My master is the coffin

Chapter 8 The Water Ghost
The abbot patted his bald head: "Just now we two ran away. I ran in front for a while, and suddenly heard something wrong from behind. I looked back and saw that you went into the woods by yourself, and you didn't agree to tell you. I was in a hurry At that time, this old lady came, led me out, and then went to save you. Xu You, you are not fascinated by ghosts, are you?"

I scratched my head: "Maybe it is true." Then I thanked Granny Chen again and again, and asked her, "Why are you here?"

Chen Po sighed: "Last night, I dreamed of my son when I went to sleep. Let me come here to burn some paper for him. He said that the scars on his body grew here. This path can be regarded as his way to hell."

After I heard this, I suddenly felt that there was an important matter in it, but I just couldn't remember what it was.

I stood on the side of the road thinking hard, the abbot asked: "We both saw ghosts, and even met a ghost hitting the wall, old lady, why are you alright?"

Grandma Chen chuckled, showing her few teeth: "I don't have a son to scare my mother. Besides, I'm so old, and I don't have a few years to live, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

The abbot nodded and sighed twice.

At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly thought of something, and said to Mrs. Chen: "Old lady, you dreamed about your son last night, and he told you to come here to burn paper?"

Chen Po nodded: "Yes."

I asked full of anticipation: "Did he tell you how to untangle this copper coin?"

Chen Po nodded: "I said it."

As soon as I heard these two words, my viscera surged with enthusiasm, and I couldn't wait to ask: "How should I solve it?"

Chen Po said: "The person who got the copper coins will die very quickly after death. You just need to find such a person, rub his corpse oil on the affected area, and sleep for a while."

I heard pantothenic acid in my stomach, frowned and said, "This is too disgusting."

The abbot persuaded me from the side: "Xu You, don't be disgusted at this time, you can still wash it if it is dirty, and who to go to when you are dead?"

I nodded: "Okay. But where is the key to find such a corpse?"

Chen Po said: "It happens that my son has a copper coin. Come with me, and I will take you to his grave."

When I heard this, I was immediately moved: "Old lady, you are really a good person. If I can cure your illness, I will give you a pension."

Chen Po sneered: "My son is still planning to take care of me in the old age, so he won't be gone by then."

After saying this, Mrs. Chen took out a match and lit a white paper lantern.It turned out that she came with a lantern.

Although the abbot is tall and strong, he is not very courageous. He touched his bald head: "Can we go in the daytime? It's scary at night."

Chen Po snorted: "Why don't you go after seven days? Digging up the grave during the day will dissipate all the breath, it's useless."

The two of us fell silent and followed behind Mrs. Chen.

Along the way, I vaguely had many pairs of eyes staring at us. He was spying in the dark, but he didn't get close, and kept following us.

I looked at the abbot, who was pale and obviously felt the same way.

But Mrs. Chen was calm and composed, holding the lantern, she was still babbling: "You have to thank our people, the folk customs are simple, and they refuse to be cremated. Otherwise, where would you go to find the corpse?"

We promised in the back.

Mrs. Chen led us on a farther and farther walk. After walking for a while, we were already in the suburbs.A few minutes later, she pointed to a bag of graves and said, "It's here, dig."

The two of us looked at each other: "I didn't bring any tools."

Chen Po said: "Dig with your hands."

The abbot and I had no choice but to squat on the ground and dig it up with our hands.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the wind was howling. We both faced each other with bitter faces, digging other people's graves with our bare hands.

I'm sure that the ghost of this person is watching us nearby, but it may be because he is afraid of the talisman on our body and dare not come over.

The abbot didn't know whether it was bored or scared, he kept talking to Mrs. Chen to distract his attention: "Old lady, you are really a living Bodhisattva, you don't sleep at night, you came here to save my friend."

Chen Po shook her head: "I saved him because I have my own selfish motives."

Then, Mrs. Chen sighed, and said quietly: "After I had a dream last night, I realized that my son died after receiving copper coins, and he would never be able to reincarnate. I plan to dig out his body and put it in the temple to worship and chant scriptures." Exceed, let him reincarnate early."

Chen Po said that she was sad, and actually choked up.

The abbot and I were digging mechanically while listening.

I looked at the abbot next to me and said, "Old lady, this monk is the abbot of the Great Sage Temple. Please put his body in the Great Sage Temple as an offering."

The monk shook his head again and again, stared at me and said: "You boy, you are trying to kill me. I stay with a corpse every day, how can I sleep?"

