Human life is a process from birth to death, and it only takes one breath to see it through. However, there are always people in this world who are unwilling to die, corpses who are unwilling to enter the coffin, and ghosts who are unwilling to go to the underworld. In our line of work, to put it bluntly, we are trying to cut off the breath that the dead have left unswallowed. However, who pinches whom's neck depends on whether you have the ability.
Chapter 1 Water Corpse
My name is Ding Fan. I am twenty years old and I live with my master.
When the master was young, he worked as a head-shaving monk in a temple and as a craftsman in a funeral parlor.
Now I rent a shop in the town and sell some incense candles, burning paper, and shrouds to make ends meet.
In his free time on weekdays, the master would also go out to help people check their feng shui, do some rituals, and save the souls of the dead...
That day, the master went out to help people do some rituals and stayed behind. I'm at home alone looking after the store.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, Li Laosan from the funeral home hurried in to buy something.
Having followed the master since childhood, I naturally learned a lot of real skills.
I saw that Li Laosan's face was darkened and his face was very poor. I felt something was wrong, so I asked Li Laosan what was wrong?
Li Laosan did not hide it, saying that someone drowned in the town and he was going to collect the body.
I thought that I had learned a lot of real skills from my master since I was a child.
But the master rarely takes me with him, and he doesn’t let me touch the corpse.
I see that Li Laosan looks very bad. Now he has to collect the body alone again, for fear of getting into trouble with some unclean things.
The master was away, so he happened to go to see something secretly, and Li Laosan also happened to be short of help, so he went with Li Laosan.
Although he is no better than a master, if he encounters something unclean, he can rely on what he has learned to avoid it.
After a while, we came to the reservoir where the accident occurred.
I thought it was an ordinary drowning incident, but when I got there, I realized that it was not as simple as I thought.
The deceased were a couple who made a living by fishing. When they went fishing in the morning, they caught a big eel.
I heard people say that the eel is as thick as a wrist, has a black back and a yellow body, and is more than one meter long.
At that time, some people said that they had caught the earth dragon and asked the fishermen to release it. This thing cannot be killed, let alone eaten.
The fisherman didn’t listen at all, saying that this kind of delicacy was rare, so he cooked the eels at noon.
But what they never expected was that when they came to the reservoir to collect the net in the afternoon, they both drowned in the water.
Now people nearby are excited, saying that the fishing couple ate earth dragons and ruined the feng shui.
This made the Water Dragon King angry, and now he has been taken away. He deserves what he deserves.
Li Laosan was a little scared when he heard that it was so evil. He said that the matter was very mysterious, so he should accept it and go back early.
I nodded and said "Yeah", and then followed Li Laosan towards the body.
The bodies of the fishing couple have been dragged ashore and are now covered with a piece of white cloth. A cordon has been set up around them, and several police officers are still taking statements.
Li Laosan was the body collector of the funeral parlor. After showing his ID, he walked in directly.
When I came to the corpse, I felt the surroundings were chilly and the smell was overwhelming.
It stands to reason that this guy was drowned when he closed the net in the afternoon, which was only half a day.
The weather is not too hot now, so why did it become so smelly in half a day?
But he didn’t think much about it and approached with his nose covered.
But as soon as the white cloth was uncovered, a fishy smell hit his face. The smell was so strong that he almost made him vomit.
Suppressing nausea, I glanced at the body and found that the body was swollen and rotten in many places. It felt like it had been dead for four or five days.
Both of us couldn't stand the smell, so we quickly put on gloves.
Prepare to put it on the hearse and transport it back to the funeral home.
But as soon as our hands touched the two corpses, their eyes that were originally closed suddenly opened their eyes without any warning, and the white holes were His eyes looked extremely penetrating.
Seeing such a scene, I thought something was wrong in my heart.
The master often said: When you live, you take one breath, and when you die, you die.
When collecting corpses, the most taboo thing is to encounter such a dead person who has no eyes open and opens his eyes when touching the corpse. Among them, there is a taboo for those who died violently. The so-called corpse stares, which is fatal.
This is not only unlucky, but also very unlucky and taboo.
This shows that the deceased is unwilling to swallow that breath, is restless, and is unwilling to go down.
