According to the second uncle’s explanation, my grandfather’s corpse had become a sinister thing. It was not an ordinary corpse and must be treated specially.
The yin energy was heavy at night, and evil spirits were surging from all directions, trying to enter Grandpa's body.
Even if Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is suppressing the corpse in the coffin, there will still be evil spirits with profound spiritual influence. If you can't avoid it, then face it directly, let the whole village see him off, and hold a grand funeral for grandpa so that the evil spirits know about grandpa. He is a big shot, untouchable and untouchable.
On the day of carrying the coffin, my second uncle had already made arrangements for everything.
The eight kings carried the coffin, the mourning women circled the coffin, and even the graveyard had been dug. Everyone was waiting for the arrival of twelve o'clock in the morning.
When everything was supposed to be ready and all I needed was the east wind, someone outside came to my house to inform me that several Taoist priests were coming and wanted to come to my house by name.
I set my sights on Master Bing. Could it be that these Taoist priests were summoned by Master Bing?
"I did not do anything!"
Faced with the gazes of the three of us, Mr. Bing acted innocently.
Didn't Master Bing call him?
So where did these Taoist priests come from?
As the villagers standing at the door dispersed to the side, four young Taoist priests in black robes appeared, and behind them was an old Taoist priest in purple robes, carrying two swords and a peach wood handle behind his back. Sword, a copper coin sword.
The purple-robed old Taoist priest was very imposing and seemed to have some ability.
"The person who came here is not a good person!" Mr. Bing murmured.
The second uncle stepped forward to greet him with a smile. Both parties seemed to know each other.
Although the second uncle and the purple-robed Taoist priest had a good chat, Master Bing kept frowning.
"Do you know where this old guy comes from?"
I looked around and found Master Bing talking to me.
"Know."
I responded.
Although I lack experience, I remember the theoretical knowledge I learned very clearly.
The color of the Taoist robes and the color of the talismans are divided into high and low levels. The four young Taoist priests who are like wooden sticks are not important roles. Only the purple-robed Taoist priest talking to the second uncle is at least the leader.
You can even call him Heavenly Master.
The purple-robed Heavenly Master is not so easy to recruit. Could it be that he came just for the sake of his second uncle?
"There is a Taoist temple in the province, which was built with a huge investment of 50 million. It is called Xuanyuan Taoist Temple. This old man is the temple's master and the leader. His Taoist name is Lu Qingzhenren. He studied in Maoshan when he was young. He is an authentic direct disciple of Maoshan. He has a great reputation in the entire Taoist circle."
When Mr. Bing explained the identity of the old Taoist priest, it sounded like he was a powerful and arrogant big shot with various identities superimposed.
At this time, all the villagers gathered in my house were called out by my second uncle, leaving only my family standing there.
"I'm sorry, everyone, I am ordered by Taoism to take away the old gentleman's body."
Master Lu Qing said something that puzzled me, and then ordered his four disciples to prepare to attack the coffin.
When his father heard what Master Lu Qing said, he immediately stood in front of the coffin.
But Master Lu Qing took out a scroll, opened it and showed it to his father. His father actually flinched.
In the past, the villagers had targeted him in various ways, but my father never backed down.
An unknown scroll, my father and second uncle actually chose to accept it!
It took a lot of effort for my grandfather to be buried in peace today, how could he just sit back and watch?
I was about to step forward to stop him, but Master Bing grabbed my arm.
"Don't mess around!"
"In terms of identity, status, and qualifications, you are just a little kid."
Master Lu Qing noticed my movement and glanced at me with contempt.
"Back then, the whole Taoist religion turned a blind eye to the matter of your corpse giving birth to a son. If your Wang family doesn't want to be divorced, you'd better let the corpse give birth to a son and behave yourself and don't let him cause trouble. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that the next order will be Capture the corpse and bring him back to life!"
The Heavenly Master was really arrogant when he spoke.
This was the first time I looked at the Heavenly Master up close, and I felt like he would kill me in the next second.
I had always imagined that the Heavenly Master was highly virtuous and respected, but I didn't expect that he had such murderous intent.
Watching the four young Taoist priests closing the coffin and putting on the dragon rope to lift it up, I clenched my fists and dared not speak in anger. I could only stare and watch the coffin leave the bench.
"Wait a minute!"
The second uncle blocked the door and scolded Master Lu Qing.
"Huh?" Master Lu Qing still had a sarcastic smile: "Wang Tianhong, don't forget, you can't protect yourself now."
"Just because we know each other doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." The second uncle smiled.
As soon as my second uncle spoke, I knew that nothing unexpected would happen.
It feels like our home side is gradually turning from a headwind to a tailwind.
"Okay, I'll give you two choices, either let us take away your father's body, or let me take away the body and have a son, what do you think?" Master Lu Qing asked.
The second uncle didn't even think about it, pointed at the coffin and gave up on me.
I have no complaints, even if this choice is placed on me, I will give myself away.
Master Lu Qing ordered his four disciples to put down the coffin and all walked towards me.
"We are all human beings and have feelings. Can we let him send his grandfather away and then take him away?"
The second uncle begged again.
Master Lu Qing thought for a few seconds and finally agreed to his second uncle's request.
Because grandpa’s funeral was held at midnight, there was still more than ten hours of waiting time.
Master Lu Qing and his four disciples didn't think they were conspicuous here, so they just stayed at my house, waiting for my grandfather to be taken away after his burial.
What surprised me was that neither my second uncle nor my father were too excited about this matter.
I don’t know how many times my father has said that he will never let me have any trouble.
But now I am about to be taken away, and what awaits me is unknown, but my father chooses to remain silent.
As night fell, the final funeral ceremony was completed under the leadership of Master Bing, and the seven-star coffin where Grandpa lay was already closed.
Master Lu Qing, who was waiting at home, said a few words.
"Ksitigarbha suppresses the corpse, and the seven-star array suppresses the coffin. These two alone are not enough. I would say that while there is still enough time, you might as well stain the fighting wire with black dog blood and bounce it around the coffin. Triple insurance is the best but."
"What the seniors said is true."
The second uncle smiled and agreed, doing as Master Lu Qing said.
The auspicious time has arrived and the Eight Immortals have returned to their throne.
Eight young and strong young men came to my house. According to local custom, the men were on the left and the women on the right. White towels were tied to their left arms.
"It's a good time, the sky has opened, and my master has come to mourn, to eliminate evil and avoid disasters. The evil spirits of heaven and earth will come out, the evil spirits of the year will come out, the evil spirits of the moon will come out, the evil spirits of the sun will come out at the right time, and all the evil spirits will come out. This mourning is not an extraordinary mourning. It will turn into a yellow dragon and come out of Jiujiang , the ten thunder gods appeared in the sky, the eight king kongs fought on both sides, the flowers and treasures covered the front and back, the coffins and fruits were like clouds and sun, all the relatives worked together to carry them to Wollongong on one shoulder, one dozen gold coffins, two dozen materials, three dozen When Fulu came in, four dozen dead people returned to the immortal world, and Xiaoyao let go on the rooftop!"
Master Bing yelled at the coffin terminology, and finally shouted loudly: "Can't you get up?"
"Get up!" The eight kings roared in unison, kicking away the bench holding the coffin. At the same time, they also put the dragon stick on their shoulders to lift the coffin!