Then he chuckled, and said to Mrs. Chen: "Old lady, I heard that people who died with copper coins can be reincarnated as long as they find a ghost to replace the dead. Why is it so troublesome? Digging up the corpse and enshrining it."

As soon as the abbot said these words, I suddenly trembled in my heart, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, Chen Po smiled miserably: "Little monk, you are quite smart."

As soon as I heard this, I immediately reacted, and said to the abbot: "Run."

The abbot didn't understand what was going on, when suddenly, two hands stretched out from the tomb and grabbed both of us.

I was so scared my head would explode.Quickly hide back.Unexpectedly, those two hands were holding us tightly, and the abbot and I stepped back and pulled the corpse out of the grave.

To be exact, it was half a corpse.As the old lady said, this kid is already rotten.But he was hanging on top of both of us, howling, shouting, and looking like he even wanted to climb up.

I was terrified and disgusted.Just when I didn't know what to do, I heard a wow.The abbot has already vomited over there.

The old lady laughed loudly in the night wind, and her voice floated back and forth in the night: "Son, son, I found you a scapegoat, you can reincarnate with peace of mind. Haha... woo..."

The old lady cried and laughed, adding to the atmosphere of countless horrors.

My arms were gripped by the sticky corpse, and I couldn't care less at this moment.I can only escape step by step.

But the strength of the corpse is very strong, I feel that the corpse is slowly spreading up, as if it is about to lie on my body, I struggle hard, but it is useless at all, soon, I feel a little loss of strength, I couldn't even struggle.

Then came my consciousness.My vision started to blur.It was like a quilt was covering me.

I knew that the body was already lying on my back.

When I was about to die, I suddenly remembered what the monk in the religious class said in the dormitory: "Our Buddhist Heart Sutra, there is a sentence 'Prajna Paramita', which is a mantra to exorcise evil spirits. You are all right. It’s time to think about it.”

Thinking of this, I feel like a drowning man finally grasping at a straw.

I exhausted all my energy and muttered in a low voice: "Prajna Paramita." After reading this sentence, I felt a warm current flow through my whole body.There was a little more strength out of thin air.

I was overjoyed, it worked.So it was like chanting a scripture, turning it over and over again, chanting this sentence dozens of times.The strength is getting bigger and bigger, and the voice is getting louder.

Finally, the corpse wailed, so shrill that it almost deafened my ears.Then he let go and let me go.

I got up from the ground and saw that the abbot was tearing up with Mrs. Chen, and the half of the corpse rushed towards him quickly.

The abbot cried anxiously for his father and mother.He shouted loudly: "What should I do, Xu You, save me quickly."

I stood aside and didn't dare to go over, so I quickly taught him: "Quickly chant the mantra with me, Prajna Paramita."

These words are in Sanskrit, and the syllables are a bit strange, and the abbot's education level is obviously not too high.I read it a few times, but never got it right.

Seeing that half of the corpse was already lying on his body, it seemed that he was planning to get in through his nose and eyes.The abbot struggled a few times, finally exhausted, and fell to the ground, and the half of the corpse quickly covered his body.

At this critical juncture, the abbot suddenly said: "Old Lord, be as urgent as a law."

If it wasn't for the critical situation, I would have burst out laughing. A monk actually spoke the words of a Taoist priest.

The two of us chanted all kinds of incantations, and the blind cat touched the dead mouse. Finally, the dead body let out a miserable howl as if it had been burned, and let the abbot go.

For a moment, I smelled a burning smell.Feeling dizzy, he took two steps back involuntarily.

The corpse seemed to be seriously injured, gave up the abbot, and quickly fled back into the tomb.

The two of us took advantage of this opportunity, you supported me, I pulled you, and ran wildly.At this time, our courage was almost broken, our ears were humming, and we only hated our parents for losing two legs.

Behind him, Chen Po could still be heard screaming: "You two little bastards, don't run away. If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. I know you live in the Great Sage Temple. Sooner or later, you will die..."

Although we were threatened by Chen Po, we still ran in the direction of the Dasheng Temple.First, we are familiar with this road, and second, there are Bodhisattvas in the temple, at least we don't have to worry about the intrusion of resentful ghosts.

The two of us fled all the way to the Dasheng Temple, and fell down one after another on the main hall, looking at the Buddha statue and guarding the ever-burning lamp, each of us trembling with fright, unable to speak.

We don't need to eat dinner today, we couldn't eat at all, so we could only huddle together and squatted in front of the main hall, shaking. After shaking for a while, the abbot fell asleep and snored.I was left alone, looking at the candles in the room and the moonlight outside, the more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, and the more I thought about it, the more worried I became.

(End of this chapter)