Maoshan Judge

Chapter 185 Red Shroud
"Well, then let's go." Uncle Fang patted the dust on his body, and he walked in front of Huzi, but there were tears at the corners of Huzi's eyes. He must have shed tears just now. Uncle Fang knelt down, "Little brat , come up, don't be dead." Huzi came back to his senses and waved his hand, "Dad, don't worry, I can do it." I admire this Huzi's behavior, and he gradually climbed up We got up, and we went back to Gouzi's house together, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening, Gouzi's mother was taking care of Gouzi, and Gouzi's father was wandering anxiously, with a trace of sadness mixed in his face.

"Gouzi's parents, we're back." Uncle Fang led us into Gouzi's house, and Gouzi's father rushed up immediately and asked anxiously, "Xiao Daochang, has my dog ​​been rescued?" He took out the umbrella and said, "Hey, they are all here, don't worry." He was relieved now, and hurriedly greeted us to Gouzi's bedside.

I waved at them, signaled them to get out of the way, and opened the small umbrella in my hand, "Gouzi, when will you wait if you don't return to your position now?" Four balls of white air flew out of the umbrella, but they were all Unexpectedly, Huzi tugged at the corner of my clothes, "Big brother, what are those four balls of white gas?" I looked at Huzi in surprise, is that little guy also born with yin and yang eyes?

"Uncle Fang, can tigers see dirty things?" I turned to Uncle Fang on the other side in doubt, and he shook his head at me, "No, sometimes this kid can see inexplicable things, but sometimes he can't, no I know what's going on? But this child likes to play with cows since he was a child, and for some reason, the cow always sheds tears when he is with him, and then licks the child's eyes with his mouth." No wonder the child can see it, it may be the cow Because of the tears, but it's also an opportunity.

"Oh, well, I'm going to cast a spell." I signaled them to retreat five meters away, and then took out a yellow talisman from my pocket, "Corpse dog, Fu Shi, sparrow Yin, swallow thief, joy, anger, sorrow and joy, return The main body, hurry like a law." As soon as he finished reading the four souls, he rushed straight into Gouzi's body, and I knew that it was these four souls that Gouzi lost.

After a long time, Gouzi slowly opened his eyes, but just when he wanted to support himself, he couldn't use any strength. This is because his four spirits have been away from his body for too long, resulting in weakness. He just needs to rest for a while Day is enough, he looked at me and Xiaobei suspiciously, "Mom and Dad, who are these two?"

Huzi's mother was a little happy at this point, "Gouzi, this is the Taoist priest who saved you, why don't you thank him quickly." I shook my hand at Gouzi, "No, your body is so weak, let's rest well, our I have to go." Just as I was about to pull Xiaobei up and leave, Gouzi's father stopped me, "Master Taoist, it's getting so late, let's rest in the humble house."

"No, that won't work. You have to take care of the dog. He just woke up." I refused. In fact, this is not the reason for me. In fact, I am too sinister and afraid of bringing evil things to the dog. Although He was there, but his body would still be infected. At this moment, a strong man broke in, "Uncle Fang, Uncle Lan is dead. I'm here to report the funeral. Go and have a look." .”

No wonder when I entered the village just now, I heard a family wailing. It turned out that someone was dead. Uncle Fang was stunned for a long time after hearing this, but finally passed out in Gouzi’s house. I hurriedly helped Uncle Fang, Among the people pinching him, I looked at Gouzi's parents suspiciously, and they sighed when they saw my doubts, "Hey, in fact, this uncle Lan is Huzi's father-in-law, and his relationship is closer than his own father's." " Huzi burst into tears and rushed out, and the strong man had no choice but to follow.

Not long after, Uncle Fang woke up, "I. My father-in-law. He. He. Really. Dead?" He looked at the dog's parents suspiciously, and they could only persuade them with a sad face: "Let's be sad. He tried to stand up, "Master Daoist, please help me to go there, it's at the entrance of the village, hurry up."

I helped Uncle Fang to the entrance of the village. I saw a one-story house with mourning everywhere. Some men were crying loudly inside, while the helpers outside were all busy. I saw a man in his 50s. The old woman hurried out with a spoon in her hand. The woman's eyes were red from crying, and her face was covered with tears. Uncle Fang stopped her, "Honey, is the tiger here?"

