A few days ago, an old man in our village surnamed Shen passed away. According to our custom, people cannot be buried directly after death. They must first be parked in the mourning hall, called Lingling, and sent to the mountain the next day. Can be buried in three days.
Sending a mountain to us is also called Guishan. According to folklore, after a person's death, the puppet will go to the Yincao Difu to report. Where is the Yincao Difu? In ancient times, people believed that the underworld was not underground, nor in the capital, but in Mount Tai. To be precise, it was Haoli Mountain near Mount Tai. Therefore, there is a saying that the dead souls of the world return to Haoli. The mountain here means sending the dead souls to Haoli. The underworld of Haoli Mountain.
The time to send the mountain to the mountain is usually the next evening. The principal is holding a portrait of the deceased, and someone is playing mourning music next to him. The filial sons and grandchildren behind are wearing filial attire, holding willow sticks, crying under the leadership of the principal. While sending off the dead, they walked forward and knelt down from time to time to kowtow to the portrait. Someone behind them was holding a ignited incense and sprinkling it on the road. This incense was to attract the soul, so that the dead would not get lost. There were also people in the
team with paper sedan chair and four sedan chairmen. When the team went outside the village, the sedan chair and the boys were burned, meaning that the dead souls would take the sedan chair to the prefecture and the mountain sending was over. When
sent the mountain to Old Man Shen, the team happened to pass by my house, blowing and beating all the way, attracting a lot of people to follow and watch. I went out to watch when I was idle at home. I squeezed into the crowd and saw that there were no people in the team. many. Old man Shen only has one son, who is already 40 or 50 years old. Because of his poor family, he has not yet married a wife, so he naturally has no heirs. In addition, he has no relatives, so naturally no one will come to wear filial piety after death.
Old man Shen actually had a younger brother in the past, but this younger brother died very early. According to some old people in the village, his younger brother was only in his twenties when he died, and he died very strangely. How strange? Others were afraid of death, afraid to go to the Yin Cao Netherworld, while his younger brother took the initiative to go down to the Yin Cao Netherworld, and he never came up again.
His younger brother is Shen Shuhong, and you can tell from his name. His family used to be a scholarly family, and in the village he was considered a big family. His family is well-off. In addition, Shen Shuhong is a talented person, so naturally he is not worried about marriage. He said that his relatives were in an endless stream, but he didn't like any of them. Instead, he liked a man who walked the streets and sang operas in the neighboring village. The man named
was called Ayu, and he looked like a jade flower and was graceful and graceful, but people were still very feudal at the time, and his parents naturally couldn't accept it. According to the saying at the time, this was an actor! He showed up all day and was a low-ranking person. Although the Shen family was not a well-known family, it was also a big family. He was quite prestigious in the village. Naturally, he didn't want him to marry an actor.
However, Shen Shuhong had a sincere love for Ayu, not because she did not marry, or even came in to marry her to force her to death. His parents have been fond of this little son since childhood, and they have high hopes for him when they grow up. The way, I can't really let this beloved son die, so he agreed in desperation.
never thought that Ayu's fate was bad. Not long after he got married, he went to the river to wash his clothes and fell into the river and drowned. This made Shen Shuhong sad and bad. Since then, he has no thoughts about tea and food, and thinks about Ayu. Night thought, the whole person became stunned.
His parents thought that after a while, he would get better when his son had forgotten Ayu. However, half a year later, his son still missed Ayu and missed each other hard, and he was much haggard.
Seeing that his son is getting more and more decadent, Shen Shuhong’s parents are very anxious, but they don’t know how to persuade their son. When they are worried every day, a wandering Taoist who walks through the streets comes to the village. This Taoist has some skills. Not only can he tell fortune-telling, but he also knows some side tricks, which can make people obsessed with death.
The so-called watching death, also called watching the fall, is a spell that allows living people to enter the underworld and meet their deceased relatives.
Shen Shuhong's parents learned that this Taoist would observe death, and they had some thoughts in their hearts. They wanted to let their son go down and meet Ayu again, but the son thought of it.
told Shen Shuhong about the incident, he couldn't help but he couldn't help it, his whole person suddenly became more energetic, and he hurriedly went out with his father to invite the man.
found the Taoist and told him in the future. The Taoist heard him say that he wanted to observe death, but he was slightly startled, with a surprised look on his face. After thinking about it for a long time, he told Shen Shuhong that he was indeed able to observe death. Watching death is going to go down to the underworld, it is extremely dangerous, slightlyHe will lose his life if he is not careful, so he has to think clearly.
Shen Shuhong's father hesitated when he heard this. After all, he didn't want his son to take risks, but Shen Shuhong nodded hurriedly, saying that he would go to see Ayu even if he died. Taoist
saw that he was so determined, so he didn't say anything, and followed him to the house. On the way, I told him some taboos about observing death, let him remember not to talk to people casually, and not to eat the following things.
Shen Shuhong only cared about happiness in his heart, and didn't care much about what the Taoist said. He just responded full of words. When he came to his home, the Taoist asked him to prepare incense. Shen Shuhong went outside to buy incense. On the way back, he met a few villagers. However, Nian's holding incense felt very strange. When asked, Shen Shuhong told them about the death. Those villagers were also good people, so they followed to watch the fun.
