Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Die Another Day
Several people did not stay in Guizhou for a day, and returned to Chongqing by train that night.When she arrived in Chongqing, Luo Qi said that she was going to visit a relative in the city and said goodbye to everyone.Seeing her alone as a woman, Yu Guangcai was a little worried, so he asked her if she knew the way, and Luo Qi faltered when she heard that.It turned out that she hadn't seen this relative for many years, and she came here about eight years ago.Yu Guangcai saw that she had no clue, so he turned his head and asked the people behind him, "Is any of you willing to accompany her?"
As soon as Yu Guangcai said this, no one responded.Everyone was stunned for a long time, but Lin Zi raised his hand: "Count me in."
"Where is your relative in the city? Is there anything interesting there?" Zhang Qi raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively.
Luo Qi couldn't help laughing, and said, "I don't know if it's fun in the south, but I know there's a lot of food there."
As soon as Zhang Qi heard it, he couldn't help licking his lips, and swallowed with a grunt.He said strangely, "Okay then, I'll be with you."
To be honest, when Zhang Qi said this, grandpa really wanted to stop him.If you follow Luo Qi, there is nothing to say, but isn't there still a weird forest here?It seems that Zhang Qi is really a heartless guy, he doesn't know what his last name is if he eats something delicious.
Grandpa shook his head, waved goodbye to the three of them, and then followed Yu Guangcai and others to the train station.
During that time, the weather in Chongqing was always bad, with drizzle in the sky.There are many sycamore trees planted along the streets of Chongqing City, and the raindrops hit the leaves, making a rustling sound.
On the train, grandpa squeezed to the window, looking at the gloomy weather outside, feeling a little heavy in his heart.
"Looking at the structure of Chongqing's city gates, it is open and closed every now and then. It is obviously designed according to the Eight Diagrams of the Nine Palaces, but it also has the meaning of a strange gate." Yu Guangcai murmured, flipping through the newspaper in his hand.
When Grandpa heard this, he turned his head and asked, "What is Qimen Dunjia used for?"
After hearing this, Yu Guangcai closed the newspaper lightly, and said, "This Qimen Dunjia is only used for divination, for people to make decisions, and for fortune-telling."
"Hey, this is wrong. You see, you have been with us for so long. Hurry up, offer a cup of tea to the master and kowtow, and you will officially become my junior brother." Zeng Yingui winked at the side.
After hearing this, Grandpa felt a little embarrassed.This suddenly asked him to worship tea and apprentice, he was really caught off guard.
"Don't be in a daze, hurry up, just in time, there is water here, I believe the master will not be offended by using water instead of tea." Even Li Wei also started to boo with Zeng Yingui.
Grandpa glanced at Yu Guangcai, and Yu Guangcai straightened his body, facing his grandfather.Seeing this, Grandpa couldn't help being a little embarrassed.In his heart, he has already convinced Yu Guangcai, the master.He thought about it, and he knelt down in front of Yu Guangcai with a plop, then bent down and kowtowed heavily.
"Master, please drink tea." Grandpa picked up the cup of boiled water and handed it to Yu Guangcai.
Yu Guangcai seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and couldn't hide his excitement.He quickly took the boiled water from his grandfather, and said cheerfully, "Then I'll take this as tea." After speaking, he raised his head and drank the full cup of boiled water.In the end, he hurriedly bent down and helped Grandpa up.
"Look, it's so good," Zeng Yingui said, putting his mouth in front of his grandfather's ear, "You kowtow first, and you will be Zhang Qi's senior brother from now on."
Hearing this, grandpa's eyes lit up, and he said, "No matter what, I will definitely be better than Zhang Qi in the future."
"Junzhi, in fact, there is no such thing as being great or not in our industry. The key lies in your understanding. If your understanding is high and you are protected by the heavenly spirit, it is just a little bit. If your understanding is low, no matter how hard you work. That's just a superficial understanding." Yu Guangcai patted his grandfather on the shoulder, "According to my observation, you are a good piece of material, you have a high level of comprehension, and you have a kind heart. As long as you are willing to learn, I am willing to give it to you." Do what you have learned all your life!"
"Master, I didn't expect you to be so partial to Xiao Junzhi. Back then, when our brothers were apprentices to learn art, when did you pat your chest and say such nice words to us? Now one of Xiaojun kowtows, you have to teach him What I have learned all my life, when this kid has learned the craft, he will not be able to bully us every day? I am afraid that Li Wei and I should call him senior brother at that time."
Yu Guangcai felt a little headache when he heard this long speech, and waved his hand: "Okay, just tell me, what are you going to do?"
Zeng Yingui lowered his head in embarrassment, showing a shy smile, and said coyly: "You see, I want to learn more skills. If I go out like this, I will say that I am a student of Yu Guangcai. I won't embarrass you."
"You, among the apprentices, you are the slowest learner, Jun Zhi, I guarantee that you can learn more than him in just three months!"
Hearing Yu Guangcai's words, everyone laughed.
Along the way, because of Zeng Yingui's nagging, it was much more fun.Back in Chongqing, grandpa lived in Yu Guangcai's home.Yu Guangcai is unmarried, and his house is big enough, where both Li Wei and Zeng Yingui live.On weekdays, Yu Guangcai asked Li Wei to teach his grandfather some basic musical instrument skills.Li Wei told him that generally in a funeral band, musical instruments are the most basic, and this is just a technical issue. If you have a high level of comprehension, you can learn some Taoism or dungong techniques.Watching the wind and knowing the water, divination and fate, averting disasters and solving difficulties, if you are a little higher, you can walk between yin and yang, see ghosts, understand people's hearts, and know the world.
In this way, Grandpa began to learn some basic playing and singing from Li Wei. Within three months, he had basically mastered the operation methods of all the instruments in the funeral band, and he also did many funerals with Yu Guangcai.
In that era, most of the people who could hire a funeral band after death were not poor people.But Yu Guangcai has a principle in doing things. As long as people are in trouble, he will help if the yin and yang are not reversed. It is normal to not receive a penny.
That day, grandpa and Li Wei were looking through the almanac in the yard of Yu Guangcai's house, when suddenly a man came, claiming to be Yu Guangcai's old acquaintance.
Grandpa welcomed him into Yu Guangcai's room. The two closed the door and talked for a long time. Yu Guangcai opened the door and said to his grandfather, "Call your two senior brothers and let's go."
Grandpa saw something strange from their expressions, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
"It's a strange thing, someone actually chooses a day to die." Yu Guangcai said, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
Grandpa didn't understand the true meaning of that sentence, so he called the two senior brothers when he turned around, quickly cleaned up the guy, and went out with the person who came.
Grandpa followed Yu Guangcai and others and started walking towards the south of Chongqing, and the final destination was the house of the guest who went to Yu Guangcai's house that day. The person's surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Sen.His father and Yu Guangcai are old friends, perhaps it is not right to say that, because Yu Guangcai once asked Wu Sen's father for playing skills when he was young.In Yu Guangcai's words, Wu Sen's father can be regarded as his master. Wu Sen's father's name is Wu Wenquan. When Yu Guangcai first joined the funeral band, his playing and singing skills were very famous in the industry.But this person has a habit of never being contaminated with Taoism or dungong skills, and his behavior is also consistent with what he said, but he is just an ordinary funeral musician. But this time, it was Wu Wen who was seriously ill all over his body, and maybe time was running out, so sending his eldest son Wu Sen to invite Yu Guangcai over was also the last time to see him. "Then why did you call us? Is it really to wait for your friend to pass away as a gift?" Zeng Yingui asked suddenly, regardless of the severity. Yu Guangcai smiled and said: "Well, you will know when you arrive, anyway, follow me this trip, you have a lot to learn." Grandpa actually thought it was a bit strange, but since Yu Guangcai said so, he naturally had his reasons.Grandpa patted Zeng Yingui on the shoulder and said, "Brother, don't be serious, anyway, you are idle over there, and it's not bad to go for a walk." Zeng Yingui nodded, and followed them all the way.Really bored, Zeng Yingui asked: "Master, when did you meet this friend surnamed Wu?" Yu Guangcai squinted his eyes and thought for a while, a little uncertain: "I was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time. Originally, the master I was with had a funeral band himself. My master was a yin and yang Taoist priest, and he knew things There are a lot of them, but he never shows them off, so only those who have worked with him know that he has real skills. This Wu Wenquan is one of them. He especially admires my master. Once, Wu Wenquan took his funeral band to As a gift to others, the yin and yang in their team are looked down upon by others, so they called for my master to come over. At that time, I had followed the master for almost two years, and the master saw that I was alone at home and was idle, so he took me with him." "Oh? Is it like you are taking us now?" Zeng Yingui finished speaking while rolling his eyes, and added, "I'm afraid we will be idle." Yu Guangcai gave him a blank look, and continued: "Later, we met at that funeral." Speaking of this, Yu Guangcai suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, speaking of it, I also encountered a strange thing at that time. , Now that I think about it, I can handle it, but at that time, I was a fledgling, and I didn’t know much about things, and it was the first lesson he taught me in the world of the underworld.” "Ah, tell me quickly, why have you never heard of it before?" Zeng Yingui has completely replaced Zhang Qi who broke the casserole and asked the bottom line. Yu Guangcai paused for two seconds, then nodded slowly and said: "That's right, we finished the ceremony at that family's house that day, and my master was going to meet an old friend in the city, and Wu Wenquan happened to be here to do something. I came back with him. I remember that it was raining heavily that day, and we walked fast. At that time, Wu Wenquan had an apprentice named Xiao Chen, who also followed us. The three of us didn’t hold umbrellas, and we were drenched by the rain all the way. But after walking about two miles, Wu Wenquan and I realized that something was wrong. At the beginning, Xiao Chen followed us out of the deceased's house. As soon as we entered the bamboo forest in Tianwan, I felt that he Strange. After two days of getting along, although I don’t know him well, I can probably understand his temper. I was a little surprised that he didn’t speak during that journey. It was a very dense bamboo forest. Walking inside also felt cold. Wu Wenquan walked in front, I followed behind, and Xiao Chen walked in the end. When I was walking at the corner of the path in the bamboo forest, I subconsciously turned my head and glanced at Xiao Chen. In the end, I found him looking down at me with his head down, rolling his eyes. That look made me shiver. I thought he was joking with me, so I said, you look like a dead person. As a result He answered me coldly." Yu Guangcai, who has seen many lives and deaths, seemed to be frightened when he recalled the first strange incident he encountered when he was young.Zeng Yingui couldn't take it anymore when he paused. He urged: "Oh, I said that your old man talks like this, hurry up, hurry up, what did he say?" Yu Guangcai said solemnly: "He asked me back, 'Are you talking about me or him?' When I heard it at the time, I was confused. Who did the 'he' in Xiao Chen's mouth refer to? It wasn't obvious that there was only Is he alone? It’s impossible for him to think I’m talking about Wu Wenquan. I didn’t answer him, so I turned my head and continued to walk forward. After taking two steps, Wu Wenquan told me in a low voice, you’d better Don't look back, don't talk to him, now is not the time to provoke him. As soon as I heard it, I knew that Xiao Chen behind him had provoked something strange. So I had to lower my head and follow behind Wu Wenquan. The bamboo forest is really It was very heavy, and the raindrops hit the bamboo leaves, rustling. I remember that it was a big summer, although it was raining, but it was very stuffy. However, when a gust of wind came in from the bamboo forest, I felt my whole body stand on end Hair." "Oh, in such a big bamboo forest... I feel scared just thinking about the appearance of the three of you." Zeng Yingui sighed with emotion, and then urged, "Then what happened next?" "Later, that little Chen disappeared." Yu Guangcai said. "No way? Evaporated?" Yu Guangcai shook his head and said: "At that time, Wu Wen and I walked very quickly, knowing that Xiao Chen behind us had caused trouble, and the bamboo forest was a very dark place, so Wu Wen wanted to deal with him properly after we got out of the bamboo forest. But when the two of us walked out of the bamboo forest and were exposed to the sky, we turned around and found that Xiao Chen had disappeared, and there was only a gloomy wind left in the bamboo forest." "Then where did he go?" Grandpa couldn't help asking. "Later we began to deduce that, Wu Wenquan said, it might be caused by the filth in the bamboo forest, but I remember that since we left the dead man's house, there was something wrong with this little Chen. After that, Wu Wenquan took He went out of the compass and searched in the bamboo forest, but he didn't come to a conclusion until it was almost dark. In the end, he had to infer according to what I said. This Xiao Chen played the erhu in the funeral band, but because he was born strong, he also Willing to earn two shares at a time, he often helps the deceased family to be the Eight Immortals and carry the coffin. This time when the dead body of this family was buried, he was one of the Eight Immortals. Wu Wenquan speculated whether Xiao Chen did not salute after the coffin was buried, causing trouble The ghosts of the dead died. Such random guessing could not solve the problem, so he simply took me back. Sure enough, we saw Xiao Chen next to the newly dug grave that afternoon, and he was sitting on the grave staggeringly , kept mumbling and didn't know what he was talking about. It seemed to be in line with Wu Wenquan's speculation. Wu Wenquan didn't want to care about these things, and he didn't learn systematically, but after all, he has been in the funeral band for so many years. He still knows a little bit about the method. He took out iron sand specially used for self-defense from his bag, sprinkled it on the grave, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xiao Chen's middle finger and between the eyebrows. After a while, Xiao Chen woke up. I don't remember that we went out in the afternoon and went to the bamboo forest. Later, according to his recollection, he found out that after carrying the coffin down to the grave and covering it with soil, he forgot to salute and even turned around in the most basic way. Didn't do three laps, which naturally invites filth." "After a person is buried, do they have to turn three times in the same place?" Grandpa asked, not quite understanding. Yu Guangcai nodded and said, "Well, avoiding Tai Sui, lighting the ever-burning lanterns, and turning around three times in place after the Eight Immortals deliver the sedan chair are the most basic." "What will happen if you don't do it?" Grandpa continued to ask. "If you don't do it, this little Chen will be the end of the game. The upper body is inevitable. As for what you will do with you after the upper body, it is uncertain. If Xiao Chen is a relative of the deceased, then the dead soul will follow him home. Maybe it's hiding on the beams of his house or behind his door, making you restless every day."