Fortunately for me, I learned some skills from my master, so I naturally know how to deal with such violent corpses and avoid these evil spirits.
But Li Laosan beside him, who had only been working as a corpse collector for less than half a year, was so frightened when he saw the corpse open his eyes that he screamed "Ah" and sat down on the ground.
Still trembling in his mouth, he said: "Bloody, fake corpse!"
Seeing Li Laosan like this, I hurriedly signaled Li Laosan to be quiet.
Fortunately, there were not many people around. If others had heard it, it might have spread even more sinisterly.
"Uncle San, don't get excited. This couple is in trouble, so I'll just give them a gift!"
Li Laosan was so frightened that his body was shaking. Now Hearing what I said, he kept nodding his head.
And I quickly took out a Bagua mirror commonly used by the master from my pocket.
Without any explanation, he aimed at the foreheads of the two corpses and slapped them on them.
At the same time, he imitated his master's mistake in sending the spirit, and muttered in a low voice: ashes return to ashes, soil return to dust. Life will eventually die, and the spirit will eventually perish! Go back to where you came from!
He said it twice in a low voice.
But don’t tell me, the master’s method really works.
After finishing, he gently pulled the eyes of the two corpses closed.
Seeing the two corpses with their eyes closed, Li Laosan said to me with some confusion: "Xiaofan, are they, are they alive now?"
I accept He picked up the Bagua mirror and nodded slightly: "Uncle San should be fine, but this couple died strangely, and this place is very dark, so we'd better leave as soon as possible!"
Li Laosan had not thought about it for a long time. Wait, now listen to what I say and nod your head again and again.
The two of us didn’t hesitate and quickly carried the two bodies into the car.
After asking the family members to sign, the police said hello and drove away quickly.
Li Laosan had just entered the industry. His face was very ugly and his body was still trembling. It seemed that he was very frightened.
While helping him drive, I comforted him that we didn’t offend anyone, so he could relax.
Li Laosan smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Because these two bodies were already smelly and rotten, the family members also signed their names, and they were very evil.
So I suggested that Li Laosan burn the body overnight to avoid anything happening during the long nights and long dreams.
The same goes for family members coming to claim the urn directly.
By the time the two bodies were burned, it was already past two o'clock in the morning. Li Laosan also breathed a sigh of relief and thanked me very much for my help today.
I realized it was too late, so I went back to the shop along the road.
I thought it would be over after burning these two corpses, but I knew something happened the next day.
At around eight or nine in the morning, Lao Qin from the funeral home came knocking on the door and asked my master to go to the funeral home, and he looked very anxious.
I asked subconsciously, and as a result, I found out that Li Laosan at the funeral home seemed to be possessed by evil spirits and asked my master to go over and take a look.
When I heard this, I was stunned on the spot.
You went to collect corpses with me last night. Why did you become possessed this morning?
Because the master hadn’t come back yet, I followed Lao Qin to the funeral parlor.
When I arrived at the charnel house of the funeral home, I was completely shocked.
I saw Li Laosan naked from the waist up, with some eel-like yellow spots on his body, which were still wet.
Moreover, he was holding a bucket of water and kept pouring water into his mouth. His belly was as big as a rubber ball.
Several people nearby wanted to get close to Li Laosan and stop him from continuing to drink water, but they all failed.
As long as he is close to Li Laosan, Li Laosan will pick up the shovel used to burn corpses and hit people like a madman.
I looked horrified and my eyes widened.
Obviously, Li Laosan was possessed by an evil spirit, and it was probably related to the collection of corpses last night.
Now there is no time to think too much, so I can only stop Li Laosan from talking.
Then he and the people around him continued to attack. When Li Laosan saw us rushing toward him, he opened his eyes and roared like a beast. He picked up the shovel and hit us.
In the end, I hugged Li Laosan from behind, and several people worked together to pin him to the ground.
Li Laosan didn't know why, but his strength was very strong at this time, and his body became very slippery.
He kept shouting: "I, I'm thirsty, I want to drink water, I want to drink water!"
We had no choice but to kill Li Laosan Tie him up to prevent him from drinking too much water and suffocating him to death.