The woman's silver hair dyed most of her head. She is Uncle Fang's wife, Aunt Fang. She looked sadly inside, "Old Fang, the cub is already inside. I'll go get water. You go in first." Uncle Fang He motioned me to go inside, and when I went inside, I saw an old man lying on a door panel, and a coffin was prepared beside him. The old man died peacefully, but he was wearing normal clothes, and a shroud was placed inside the coffin. There were relatives crying on both sides, and after a while, Aunt Fang and the man came back, and an old man in the village said, "Anyone who is not close relatives, go outside the door, and wait for the corpse to be buried for mourning." Just finished speaking, I walked out the door, pulled a young man and asked, "Brother, do you dare to ask what is corpse bathing?"

He looked at me suspiciously, "It seems that you don't know yet, this uncle Lan is a member of the She nationality, and he wants to bathe his corpse for burial, and he will not be cremated. Just now, Aunt Fang and Uncle Lan went to fetch water just to bathe the corpse for burial .” This is the custom of others, so I can only ask no further questions, but the young man looked at me and sized me up, “Are you a foreigner?”

I replied in a hurry, "I am a distant relative of Uncle Lan, and I am here to mourn today." After a while, someone from inside came to inform us that we could enter, and we entered the hall one after another, and Uncle Lan was neatly put into the wooden coffin In the middle, the lid of the wooden coffin was not closed, but Mr. Lan was wearing a red shroud, which made me feel very surprised, because there is a folk saying that the dead should not wear red shrouds, otherwise they will become ghosts in the long run. But why didn't anyone stop it?And there are a lot of shrouds on him, about ten pieces, which is understandable. When a person is old, wearing more shrouds means good fortune and longevity, but the strange shrouds outside made me feel a little shocked, but this is just a folk Rumor has it that there are also some young girls who died of injustice. I don't think it will be a big deal for this old master Lan to die so peacefully?
Next, many people carried an altar and placed it in the north. The room faces south. On the altar were placed the spirit tablets of the deceased and three animals. Paper figurines and some daily necessities were gradually placed around the altar. , there is an ever-burning lamp on the right side of the coffin. These are similar to Suzhou funerals, except that it may be because of the use of burial here, but the red shroud seems out of place with the mourning around.

After a while, some people in Taoist robes came in. It seems that these people came to save the dead. Eight Immortals tables had been placed around the coffin. They sat on the Eight Immortals table and put all their instruments on the table. One of the mages has a round waist and fat buttocks. It seems that this guy is well nourished, but I didn't think much about it. I just accompanied Uncle Fang here. At this time, Uncle Fang walked over, " Daoist, I will trouble you to help me later, as for your ability, I know all about you." The uncle Fang seemed to know what was going to happen, the Taoist priests were blowing mourning music, and the mage was chanting scriptures in front of the dead. Ordinary people can't understand what he is saying at all, but for me who has developed a sixth sense, I can hear clearly, "I curse you to death, I curse you to death, I curse you to death." He Damn, what scriptures did he recite, but the mourning music played by the rest of the Taoist priests was very sad. An old Taoist priest sitting next to the mage seemed to have noticed me, knocked on the mage with his hand, and said in a low voice : "Master, don't read like this, there are experts here." The mage glanced at him, it seems that this old Taoist priest is not very popular in front of the mage, and continues to recite the scriptures that I curse you to death, and I don't think about it. , I will settle accounts with this mage afterwards.

Nothing happened until after three o'clock in the morning. The sorcerer and a few Taoists simply played mahjong on a table of the Eight Immortals. In fact, these are all in one form, most of them are like this, and the playing is only after two or three o'clock. Just play mahjong, it’s not surprising, but the old Taoist priest is still knocking on the wooden fish while reciting the scriptures of the past life, the mage said to him mockingly: "Don't pretend, let's play mahjong together." When the Taoist saw the face of the master, he put on a straight face, but what can he do?I could only go out of the house alone, and I followed the old Taoist out.

I patted the old Taoist priest on the shoulder, and he turned around, "It's you?" I said to him with a smile on my face, "Your ability is by no means inferior to that of a fat sorcerer, why do you want to be under someone else's fence?" His wink There seemed to be a sense of unwillingness in it, but in the end he sighed helplessly, "My uncle is the president of the Maoshan Association, what can I do?" He stared at me carefully again, "Who are you? Are you not A local, right?"

"I'm not, I just came to mourn with Uncle Fang. As for the matter between you Taoist priests, I don't want to get involved. It's just that this mage shouldn't recite the scripture that I curse you to death. I can't ignore it." , Also, I am just a little Taoist priest, not some kind of expert."

(End of this chapter)