My years as a fortune teller

I pursed my lips and stretched out my hand to push open the heavy wooden door, a decaying smell and some inexplicable smell came to my nostrils.I slapped my nose twice with my hand, then tidied up my clothes and carefully looked at the environment inside.

But the light here is really poor, and the inside is a piece of black hole.In general ancestor halls, the light is very good, and the candles or oil lamps will not be extinguished all year round.But here is very different, just a dark piece, with some strange and unpleasant smells.

The patriarch smiled and patted me, and I turned to look at him.He didn't say anything, just walked past me and walked straight inside.I also walked in, and saw the patriarch standing in the middle and bowing.At this time, the ancestor walked up from behind me and did the same thing as the patriarch.

I don't understand this point. It stands to reason that the elders in the clan usually take the lead.But today the patriarch took the lead here. I don't know if it's because of me or other reasons.

After the ancestor stood up straight, the patriarch immediately went to the side to light the lamp.Only then did I see clearly that there were two shelves on both sides.Each shelf has three tiers, each with a row of candles.The three of us stood near the door and watched the patriarch light all the candles.

But even so, we still couldn't see what was on the other side of the door.According to the general ancestral hall, there should be a large table opposite us, which is also divided into two or three floors, and each floor is dedicated to the ancestors.And the top layer should be the tablet of the first ancestor.

The ancestor turned his head and smiled slightly, and said to us: "Please, everyone, can you help close the door?" I couldn't understand the request of the ancestor.Even if you want to worship your ancestors, there is no need to close the door!

But I still didn't object, I turned around and signaled Cui Erye and Lu Haosi to close the door.Unexpectedly, just after the door was closed, the ancestor pulled on the pillar next to him, and a roll of things hung down all around with a bang.

I hurriedly turned around and looked around, and it turned out to be a huge painting on white cloth.At this time, I suddenly felt that the room was getting brighter and brighter. When I looked up, a device similar to the old ancestor's house was turned on, and four night pearls shining with light appeared in the middle of the room above.

Looking at these four luminous pearls, he thought of the small one in Lu Haosi's place.Immediately, I felt that the luminous pearl at Lu Haosi's place was like a small soybean compared with the one here.But it's strange to say it, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be a lot of night pearls, but in the archaeological excavations, almost none of them appeared.

When I was thinking this way, I heard Second Master Cui yell.I frowned and glared at him. After all, this is the ancestral hall of his family. It is disrespectful to the ancestors to be so surprised.

Cui Erye noticed this, covered his mouth with one hand and pointed forward with the other.The moment the ancestor put down the painting silk, my attention left the front.First I looked at these silk paintings, and then I was attracted by the Ye Mingzhu, so I didn't pay attention to the altar. At this moment, Cui Erye's exclamation drew my attention to the altar again.

Because my eyes are a little short-sighted, and I haven't adapted to the light here yet.So I haven't seen clearly what's on it yet, but another exclamation from Lu Haosi let me know that there is something unusual on the altar.

Although I didn't see it clearly at all, I probably saw it too.The tablet on it is definitely not a tablet, because the tablet is rectangular.I took a few steps forward and looked carefully at the altar.

I didn't scream out of fright, but I couldn't scream out of fright.There was not a single memorial tablet placed on the altar, but the skeletons of the deceased were actually full.Yes, I read that right, it is the skeleton of the dead.

What is this?Is this the so-called ancestral hall?Instead of enshrining an ancestor's tablet, there are skeletons enshrined.Is this trying to do something, or is it trying to tell us something?

The patriarch and patriarch ignored us, just knelt down and kowtowed and offered incense to these skeletons first.Then I stood up and looked at me and said slowly: "Mr. Zhang, here are the heads of our fifty ancestors enshrined. This is our ancestor hall!"

Seeing this, hearing this, what else can I say?In addition to shock, it is shock!The ancestor walked to me gently, as if he was afraid of disturbing these skeletons.He came up to me and looked at me without saying a word.

It took me a long time to calm down. I looked at my ancestor and asked in a low voice: "Why don't you enshrine the tablet of your ancestors, but the skeletons? Is it because the Shang family led the army and chopped off the heads of your ancestors?" ?”

The old ancestor responded, and the patriarch pointed to one of the paintings and said: "Mr. Zhang is right. At that time, our ancestors were arrested by the official army of the Shang family. There was no interrogation, and they were arrested after a day. It was beheaded in public. Fortunately, the ancestor Che Ping had three sons at that time. Except the eldest was by his side at that time. The other two followed the military adviser on the mountain, and they were also a Taoist priest who went down the mountain to do business, so they escaped the disaster. Later The brothers who escaped alive on the mountain found the military division and two children. These two ancestors were only ten years old at the time, but they insisted on revenge. The military division brought them here in order to preserve the blood of the Che family. The two children Also renamed to Che Revenge and Che Xuexu, this is our first ancestor!" He said and looked at the two skeletons on the top of the altar.

After sighing, the old ancestor said to me: "This military adviser was originally a Taoist priest. Later, the world was chaotic, and he had no choice but to seek refuge in the cottage. He is very good at yin and yang, gossip and feng shui. At that time, he was called a half-immortal." , and often advises on major events in the cottage. So after he came here, he built a dharma altar to summon the souls of those dead souls."

Could it be that those five-color soils are the altars built?But isn't it a little too much to use five-color soil to summon souls?Even if there are some wronged souls, there is no need to build a Dharma altar with five-color soil!You must know that even if the five-color soil is used as a dharma altar, it can only be used to worship the heaven and the earth and pray for the protection of the gods.

Lu Haosi tugged at my sleeve, pointed to a painting on the upper right and said, "Look, it's really done standing on five-color soil. It seems that this five-color soil is a special altar built by them. Come to summon souls and pray for blessings." I didn't say anything, because all this was against common sense.

I looked at the ancestor and said softly: "Later, did you say that Che Revenge and Che Xuexiu went to take revenge? That military adviser, what happened in the end?" Asking others is the key.

The patriarch didn't speak, and heard the patriarch say: "The two ancestors wanted to take revenge, but they were stopped by the military adviser every time. Later, the two ancestors fled here to assassinate the fashionista when the military adviser was not paying attention. It turned out that the dispute between the five major families had something to do with the Shang family. So the two ancestors were furious, and first assassinated the head of the Shang family at that time. Then when they assassinated the Shang family who was serving in the army, the middle Both of them were captured in an ambush. When they were about to be beheaded, the military master took an old friend of his for many years to rob the execution ground and rescued the two ancestors. However, before dying, the military master and his friend repeatedly told the ancestors You can't take revenge anymore, you must recharge your energy and store up your energy for future opportunities. Then ask your ancestors to bury him under the five-color soil you mentioned. No seals are allowed, and no monuments can be erected. The ancestors are required to bring people every day , walked back and forth three times on it. The ancestors refused to agree at first, but the military division asked the ancestors repeatedly before agreeing, and the military division closed its eyes."

I listened to my ancestor's explanation while looking at the painting above.But now I don't understand more and more, why should I be buried under the five-color soil?According to common sense, I can understand that there can be no seals and no monuments.But buried under the five-color soil, I don't understand that people will have to walk three times tomorrow.Generally speaking, this is disrespect to the deceased, but why did this military adviser make people do this.Could it be that there is some sin in his heart that he hopes to resolve in this way?

If it is to resolve one's own sins, there are many ways.Why do you have to be stepped on by others, but buried under the five-color soil?The actions of this military division are really incomprehensible...