Strangely enough, soon after stopping Li Laosan, Li Laosan's skin and lips became very dry, a bit like dehydration.
The whole person was discouraged, his speech became weak, and he kept shouting that he was thirsty.
Just when we seemed at a loss and didn’t know how to save Li Laosan, the master suddenly appeared at the door with a serious look on his face: "Huh! You are a dead loach, you can’t drink water. I have a handful of salt." ! ”
Chapter 2 Substitution
When I saw the master coming back, I was pleasantly surprised and wanted to say hello to him.
As a result, the master glared at me fiercely: "You bastard, I'll settle the score with you later!"
When I heard the master speak, I was shocked on the spot and couldn't react for a moment. come over.
But the master was already striding towards Li Laosan. Li Laosan still looked half-dead and kept begging for water.
Without saying a word, the master went up and pinched Li Laosan's mouth. He found a bag of salt from nowhere, pointed it at Li Laosan's mouth and started pouring it.
And while pouring it, he said: "Aren't you thirsty? Now I will let you drink enough!"
That is a whole bag of salt, now pour it all Who can stand being chased into someone's mouth?
Li Laosan began to struggle violently, his eyes widened, and his mouth kept letting out beast-like growls of "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch".
When the master saw Li Laosan struggling fiercely, he shouted to the people around him: "Why are you standing there? Come here and hold him down! Ding Fan, go buy a bottle of rice wine and come back." . ”
Everyone was stunned. Now they heard the master speak, and then they reacted and quickly stepped forward to help.
Although I didn’t know what the master wanted to do, I bought a bottle of rice wine and came back soon.
The master opened the bottle cap and stuffed the rice wine bottle directly into Li Laosan’s mouth. He was not afraid of choking Li Laosan until he finished the drink. Then he stopped.
At this time, Li Laosan was no longer struggling, his whole body was shaking, he was still retching in his mouth, and he no longer asked for water.
When the master saw this, he untied Li Laosan.
As soon as he was loosened, Li Laosan clutched his stomach and made a sound of "vomiting" and began to vomit continuously. Most of the water he drank in his stomach before was spit out now.
After Li Laosan finished vomiting, he gasped and seemed to have regained his consciousness.
What’s wrong with me and him? He was fine last night. Why is he like this this morning?
Li Laosan himself felt confused. He said that when dawn was approaching, his mouth felt dry and he wanted to drink water.
In the end, he was out of control. As for what he did and said later, he could no longer remember clearly.
When Lao Qin of the funeral parlor saw Li Laosan acting like this, he asked my master what kind of evil was this.
My master frowned and did not answer directly.
I just asked Li Laosan not to leave the funeral home for the next three days, and not to go near places with water. He could only drink salt water.
After three days, he will be fine.
Li Laosan naturally knew how powerful my master was and thanked him profusely.
Afterwards, the master took me out of the funeral parlor with a cold face.
He didn’t say a word to me all the way, as if he was angry.
I didn’t dare to speak, so I just followed behind.
When we got home, the master closed the door with a bang and said to me: "Kneel down!"
Seeing that the master was angry, he even asked me to kneel down. , I was a little confused for a moment: "Master, what's wrong with you today?"
"What's wrong? Don't you know what you did last night, you bastard?" The master's voice was loud and his eyes were wide open. All will burst out fire.
I felt a little aggrieved, but I still hesitantly said: "I just went to collect the corpse once!"
My voice was not loud, but the master was furious after hearing this. .
He pointed at my nose and started to get angry: "You bastard, what did my master tell you on weekdays? I told you not to touch the body or touch the body. You turned a deaf ear to my words, right? ! Do you know why Li Laosan became like that?”
Hearing this, my heart tightened.
But he also asked curiously: "Is it, is it because of the corpse collection last night?"
"Huh! What you two collected last night was a pair of water monkeys, and also It's the full night of the twelfth lunar month. How dare you take advantage of your three-legged cat technique? Now they're stalking you two." The master said with anger.
When I heard this, there was an explosion in my mind.
Being haunted by ghosts is scary just thinking about it.
"Master, don't scare me." There was a look of fear on his face.
"Are you scared? Just look at yourself and you will know!" The master said coldly with his hands behind his back.
