Paper Maker

Chapter 3

Of course, many paper-making shops nowadays do not understand these rules.Paper figurines can draw eyes. After all, people nowadays know that there are not many rules. They just use paper-making as a tool to make money and support their families. The things they tie are sold to strangers for worship.But the real expert paper maker is different. The things they make are very famous. The paper bridge can lead the soul to pass the pass, avoid the ghosts and arrest the soul, and the paper horse, boys and girls can lead the way in the underworld, and prevent the ghosts from invading.In short, a paper maker with real skills is by no means just making some paper stuff!
In the three or four years after my grandfather passed away, I began to study the "Yin-Yang Secret Technique" left by my grandfather. Relying on the paper-making technique and the Yin-Yang technique learned from my grandfather's book, I made paper bridges for ghosts and attracted people. Souls and crossing ghosts also break yin and yang for living beings, exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases, and accumulate yin virtues.And because of this, I have also accumulated a lot of experience, and as I have seen more, my ability and reputation have gradually grown.

On this day, I was sitting in the store as usual, busy with a paper figure that was about to be completed.At this time, a man ran in in a hurry, out of breath, dragged me out of the store, because I was so panting, I was so anxious that I couldn't speak clearly.

I know this person, Wang Mazi from the village.Seeing his anxious look, I knew something must have happened.So I told him to take it easy and talk slowly about what happened.

Wang Mazi took a few breaths, and now he spoke, but his voice was so anxious that it was crying. He told me that his father was dying, so he wanted me to go to his house to save his father.

As soon as I heard that Wang Mazi's father was dying, I also knew that time was running out, so I didn't dare to delay, picked up a paper man and paper bridge from the shop, and followed Wang Mazi to his house.

Of course, if you think that I took the paper figurine and paper bridge to Wang Mazi's house to burn them for Wang Mazi's father after his death, then you are very wrong.Because they are what I use to save people...

Wang Mazi's house was not too far from my shop, so I came to his house while running and panting, and before I entered the door, Aunt Wang was standing at the door and bursting into tears.As soon as he saw me coming, he rushed to meet me, and immediately knelt down and begged me for help.

These are all villagers who watched me grow up, how can I ask them to kneel, I hurriedly supported her, told her not to do this, and quickly took me into the house to see Uncle Wang.

Entering the room, I saw that Uncle Wang was lying on an old embroidered bed with his eyes closed and his face pale.

Aunt Wang on the side said with a crying voice, your Uncle Wang was fine this morning, but just after lunch, he suddenly fell to the ground, and when we helped him up, he couldn't even walk gone.I asked Dr. Li to come and see him, and he also took medicine and injections, but the situation is getting worse and worse. What should I do?Little Panzi, you can save your Uncle Wang!

It is said that at that time, there were only doctors in small pharmacies in the countryside. Although they also knew some western medicine, their medical conditions were extremely limited.Moreover, the mountains are separated by layers of mountains, and when going to the county hospital, patients have to be transported to the town before traffic can be opened there.So in such an emergency situation, most people will be anxious and confused.

I hurriedly asked Aunt Wang not to say anything, and quickly counted Uncle Wang's birthday for me.According to the divination method in the book "Secrets of Yin and Yang" left by my grandfather, I calculated my birth date, but the result of the calculation was not illness, because hitting the disease palace did not show anything.Therefore, it is fate that there will be such a catastrophe today, if it passes, it will pass, and if it does not pass, it will die.

After understanding this, I told Aunt Wang, don't worry, as long as Uncle Wang is good, it is still possible to escape this catastrophe today.

Then, I asked Aunt Wang to find some flour and sprinkle the flour at the gate.After listening to my instructions, Aunt Wang immediately went to do so, and I picked up the paper figurine I brought just now, and told Wang Mazi to find the pens and inks at home. Before arresting the soul, he rescued Uncle Wang.