After listening to Yu Guangcai's narration, Zeng Yingui remained silent and followed everyone silently.As he was walking, he saw that when he was about to enter a bamboo grove, Zeng Yingui rushed up and said, "Junzhi, it's better for you to go behind, I feel hairy just thinking about it." After hearing this, Grandpa laughed and said, "You are so old, why are you talking about traveling with the master." Zeng Yingui smiled awkwardly, and explained to himself: "You are wrong to say that. I have no advantages, but I have a rich imagination. When the master said it just now, that picture popped up in my mind. , three people dressed in black, walked in a gloomy bamboo forest with their heads bowed, the most important thing is, the first two also know that the last one is a ghost, how scary." "Okay, okay, you have a rich imagination, come to the front!" Grandpa dragged him to the front, and then urged him to stop talking nonsense and hurry up. Yu Guangcai watched the two quarreling, and laughed from the sidelines: "You two can go away with peace of mind, there are some things that the more you talk about, the more you are afraid, the more effective it will be." Zeng Yingui shivered for a moment, and quickly closed his mouth. Yu Guangcai turned his head and said to Wu Sen who was walking in the front, "Tell us what happened to your father this time." Wu Sen cleared his throat and said, "My father will lose his temper at Xushi tomorrow night. He mentioned you many times before he was alive, so I told you that after he died, you must come to take care of him. If you get there early, we can see you again." Let me tell you something about it." When Yu Guangcai heard it, he realized that something was wrong, and asked, "But at Xushi tomorrow night, are you really pinching so accurately?" Wu Sen smiled lightly and said, "My father has been waiting for this moment for a long time." "Ah? How to say?" Yu Guangcai was a little puzzled. "A month ago, my father fell ill and was lying on the bed. He knew that he didn't have much time, and he might not last a few days. He asked us to show him the almanac. He studied it for a long time, and finally Pointing to that time, he will die at that time, that is, at Xushi tomorrow night." Wu Sen said. "Your father still believes in this?" Such behavior made Yu Guangcai a little hard to understand, and it was indeed quite different from Wu Wenquan in his previous impression. After thinking about it this way, Yu Guangcai began to pinch his fingers and count. After a while, he stopped and said, "Tomorrow's Xushi is the auspicious time for death. Calculate according to your father's birthday. If you lose your temper at this time, what a shame to you brothers." But Daji, it can be seen that he loves you very much." Wu Sen nodded: "Our father has been like this since we were young. Although he is very strict with us and often beats and scolds us, we all know that he wishes us well from the bottom of his heart." "Wait a minute, I have a question." Zeng Yingui stretched out his hand. "Tell me." Wu Sen stopped and asked. Zeng Yingui folded his hands behind his back and said in a dragged tone: "Since your father was seriously ill a month ago, and he knew he would not live for a few days, how could he delay until tomorrow, a month later? And how can he be sure about tomorrow?" He will definitely be able to lose his temper in Xushi? As far as I know, dying at an auspicious time is good for himself or his descendants. It's not a good thing." Wu Sen nodded and praised: "Oh, what you said makes sense. I can't answer your second question, but I can tell you about the first question. This is also my first question. The first time I saw this miraculous spell was just half a month ago." "Could it be that your father used it..." Yu Guangcai asked, squinting at Wu Sen's shoes. Wu Sen nodded and said, "Master Yu really deserves his reputation, and you guessed everything like that." As he spoke, Wu Sen told the story of a strange incident that happened at home more than half a month ago. Wu Wenquan's illness was diagnosed a month ago. At that time, he was already terminally ill. Both the doctor and Wu Wenquan felt that he would not live for five days.But when Wu Wenquan ordered his son to bring over the almanac to have a look, he realized that it was not good to be depressed in those few days, and it would be nothing if he could not find a good feng shui after his death, and it might even hurt his descendants.Finally, Wu Wenquan determined a time from the almanac, that is, tomorrow's Xu time. If he loses his spirit at this time, he will definitely be able to prosper his descendants. But according to his illness and Wu Wenquan's physical condition, it was obvious that he couldn't last that day.Later, under Wu Wenquan's order, Wu Sen's younger brother Wu Lin began to prepare.According to Wu Wenquan, he had read a heavenly book many years ago, and that book recorded the method of deciphering life and death, but it was not long-lasting, it could only prolong the life of a dying person for a few days or months. One of these methods is called bridging. On the sixth day, Wu Wenquan's condition could not be delayed any longer. He was lying on the hospital bed panting heavily.Although Wu Lin has remembered Wu Wenquan's instructions, he is still very nervous, because this method only gives you one chance. Following the steps taught by Wu Wenquan before, Wu Lin placed a one-two wine glass on the round table in the room where Wu Wenquan lived, filled it with unpermeable aged wine, and took out a pair of chopsticks that Wu Wenquan usually uses .All he had to do was to stand the pair of chopsticks on the edge of the wine glass to form a triangle. At that time, Wulin was very nervous, because it was not only related to the life and death of his father, but also related to the rise and fall of the descendants of the Wu family.He thought for a long time, and just as he was about to make a move, two figures suddenly came in from outside the gate, and those two figures stood motionless at the door. "Those two figures were very strange. I was standing next to my brother at that time. We were both frightened by those two figures. One was maybe nine feet high, with a slender body like a bamboo pole. The other was strong and strong. Incomparable, their bodies are at least as wide as a carriage. They all have beards and long hair, which are always floating." Wu Sen said, his eyes widened. "Could it be the legendary bull head and horse face?" Zeng Yingui asked. Li Wei gave him a tug, motioning him not to interrupt. "At that time, Wu Lin was also trembling with fright. It seems that these two people came to take their lives. After being dazed for a long time, I hurriedly urged Wu Lin to do it. Then he picked up the two chopsticks in his hand, and after aiming for a long time, he finally aimed at the The edge of the wine glass was put down steadily. Although the two chopsticks were only connected for a moment at that time, it was finally a success." Wu Sen said, "When I looked back at the door again, The two shadows gradually receded towards the back, getting farther and farther away, and finally disappeared in the moonlight outside the door." After hearing this, Yu Guangcai lowered his head and began to think, but did not speak.On the contrary, Zeng Yingui gasped, and let out a strange sigh in the cold bamboo forest: "Is this bull head and horse face really one tall and one short, one fat and one thin?" After thinking about it, Zeng Yingui turned around and was about to ask Grandpa.But he saw his grandfather buried his head low, raised his eyes, rolled out the whites of his eyes, and stared fixedly at Zeng Yingui in front of him. Zeng Yingui hurriedly turned his head, not daring to say a word, and said to the three people in front of him in a low voice: "Go quickly, Junzhi has caused a mess."
Hearing Zeng Yingui's words, Yu Guangcai stopped, turned his head, and looked at Grandpa carefully.After a while, he whispered, "Be careful, the things on Junzhi are not easy to mess with." Zeng Yingui turned pale with fright at his words, and begged: "Master, can I walk in front of you?" Li Wei helped Yu Guangcai to evade: "This formation must not be messed up, if it is messed up, you will suffer, so let's go." Zeng Yingui knew that he was helpless now, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk ahead of his grandfather. He thought in his heart, get out of this bamboo forest quickly, get out of this bamboo forest quickly, and just wait outside. But just when his heart was fluttering, grandpa burst out laughing suddenly: "Haha, seeing how frightened you are, why are you so timid?" Hearing the voice, Zeng Yingui turned his head and looked at his grandfather puzzled.At this time, Yu Guangcai and Li Wei also laughed out loud, and it was only then that Zeng Yingui came to his senses, and he complained loudly: "You guys can't do it, you all join forces to punish me?" "I can only punish people like you who only know how to brag and are less courageous than anyone else." Grandpa said. Everyone laughed enough, Yu Guangcai said: "Let's go, if there are really dirty things coming, you will be happy." Zeng Yingui heard this, and hurried to the front: "There is really no one with humanity." A group of people walked while talking like this, and finally arrived at Nanling when it was dark.Yu Guangcai looked at the undulating ravine, frowned slightly, and said, "This is really a good place to live, but it's a pity, Wu Wenquan is not blessed to enjoy it now." What he said is right, all kinds of things in this world can be changed by human power, but only this life and death, even if you can know a little trick to delay the death, even if you can escape from the sky, you will not be able to avoid it after all. Seeing Yu Guangcai's appearance, Grandpa suddenly asked: "Master, I saw that you found something after listening to Wu Sen's words just now..." "Oh, it's your sharp eyes." Yu Guangcai smiled, and then his face became worried again, "I don't know for sure, although I don't know the way to solve life and death, but building a bridge is against the way of life and death. But all creatures in this world have Taoism, and if you violate this law, you will definitely have to pay the price. If you succeed in building a bridge and delaying your death, there will definitely be people who lose their lives because of it, and this is unavoidable." "That is to say, this Wu Wenquan asked his son to build a bridge before he died, so that he could survive until the next day, but the person who built the bridge would lose his life because of this. If an old man loves his children and grandchildren, how can he sacrifice the life of his children and grandchildren? In exchange for a little wealth?" Grandpa deduced from his words. "Besides, I still don't believe that Wu Wenquan will do this. Although he used to do this job, he was not very fascinated by this kind of thing. Besides, even if he can postpone his death, how can he be sure that he can be sure at that time?" Will you lose your temper?" Yu Guangcai said. Saying this, Wu Sen came out from the door, welcomed Yu Guangcai and others in, and arranged them in the guest room. The Wu family's house is not that big, with three people coming in and three going out, the four of Yu Guangcai were arranged in a guest room.After entering the room, as soon as he put down his clothes, Yu Guangcai said to Wu Sen: "I want to see your father." As soon as Wu Sen heard this, he faltered and said, "This...Mr. Yu should rest first. My father is now in a critical period. He has been in a coma and may not be able to wake up." "Oh, since that's the case, that's fine. Can we do it tonight?" Yu Guangcai asked tentatively. Wu Sen thought for a while, nodded, and then exited the door. Not long after Wu Sen left, Yu Guangcai sat beside his grandfather, thinking about something.Li Wei and Zeng Yingui stood up from the stools, Zeng Yingui said: "Master, then you sit down first, and I will go for a walk with my brother." Yu Guangcai nodded, and after both of them went out, he said to his grandfather, "When you go to see Wu Wenquan at night, you go with me." For some reason, when Grandpa heard this, he felt a little secretly happy, and without thinking too much, he nodded and agreed. "By the way, master, do you think there is really that kind of heavenly book in this world, after reading it, you can fly to the sky and escape from the earth?" Grandpa finally asked the question that had been in his heart all along. "I'm not very clear about the specifics, but I once heard that there is a wonderful book called "Up and Down Strategies", which is divided into two strategies, the upper and lower strategies, the upper and lower strategies. There are not many people about this book, and it is generally not circulated, so I haven't seen it either." "Ah?" Grandpa was very surprised when he heard this, but soon he had fantasies again, "If only I could get a copy, everyone in the world will know how powerful it is." Yu Guangcai smiled: "This kind of book is usually hard to find, and you may not be able to learn it after encountering it, but I hope you can know that everything in this world must have its laws, and all human affairs follow this law." Among them, if you destroy one of the links, it will definitely affect the other link. The strange book I told you just now is just a folk art, and if you are lucky enough to get the guidance of a celestial being, it will be truly amazing." "Oh, I know, isn't it like..." When grandpa got excited, he almost told about Lin Zi's father. After thinking about it, he stopped talking. "Like who?" Yu Guangcai asked. "Like Lu Ban." Grandpa searched for a long time, and said the name. Yu Guangcai nodded, and said, "It's also thanks to Lu Ban. To be able to write that wonderful book, I must have met an immortal." Grandpa looked at him with some deep eyes, turned around to the side, casually opened the almanac beside him, and buried himself in the reading. At this time, Zeng Yingui and Li Wei opened the door and came in.Li Wei said to Yu Guangcai as soon as he entered the door: "Master, I just heard a strange thing." "Oh? What's the matter?" Yu Guangcai put down the teacup in his hand. "When we went out just now, I heard from the old lady next to me. She said that Wu Wenquan of the Wu family and her son have never gotten along, and often beat him to death at home." Li Wei said. Yu Guangcai smiled: "This is normal. You see, Junzhi often talked back to his father when he was at home." "However, according to the old lady's memories, there was a fight between Wu Sen and Wu Wenquan, and Wu Wenquan was pushed into the river." Zeng Yingui said. "Oh, is it so serious?" Yu Guangcai was a little puzzled. When Grandpa heard this, he also got up from the bed, held the almanac in his hand and said, "I know what's going on." Everyone turned their heads towards him.