I didn’t believe it, so I hurriedly opened my clothes, but when I saw it, my whole body felt cold.
Because I don’t know when, I also developed yellow spots on my body that were exactly the same as Li Laosan’s.
I swallowed in horror, and was so frightened that I quickly asked the master what was going on and whether he had a skin disease.
The master said that I was being targeted by the fishing couple. When Yin energy enters the body, the "blue spots" that appear are the precursors of evil spirits seeking their lives.
These words scared me to the point of trembling on my feet. I never expected that when I went out alone to collect corpses, I would end up encountering a life-threatening water monkey.
I knelt down with a "pop" and asked the master to save me.
The master’s face is very cold, but after all, I am just a disciple.
His expression suddenly softened, and he immediately said to me: "This fishing couple is not a good person. They have been using the Juehu net in the reservoir all year round. Now they deserve to die, and they are considered to have suffered." Retribution. But it’s not that easy to make you their scapegoat!”
“Master, what should I do?” I asked Chenghuang fearfully.
The master was silent for a while and said: "Either hide or give it away. I don't have the ability to give it away, but I can give it a try. There happens to be a coffin that has just been opened in the backyard, and it will be given away tonight. Go and sleep inside! No matter what you hear at night, just don’t come out and make a sound. After three days, this matter will be over.”
I immediately revealed my feelings when I heard about the sleeping coffin. With a look of astonishment on his face, he asked if there was any other way.
The master had a serious face and said he didn’t want to be the scapegoat of the fishing couple, so he asked me to do it.
How could I dare to neglect, so I could only nod in agreement. And asked the master, where is he going at night? Will you stay with me?
The master shook his head and said that the fishing couple was not just targeting me, but Li Laosan and I.
What I said at the funeral home was purely to comfort Li Laosan.
He also said that if he encountered this matter, he would take care of it to the end.
Li Laosan’s situation is much more dangerous than mine. He must go to the funeral home to watch in person tonight to prevent Li Laosan from being seduced by the water monkey...
Tian Gangyi Hei, I was taken to the backyard by the master.
There is a coffin in the backyard that has just been finished and has not had time to be painted. It is also where I will sleep and hide tonight.
But in addition, the master also brought a paper man, and strangely, he also put on my clothes.
I asked the master what it was for, and he said it was used to confuse the water monkey.
I don’t believe it. The paper man looks so different from me. How can this be confusing?
But the master was too lazy to explain to me and asked me to offer incense to the paper man.
Although I don’t know why, the master asked me to do it, so I did it.
Then, the master asked me to lie down in the coffin and closed the coffin lid for me.
And I was told that no matter what I heard at night, I was not allowed to make a sound, let alone come out.
In order to avoid the entanglement of the water monkey, I naturally understood the master’s good intentions, nodded in agreement, and the master also left.
Lying in the coffin was really uncomfortable. The space was so small that it was difficult to turn over.
But I accidentally discovered that there was a small crack in the coffin board that was not sealed properly.
Through this small gap, you can just see the white paper man wearing my clothes not far away.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the whole person is becoming drowsy.
Around one o'clock in the morning, the surroundings suddenly became cold, and I couldn't help but shiver.
The whole person also woke up a lot at this time, calmed down, and observed the white paper man outside through the gap.
Still there, nothing different.
But just when I was about to withdraw my gaze and continue to sleep in the coffin.
Behind the white paper man's shoulder, suddenly, a woman's head with skin as white as white paper appeared. As soon as the woman's head appeared, she sniffed at the white paper man and sniffed fiercely. Looks greedy.
This scene happened extremely suddenly, without any warning at all.
His pupils suddenly dilated, his face looked horrified, and his body was trembling.
I almost screamed out without holding back, but fortunately I reacted quickly and covered my mouth to suppress the fear in my heart.
At this moment, I only feel cold on my back, my palms are all sweaty, and my heart is even more frightening.
This should be the female ghost who haunted me and wanted me to take my life.
After sniffing a few times, the female ghost slowly stretched out her hand from behind, and then touched the white paper man from shoulder to chest, with a seductive and seductive movement.
