Not only was he sure that Mr. Wang would come a day early, he was also sure of the method Mr. Wang would use to crack the throne. You know, if there was any mistake in the process, all his previous plans would be in vain!
How accurate does one have to be to grasp the human heart so that he can arrange his posthumous affairs exactly before he dies?
Coupled with the establishment of the nine-person insurance mechanism of Chen Guzi and the Eight Immortals who carried the coffin, it made me feel for the first time that my grandfather, who I had lived with for more than 20 years, was so strange.
I tried to find one or two loopholes to prove that my grandfather was not a scheming person. So I told Mr. Wang, if you hadn’t come in advance, or if you hadn’t come at all, would my grandfather’s plan have been completed smoothly?
Mr. Wang said, if I had not come, there would have been no one to save your grandfather, and then people would have died one after another in your village. One or two people can be said to be a coincidence, but if there were three or four, or even five or six, Which one? Do you think this matter can be kept secret?
I shook my head and he continued. Once this matter spreads, it will definitely alarm other craftsmen. No matter which lineage you are in, you can see that your grandfather has no shame in his head, and he will definitely stand up for him as soon as possible. But once he stands up, , just start it. Your grandfather has arranged in advance to invite the immortal to take the throne. At that time, the craftsman will be in the same situation as me, and he will have to ask an immortal to ascend the throne.
I remembered what Mr. Wang said to me before, tell me, because I have seen my grandfather’s face?
Mr. Wang nodded and said, this is another clever thing about your grandfather. He regarded his body as a tablet, and his face as a piece of white paper (a paper face has no wrinkles, so it is a white paper). Whoever turns over for him will have his name written on him. face. After he becomes an 'immortal', he will die no matter where he hides.
I remember Mr. Wang said before that if my grandfather's affairs are not handled well, he will not be able to escape even if he returns to town.
I didn't understand it at the time, but now after listening to Mr. Wang's explanation, it suddenly dawned on me.
Mr. Wang continued, so no matter which line of craftsmen you are, as long as you turn over for your grandfather, it is equivalent to having your head tied to your grandfather's waistband. If you want to survive, you have to break it and invite the immortal to ascend the throne.
Hearing this, I felt happy and finally found another loophole, so I hurriedly told Mr. Wang, you said before that in order to prevent the immortal from ascending the throne, all you need to do is disrupt the order of death. If this is the case, then if other craftsmen are not By choosing me instead of choosing one of the Eight Immortals to carry the coffin, wouldn't it not only defeat the plan of inviting an immortal to ascend the throne, but also make my grandfather's plan to leave me good luck fail?
I think I got to the point, and Mr. Wang will definitely not be able to refute it now.
As a result, I saw Mr. Wang smile contemptuously and said, "Eight Immortals Carrying Coffins, humph, you know you are going to 'bury' alive that person, so you must not be the second person to die?"
I was stunned by Mr. Wang’s question, and then I was speechless.
Indeed, except that we know that Chen Guzi was the first to die and I was the tenth to die, no one among the remaining eight people knows who died first! If I guess wrong, wouldn't I have to do it again?
But even so, my grandfather's chance of failure is still seven out of eight, which is already an extremely high probability!
But Mr. Wang shook his head and said, it's not 'in case you guess wrong', but you will definitely guess wrong.
I asked, why?
He said that because the order of death of those eight people was determined by your grandfather, before those eight people died, who died first and who died later were all random. Only when that person dies will we know which time that person will die. So no matter which one you choose, it’s not about asking the Immortal to ascend the throne, but helping your grandfather complete the Inviting Immortal to ascend the throne in disguise. So the only way to break it is to bury you alive.
I'm still reluctant to say this, what if the craftsman who comes here is not as smart as you and doesn't think of this level? Then wouldn’t my grandfather’s plan still fail?
Mr. Wang rolled his eyes at me and said that to be a craftsman, one must have a high IQ. I can think of it, and so can other craftsmen.
I was still unwilling to give in, so I said, okay, even if they all know that the only way is to let me die first, will they all adopt the method of 'burying me alive'?
Mr. Wang said, you forgot, there are two conditions for you to die first. One is that you must be suffocated to death, and the other is that your grandfather must personally participate. And you slept on top of your grandfather's coffin when you were alive, so you must sleep under your grandfather's coffin after you die. Putting these conditions together, I can't think of any other way except burying you alive.
He went on to say that once it is determined that you can only be buried alive, no matter what type of craftsman you are, the method will be the same. You will find someone to bury your body instead of something. As far as I know, the Chongqing carpenter will make a paper man to replace your body. The mason is similar to me and can carve a stone man. The painter can draw you... No matter which lineage is used to decipher it, he will finally accept you. Grandpa, no matter how lucky he is, it will only be you.
I gave up struggling. I felt that everything I could think of, my grandfather had already thought of it, and had already thought of preventive measures before he was alive. No matter what kind of accident happened, in the end, he could only follow the script he wrote before his death.
Mr. Wang said, and we clearly know that your grandfather has a good fortune, we, the craftsmen, can only be forced to help your grandfather complete the final process of crossing the fortune, and we can't wait to see his good luck passed on to you, otherwise It’s just a word of death. This method, in terms of Sun Tzu’s Art of War, is a conspiracy!
Although I already know that my grandfather's scheming is unfathomable, I still cannot emotionally accept this fact.
I really can't connect the kind old man with yellow teeth and a smile when he sees people, with the shoemaker Mr. Wang said is perfect and has no leaks in his work. I even felt that the person lying in the coffin was not my grandfather at all.
The reason why I have such an idea is because my grandfather has been honest all his life and does not look like a person with good luck at all. Otherwise, he would not have been able to stay in the countryside all his life, with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky. ten years.
Mr. Wang said, you are wrong. Your grandfather is hiding his power and biding his time. He has endured it for decades, just for today.
I didn’t understand what Mr. Wang meant and was waiting for his next words.
Mr. Wang said, let me ask you, if a person has no face to see others, do you think his luck is good or bad?
Without even thinking about it, I just said, it must be extremely bad!
After I finished speaking, I was stunned, and then once again felt the horror of my grandfather.
When Mr. Wang saw this, he reached out and patted me on the shoulder and said, "It seems that you have already thought of it." Yes, that's what you want. Your grandfather was 'remodeled' by a painter, and he never had the dignity to see anyone for most of his life. But as I said before, God pays most attention to the balance of yin and yang.
Mr. Wang turned his head and looked at me, his eyes shining brightly, and said, "To keep your grandfather's fate and luck balanced, God will always pour luck into your grandfather." Your grandfather is like a bottomless pit, cheating God of his luck for fifty-five years! This is your grandfather's method of taking advantage of God's loopholes! I just want to ask you, are you convinced?
At this point, Mr. Wang paused for a moment, then looked at my grandfather's coffin with a look of great admiration and said, "What's more, this is not the most powerful thing about your grandfather. The most powerful thing about your grandfather is that even if he dies, , God will not stop pouring luck into him!
