the last priest

Mr. He and Mrs. Wang were buried together in a simple tomb, so a few cement bricks were used to build a soil bag, and drainage ditches were built on both sides.The soil is the best loess. Cha Wenbin grabbed a handful of loess and sprinkled it on the urn, and shouted: "Put it in the soil!"

Next came Chaozi, and then the other relatives grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and sprinkled it on He Lao's urn in order.

Seeing that the auspicious time had come, Zha Wenbin carefully carried the urn into the small grave.Chaozi refused to live and die, and insisted on robbing, but was held back by Zhuo Xiong and others. A human tragedy of life and death really made people's tears the best tool for expression.

After entering the tomb, the filial sons and grandsons began to burn paper and burn incense for the last time. After this time, they had to wait until the New Year’s Eve before going up the mountain again.The baskets of ingots picked up were rushed to be lit by people, and Cha Wenbin said silently: "Mr. He, you can go on the road with peace of mind."

Only a few masons were left at the scene to seal the tomb, and the others went down the mountain in a team crying.Cha Wenbin supervised the final construction by himself. After everyone left, he stayed there alone. Maybe he also wanted to spend more time with this old friend.

When Zha Wenbin returned to the village again, it was already dark. After seeing the Wang family, he simply ate a bowl of noodles and asked to go to sleep for a while. He also greeted Zhuo Xiong and woke him up around eleven o'clock.Because Chaozi has been overly sad these past few days, the barefoot doctor in the village has already put him on an IV, at least to provide some nutrition.

When the time came, Cha Wenbin got up, took a shower and changed clothes, washed himself from head to toe, and then dragged his exhausted body to Hu's house, where there was another important thing waiting for him to do.

In Wangzhuang, which has just experienced a great funeral, every household goes to bed early, and they are really busy these days.The village is very quiet, the sky is covered with thick clouds, not a single bit of starlight can be seen, and even the screams of insects have disappeared without a trace.He and Zhuo Xiong went to the eldest son Hu's house as companions. There was no one in the house. The eldest son Hu's mother-in-law ran away with her son to her mother's house early because of fear. The sound and the clash of glasses.

Cha Wenbin pushed the door open, Hengroulian and Tieniu were drinking happily, blushing embarrassedly stood up and wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Cha Wenbin with a smile.Which of Zhang Fei and Li Kui is not good at drinking?If Zhang Fei had been drinking, he would probably be three points faster than when he was sober. The eldest son of Hu Hu was already curled up on the other side of the quilt like a kitten, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

"Is there anything unusual during the day?" Cha Wenbin asked.

"No, it's just that he didn't eat. We fed him, but he didn't even have time to hide, so he just slept here all day." Tieniu replied.

Cha Wenbin smiled and said: "You two go back to rest first, Zhuo Xiong, you stand guard at the door and don't let others come in, the knife is still here, Brother Tieniu, you can come to pick it up tomorrow morning."

The two big men let out an "hey" and swayed each other's shoulders, wondering if they were planning to continue looking for a place to drink again.

After Zhuo Xiong withdrew, Zha Wenbin immediately put away his smiling face, and the eldest son Hu also sat up and looked at Zha Wenbin at some point.

The two just stared at each other. After a while, it was Zha Wenbin who spoke first: "Is it fun? If you have enough fun, you can go. I will visit your place in a few days."

Hu Changzi grinned, and let out a clear "giggle" laughter from his throat, then shook his head, and made a face at Cha Wenbin.

Cha Wenbin shook his head helplessly, took out an inconspicuous pimple from the gossip bag that had been repaired, shook it at him, and then took out another talisman.The eldest son Hu immediately put away his playful smile, and shook his head repeatedly like a rattle.

"Then you still don't want to leave, do you want me to send you off? Since you have passed away, it is the right way to reincarnate early. If you stay here, you will only harm people. I think you are only open when you are young, but this ghost's rules Don't mess around." Zha Wenbin made a gesture of invitation, and then slowly put his right hand on the Seven Star Sword, as long as the eldest son Hu at this moment refuses to obey, the Seven Star Sword will immediately come out of its sheath and burn the talisman paper.After these incidents, Cha Wenbin only felt that his way of doing things was very different from before, and he couldn't explain why. He used to have to rest for a week to recover from a ritual ceremony, but now as long as he encounters these dirty things , he was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he was full of endless energy.

