the last priest

Taoism believes that ghosts cannot have blood and energy, which is also the most fundamental difference between a living person and a lonely soul.Around the later period when witchcraft became popular, the method of blood sacrifice was gradually reduced due to its cruelty, and a red pigment was needed to replace it.As a natural red color, cinnabar has become a symbol of blood, which is why Taoist priests choose to use cinnabar to draw talismans for catching ghosts and subduing demons.Since ancient times, ghosts have been afraid of people, not humans, except for ghosts, because people have extremely strong yang energy, and ghosts belonging to yin will be burned by the yang energy of living people.

In ancient times, people were not familiar with the properties of cinnabar, but because of its ability to exorcise evil spirits, ordinary people would have some in their homes.In Ge Hong's hands, cinnabar has become an indispensable part of alchemy.In his "Baopuzi? Huangbai", it is recorded: "The cinnabar is gold, and the sergeant who takes it is also the one who ascends to the immortal."

But once cinnabar and quicklime are mixed and heated, they will produce a poisonous gas: mercury oxide.This is just a simple modern chemistry problem, but in ancient times, I do not know how many alchemists died because of it. It was not until the development of modern science that mercury was identified as a poisonous metal, and alchemy began to gradually withdraw from the stage of Taoism.

Using the earth as a furnace, Zha Wenbin really has the demeanor of a contemporary alchemy master. The thick layers of gauze are wetted with water and then wrapped in a layer of charcoal powder. The leftover charcoal burned by the fire last night is everywhere. Both are.This is their improvised gas mask, easy to use and simple to use.

When the quicklime met the water, it began to release huge heat, and when it came into contact with the soil rich in cinnabar, a large number of air bubbles began to burst out of the puddle.At this time, people only need to retreat to a distance and watch quietly. When the chemical reaction is completely neutralized, it is the first step to open the underground world.Modern Taoist priests are much happier than in ancient times, at least they will not die in the hands of these inexplicable things like themselves.

Taking advantage of this effort, thick glutinous rice porridge was being boiled in the large pot that was set up, which will be used later. When the porridge was boiled until it could not be stirred with a wooden stick, then Cha Wenbin Carried a rooster to the edge of the pit.

A stick was planted beside the lime water pit, and a rooster was tied to the stick. If there is no abnormality in the rooster within 5 minutes, it means that the cinnabar in the pit has basically been neutralized, and the mercury should have sunk. , If the chicken can't survive, you need to wait.

Ten minutes later, the chicken was still looking down for food. At this moment, Cha Wenbin asked several people to come over with the cooked glutinous rice porridge.The water in the pit was pumped away one by one, and Chaozi's diesel generator started working. After a while, people could stand in the pit.At this time, the sun is in the sky, and it is the time of the day when the yang energy is the most vigorous. If you want to do it, it is also the best time.

Dashan took the engineering shovel and continued. The color of the soil below has changed from brown to black, which is due to the effect of mercury.The cinnabar was removed, which meant that the blood that symbolized life was removed, and the power of the blood corpse inside had dropped a lot at this moment, so it would be much easier to open the coffin again.

Not long after, a black door covered with mud was cleared out, the style was ordinary but heavy.The four men struggled to pull up from the bottom with all their strength.The surface of the wooden grain has been infiltrated by mercury, and even the best wood cannot be completely sealed after being buried in the ground for thousands of years, unless it is sherbet, which is obviously not the case.

Chaozi scooped up a bucket of clear water to wash away the soil on the surface, and wiped a layer of red under the black wood with his hand, and the red layer could reflect light under the sun.Wipe it with your hands, the wood is delicate and smooth, and you can't help but say: "Good guy, rich master."

Leng Yiran held the work notes, and she wanted to record the excavation status of each step at any time: "What material is it made of?"

"Red sandalwood, the best red sandalwood, I said, why is it so heavy! Such a big coffin can make a very good dining table. If it can be brought to the south, it can be exchanged for a villa in the provincial capital."

Leng Yiran scolded with a smile: "Bah, thank you for thinking of it, use a coffin to hit the dining table, tell you, can you eat on this table?"

"It's not that I eat it. The current price of red sandalwood is on par with that of huanghuali. Such a large and neat material has long been extinct. If it can be as thick as a bowl, it can be sold for a sky-high price. It is so dragged and ruined to make a coffin. The owner is no ordinary rich man."

In Cha Wenbin's eyes, a coffin is just a coffin, and the one made of pure gold is nothing more than a sleeping dead person. He only cares about what he wants: "Look, can it be opened?"

Chaozi went around the coffin a few times and touched it with his hands: "There are six nails in total, one for the front and the other, and two for the sides. There is no hidden door."

"Touch again, there should be two at the front."

