When I was a Taoist

Chapter 2 Five Years of Magic Stick

When a funeral is held in the village, eight people should pay attention to carrying the coffin, and the coffin should leave the house from the ground, and no one is allowed to turn back.The person who carries the coffin has to go faster and faster, because the deceased's homeland is hard to leave, and the coffin will get heavier as he goes.

Because it was a happy funeral, there were many people vying to carry the coffin. The coffin carried by eight people changed groups after a while.But here's the thing, because the coffin can't fall halfway, so everyone is carrying the replacement.But when changing people for the third time, the coffin suddenly fell to the ground.

It was extremely unlucky for the coffin to fall to the ground, but the lid that was nailed to the coffin was suddenly blown open.I saw Mr. Gu, who had a peaceful face before, now staring at the sky with angry eyes.

Everyone panicked when they saw this, and the elders took the lead to kneel and kowtow to the coffin, wishing the deceased to rest in peace.The elders of the Gu family came forward and prepared to cover the coffin and continue on the road, but even a dozen people could not lift the thin coffin.

The Gu family had no choice but to ask someone to invite Gao Liang to see what was going on.

After I heard the whole story, I gave Gao Liang a wink, which meant 'It's over, it's the real thing. '

Gao Liang ignored my schadenfreude, and said to Gu Er with an inscrutable expression: "Since Gao is here, he should do his best, so you can rest assured."

The tricycle drove directly into Gouzitun, a small square farmyard.

The Gu family had already prepared food and drinks, and the family stood at the door, waiting respectfully for the high-spirited stick to cheat money.After a feast for the host and guests, the Gu family introduced the situation, which was basically the same as what Gu Er said.

Mr. Gu's coffin is still parked there, and the children and grandchildren take turns to look at it.After two o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Er took the two of us to the place where Mr. Gu's coffin was parked.

From a distance, I saw a simple shelf covering the top of the coffin, and beside it was a person sitting on a tree stump and smoking a pipe.

Gu Er took a few steps and shouted: "Brother, Master Gao is here."

Boss Gu looked up at the two of us, fixed his eyes on Gao Liang who was in the expert mode, and said respectfully, "Master Gao, you are here."

Gao Liang nodded without any pretense, I give full marks to this 13 pack.

Next, Gao Liang circled the coffin like a mill.I entered my role, first handing cigarettes, and then greetings, mainly to learn some gossip and village legends.

Gu Er can't hide his words, when I asked if any strange things happened in the village.He said something with a sad face: "A few years ago, a big event happened in the next village. I heard that many people died at that time, and it was a female ghost who did it."

I lowered my head and pretended to be looking at the ants on the ground, and asked nonchalantly, "How did they all die?"

Gu Er said: "At that time, I took a look and found that they were all strangled to death. The female ghost was from their village. Hearing that the village chief gave out usurious loans, she was chased by debt collectors, so she hanged herself. The matter was settled by the master, or more people would die."

I raised my head in amazement, and looked at Gao Liang who was still circling not far away, and my heart was agitated.

Gao Liang had enough wandering around, he rested his forehead and meditated, I knew it was a dizziness and a headache.I asked loudly: "Master, can you see any clues?"

Gao Liang gave me a serious look, and then said to me: "We can't draw a conclusion on the current situation. You can only find out after opening the coffin lid. This matter is quite strange. Fortunately, I came early."

When the Gu family brothers heard that the coffin was going to be opened, they all showed panic, and asked Gao Liang cautiously, "Master Gao, do you think it is possible to keep the coffin open?"

Gao Liang frowned slightly, and said: "I also know that opening the coffin will disturb the dead, but if you want to solve the problem, you must ask me to figure out what's going on." After finishing speaking, he winked at me.

I didn't want to show my emotions, so I quickly lowered my head and found out about the guy who set up the altar.While referring to the direction, place a simple altar, joss sticks and paper money.

When everything was ready, Gao Liang picked up a yellow talisman with a mahogany sword glued on the top, and muttered something in a low voice while dancing.After the yellow talisman was lit on the candle, Gao Liang shouted: "Open. ’ Then he picked up three incense sticks and lit them, bowed to the coffin, and then said to everyone: “Today is Mr. Gu, who is mighty and mighty, and he will see the sun again. Anyone aged between seventeen and thirty-eight, who belongs to the chicken, dog, and dragon, turns around and avoids.”

The Gu family brothers looked at each other and turned around.In fact, I belong to the dragon, but I never turn around, and Gao Liang never cares about it.But this time, Gao Liang glared at me, motioning for me to turn around too.

Behind me, I heard Gao Liang struggling to open the lid of the coffin, followed by the sound of gasping for air, and the smell of burnt paper.I know, he is acting for the brothers of the Gu family.

Ten minutes later, the coffin was re-covered, and Gao Liang told the three of us to turn around.His head was covered in sweat, his lips turned white, and he said to the brothers of the Gu family: "I have already communicated with the ghost of Mr. Gu. There is a mouse hole under the place where the coffin stands. The cave of the Immortal Jiaye. You passed the funeral on the roof of someone’s house, angered the Immortal family, and the Immortal family punished them with small punishments. At ten o’clock tomorrow morning, pay homage to the Queen Hui Family, and the coffin can be raised and buried.”

I said my lines with a blank face: "Master, you look pale and sweat profusely, are you tired?" Because I know that the sweat on the head is sprayed by him, and the color of the lips is the foundation. .

Gao Liang was not satisfied with my performance, so he gave me a hard look, and then said weakly: "It takes three years of hard work for the teacher to communicate with the ghosts. As long as the dead can be buried in peace, this loss for the teacher is not worth it. what."

After the Gu family brothers listened, they were even more grateful to Gao Liang.Gu Er ran back to the village, drove three wheels, and took Gao Liang and me back to Gu's house.

Gao Liang and the Gu family explained the things and details of the half-day worship, and specifically asked no one to guard the coffin tonight, so they went back to their room to rest.

I know that Gao Liang will definitely play tricks at night.How can I not get my shoes wet when I often walk by the river.Gao Liang said that when he was my age, he also encountered a real incident and almost lost his life.Later, I begged an eminent monk for some clean water offered in front of the Buddha.It is said that this thing has the effect of suppressing evil spirits and reassuring the soul.Later, when encountering real incidents, he would drink a few drops, but he was basically fooled by him.

Tonight, this 'Master Gao' will definitely go for some clean water.I have never seen him order clean water, so I want to go with him, but Gao Liang may be in a bad mood today, and said to me with an angry face: "You boy, you can't eat enough, you can't do anything , You said your performance today, killing you will not be superfluous. What are you going to do! Honestly go to sleep, if anyone asks, just say that I went to face the moon to practice."

Looking at this old gangster like this, it doesn't look like he is an expert in catching ghosts. If the female ghost that Gu Er said is really my mother, it will definitely not be caught by Gao Liang.But if Gao Liang keeps lying to me, what if he has real skills.Then he is the one who helped the village chief and the others arrest my mother.

But why did he adopt me?

The more I thought about it, the more confused I became, so I decided to follow him to see if the magic stick I had followed for five years was really capable.

(End of this chapter)