In other words, there is also a reason why Aunt Wang sprinkled flour in front of the door.That is, after the flour is sprinkled, if black and white impermanence comes, you can see that there will be footprints on the flour.

Soon, Wang Mazi found the pen and ink.So I pricked Uncle Wang's finger with a needle, pointed out a few drops of blood dripped into the black ink, and then dipped the brush with the black ink dripping with Uncle Wang's blood, and painted the eyes of the paper figurine just now.As I said before, when the paper figurines in my shop are not in use, they will not open their eyes, because they are dead objects, and if they are painted with pen and ink, they will have aura, which is the finishing touch of the folk saying.

After drawing the eyes of the paper man, he instructed Wang Mazi to take off his father's clothes and shoes and put them on the paper man, while I put the paper bridge inside the threshold of his house, and then stood the paper man on the dying In front of the person's bed, and then waited for the mantra to make the paper doll cross the bridge.

There is a saying in this industry that the paper bridge made by the paper maker is the Naihe Bridge on the Yinsi Road, and the paper man is a substitute for a person, or a substitute for the dead ghost. As long as the paper man can pass the bridge and leave the threshold of the house, This dying person can come back to life and escape the arrest of ghosts such as black and white impermanence or bull-headed horse-faced.

Just when everything was ready, Aunt Wang in the living room suddenly screamed in fright, as if something terrible had happened.Hearing her cry, Wang Mazi and I were startled and ran out hastily.Seeing that Aunt Wang was terrified, she pointed to the door and said, "Look, why are there so many footprints on the flour?"

We took a look, and as expected, we saw big footprints on the flour ground that Aunt Wang had just sprinkled at the door.

Wang Mazi hurriedly asked his mother, did someone come just now?

Aunt Wang shook her head vigorously and said, no one is coming, I have been in the living room all this time, and I only turned around, and there are so many footprints, could it be that someone is really going to arrest his father?
I don't know whether it was frightened or sad, but at the end Aunt Wang burst into tears.

I also knew that something was wrong, and knew that something must have come to the door, so I hurriedly chanted a mantra, opened my eyes, and looked at the door.Then, I took a deep breath, and saw three or four people coming at the door, wearing long black robes, I know this kind of clothes, isn't this the shroud that people put on after death?
I've seen a lot of ghosts in the past few years, so I'm not too scared to be afraid, but what makes me anxious is that all these ghosts have come to invite companions, and Uncle Wang is really in trouble this time.But this hasn't reached the point of despair, after all, the bull's head and horse face haven't come yet.

It is said that when a person is about to die, there will be ghosts coming to invite companions.Or the deceased relatives of the dying person, come to pick them up; or some ghosts who have just died around, come to find him as a companion; Find someone to keep company.In short, whether they are relatives, friends, or lonely ghosts, they are all extremely lonely. When people are about to die, they will be the first to come to the door.

I saw all the people who came here. I knew them all. I met them when I was young. Aren’t they just Wang Mazi’s grandparents and other relatives who have passed away many years ago?
Although these people have passed away for many years, their appearance has not changed much from before they were alive. It is still similar to the impression I had when I was young.The only difference is that they are wearing shrouds now, and they all look very attractive.

I know they knew that Uncle Wang was going to die, so they came up to pick him up.Seeing that they wanted to enter the house, I yelled at them, why are you running back, leave quickly, or don't blame me for being rude!

How could I let them into the house? Although these people are close relatives of Uncle Wang, they are here to pick them up.As long as they entered the house, even if Uncle Wang was fine, they would take Uncle Wang away.

This is why there are often people who are about to die, and when they are dying, they will say that a deceased relative has come to call him, or tell him to go.In short, believe it or not, yin and yang are separated, people and ghosts travel different ways, and it is unlucky for strangers to see ghosts, especially for deceased relatives.

The relatives of Uncle Wang outside the door stopped when they heard what I said. Although they all stopped moving after I yelled at me, they still refused to stand outside the door. leave.

(End of this chapter)