Chapter 3 The Hexagram of the Dead Man's Face, The Woman in White Clothes
I quickly turned around.
Staring at my grandfather's expression, I gradually noticed a strange scene.
Grandpa's face is gradually forming a pattern.
This is a hexagram!??
I suddenly became energetic.
This is a simple inner Bagua hexagram, with two sections and four lengths, corresponding to the eight trigrams.
In the Bagua, Dui is Ze, in the southwest, which means wading in water, and this hexagram also shows two deep and one shallow. This is the two dragons and Dui Xiang of the Bagua, which is a sign of great misfortune.
Thinking of grandpa's instructions and Hu Zi's motto, my heart felt heavy.
After a while, the hexagram on Grandpa's face disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
I sat in the room for a long time, feeling increasingly uneasy.
Seeing that it was getting late, I had no clue about looking for the pseudo-yang body. Finally, I gritted my teeth and went to the doctor urgently. I decided to seek help from the almighty circle of friends. According to the birth date of the pseudo-yang body, I edited a message and sent it.
Reached all classmate groups and friend circles.
However, what I didn't expect was that the good news didn't arrive, but a strange number from out of town came.
"Are you the grandson of Fourth Master Zhang from Nine Fingers and Stars?"
"who are you?"
There was a chattering laughter on the phone that made one's teeth ache, and then he spat out a sentence one after another.
"Twenty-four funeral roads, coffin bearers at Yin Yang Ferry."
My expression changed. This is the insider's term in our industry. Obviously, the other party is also a coffin bearer.
"What's the matter?" I said in a polite tone, after all, the other party hadn't expressed his intention yet.
The old man chuckled, "Little baby, have you ever heard of Jiangbei Zuo Cripple?"
I shook my head and said I had never heard of it.
"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. All you need to know is that I'm here to carry your grandfather's coffin."
Another coffin bearer?
I immediately refused, "Sorry, I'm afraid it's not necessary."
It stands to reason that if I refuse, the other party will definitely give up. However, the old man sneered, "I'm afraid it's not up to you. No one can carry this coffin except us."
The other party's tone was tough and even threatening. I suddenly became angry and wanted to say something. The other party said "Wait for me" and hung up the phone.
Jiangbei Zuo lame? I couldn't help but frown.
The coffin-carrying profession is divided into two sects, the north and the south, which is divided by the Yangtze River. Those to the south of the Yangtze River are the southern sect, and the coffin-carrying craftsmen are called the Eight Immortals. Those north of the Yangtze River are the northern sect.
King Kong.
And grandpa belongs to the southern school.
This thing is totally weird.
At this time, WeChat rang. I picked it up and saw that it was my high school female classmate Lin Wan calling.
This fat girl chased me in high school, but I declined her. We haven't had much contact with her since we went to college. What would she want from me now?
I forced myself to connect to the video. Suddenly, a beautiful girl appeared on the screen.
I was stunned for a moment, this is that fat girl Lin Wan??
It is said that women have undergone a transformation, but Lin Wan's change was also too big. The fat girl at the beginning suddenly turned into a beautiful woman. I didn't react for a while, but Lin Wan spoke first.
"Xiaodoujiu, why are you looking for me? Have you changed your mind about me?"
Sure enough, it was Lin Wan, and the tone was the same.
"When did I find you?" I couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing my old classmates made me feel better.
"Don't admit it? You are still so thin-skinned!" Lin Wan chuckled.
I rolled my eyes helplessly, "Don't make trouble, what do you want from me?"
"Then why are you sending my birthday messages all over the world?" Lin Wan pouted, but there was something a bit charming about it.
I was stunned for a moment, then jumped up from the chair, "Are you serious? You didn't lie to me, did you?"
"What's wrong? Such a big reaction?" Lin Wan looked confused.
"Is your birthday the same as mine?" I asked nervously.
"Yes, otherwise why would I call you? Tsk, I thought you missed me and made me happy in vain."
But I became excited, "Lin Wan, where are you? I need your help, it's urgent."
"What's the matter?" Lin Wan asked.
I didn’t hide anything, so I just told the story about grandpa in general.
"Can you come to my house now? I'll have someone pick you up." I looked at her nervously.
"I can help, but I have a request." Lin Wan smiled.
"any request?"
"Hey, you be my boyfriend."
My face suddenly darkened, but Lin Wan chuckled, "You're just kidding, send me your location. I'll be here in an hour."
After saying that, he hung up the video.
I breathed a sigh of relief and sent my location.
I looked at the time and saw that it was past nine o'clock. It would be midnight in more than two hours. I had to set up the monument at midnight. There was not much time left.
Thinking of this, I didn't dare to delay and went out directly with the shovel.
Our village has two exits, the north and the south. Every village passes through the north exit, but the stone monument is at the south exit.
Although this place is said to be the entrance of a village, there are wild woods within a few hundred meters around it. There is an old road that is also overgrown with grass and was abandoned a long time ago.
The car drove until we reached the slope of the stone monument. When the lights came on, a few wild cats jumped out from the grass, which startled me.
