the last priest

When I arrived at Mr. Wang's house, I opened the door. Mr. He had already gotten up and was washing in the yard. When he saw Cha Wenbin coming back, Mr. He asked Cha Wenbin to kneel before he could wipe the toothpaste on his mouth.

Cha Wenbin stopped him, "What is Mr. He doing?"

Mr. He was already in tears, and with tears and snot, Cha Wenbin helped him to sit on the stool

"Wen Bin, I saw my wife last night. As you said, she gave me a dream, told me to take good care of myself, and asked me to tell you that everything is fate."

"Fate? I don't believe in this fate, I just want to see if God can ignore human life!" Gritting his teeth, Cha Wenbin frowned and slammed his fist on the stone plate, blood running down the stone plate The texture is thinly spread out

I don't know if this man passed out due to excessive usage or sadness last night, Mr. He hurriedly woke up Wang Xin, and asked him to help carry him into the wing room. Since his daughter passed away, Cha Wenbin has hardly had a full night's sleep. This time, he had a high fever and fell asleep for a day and a night. On the night he fell asleep, another person died in Wangzhuang. 【 】. .

It's not strange to die. For the people in the village, the death of an elderly person is a joy and mourning. Who is it?In a family diagonally opposite Mr. Wang’s house, an old lady died, and she was in her eighties. She was taking a bath in her own bathhouse, and she hadn’t seen her for a long time. When the daughter-in-law went in to look for it, she found the old lady lying in a wooden barrel. Half of his head sank in the water.

Her daughter-in-law usually has a loud voice. When she saw this scene, she yelled "Ah!", and half the people in the village were shocked. This old lady is usually quite strong, although she is more than eighty. , working in the field is also very neat, just died like this, the younger generation is naturally heartbroken, thinking that this person died not long ago, so he sent someone to call the barefoot doctor from the village, the doctor saw it and announced the death, It is estimated that the reason is that the time in the bath was too long, the water temperature was too high, and the blood pressure went up. After the stroke, no one noticed, and he sank into the water and drowned. . .

His son is called Old Man Zhang. Although he is over 60 years old, he is really filial. The old lady passed away like this, and he blamed himself very much. He announced on the spot that he would hold a big funeral.He knew that there was a Taoist priest living in the house opposite him, so he immediately took the cigarettes and wine and prepared to invite him. He stepped into the gate with his front foot, and Wang Xin stopped him with his back foot, saying that Cha Wenbin had been in a coma for a day, what did he call it? He didn't wake up, maybe he was tired, let him rest first

The old man Zhang had no choice but to find a job in the village first, gave the old lady a small first, changed into a shroud, and then tore down half of his own gate, and took two benches to put it on. The old lady's body just stopped in his home.

On the first day of this person's death, the old lady was of a high seniority, so there were naturally many people who came to watch the spirit. The cremation publicity began, but the old lady refused to allow it when she was alive, saying that she would have to lie in her big coffin no matter what she did, and if she was set on fire, how could she go to the hell to find the old man?

As for old man Zhang, firstly he dare not disobey his mother's will, secondly he is an honest villager, and those who cremated and popularized the law also came down every three days, saying that private burial is illegal, and he might have to sue. in a dilemma

That assistant gave him an idea, what?Build a clothes grave for the old lady. In ancient times, generals who died in battle were often shrouded in horse leather and buried on the spot. In order to let him go to the ground, relatives at home bought some clothes he wore in front of him and buried them in the coffin. , to be more particular, tie a dummy with straw, write the date of birth of the deceased, and bury it together

This method is a good one, but there is one thing. After a person dies, the soul will leave the body, but what he misses is still his own body.That is to attract souls!

How about this way of attracting the soul? After a person dies, the soul may not be taken away immediately, and some people have to stay at home for a few days before being picked up by the messenger. The straw man is regarded as his own body, and he attaches it to

He was taken away on the spot. You have to wait until the first seven times to return to your soul, and tell him that your body is here, so don’t look for it in the future. The one with clothes on this pile of straw is you!

Chinese people not only pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots, but also pay attention to putting them in the soil for safety, so the SLR is in the cemetery, the coffin is placed in a position, the bottom must not be marble or cement, it must be soil, preferably loess!