This is not over yet. After stroking the white paper man for a while, the female ghost smiled slyly and said hoarsely: "The young man looks really fair. Since you don't Speak, my sister-in-law will take you to the river to take a bath!"
After saying that, the female ghost grabbed the white paper man's hand, then touched her feet, using an extremely strange gesture! The way he walked, he dragged the white paper man out of my backyard...
Chapter 3 Disaster
Watching the female ghost leave with the white paper man, I raised my throat. My heart was finally put back.
At this time, my whole body was soaked, and I was still frightened when I thought of the scene just now.
Although the female ghost left, it was still dark and chilly outside, so I didn’t dare to go out.
I hid in the coffin in fear until about four o'clock in the morning.
Suddenly there was a "crunching" sound from the coffin lid, and my heart tightened again, secretly wondering if the female ghost had returned again?
I was a little sleepy, but I suddenly became energetic.
Staring at the coffin lid, I was extremely nervous, but I didn’t dare to speak.
But with a muffled "click" sound, the coffin board was opened from the outside.
At first glance, he turned out to be the master.
I instinctively shouted, Master. He sat up quickly.
The master looked serious and nodded slightly.
Say it’s okay, let me out!
The coffin is really not a place for living people. After lying in it all night, I felt like my whole body was falling apart, sore and painful.
When the master came back, he took it out without any scruples.
At the same time, he asked the master, how is the third uncle doing?
The master sighed and said that Li Laosan's life was saved, but when the fishing water monkey came to find him, he was very frightened! Just lie down and rest now.
At the same time, he also asked me how the situation was before.
After listening to the master's inquiry, I carefully explained everything I saw last night.
After the master asked, he nodded slightly.
But then he said: "But this is only the first night. The water monkey was deceived tonight and will definitely come to claim his life tomorrow night!"
He almost gave it to me before I'm scared to death. If you come to me again tomorrow night, I really don't know if my heart can bear it.
He was a little scared, but he still said to the master: "Master, are you still hiding in the coffin tonight and using the white paper man to deceive that thing?"
But the master was shaken. Shaking his head, he said that a method can only be used once.
The water monkey was fooled tonight, and it will definitely not work if we use the white paper man tomorrow night.
He also said that if the water monkey comes again tomorrow night, he will definitely not get any benefits and will not give up.
I felt that I might be in more danger tomorrow, so I asked the master what to do tomorrow night, so that I could better hide the danger.
But before I could speak, Old Qin’s voice suddenly sounded outside the house: "Old Ding! It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad..."
As soon as the master heard this, Qin shouted like this, turned around, and rushed out in a hurry.
When I heard "trouble", I quickly followed.
When I arrived at the door, I found that Mr. Qin looked anxious and was still breathing.
When I saw my master coming out, he hurriedly said: "Old Ding is not well, Li Laosan, Li Laosan, he..."
The master has a short temper. , seeing that Old Qin was hesitant to speak, he interrupted directly: "What happened to Li Laosan?"
Old Qin took a breath: "Li Laosan, Li Laosan drowned..." "
As soon as I finished speaking, the expressions of my master and I suddenly changed, and there was an explosion in our minds.
No way! Just now the master said that Li Laosan was fine.
Why are you dead now?
The master didn't seem to believe it either, with a look of astonishment on his face: "The rooster has crowd three times, how can Li Laosan still die? Come, take me to see."
The master looked very nervous, even with a melancholy look on his face.
Mr. Qin didn’t hesitate when he arrived and took us quickly to the funeral parlor.
When we arrived at the place, we found a man with a belly as big as a ball lying on the ground not far away.
The master raised his eyebrows and hurried over with us.
When he got closer, he saw that this person was Li Laosan who had been dead for a long time.
His eyes widened with a horrified expression.
His mouth was wide open, as if he had experienced something extremely terrifying during his lifetime.
Not only that, his body was soaked and his belly was swollen. He must have drank a lot of water.
The master looked at Li Laosan’s body, frowned and asked what was going on.
Old Qin also looked confused and told what he had experienced before...
It is said that Old Qin and the master used the same deception method to deceive the fisherman. Yes, and after waiting for the rooster to crow three times, he will send Mr. Li back to his room to rest.
