White Bone Monkey King

The old Taoist priests are most familiar with the process of opening an altar and the process of ministering to the dead.

Although doing things is just a temporary idea.

But the old Taoist priest still does the whole process seriously.

The Tian family has ready-made items such as desks, incense candles, and paper money.

As for the standard magical tools for opening the altar, such as the Soul-Calling Bell, Bagua Mirror, Order Flag, Token, and Five Emperors Copper Coins, he always has them in his Tai Chi Bagua bag that is like a treasure bag.

Speaking of Taoist practices, they divide Yang rituals and Yin rituals.

Yangshi is a ceremony to eliminate disasters and solve problems for the living, pray for blessings and extend life.

The underworld is a ceremony to save the dead, communicate with the underworld, transcend human and heaven, ascend to the immortal world, let the deceased rest in peace, and then go to a haunted house to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits.

Next, the old Taoist priest took Jin An and began to perform rituals on the altar in the mourning hall, burning paper, lighting lamps, building a Naihe Bridge with red ropes, opening the Yin and Yang Road with copper coins, adding three sticks of incense to uncooked rice to commemorate the deceased, drawing ghost coins on the spot and using Tai Chi The seal of the Lord of Hell in the Bagua bag can be used as currency in the underworld. This money is not for the deceased. It is the tea money offered to the bull head and horse noodles and the money used to buy the ghosts in the underworld. As the old saying goes, the rich can make money. Make trouble...

Then step on the steps.

Recite "The Sutra of Saving People" orally.

After finishing this set of rituals, the old Taoist priest was still exhausted and covered in sweat even though it was a cloudy day in March.

"Open the coffin! Bury the coffin! Little brother, come here!" The old Taoist priest shouted with a majestic look on his face, frightening the Tian family for a moment. No one dared to step forward to stop Jin An.

The old Taoist priest and Jin An have lived together for so long, and they have already cooperated with each other tacitly. Although they are not father and son, they have a tacit understanding that is better than that between father and son. When Jin An temporarily said that he wanted to perform rituals at the pulpit, the old Taoist priest already knew what Jin An was going to do. , so I asked Jin An to help bury the body.

The so-called burial is to put the deceased into a coffin.

According to different local customs, the burial time is also different. In some places, the burial is carried out three days, five days, or after the first seven days after the death. In other places, the burial is carried out one day before the funeral.

Generally speaking, in the Northland or the Northwest where the climate is dry and the body is not prone to decay, burials are carried out the day before the funeral.

In areas with hot and humid climates, such as the south or southwest, burials are carried out earlier in order to prevent corpses from growing maggots, corpse water and corpse odor, and attracting flies, centipedes and other poisonous insects to attack the wake of children and grandchildren.

Anyway, each place has its own customs. In fact, behind every custom is closely related to the local climate. Behind the seemingly superstitious rules, there is a rigorous summary of previous experience.

These are all small details. After Jin An received the signal from the old Taoist priest, he first walked to the body of Tian Mangui’s youngest son, wrapped it in white cloth, and picked up the body. Jin An’s face showed surprise. The body under the white cloth was seriously mutilated. .

Jin An calmly picked up the body under the white cloth and carefully put it into the coffin. The moment he removed the white cloth, a mutilated body was revealed!

Two-thirds of the child's body was eaten by a mad dog, leaving only a head, an arm, two paws, and a few pieces of flesh on the back of the belly... The head was chewed to pieces by the dog's canine teeth, and his facial features were no longer visible. , the child died miserably.

In comparison, the body of Tian Mangui's mother was in better condition, but one of her palms and neck were bitten off, and have now been sewn shut with needles and threads.

Um? Jin An felt that the weight of the body was obviously wrong. His eyes moved and he guessed that the old woman's stomach was bitten by a vicious dog, and the intestines and internal organs were eaten away. The family members refilled the stomach with hay.

The reason for guessing that the deceased's stomach was filled with hay was because the old woman's stomach was not obviously deflated.

When Jin An put the body in, he quietly pressed the old woman's belly through her clothes. Sure enough, the old woman's belly was empty, like pressing cotton wool, and there was no tight feeling of muscles.

Why.

Jin An looked at the corpses of the old woman and the child with unbearable eyes, and each said: "Supreme Taiyi, save Ku Tianzun."

