dead child, ghost carrying coffin

It may be that he was too anxious to chase Li Jinlong just now, and Zhao Fei has not caught his breath until now.

Still with his hands on his hips and his body arched, he puffed out "white smoke" in the cold wind.

"Boss, boss, just now I heard that Zhang Chao was arguing with you about killing corpses."

"Why, does he still have this skill?"

When it comes to the "family of expelling corpses", we have to start with the local custom of exorcising corpses:

Xiangxi was located in the land of Jingzhou in ancient times.

With constant wars and frequent plagues, the people of Xiangxi were brave and brave, and many of them died from their hometowns.

In order for the soul to return to the homeland after death, there is the technique of expelling corpses.

Those who cast the spell to raise the corpse are called "Old Secretary": the usual practice is two people in green clothes and red clothes.

The old secretary in Tsing Yi put cinnabar (the best cinnabar) on the deceased's forehead, back, chest, heart, left and right hands, and soles of the seven places.

Press each place with a talisman, and then tie it tightly with five-color cloth strips.

According to legend, these seven places are where the seven orifices enter and exit.

Sealing it with the cinnabar talisman is to keep the seven souls of the deceased.

Some cinnabar should also be stuffed into the ears, nose, and mouth of the deceased, and then sealed tightly with Chenzhou talismans.

According to legend, the ears, nose, and mouth are the places where the three souls come and go, and doing so can keep their souls in the body of the deceased.

Finally, the neck of the deceased should be filled with cinnabar and affixed with a charm, and tied tightly with five-color cloth strips;

Then put on a Zongye bamboo hat and a cover for the deceased.

After everything is done, the red-clothed old secretary finishes reciting the incantation and shouts "Get up!" The dead body of the guest will stand up in response, and follow the "old secretary" back to his hometown.

The person who drives the corpse is a mage wearing Taoist robes, and the locals call it "the corpse driver".

Regardless of the number of corpses, he alone drove them away.

No matter what the weather is, you must wear a pair of straw sandals, a long blue cloth gown with a black belt around your waist;

He wears a green cloth cap on his head, holds a gong in his hand, and has a pack of talismans hidden in his waist pocket.

The "mortician" is not behind the corpse, but leads the way in front of the corpse;

Without lighting the lantern, he beat the small gong in his hand while leading the corpse forward.

Shaking a soul-absorbing bell in his hand, so that nocturnal pedestrians can avoid it, and notify those who have dogs to lock them up.

If there were more than two corpses, the mortician would use grass ropes to string the corpses up, one at a distance of seven or eight feet.

When walking in the dark, the corpse wore a tall blanket hat on its head, and a few talisman papers were pressed on its forehead and hung down on its face.

Two or three days before arriving at the destination, notify the family members of the deceased in advance and prepare the coffin and clothes.

As soon as the "dead person" arrives, he will immediately dress the dead person in the Shou clothing, hat and shoes, and put them in the Shou Mu.

This kind of encoffining process is entirely undertaken by the "huskers", and no one else is allowed to intervene or watch, just like "lifting the corpse out of the coffin" when starting out does not allow peeping.

Just because as soon as a stranger gets close to the corpse, there will be dangers of "scaring the corpse" and "frauding the corpse", and the process of encoffining must be in the middle of the night.

All arrangements are in place, that is to say, after the deceased is buried, the funeral home will claim it.

Like many mysterious customs, driving corpses also has its own rules:

Three catch up, three don't catch up.

Three expulsions: Those who have been beheaded (whose heads must be sewn together), those who have been hanged, and those who have died standing in a cage can be expelled.

Because they were all forced to die, and they died unconvinced. They missed their hometown and their relatives.

Their souls can be hooked by spells, and spells can be used to suppress their respective corpses, and then spells can be used to drive them to climb mountains and mountains, and even board boats to return to their hometowns.

Three not to chase away: Those who died of illness, those who died voluntarily by throwing themselves into the river and hanged by their necks, and those who were incomplete due to thunder and fire, these three cannot be chased away.

Among them, the souls of those who died of illness have been hooked by ghost messengers, and their souls cannot be called back from the gate of ghosts;

The souls of those who throw the river hanger are "substituted" and entangled, and they may be handing over. If the new soul is brought in, the old soul cannot be replaced, which will affect the rebirth of the old soul;

In addition, those who died as a result of thunder were all sinners, and those who died in the fire were often incomplete and unable to drive away.

If these taboos are violated, extremely terrifying things will happen.

The family of exorcising corpses gradually developed from these exorcising artisans.

The way they practice is inseparable from all kinds of dead bodies.

When Hua Jiunan was telling Chen Daji and Zhao Fei about expelling corpses, another strange thing happened:

A vigorous and neatly dressed little old man walked into the village.

For some reason, more than a dozen free-range dogs from various households followed behind the old man.

It seemed that he wanted to bite him, but he was too afraid to go forward.

The little old man didn't care about the group of dogs, and walked straight to the gate of the deaf mother's courtyard with a smile.

"Is the master's house here? I'm back, old man. I'm here to pick Mina home."

Liu Meina, who was playing with Wang Qianyue in the courtyard, was taken aback for a moment, and then ran towards the gate with tears all over her face.

"Grandpa, it's Grandpa who came to pick me up!"

Although Xiaoqianyue is only 11 years old, she still has peak strength now.

The crystal clear little face was full of dignity.

He grabbed Liu Meina and stared at the courtyard door vigilantly.

"Sister Mina, don't go there, it's...dangerous outside!"

"Grandma, come out quickly, there are 'guests' at home!"

The deaf mother-in-law, who had already sensed something approaching the door, walked out quickly with Hu Fei'er's support.

Wrapped around his hand is the "immortal rope" that he has "refined" for decades.

The old man frowned, and said softly.

"Old Liu from the coffin shop?"

"Is it dead or alive, what exactly is it!"

At this moment, the Hu family fairy has changed from her gentle and watery appearance in the past, and her face full of sternness is full of flamboyance.

"Grandma, please slow down, I will open the door."

"Whatever it is, if you dare to scare your old man, Mayfair wants it to look good!"

The courtyard door opened, and a gust of cold wind swarmed in.

Standing outside the door was indeed shopkeeper Liu from the coffin shop in the next village.

But the strange thing is that this person has been dead for a long time, and the deaf mother-in-law asked someone to arrange for him.

When Xiao Mina saw her grandpa whom she was thinking about day and night, she couldn't control her emotions anymore.

Breaking free from Wang Qianyue's hand, Ruyan rushed over like throwing herself into a forest.

"Grandpa, Mina misses you so much!"

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and bent down to hold Liu Meina tightly in his arms.

"Good granddaughter, the old man misses you too!"

"Grandpa has been away for so long, you are not angry here, grandma, are you?"

The deaf mother-in-law sneered when she heard the words.

"The child is very good and not angry, but you startled me, the old woman!"

"It's just a guest, since you're here, let's go in and have a seat."

The old man signaled Hu Fei'er to step aside with his eyes, and quietly scattered the incense ash in his hand on the ground.

Shopkeeper Liu was still smiling, and walked into the yard with Liu Meina in his arms.

"It's time to come in and sit down."

"Trouble old sister taking care of the child for so long, no matter what, I have to thank you in person."

Something unexpected happened:

Shopkeeper Liu stepped on the incense ash, but nothing happened.

Even the "magic axe" and "magic knife" hanging on the door of the side room did not respond at all.

Seeing this, the deaf mother-in-law looked even more solemn;

Hu Fei'er has quietly protected Wang Qianyue behind her.