"What's wrong, Xiao Wu?"
Lao Cao stretched out his hand to support me and asked with a smile.
I don't know how to answer.
Because the moment the coffin lid closed just now, it might not have even lasted half a second. And the light was dim, so I didn’t know if I saw it wrong.
Maybe I really saw it wrong?
And even if I did say it, it would be useless.
Because according to the coffin bearer's rules. Once the coffin is officially sealed, it cannot be opened even for big things!
Unless it is decided to completely destroy the body in the coffin, the coffin can be reopened.
So I shook my head and said it was nothing.
Lao Cao had to concentrate on various matters related to carrying the coffin at this time, so he didn’t ask any questions. He just asked me to watch and study hard.
When everything was ready, we were ready to carry the coffin and set off.
Ah, ha!
Daniel and the other four people all exhaled and made a mighty sound. Then he tied a white towel to his left arm - this was for wiping sweat while carrying the coffin.
Lao Cao arranged for several distant relatives of the Duan family, each holding a wooden stool common in rural areas.
This is for them to put the coffin in when they rest on the way to the tomb, if Daniel and the others are too tired.
Because of ancient rules, the coffin cannot fall to the ground on the way to the funeral!
If it falls to the ground, the death energy of the corpse in the coffin will be connected with the energy of the earth's veins and merge into one. If the coffin is forcibly carried away, the yin and yang will not be coordinated, which may not only turn the coffin into a vicious corpse, but also affect the feng shui fortune of future generations.
But the coffin bearers are not made of iron, they will always get tired.
Therefore, the coffin bearers in ancient times came up with a way to use light and strong wooden benches evenly arranged on the ground, and then placed the coffin on the benches.
In this way, there is no need to drop the coffin to the ground, and you can rest and take a breath when you feel tired in the middle.
Then everyone in the Duan family was asked to go to the front and stand in two rows at the entrance of the courtyard, men on the left and women on the right. You must cry out later when you are waiting for the coffin to go out.
Yuan Fei already had a brass compass in his hand and spoke.
"Master Cao, the time has come. You can start carrying the coffin."
Lao Cao nodded and came to the front of the coffin.
Daniel has just told me that according to the rules, there are usually four, six or eight people carrying the coffin. It mainly depends on the strength of the coffin bearer and the weight of the coffin.
In addition, there is a leader at the front who holds the rules, guides the direction, and sets the rhythm, that is, the coffin bearer! That is the identity of Lao Cao.
The four of them, Danniu and Ergou, are in good health and in their prime, and they can also do some boxing and kicking.
So even if the coffin of this young lady is made of fine hard fir, it is not light in weight. But together with Lao Cao, the coffin bearer at the front, five people are enough.
The keel is arranged and the dragon's roots are stable.
Then use phoenix ropes to tie the joints of the five phoenix sticks, and the huge red coffin is fixed.
Lao Cao is in the front, with his shoulders stretched across the shoulders.
Daniel and the other four people each stood at a corner, carrying it on one shoulder and holding it steady with the other hand.
"Send the coffin out, don't stay, don't look around, the ancestors will clear the way!"
Lao Cao raised his voice, his voice completely different from usual.
I'm not a member of the Duan family, so I naturally don't need to stand in front. But it was not good to follow the coffin, so he stood next to the Taoist priest Yuan Fei.
According to what Lao Cao said privately before coming here, we can also see how he practices it. After all, Xiangu's rank is too high, so it's possible that these basic things may not be taught in such detail...
As the saying goes, the master leads you in, and cultivation is up to you.
I think what he said makes perfect sense!
So I am watching the entire process tonight and the methods they used very carefully and keeping it in mind.
Especially Yuan Fei's ghost torture stick, I felt itchy when I saw it, and I really wanted to get one.
But I know that I haven’t even touched the threshold yet. Let alone practical practice, I probably haven’t even scratched the surface of theoretical knowledge. Don't mention getting one yourself, even if Yuan Fei gives me his, I won't be able to use it!
"Send the coffin out the door, get up!!!"
Daniel and the others also shouted after Lao Cao, their voices piercing the night sky.
Five people worked together to lift the coffin!
I originally thought that with their size and bulging muscles, it would be easier for them to carry the coffin.
But I never expected that just when they were about to stand up, the faces of the five people all changed!
Because the coffin was not lifted directly as expected, they did not stand upright easily. Still maintaining a half-squat position to exert force.
The whole coffin didn't even move on the ground!
Yuan Fei and I noticed this abnormal phenomenon immediately.
He frowned: "Master Cao, what's going on? Did you lift it?"
Lao Cao had a gloomy face, no longer as relaxed as usual: "It took 70% of the effort to lift it. But the coffin didn't move."
It shouldn’t be!
Yuan Fei's expression was also a little unnatural: "I know the strength of Daniel and others. He can carry five to six hundred kilograms of things by himself! Because Miss Duan died young, the coffin should not be too big. Even if it’s made of fine fir wood, it won’t be too heavy. Why can’t it be lifted?”
Lao Cao said coldly: "Boss Duan originally bought this coffin from me. It weighs eight hundred and eighty-eight kilograms including the lid. Miss Duan will not weigh more than a hundred. The five of us weigh less than a thousand kilograms in total." It's very light to lift up. There's only one possibility..."
Miss Duan doesn’t want to leave!
My heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, from the beginning, the wild cat's death has always been weird and weird.
Therefore, I could no longer remain silent and told Lao Cao and Yuan Fei about the last moment I saw the female corpse opening her eyes through the gap when the coffin was sealed.
They were both shocked and asked if they could see clearly?
I can only answer honestly.
"It originally happened in an instant, and the lights in the mourning hall were dim, so I wasn't sure. That's why I didn't say anything at the beginning. And you also said, Lao Cao, that you can't open the coffin after it's sealed."
We were talking here, and the Duan family members standing at the door of the yard were a little confused when they saw that the coffin was not passing for a long time. They started whispering to each other.
Lao Cao waved over there: "Boss Duan, please come over here."
After he came over, he asked Miss Duan if she had any unfulfilled wishes during her lifetime. Looking at it now, she doesn't really want to leave.
It’s completely different from the initial judgment!
Boss Duan looked at his daughter's coffin, thought for a while, and shook his head: "There shouldn't be anything, I don't know. This girl has always been lively and carefree. If there is something, I, the father, should know about it."
Lao Cao frowned, and finally decided to try carrying the coffin again.
If this female corpse doesn't have any specific obsession, it's just that she is nostalgic for the human world because she died young. As long as it is carried away by force, it won't be a big problem.
So, Lao Cao stood at the front of the coffin again and told Daniel and the others to carry the coffin with all their strength this time!
Completely cut off the corpse energy of the female corpse and the earth energy of the mourning hall.
As long as the coffin can be lifted, walking behind will be easy.
"Send the coffin out the door, get up!"
Following Lao Cao's high-pitched shouts, the coffin bearers tried their best to lift up the coffin.
I stared at the bottom of the coffin.
Watching it finally slowly leave the ground... I just breathed a sigh of relief.
But they discovered that the bottom of the coffin was less than an inch above the ground!
As for Da Niu, the veins on their necks have popped out, their faces have ferocious expressions, and the muscles all over their bodies are tense and bulging. Sweat dripped down in big drops.
"It's so heavy! I've never carried such a heavy coffin."
The man nicknamed "Flathead" in the back grinned.
ah! ! !
The big cow roared angrily, probably exerting all its energy to suck the milk. I wanted to lift the coffin higher, but there was no way.
Not only that, I saw that the coffin was still falling slowly!
It looked like the bottom of the coffin was about to fall to the ground again.
