Taishang asks longevity

Chapter 31

The curator of the funeral home, surnamed Chen, is a well-dressed, fat man with a pot belly. It seems that the past few years as the curator have had a good life.

When Li Changsheng saw Director Chen, he was sitting on the boss chair in his office with his legs crossed.

Seeing Secretary Zhang bring Li Changsheng in, Curator Chen just put down Erlang's legs, smiled slightly, and said, "Here you are?"

Secretary Zhang quickly nodded and bowed, and said, "Curator, this is the Taoist priest recommended by the head of Nanping Village, named Li Changsheng."

"Li Changsheng?" Curator Chen squinted his eyes, looked at Li Changsheng, and said with a smile: "Not bad... not bad... young and promising, the people recommended by the head of Nanping Village are more or less better than those we invite outside. The Taoist priests who came here are more trustworthy."

Secretary Zhang nodded with a smile, and said, "Brother Li wants to know about the situation of the funeral home, so I'll bring him here to ask you."

"En!" Curator Chen nodded, took out cigarettes from the drawer, and distributed them to Secretary Zhang and Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't smoke.

Curator Chen didn't say much, picked up a cigarette, lit it, and after exhaling, he said slowly: "Brother Li, if you have any questions, just say, you are here to help We solve the problem, and we will try to cooperate with you in your work."

Li Changsheng smiled slightly and said, "If that's the case, then I'll be straightforward."

"Speak!"

Li Changsheng said: "During the journey, I heard a lot from Secretary Zhang, saying that it has been several years since the funeral parlor was built, and nothing happened before, right?"

Curator Chen nodded and said, "Yes! Yes! When the funeral parlor was just built, business was very good. You know that although Qingshui Town is a small town, within a hundred miles, there are no villages. There are many such things. Many people are now enlightened, cremated after death, save land resources, and actively respond to the call of the country, but then...the funeral parlor died inexplicably. After the haunting incident spread, the villagers dared not I came here to burn the corpses, and the business is getting worse and worse, and now there may not be a single business in a week, but it used to be full every day."

As soon as curator Chen opened his mouth to speak, he talked endlessly about business issues.

To him, whether the funeral home's business is good or bad is a big issue, on the contrary, it's the haunting issue, which is not important. If it weren't for the haunting incident that affected the funeral home's business, the curator Chen probably wouldn't bother to take care of it.

Li Changsheng frowned slightly, and said, "Mr. Chen, I have heard what you said. This funeral parlor is a place where corpses are burned. Yin Qi gathers heavily, and many corpses are brought in. They cannot be burned on the same day. Pick a date and put the body in cold storage, right?"

Curator Chen nodded and said: "That's right. Originally, the funeral home only needed one night watchman at night, but now it has been added to three people. Brother Li, you also know that if you hire one more person, the cost will be higher." One point, but if only one night watchman is hired, but no one is willing to do the job, and the business of the funeral parlor is so bad now, it is not a small burden to hire three night watchmen."

Li Changsheng smiled slightly and said: "Curator Chen, it is reasonable to say that even if there is a haunted incident in the funeral home, generally speaking, no one will die, because ghosts have a sense of proportion and will not hurt people at will, unless it is some unjust or evil spirits. That's why there are frequent disturbances, does curator Chen know if there are any ghosts in the funeral home?"

"Ghost?" Curator Chen was startled when he heard this.

Li Changsheng could clearly see that Curator Chen's expression had changed a bit.

After a long pause, Director Chen smiled slightly and said, "Where can there be souls? Our funeral home is all about the business of the dead. People are sent here after they die. How can there be souls? Li Brother must be worrying too much."

Li Changsheng nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Curator Chen was obviously the same as Secretary Zhang, unwilling to say anything more.But the more they looked like this, the more Li Changsheng felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Secretary Zhang interjected and said: "Brother Li, we invited you here to solve the problem. Since you are a Taoist priest, you must have your own method of finding ghosts. Use your method to help our funeral home find out the problem." Where it is, and then we can settle it, you can rest assured that we will not give you less than the remuneration that should be paid."

Curator Chen also nodded at this time, and said, "That's right, brother Li, if you can help us solve this matter, I promise to give you 5 yuan as a reward."

When Secretary Zhang heard this, his eyes sparkled.

5 yuan, in those days, was a lot of money.

Li Changsheng smiled lightly and said, "Take me to take a look around the funeral parlor first!"

"Okay, okay, you come with me." After curator Chen finished speaking, he stood up and walked outside.

Secretary Zhang and Li Changsheng followed Curator Chen.

The group then came to a garden.

The garden is not too big, but it is not small either. There are dozens of trees, large and small.

Director Chen pointed with his hand and said, "This garden is the backyard of the funeral home. On weekdays, those family members who come to the funeral home to burn their corpses will gather here and wait. After the corpses are sent to the cremator and burned, we will Send the ashes here to them."

Li Changsheng nodded, but frowned, and said, "Curator Chen, why are you planting locust trees in your garden?"

Curator Chen smiled and said: "The locust tree is good! The locust tree is so big! It has lush branches and leaves, and is also shady, suitable for blocking the sun. There are many people gathered here on weekdays. We planted locust trees in the garden, which is also convenient for others. rest."

Li Changsheng slapped his thigh and said, "Where is the best way to plant locust trees? This is a big taboo..."

"Big taboo?" Secretary Zhang and Curator Chen were taken aback when they heard this.

Li Changsheng said: "Look at the Chinese character '早' in the locust tree, next to the wooden character is a word for 'ghost', the locust tree is planted in the funeral parlor, and those dead ghosts also like to attach to this locust tree, so, Aren't there more and more ghosts gathered in the funeral parlor?"

Curator Chen and Secretary Zhang were taken aback after hearing this.

Curator Chen's eyes widened, and he said, "Is there still such a saying?"

"Of course there is." Li Changsheng continued: "From the perspective of Feng Shui, the funeral home should plant pines and cypresses. Pines and cypresses belong to yang, which can just restrain the yin energy of the funeral home itself, while locust trees belong to yin, which is also the favorite of ghosts. Plants, there is a saying called 'one locust tree, ten ghosts', which is the truth, and locust trees must never be planted in funeral parlors."

"So it's like this..." Curator Chen looked suddenly enlightened, and shouted: "Chop it up, I'll send someone to come tomorrow and cut down all these locust trees. No wonder... I said that the trees in the garden The more lush the locust trees, the worse the business of my funeral parlor is, it turns out that ghosts gather in my garden..."

Li Changsheng nodded and said, "Let's go to the next place."

"Okay, okay, let's go, I'll take you to the morgue." Curator Chen said.

(End of this chapter)