Mr. Li said to his lover in disbelief, could it be that... your father likes children, so he stays with us and looks after the children? Mr. Li's lover was also at a loss and said, "But if this is the case, why did the child have nothing to do in the past few years, but only this year has the accident happened?"
I interrupted their discussion because I was the only person in the room who could help. I told them that before the age of three, the child’s mind was basically incomplete and did not form an accurate concept of being afraid or not. Now I can basically judge that the situation is as you said. The old man kept the child because he liked the child. He came down and did not pass away for 49 days after his death. The maximum time limit for ghosts to remain in the human world is 49 days. After 49 days, they become lonely ghosts. They will not be able to receive the incense you burn every year. And as time goes by, his own consumption will become greater and greater. In the end, only a little bit of original intention and instinct will be left. When this bit of instinct is exhausted, the ghost nature will disappear. It will be fully exposed, and then it will start to harm people.
I told them that at the moment, it seems that your father should be at a stage where his humanity is gradually losing and his ghost nature is gradually emerging. After the child is three years old, he begins to know how to distinguish some simple things. Maybe he saw your father when he was just born, but he didn't feel scared. Now that your father's behavior becomes more and more weird, the child will become scared. That's why she would wake up in the middle of the night and point to the cabinet and say she was scared.
After saying that, I pointed to the closet that had been emptied. Then he said, the only thing in this cabinet related to your father is the tie he wore when he was alive. Whether it is a person or a ghost, he will habitually move closer to things he is familiar with. His behavior makes the child afraid and resistant, and he She also loves her children and can't help but get close to her children when she is confused, which will affect the children's health. But as the child's resistance deepens, his love becomes less and less measured. Such a vicious cycle eventually consumes himself and harms the child.
After I said this, Mr. Li's lover sat down on the ground, covered his face and cried. Mr. Li quickly squatted down to comfort her. I told the couple that in the final analysis, your father is to blame for this matter. You should let go after death. Everything you can't let go is obsession. Although his original intention was just to see his children, it delayed his death. Time, now, if there is no master to guide him, he can only become weaker and weaker, and then he will never be reincarnated. That's it. Before he will never be reincarnated, he also harmed a relative of his because of his uncontrollable emotions. .
I also sighed a little in my heart, because although I blamed the old man, I can't say that he did something wrong. Sometimes when we judge something, we can't just look at the result, we also need to think about the motivation. Although the dead are the most important, the living are the ones who are truly visible and tangible and should be cherished and protected.
I reached out to help the couple up and said to them, don't worry. Now that the cause has been found, all that's left is to take the old man away. Your child's illness is caused by the old man. He is no longer here. If the child takes a good rest, he will recover soon. The most right thing you and your wife did in this matter was to find people in our industry before there was a big mess. If it were delayed for another two or three months, the child would be in great danger, even if it were taken away at that time. The bodies of the old man and the child have been tortured to the point where recovery is entirely up to God.
Mr. Li said nothing and frowned. After all, one side is his beloved daughter, and the other side is the father of his lover and his father-in-law. At this moment, it seemed that nothing he said was appropriate. On the contrary, Mr. Li's lover cried and said to me, "Little Master, please take my father away and send him to a good place. Please help me tell him that the children failed to give him happiness during his lifetime. From now on." I must worship him every year and let him go with peace of mind.
Now that things have come to a point, it’s naturally up to me to handle the aftermath. But because I still don’t have enough experience, I don’t know how to deal with it in a way that brings me the greatest respect for the deceased. Taking him away as a rampant soldier seems to be the best choice, but my altar is very small. He is a complete ghost and needs to be purified for a long time before I can send him away. In this way, It can be regarded as delaying people's time for death. But if I were to do something right now to save myself, I don’t dare to guarantee that I would be able to save a ghost with such a strong obsession. They say that the power of love is infinite, and the only obsession left by this ghost is love. Looking at his granddaughter.
After thinking about it for a long time, I gave up the idea of recruiting him as a rampant soldier, and decided to take a chance and try my luck on the spot. If I succeed, I can also practice my skills on my own.
So I asked the old man about his birthday and death, and at the same time told Mr. Li to go out and buy some necessary things for me. I have money for incense, candles, paper, and Mr. Li only needs to prepare a crowing rooster and a piece of red paper for me. Can. When he went out to buy these things, I started writing a book based on the old man's name, place of origin and horoscope.
This is called an ultimatum, which is the same as the customs clearance ultimatum used in ancient times. It's just that this ultimatum was written to the gods of the City God. The so-called City God, in layman's terms, is the Public Security Bureau in the underworld, which manages the household registration files of every dead person and so on. For example, why did you die, when did you die, etc. In previous legends, the underworld, King Yama, bull heads and horse faces, black and white impermanence, etc. are actually a bit like the city god. In each of our cities, almost without exception, there is a City God Temple to worship the City God. The City God is connected. Only the dead souls listed in the ultimatum can be regarded as having a name and surname in the City God, and are not considered as black households. What I have to do is to skirt around the edges and try my best to prevent this old man from being overly punished for overstaying when submitting the ultimatum.
