the last priest

After staying in Wang's house for two days, it was time to "recover the mountain" for Mr. He. It turned out that after a person died early, the burial was not immediate, but the coffin was buried shallowly and covered with a thin layer. The thin soil is equivalent to refilling the dug pit, but the surface is flat, leaving no graves.It is necessary to wait until three days after the burial, and then go to the last ritual, and set up a grave bag, which is called "Fushan".

But because modern people add a cement roof to the tomb, firstly, the tomb is solid and cannot meet water; secondly, it looks more decent than before.

It is because of the cement roof that the funeral culture of "Fushan" has disappeared, because when the burial was done, the vault was already sealed with cement, and it was in place at one time, but Cha Wenbin can He didn't intend to save this process, he decided to follow the rules passed down from his ancestors.

On this day, several relatives of the family went up the mountain with cooked food and things needed for the sacrifice.

After setting up the desk and lighting incense sticks, Zha Wenbin picked up the loess from the grave and built a small mound on the top of the cement, and pressed a few pieces of yellow paper with stones, which was regarded as restoring the mountain to Mr. He.

When placing the stone, Cha Wenbin felt that the little finger of his left hand started to become stiff, not as flexible as before, and the ring finger also started to feel a little numb.He didn't care too much, thinking that it was just that he had been active outside recently, and his joints might have suffered from a bit of wind and cold.

In the evening, some close relatives and friends sat at Wang's house and had a meal. This dinner meant that the deceased had passed away, and the funeral can be regarded as officially over today.

After Chaozi bid farewell to these relatives, he got together with Cha Wenbin and the others to discuss their future life.In short, Chaozi's intention is to do some antique business. Zhuo Xiong has already sold all the properties left in Sichuan at a low price, and he is not willing to go back. Hengroulian is here to follow, so he intends to stay here. Cha Wenbin hopes to go back to the countryside to farm, and spend his whole life deciphering the ghost script, so as to comfort the spirit of He Lao.

The end result was that they paid for a big house in Cha Wenbin's hometown, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong were in charge of the upturning, and Hengroulian was in charge of helping Cha Wenbin with the farm work, because he was strong, so they had another day. A new achievement is that Cha Wenbin gave Hengroulian a name, called: Dashan!From the reading between the lines, one can understand the meaning, the surname is Sui Zhuoxiong, because they all came from the same village.

The matter was decided in this way at the time. Zha Wenbin was going to finish the first seven for Mr. He, and then he was ready to start construction. There were many things in the early stage, such as buying materials, finding craftsmen, and making drawings.

Zha Wenbin is a Taoist priest himself, so he will wait until the day when he breaks ground, so the house is tentatively scheduled to be demolished in 20 days. During that time, everyone is very busy.But because he is a good person on weekdays and often helps others, all the folks in the village are willing to help him. Those who can't help, such as Director Jin, know that Cha Wenbin will not accept money, so they simply send someone The best steel and concrete was brought here from the county town, which made Cha Wenbin a little embarrassed.

But there is one thing, Zha Wenbin doesn't know how to say it, Mr. He still has a head seven to do, Chaozi also reminded him, but he said that the time is not up, Zha Wenbin calculated it, he didn't Seven days, but come in No.18 days!After a person dies, they will be escorted back by the errand to take a look at it, and fulfill their wishes during their lifetime, so as not to think about it below, which is what we call the soul-returning night.

There are also two types of soul-returning this time: one is the ordinary soul-returning night, usually on the seventh day, and there are other times, basically just to come and see and leave, as long as people who are in conflict with that day are avoided and do not appear , basically nothing will happen, so it doesn’t matter if it is advanced or postponed until the seventh day; there is another kind, the name is not so nice, it is called Huisha, on the day of Huisha, everyone, no matter how hard the horoscope is, Everyone has the possibility of being rushed, so this has to be greeted in advance.

Most people's soul-returning takes place on the seventh day, so the folks also call this night of soul-returning the first seven, but in fact, for those who know the Tao, there is a lot of knowledge in it. It doesn't count at all, that's what's going to happen.

According to the year, month, and branch of a person's death, the so-called time when the soul returns home is calculated, and it is said that on the day of return, if there is a fierce spirit appearing, it is called Huisha, and if there is no, it is an ordinary Huihun.

Huisha is divided into several feet and several feet, and there are strict distinctions, which can be calculated according to the stems and branches.

For example, if a person dies on the day of Jiazi, then his soul is nine feet (A) plus nine feet (Zi), then the total is one foot and eight feet. This value represents the depth of the soul's entry into the ground. The larger the depth, the heavier the evil spirit, and the shorter the staying time, because it takes time for him to rush back; the smaller the depth, the lighter the evil spirit, but the longer the staying time.