Hu eldest son got up from the bed after hearing this, then walked slowly to Zha Wenbin, knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed three times to Zha Wenbin, then raised his finger to point himself The Tianling Gai kowtowed a few more times.After knocking, he didn't get up, and looked at Cha Wenbin with his hippie smile again.

"You mean you're locked up and can't get out?" Cha Wenbin asked suspiciously.

The elder Hu who was kneeling on the ground nodded vigorously at Cha Wenbin.

When Zha Wenbin came during the day, he saw that Hu Changzi's soul was lost and something was attached to his body, but he was too popular in the daytime, and he didn't have the energy to take care of it. He only knew that the two of them were watching. , will be fine.As soon as he entered the door at night, he found that it was a little doll. He just thought that some doll who died in vain refused to be reincarnated.

"I will help you to investigate, but you have been in this person for a long time, and if you don't let his soul come back, I am afraid it will cause harm to his body, so you should go back to your original place first, I will I promise to go see it." According to Cha Wenbin's calculation, Hu Changzi's soul should have been lost for three days, that is to say, the day he went to send the mourning letter, he was given the Tao by this doll. Once this person's soul leaves If the body exceeds seven days, it is very likely that it will lose contact with the physical body, and it will never come back after a little longer.

Unexpectedly, Changzi Hu's head began to shake again, and then he pointed to his chest and patted it lightly, his expression changed into a frightened look.

"Are you trying to say that you dare not go back?" Cha Wenbin could only make a rough guess and asked.

The eldest son Hu immediately returned to his smiling face, and nodded vigorously towards Zha Wenbin, but suddenly his expression changed, and he immediately became very scared again.But Zha Wenbin could tell the difference, just now he was imitating it for himself, but this time it was real, just about to ask him what he was afraid of, Hu eldest son pointed out the window, and then ran to the bed in a hurry , pulled up the quilt and wrapped himself tightly, shivering.

At the same time, Zhuo Xiong outside the door shouted: "Who!"

Zha Wenbin took a look at Hu Changzi's performance, and hurriedly opened the door, Zhuo Xiong had already rushed to the yard, Zha Wenbin shouted: "What happened."

Zhuo Xiong, who had chased him into the yard, came back again, walked up to Cha Wenbin and said, "It seems that someone threw something into the yard, I chased it out and saw that there was no one there."

"What's missing?" Cha Wenbin asked.

"I don't know either," Zhuo Xiong replied, "I just heard a 'snap', a bit like the feeling of an overripe watermelon hitting the ground."

Hu's eldest son's family is really poor. There is not even a street lamp in the yard. Zha Wenbin took out a torch and blew it on. The two looked in the direction Zhuo Xiong said, only to hear a "click" and looked down. , a person's skull has been trampled into several petals.

Zha Wenbin secretly said: "Not good!" Looking back, the incandescent lamp in the room had been extinguished at some point.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain! Zhuo Xiong, come with me!" Zha Wenbin rushed back, kicked open the door, lit the kerosene lamp that was originally placed on the dressing table used by Hu's eldest son and his wives, and raised his hand Turning on the lamp, he saw that the pig-killing knife that had been stuck in the head of the bed had fallen to the ground at some point, while Hu Changzi lay motionless on the ground, and the bedding on the boat was messy and there were obvious signs of struggle.

Cha Wenbin tried it out carefully, and he was still breathing. He and Zhuo Xiong quickly lifted the eldest son Hu to the bed. He hurriedly took out a small bowl, poured some kerosene into it, and pulled some cotton from the quilt Twist it into small strips as a primer and light it under the head of the bed. The mung bean-sized flame is beating from time to time, as if it is about to be extinguished at any time.

Then he took out seven copper coins from his pocket, quickly put them around Changzi Hu according to the layout of the Big Dipper, took out the gossip mirror and placed it on the opposite side of the small bowl, so that the flames appeared in the mirror, and the flames recovered It lost its normal appearance and burned up.

Cha Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhuo Xiong: "Tomorrow morning, you go and gather the people in the village to gather in the yard outside."

Zhuo Xiong responded, and then went out to tell the door to door, and what Zha Wenbin planted was the seven-star life-extending lamp that Zhuge Kongming used back then.The seven acupoints of the human natal life correspond to the seven souls, which constitute the seven-star lamp of the natal life in the human body. If you want to light up the life-sustaining lamp, you should use the method of adding oil, so he can't do without it tonight. The oil in this small bowl will burn at a normal speed Seven times as much, he has to keep an eye on the oil to prevent it from drying out, otherwise the lamp will be destroyed!