Zheng Anping asked a wizard to divine the place for burial, and the wizard proposed to go to the post to divine on the spot, which turned out to be true. Zheng Anping couldn't get what he asked for, so he agreed. The two agreed to meet at a place where the wizard said that if Zheng Anping could find a ride, there would be no need for money, otherwise he would have to pay 20 yuan for the carriage and horse. Zheng Anping said: "How dare you prepare a cart, sir? There are no horses in the countryside, so we use an ox cart. Don't mind it, sir!"
The wizard put on a talkative attitude and said, "The oxcart is fine!"
The two made an appointment, and Zheng Anping went home and told Zhang Lu. Seeing that the sky is almost dark, I change my clothes, put on my armor, and hang up my crossbow. We rented a car at the village chief's house (it only cost five yuan, which was considered a friendly price), and drove to the square in front of the village to wait. Soon the wizard came out, wrapped in a long gown; his hair was spread out and tied behind his head with a piece of floral cloth; he had a backpack on his back and only wore straw sandals on his feet. When he met Zheng Anping, he bowed his hands in greeting. Zheng Anping wanted to take his back brace, but he refused, saying: "This thing must not be contaminated by outsiders, otherwise it will not work!" Zheng Anping quickly took back his hand, helped the wizard get into the car, and drove slowly towards Liangxiyi . Along the way, the wizard boasted about how the graves he ordered had changed the fate of each family; and how the people who did not choose their own graves were unlucky. Zheng Anping flattered him casually, and he was not lonely along the way. The wizard asked about Zheng Anping's current situation and the condition of the deceased. Zheng Anping answered truthfully, and those who didn't know honestly said they didn't know. Probably feeling that he had gained Zheng Anping's trust, the wizard asked abruptly: "The former worshiped Lord Xinling and gave him many gifts!"
Zheng Anping said: "It's really a lot. One animal and one cup are indispensable, as well as millet, millet, water, silk, cloth, clothes, crowns, and a bunch of money, which can be more than a hundred. All are sacrificed in front of the spirit." "
The wizard asked: "The deceased has relatives again, how much can he give?"
Zheng Anping said: "I went to the village to report my funeral. The village said it was only passed down for three generations. My parents died early. They were brothers and had no relatives. They were not married and had no children."
The wizard said: "A lonely ghost, a crypt wasted for nothing! Who will benefit from it?"
Zheng Anping said: "But the soul of the deceased can be at peace without disturbing each other. How lucky it is! I hope you, sir, will not abandon this poor land because you have no descendants, and you will be uneasy!"
The wizard said: "What words can you say, what words can you say! Once a word is spoken, it cannot be repeated. If I tell you a good land, it will be a good land. The souls of the dead will find peace when they enter the earth, and they will be reborn in the sky from now on, and they will never suffer the disaster of blood and light again. ! Protect all the brothers, no harm will be done, make great achievements, practice the soil and seal the territory..." He kept talking, and came out one after another. Although Zheng Anping knew it was a sorcerer's words, he still found it useful.
When the car arrived at the post, a group of brothers came out to welcome it and bolted the car. Invite Mr. to the hall. The wizard first took off the back frame, confessed his crime, and asked to come to the top. The brothers presented sake, and the wizard first poured it in front of the back frame, and then drank the second one himself. The wizard said some self-praising words to himself, and then said: "Before the coffin, we must worship!" He first bowed to the back frame, took out a lamp from it, and asked him to scoop a cup of water from the ditch outside the door; Take out a bean and put it on a pile of grains mixed with millet, bean sprouts, millet and wheat. Hold the bean yourself and let Xiaosi hold the water. Everyone leads you to the mourning hall and offer sacrifices one by one. After worship, put the grains and Water was sprinkled in front of the case. ——Sure enough, I saw a bunch of money, about one hundred or so, pressed on the clothes in front of the spirit.
After the worship, everyone returned to the front of the hall. The wizard bowed to the back frame again, took out a piece of graphite, and called "Invite the spirit clothes of the deceased." Xiao Si quickly returned to the back hall and brought over a piece of bloody underwear. When the wizard saw it, he shouted "sin" repeatedly, drew talismans on the underwear with graphite, asked the deceased's birth date, wrote it on the clothes, and taught him to use bamboo poles on the roof to summon the soul. While doing this, I kept complaining, why didn't I summon the soul so late? I don't know how far this soul has traveled, and when will it return. It must be summoned with a powerful talisman! This blood-clothed suit is too sinister, and it will take many more talismans to resolve it!
Setting up a bamboo pole on the roof was a technical job. The three of them went up to the room, and under the guidance of their husband, they fixed the bamboo pole on the beam and hung up the bloody clothes.
While everyone was hanging up their blood-stained clothes, the wizard took out a sundial from his backpack: a wooden pole inserted in the center of a circular base - standing in the courtyard. Tell everyone: "When the sun's shadow enters the circle, you will tell me." When everyone looked at it, the sun's shadow was still an inch or two long outside the circle.
The wizard entered the hall, took out one strange thing after another from the back rack, and sat on his knees in the hall, shaking his body from side to side, picking up this item now, then that one, and murmuring something. Everyone didn't know what was going on, so they could only sit nearby and take turns watching the sun shadow.
Xiao Si, who was observing the sun clock outside the door, came in and reported: "The sun shadow has entered the circle." Everyone went out to look, and they all shouted: "It's in, it's in!"
The wizard took out a knife coin and a square ruler and stood quietly beside it, watching the shadow of the sun that had submerged in the circle gradually shorten to the center. When entering the second circle, the wizard quickly turned the base around. Make a small gap on the base coincide with the shadow of the sun, draw a line along the gap with a knife and coin, immediately remove the base, use a square ruler to compare, and draw a deep "ten".