Soon Mr. Li came back from shopping. I first used the red paper he bought and three incense sticks as a supporting frame. I glued the front and back sides with glue to make a simple memorial tablet with the words "death" written on it. The spiritual position of someone. Three plates of fruit are served, with only three fruits on each plate. Then I grabbed the chicken wings and started to bow three times in all directions. Even though I bowed down, the chicken's head still stood up. This means that when I look down and can't see it, the rooster can be seen.
A rooster that has begun to crow means that it is sexually mature, so its comb blood is pure yang. I pinched a little bit of my birthplace with my fingers, and blood beads the size of rice grains began to pop out. I pulled off the hair from the chicken's neck, soaked it with some blood, and stuck it on the door, the wall, the bedside, and the memorial tablet where I had pierced the old man's body. This is to let him know that it is time to leave, this place is full of chicken blood and feathers, and there is no place for him.
Then I handed the chicken to Mr. Li, took out the rice and started scattering it in all directions. This move was to respect the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, and to express that new friends are coming, and please make it convenient for everyone. Then, I held a soul-calling flag in one hand and a copper bell in the other. In each room of this house, I chose a kind of Gang steps according to the old man's horoscope. curse. However, when sending the soul, they encountered an extremely uncooperative resistance.
This feeling is like a person who has been sentenced to death. Even though he knows that he is going to die, he reluctantly resists when he goes to the execution ground. I believe that this old gentleman knew that I was going to take him away from the moment I showed up at their house today. Then when I was investigating, he didn’t even give me any resistance. This made me feel that he I am also willing to leave. Now that it was really time to say goodbye, he showed reluctance.
In the little girl's house, no matter how much I chanted the mantra and stepped on the Gang, I always made more or less mistakes. I am not an imprudent person, especially when it comes to life and death, so I know that It was the old gentleman who was resisting. Seeing that we have reached the last step, it is impossible for me to stop now. So I calmed down and used my strength secretly. Unexpectedly, the harder I used, the stronger the resistance I encountered. For a while, I was unable to do anything to the old man's soul.
I was a little panicked at that time, because if I failed at this level, it would be equivalent to letting the old man's ghost go. Just imagine that a person who escaped on the execution ground would definitely do something even more outrageous. So no matter if I can't stop. Although I have been ringing the bell in my hand at this moment, my movement of waving the soul-calling flag has obviously slowed down, because every time I wave it, it is like a thousand catties of weight, which is extremely laborious. So my stubborn temper also came up. I closed my mouth and eyes, gently bit the tip of my tongue with my teeth, and said in my heart:
"The banners hang with the treasure name Purity and Boundless. The gods protect the heavens and eliminate sins. After the banners fall into the clouds and return to heaven, they obey the laws and decrees without delay. They are as urgent as laws and orders!"
This is a banner incantation, specially used to deal with the situation where the soul of the dead is unwilling to follow the banner. However, although I know this mantra well, it is the first time to use it, so I repeated it silently to increase the power of my soul-calling banner. I don’t remember exactly how many times I recited it, but later on, I felt a light touch on my hand, and I knew he finally gave in and followed, but I opened my eyes and felt dizzy.
The struggle just now felt like it took a long time to decide the winner, and because of the resistance of the old man's ghost, when I decided to recite the Falling Banner Curse, it was destined that he would consume himself greatly. In this way, I am afraid that the original day of death will be delayed a lot. This makes me feel a little guilty. After all, it is because I am not good at studying that I have never succeeded. I have to be responsible for this in my heart.
For the rest of the time, I was in a very low mood, but I didn't dare to tell Mr. Li and his wife the truth. After finishing the ritual and making sure that the house was clean, I told the couple to pay attention to the changes in their children within fourteen days from now. If there are any bad changes, they should come to Master's house and notify me in time. But nothing happens. If so, the child will get better in three days, fully recovered in seven days, and should be fine in fourteen days.
The couple thanked me profusely and paid my reward. A few dollars at that time was more useful than hundreds of dollars now. Before leaving, I also took away some of their fruits, as well as the one doing the ritual. Rooster. It stands to reason that I have completed my work and should be happy, but I am not happy at all and am still blaming myself for what happened to the old man.
When I was approaching Master's house, for the first time, I went to a small shop and bought a bottle of soju.
After I got home, Master saw that I looked depressed, so he asked me if things were messed up. I said no, so I told Master about the situation. Master comforted me and said, some things are like this. Since you have interfered in other people's affairs, you Your actions and decisions can change the outcome. This is the meaning of our industry. Today's incident is only because you didn't practice enough. It was also the fate of that old man.
Master looked at the soju I bought. He knew that I didn’t drink alcohol. But he sighed, touched my head and said, if you feel sad, just bring some food and drinks and go to the pavilion on the top of the mountain to have a drink. Master doesn't care how much you drink today, until you think you can do this. Until right.