Under the moonlight, I took out the shovel, took a deep breath, and prepared to start.
But at this moment, from the corner of my eye, I saw a woman standing not far behind the stone monument.
White clothes, long skirt, fluttering like a fairy.
When I quickly looked up, there was nothing behind the stone monument. I quickly looked around, but there was nothing.
I swallowed secretly, my heart pounding.
I remember that this stone tablet has been a taboo in the village since I was a child. I only sneaked here to play once when I was a child, but my grandfather took me back and beat me severely. After that, I became seriously ill for three days and three nights, and I have never been here again since then.
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Regarding this stone tablet, it is said that during the early years of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, heavy rain fell in Longgang County, Yunnan Province (that is, here), and the river mouth burst its embankment and drowned many people. The local people were miserable. The excerpt was played in the Jinluan Hall. Emperor Yongzheng had the world in his heart.
He immediately ordered Li Wei, who was the chief envoy at the time, to go to control the waterlogging.
It happened that Li Wei was relieving floods in Yunnan at the time. After the imperial edict was issued, Li Wei did not dare to delay. He drove day and night and soon arrived in Longgang County. After some inspections, he decided to send people to dig ditches and divert the floods to the river.
It can be solved within a few miles.
But Li Wei soon discovered something unusual. No matter how hard he tried to divert the water, the floodwaters would not recede at all. Once the water level dropped, heavy rains would come again, even worse than before.
Although Li Wei had not read a book for a few days, his brain was very good. While ordering the drainage to be suspended, he began to visit and observe. After a few days, Li Wei discovered that the heavy rain was somewhat strange. It was not continuous, but
It was cloudy and rainy in the morning and evening, and the clouds were most dense on the top of Laolong Mountain.
Li Wei immediately realized that this might not be a simple weather problem, so he sent someone to find a folk expert. After the expert came, he only took one look and discovered the problem, saying that it was all because of Lao Long.
There is a change in the earth's energy at the foot of the mountain, which leads to the imbalance of yin and yang and constant heavy rain. If you want to control the waterlogging, you must have something to suppress this earth's energy.
Li Wei asked what he needed, but the expert did not dare to say anything at first. Finally, after Li Wei's repeated requests for assurance, he spoke boldly.
It turns out that the reason why the master did not dare to speak is because if you want to suppress the earth's energy, you need an emperor's stone tablet. Only the emperor's energy can suppress an area of the earth, but once you say this kind of thing, you may lose your head.
, so after this expert said this, he left in a hurry and was never heard from again.
And Yongzheng was an emperor who did not believe in ghosts and gods. Li Wei thought about it again and again, but still could not let go of the people, so he risked his life to petition for dereliction of duty. Fortunately, Li Wei was one of the few loyal ministers of Yongzheng. Although Yongzheng did not
Although I was happy, I still ordered someone to transport a strange stone in the back garden, "Nine Orifices Exquisite", to Longgang County.
Li Wei followed the expert's previous instructions and placed the nine-hole exquisite stone at the location where the earth's energy gathered.
As soon as the stone tablet fell, nine muffled sounds suddenly sounded in the mountain, and then the clouds dispersed and the sky opened, and the flood receded on its own within a few days.
And this exquisite monument with nine orifices is the stone monument in front of me.
It is said that this story is true. It was widely circulated in our local area in the early years and basically everyone knows it.
However, as time went by, this stone tablet was gradually forgotten.
But there is another secret about all this, a secret related to the original master.
This person is none other than my grandfather, the fourth generation coffin bearer of the Zhang family!
And my great-grandfather did not tell the truth about this matter, but told a big lie.
The flood here was not as simple as an explosion of earth energy.
Now, when I suddenly saw this woman in white, I felt even more weird and unpredictable about this matter.
But grandpa has told me that no matter what I see, I can't meddle in other people's business.
I gritted my teeth and pretended not to notice, picked up the shovel and started digging for the monument.
About half an hour later, I was out of breath, but I almost dug out the stone tablet, and it started to shake slightly when I pushed it with my hand.
At this moment, a car drove staggeringly in front of me, its bright lights blinding me.
"Xiaodoujiu, I'm here, do you miss me?"
Lin Wan's voice came from the car window, and I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and quickly patted the dirt and stood up.
"You're here." I said with a smile.
"You've already copied my brand, how dare I not come?"
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but Lin Wan got out of the car with a smile.
She was wearing a white cashmere windbreaker, which was slim but convex and concave. The red knitted scarf was like a delicate rose, setting off her delicate cheeks, making her look extremely beautiful.
"I really didn't expect that you would become so beautiful now?" I said sincerely.
"It's not too late to regret now, I've been single all this time." Lin Wan clicked her tongue at me.
After not seeing each other for several years, we have all changed, but the relationship between classmates remains the same as before.
"Thank you for coming." I said sincerely.
"I am sorry for your loss!"
But just after Lin Wan finished speaking, she suddenly stared at my back, her eyes widening in horror.