"Say it!" Zeng Yingui seemed to be ordering. Grandpa picked up the almanac in his hand and handed it to several people: "Take a look at Xushi tomorrow night, what time is it?" Li Wei took the almanac, looked at it, and suddenly realized: "Tomorrow night at Xushi... Tomorrow night at Xushi gathers the stars and carries the ground wolf. If you lose your temper at this time, you will be a descendant of Dawang. Maybe you will be able to produce one in the future." Kings and nobles or something." After hearing this, Yu Guangcai asked, "What's so strange? What do you think is going on?" "Brother, look at the back again." Grandpa had a plan in mind. Li Wei continued to look down according to his grandfather's words, and at the end, he sighed for a while: "That's not right, the instructions in the almanac will be exhausted at Xushi tomorrow, and it is a prosperous concubine, that is to say, it is only for Wu Wenquan's concubine. has an effect." "Concubine?" Yu Guangcai also began to feel strange, "As far as I know, this Wu Wenquan has only been married once, and there is no concubine." Just saying that, the door was pushed open.Wu Sen bent down and said respectfully: "Dinner is ready for everyone. After dinner, I will take Mr. Yu to see my father." Seeing this, Grandpa didn't continue to talk, and followed a few people out to the main room. There are not many people in the Wu family. There are two sons. The youngest son, Wu Lin, has married a wife. His wife is sitting next to him, holding a child in her arms, and has been quietly and silently. The atmosphere at the dinner table was very depressing, only Wu Sen had been chatting with Yu Guangcai, explaining some of Wu Wenquan's situation, such as the tomb and the coffin were all ready. Hearing this, Grandpa felt a little chilled.Gujiawan's Lao Gu didn't have any wishes all his life, he just hoped to have a son to die for him in his later years, but this Wu Wenquan was lucky enough to have two sons, so what?Before he was discouraged, his son had been preparing for his death.Having such a son is probably much more unfortunate than not having one. After dinner, Wu Sen took Yu Guangcai and his grandfather to Wu Wenquan's room to see him.Wu Lin also kept following behind him without speaking. Compared with Wusen, grandpa likes this martial arts relatively more.I can't explain why, but Grandpa always thinks there is something wrong with Wu Sen.Maybe all of these things were done by Wu Sen. Of course, his purpose is not that simple. After entering the room, Wu Sen first walked to his father Wu Wenquan's bedside, reached out and touched his father's head, then leaned down and said something to Wu Wenquan, then stood up and made a gesture to Yu Guangcai, signaling him It's time to pass. Yu Guangcai glanced at his grandfather, stepped forward, walked to Wu Wenquan's side, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Old Wu, can you hear me?" Yu Guangcai held his hand and said, "I'm Guangcai, and I'm here to see you now." Wu Wenquan didn't move at all, his mouth was tightly closed, and his eyes didn't open at all.His hair was already gray, his face was wrinkled, and he was extremely thin, with only skin and bones left in one hand. "Old Wu, I think you were not afraid of life and death back then. Seeing you like this today, I am really worried." Yu Guangcai said to himself, "Remember that afternoon when we met, no, you Standing in the big yard of Xiong’s house, he told me an interesting story about my master. You said that he came home drunk one night and went to steal the oranges in front of someone’s house, but he was chased by the family’s big wolf dog. Do you still remember the matter of running wildly all the way, and finally fell into the stinky ditch?" As soon as Yu Guangcai's words fell, Wu Wenquan on the bed suddenly trembled, and Yu Guangcai stood up from the edge of the bed in fright.But just like that, Wu Wenquan stopped moving. Yu Guangcai turned his head in panic and asked his grandfather, "Did you see it?" Grandpa nodded, feeling that something was wrong, he leaned forward under Yu Guangcai's gesture. Yu Guangcai sat back again, held Wu Wenquan's hand again, and said, "Old Wu, I know you can hear me, you..." Just as he was about to continue talking, Wu Sen who was standing on the side stepped forward, grabbed Yu Guangcai and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yu, maybe this is not the way to go on. Father seems to be emotionally unstable." Seeing that Yu Guangcai was about to be dragged away abruptly by Wu Sen, Grandpa suddenly noticed something. There was something shining silver in Wu Wenquan's hair. Do you want to go back?Grandpa is struggling like this in his heart.Suddenly, behind several people, Wu Wenquan started to flip on the bed.爷爷被这突如其来的声音吓得退后了几步，当他平静下来，才见到武文全在床上翻动得越来越剧烈，他的身子好像一条大鱼在水中扭动着。他扭动的频率越来越快，发出咚咚的巨响，那张床好像都快要经受不起他的动作，左右晃动起来，那床前的铃铛一直响个不停。 喻广财看着这些，双眉深深敛起。他深吸了口气，说：“这是怎么回事？” 爷爷见状，看时机来了，他快步上前，假装去摁住武文全，实则伸出手指将武文全头发间那白晃晃的东西夹了出来。 “没事儿没事儿，让我来！”武森快步上前，伸手在武文全的脚底按了一下，那身体就完全静止下来。 爷爷也趁势回到了喻广财的身边。 “不好意思，吓着你们了，我父亲这个病就是如此，时不时的就会这样乱动，以前还经常……”武森正要继续往下说，可爷爷已经等不及要将手里的东西拿出来看了，他急忙说道：“没事儿，那师傅我们就先出去吧。” 喻广财似乎还想问点什么，爷爷拉着他就往门外走。最后他也只好跟武森客套了两句，就出了门。 回到房间，李伟和曾银贵又不知道到哪儿去瞎晃了，还没有回来。喻广财一坐下来，就问：“你是不是发现了什么？” 爷爷这才将手指缝间夹着的那个东西拿了出来，递到喻广财的面前。 在微弱的烛光底下，爷爷手里的东西暴露无遗。那是一根银针，上面泛着微黄，有了烛光的映衬，显得有些古旧。 “这是个什么东西，是从武文全的脑门上拔下来的。”爷爷说着，语气里难免透着得意。 喻广财看着爷爷手中的那根针，一双眼睛瞪得老大。 “不会吧……”喻广财说着，似乎有些难以置信。说着，他伸手摸了摸那根银针，然后惊讶得倒坐回了凳子上，摇着脑袋说：“怎么可能有这样的事？” 爷爷被他的反应搞得一头雾水，连忙追问：“这到底是什么，用来做什么的？” “这玩意儿可是个邪术。”
“哦？看这上面黄黄的东西是什么呀？还有些黏手。”爷爷仔细地观察着手里的那根银针。 “那是尸油。”喻广财冷冷地回答。 爷爷被喻广财的话吓得大叫了一声，随即连忙又压低了声音：“你是说，这是从尸体上面取下的油？” 喻广财说：“也不全对，普通的尸油就是指一具尸体腐烂的时候，身上皮肉里的油会溢出来，尸油就是指的那种油。不过……” "But what?" “不过，我觉得这银针上的尸油不是普通的，而是一种从外边来的油，如果我没有猜错，这尸油是从妙龄少女身上取下来的。”喻广财推断道。 爷爷听了，只觉得汗毛直立。他说话的时候牙齿打着颤：“那是把少女杀了用来炼油？” “少女未开苞时，身体极阴，做这种东西最有效，不过最有效的还是取少女的下巴，用来炼油。这种尸油，沾在银针上，那可是百试百应。”喻广财的语气有些深沉。 不过他的话倒是把爷爷吓得不轻，他沉思了许久，问：“那这沾了尸油的针，是用来干吗的？” “如果我没有猜错，这是一种分魄术，就是将活人的灵魂困在一个东西上，这人和那东西都会插上一根银针，如果这银针被拔了，那就是这人的死期。” 爷爷张大了嘴巴，看着手里的银针：“那我这……” 喻广财点点头，幽幽地说：“对，在你拔出这根银针的时候，武文全已经落气了。” “那，那现在不是还没到明晚戌时吗？”爷爷想到这里，快步上前，翻出了那本黄历，翻了一阵，他瞪大了眼睛说：“不好，如果是在这个时候落气，那可是大凶的时辰，有鬼绕梁，活者必忧啊。” “嗯，所以我也不知道该怎么办。”喻广财盯着他，“现在就只有走一步看一步了。” 爷爷知道自己犯了错，坐在一边，低着脑袋没有说话。 喻广财见状，上前拍了拍他的脑袋：“你不用沮丧，这个事情不关你的事，你想想，这武文全自己到底是不是想在明晚戌时落气，咱们现在都不能肯定。而且呀，这个沾着尸油的银针扎进脑门，那可是非常非常疼的，生不如死。” 虽然话是这么说，可这拔针的事儿的确是爷爷干的。他这么一个小动作，就送那武文全归了西。越是这样想，爷爷就越是感觉自己像是一个杀人凶手。 果然，就当两人这样沉默着的时候。房门被曾银贵撞开来，他喘着粗气说：“出事了，武文全死了！” 见爷爷和喻广财没有震惊的表现，他倒是非常惊讶。他跑到两人面前重复了一遍刚才的话：“我说，武文全死了，就是刚才，不是明晚！” 曾银贵说着，自己都搞不清在说些什么了。看两人还是纹丝不动，他干脆将两人拉出了门去。 此时，武家已经乱了套，大家都在议论武文全落气的事。熬了整整一个月，武文全居然没有等到最后一天。 这个时候，李伟不知道从什么地方冒了出来。看着大家都慌忙地张罗着各种事情，他问了一句：“怎么了？” “武文全死了。”曾银贵回答。 “啊？”李伟很是惊讶，不过在他惊讶了两秒之后，说：“我刚才去武家院子里转了转，看到有个地方有些奇怪。” “什么地方？”喻广财扭头问道。 “在西侧的小院子里有一个被锁着的房间。”李伟说。 爷爷以为他又要说出什么惊天的大秘密，听到这话，热情一下子就被浇灭了：“去，我还以为有什么重大发现呢。” “我还没说完呢，”李伟继续说，“本来当时我是闲着没事儿，就跟着曾银贵出来，后来他说要去武家外面的池塘边坐坐，我觉得那边没什么好看的，就在这院子里转了起来。转着转着，也不知道怎么的就走到了西侧。那间屋子从外观上看没有什么特别，可就在我准备转身的时候，我突然看到了那门檐上的符纸，上面沾着鸡毛。看着那扇有些破破的木门，我突然就生起了一股好奇。左右看了看，西侧的整个院子都没人，于是我就凑了上去，结果，你们猜猜我发现了什么？” “什么？不会是一个女鬼吧？”曾银贵瞪大了眼睛，可大家都能够看出来他是在开玩笑。 没想到李伟听了，点了点头说：“你可真是聪明，我的确看到了一个女鬼，而且是个上了年纪的女鬼，她的头发花白，乱糟糟的，就那么直直地站在房间的窗口处，一动也不动。当时我就被吓住了，仔细一想，这门檐上的符纸难道就是用来镇这女鬼的？我正想得入神，不知道那武林什么时候端着饭菜站到了我的身后，他伸手拍了拍我，差点儿把我的魂都吓没了。” “他不知道自己的父亲已经落气了吗？怎么在这时候还去西侧的厢房？”爷爷觉得有些不对劲儿，问道。 “这我就不知道了，我也是从那边回来之后，才知道武文全死了。”李伟说着。 正这样说着，武森朝着几人走过来。停在了几人面前，他还是那么毕恭毕敬地说：“谢谢几位，家父已经落气了。” 当爷爷听到他说出谢谢两个字的时候，心里没忍住咯噔了一下。这两个字里好像含满了怨恨和指责，而这些怨恨和指责都是冲着爷爷来的。 “对不起，我们也没有想到。”喻广财拱手弯腰，道了个歉。 武森的表情非常难看，整张脸都快要拉下来了。许久，他说：“事已至此，那就麻烦几位做一下身后的事情，墓穴已经找好，就希望几位能够吹奏几首好曲子，送家父上路。” “这个没有问题，于公于私，我都会办好，我早年跟令尊打过交道，大概知道他喜欢什么曲子，我会安排好的。”喻广财说。 “真是有劳喻先生了……” 武森的话音一落，就听到从西厢传来了一声惊叫，如果没有猜错，那声音是武林的。