Taoists didn’t care, just told them not to make noise in the room and light the incense. The room was suddenly filled with blue smoke and the smoke filled the room. The Taoist covered Shen Shuhong’s eyes with a red cloth, and then asked him to take off his shoes and close it. Sitting cross-legged. The Taoist people were muttering words, and they kept turning around Shen Shuhong. Everyone didn't know what he was talking about. The faster he read, the faster he walked, and he walked around Shen Shuhong more than ten times before stopping. Panting, but Shen Shuhong was not the slightest strange, his face was as calm as before. The Taoist
looked suspicious and asked Shen Shuhong what he was carrying. After thinking for a moment, Shen Shuhong took out a jade pendant from his waist, saying that it was uploaded by the ancestor and had been wearing it since childhood. The Taoist said that that was it. This jade is a yang essence, which can restrain the puppet from the yin. With the jade pendant, he can't go to the underworld and can't go to the underworld. He asked Shen Shuhong to remove the jade pendant and recite the curse again.
After a while, he saw that Shen Shuhong's expression was a little bit wrong, he seemed to be out of breath, and his face turned purple. Shen Shuhong's father was a little worried, and yelled softly, but the Taoist waved his hand to indicate that it was OK. After about a quarter of an hour, Shen Shuhong's complexion gradually returned to normal. The Taoist tentatively asked, "Where are you now?"
Shen Shuhong shook his head and said that he didn't know where he was, only that he was closed just now. My eyes were a little groggy, and I suddenly felt a crack in the ground. I plunged into the crack in the ground and kept falling down. During this time, I couldn't breathe or open my eyes. After a while, I felt that a crack appeared in front of me. Bai Guang, when he opened his eyes, he found that he was on a street. The street was crowded with people and bustling, and it seemed very prosperous. There were vendors on both sides of the street selling a dazzling array of things, everything, just common things. , There is nothing surprising. The people watching the excitement in the
room were surprised when they heard what Shen Shuhong said. The Taoist nodded and said that you have reached the Pu Cao Street in the underworld, and then asked him to cross this street and walk straight forward until he reached a street. Turn left at the fork in the road, and told him to remember, saying that once he took the wrong path, he would never come back.
Shen Shuhong nodded and stopped speaking. After a while, his mouth suddenly moved, as if he was talking to someone, but he didn't make a sound. When the Taoist saw him like this, he hurriedly asked him what was wrong. Shen Shuhong said that someone had stopped him on the street just now and asked him if he was coming from above. He nodded, and then the man asked him what he was doing. Speaking truthfully, the man smiled and left.
Taoist couldn’t help frowning, making him remember not to talk to others again, Shen Shuhong nodded, and after a while, Shen Shuhong suddenly looked stunned, as if he had encountered something unbelievable, and then he was delighted. With a crazy look, he kept muttering. Taoist
couldn't help showing a dull look on his face, asking him why he was talking to the "person" below, but Shen Shuhong's words surprised everyone in the room. He said he had seen Ayu. The Taoist
was startled, showing a look of doubt, and muttered to himself: "I saw Ayu? Why is she here! How can it be such a coincidence!"
thought for a moment, the Taoist's face gradually became serious, just thinking I wanted to say something to Shen Shuhong, but saw Shen Shuhong's mouth squirming, as if he was eating.
"What are you doing?" The Taoist suddenly turned pale in shock and asked sharply.
Shen Shuhong smiled, "Ayu bought me sweet-scented osmanthus cake to eat." Taoist
looked a little ugly, with cold sweat on his forehead, Shen Shuhong's father saw the Taoist look abnormal and hurriedly asked what was wrong. Is the Taoist face cloudy?He squeezed out a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Yan Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand.
Shen Shuhong's father saw the Taoist say so, so he couldn't ask further questions, but he was a little suspicious, worried about his son's safety.
About half an hour later, Shen Shuhong suddenly stunned, and finally woke up. He tore off the blindfolded red cloth and looked at the people in the room with a strange look in his eyes.
Shen Shuhong's father found his son OK, so he was relieved. He wanted to keep the Taoist for dinner at home, but the Taoist was restless, and soon left without asking for any reward.
Shen Shuhong’s father thought that his son would meet after seeing Ayu, but he missed it. From then on, he lived well, but he didn’t realize that his temperament changed drastically since he came up from the bottom. , His personality is even more violent and perverse. When his parents control him a little, he fists together, and even his elder brother can't control him.
In half a year, he lost all his family business. His parents were so angry all day long that he died in succession, and he died one night after another.
Later, an old fortune-telling man in a neighboring village heard about this incident. He told people that after Shen Shuhong went down to the underworld, he never came up again. He ate something from the underworld, so he couldn’t come back. The Ayu I saw was also a fake. Ayu was drowned accidentally. It was a waste of life. He should stay in the city of waste. How could he be in Pu Cao Street? There are a lot of evil puppets in the underworld. When they discover that there is a living soul from above, they will make it bad and become the person that the living soul thinks to confuse people and destroy people.
Therefore, when observing death, you can't talk to people casually, reveal your identity, and you can't eat anything from the underworld. It's a pity that Shen Shuhong didn't listen to the Taoist priest. And that Taoist priest was not a good thing. He knew that it was not Shen Shuhong who came up, but because he was afraid of taking responsibility, he did not tell the truth to the Shen family, which led to the death of the Shen family.
Thinking of what happened in the Shen family back then, I can’t help but sigh. The Shen family had a big business back then and a solid family background. If it weren’t for that kind of thing, it wouldn’t be the way it is now. The poor children and grandchildren in the family can’t even ask for a wife. People withered.
The team that sent the mountain slowly passed by, and the old man's son was crying. The Shen family is now the only one left in the Shen family. Perhaps, the Shen family will end up after him!
