The last Onmyoji

Chapter 8 Natural Death
Wu Miao who calmed down did not lose her sense of proportion.After pouring a cup of tea for each of us, I looked up and saw Lin Xiaoyao in the corner, watching me secretly.

"Tell me, young man." At this time, the fat policeman looked at Wu Miaoke's back and said to me.

I gave him a cigarette and told him slowly, from my grandpa's first seven days to today's third grandpa's death.

The fat policeman's face, which was a little red after seeing Wu Miaoke, began to turn pale as I slowly told the story.

"Really young man, you have to know that you are talking to the police!" The fat policeman wiped the sweat off his face and said.

"Brother Wang, it's true. I've done it since the beginning." Lin Sanshui said.

"Lin Sanshui, tell me something that I shouldn't say in my capacity, you should find a Taoist priest for this fucking matter, what are you doing with me!" The fat policeman stood up and cursed.

As soon as he finished speaking, the skinny policeman opened the door and came in. The fat policeman hurried up to greet him and said, "Old Song, how are you?"

The skinny policeman looked at me and said, "Did you call the police? This person died a normal death."

"Normal death?" The fat policeman gasped and asked.

"Yes, he didn't have any trauma on his body, nor did he have any signs of fighting. He should have died of organ failure in his old age." The skinny policeman said.

"Okay, Old Lin, let's meet in town another day, let's go first!" The fat policeman dragged the skinny policeman away, almost fleeing.

"Brother Wang, take a look at the cemetery, maybe it's Dao Dou'er?" Lin Sanshui said to the fat policeman.

But the fat policeman simply left without looking back.He didn't even have time to say hello to Wu Miaoke.

"Xiaofan, look at this." Lin Sanshui said to me helplessly.

"Please ask a Taoist priest." I said to Lin Sanshui.

"You, a college student, also believe this?" Lin Sanshui looked at me in disbelief and said.

"I believe it or not is not the most important thing, the important thing is that the folks believe." I frowned and said.

Today, because of the death of the third grandfather, it is impossible to hide the matter of my grandfather's dead body every seven times. If he just put the dead body on my bed, it's okay.

But this time, he actually killed the third grandfather, a respected elder who was respected by the whole village.

The police can say that he died of organ failure, but can the villagers believe it?
Comparing my heart to my heart, even if the third grandfather really happened to die there by chance, would I believe it if it were me?

When Lin Sanshui and I returned to the ancestral hall again, things had proved my guess. After the police left, the villagers were furious, and they all said they wanted to seek justice for the third grandpa.

They are all from the folks in the village, so it won't embarrass our family, but they only have one request, that is, to burn my grandfather's body.

One is to prevent the corpse from being picked up again in the future, and it can be regarded as an explanation for the death of the third grandfather.

Is this asking too much?As far as I'm concerned, it's not too much, even I have this idea myself, grandpa can't go on making such a fuss anymore.

Otherwise, sooner or later, I will go crazy.

But this is not too much, it is impossible for me and my family to accept it.So when my grandma heard that the folks said they were going to burn my grandfather, she immediately went home and ran over with a kitchen knife.

Folks have folk traditions, especially here.

When a person dies, burning and cremating means that the person's soul will be scattered, and he will suffer from the burning fire, and he will never be able to reincarnate.

"Whoever wants to burn my old man, kill me first." The grandma with the kitchen knife said so.

My father thought almost the same as me, but because of this legend, we couldn't tolerate them burning my grandpa's body.

The second uncle didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, but stood behind grandma when the villagers were arguing with grandma. This action made me feel good about him.

Some people are not good at expressing their feelings.

One action expresses all his thoughts.

I'm right behind you, we're family.

Facts will not be the same as in the novel, when encountering such a situation, there will be a tragic conflict. It is all from the villagers, so it will not make it too uncomfortable.

However, understanding is mutual. They can understand our refusal to cremate grandpa, and we also need to understand their worries. If such an old man's corpse is kept in the village, even the timid will not be able to sleep well. .

That's why I told Lin Sanshui just now that I must find a Taoist priest.

Because we have to give the third grandfather an explanation, give an explanation to all the villagers, and an attitude to deal with it.

And this time, it's not just a minor illness or disaster, or something like a ghost on the body and a ghost pressing the bed. At the time, she directly said that the youngest Lin had been on the battlefield before his death and killed too many people, and now countless innocent souls are looking for trouble for him.

It means that this matter is too big and she can't control it.

In fact, I understand that this so-called witch who usually sees minor illnesses and disasters to the villagers can pretend to be a ghost and bluff people, but in reality, she dare not take this job at all.

"You can find someone ten miles away. This person is a Mr. Yin-Yang. When he was in Yin-Yang in his early years, he had friendship with the Yin Division. If you go to him, he will definitely have a solution." Grandma said.

