ghost craftsman

Chapter 43
That Wang Runxue said, the third time he went to the beam, that is, the day Wang Yangming had an accident, it made all of us hold our breath and stare at him.

He seemed to notice that our eyes were wrong, glanced at my face, and said, when the beam was erected that time, the master carpenter knew that something happened to the beam twice, so he was extra careful, and every ceremony was like walking on thin ice.

However, after all, it still failed to prevent the tragedy from happening. When he was reciting his poems on the beam, the carpenter suddenly jumped down from above. One became paralyzed and could only spend his life in bed.

After hearing this, I immediately asked, "Are you sure that master carpenter jumped off?"

He hummed, "It is true that I jumped down. I was below at the time, and I saw it very clearly. I definitely jumped down."

"Why do you want to jump?" the little Zhuo policeman interjected.

Wang Runxue shook his head and said: "I went to his house to check, and the master carpenter has no tendency to commit suicide. On the contrary, he is more afraid of death than anyone else, because his daughter-in-law is about to give birth and is about to become a grandfather." , it is impossible to choose to jump off at this time."

What he said was quite reasonable. In this situation, it is impossible to jump off the building. The only explanation is that there should be something weird on the roof.

As soon as this thought came to him, Zi Dayuan, who had been talking on the sidelines, suddenly spoke up, and said, "Boss Wang, according to what you said, the death of your family Wang Yangming is very likely related to this matter. The dozens of people behind him A palm print is the best proof."

Wang Runxue smiled, and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "It's understandable, but if you can't find out this matter, Mr. Wang has no choice but to be a villain for a while, and pull Mr. Ling to be my son's companion, and let him My son is not lonely on Huangquan Road."

"You..." That Zi Dayuan became anxious and rushed over.

Wang Runxue's face turned cold, "If you think violence can solve the problem, you can rush up and beat me, and Wang will never fight back. But the premise is that you can take this responsibility."

When Zi Dayuan heard this, he put down his raised hand resentfully, and stared at Wang Runxue angrily, his teeth chattering in anger. What I didn't expect was that his daughter-in-law seemed a little calm, while He threw his eyes at me and asked me if there was any way to find out.

I smiled wryly. In the current situation, the only way to find out why Wang Yangming died is to go to the roof. If you usually step on it, it is disrespectful to the land lord.

To put it bluntly, whether it is a carpenter or a ghost craftsman, we all agree that houses are built on the ground, and the ground is under the management of the local land lord.Therefore, before building a house, you have to draw the yin and yang hexagrams, ask the land master for instructions, and ask him whether the old man agrees, which is commonly known as pier worship.

If the yin and yang hexagrams show Bao hexagrams, it means that the land master agreed, and the house can only be built.

When building a house, the craftsmen and the land lord had an unwritten rule not to trample on the roof.The reason is that the roof is the face of the land lord in the sun, once you step on it, you are stepping on the face of the land lord.

However, from the point of view of architecture, in general, when building a house, a beam must be placed on the roof to strengthen the whole house and make it as solid as gold.

But, as I said before, the roof cannot be trampled on, and now a beam has to be placed on the roof, so what should I do?

The way is to hold a beam-raising ceremony to please the land lords, and China has been known as a country of etiquette since ancient times, and everything pays attention to etiquette, so there is also the etiquette of beam-raising.

The folks believe that whether the beam-raising goes smoothly is not only related to whether the house structure is firm, but also related to the relationship between the occupants and the land lord and whether it will prosper in the future. , and the entire beam-raising ceremony revolves around the 'main beam'.

When it comes to 'main beam', there are many kinds of them. Ordinary residential houses generally have only one beam, which is called 'main beam'.However, some palaces and temples have dozens of beams, large and small, and those beams are divided into several types according to their different functions.

One of them is a column beam, which acts as a support, and is generally placed at the door or in the house.There is also a beam, which also plays a supporting role and is distributed in the walls of the house, also known as the ridge purlin.

The last type is the purlin (lin), which acts as a balance and is placed at the beam head.Depending on the position of the beam head, it is called differently. For example, it is called eave purlin near the eaves, and it is called ridge purlin near the main beam.

In our rural houses, there is only one main beam, and the ceremony is much simpler. First, the beam is carefully selected. The beam selection is also divided into economic conditions. If the family is good, sandalwood is usually used. This kind of wood is strong, insect-resistant, and has a unique fragrance. , coupled with incense, can make the room smell pleasant all year round. In ancient palaces, sandalwood was used as the main beam.

People from poor families can only use Chinese fir. This kind of wood is economical and has a long and straight shape. Most families use this kind of wood as the main beam.

Of course, the selection of beams is the owner's own business, and it's not worth talking about. What's really worth talking about is that the beam-raising ceremony must be done by ghost craftsmen.To put it bluntly, the ghost craftsman knows a little bit of strange things, so he can better establish a good relationship with the land lord, but the number of ghost craftsmen is less than one ten-thousandth of the carpenter. Carpenters do it. Now, there are fewer carpenters, and even some plasterers can do this job.

However, today's houses are basically integral structures, and even the act of raising the beams has been saved, but the ceremony of raising the beams has been preserved to this day.

As we all know, China is a big country with a vast territory and many ethnic groups, and customs vary from place to place.However, in the ceremony of raising the beam, all ethnic groups are very solemn. The whole process is roughly divided into five steps, namely, offering sacrifices to the beam, raising the beam, receiving the package, throwing the beam, and serving the craftsman.

These five steps, even today, can still see some shadows in big cities or rural areas.

Gossip less talk, get down to business.

I told Zi Dayuan's daughter-in-law what I was thinking, and after she heard it, she said, "Isn't it all right if you put on the beam for Boss Wang?"

I glanced at her, and said with a sneer: "You have a good idea. The three carpenters who put up the beams of Boss Wang's house have accidents. You let me go up. Isn't this pushing me into the fire pit?"

With that said, I gave up and directly rejected her proposal.

The woman said again: "Money, I will give you a lot of money!"

I glared at her and said coldly, "Then how much do you think my life is worth? Three thousand? Five thousand? Or eight thousand?"

(End of this chapter)