From the angle I was standing on Old Man Wang in the coffin, although his eyes were generally closed, there was still a slight gap, and it felt like they were not closed. The soles of his feet were crossed in a scissor shape, and there was a hemp rope at the ankles to tie the two feet together. This is a funeral custom that has continued. His hands were hanging on both sides of his body, and the little finger of his right hand was slightly raised, forming a small angle with his ring finger.
This posture and movement are exactly the same as when the third child fell to the ground earlier!
So I immediately understood the whole story.
When the coffin lid was opened, the first person to see it was the third child. When the third child started to scream, she rushed in with her. Only then did she see the coffin being opened. While the child was playing in the main room until he screamed, he did not see the coffin lid being opened. Otherwise, when his mother asked him this, he would not have answered in this way.
So I can basically conclude that the time when the coffin lid was opened must be after the child screamed and before the third child appeared. I was one of the people present at the time, so I remember that there was only about 10 seconds at most. After the child was rescued, he showed symptoms of shock when he fell to the ground. According to my handling, it was also proved that his shock was Because there was another ghost in the body, the child's original soul was squeezed out.
After the child fell to the ground, all the phenomena that appeared, including the stiffness of the body, were exactly the same as those of Old Man Wang in the coffin at that moment. This proved that the ghost that got into the child's body at that time was not someone else, but Old Man Wang himself.
The coffin lid was also opened by Old Man Wang's own ghost. The reason should be that he heard his grandson's scream and knew that his grandson was in danger, so he didn't care so much and ran out to save him. Although I don’t know much about the way ghosts think, I definitely know it better than anyone present. So I think that when Old Man Wang’s ghost came out of the coffin, this means that before that, its ghost was staying in the coffin. In the coffin, that is to say, from the moment of his death, he had actually accepted his fate and stayed obediently in his body, waiting to be picked up and led the way.
I asked the boss, what happened to your father’s little finger on his right hand? How come he has an orchid finger? The boss said that when his father was young, he went to the mountains to cut firewood and accidentally cut his finger. He could not recover from it and was left disabled. I asked him again, when your father died, were his eyes still open like they are now? Because it is true that many people die due to respiratory failure, which affects their nerves, so that the eyelids are in a highly tense state at the moment of death. If no one artificially closes his eyes, as the corpse moves If you are stiff, it is easy to be unable to close your eyes.
In Chinese culture, "die with one's eyes closed" is not a good word no matter what age it is.
But the boss said that this was impossible. His father's eyes were healed by himself. People in the countryside cared about this. No matter what, it was impossible for his father to enter the coffin without closing his eyes. The boss also asked me, did you knock over the coffin and shock my father's eyes? I rolled my eyes at him and said, how is this possible? Why are you still opening your eyes after you have been dead for so long? Do you want to watch the fun or bask in the sun?
It was precisely because of the boss's answer that I thought that when Old Man Wang opened his eyes slightly, it should be the moment when his ghost decided to leave the coffin. Seeing my grandson being bullied by some inexplicable ghosts, I have to protect him desperately even if I am a new ghost who just died. But precisely because he was a new ghost and could not control the method, his protection squeezed out the child's soul, causing the child to suddenly fall to the ground and freeze while crying.
But it stands to reason that I took the child's soul back and forced Old Man Wang out of the child's body. His most worrying problem was solved. At this moment, he should return to his own body and continue to rest in peace. And I helped him, so it makes sense that he should thank me. Why did I encounter such strong resistance when I wanted to close the coffin lid just now?
Unless there is only one reason: the force that prevents me from closing the coffin lid is not Old Man Wang himself!
This also shows that the ghost of Old Man Wang did not return to his body after last night, but has always been outside. So I looked carefully at the footprints on the flour on the ground, and then at the shoes on Old Man Wang's body. Yes, the shoe-wearing footprints belonged to Old Man Wang.
So by this time, everything was clear. I quickly thought about it in my mind. After Old Man Wang died, he decorated the mourning hall. The incense burned in the memorial hall attracted wandering ghosts nearby to eat it. When Old Man Wang’s grandson Liao Yuxuan was playing in the hall, because of the child’s heart, With no distracting thoughts, he can see more things that adults cannot see. He bumped into a group of lonely ghosts who came to steal food. The child was frightened and cried. Old Man Wang stepped forward to save his grandson, but his soul left the body. One night after I rescued Liao Yuxuan and set up the formation outside the house, the ghost of Old Man Wang was confronting those lonely ghosts in the house. During this period, one of the ghosts knocked over the vinegar bottle. After I entered the house, I found clues. When closing the coffin lid, there was resistance. The reason was most likely that Old Man Wang's body was an empty skin bag at the moment, and the ghost wanted to take advantage of the loophole. This was the same as the wooden figure that the master often used.