几人对视了一眼，然后忙不迭地跑向了西厢。正是刚才李伟讲述的那个房间，走到门口的时候，爷爷下意识地看了门檐上贴着的那张符纸，上面的鸡毛并没有沾染灰尘，看来才贴上去不久。 谁知，几人正要进房间，却被武森拦住。他迈步进去之后，就顺手关闭了房门。几人站在门外，也不知如何是好。 武森在进入房间之后，里面传出两兄弟的争吵声，站在门外的几人只能通过声音来勉强判定。 武森质问了一声：“你……你这是在搞什么鬼？！” “不，不是你想的那样，你不知道刚才，刚才我进门的时候，她活了！”武林的声音有些颤抖。 “什么活了？她本来就没有死！” “不是，我是说她刚才，刚才她站起来了！” “什么？你是不是看花眼了？” “这虽然是晚上，可还不至于能够眼花到一个大活人站在我面前都看错！”武林有些不悦，好像武森的话触犯了他。 “我说你倒是小声点，他们还在外面……” 之后，两人的声音就渐渐消失了，可能是有意压低了，站在门外的几人根本就听不见。 “对了，大师兄，刚才你说你在那里面看到了什么？”爷爷扭头问道。 “一个女鬼。”李伟说，“不过我也不敢肯定，但我估计那不是个活人，她就那么直直站着，好像一个木偶，或者说是，像一具尸体。” “你说什么？”喻广财追问。 “像一具尸体。”李伟小心翼翼地回答。 喻广财摇了摇头：“不是，前一句。” “像一个木偶。” 喻广财听了，若有所思地点着脑袋。 正在这个时候，武森打开那房门，从里面走了出来，武林跟在他的身后，低着脑袋没有说话。走到几人面前，武森说：“几位，这边没什么事儿，就麻烦你们去准备一下家父的后事吧。有什么事，找我就成。” 喻广财说：“我们倒是没有什么特别的安排，随时都可以开工。只是，我要提醒你的是，你父亲要是在明晚戌时落气，那的确是个好时辰，既然等不到那个时候，也自有天命，这不早不晚，在这个时候刚好犯了三煞，如果没有处理好，对你们武家来说，那可是大麻烦。” “哦？那不知喻先生有没有解法？”武森问道。 “有是有，不过……”喻广财犹豫起来。 武森笑道：“先生你尽管讲，没什么好顾虑的。” 喻广财上前了一步：“那我就直说了。人之死本是天命，这违反天命本来就是在破坏生存规律，一个环节遭到破坏，势必影响其他环节，说得简单点，有借有还，有得有失。所以，如果你要化解这人死之煞，就要付出一定的代价。” “什么代价？” “你父亲的死，已犯了三煞，要想化煞也不是很难，长明灯中点入人血，八仙抬轿时在绳索上捆上菖蒲，移灵之时，每走三步丢狗血三滴，敲瓷碗两下。”喻广财说，“可这样做了，肯定会对死者造成损伤，折其阴寿，再下地狱三层，受冰山火海之苦。” “呵，照做，一切就拜托喻先生了。” 在场的所有人都被武森的话给镇住了，大家都没有想到，武森会牺牲自己已经死去的父亲，而换取自己的安宁，折阴寿、下地狱，看来这武森的确是铁石心肠。 等武森带着那武林离开之时，爷爷的目光一直停留在走在最后的武林身上。那武林一直埋着脑袋跟在武森的身后，两只手交叠在一起，由于交叉过于用力，手指头都有些泛白了。说不出为什么，爷爷总觉得他有些怪怪的。 喻广财见两位主人都离开了，也就带着几个徒弟回了房间，整理行头。这一次因为罗琪不在，少了一个哭丧的，可这个环节也不能少，喻广财想了想，准备让爷爷来充当这个角色。 可当他对着几人提出此议的时候，也就只有曾银贵一个人跟着附和。不过喻广财也看得出来，他无非是想看爷爷的笑话。 “不是吧师傅，我，你看我一个大男人，怎么能够代替罗琪去哭丧呢？”爷爷有点急了，又赶紧补充了一句，“哎呀，师傅，你看我这不是不会嘛，如果有什么纰漏，那也是对死者不敬呀。” “你不要顾虑这么多，有什么细节，我会一一给你交代清楚的，你放心吧，还有我在呢！”喻广财一脸正经，把话说得死死的，让爷爷完全无法拒绝。 “可是，师傅……” 爷爷还想出言辩驳，谁知这该死的曾银贵上前来拍着爷爷的肩膀，他笑嘻嘻地说：“哎呀，我说小峻之，你就别再推来推去的嘛，师傅一直都说你是个天才，你看你拜师以来跟着咱们也走过不少的丧礼，二胡你学会了，小鼓你学会了，唢呐你也学得差不多了，现在差什么，就差做阴阳和哭丧了。你要是这两样都学会了，那可就是咱们行业里年纪最小的阴阳道士了。” “你就少在这里说风凉话了，张七不在，你倒是学着他唱起来了啊？”爷爷白了曾银贵一眼。这目光倒是没有逼退曾银贵，反而让他得寸进尺说个没完。爷爷实在有些受不了了，干脆硬着头皮答应了下来。 那天晚上，在喻广财的指示之下，几人很快就在武家的院子里搭起了一个简易的棚子。武家的人忙忙碌碌地准备着给武文全入殓的时候，李伟、曾银贵和爷爷三人就吹奏起来。在爷爷的记忆里，曾银贵吹唢呐的样子最好看，他双手捏着那细长的竹管，吹奏的时候腮帮子鼓鼓的，曲子一吹起来，他就跟着那起伏的调调左右摆晃，十分入迷。 那首曲子就那么从武家的院子里传了出去，在相隔几里之外的地方，只要听到这曲子，再配上一阵刺耳的鞭炮，就足以判定一个人去了另一个世界。 爷爷一边敲打着小鼓，一边有不少奇怪的想法从脑子里掠过。正在这时，那武家院落的东侧突然骚动起来，大家都朝着那长廊口围了上去。刚好，又有一人从那长廊里跌跌撞撞地跑了出来，她的脸上满是惊恐，她正是武林的妻子。 武森也被这阵骚动从房间里惊动出来，见了这场面，他急忙上前拉住武林的妻子，问：“怎么了？” 她指着长廊的方向，已经被吓得前言不搭后语了：“武林，武林，他……他整个身体，都烂了！”
喻广财听到这话，觉得有些不太对劲儿，连忙跟上前去，问道：“全身都烂了？” 武林的妻子已经被吓得慌了神，她连连点头：“从他的手掌开始，到手臂，刚才他感觉到痛，让我帮他脱下衣服，结果他的整个身体就已经肿了，还泛着红黑的颜色，颜色最浓的地方都已经开始破洞腐烂了！” “你赶快带我们过去看看！”喻广财开始着急，看来这事情越来越复杂了。 在武林妻子的带领下，爷爷几人来到武林的房间里。刚一进门，武林妻子的脸色瞬间刷白，所有人也都露出奇怪的神色。爷爷走上前来，只见房间里已经被弄得杂乱不堪，几张木凳子都被砸坏，桌上的油灯和茶具也都被摔得粉碎，只是这房间里早已经没有了武林的身影。 “人呢？”武森问道。 武林妻子也觉得奇怪：“我不知道啊，刚才我出门的时候，他还在呢。” 喻广财走上前来，说：“他已经跑了，你们看这儿。” 喻广财走到床边，那两扇窗大开着，足以让一个成年男子进出，最关键的是，就在喻广财手指的地方，上面沾着一些油状的液体，在那跳跃的灯光下，爷爷看得仔细，那和之前在武文全头上取下来的银针上沾着的东西是一样的，也就是尸油。 看到这些，武森好像也有些没底了。他低头沉思了半天，也没有说话。 “武林以前可得过什么病？”喻广财问道。 武林妻子极力回想着，接着又摇了摇头，她说：“没有啊，他虽然脑子不太灵光，可身体还算健康，也不知道今天是怎么回事，一回来他就说身上很痒很痛，后来就发现了他身上的问题。” 喻广财听了，开始在脑子里搜寻这种现象的来由。 “喻先生，这不会是跟家父的死有关吧？”武森上前来问道。 喻广财叹了口气：“也许吧。” "Maybe?" “嗯，根据这时间上来判定，不难看出有些关联，可在没有找到武林之前，我不敢妄下结论，他身上惹的是什么，我也不知道，所以不敢肯定。”喻广财说。 “既然这样，那当务之急就是去找武林，这样，家父的后事就拜托喻先生先处理着，如果有什么法事是需要我和武林到场的，就请喻先生暂且先等等。”说完，武森就对身后的家佣黄妈说，“黄妈，现在就麻烦你去村里找几个壮汉，跟我出去找找，他们要是跟你说钱你就按平日到地主家做工钱的两倍给，当然，这都是在找着后才有的报酬。” 黄妈点了点头，就退了出去。 喻广财带着几人作别了武森，回到了房间里。一路上，他都没有说话，刚一进门，爷爷就问道：“师傅，你是不是想到了什么？” 喻广财点了点头，说：“如果我没有猜错，那武林是中了尸毒。” “尸毒？可是他并没有触碰过死人啊？”李伟有些不解。 “你看你，当初是谁回来告诉我们西厢那间屋子里关着一具女尸，后来又是谁告诉我们武林进了那间屋子的啊？”曾银贵发挥出他超高的逻辑思维能力，说道。 李伟像是明白了，点着脑袋，说：“按照这种说法倒是没错，西厢那间屋子里锁着一具女尸，如果真是中了这么严重的尸毒，那这女尸可能已经有不少的年头了，然后这武林进了那屋子之后，他就被那女尸给咬了，就中了这尸毒。” “不对，他不应该是被咬的，你想想，要是那尸体真的扑上前咬他，以他的性格肯定会撒腿就跑。如果真是被咬住了，这伤口应该在那儿，刚才我们也看到了，他跟着武森从房间里出来的时候，虽然低着脑袋，可身上的衣着却并不凌乱。也就是说，他在之前没有过大的挣扎。”曾银贵分析得头头是道。 李伟听了也觉得有些道理，说：“那这样的话，这尸毒是怎么传到武林身上的呢？” “呵，这个我想我可以猜到。”爷爷在身后说道，“刚才武林跟着武森出来的时候，他一直没有说话，自始至终一直都埋着头，可是他有个动作很可疑，就是他出来的时候，两只手一直都狠狠地捏在一起，我想啊，要是他手上没什么问题，怎么会捏得那么紧，以至于两只手都泛白了。” “那他的伤口在手上？”曾银贵想了想，“那这尸毒可比咱们想象的要厉害得多，通常最厉害的尸毒都是从脖子或者人体最活跃的地方传入，而且都是通过被咬传给人的，这种只伤到了手指头就能导致全身溃烂的，那可能真是不好对付。” “不对，这里面还存在很多问题。”李伟说，“你们想想啊，如果刚才我们所说的都成立，那武家为什么要放一具尸体在自家屋里呢？还有就是，有个细节，刚才我在那西厢的那间房间的窗户口趴着的时候，武林过来，他的手里是端着饭菜的，如果那里面住的是具女尸，那他端着饭菜进去做什么？” “他们不会是在养鬼吧？”曾银贵说道。 “养你个大头鬼！人家养鬼养的可是鬼，这是个尸体，实实在在的尸体，再说了，养鬼也不能养个老太太呀。”李伟当即就给他一顿训斥。 曾银贵不好意思地挠着脑袋，看来是被李伟说了个正着，他努了努嘴，没有吱声。 “行了，你们就别瞎猜了，先歇息一下吧，今天法事可能是做不成了，等会儿咱们再去吹奏两曲。”喻广财说着侧身躺倒在了床上。 “那我也去躺一会儿。”李伟说着，也奔着那张床去了。 曾银贵在桌边又喝了两口茶，说：“看来我是茶喝多了，现在倒是有点精神了，峻之，不如我们出去走走吧。” "OK." 说完，两人就从房间里出来。这天晚上，武文全去世了，武林又不见了，看来这武家整个晚上是不得安生了。 两人从长廊里出来，走到院坝里的那张桌子边坐了下来。不多时，黄妈从一旁走了出来，她看了看爷爷和曾银贵，说：“你看，这真是招呼不周。两位你们先坐一下，等会儿我让人给你们倒两杯茶过来。” 这黄妈正要转身，爷爷朝曾银贵使了个眼色，示意他叫住黄妈。曾银贵立刻会意，喊道：“黄妈，
Grandpa followed Yu Guangcai and others and started walking towards the south of Chongqing, and the final destination was the house of the guest who went to Yu Guangcai's house that day. The person's surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Sen.His father and Yu Guangcai are old friends, perhaps it is not right to say that, because Yu Guangcai once asked Wu Sen's father for playing skills when he was young.In Yu Guangcai's words, Wu Sen's father can be regarded as his master. Wu Sen's father's name is Wu Wenquan. When Yu Guangcai first joined the funeral band, his playing and singing skills were very famous in the industry.But this person has a habit of never being contaminated with Taoism or dungong skills, and his behavior is also consistent with what he said, but he is just an ordinary funeral musician. But this time, it was Wu Wen who was seriously ill all over his body, and maybe time was running out, so sending his eldest son Wu Sen to invite Yu Guangcai over was also the last time to see him. "Then why did you call us? Is it really to wait for your friend to pass away as a gift?" Zeng Yingui asked suddenly, regardless of the severity. Yu Guangcai smiled and said: "Well, you will know when you arrive, anyway, follow me this trip, you have a lot to learn." Grandpa actually thought it was a bit strange, but since Yu Guangcai said so, he naturally had his reasons.Grandpa patted Zeng Yingui on the shoulder and said, "Brother, don't be serious, anyway, you are idle over there, and it's not bad to go for a walk." Zeng Yingui nodded, and followed them all the way.Really bored, Zeng Yingui asked: "Master, when did you meet this friend surnamed Wu?" Yu Guangcai squinted his eyes and thought for a while, a little uncertain: "I was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time. Originally, the master I was with had a funeral band himself. My master was a yin and yang Taoist priest, and he knew things There are a lot of them, but he never shows them off, so only those who have worked with him know that he has real skills. This Wu Wenquan is one of them. He especially admires my master. Once, Wu Wenquan took