the last priest

There is one thing described in many TV dramas or novel fragments before death or when people are buried, and that is crows.

The crow, also known as the mourning bird in the folk, is a very unlucky animal. It is considered to bring great bad luck if it lands on the roof or the big tree in the yard.Some people also think that they are a kind of psychic animal, which is the endorsement of the people in that world to send signals to this world.

In fact, this deer is equivalent to the role of this endorsement in our village. Every time it calls, it will be dead.It doesn't matter if it's a coincidence or it really happened, anyway, this kind of thing that may cause trouble for oneself is generally beyond the reach of elderly people, let alone taking its life and eating its flesh up.

My father mentioned the weirdness of this muntjac to Cha Wenbin, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that it is really not that simple.

Before a person dies, Yin Cha is probably already waiting by the side, and only waits to take the person away the moment he dies.So how does Yincha grasp the time limit of each person's life and death, and accurately appear to take people away?

In addition to your destiny, which is written in the book of life and death, there is another thing that is similar to an intelligence agency.This deer is their intelligence agent, as long as it barks, it knows that someone is going to die in this land.

Some old people nodded immediately after hearing this kind of thing to express their conviction, but even Cha Wenbin himself was not sure about this thing.First of all, animal psychic things are seen less and listened to more; second, this thorny head has indeed reached the end of his life and has to die, so he deserves to die here, because the business he usually does is indeed a short life work.

Those who make money from the dead must either have the horoscope on their body really hard enough, or the patriarch protects them with something to cover their hands.Otherwise, they will either be buried in a pit and never come out, or the brothers will kill each other, and most of the rest who can come out will contract some strange diseases or die unexpectedly.

In this industry, although you can get rich overnight, how many people can really spend this money with peace of mind?

The death of the stabbing head was finally defined as suicide. It was not that Cha Wenbin was unwilling to take action, but that his soul had been exhausted.Some people have done all the bad things in life, but there will still be a place to settle the debt for him after death.

Even if his old mother had 1 reluctances, it couldn't overcome the disgust of the whole village towards him. The body was transported home with the help of a few kind-hearted people, and this matter was temporarily over.

After a busy morning, Cha Wenbin saw that the time had come, so he sent someone to light firecrackers and firecrackers. The suona gongs and drums formed spontaneously by the village made a loud noise.

The two coffins, one behind the other, were carried to the ancestral grave of Chen Fang's family.

Chen Fang found acupuncture points for himself before his death, and this land is also their family's ancestral grave.After all, it is a desolate family, and the few bare mounds have already been covered with thatch, which is desolate except for desolation.

The people in charge of digging the pit had already dug the pit well in advance, and the burial of ghost marriage is another science.

Zha Wenbin saw that the pit was mostly loess, and the soil was rarely mixed with hard rocks. Looking around, it didn't look like an area where heavy rain could form streams. Although the old graves were a little desolate, they were still solid. , I don't see any scourge of insects and ants.

Looking at the feng shui again, the terrain of this land is relatively open, and there are stretches of forests behind it, and the road and river are further down the front. Although it is not a good cave, it is considered that ordinary people can find such a place. It's not easy anymore.

Zha Wenbin nodded in satisfaction, then took out a thick layer of yellow paper from his bag, and carefully spread a whole layer on the bottom of the pit.Then take out seven copper coins and press them on the yellow paper according to the arrangement of the seven stars. This is called the seven-star line!

After finishing it, he asked Chaozi to take a pot of spirits, sprinkle it on the yellow paper thinly, then light the fire and throw it into the pit. With a "boom", the bottom of the entire pit was connected. There was a sea of ​​flames, and the flames were so high that the seven copper coins were burned red immediately.

This, we commonly call it "nuan kang", then we, in order to avoid offending others with some words, also call the grave "Kang".The purpose of this heated kang is to keep the newcomers from living in the cold. Although they have no descendants, it will also make the auspiciousness in the tomb come more quickly.

After Cha Wenbin gave an order, Chen Fang's coffin was put in first, and then a few handfuls of loess were sprinkled inside symbolically, and then ordered to carry Xiaodie's coffin and walk around Chen Fang's ancestral grave three times. .

Xiaodie's coffin was placed in front of Chen Jiazu's grave at this time. Cha Wenbin took out three incense sticks and inserted them on the head of Xiaodie's coffin, lit them, and quietly walked to the side. That is, this is the daughter-in-law of your Chen family. Today I came to recognize my ancestors and return to my clan. I hope your spirits in heaven can accommodate this new member of the family.

The three sticks of incense actually meant that Xiaodie would offer them to the ancestors of the Chen family. This is also called recognizing the door, and this will be your home from now on.

Then Zha Wenbin went to a grave bag and grabbed a handful of loess from the top, then took it back and wrapped it in a red cloth and put it aside, this thing will be put together with Xiaodie's bones later It can be regarded as a meeting gift from their Chen family to Xiaodie. With this relationship, Xiaodie can be regarded as the real daughter-in-law of the Chen family.

Next, the most intense moment is coming, that is bone washing and gold picking.

Bone washing, as the name suggests, is to remove the dirt from the bones, and picking up gold is to remove the bones from the coffin.Although it is a ghost marriage, for a married couple, you have to let people sleep on a "Kang".

Before the coffin was opened, the top of Xiaodie's coffin had been prepared for shade, and it would be dark to open the coffin after this person died.After removing the rivets, several people worked together to break open the heavy coffin board, and only the bones wrapped in a weathered light blue cheongsam were left inside, which made people sigh.

The ground was covered with palms. After Cha Wenbin gently tore off the fragments of clothes stuck to Xiaodie's bones, he slowly put them on the palms. I couldn't help crying loudly, there were indeed two dead bodies in this coffin, and the skull of an unformed doll hadn't finished decomposing.

After the bones were cleaned out, Cha Wenbin brought the burial gestures and the bag of red clay to Chen Fang's coffin in a bundle of palms.

The next thing to do is to open Chen Fang's coffin. The rivets of his coffin are not nailed, brush off the loess on it, and soon his coffin will be opened.

The moment Chen Fang's face appeared, everyone was surprised. This person who hadn't seen him for decades still had a faint smile on his face after death. issued by.

Cha Wenbin put all of Xiaodie's bones on Chen Fang's chest, and then let him hold his beloved woman in his hands, and let the coffin be closed slowly, saying: "From now on, you will be a real husband and wife."

The ghost marriage is truly over when it reaches this point. A marriage contract that spans time and yin and yang, after sticking to the agreement for decades, it is still fulfilled in this way.

This can be regarded as turning a funeral into a happy event. That night, I dreamed of Yu'er again, but this time there was another person beside her, that Chen Fang who I usually called a lunatic, Miss Xiaodie and Chen Fang stood behind her, and she waved goodbye to me forcefully.

Maybe she is saying goodbye to a "playmate", or maybe she is saying goodbye to the whole world.

Since then, I have been able to see some weird things that ordinary people can't see. For example, in the year my grandfather died, that is, the second year, Cha Wenbin took me back.

This is another story that appeared in the episode "The Bridge".

It may be that we really don’t have that fate. I seem to be born not very interested in the kind of things he learned. Except for worshiping his sword and that cute tadpole, the rest of the time is still too long for me. early.

As for Zha Wenbin, after a summer of patient and disappointing guidance, he finally sent me back to my hometown again. After that, I didn’t hear from him for a long time. He always disappeared suddenly for a long time like this, and then suddenly appeared again. People knew what he was doing, and his gang of brothers disappeared together with him.