Coincidentally, the day He Lao died happened to be the fourth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which just happened to be a Jiazi day!

People have three souls and seven souls. After death, the soul leaves the body. The soul first disperses, and then the soul.

Among the three souls, the earth soul is always in the ground and governs Yangshou, and the sky soul governs luck and is often absent. Only the soul of life must be attached to the human body. Usually, it is this soul that loses the soul.

After a person dies, the life soul will go down to the ground, ranging from one foot to eight feet to nine feet.But the soul of this earth will rise after death, rising by one foot every day, so if someone like He Lao died on Jiazi Day, he would return to the soul eighteen days after his death.

Therefore, before the dead soul returns to the soul, its soul still remains in the soil.Ordinary people usually sprinkle some ash or powder on the place where the dead soul must pass and on the platform where the sacrifices are placed, and then close the door to warn strangers to intrude and harass.

It is not until the next day's dawn that the time for returning the soul has passed, and then everyone in the family gathers, unlocks the lock and enters to watch, and see if there are any handprints or footprints left on the ashes or powder, and then we will know whether the soul has returned.

Zha Wenbin knew that Mr. He was absolutely nothing to say, but after this person died, he drank soup and his earthly soul came out, then his relatives would not recognize him, so he was still a little bit guilty, but this matter still had to be dealt with in the end. Chao Zi explained that, after all, there are too many things to pay attention to on that day.

After Zha Wenbin thought twice, he finally told Chaozi about the matter here the night before returning to Sha. He always left from Wangzhuang, so he had to go back to Wangzhuang to handle this matter.

That morning, a few of them rushed over to make arrangements early, and Cha Wenbin also greeted the people in the village. If you have nothing to do tonight, don't go out for a stroll. When it gets dark, just close the door and go to bed as soon as possible.

The chicken slaughterer made a large table of tributes and placed them in front of the altar. With the incident of Chao Zi and his grandfather returning to evil, today everyone has learned to behave.It is because when "returning evil", that is, when the undead come to the house, there can be no living beings.Why can't there be strangers?In fact, it is because it is said in Taoism that if there are strangers, ghosts will not go in when they hear the sound, and the second is because some people will see ghosts when the flame is low, and they are easy to be rushed.

Cha Wenbin prepared incense wax paper, pork cut into pier, a piece of bamboo, a table, eight benches, a sieve and stove ashes, as well as firecrackers and firecrackers, two servings of raw rice, and a chopstick on both sides. In the middle of a bowl, put a raw egg on the side of the chopsticks.

He first took the pillar, and then pasted the money paper on the bamboo, one by one, until the whole strip was full, and then he borrowed a ladder to take down the roof tiles One, and then the bamboo goes out through the hole, which is a bit like a wire.

This is done to make it easier for Mr. He to enter the door later, this time he will definitely not come in through the door, why?Because there is a door god watching at the gate!So this time the soul basically came down from the window or the roof of the house. If you encounter a house where the tiles cannot be opened, you can also put this bamboo against the window.

Then, prepare a table of food and drink, set up eight benches, and place a piece of money paper on each bench, which is used to feed Yin Cha and He Lao, because they can't be sure which one they will sit on, so they simply set them all up. superior.

This sieve is used to dry stove ashes. People who live in rural areas know that firewood was used for cooking at that time, so there will be ash under the stove. In the past when there was no shampoo, you can use it to mix saponins Washing hair with Polygonum multiflorum, the effect is far better than those in the current TV commercials.

After they had dinner, Zha Wenbin covered the top of the sieve with stove ashes, first sprinkled a layer under the bamboo, and then sprinkled it in front of the tribute and under the sieve according to the way they wanted to go, etc. Then there was a big reed rooster tied to the gate. If there was anything wrong, Zhuo Xiong was going to smash the rooster. As soon as the rooster crowed, Yin Zai thought it would be dawn and he would immediately press the ghost back.

That's how things were done. When the time was almost up, Cha Wenbin sealed all the doors and windows, then drove everyone up to the second floor, got two talismans to seal the door, and told him to open the door before he was called to open it. It cannot be opened.

Then he led Heizi to the foot of He Laona's grave alone, waiting for the old man to appear.

The older Heizi grew, the more he stuck to Zha Wenbin, and now he would follow wherever he fell.Cha Wenbin touched its head and thought of it a little bit, so he touched it in his arms, and then stopped, the sun wheel was gone, and those memories were gone.