his funeral band to As a gift to others, the yin and yang in their team are looked down upon by others, so they called for my master to come over. At that time, I had followed the master for almost two years, and the master saw that I was alone at home and was idle, so he took me with him." "Oh? Is it like you are taking us now?" Zeng Yingui finished speaking while rolling his eyes, and added, "I'm afraid we will be idle." Yu Guangcai gave him a blank look, and continued: "Later, we met at that funeral." Speaking of this, Yu Guangcai suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, speaking of it, I also encountered a strange thing at that time. , Now that I think about it, I can handle it, but at that time, I was a fledgling, and I didn’t know much about things, and it was the first lesson he taught me in the world of the underworld.” "Ah, tell me quickly, why have you never heard of it before?" Zeng Yingui has completely replaced Zhang Qi who broke the casserole and asked the bottom line. Yu Guangcai paused for two seconds, then nodded slowly and said: "That's right, we finished the ceremony at that family's house that day, and my master was going to meet an old friend in the city, and Wu Wenquan happened to be here to do something. I came back with him. I remember that it was raining heavily that day, and we walked fast. At that time, Wu Wenquan had an apprentice named Xiao Chen, who also followed us. The three of us didn’t hold umbrellas, and we were drenched by the rain all the way. But after walking about two miles, Wu Wenquan and I realized that something was wrong. At the beginning, Xiao Chen followed us out of the deceased's house. As soon as we entered the bamboo forest in Tianwan, I felt that he Strange. After two days of getting along, although I don’t know him well, I can probably understand his temper. I was a little surprised that he didn’t speak during that journey. It was a very dense bamboo forest. Walking inside also felt cold. Wu Wenquan walked in front, I followed behind, and Xiao Chen walked in the end. When I was walking at the corner of the path in the bamboo forest, I subconsciously turned my head and glanced at Xiao Chen. In the end, I found him looking down at me with his head down, rolling his eyes. That look made me shiver. I thought he was joking with me, so I said, you look like a dead person. As a result He answered me coldly." Yu Guangcai, who has seen many lives and deaths, seemed to be frightened when he recalled the first strange incident he encountered when he was young.Zeng Yingui couldn't take it anymore when he paused. He urged: "Oh, I said that your old man talks like this, hurry up, hurry up, what did he say?" Yu Guangcai said solemnly: "He asked me back, 'Are you talking about me or him?' When I heard it at the time, I was confused. Who did the 'he' in Xiao Chen's mouth refer to? It wasn't obvious that there was only Is he alone? It’s impossible for him to think I’m talking about Wu Wenquan. I didn’t answer him, so I turned my head and continued to walk forward. After taking two steps, Wu Wenquan told me in a low voice, you’d better Don't look back, don't talk to him, now is not the time to provoke him. As soon as I heard it, I knew that Xiao Chen behind him had provoked something strange. So I had to lower my head and follow behind Wu Wenquan. The bamboo forest is really It was very heavy, and the raindrops hit the bamboo leaves, rustling. I remember that it was a big summer, although it was raining, but it was very stuffy. However, when a gust of wind came in from the bamboo forest, I felt my whole body stand on end Hair." "Oh, in such a big bamboo forest... I feel scared just thinking about the appearance of the three of you." Zeng Yingui sighed with emotion, and then urged, "Then what happened next?" "Later, that little Chen disappeared." Yu Guangcai said. "No way? Evaporated?" Yu Guangcai shook his head and said: "At that time, Wu Wen and I walked very quickly, knowing that Xiao Chen behind us had caused trouble, and the bamboo forest was a very dark place, so Wu Wen wanted to deal with him properly after we got out of the bamboo forest. But when the two of us walked out of the bamboo forest and were exposed to the sky, we turned around and found that Xiao Chen had disappeared, and there was only a gloomy wind left in the bamboo forest." "Then where did he go?" Grandpa couldn't help asking. "Later we began to deduce that, Wu Wenquan said, it might be caused by the filth in the bamboo forest, but I remember that since we left the dead man's house, there was something wrong with this little Chen. After that, Wu Wenquan took He went out of the compass and searched in the bamboo forest, but he didn't come to a conclusion until it was almost dark. In the end, he had to infer according to what I said. This Xiao Chen played the erhu in the funeral band, but because he was born strong, he also Willing to earn two shares at a time, he often helps the deceased family to be the Eight Immortals and carry the coffin. This time when the dead body of this family was buried, he was one of the Eight Immortals. Wu Wenquan speculated whether Xiao Chen did not salute after the coffin was buried, causing trouble The ghosts of the dead died. Such random guessing could not solve the problem, so he simply took me back. Sure enough, we saw Xiao Chen next to the newly dug grave that afternoon, and he was sitting on the grave staggeringly , kept mumbling and didn't know what he was talking about. It seemed to be in line with Wu Wenquan's speculation. Wu Wenquan didn't want to care about these things, and he didn't learn systematically, but after all, he has been in the funeral band for so many years. He still knows a little bit about the method. He took out iron sand specially used for self-defense from his bag, sprinkled it on the grave, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xiao Chen's middle finger and between the eyebrows. After a while, Xiao Chen woke up. I don't remember that we went out in the afternoon and went to the bamboo forest. Later, according to his recollection, he found out that after carrying the coffin down to the grave and covering it with soil, he forgot to salute and even turned around in the most basic way. Didn't do three laps, which naturally invites filth." "After a person is buried, do they have to turn three times in the same place?" Grandpa asked, not quite understanding. Yu Guangcai nodded and said, "Well, avoiding Tai Sui, lighting the ever-burning lanterns, and turning around three times in place after the Eight Immortals deliver the sedan chair are the most basic." "What will happen if you don't do it?" Grandpa continued to ask. "If you don't do it, this little Chen will be the end of the game. The upper body is inevitable. As for what you will do with you after the upper body, it is uncertain. If Xiao Chen is a relative of the deceased, then the dead soul will follow him home. Maybe it's hiding on the beams of his house or behind his door, making you restless every day."
