Coffin shop.
When Jin An and the old Taoist priest came back, they brought back two people.
It was the old woman and her grandson lying in the red coffin.
It was already late at night.
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
The whole city was silent.
"Little brother, when will you learn the skills of an embalmer? Awesome!" The old Taoist priest hurriedly searched for Jin An's items that he would need to bury the corpse later.
Such as bamboo strips, hay, cloth, paintbrushes, cinnabar and other objects.
Jin An opened the coffin lid, looked at the severely mutilated young child in the coffin, and sighed: "Old Taoist, do you still remember the "Corpse Collection" I once mentioned to you that I got in the ghost mother's nightmare?"
To save the dead and keep vigil for the living.
"Collection of Corpses" records all kinds of corpses that died in strange and weird ways, such as splitting in a cart, dismembering the body by five horses, skinning, sawing, roasting, chai (chài) basin, human pig (zhì)), beheading in half, riding a wooden donkey... This sentence comes true. "Ghosts didn't hurt me at all, but people left me completely bruised."
When a person dies tragically, there is a high chance that something strange will happen. In order to appease the resentment of the deceased, the people will find some masters to bury the corpse. For example, they will tie up the body with only half of the body with paper, and use puppetry skills to continue it. For example, for stumps, bamboo strips, cloth strips, and hay are used to attach a head to a headless corpse, and the facial features of life are painted on it.
That "Collection of Corpses" not only records all kinds of weird ways to die, it is simply "A Thousand Ways to Die" plus "Popular Science Collection of Wu Zuo" plus "Collection of Song Ti's Punishment of Wrongs" plus "Lu Ban Shu" plus " A concentrated and enhanced version of "What You Need to Know About the Embalmer's Career" plus "The Paper Baster Takes You to Find the Yin Gate".
It's a strange book. .
It's a pity that this strange book came from the ghost mother's nightmare and can only be read by the soul. If he wants to bring this strange book into reality, he must advance to the third realm, where the soul manifests and has Discover treasures.
When Jin An mentioned "Collection of Corpses", the old Taoist priest was immediately impressed and asked in surprise: "Is it that strange book that the little brother got from Fushou shop?"
Seeing Jin An nodding, the old Taoist priest suddenly said something that was a bit confusing: "It's true that someone had prepared a pillow half a year in advance just as I was about to fall asleep."
Jin An was startled.
In fact, Tian Mangui also approached paper makers and some private undertakers, hoping to bury his son's body so that he could have a complete body for burial. However, his son died so tragically that his body was almost eaten by vicious dogs. No one was willing to take the job, claiming that their skills were not high and they were incapable of doing it.
In fact, there is another reason that no one dares to say.
It is said that the King of Hell is easy to mess with, and the little ghost is difficult to deal with. Tian Mangui's son died tragically and was killed by a vicious dog. This resentment is even more serious. It is easy to condense into a fierce ghost. If the little ghost is not satisfied with his "new body" , it is easy to be dragged down.
The King of Hell is easy to irritate, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with. Here is another sentence: There is nothing better than hearing a ghost cry, the most ferocious thing is the female ghost in red, and the worst thing is the half-sized ghost.
I would rather mess with the headless dead and carry the body of a woman in red to the cemetery in the middle of the night than mess with those little devils who smile innocently.
Regardless of whether Tian Mangui's son is good-natured or not, those who make a living by fishing for vaginas are most likely to see unclean things. They would rather sail a boat that lasts for ten thousand years than become a short-lived ghost.
Therefore, the private undertakers only took over the body of the old lady and did not take over the body of Tian Mangui's four or five-year-old son.
Let’s talk about Jin’an again.
Thanks to Jin An's regular reading of "Corpse Collection", and the fact that he came back tonight to leave his body, his soul read through "Corpse Collection", found the chapter on child corpses, studied the burial in detail, and then started to prepare. Burial matters.
"Little brother, everything you want has been prepared. How do you plan to bury Hu'er tonight?" There were coffins, desks, and altars in front of the coffin shop. The old Taoist priest was busy for a while. Almost ready, he turned to look curiously at Jin An, who was standing next to the child's red coffin.
The old Taoist priest thought as he spoke: "Speaking of the undertaker, I have been traveling around the world for so many years, and I have encountered several undertakers dressing up the dead body, but the ones I have seen the most are using cloth bags. Hay makes up for what is missing in the body.”
Jin An shook his head.
The old Taoist priest was surprised: "Don't you use cloth bags and hay to bury the corpse? Is that the paper-making technique?"
Jin An still shook his head.
This time, he didn't pretend to be too pretentious, and said directly: "I plan to use a miraculous technique from "Record of Collecting Corpses" to reopen this poor child's first virtue, second life, three talents, limbs, five internal organs, six internal organs, and strange meridians. Eight meridians, nine palaces.”
"One virtue is to wash away the dirt and blood from his body, walk in dignity and peace, teach the deceased not to resent the world, and to be reincarnated as soon as possible."
"Two lives, people have two lives, the Yang soul and the Yin soul. After the Yang soul dies, the Yin soul can still exist in the world for seven days. If the soul refuses to go to the underworld and be reincarnated after the first seven times, it will become a lonely soul. Ghost. These two lives are to replenish the body of the deceased and build a bridge back to the shell, so that the ghost can move in smoothly during the first seven days and then reincarnate with peace of mind."