By the time everyone was finished, it was almost dark, and the Tian family were not ungrateful people. Seeing that the old Taoist priest and Jin An had worked hard all day, they politely asked them to stay for dinner before leaving.

The old Taoist priest saw Jin An's thoughts, did not refuse, and agreed to stay for dinner.

On the dinner table, there were all vegetarian dishes, no meat dishes. Tian Mangui explained that his mother was reluctant to kill animals and had always been a vegetarian. They have been observing filial piety these days, so they are also vegetarian. I hope you can understand.

The atmosphere of this meal was a bit dull. After all, the deceased had just passed away and had not yet rested in peace. No one could be happy. After saying goodbye after the meal, when he walked into the courtyard and passed the vicious dog that had been beaten to pieces, Jin An suddenly asked One sentence: "Can you tell me how vicious dogs hurt people?"

Tian Mangui recalled the painful memory of that day with a painful expression on his face, full of regret and self-blame.

The Tian family has a small amount of assets in the local area and has opened a small restaurant. Although they are not rich, they are well-fed and well-fed compared to ordinary people. Because he was busy with business, he neglected his younger son, so he bought him a puppy as a playmate to relieve his boredom, and they lived in peace for two years.

The accident happened the day before yesterday.

Tian Mangui and his wife, who were running business in a restaurant, suddenly received the bad news that something had happened at home, and both my mother and son were dead! The couple abandoned their business and hurried home. When they saw the miserable death of their mother and young son, they were heartbroken and cried in despair while holding the mother's body, which had been eaten by dogs with only a head left and her stomach and neck chewed to pieces.

As soon as he recalled what happened yesterday, the seven-foot tall man burst into tears and choked with grief.

The relatives who came to help in the yard also wiped their tears with their sleeves and sympathized with Tian Mangui's experience. Even a hard-working man could not withstand such a tragedy that destroyed his family and his life.

At this time, Tian, ​​who was following Tian Mangui, blamed himself with red eyes: "It's all my fault. If I had stayed at home to take care of the elderly and children that day, such a tragedy would not have happened! It's all my fault! It's all my fault. ! I’m sorry, the boss, but I’m useless. I can’t help with business and I can’t even take care of my family!”

Tian burst into tears and blamed herself, but Tian Mangui stopped her: "Nonsense! What are you doing!"

"I, Tian Mangui, can marry you, a good wife who regards Hu'er as my own, helps me take care of my mother who is in poor health, and comes to the restaurant to help me with my business from time to time. She has been helping me without any complaints for the past few years. Then, what a good wife!" It’s my blessing, Tian Mangui, what’s your fault for this!”

Thinking of the tragic death of his mother and son, Tian Mangui slapped himself hard: "It's all my fault. I took the business too seriously and neglected to take care of the family! I want to raise my son but my mother is not here. Mother, Hu'er, I was wrong. , I hope this is all a nightmare and I can wake up as soon as possible! Please give me another chance to be by your side!"

Listening to Tian Mangui crying so sadly, everyone couldn't help crying again. Some relatives came over to enlighten Tian Mangui and his wife, saying that it was an accident and no one expected it.

The soft-hearted and sentimental old Taoist priest was also so moved by the scene in front of him that he picked up his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Treat him as his own?" Jin An looked at Tian Mangui doubtfully.

It turns out that the current Tian family is not Tian Mangui's original wife, but his wife who broke her string and renewed her string. Hu'er was born to Tian Mangui and his deceased wife. Hu'er's mother died in childbirth. In order to give his child a mother, a complete family, and not be discriminated against or bullied by others, Tian Mangui married the current Tian last year after being introduced by a matchmaker.

Jin An nodded clearly and looked at the man-eating vicious dog that was beaten to death by the Tian family again: "In other words, there were no witnesses to how the vicious dog hurt people the day before yesterday?"

A young man stood up in the yard. This man was the son of Zhang Ai'e's younger brother and Zhang Ai'e's nephew. That day he brought his family to give his aunt his favorite sweet cake. As a result, he smelled a strong smell of blood as soon as he opened the courtyard door. , he saw the dog that Tian Mangui had raised by himself ran into the room and ate alive the adults and children who were taking a nap.