The master rushed back to see me.
When Old Qin saw Li Laosan sleeping, he stopped watching and went to the latrine.
But when he came back, he found that Li Laosan was missing in the bed.
Looking around anxiously, he found Li Laosan in the large water tank in the courtyard.
Then he was pulled out, but at this time Li Laosan had already died.
Old Qin couldn't make up his mind, so he came to report to the master.
After listening, the master also checked Li Laosan’s body. It is said that Li Laosan did not simply drown, but was killed by a ghost.
He also said that Li Laosan’s body was more taboo than a person who died violently and must be burned immediately.
Mr. Lao Qin has also been working in a funeral parlor for more than ten years, so he naturally knows the taboos and rules.
When I heard this, my face turned pale with fright, and I nodded in agreement.
At the same time, the master also said that the pair of fishing water monkeys were extraordinary and dared to come out and kill people after crowing three times.
Let Mr. Qin pay attention these days and don't violate taboos and become the victim of the water monkey.
After saying that, the master closed Li Laosan’s eyes with his hands, burned Li Laosan’s body with Mr. Qin, and then took me back home.
As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I was surprised to find a blank paper figure at the door.
It’s tattered, and there are clothes on it.
It was obviously the blank paper figure that the master gave me as a stand-in.
I saw it with my own eyes and the female ghost took it away. Why did it suddenly appear at my door again?
Seeing all this, I felt panicked.
The master next to him also frowned and had a solemn expression.
"Master, this, this paper man has been sent back again?" I seemed a little at a loss.
The master said solemnly: "Don't worry about these things for now, let's go into the house and talk!"
After saying that, he took me into the house.
When they got into the room, the master took a deep breath and said, "Xiaofan, things are a bit beyond my expectation. This fishing couple dared to kill themselves after three rooster crows, and at the end of the day they were going to put the paper in their hands." It's obviously unusual for someone to be sent back."
I have never seen such a worried expression on the master's face. He asked with some fear: "Then, master, can I still survive?"
The master did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment, saying that he could not guarantee it now.
It is said that Li Laosan is dead, and the ghost couple only needs one person to replace them, so the couple must come to see me tonight!
If you can avoid it, everything will be fine. If you can't, I may have to answer.
He also said that if the other party comes tonight, he will definitely see blood.
I didn’t quite understand. When I asked the master how to “see blood”, he didn’t tell me.
Just let me have a good rest first, and then let me listen to his arrangements at night.
And after saying this, he hurried out the door.
I stayed alone in the house, and I was scared when I thought about Li Laosan's death.
It looked like someone was being held down alive in the water and choked to death. It was so painful to die...
At about five o'clock in the evening, Master Feng Chen Servant is back.
But when the master came back, he brought back a big yellow chicken.
He is big, energetic, and has few hairs.
When I saw the master holding a yellow chicken, I asked him what he was doing.
The master said that he had been out for so long just to find such a big yellow chicken.
He also said that whether I can survive tonight depends on the big yellow chicken in its hand.
I was confused and asked the master if this big yellow chicken could really save me?
The master mentioned the yellow chicken, nodded slightly, and explained it to me at the same time.
It is said that this yellow chicken has psychic powers and is close to people. If used properly, it will not be a problem to use it to betray my destiny.
He said that when night comes, he will fold a little man out of yellow paper, write my birthday and birth date, feed it to the yellow chicken, and then tie a red string around his feet.
When the evil ghost comes, all you have to do is release the yellow chicken.
The female ghost will think of the yellow chicken as me just like the white paper man she saw last night.
As long as I hide it well, even if the female ghost was fooled once last night, she can still hide it from a living creature like a yellow chicken.
It’s a blank slate, an upgraded version of the blindfold, according to the master’s words.
As long as nothing goes wrong, there will be no problem getting through tonight.
Of course, the premise is that I must hide myself well and not be exposed.
Once exposed, the consequences will be disastrous.
Because it was still early, I had something to eat with the master.
But I was too sleepy and fell asleep while lying on the sofa.
Around eleven o'clock in the evening, I was suddenly awakened by the master's deep voice: "Xiao Fan, get up soon, the fishermen are coming soon..."
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