Of course, Wu Zuo couldn't do this soul-inducing job, so who would do it?Hey, everyone must have guessed it, Taoist Cha Wenbin, this is his specialty

Reluctantly, Zha Wenbin didn't wake up until the evening of the next day, and dazedly went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash his face, only to hear "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three firecrackers sounded outside, and the three firecrackers sounded, What does it represent?Someone died again at home, and the villagers who came back and forth to help had to eat, and these three firecrackers had to be set off before eating, which is also one of the local customs

Before he had time to put down the washcloth, Cha Wenbin rushed out of the yard, and saw that he was on the opposite side, with elegiac couplets pasted up, wreaths placed, people coming and going serving food and wine, very busy, old and young, men and women The sound of crying mixed with the yelling of big bowls touching wine, the laughter of women and bachelors, Cha Wenbin frowned and rushed over. I was recording something, and when I took a closer look, it turned out that Mr. He was invited to be the accountant. People who died in the countryside, everyone had to pay a piece of money to express their condolences. Mr. He is a scholar, everyone knows, although His father-in-law and his wife just died, everyone still respects him and let him be the accountant

Zha Wenbin went in with his front foot, just now he was still loudly playing wine orders, and the people who were teasing and laughing suddenly fell silent. Tonight, this Taoist priest is all counting on this Taoist priest, but this Taoist priest came in with a gloomy face, looking worried, which is weird The atmosphere was delicious and delicious just now, when a Taoist priest entered the door, he instantly let the Buddha freeze the time

It was Mr. He who got up first, and hurriedly ran over and dragged Cha Wenbin out of the yard. There was an instant whispering inside, and I don't know who shouted "Drink!"The lively scene from before reappeared

Mr. He dragged Cha Wenbin out and hurriedly asked him how he was doing. Mr. Zha shook his head and said he was fine. Mr. He briefly told him about the family and called Mr. Zhang out to meet the guests.

When the old man saw that Zha Wenbin was coming, he naturally wiped away his tears, squeezed out an ugly smile, and begged Zha Wenbin to do a ritual to attract souls. Zha Wenbin thought for a moment, then nodded his agreement

Old man Zhang was overjoyed. He hurriedly called Cha Wenbin to go in and do it. He poured wine and handed cigarettes, but Cha Wenbin refused them all. He only had one request, that is, let the kitchen serve a bowl of clear porridge.

After dinner, the women and children cleaned up the tables and chairs, and most of them were driven home by their own men. This kind of soul-attraction is not something that ordinary people can be present. but something big happened

As usual, Cha Wenbin stated that people with contradictory attributes should not stay at the scene, and the rest of the people had better not stand in the house. Candles and glutinous rice are placed on the desk one by one

This desk is different this time from before, where is the difference?There are two desks, which are respectively placed with Datou rice and tributes. Both are lit with candles and incense. The only difference is that one desk is placed in front of the door where the dead body is lying, and the other is placed in the mouth where the straw man is turning. coffin front

The spiritual seats in front of the two desks are also different, one is painted and placed in front of the door panel, the other is unpainted and placed in front of the coffin, the sleeping lamp is also lit under the door panel, but not under the coffin

Cha Wenbin motioned for everyone else to stand outside. When he was about to start, he felt dark in front of his eyes. He shook his head. He didn't know if he was really tired recently or what. Fangbai copper ink box inkstone, dipped in cinnabar and drew a ghost array on the ground. This ghost array requires that the tip of the pen should not leave the ground from the beginning to the end. Without cinnabar, it can only be poured from top to bottom along the pen barrel.

The people outside saw it clearly, and couldn't help admiring the Taoist priest. The old man Zhang was a little proud of the scene, thinking that this time he would save face, so he called for an expert

The soul drawing formation started from under the door of the mortuary, and the last stroke was placed under the coffin. While painting, Zha Wenbin was muttering something, and everyone naturally couldn't understand what he was saying, but when the last stroke was made, beads of sweat the size of soybeans fell down on Zha Wenbin's forehead, and he seemed to be struggling

This ghost formation originated from Miaojiang. At first, this spell was an indispensable condition for making a tomb of clothes. Later, it was used by some demons to induce souls to practice evil magic. It is extremely vicious, and has always been shamed by people in the righteous way, so this spell is almost lost. Cha Wenbin also read it from the books left by his master. This is the first time he used it today, and he doesn't know the benefits. I just feel exhausted after drawing a single talisman.