This person was the one who stopped Jin An at the gate of the courtyard at the beginning.

Jin An came to squat in front of the vicious dog, as if he was looking for something. The old Taoist priest who knew Jin An best knew that Jin An must have discovered something, so he came over and asked: "What's wrong, little brother? Did you see anything?" ?”

Jin An did not answer immediately, but pointed to the vicious dog on the ground that had more air coming out and less air coming in, and asked the old Taoist priest: "Old Taoist, do you see any difference between this domestic dog and other domestic dogs?"

After hearing Jin An's words, Tian Mangui's other family members also gathered around to look at the vicious dog out of curiosity.

When everyone gathered around the vicious dog, no one noticed the unnatural expression on Tian's face.

The old Taoist priest followed Jin An's example and squatted down, carefully looking at the vicious dog in the pool of blood in the yard. After looking at it for a long time, he hesitated and said, "It seems to be a little different, but I can't tell what the difference is..."

"Its eyes were much more fierce than the rhubarb I raised at home, and even more ferocious than a wild dog. In order to catch it, I even broke several poles. In the end, I had to wrap it with a fishing net to subdue this crazy dog! "The speaker is Zhang Ai'e's nephew.

The old Taoist priest slapped his thigh and shouted in realization: "Yes, it's fierce! I finally saw something was wrong, little brother. The eyes of this man-eating dog are as crazy and vicious as those gambling dogs in the gambling stalls." !”

Jin An frowned: "It's not just the eyes that are vicious."

"Look at this evil dog. Its tail is drooping like a wolf, its ears are erect, its eyes are ferocious, and its skull and canine teeth are slightly larger than those of ordinary domestic dogs. This evil dog has gradually developed wolf nature. It only feeds raw meat every day to deliberately train the wolf. Only with the wildness can such a change occur.”

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar. Everyone said that this dog was bought by Tian Mangui as a playmate for his children. It was impossible for anyone to feed raw meat to the dog, because everyone knew that this kind of dog was most likely to go crazy and hurt people.

Jin An stood up and looked at Tian Mangui: "What do you usually feed this dog?"

Tian Mangui was stunned for a moment: "I always feed leftovers when I'm at home. I feed people whatever is left, but I will never feed them raw meat!"

Tian Mangui finally said it with certainty.

Jin An asked again: "Besides you, who else is responsible for feeding the dogs?"

Tian Mangui's expression changed. He was not stupid. He was already suspicious when asked by Jin An. He frowned: "My mother is old and in poor health and cannot take care of the dog. The youngest son is still young and cannot enter the kitchen to feed the dog." Carrying the rice bowl. And I am usually busy taking care of business, so most of the dogs are taken care of by Yuhong."

Yuhong is Tian Mangui's remarried wife.

"This..." Everyone in the courtyard was a little confused.

"Yuhong, tell me how you take care of dogs on weekdays." Everyone looked at Tian.

Tian's face turned pale, with more and more panic on his face, and he nervously explained: "Just like what the boss said... whatever we eat, the dogs eat... they just feed us the leftovers that we usually eat... …”

The expression on Tian's face was too nervous and panicked, and everyone became more and more suspicious. Someone suggested that someone who specializes in training gambling dogs should come and pet them to see what Tian Mangui's dogs had grown up on. The result was really Just like what Jin An said, the dog Tian Mangui bought as a playmate for his son was fed with raw meat since he was a child, so he developed a wild and ferocious nature similar to that of a wolf.

"Can that dog be trained to kill?" Tian Mangui, who had already made a guess, suppressed his anger and asked the gambling dog trainer.

The dog trainer hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to say anything.

"Of course you can. For example, feeding raw meat since childhood is one of the ways." Jin An answered firmly.

Because of excessive grief, Tian Mangui looked at Jin An with red eyes: "I hope Taoist Master Jin An can give me some advice. If you want to train a domestic dog to kill, you should not just feed raw meat since childhood, right?"

Jin An: "Actually, it's not difficult to say this. As long as you starve the dog every day and wrap the raw meat with clothes, the dog's sense of smell is very good. It is a million times stronger than that of humans. It can smell many things that humans cannot smell." Smell. So as long as you train the dog over and over again, its brain will develop a memory. When it is hungry, it can tear open its clothes to find meat to eat. When it is hungry next time, it will naturally look for the smell to find food."

