Uncle Ma immediately got into work mode, his face darkened, and he asked the man what happened.
The man was a man in his thirties. He said hurriedly that his old man had just passed away. He had no breathing and no heartbeat.
But the last breath was held in his chest and he couldn't swallow it.
Moreover, his eyes were not closed and his fists were clenched. Even though the family tried hard for a long time, they could not get him to close his eyes and release his fists.
Some people say that this is a bad time to die, as one's breath has not yet been released and the soul remains.
In folk customs, this is very unlucky.
As the saying goes, death is like a lamp going out. When people die, they will exhale their last breath. It is commonly known as disaster gas or disaster in the folk.
This bad energy usually has to escape through doors and windows. If it cannot escape, it will be detrimental to the family.
If someone is hit by the calamity, the person will get sick and unlucky, and the serious person will die.
Uncle Ma once told me that sometimes, the breath may not be exhaled immediately after death. In other words, the time of disaster is not fixed.
Based on the time when the deceased died, different time and directions of the disaster are deduced so that they can be avoided in time. The direction of the disaster must also be specially processed.
I remember that the formula for the direction of disaster is: Yin window, Mao door, Chen is on the wall, and it is already in Yanggou, noon and no beam. Shen You was in the moxuhai stove, and Zichou was in the hall at two o'clock.
As for the time of disaster, there is also a calculation method.
But the man said that if their family's situation was just that they were still angry, there was no need to be so panicked.
The key issue is that their family has a five-year-old child who says he sees the old man wandering around in front of the bed and ignores him when he talks to him.
When Uncle Ma heard this, his expression changed instantly, and he quickly asked the visitor if the old man was spinning around the bed fast.
The man said that the old man turned very slowly and it took him half a day to complete one circle.
At that time, they heard the children say that they were frightened when they saw the old man lingering in front of the bed, so they hurried over and asked Director Ma for help.
Uncle Ma had been sitting very firmly just now, but now he stood up and said to the man while packing his things.
"When your old man left, he was in bed, right?"
"Yes... I do understand the rules. You can't die in bed, but I didn't have time at that time. Before I could lift him out of the bed, the person was gone. Taoist Master Ma, does this matter?"
"It's too relevant. Now your old man is in trouble and can't leave the bed. Even if he is forced to bury him, his soul will return to the underworld after seven days. His soul will not be able to enter the underworld and will come back to make trouble. And there is another point, if you let the trouble in bed If he turns forward eighty-one times, he will never be able to leave home."
Uncle Ma picked up a pen and wrote a long list and asked the visitor to go back and prepare it. We picked up a lot of materials at home and then set off to the other party's house.
On the way, I learned that the man’s name was Wang Ye, and he lived in Tuanjie Town, about ten kilometers away from where we were.
Wang Ye owns a bathhouse and is considered to have a small fortune in the local area.
A year ago, there was some evil happening in his family, and Uncle Ma helped him solve it. From then on, Wang Ye obeyed Uncle Ma's advice.
After this accident, I came to Uncle Ma immediately.
I remembered what Uncle Ma said to me earlier, and it seemed that it wasn't all bragging.
The two of us brought a lot of things, but I don't know what they are used for. What we have learned in the past month or so is basic theoretical knowledge, but there is no practical application yet.
Soon, when we arrived at Tuanjie Town, Wang Ye was already ready according to Uncle Ma's list.
At this time, everyone had already evacuated from the house. Uncle Ma took me into the house. When I took a quick look, I suddenly took a breath of cold air.
It was a clear day and there was an old man lying on the bed. It looked like he had already lost his breath.
The strange thing is that he opened his eyes, clenched his fists, and seemed to have a look of reluctance on his face.
And in front of the bed, I clearly saw a ghost figure, wandering around in circles!
Uncle Ma didn't say anything. He counted on his fingers and said to me: "He's going to be in trouble right away. In half an hour, he won't be able to leave home."
I didn't dare to delay, so I immediately called Wang Ye to bring someone over, and we started setting up together.
The materials used are all specified by Uncle Ma, who is very particular about them.
One foot of red silk was used to spread the floor, one foot was made of green silk, and one piece of white cloth was used to cover the sky.
He also used seven kinds of incense and twelve medicinal herbs and sprinkled them all over the house.
Then take five kinds of sand, yellow sand, red sand, white sand, black sand, and gold sand, mix them with grains, and beat them all over the house.
Uncle Ma gave me a talisman and asked me to wait in a certain position. If I saw the calamity coming out, I should move away first and then use the talisman to suppress it.
Finally, he asked Wang Ye to bring a big rooster over, then took out a tough mulberry branch and beat the rooster.
The rooster was beaten until it kept screaming, and Uncle Ma recited the curse to ward off disaster while beating it.
"The soul of the dead, died in the hospital bed, cannot move, cannot leave the bed, build the Luo Tianqiao, cross the bridge now, the bridge has passed, as for the middle hall, now receive the incense, go to another place, the six stars of the South Dipper, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, I serve as the Supreme Lord Laojun is as anxious as the law."
There is a saying that the rooster attracts the soul and drives out the evil spirit.
Uncle Ma recited the curse seven times, and his hands became more and more cruel. The cock was whipped so hard that it kept fluttering. In the end, Wang Ye didn't hold it, and the cock flew up and flew towards the bed.
The shadow that was wandering in circles in front of the bed disappeared in an instant.
At this moment, the old man lying on the bed suddenly made a gurgling sound in his throat.
Uncle Ma's eyes flashed and he pointed somewhere in the room.
That direction happened to be on my side, less than two meters away from me.
Immediately afterwards, Uncle Ma shouted: "Shaohunshuanghun, go out quickly!"
This was his password. When I heard what he said, I immediately took out the charm and stuck it directly on that place.
Strangely enough, as soon as I put the talisman on it, the old man's body lying on the bed suddenly closed his eyes.
At the same time, the clenched fists were also released!
Wang Ye was watching the whole process in the room. Seeing this scene, he also breathed a long sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The old man had closed his eyes and loosened his fists, and it seemed that he was fine.
I looked around and saw that the shadow just now was gone. Could it be that the evil soul was solved like this?
I looked at Uncle Ma again. He put away the mulberry branches and calmed down.
"Xiaofan, get some water and cleanse the face of the deceased."
Uncle Ma taught me how to do this job, and I remembered it, but this was my first time doing it myself.
This step is also an important step before burial. It is necessary to comb the deceased's hair, wash his face, and tidy up his shroud.
I bit the bullet and went to get a basin of water, ready to cleanse the deceased's face.
But this is not just about washing your face and combing your hair. There is still a set of procedures and formulas.
"Old deceased, you must listen to the truth. I will wash your face with warm water, comb your hair and wash your face. Your body will be cleansed by the Western Way. Your soul will return to the Paradise Immortal Class, and you will leave your true body and prosperous descendants."
I had just recited this mantra and wiped the old man's face with a wet towel, when suddenly I heard a strange laughter coming from behind me.
This laughter gave me goosebumps all over my body. I thought to myself, this is a funeral, who dares to laugh here?
When he turned around, he saw that it was Wang Ye.
I saw his face full of weirdness, staring at Uncle Ma and me with sinister eyes, and he couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"You want to send me away, but there is no door!"
Uncle Ma and I looked at each other quickly and thought, "Oh no! I'm possessed by a ghost!"
