard Lu Yaodong say "Zhaodie", I was stunned for a while, and then asked him: "If we use the ceremony of 'Zhaodie', what will happen to the coffin? Let it be cold here?"

He looked happy and said, "I'll do the 'photographing' with you. My wife and children will kneel in front of the coffin. Do you think it's possible?"

I thought for a while, the place is very crowded, if I hold the funeral according to my previous plan, there will definitely be some lack of etiquette, and some strange things will inevitably happen.

Immediately, I agreed and asked him: "Are you prepared for the tool of 'Zhaode'?"

"Already prepared!" he said.

Hearing this, I was a little puzzled, since Lu Yaodong had already prepared the equipment for "Zhaode", why didn't he say hello to me in advance, but now?

I asked out the doubts in my heart.

He said: "A few days ago you have been in the Taihang Mountains. I told Lao Luo, he said that he would not do the ritual of death. Just last night, I mentioned "Zhao death" to Master Jiang again, and he Tell me, you are quite virtuous when it comes to funerals, so let me ask you if you understand, I didn't expect that I asked casually, and you really understand."

I nodded and said, "I don't know much about the ceremony of 'Zhaode', but you can try it."

Afterwards, I performed some simple ceremonies in front of the coffin, burned some yellow paper, and asked Luo Dajun to lead Lu Yaodong's family to guard in front of the coffin, and told Luo Dajun not to leave the coffin cold.

After arranging these things, Lu Yaodong returned to the seventh coffin with some tools for "Zhaodie", and I started to prepare for the "Zhaodie" ceremony.

(End of this chapter)