After listening to Yu Guangcai's narration, Zeng Yingui remained silent and followed everyone silently.As he was walking, he saw that when he was about to enter a bamboo grove, Zeng Yingui rushed up and said, "Junzhi, it's better for you to go behind, I feel hairy just thinking about it." After hearing this, Grandpa laughed and said, "You are so old, why are you talking about traveling with the master." Zeng Yingui smiled awkwardly, and explained to himself: "You are wrong to say that. I have no advantages, but I have a rich imagination. When the master said it just now, that picture popped up in my mind. , three people dressed in black, walked in a gloomy bamboo forest with their heads bowed, the most important thing is, the first two also know that the last one is a ghost, how scary." "Okay, okay, you have a rich imagination, come to the front!" Grandpa dragged him to the front, and then urged him to stop talking nonsense and hurry up. Yu Guangcai watched the two quarreling, and laughed from the sidelines: "You two can go away with peace of mind, there are some things that the more you talk about, the more you are afraid, the more effective it will be." Zeng Yingui shivered for a moment, and quickly closed his mouth. Yu Guangcai turned his head and said to Wu Sen who was walking in the front, "Tell us what happened to your father this time." Wu Sen cleared his throat and said, "My father will lose his temper at Xushi tomorrow night. He mentioned you many times before he was alive, so I told you that after he died, you must come to take care of him. If you get there early, we can see you again." Let me tell you something about it." When Yu Guangcai heard it, he realized that something was wrong, and asked, "But at Xushi tomorrow night, are you really pinching so accurately?" Wu Sen smiled lightly and said, "My father has been waiting for this moment for a long time." "Ah? How to say?" Yu Guangcai was a little puzzled. "A month ago, my father fell ill and was lying on the bed. He knew that he didn't have much time, and he might not last a few days. He asked us to show him the almanac. He studied it for a long time, and finally Pointing to that time, he will die at that time, that is, at Xushi tomorrow night." Wu Sen said. "Your father still believes in this?" Such behavior made Yu Guangcai a little hard to understand, and it was indeed quite different from Wu Wenquan in his previous impression. After thinking about it this way, Yu Guangcai began to pinch his fingers and count. After a while, he stopped and said, "Tomorrow's Xushi is the auspicious time for death. Calculate according to your father's birthday. If you lose your temper at this time, what a shame to you brothers." But Daji, it can be seen that he loves you very much." Wu Sen nodded: "Our father has been like this since we were young. Although he is very strict with us and often beats and scolds us, we all know that he wishes us well from the bottom of his heart." "Wait a minute, I have a question." Zeng Yingui stretched out his hand. "Tell me." Wu Sen stopped and asked. Zeng Yingui folded his hands behind his back and said in a dragged tone: "Since your father was seriously ill a month ago, and he knew he would not live for a few days, how could he delay until tomorrow, a month later? And how can he be sure about tomorrow?" He will definitely be able to lose his temper in Xushi? As far as I know, dying at an auspicious time is good for himself or his descendants. It's not a good thing." Wu Sen nodded and praised: "Oh, what you said makes sense. I can't answer your second question, but I can tell you about the first question. This is also my first question. The first time I saw this miraculous spell was just half a month ago." "Could it be that your father used it..." Yu Guangcai asked, squinting at Wu Sen's shoes. Wu Sen nodded and said, "Master Yu really deserves his reputation, and you guessed everything like that." As he spoke, Wu Sen told the story of a strange incident that happened at home more than half a month ago. Wu Wenquan's illness was diagnosed a month ago. At that time, he was already terminally ill. Both the doctor and Wu Wenquan felt that he would not live for five days.But when Wu Wenquan ordered his son to bring over the almanac to have a look, he realized that it was not good to be depressed in those few days, and it would be nothing if he could not find a good feng shui after his death, and it might even hurt his descendants.Finally, Wu Wenquan determined a time from the almanac, that is, tomorrow's Xu time. If he loses his spirit at this time, he will definitely be able to prosper his descendants. But according to his illness and Wu Wenquan's physical condition, it was obvious that he couldn't last that day.Later, under Wu Wenquan's order, Wu Sen's younger brother Wu Lin began to prepare.According to Wu Wenquan, he had read a heavenly book many years ago, and that book recorded the method of deciphering life and death, but it was not long-lasting, it could only prolong the life of a dying person for a few days or months. One of these methods is called bridging. On the sixth day, Wu Wenquan's condition could not be delayed any longer. He was lying on the hospital bed panting heavily.Although Wu Lin has remembered Wu Wenquan's instructions, he is still very nervous, because this method only gives you one chance. Following the steps taught by Wu Wenquan before, Wu Lin placed a one-two wine glass on the round table in the room where Wu Wenquan lived, filled it with unpermeable aged wine, and took out a pair of chopsticks that Wu Wenquan usually uses .All he had to do was to stand the pair of chopsticks on the edge of the wine glass to form a triangle. At that time, Wulin was very nervous, because it was not only related to the life and death of his father, but also related to the rise and fall of the descendants of the Wu family.He thought for a long time, and just as he was about to make a move, two figures suddenly came in from outside the gate, and those two figures stood motionless at the door. "Those two figures were very strange. I was standing next to my brother at that time. We were both frightened by those two figures. One was maybe nine feet high, with a slender body like a bamboo pole. The other was strong and strong. Incomparable, their bodies are at least as wide as a carriage. They all have beards and long hair, which are always floating." Wu Sen said, his eyes widened. "Could it be the legendary bull head and horse face?" Zeng Yingui asked. Li Wei gave him a tug, motioning him not to interrupt. "At that time, Wu Lin was also trembling with fright. It seems that these two people came to take their lives. After being dazed for a long time, I hurriedly urged Wu Lin to do it. Then he picked up the two chopsticks in his hand, and after aiming for a long time, he finally aimed at the The edge of the wine glass was put down steadily. Although the two chopsticks were only connected for a moment at that time, it was finally a success." Wu Sen said, "When I looked back at the door again, The two shadows gradually receded towards the back, getting farther and farther away, and finally disappeared in the moonlight outside the door." After hearing this, Yu Guangcai lowered his head and began to think, but did not speak.On the contrary, Zeng Yingui gasped, and let out a strange sigh in the cold bamboo forest: "Is this bull head and horse face really one tall and one short, one fat and one thin?" After thinking about it, Zeng Yingui turned around and was about to ask Grandpa.But he saw his grandfather buried his head low, raised his eyes, rolled out the whites of his eyes, and stared fixedly at Zeng Yingui in front of him. Zeng Yingui hurriedly turned his head, not daring to say a word, and said to the three people in front of him in a low voice: "Go quickly, Junzhi has caused a mess."
Hearing Zeng Yingui's words, Yu Guangcai stopped, turned his head, and looked at Grandpa carefully.After a while, he whispered, "Be careful, the things on Junzhi are not easy to mess with." Zeng Yingui turned pale with fright at his words, and begged: "Master, can I walk in front of you?" Li Wei helped Yu Guangcai to evade: "This formation must not be messed up, if it is messed up, you will suffer, so let's go." Zeng Yingui knew that he was helpless now, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk ahead of his grandfather. He thought in his heart, get out of this bamboo forest quickly, get out of this bamboo forest quickly, and just wait outside. But just when his heart was fluttering, grandpa burst out laughing suddenly: "Haha, seeing how frightened you are, why are you so timid?" Hearing the voice, Zeng Yingui turned his head and looked at his grandfather puzzled.At this time, Yu Guangcai and Li Wei also laughed out loud, and it was only then that Zeng Yingui came to his senses, and he complained loudly: "You guys can't do it, you all join forces to punish me?" "I can only punish people like you who only know how to brag and are less courageous than anyone else." Grandpa said. Everyone laughed enough, Yu Guangcai said: "Let's go, if there are really dirty things coming, you will be happy." Zeng Yingui heard this, and hurried to the front: "There is really no one with humanity." A group of people walked while talking like this, and finally arrived at Nanling when it was dark.Yu Guangcai looked at the undulating ravine, frowned slightly, and said, "This is really a good place to live, but it's a pity, Wu Wenquan is not blessed to enjoy it now." What he said is right, all kinds of things in this world can be changed by human power, but only this life and death, even if you can know a little trick to delay the death, even if you can escape from the sky, you will not be able to avoid it after all. Seeing Yu Guangcai's appearance, Grandpa suddenly asked: "Master, I saw that you found something after listening to Wu Sen's words just now..." "Oh, it's your sharp eyes." Yu Guangcai smiled, and then his face became worried again, "I don't know for sure, although I don't know the way to solve life and death, but building a bridge is against the way of life and death. But all creatures in this world have Taoism, and if you violate this law, you will definitely have to pay the price. If you succeed in building a bridge and delaying your death, there will definitely be people who lose their lives because of it, and this is unavoidable." "That is to say, this Wu Wenquan asked his son to build a bridge before he died, so that he could survive until the next day, but the person who built the bridge would lose his life because of this. If an old man loves his children and grandchildren, how can he sacrifice the life of his children and grandchildren? In exchange for a little wealth?" Grandpa deduced from his words. "Besides, I still don't believe that Wu Wenquan will do this. Although he used to do this job, he was not very fascinated by this kind of thing. Besides, even if he can postpone his death, how can he be sure that he can be sure at that time?" Will you lose your temper?" Yu Guangcai said. Saying this, Wu Sen came out from the door, welcomed Yu Guangcai and others in, and arranged them in the guest room. The Wu family's house is not that big, with three people coming in and three going out, the four of Yu Guangcai were arranged in a guest room.After entering the room, as soon as he put down his clothes, Yu Guangcai said to Wu Sen: "I want to see your father." As soon as Wu Sen heard this, he faltered and said, "This...Mr. Yu should rest first. My father is now in a critical period. He has been in a coma and may not be able to wake up." "Oh, since that's the case, that's fine. Can we do it tonight?" Yu Guangcai asked tentatively. Wu Sen thought for a while, nodded, and then exited the door. Not long after Wu Sen left, Yu Guangcai sat beside his grandfather, thinking about something.Li Wei and Zeng Yingui stood up from the stools, Zeng Yingui said: "Master, then you sit down first, and I will go for a walk with my brother." Yu Guangcai nodded, and after both of them went out, he said to his grandfather, "When you go to see Wu Wenquan at night, you go with me." For some reason, when Grandpa heard this, he felt a little secretly happy, and without thinking too much, he nodded and agreed. "By the way, master, do you think there is really that kind of heavenly book in this world, after reading it, you can fly to the sky and escape from the earth?" Grandpa finally asked the question that had been in his heart all along. "I'm not very clear about the specifics, but I once heard that there is a wonderful book called "Up and Down Strategies", which is divided into two strategies, the upper and lower strategies, the upper and lower strategies. There are not many people about this book, and it is generally not circulated, so I haven't seen it either." "Ah?" Grandpa was very surprised when he heard this, but soon he had fantasies again, "If only I could get a copy, everyone in the world will know how powerful it is." Yu Guangcai smiled: "This kind of book is usually hard to find, and you may not be able to learn it after encountering it, but I hope you can know that everything in this world must have its laws, and all human affairs follow this law." Among them, if you destroy one of the links, it will definitely affect the other link. The strange book I told you just now is just a folk art, and if you are lucky enough to get the guidance of a celestial being, it will be truly amazing." "Oh, I know, isn't it like..." When grandpa got excited, he almost told about Lin Zi's father. After thinking about it, he stopped talking. "Like who?" Yu Guangcai asked. "Like Lu Ban." Grandpa searched for a long time, and said the name. Yu Guangcai nodded, and said, "It's also thanks to Lu Ban. To be able to write that wonderful book, I must have met an immortal." Grandpa looked at him with some deep eyes, turned around to the side, casually opened the almanac beside him, and buried himself in the reading. At this time, Zeng Yingui and Li Wei opened the door and came in.Li Wei said to Yu Guangcai as soon as he entered the door: "Master, I just heard a strange thing." "Oh? What's the matter?" Yu Guangcai put down the teacup in his hand. "When we went out just now, I heard from the old lady next to me. She said that Wu Wenquan of the Wu family and her son have never gotten along, and often beat him to death at home." Li Wei said. Yu Guangcai smiled: "This is normal. You see, Junzhi often talked back to his father when he was at home." "However, according to the old lady's memories, there was a fight between Wu Sen and Wu Wenquan, and Wu Wenquan was pushed into the river." Zeng Yingui said. "Oh, is it so serious?" Yu Guangcai was a little puzzled. When Grandpa heard this, he also got up from the bed, held the almanac in his hand and said, "I know what's going on." Everyone turned their heads towards him.