Sure enough, Chaozi touched another wooden nail at the head of the coffin, but this one was driven in horizontally, which was different from the regular comb nails.Chaozi has seen too many coffins, no matter in terms of age or style, he has never seen such a coffin, why should one nail be left horizontally.

"How do you know there's another one?"

"This nail is called the Pingsha Nail. It's not surprising that you haven't seen it before. After death, people will return to the evil, that is, to return to the soul. People have three souls and seven souls. After death, the soul leaves the body, the soul rises and the soul descends, and the soul descends into the body. The depth of the earth is different. When a person dies, the po will rise again after being buried in the soil, one foot a day, but the soul will stay in the coffin and will not go away. When the po is re-emerged and combined with the soul in the coffin, it will form a back evil. At this time, the soul will come out of the coffin and go home, which is the night of returning to the soul. However, the soul of the red burial method cannot be unearthed. In order to keep the soul, it is necessary to give the soul an illusion that it has met the soul. What you touch is horizontal The nail driven in should be engraved with the owner's birth date and name. When the po meets it, it thinks it has met the soul, and it will not rise again. The master here has to return to his soul before he can be reincarnated. In this way, he will never be able to return to his soul, his soul will be trapped in the coffin, and his soul will float below.

The Red Lianbu itself is indestructible, with blood and energy circulating around it, plus this Pingsha Nail controls the soul from gathering, the owner here can really sleep peacefully. "

"Then how do I open the coffin?"

"I didn't come here for him. The moment you open the coffin, the soul will be annihilated as soon as it sees the light, and Da Luo Jinxian can't save it. This method was originally a disaster for him. Since he was ticked off in the book of life and death On the day when the name was removed, his earth soul trap was suffering in the underworld, and it would be a relief for him to open it earlier."

Chaozi picked up a crowbar, which has a curved iron hook at one end, which is specially used for opening coffins. He glanced at Zha Wenbin and said, "Then I will open it."

"It can't be fully opened, just open one tail to let the light in. The things inside are nothing during the day, once they lose their souls, they will become zombies at night. If it wasn't for the lynx, I would have set him on fire. , and now we have to keep it.”

According to Zha Wenbin's instructions, Chaozi first pried out several nails one by one, and then worked together with Dashan from the tail to push open a hole about [-] centimeters long, and a bloody stench gushed out immediately. Although wearing earthen masks, everyone was suffocated.

Through the small section of the coffin that was opened, we can see that the person inside is wearing a pair of old shoes, which shows that the person has been smothered in front of him, and the trouser legs are tied with a circle of gold thread. Cha Wenbin said that this is for A stumbling rope to prevent the preparation of corpses.

After seeing the light, Cha Wenbin asked them to pour the prepared dilute glutinous rice mixed with realgar into the coffin.These things are not used to restrain blood stiffness, but for other purposes.

After re-closing the coffin, Cha Wenbin used ink fountain thread to flick a layer of heaven and earth on the back of the coffin, and pasted a celestial amulet on the head, so that at least the master inside would not jump out immediately after dark .

The coffin was exposed to the outdoors in this way, and the next time was to wait for the dark.The lynx is a very cunning animal. It has a very high IQ and is very sensitive to smells. In the past, hunters could trap slippery creatures such as weasels, but no one has ever caught a lynx.

Cha Wenbin believes that the owner of this coffin is what the black lynx is bound to get, and that lynx will watch everything they do during the day not far away.

The afternoon was relatively boring. The rooster that was first used to explore the road had already been wiped by Chao Zi. The beggar chicken was his specialty, and chicken blood mixed with chicken feathers was randomly smeared on the coffin. Things have the same attraction for lynxes.

Zhao Yunxiao was very excited, he was eager to see a live zombie, but not everyone has the opportunity to have a date with a zombie.But Cha Wenbin didn't think it was that easy.

Taoists divide zombies into eight categories, namely: purple zombie, white zombie, green zombie, hairy zombie, flying zombie, wandering corpse, lying corpse and boneless.The ones in the back are more difficult to deal with. The master in the coffin at the back should be a kind of boneless, shady corpse.

This kind of corpse is also called raised corpse, that is, the corpse is artificially made not to rot. This kind of corpse is usually very old. Ma Zhenren once cleaned up an 800-year-old corpse, and it took a lot of effort to subdue it. The latter one is apparently over 800 years old.Judging from the situation in the coffin, this shadow corpse is still a mummy, and its hate nature belongs to the eight evil spirits.There is a saying in Taoism: "Eight Yao evil sounds, and water from the Yellow Springs comes."It means that if you encounter this kind of corpse, if you don't handle it properly or if you don't have enough mana, you will most likely report to the underworld...