Return to the hall, pick up and put down all the things, put them into the carrier one by one, and then say goodbye. Zheng Anping hurriedly said: "It's almost noon, sir, I hope you won't be rude and take a sip of porridge before returning."
The wizard readily agreed.
After dinner, Zheng Anping drove the wizard home. The wizard said that he would do the math again when he went home and take them to acupoints tomorrow.
The next day, Zheng Anping had breakfast and drove to Liangxiyi again.
The wizard traced the cross he had drawn yesterday for a while, drew a line, and said: "Go in this direction!" After going out to measure the direction, the wizard led a few people over the ditch and over the ridge, not following the main road, but just following its direction. Only take a detour unless there is someone blocking the way ahead. Everyone closed the door and followed the wizard.
After walking for about twenty miles, the wizard suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "Unexpectedly, it is an acupuncture point! The deceased must be a very human being, and he will bless all noble people in the future!"
Everyone was puzzled, and the wizard pointed out: "There is a chasm in front of me. To the north of the chasm, between the two waters, there is a high mountain. It is surrounded by a high mountain. It is a place for real storage. I must also be able to get it if you are noble. , Unexpectedly, it should be in your honor! Even though you are serving as a messenger, sooner or later you will be the person you want! I would like to donate this acupuncture point, but you can only get two to three hundred coins. If you need to burn it and give it away, we will discuss it later, and we will never dare to take it rashly."
Everyone looked at Zheng Anping, and Zheng Anping said: "It's true what you said. Two or three hundred yuan is really not a big expense, but the four of us are just soldiers. We depend on the official for food and clothing. If it weren't for Lord Xinling's help, we wouldn't have made any sacrifices." . It is better to go and observe first, as if it is a good place in Gaoyang, Lord Xinling has given me a string of funeral rites as a thank you gift!"
The wizard said: "What the wizard does cannot be judged by money. The location of the acupuncture points must be in his heart; his heart must be sincere, and his behavior must be harmonious. All gods and ghosts know it. Although I don't want it, what can I do about it? The clothes, hats, cloth and silks that are presented before the spirit are still of good quality, but they should be as straight as possible!"
Zheng Anping said: "As a lowly man with nothing to offer, I can't bear for my brother to leave empty-handed, so I would like to accompany him in my clothes!"
The wizard said: "It's such a good thing that such a good hole is exposed so cheaply!"
Zheng Anping said: "May the shaman pray with all his heart to complain of lowliness and poverty!"
The wizard said: "That's okay, that's okay! You and I will write it on the talisman again!"
While they were talking, Xiaosi suddenly said: "A crowd is coming!"
The expressions of the other three people changed, and they all fell to the ground to listen quietly, with a look of horror on their faces. Brother Su looked around and pointed at a small ditch not far behind: "Let's avoid it!"
The wizard didn't know what was going on and when he wanted to ask, Zheng Anping stopped him and said briefly: "The troops are here, hide now!"
The wizard's face changed with fear and he said: "Where? Where?"
Zheng Anping said: "The forward is ten miles away." He dragged the wizard into the small ditch pointed by Brother Su.
Tall wild grass grows in the small ditch. Although the ditch is not deep, it can still hide the body. Brother Su said: "Go down this ditch and you can reach the post."
Zheng Anping said: "If you go down this ditch, you may encounter misfortune. If the soldiers arrive, the post will be in danger. If you run away at the post, there is no reason to re-enter. Yong is temporarily hiding here. If something happens to him, he is either going up or down. There are still other conveniences!”
Brother Dog said: "Brother Zheng said it is true. Don't return to the post rashly and enter a dangerous place."
Brother Su said: "In that case, brother, please hide yourself while I act as a patrol officer!" "Run a few steps along the ditch, go up the ditch, cover yourself along a line of bushes, and quickly move forward.
Zheng Anping put his ear to the ground and listened carefully. The sound of marching footsteps was getting closer and closer.
Soon I saw Brother Su returning in a hurry and said: "Qin people! Go up the river!"
Then I saw two neat arrays on both sides of the chasm and up the river.
Between the chasm and this small ditch, there is a small river that is not too wide, forming a natural barrier. The Qin army's queue always stayed between the two rivers and did not cross over, so Zheng Anping and the others were still safe for the time being. of. Of course, it must be hidden well. The slightest movement may lead to death.
The wizard had never seen such a formation before. He was so scared that he collapsed into a ball and sat in the ditch, not caring that his clothes were wet. The other four people couldn't do anything to him, so they had to leave him alone for now, as long as he didn't make a sound.
The Qin army's vanguard headed northwest along the chasm. About an hour later, the front line passed the end, and ships began to appear in the line of sight. The ships were medium-sized and were merchant ships usually used to transport goods. For some reason, they were all requisitioned by the Qin people. The Qin troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are still in strict formation, but their thickness is much less than that of the forwards. Merchant ships lined up in the middle of the river. It's too far away, so I don't know what's being transported up there.
The fleet seems endless, and the Qin people's queue seems to be endless. Two or three hours later, all four of them felt pain from their wounds, their limbs were sore and limp, and they could no longer support themselves. Xiao Si asked: "What can I do?"
Zheng Anping said to Brother Su: "The Qin people retreat!"
Brother Su said: "Of course!"
Zheng Anping said: "Can I retreat now?"
Brother Su said: "If you are aware of it, you will die now! In two o'clock, you will retreat at night!"
The four people discussed that everyone should try to find a place to rest in the ditch, leaving only one person to stand and observe. After making an appointment, everyone dispersed and quietly found a place with stones in the ditch to sit down, with only their feet still soaked in the water.