"Say it!" Zeng Yingui seemed to be ordering. Grandpa picked up the almanac in his hand and handed it to several people: "Take a look at Xushi tomorrow night, what time is it?" Li Wei took the almanac, looked at it, and suddenly realized: "Tomorrow night at Xushi... Tomorrow night at Xushi gathers the stars and carries the ground wolf. If you lose your temper at this time, you will be a descendant of Dawang. Maybe you will be able to produce one in the future." Kings and nobles or something." After hearing this, Yu Guangcai asked, "What's so strange? What do you think is going on?" "Brother, look at the back again." Grandpa had a plan in mind. Li Wei continued to look down according to his grandfather's words, and at the end, he sighed for a while: "That's not right, the instructions in the almanac will be exhausted at Xushi tomorrow, and it is a prosperous concubine, that is to say, it is only for Wu Wenquan's concubine. has an effect." "Concubine?" Yu Guangcai also began to feel strange, "As far as I know, this Wu Wenquan has only been married once, and there is no concubine." Just saying that, the door was pushed open.Wu Sen bent down and said respectfully: "Dinner is ready for everyone. After dinner, I will take Mr. Yu to see my father." Seeing this, Grandpa didn't continue to talk, and followed a few people out to the main room. There are not many people in the Wu family. There are two sons. The youngest son, Wu Lin, has married a wife. His wife is sitting next to him, holding a child in her arms, and has been quietly and silently. The atmosphere at the dinner table was very depressing, only Wu Sen had been chatting with Yu Guangcai, explaining some of Wu Wenquan's situation, such as the tomb and the coffin were all ready. Hearing this, Grandpa felt a little chilled.Gujiawan's Lao Gu didn't have any wishes all his life, he just hoped to have a son to die for him in his later years, but this Wu Wenquan was lucky enough to have two sons, so what?Before he was discouraged, his son had been preparing for his death.Having such a son is probably much more unfortunate than not having one. After dinner, Wu Sen took Yu Guangcai and his grandfather to Wu Wenquan's room to see him.Wu Lin also kept following behind him without speaking. Compared with Wusen, grandpa likes this martial arts relatively more.I can't explain why, but Grandpa always thinks there is something wrong with Wu Sen.Maybe all of these things were done by Wu Sen. Of course, his purpose is not that simple. After entering the room, Wu Sen first walked to his father Wu Wenquan's bedside, reached out and touched his father's head, then leaned down and said something to Wu Wenquan, then stood up and made a gesture to Yu Guangcai, signaling him It's time to pass. Yu Guangcai glanced at his grandfather, stepped forward, walked to Wu Wenquan's side, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Old Wu, can you hear me?" Yu Guangcai held his hand and said, "I'm Guangcai, and I'm here to see you now." Wu Wenquan didn't move at all, his mouth was tightly closed, and his eyes didn't open at all.His hair was already gray, his face was wrinkled, and he was extremely thin, with only skin and bones left in one hand. "Old Wu, I think you were not afraid of life and death back then. Seeing you like this today, I am really worried." Yu Guangcai said to himself, "Remember that afternoon when we met, no, you Standing in the big yard of Xiong’s house, he told me an interesting story about my master. You said that he came home drunk one night and went to steal the oranges in front of someone’s house, but he was chased by the family’s big wolf dog. Do you still remember the matter of running wildly all the way, and finally fell into the stinky ditch?" As soon as Yu Guangcai's words fell, Wu Wenquan on the bed suddenly trembled, and Yu Guangcai stood up from the edge of the bed in fright.But just like that, Wu Wenquan stopped moving. Yu Guangcai turned his head in panic and asked his grandfather, "Did you see it?" Grandpa nodded, feeling that something was wrong, he leaned forward under Yu Guangcai's gesture. Yu Guangcai sat back again, held Wu Wenquan's hand again, and said, "Old Wu, I know you can hear me, you..." Just as he was about to continue talking, Wu Sen who was standing on the side stepped forward, grabbed Yu Guangcai and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yu, maybe this is not the way to go on. Father seems to be emotionally unstable." Seeing that Yu Guangcai was about to be dragged away abruptly by Wu Sen, Grandpa suddenly noticed something. There was something shining silver in Wu Wenquan's hair. Do you want to go back?Grandpa is struggling like this in his heart.Suddenly, behind several people, Wu Wenquan started to flip on the bed.爷爷被这突如其来的声音吓得退后了几步，当他平静下来，才见到武文全在床上翻动得越来越剧烈，他的身子好像一条大鱼在水中扭动着。他扭动的频率越来越快，发出咚咚的巨响，那张床好像都快要经受不起他的动作，左右晃动起来，那床前的铃铛一直响个不停。 喻广财看着这些，双眉深深敛起。他深吸了口气，说：“这是怎么回事？” 爷爷见状，看时机来了，他快步上前，假装去摁住武文全，实则伸出手指将武文全头发间那白晃晃的东西夹了出来。 “没事儿没事儿，让我来！”武森快步上前，伸手在武文全的脚底按了一下，那身体就完全静止下来。 爷爷也趁势回到了喻广财的身边。 “不好意思，吓着你们了，我父亲这个病就是如此，时不时的就会这样乱动，以前还经常……”武森正要继续往下说，可爷爷已经等不及要将手里的东西拿出来看了，他急忙说道：“没事儿，那师傅我们就先出去吧。” 喻广财似乎还想问点什么，爷爷拉着他就往门外走。最后他也只好跟武森客套了两句，就出了门。 回到房间，李伟和曾银贵又不知道到哪儿去瞎晃了，还没有回来。喻广财一坐下来，就问：“你是不是发现了什么？” 爷爷这才将手指缝间夹着的那个东西拿了出来，递到喻广财的面前。 在微弱的烛光底下，爷爷手里的东西暴露无遗。那是一根银针，上面泛着微黄，有了烛光的映衬，显得有些古旧。 “这是个什么东西，是从武文全的脑门上拔下来的。”爷爷说着，语气里难免透着得意。 喻广财看着爷爷手中的那根针，一双眼睛瞪得老大。 “不会吧……”喻广财说着，似乎有些难以置信。说着，他伸手摸了摸那根银针，然后惊讶得倒坐回了凳子上，摇着脑袋说：“怎么可能有这样的事？” 爷爷被他的反应搞得一头雾水，连忙追问：“这到底是什么，用来做什么的？” “这玩意儿可是个邪术。”
