Uncle Ma said that to get to the root of this matter, we have to start with the history of Hanjiawazi.
Old Harbin people all know that Hanjiawazi is an urban-rural fringe area. Beyond Hanjiawazi is the eastern suburbs of Harbin, and further ahead is Tuanjie Town, where Wang Ye worked last time.
This place name has a Northeastern rural flavor. In fact, Hanjiawazi has a history of more than 200 years. It was once a meadow with rich water and grass.
At that time, the residents living here lived a life of fishing and hunting, beating roe deer with sticks and scooping up fish with ladles.
It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Shandong and other places, and a large number of refugees rushed to Guandong. Three Han brothers packed their luggage and carried burdens and walked to the outside of the Guandong to make a living.
The place they went to was the lower reaches of the Ash River on the south bank of the Songhua River. It was a meadow that used to be the horse farm of Jin Wushu in the Jin Dynasty. The terrain was low-lying and flat. Whenever the Ash River overflowed during the rainy season, this area would be flooded.
The Han brothers settled here and multiplied and multiplied. Later, other families came, and the people became more and more friendly, gradually forming a village.
Because the Han brothers arrived early and multiplied quickly, they were the most populous family in the village. In addition, the terrain here was low-lying. Over time, this area became known as "Hanjiawazi".
Although this place is remote, it has abundant aquatic plants, clear water and fish fat. Every summer there is a sound of frogs, and many animals live in the meadow. The ecological environment is very good.
In the 1970s, the city continued to expand and reservoirs were built in the upper reaches of the Ash River. As a result, the river here narrowed and dried up. The river bed was lined with bricks and tiles, and houses were built.
What used to be a small village slowly turned into a city.
The water dries up, the grass disappears, the fish disappear, and the animals disappear.
Later, the woodware factory opened in Caodianzi, occupying a large area of land. At first, there were several families next to the woodware factory, but for some reason, they slowly moved away.
When Uncle Ma talked about this, I asked out of curiosity: "According to you, the animals in the meadow lost their habitat, and then a woodwork factory was opened, driving them out of their homes. That's why there are often various animals in that area." Such bizarre legends about charming yellow-skinned men and vixens stealing big girls in the middle of the night are actually those animals seeking revenge?"
Uncle Ma smiled: "I don't know if it's revenge, but think about it, if your house was demolished by force and they didn't give you compensation, would you be happy?"
I shook my head: "Then I will definitely not be happy, I have to risk my life with him."
Uncle Ma said: "That's the truth. Let's talk about that woodwork factory. All kinds of machines roar and dust flies all day long. Wouldn't it bother you if this was in front of your house?"
I understood a little bit: "So, the death of Factory Director Qiao was caused by those monsters, and the frequent strange things happening in the factory were actually just to drive them away. But why did they find Zhong San's wife? "
"I don't know about this. I'm just guessing. We have to go to the scene to see what's going on. In addition, you tell Zhong San and ask him to prepare some offerings, both meat and vegetables, this afternoon. Let's go set up an altar and hold a sacrifice."
"Let's start the sacrifice. Who will we sacrifice?"
"Who cares? It's a sacrifice anyway. Tell Zhong San to prepare 888 dharma gold. Without this, it won't be possible."
I thought to myself, good guy, Uncle Ma really never misses any opportunity to make money.
However, 888 yuan is not too much. Zhong San agreed as soon as he heard it and prepared the offerings and ingot materials as I asked.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Uncle Ma and I arrived at Zhong San's house. Zhong San called more than ten people for help and went to the woodwork factory together.
It's easier to get things done when there are more people. Under Uncle Ma's command, the altar was quickly set up and everything was put out.
In fact, it's not really an altar, it's just a wooden table with a red cloth spread on it.
The offerings were quite complete, including roasted chicken, pig heads, whole fish, several kinds of fruits, and a table was set out.
Uncle Ma also changed his outfit and put on the Taoist robe that he usually did not wear. After lighting three sticks of incense, the ceremony officially began.
"The Supreme Being said: There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people call upon themselves. The rewards of good and evil follow them like a shadow."
"Therefore, there are gods in heaven and earth who are in charge of faults, and they will be counted according to the seriousness of their crimes. If they are reduced, they will be poor and exhausted, and they will encounter more troubles. Everyone hates them. Punishments and misfortunes will follow, and auspicious stars will avoid them. Evil stars will cause disasters. If you do it, you will die.”
"There are also three Taipei fighting gods who are on people's heads, recording their sins and taking away their records. There are also three corpse gods who are in the human body. Every Gengshen day, they often go to Tiancao to tell people about their sins. On the dark day of the moon, the Kitchen God Same thing."
"Mortal people have mistakes. If they are big, they will be punished, and if they are small, they will be punished. There are hundreds of things in the world. Those who want to live forever must first avoid them."
What Uncle Ma is reciting is the "Tai Shang Inspiration Chapter", which is to persuade people to do good. It is not only useful for people, but also for monsters and elves.
Zhong San's family stood nearby, not daring to breathe and looking around in fear.
But there was nothing around at this time, and no monsters appeared. I silently shouted Huang Naughty and Huang Run twice, and I quickly felt something in my body.
In fact, I had nothing to do, I just wanted to see if they were there.
Next to him, Uncle Ma was still reciting. It had to be said that he usually looked like an old money man, but when he put on his Taoist robes, he really looked human-like and had an air of immortality.
"The so-called good people are respected by everyone. God will bless them, and fortune and fortune will follow them. All evil will be far away. Gods will protect them. Whatever they do will be accomplished. Gods can hope for it. Those who want to be immortals should do one thousand three hundred good deeds. Those who want to be immortals on earth. , you should establish three hundred good deeds..."
Despite Uncle Ma's idleness, he was reciting scriptures very fluently at this time, with a cadence of tone. He actually recited a long article backwards and forwards without getting every word wrong.
Of course, no one knew he was wrong.
Soon after he finished reciting "Tai Shang Inspiration Chapter", Uncle Ma bowed three times to the altar and said a lot of words.
The general meaning is: the heaven and earth have the virtue of good life, and it is not easy for the spirits of all things to practice. They should follow the way of heaven and cannot possess people at will and harm lives. Otherwise, they will violate the way of heaven, it will be difficult to achieve positive results, and they will suffer retribution sooner or later.
He was persuading and threatening at the same time. After he finished speaking, he wrote a letter asking me to burn the prepared paper money and ingots.
These things are not for those monsters to burn, and they have no use at all.
In fact, many times, ingots and paper money are burned to give to the gods of heaven and earth. For example, the ritual we are doing now is to burn it to the spirits on the surface, but in fact it is for them to give it to the gods.
No matter in heaven or on earth or in the underworld, the human world is the same. Giving money and gifts to the gods will still work.
The method adopted by Uncle Ma is also relatively gentle and avoids conflicts with spirits.
The fire was raging. Looking at the fire in front of me, I suddenly found a man in black clothes standing in the office on the second floor of the office building not far across the street.
Under the firelight, his eyes flashed with a strange red light, staring at everyone in front of him...
