ghost craftsman

Chapter 48
Then Wang Runxue asked me, what is this for? I didn't say anything, but handed him the Luban ruler, which meant to let him measure it by himself.

He came over knowingly, took the Luban ruler to measure it, and his face was happy, "That's right, every red string falls on the Luban ruler's auspicious character."

As he said that, he gave me another weird look, and continued: "Looking at your age, you should have just joined the industry not long ago!"

I hummed and continued, and was about to get busy again, when I heard him say, "When I was learning art, I heard from the master that the Luban ruler has strict requirements on the size of the characters. I didn't expect you to make it with a wave of your hand."

When he said this, I could clearly feel the envy in his tone.

I didn't take it too seriously, after all, my brother once praised me as a ghost craftsman, I am quite talented, and my grasp of the size is more accurate than some master carpenters.

At that moment, I was stunned, and walked to the edge of the courtyard, and took the red rope that tied the copper coins earlier, held it in my hand, grabbed one end of the red string, and threw the end of the copper coin into the courtyard, Wang Runxue frowned and asked me, "What's the matter again?"

I pointed to the patio, then pointed to the roof, and said, "Look for the intersection of the patio and the roof."

His complexion changed, and he exclaimed, "Can you find it just by looking?"

I hmmed and didn't speak. He looked at me with the eyes of a monster, and said in a trembling voice: "The difficulty of carpentry lies in the look. Generally, carpenters must pass strict measurements to calculate the intersection of two objects." You can see it just by looking at it?"

As he said that, his complexion sank, "Don't lie to me."

I smiled, "Your house is a three-story structure, and the height of each floor is [-] meters. The total of the three floors is [-] meters. The meaning of ninety-nine is three, and the meaning of normal houses is ninety-nine. , has the meaning of eternal peace. Therefore, I conclude that you should leave [-] centimeters for your position on the roof. According to "Luban Book", it is three nines minus two and one, so your house is still not out of the normal The height of the house, look at your whole house, surrounded by four sides called the main four gates, in the middle of the four main gates, which is the location of the patio, but you have left a patio alone, the distance from the four gates to the patio should be [-] meters , to save money."

Speaking of this, I paused, looked at him, and continued: "You are a carpenter, so you will never mess with this size. If you guessed correctly, the point where the patio and the roof meet should be in the courtyard. On the second red rope."

After finishing speaking, I glanced at the second red rope on the patio. In the eyes of our ghost craftsmen, this point is called the auxiliary point. Generally, we have to observe whether the soil at the auxiliary point is normal before we can go up the beam.

But Wang Runxue dug this auxiliary point into a courtyard, and the mud quality could not be checked, so he had to use copper coins to replace it temporarily.

After listening to my words, Wang Runxue clapped his hands subconsciously, "No wonder Master Liu accepted you as an apprentice."

I didn't speak anymore, but tied the red rope in my hand to the second red rope on the patio, and asked Wang Runxue to lift a rooster, and put a little chicken blood on that spot.

After finishing all this, I asked Wang Runxue what time it was, and he said, it was almost nine o'clock, and I didn't hesitate, I held the Luban ruler in one hand, closed my hands slightly, and began to speak in my mouth.

To be honest, everything I did before was done in the correct way, but I didn’t dare to read the real Gongshili dialect. After all, once I read the real Gongshili dialect, it would be helping the evildoers. But I dare not read it too falsely, mainly because Wang Runxue should know something.

In desperation, I had no choice but to recite the most basic twelve-character mantra in Gongshili language.

This twelve-character incantation can only suppress the evil spirit of wooden things, but it does not affect the upper beam.

At that moment, I was stunned, and slowly spit out twelve words from my mouth, hum, hiccup, nea, om, heh, ho, 嚰, moo, 呌, 咟, 叶, 嗈.

Just after I uttered twelve words, I didn't know what was going on. I vaguely felt a little uncomfortable behind my back. I reached out and touched it. It was sticky, but I didn't pay much attention to it. When I turned my head, I saw Wang Runxue. He walked over with a smile on his face, and took out another red envelope for me, saying that this is the rule.

I didn't answer it, mainly because I thought his money was dirty. Wang Runxue's face darkened, and he said sharply, "Are you trying to ruin my fortune?"

Hearing what he said, I didn't say anything more. I took the red envelope, put it in the pocket behind my buttocks, and said, "It's almost finished, and it can be put on the beam."

He smiled, and actually started to respect me, saying, "Please, little master."

His sudden change made me unable to get used to it, and I couldn't understand what he was planning, so I had no choice but to respond to all changes with the same, and said submissively: "You're welcome."

It wasn't until later that I realized that the reason why he became polite to me was because the boss couldn't have quarrels with others before the meeting.

Soon, Wang Runxue led me out of the room, and ordered the butcher before to kill the pig, saying that when the beam was erected, the pig's head would be hung on the beam.

The hexagram pig head is extremely unlucky in Shangliang, but in ancient times, hanging pig head was a common thing. If you want to talk about its origin, you can't finish it for three days and three nights. However, in the end, in ancient times Hanging the pig's head means hanging the number one scholar.

It is reckoned that Wang Runxue wanted to mount the beam in the way of ancient times.

Seeing this, I didn't say much, so I found a clean place, stood beside it and smoked incense, while the butcher started to kill pigs, and many villagers came to watch the excitement, What I didn't expect was that those villagers didn't know what was going on, they just stood three meters away from the new house, or a little closer, and no one came over.

I wanted to go over and ask why, but Wang Runxue kept staring at me.

In desperation, I had no choice but to give up.

It took about five or six minutes for the butcher to light a firecracker, which was considered a prize for killing the pig.However, what I didn't expect was that the way he kills pigs is extremely cruel, just pick up the butcher's knife and hit the pig's head with a knife.

In an instant, the pig's head was separated from the pig's body, and the pig's blood was sprayed almost one meter high, while the butcher completely turned into a blood man.

Seeing this, I frowned and didn't speak.

During the waiting period, Wang Runxue left for a while, saying that he was looking for help. I understand what he meant. The beam weighed dozens of kilograms, and the beam was more than ten meters long, so one person would definitely not be able to get it up. , I have to find someone to help me.

After a while, Wang Runxue led three middle-aged men over. I glanced at them. I had seen these three people before. They were all relatives of Wang Runxue, and one of them was Wang Runxue's second brother.

While waiting, I finally made it to 09:30. To be honest, I wish I could finish the beam immediately, get the solution to save my second uncle, and then leave the village. It’s very simple to ask the reason. Seeing this Wang Runxue, I feel sick Panic.

According to the rules of our ghost craftsmen, before the house is put on the beam, you have to worship the sky, the ground, and the ancestor master, but according to Wang Run's theory, it is a new society now, so there is no need to pay attention to this. I picked up some yellow paper, and urged me to climb to the roof, saying yes, the upper beam is important.

Speaking of some things, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or fate. As soon as I got to the roof, I found a figure walking over slowly.

(End of this chapter)