Those lonely ghosts, among them the old woman with the three-inch golden lotus, can hold the child's hand like that, which shows that its power is not small. The power of ghosts generally comes from the length of time they spend as wandering ghosts after death, and the strength of their obsessions. The presence of bruises like that shows that the old woman has a lot of resentment. After all, a woman from a wealthy family should not be left without incense after death. Either she has been deprived of her class before her death, or she died unjustly. Either way, she will be resentful.
When I thought of this, I said to the boss and the second brother, you two men come in quickly, lift up your father's coffin, and then close the lid, leaving only an opening for me. The boss asked me how big the opening should be, and I said it would be the size you saw last night.
The two brothers began to work in a hurry. During the process, due to panic, they stepped on the flour ash I sprinkled on the ground. Fortunately, I no longer needed to use flour ash. After the brothers leveled the coffin and closed the lid, leaving only an opening of about two inches, I asked them to stand aside and look into their father's eyes. After closing their eyes, you two also closed their eyes. The coffin lid is closed!
After I finished speaking, I stepped forward, passed the incense from my right hand to my left hand, held it in my left hand, made a two-finger gesture with my right hand, and piled it up at the opening of the coffin lid. While writing, I chanted loudly:
"The three parts give birth to gods, and the eight scenes are clear. I am calling you now to return gods and spirits. Just as the law decrees!"
This is the Resurrection Curse, and I recited it three times. The so-called "three divisions" refer to the fact that people are divided into upper, middle and lower three yuan palaces, and each palace has eight scenes of true gods. The Shangyuan Palace represents thoughts and ideas, the Zhongyuan Palace represents spiritual charm, and the Lower Yuan Palace represents one’s own vitality. Although Old Man Wang is dead, he is also a newly deceased person. His humanity has not been forgotten, but under orders, he can only return to his own body. Recite this mantra three times, and add the command to do it without delay or negotiation. In this way, I can let the ghosts of Old Man Wang stay outside at this moment and stop causing trouble for me, so that I can deal with these lonely ghosts with peace of mind.
At this time, the second child said, Big brother, daddy, close your eyes! So the boss started to exert his strength, and with a bang, he closed the coffin lid tightly.
I said to the boss and the second child, okay, there is nothing for you to do here. You all should exit. Turn on the lights in the room and close the door before leaving! The boss is very quick and can turn on the lights and close the doors in a flash. Originally, the light in the mourning hall would have been brighter if the door was open, but I was worried that if I started to do something later, the ghosts would run out randomly, so in this small room, under the dim light, there were only a couple pretending to be dead and me. coffin, and three other ghosts that I couldn't see.
The incense in my hand has been half burned, and I must end this before the incense burns out. It’s not that I’m not afraid of these ghosts, but even if I know I’m afraid, there are certain things I have to do. I started walking towards a door on the side of the mourning hall. It was at this location that Liao Yuxuan saw the ghosts in the house last night, and according to his description, those ghosts came out of the house. I'm going to close the door and press the purple tab on the door with the palm of my left hand so that when I start to collect the ghosts later, these ghosts will not escape back. If they are hiding in the house at this moment, I will You can also check the safety of the main room.
I walked around Old Man Wang's coffin, my left hand ready to strike at any time, and my right hand holding the incense flat in front of my eyes. The movement of the smoke told me that there were no other ghosts here. If there were, the smoke would change quickly. . Another purple tab was pressed on the door of the main room, and then the door of the back room was opened.
This was the first time I walked into the back room. I didn’t even know where the light switch was. It was pitch black in front of me. But at this time, the boss and the second child outside the door were silent again, so everything was quiet, and I couldn’t even see myself. You can hear the nervous heartbeat. According to custom, the light switch is usually on the wall at the entrance, so I started to reach out and feel on the wall. I was very anxious during the search process, but the more anxious I became, the more confused I became. Finally I touched a piece of rope, which was the light switch. After breathing a sigh of relief, I suddenly pulled the switch.
The moment the light came on, there was a slamming of the door closing behind me. I quickly looked back and found that the door to the back room had been closed by a force. Now I had no way to escape, so I stretched out my hand. I went to pull the door and tried to open it, but I encountered the same resistance as when I pushed the coffin lid. No matter how hard I pulled, the door wouldn't move.
And when I turned around, I suddenly saw a man standing with the tip of my nose to the tip of my nose, with white eyes and scattered to both sides. His face was wrinkled, his complexion was pale, his hair was disheveled, and he looked unhappy and annoyed. A grimaceous old woman with teeth.
