Good guy, let me tell you why my grandfather took the extra step and took Chen Guzi’s portrait away. I didn’t expect that he actually used his portrait as a corpse to achieve the Feng Shui pattern of worshiping the nine corpses...
Wait, Chen Guzi is dead, so his portrait can be used as a corpse, but what about the Eight Immortals carrying the coffin? They are all still alive, so why are they considered corpses?
Mr. Wang said, you forgot, it was the two of us who turned them into corpses with our own hands.
I was taken aback and waved my hands hurriedly and said, Mr. Wang, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. When did you and I kill them?
Mr. Wang said, when we were young, did we kill them? I'm just saying we turn them into corpses.
Turning a person into a corpse doesn't mean killing that person? Did I understand this all wrong?
Mr. Wang said, do you remember that I turned that wooden man into your body?
Almost without thinking, I blurted out three words, Naihe Bridge!
Mr. Wang said, isn’t that right? We both just placed a Naihe Bridge in front of them. Logically speaking, their bodies couldn't pass through that line, but look at it, when they knelt down and worshiped, did their bodies cross it?
The Naihe Bridge was jointly arranged by Mr. Wang and I. The distance between the ink line and the knees of the Eight Immortals carrying the coffins was only a palm away. You can tell without looking that when they bowed down, their upper bodies definitely crossed the ink line.
When I say it, don’t you mean that your body can’t walk through it? How come they can cross the Naihe Bridge with all their bodies?
Mr. Wang said that a human body would definitely not be able to cross the Naihe Bridge, but what if it was a corpse?
The corpse no longer belongs to the category of Yang people, so naturally it can cross the Nai River Bridge.
Mr. Wang said that when their bodies crossed the Naihe Bridge, their bodies were no longer bodies, but corpses. So, together with the portrait of Chen Guzi, are there nine corpses before and after?
Although it is somewhat difficult to accept, because of the reverse logic of "There are three reasons for being unfilial and having no offspring is the greatest", I think the reverse logic of Naihe Bridge and the corpse is not difficult to understand.
To put it simply, although the bodies of the Eight Immortals carrying the coffin are still theirs, because there is the Naihe Bridge in front of them, it is theoretically impossible for their bodies to cross the ink line.
But the actual situation is that their bodies have indeed crossed the ink line, so according to the rigid rule that Yangren's body must not cross the Naihe Bridge when there is the Naihe Bridge, their bodies are crossing the Naihe Bridge. The moment you cross the Naihe Bridge, it is no longer a body, but a corpse.
Mr. Wang said, so you know now, I tell you, why did your grandfather never intend to let them live or let them die from the beginning?
I nodded to show that I understood.
My grandfather did not intend to let them live because he needed corpses to kneel down and worship, so from the beginning, my grandfather selected nine of them.
Chen Guzi wanted to build the Baili Corpse Monument, so it was not a pity to die. My grandfather could only use his portrait as a corpse. As for the Eight Immortals who carried the coffin, my grandfather had no intention of taking their lives from the beginning. He just came to act as corpses and kneel down to worship them.
Now that the nine corpses are there, what about the statue they kneel before?
In front of them there were only nine empty tombs and no statues at all.
Mr. Wang did not answer me immediately, but asked me to stand up and asked me to see where the nine graves were pointing.
I stood up, enduring the panic in my heart, and stood on the edge looking down the mountain.
Although I tried my best to avoid looking at the Eight Immortals carrying the coffin who were kneeling to worship, I was still frightened by their figures when they kowtowed.
And what I'm most afraid of is, when I continue to look at it, will Chen Guzi's portrait be looking at me from below? His eyes were definitely squinted, and there might be tears at the corners. As for the corners of his mouth, they must be tilted upward, outlining an extremely weird arc.
I resisted the numbness of my scalp and carefully looked at the directions of the nine grave pits. Then I discovered that from this angle, the nine grave pits were arranged in a fan shape. Each grave pit was a skeleton on the fan, and the outward extension lines continued to diverge without any intersection.
But when I made the inner extension lines of these nine grave pits, I was surprised to find that these nine lines actually converged at one point! And the location of this point is the location of my grandfather’s grave!
Are they kneeling down to worship my grandfather? !
Mr. Wang shook his head and said, to be precise, they are not worshiping your grandfather, but they are worshiping you.
Worship me? What virtue and ability can I have to make them bow down to me?
Besides, I'm not a statue...
Thinking of this, I was stunned for an instant, as if my head had been hit by a heavy hammer. There was only a buzzing sound in my head, and besides that, the world was spinning.
Although I am not a statue, isn't the wooden man buried alive in my body a real statue? And it was made by Mr. Wang, a carpenter, and it is even better than ordinary statues!
So my grandfather arranged all of this carefully, from beginning to end, just to pave the way for me?
If this is really the case, then how on earth can my grandfather do all the calculations so that every step of this can be calculated just right? This kind of mental strength can no longer be regarded as a human being. Even if it is called a divine fortune teller, it is understandable.
However, looking back and thinking about it, if the Nine Lions and Elephants Worshiping Place was really that good, why didn’t other craftsmen come up with my grandfather’s trick of using nine corpses and statues instead?
Mr. Wang said that because ordinary craftsmen can't think of such an ingenious method, even if they think of it, they haven't encountered Chen Guzi, so it won't be of much use.
I asked, why are you talking?
Mr. Wang said that because there are only nine corpses, it is more than one or two points worse than the real Nine Lions and Elephant Worship pattern.
I just wanted to ask, can the Nine Corpses Worshiping the Statue be compared to the real Nine Lions Worshiping the Elephant?
Now that Mr. Wang has said this, isn’t it a waste of effort for my grandfather to work so hard on so many things?
Mr. Wang sneered and said, "But what if your grandfather didn't plan nine corpses from the beginning?"
I was shocked again by Mr. Wang. I said, even if Chen Guzi’s photo was included, there were only nine corpses. Where could there be other corpses for him to use?
Mr. Wang once again pointed his chin in the direction of Chen Guzi's photo, and said, "Have you forgotten, within a hundred miles, there is a mountain of corpses!"
After saying that, Mr. Wang stood up, walked to me, and told me, no matter what I see, don’t let go of the awl, remember?
I nodded and tightened my left hand holding the awl.
Mr. Wang lowered his head and glanced at my hand, then stretched out his hand and patted my shoulder. I didn't notice what his gesture was. I only knew that the direction he photographed me this time was the opposite from before, from top to bottom.
After he finished taking the picture, Mr. Wang pointed forward and said, look again, are there only nine corpses here?
I took a step forward and looked along Mr. Wang's hand. Through the pale moonlight above my head, I could clearly see that under my feet and as far as my eyes could see, over the mountains and plains, kneeling was a figure with a ferocious face. Yin people, they raised their hands high, followed the movements of the Eight Immortals carrying the coffin, and headed in the direction of my grandfather's grave, worshiping me over and over again, countless of them!