“哦？看这上面黄黄的东西是什么呀？还有些黏手。”爷爷仔细地观察着手里的那根银针。 “那是尸油。”喻广财冷冷地回答。 爷爷被喻广财的话吓得大叫了一声，随即连忙又压低了声音：“你是说，这是从尸体上面取下的油？” 喻广财说：“也不全对，普通的尸油就是指一具尸体腐烂的时候，身上皮肉里的油会溢出来，尸油就是指的那种油。不过……” "But what?" “不过，我觉得这银针上的尸油不是普通的，而是一种从外边来的油，如果我没有猜错，这尸油是从妙龄少女身上取下来的。”喻广财推断道。 爷爷听了，只觉得汗毛直立。他说话的时候牙齿打着颤：“那是把少女杀了用来炼油？” “少女未开苞时，身体极阴，做这种东西最有效，不过最有效的还是取少女的下巴，用来炼油。这种尸油，沾在银针上，那可是百试百应。”喻广财的语气有些深沉。 不过他的话倒是把爷爷吓得不轻，他沉思了许久，问：“那这沾了尸油的针，是用来干吗的？” “如果我没有猜错，这是一种分魄术，就是将活人的灵魂困在一个东西上，这人和那东西都会插上一根银针，如果这银针被拔了，那就是这人的死期。” 爷爷张大了嘴巴，看着手里的银针：“那我这……” 喻广财点点头，幽幽地说：“对，在你拔出这根银针的时候，武文全已经落气了。” “那，那现在不是还没到明晚戌时吗？”爷爷想到这里，快步上前，翻出了那本黄历，翻了一阵，他瞪大了眼睛说：“不好，如果是在这个时候落气，那可是大凶的时辰，有鬼绕梁，活者必忧啊。” “嗯，所以我也不知道该怎么办。”喻广财盯着他，“现在就只有走一步看一步了。” 爷爷知道自己犯了错，坐在一边，低着脑袋没有说话。 喻广财见状，上前拍了拍他的脑袋：“你不用沮丧，这个事情不关你的事，你想想，这武文全自己到底是不是想在明晚戌时落气，咱们现在都不能肯定。而且呀，这个沾着尸油的银针扎进脑门，那可是非常非常疼的，生不如死。” 虽然话是这么说，可这拔针的事儿的确是爷爷干的。他这么一个小动作，就送那武文全归了西。越是这样想，爷爷就越是感觉自己像是一个杀人凶手。 果然，就当两人这样沉默着的时候。房门被曾银贵撞开来，他喘着粗气说：“出事了，武文全死了！” 见爷爷和喻广财没有震惊的表现，他倒是非常惊讶。他跑到两人面前重复了一遍刚才的话：“我说，武文全死了，就是刚才，不是明晚！” 曾银贵说着，自己都搞不清在说些什么了。看两人还是纹丝不动，他干脆将两人拉出了门去。 此时，武家已经乱了套，大家都在议论武文全落气的事。熬了整整一个月，武文全居然没有等到最后一天。 这个时候，李伟不知道从什么地方冒了出来。看着大家都慌忙地张罗着各种事情，他问了一句：“怎么了？” “武文全死了。”曾银贵回答。 “啊？”李伟很是惊讶，不过在他惊讶了两秒之后，说：“我刚才去武家院子里转了转，看到有个地方有些奇怪。” “什么地方？”喻广财扭头问道。 “在西侧的小院子里有一个被锁着的房间。”李伟说。 爷爷以为他又要说出什么惊天的大秘密，听到这话，热情一下子就被浇灭了：“去，我还以为有什么重大发现呢。” “我还没说完呢，”李伟继续说，“本来当时我是闲着没事儿，就跟着曾银贵出来，后来他说要去武家外面的池塘边坐坐，我觉得那边没什么好看的，就在这院子里转了起来。转着转着，也不知道怎么的就走到了西侧。那间屋子从外观上看没有什么特别，可就在我准备转身的时候，我突然看到了那门檐上的符纸，上面沾着鸡毛。看着那扇有些破破的木门，我突然就生起了一股好奇。左右看了看，西侧的整个院子都没人，于是我就凑了上去，结果，你们猜猜我发现了什么？” “什么？不会是一个女鬼吧？”曾银贵瞪大了眼睛，可大家都能够看出来他是在开玩笑。 没想到李伟听了，点了点头说：“你可真是聪明，我的确看到了一个女鬼，而且是个上了年纪的女鬼，她的头发花白，乱糟糟的，就那么直直地站在房间的窗口处，一动也不动。当时我就被吓住了，仔细一想，这门檐上的符纸难道就是用来镇这女鬼的？我正想得入神，不知道那武林什么时候端着饭菜站到了我的身后，他伸手拍了拍我，差点儿把我的魂都吓没了。” “他不知道自己的父亲已经落气了吗？怎么在这时候还去西侧的厢房？”爷爷觉得有些不对劲儿，问道。 “这我就不知道了，我也是从那边回来之后，才知道武文全死了。”李伟说着。 正这样说着，武森朝着几人走过来。停在了几人面前，他还是那么毕恭毕敬地说：“谢谢几位，家父已经落气了。” 当爷爷听到他说出谢谢两个字的时候，心里没忍住咯噔了一下。这两个字里好像含满了怨恨和指责，而这些怨恨和指责都是冲着爷爷来的。 “对不起，我们也没有想到。”喻广财拱手弯腰，道了个歉。 武森的表情非常难看，整张脸都快要拉下来了。许久，他说：“事已至此，那就麻烦几位做一下身后的事情，墓穴已经找好，就希望几位能够吹奏几首好曲子，送家父上路。” “这个没有问题，于公于私，我都会办好，我早年跟令尊打过交道，大概知道他喜欢什么曲子，我会安排好的。”喻广财说。 “真是有劳喻先生了……” 武森的话音一落，就听到从西厢传来了一声惊叫，如果没有猜错，那声音是武林的。
几人对视了一眼，然后忙不迭地跑向了西厢。正是刚才李伟讲述的那个房间，走到门口的时候，爷爷下意识地看了门檐上贴着的那张符纸，上面的鸡毛并没有沾染灰尘，看来才贴上去不久。 谁知，几人正要进房间，却被武森拦住。他迈步进去之后，就顺手关闭了房门。几人站在门外，也不知如何是好。 武森在进入房间之后，里面传出两兄弟的争吵声，站在门外的几人只能通过声音来勉强判定。 武森质问了一声：“你……你这是在搞什么鬼？！” “不，不是你想的那样，你不知道刚才，刚才我进门的时候，她活了！”武林的声音有些颤抖。 “什么活了？她本来就没有死！” “不是，我是说她刚才，刚才她站起来了！” “什么？你是不是看花眼了？” “这虽然是晚上，可还不至于能够眼花到一个大活人站在我面前都看错！”武林有些不悦，好像武森的话触犯了他。 “我说你倒是小声点，他们还在外面……” 之后，两人的声音就渐渐消失了，可能是有意压低了，站在门外的几人根本就听不见。 “对了，大师兄，刚才你说你在那里面看到了什么？”爷爷扭头问道。 “一个女鬼。”李伟说，“不过我也不敢肯定，但我估计那不是个活人，她就那么直直站着，好像一个木偶，或者说是，像一具尸体。” “你说什么？”喻广财追问。 “像一具尸体。”李伟小心翼翼地回答。 喻广财摇了摇头：“不是，前一句。” “像一个木偶。” 喻广财听了，若有所思地点着脑袋。 正在这个时候，武森打开那房门，从里面走了出来，武林跟在他的身后，低着脑袋没有说话。走到几人面前，武森说：“几位，这边没什么事儿，就麻烦你们去准备一下家父的后事吧。有什么事，找我就成。” 喻广财说：“我们倒是没有什么特别的安排，随时都可以开工。只是，我要提醒你的是，你父亲要是在明晚戌时落气，那的确是个好时辰，既然等不到那个时候，也自有天命，这不早不晚，在这个时候刚好犯了三煞，如果没有处理好，对你们武家来说，那可是大麻烦。” “哦？那不知喻先生有没有解法？”武森问道。 “有是有，不过……”喻广财犹豫起来。 武森笑道：“先生你尽管讲，没什么好顾虑的。” 喻广财上前了一步：“那我就直说了。人之死本是天命，这违反天命本来就是在破坏生存规律，一个环节遭到破坏，势必影响其他环节，说得简单点，有借有还，有得有失。所以，如果你要化解这人死之煞，就要付出一定的代价。” “什么代价？” “你父亲的死，已犯了三煞，要想化煞也不是很难，长明灯中点入人血，八仙抬轿时在绳索上捆上菖蒲，移灵之时，每走三步丢狗血三滴，敲瓷碗两下。”喻广财说，“可这样做了，肯定会对死者造成损伤，折其阴寿，再下地狱三层，受冰山火海之苦。” “呵，照做，一切就拜托喻先生了。” 在场的所有人都被武森的话给镇住了，大家都没有想到，武森会牺牲自己已经死去的父亲，而换取自己的安宁，折阴寿、下地狱，看来这武森的确是铁石心肠。 等武森带着那武林离开之时，爷爷的目光一直停留在走在最后的武林身上。那武林一直埋着脑袋跟在武森的身后，两只手交叠在一起，由于交叉过于用力，手指头都有些泛白了。说不出为什么，爷爷总觉得他有些怪怪的。 喻广财见两位主人都离开了，也就带着几个徒弟回了房间，整理行头。这一次因为罗琪不在，少了一个哭丧的，可这个环节也不能少，喻广财想了想，准备让爷爷来充当这个角色。 可当他对着几人提出此议的时候，也就只有曾银贵一个人跟着附和。不过喻广财也看得出来，他无非是想看爷爷的笑话。 “不是吧师傅，我，你看我一个大男人，怎么能够代替罗琪去哭丧呢？”爷爷有点急了，又赶紧补充了一句，“哎呀，师傅，你看我这不是不会嘛，如果有什么纰漏，那也是对死者不敬呀。” “你不要顾虑这么多，有什么细节，我会一一给你交代清楚的，你放心吧，还有我在呢！”喻广财一脸正经，把话说得死死的，让爷爷完全无法拒绝。 “可是，师傅……” 爷爷还想出言辩驳，谁知这该死的曾银贵上前来拍着爷爷的肩膀，他笑嘻嘻地说：“哎呀，我说小峻之，你就别再推来推去的嘛，师傅一直都说你是个天才，你看你拜师以来跟着咱们也走过不少的丧礼，二胡你学会了，小鼓你学会了，唢呐你也学得差不多了，现在差什么，就差做阴阳和哭丧了。你要是这两样都学会了，那可就是咱们行业里年纪最小的阴阳道士了。” “你就少在这里说风凉话了，张七不在，你倒是学着他唱起来了啊？”爷爷白了曾银贵一眼。这目光倒是没有逼退曾银贵，反而让他得寸进尺说个没完。爷爷实在有些受不了了，干脆硬着头皮答应了下来。 那天晚上，在喻广财的指示之下，几人很快就在武家的院子里搭起了一个简易的棚子。武家的人忙忙碌碌地准备着给武文全入殓的时候，李伟、曾银贵和爷爷三人就吹奏起来。在爷爷的记忆里，曾银贵吹唢呐的样子最好看，他双手捏着那细长的竹管，吹奏的时候腮帮子鼓鼓的，曲子一吹起来，他就跟着那起伏的调调左右摆晃，十分入迷。 那首曲子就那么从武家的院子里传了出去，在相隔几里之外的地方，只要听到这曲子，再配上一阵刺耳的鞭炮，就足以判定一个人去了另一个世界。 爷爷一边敲打着小鼓，一边有不少奇怪的想法从脑子里掠过。正在这时，那武家院落的东侧突然骚动起来，大家都朝着那长廊口围了上去。刚好，又有一人从那长廊里跌跌撞撞地跑了出来，她的脸上满是惊恐，她正是武林的妻子。 武森也被这阵骚动从房间里惊动出来，见了这场面，他急忙上前拉住武林的妻子，问：“怎么了？” 她指着长廊的方向，已经被吓得前言不搭后语了：“武林，武林，他……他整个身体，都烂了！”
喻广财听到这话，觉得有些不太对劲儿，连忙跟上前去，问道：“全身都烂了？” 武林的妻子已经被吓得慌了神，她连连点头：“从他的手掌开始，到手臂，刚才他感觉到痛，让我帮他脱下衣服，结果他的整个身体就已经肿了，还泛着红黑的颜色，颜色最浓的地方都已经开始破洞腐烂了！” “你赶快带我们过去看看！”喻广财开始着急，看来这事情越来越复杂了。 在武林妻子的带领下，爷爷几人来到武林的房间里。刚一进门，武林妻子的脸色瞬间刷白，所有人也都露出奇怪的神色。爷爷走上前来，只见房间里已经被弄得杂乱不堪，几张木凳子都被砸坏，桌上的油灯和茶具也都被摔得粉碎，只是这房间里早已经没有了武林的身影。 “人呢？”武森问道。 武林妻子也觉得奇怪：“我不知道啊，刚才我出门的时候，他还在呢。” 喻广财走上前来，说：“他已经跑了，你们看这儿。” 喻广财走到床边，那两扇窗大开着，足以让一个成年男子进出，最关键的是，就在喻广财手指的地方，上面沾着一些油状的液体，在那跳跃的灯光下，爷爷看得仔细，那和之前在武文全头上取下来的银针上沾着的东西是一样的，也就是尸油。 看到这些，武森好像也有些没底了。他低头沉思了半天，也没有说话。 “武林以前可得过什么病？”喻广财问道。 武林妻子极力回想着，接着又摇了摇头，她说：“没有啊，他虽然脑子不太灵光，可身体还算健康，也不知道今天是怎么回事，一回来他就说身上很痒很痛，后来就发现了他身上的问题。” 喻广财听了，开始在脑子里搜寻这种现象的来由。 “喻先生，这不会是跟家父的死有关吧？”武森上前来问道。 喻广财叹了口气：“也许吧。” "Maybe?" “嗯，根据这时间上来判定，不难看出有些关联，可在没有找到武林之前，我不敢妄下结论，他身上惹的是什么，我也不知道，所以不敢肯定。”喻广财说。 “既然这样，那当务之急就是去找武林，这样，家父的后事就拜托喻先生先处理着，如果有什么法事是需要我和武林到场的，就请喻先生暂且先等等。”说完，武森就对身后的家佣黄妈说，“黄妈，现在就麻烦你去村里找几个壮汉，跟我出去找找，他们要是跟你说钱你就按平日到地主家做工钱的两倍给，当然，这都是在找着后才有的报酬。” 黄妈点了点头，就退了出去。 喻广财带着几人作别了武森，回到了房间里。一路上，他都没有说话，刚一进门，爷爷就问道：“师傅，你是不是想到了什么？” 喻广财点了点头，说：“如果我没有猜错，那武林是中了尸毒。” “尸毒？可是他并没有触碰过死人啊？”李伟有些不解。 “你看你，当初是谁回来告诉我们西厢那间屋子里关着一具女尸，后来又是谁告诉我们武林进了那间屋子的啊？”曾银贵发挥出他超高的逻辑思维能力，说道。 李伟像是明白了，点着脑袋，说：“按照这种说法倒是没错，西厢那间屋子里锁着一具女尸，如果真是中了这么严重的尸毒，那这女尸可能已经有不少的年头了，然后这武林进了那屋子之后，他就被那女尸给咬了，就中了这尸毒。” “不对，他不应该是被咬的，你想想，要是那尸体真的扑上前咬他，以他的性格肯定会撒腿就跑。如果真是被咬住了，这伤口应该在那儿，刚才我们也看到了，他跟着武森从房间里出来的时候，虽然低着脑袋，可身上的衣着却并不凌乱。也就是说，他在之前没有过大的挣扎。”曾银贵分析得头头是道。 李伟听了也觉得有些道理，说：“那这样的话，这尸毒是怎么传到武林身上的呢？” “呵，这个我想我可以猜到。”爷爷在身后说道，“刚才武林跟着武森出来的时候，他一直没有说话，自始至终一直都埋着头，可是他有个动作很可疑，就是他出来的时候，两只手一直都狠狠地捏在一起，我想啊，要是他手上没什么问题，怎么会捏得那么紧，以至于两只手都泛白了。” “那他的伤口在手上？”曾银贵想了想，“那这尸毒可比咱们想象的要厉害得多，通常最厉害的尸毒都是从脖子或者人体最活跃的地方传入，而且都是通过被咬传给人的，这种只伤到了手指头就能导致全身溃烂的，那可能真是不好对付。” “不对，这里面还存在很多问题。”李伟说，“你们想想啊，如果刚才我们所说的都成立，那武家为什么要放一具尸体在自家屋里呢？还有就是，有个细节，刚才我在那西厢的那间房间的窗户口趴着的时候，武林过来，他的手里是端着饭菜的，如果那里面住的是具女尸，那他端着饭菜进去做什么？” “他们不会是在养鬼吧？”曾银贵说道。 “养你个大头鬼！人家养鬼养的可是鬼，这是个尸体，实实在在的尸体，再说了，养鬼也不能养个老太太呀。”李伟当即就给他一顿训斥。 曾银贵不好意思地挠着脑袋，看来是被李伟说了个正着，他努了努嘴，没有吱声。 “行了，你们就别瞎猜了，先歇息一下吧，今天法事可能是做不成了，等会儿咱们再去吹奏两曲。”喻广财说着侧身躺倒在了床上。 “那我也去躺一会儿。”李伟说着，也奔着那张床去了。 曾银贵在桌边又喝了两口茶，说：“看来我是茶喝多了，现在倒是有点精神了，峻之，不如我们出去走走吧。” "OK." 说完，两人就从房间里出来。这天晚上，武文全去世了，武林又不见了，看来这武家整个晚上是不得安生了。 两人从长廊里出来，走到院坝里的那张桌子边坐了下来。不多时，黄妈从一旁走了出来，她看了看爷爷和曾银贵，说：“你看，这真是招呼不周。两位你们先坐一下，等会儿我让人给你们倒两杯茶过来。” 这黄妈正要转身，爷爷朝曾银贵使了个眼色，示意他叫住黄妈。曾银贵立刻会意，喊道：“黄妈，