"The three talents are the Yongquan point, Xuanji point, and Baihui point in medical science. They are collectively called the three talents of essence, energy, and spirit. Baihui responds to the sky and governs Qi; Yongquan responds to the earth and governs essence; Xuanji responds to people and governs spirit."
"The limbs are the hands and feet."
"The five internal organs are the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys."
"The six fu organs are the small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, bladder and triple burner."
"The eight extraordinary meridians are Du, Ren, Chong, Dai, Yangwei, Yinwei, Yinqiao, and Yangqiao."
"Nine palaces, the first palace corresponds to the direction of north, the second palace of Kun corresponds to the direction of southwest, the third palace of zhen corresponds to the direction of east, the fourth palace of sunda corresponds to the direction of southeast, the fifth palace corresponds to the center, the sixth palace corresponds to the northwest, and the seventh palace corresponds to dui The direction of due west, the eighth palace of Gen corresponds to the direction of northeast, the ninth palace of Li corresponds to the direction of due south, and the nine palaces and earth fulcrums are aligned, and the three souls and seven souls that have been wandering in various places will return to their shells again."
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Jin An recited a mantra in his mouth without stopping. He first washed away the blood and stains on the corpse; then set the bones; if the bones were uneven, he would use wood to replace them, as wood can nourish the soul; then he sutured the corpse and smoothed the wounds to make the deceased look peaceful and harmonious. No matter how ferocious it is, it looks like an evil ghost with resentment. If the corpse is incomplete and cannot be sutured, a cloth doll will be used to complete it; then the Yongquan, Xuanji, and Baihui points are tapped, the eight extraordinary meridians are tapped, and the directions of the nine palaces are tapped; finally, It is to open the altar to preach, light the sky lanterns, build the bridge of life, ring the soul-calling bell, burn paper money and incense candles to the troublesome little ghosts on the road. Don't embarrass the tiger's soul...
In the final step of opening the altar to teach the Dharma, Jin An asked the old Taoist priest he was most familiar with to come and guard the Dharma to prevent any imps from deliberately obstructing the toast but refusing to eat.
At this time, Hu'er was lying in the coffin. The wounds on his face were sutured and the dirty blood was washed away. His body and limbs were covered with meridian diagrams and nine palace diagrams with cinnabar pens, just like those acupuncture dummies in medical clinics with complex meridians painted on them. It’s dazzling to see.
Although this is his first time to bury a corpse, fortunately, the human body analysis in "Record of Corpses" is very detailed, and the proportions of limbs and torso can be considered normal. There is no big head or small hands or big feet supporting the small head.
The old Taoist priest stood next to the coffin, looking at the peacefully dressed child in the coffin. He admired Jin An's craftsmanship and couldn't help but become more curious about what kind of strange book "Record of Collecting Corpses" was.
Old Taoist priest: "Little brother, why don't you make him some clothes?"
Jin An frowned: "I didn't think well and forgot to ask the Tian family for some children's clothes. It's not appropriate to go to the Tian family now that the curfew is over."
The old Taoist priest patted his chest and said confidently: "This matter is taken care of by me, the old Taoist."
The old Taoist priest ran into the coffin shop of Mingdian and found some materials for making paper to tie people up. He quickly cut out the colored paper and finally glued it together with glue.
Snapped!
With a shake of his hands, the old Taoist priest cut out a paper coat, paper pants, and paper crown, and then put a set on Hu'er in the coffin. The size was just right.
Jin An gave a thumbs up: "I didn't expect you have so many skills, old Taoist."
The old Taoist priest smiled proudly and said, "When I was traveling abroad, it was common for me to celebrate the New Year in other places, so I followed some village women and learned some folk tricks of paper-cutting and blessing paper."
After dressing Hu'er, the old Taoist priest began to open the altar with a serious face and teach the Dharma, shaking the soul-calling bell to call back Hu'er's soul scattered everywhere.
"Hu'er, whose name is Tian Shaocong, was born in the Year of the Tiger, on the 9th day of the twelfth lunar month, Mao hour, Gan Zhi Yin Chen, Guichou, Bingxu, Xin Mao, biological father Tian Mangui, biological mother Li Yuehua, who lives... If you hear it, please come back quickly, and the ghosts and gods from all directions If you see me, please let me know. I will burn incense, candles, paper money and express my gratitude every July 15th on the Hungry Ghost Festival."
While the old Taoist priest was doing this, he lit the birthday sign with Hu'er's birthday on it. At the same time, Jin An also took out the paper money and ingots that the old Taoist priest had already folded and put them in a copper basin to burn, as payment for the hard work of helping ghosts and gods from all over the world to spread the word. .
I don't know if it was an illusion, but a breeze suddenly blew in Yongle Square, blowing in all directions under the quiet night, blowing all over the city.
As time passed, under the night, the cries of children who were separated from their adults began to be heard. A child with a tiger-like appearance and a timid personality walked out of the darkness. He hid behind the building on the corner of the street, looking timidly with his big black eyes. Looking at the old Taoist priest and Jin An who were opening an altar in the middle of the road.