The dog trainer at the gambling stall looked at Jin An in surprise: "This Taoist priest has also trained dogs and knows so many habits of dogs? Yes, theoretically speaking, this is indeed a feasible method. However, our gambling stall is betting on dogs, so we should not Making money from points is not a murderer, so although this is something that has been heard about in the industry, no one has ever tried it.”

Tian Mangui looked at his second wife angrily: "What a vicious woman! You still haven't admitted it until now!"

Tian's face turned pale with fear. She refused to admit it until she died. She kept shouting that she was wronged, and even called Jin An and the old Taoist priests charlatans. Tian Mangui, a heartless person, would rather believe in several charlatans than he would believe in her, the wife he shared the same bed with. , Mrs. Tian cried miserably, as if she had really suffered a great injustice.

But then when Jin An led people to find half a box full of shredded pieces of clothing from her room, her sophistry was in vain. Those pieces of clothing were the children's clothes before they were born. This is evidence that she used clothes to train vicious dogs to kill people.

When the truth came out, Tian Mangui's family and relatives were furious and wanted to beat the vicious stepmother to death on the spot. If Jin An and the old Taoist priests hadn't tried their best to protect Tian, ​​she would have been beaten to death in public by the angry and irrational people, but Tian still remained He was beaten by some punches and kicks that "deliberately leaked in" and screamed repeatedly.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, why are you still protecting this vicious woman?" Everyone was angry and their eyes were red.

Jin An said sternly: "Killing people to pay back debts and money has been a matter of course since ancient times. I am not trying to protect the murderer and stop everyone. Since she killed someone, she should be handed over to the government for trial. Only when the government seals the coffin and makes a final decision can the whole world know that the world is still full of justice. Having such a poisonous woman biting and biting children serves as a warning so that future generations will be wary of similar dog training and murder cases."

After the earnest persuasion of Jin An and the old Taoist priest, the angry Tian Mangui gradually calmed down. The Tian family reported to the officials and called the Yamen to torture Tian.

The truth of this case soon came to light. The case was not complicated. Jiang Yuhong coveted Tian Mangui's family fortune, so she always regarded the son born by Tian Mangui and his deceased wife as a thorn in her side. She believed that only the child born by her and Tian Mangui could inherit the Tian family business. . So while she was portraying herself as a good wife and mother, hard-working and virtuous, she secretly used raw meat and clothes to train the pet dog that Tian Mangui bought for her young son to be her killing tool.

The purpose of all this is to not only want fame but also want to take away Tian Mangui's family wealth.

In the final analysis, the word "profit" has darkened people's hearts.

It is precisely because of the gentle and virtuous image she has worked hard to cultivate over the past few years, and because she deliberately went to the store that day to help Tian Mangui take care of business, that no one would associate the gentle and virtuous Jiang Yuhong with a vicious murderer. Even Tian Mangui, the husband, did not become suspicious of Jiang Yuhong. Instead, he blamed himself all day long for killing his mother and son.

They say the heart is separated from the belly.

All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit.

People in the world can never escape running for profit.

In this murder case, the most innocent person was the old lady who was eager to save her grandson and used her body to protect her grandson. Even after the old lady passed away, she still remembered her son and daughter-in-law. This is the maternal love that every mother can do;

Tian Mangui's son is also the most innocent. He is still young and does not understand the intrigues of adults. He has become a victim of adults' interests at such a young age;

Perhaps the domestic dog Tian Mangui bought for his son was also innocent. It was originally a playmate given by Tian Mangui to his son, but it was domesticated and turned into a killing tool. If he had not met a poisonous woman like Jiang Yuhong, he would have been accompanying him without any worries. Beside the little master, watching the little master grow up...

There is human nature among beasts, but they are separated by humans despite their different shapes. There is an animal heart among people, how many people can truly know it! Ancient people looked like animals, and they all had great saintly virtues. Nowadays, people look like humans, but the hearts of beasts are unfathomable! Even if you laugh, you may not be harmonious; although you may cry, you may not be sad. Oral sex on the face, thorns in the belly!

Choosing people is very important.