We gave grandma three yuan as happy money. This is hard money and it is a rule. In fact, most of the witches in the countryside are local doctors. In many cases, the medicine she gives you to ward off evil is pills or Chinese herbal medicines that are suitable for the case.The folks in the village only charge a few dollars to make a point, but this grandma's rule is three dollars, she can't give less, and she doesn't want to give more.

"Xiaofan, I know Mr. Yin-Yang who is ten miles away. In this way, I just happened to be going to the town, so I'll invite him over for you. Since it's about your grandfather's funeral, , your family will be covered, okay? If the money is not enough, I can advance your salary for a few more months." He said.

"It's okay, it should be, there should be some money at home, so I won't trouble you." When I heard him say that he was going to the town, I felt very complicated.

Annoyed that he has such a good wife in his family, why go to town?

I am happy again, let's go, I can stay away from Wu Miaoke if I go.

When I got home, my grandma was still crying. Grandpa, I don’t even know how many times I was reburied. The next few times were not as much as when I checked the time when I was buried for the first time. The rules are all hastily buried, and no one can stand such a toss.

After burying grandpa, when we got home, the three of us immediately went to find wood and started to build the old house of the third grandpa.My grandfather can be buried in two days because of the disgraceful death and the hot weather, but the third grandfather absolutely cannot, because his status in our village is not comparable to my grandfather.

He was the patriarch before his death, and he was a man who strictly followed the rules. ——My grandfather was buried in two days, and it was my father who had exhausted his arguments with him before he reluctantly agreed.

Therefore, the third grandfather must follow the old rules here, and stop for three days.

Therefore, the coffin must be made as soon as possible, because it is hot now, and the third grandfather must stay in the coffin after his death. Otherwise, after today, the corpse will be swollen and foamy, and it will be very troublesome to encoffin.

After finishing all this, it was already dark, because the third grandpa had no children under his knees, and this time our family is obliged to take care of his funeral, so we still have to come to my family for the wake.

In the first half of the night, villagers came one after another to offer incense to the third grandfather who was packed in a simple coffin. In the second half of the night, there were fewer and fewer people, and gradually only the three of us were left, burning for the third grandfather over there. fragrant.

Who is the most stressed recently?It's definitely not me, but my father, he is the head of our family, and he has to consider more than me.At this moment, in front of the third grandfather's coffin, he looked very haggard and said to me: "Xiaofan, I am not afraid of anything, but once this happens, who will dare to come to our house when you marry a wife? "

"Dad, don't worry, you can't be a bachelor, you go to rest first. I can have me and my second uncle here." I persuaded him.

"You go to rest, this thing is over, go to class quickly, get the salary from others, and don't delay the doll's homework." He insisted not to go, and then we agreed that he would go to bed first, and I would call him later, and we The three of them took turns to rest, after all, the wake would take three full days.

After my father left, I was extremely bored, and my second uncle was a very boring person. What can I say to him?After being quiet for half an hour, facing the coffin and the burning paper money, the heat made people feel irritable, so I found a topic and asked my second uncle: "Do you think that the death of the third grandpa was caused by grandpa? "

"No." He said without hesitation.

"How do you say that?" I asked him.

"Do you think your grandfather would do such a thing? What's more, the patriarch didn't have any injuries on his body. It was very likely that it was at night, when the cold air entered his body, and he was very old, and he was only a thin line away from death. A breath of cold air just became the opportunity for his death." The second uncle was not very silent this time, but said to me.And what I heard from him seemed quite reasonable.

This time I became interested and asked him: "In this case, second uncle, what do you think about grandpa's matter? Is it true that grandpa killed too many people in the past and was troubled by others, or is it artificial?"

"It can't be artificial." He said, "On the night of every seventh day, I didn't fall asleep at all, but how he got into your bed, I don't know at all, and there is no movement at all. It should be mysterious."

"Then you mean that Grandpa was really troubled by ghosts from the underworld?" I changed his address from you to you, which shows that what he said is quite reasonable, not to mention that his sentence just now Not sleeping, it just shows that he is a person who works silently, and it makes me feel a warm current in my heart.

"Fart, killing too many people and being troubled by ghosts? Then everyone who has been on the battlefield has to be accounted for after death? Not to mention this, I have heard that people who have killed people have evil spirits, even ghosts They are all afraid. There are many executioners in ancient times who used their murder weapons to guard houses." The second uncle said.

I definitely agree with what he said, because when I was in college, there was a buddy in the dormitory who liked to watch Hong Kong and Taiwan horror movies, and the above basically said this.

The second uncle is really witty!

I didn't feel sleepy anymore, and I even stopped burning paper money in my hand, and asked my second uncle, "Then what do you think about things like grandpa?"

(End of this chapter)