Chapter one hundred and sixty-ninth funeral
Li Wei looked shocked, he didn't notice this at all.
Chen Jiangtao continued: "The shadow is pressed into the coffin as a big taboo. I didn't pay attention to it at the beginning. At the beginning, I thought it was very complicated. Generally, such tedious things are to cover up something, but I never saw any difference. It was not until just now that I realized that when doing some rituals, your entire shadow was reflected at the bottom of the coffin."
This taboo appears as a precursor to the conflict in the Feng Shui of the Burial School.
Chen Jiangtao did not have much contact with the things in the Feng Shui of the Burial School. He still had some clues when looking for several cemeteries. He was also the first time he had come into contact with the funerals, and he was not good at it.
After hearing Chen Jiangtao's words, Li Wei suddenly exclaimed, as if he had thought of something and blurted out: "Did this just now have something to do with the darkness in front of me?"
Li Wei suddenly thought that Miss Li deliberately asked someone to open the curtains to let the sunlight shine in so that it could form a shadow. In addition, Master Ruan seemed unintentional, but in fact, the intentional arrangement made people imagine, but why did they do this?
When the two were puzzled, they suddenly knocked on the door, and a maid's anxious voice rang out of the door: "Mr. Li, the official funeral is about to begin... Master Ruan is waiting for you there..."
"Okay, I understand!" Li Wei agreed and glanced at his watch. It was 9:58. He said something to pay attention to Shen Jiangtao, and the two left the room and returned to the hall.
In the quiet and solemn mourning hall, black and white couplets were pasted on both sides. The curling smoke from the incense burner covered the portrait. It didn't look very clear and faintly visible. The atmosphere in the hall seemed a bit strange.
There are dozens of men and women around, all wearing traditional Vietnamese mourning clothes, each carrying a small strip of white cloth on its head.
As Master Ruan rings the bell.
The men and women knelt on both sides of the spiritual throne, each of which looked sad. The whole mourning hall was particularly quiet, and occasionally you could hear three or two sobs in it. Miss Li was the one who was sobbing, and she was wiping the tears on her face with her hands.
"Worship the coffin!" Master Ruan's sarcastic voice sounded, breaking the tranquility of the mourning hall.
Li Wei and Miss Li held both ends of a red carpet at the same time, spread it in front of the coffin and connected it to the door, and then kowtowed several times at the coffin seriously.
After doing this, the two of them came to the left of the coffin and knelt down to pick up their relatives and friends who were about to worship and burn incense. When the other party was worshiping, Li Wei and Miss Li followed them to worship together.
Then there were monotonous and repeated worship rituals and those monotonous and circulating chanting sounds, which made the onlookers yawn a few times. There was a strong fragrance in the mourning hall, and the whole atmosphere seemed a bit stuffy, making the few people in it drowsy.
Chen Jiangtao was obsessed with watching the whole process. He observed the entire mourning hall as if nothing had happened. For some reason, he always felt uneasy and something was about to happen.
The whole funeral was in an orderly manner. After the relatives and friends were worshipping each other, Li Wei politely helped Miss Li with her feet numb. I don’t know whether Miss Li did it on purpose or was really numb. Just as she was about to stand up straight, she suddenly said "Ouch". At the same time, her body slanted and immediately fell into Li Wei’s arms. It took a while before she slowly stood up.
At this time, Master Ruan asked the two to tie the jute that they used to hold the corpse before to their waists, and then gave each of them a small red light. Then Master Ruan began to shake the bell and chant: "Encircle the coffin!"
Everyone started to be led by Master Ruan, followed by Li Wei and Miss Li, and then some men and women wearing mourning clothes or those who came to worship. After turning three circles on the left and three circles on the right, Li Wei and Miss Li thanked the people who came to worship again.
Before long, Master Ruan chose the time to prepare for the spirit-opening ceremony.
"The time has come, and the spirit-opening ceremony has begun!" Master Ruan shook the bell, and then everyone came to the coffin. Under Master Ruan's instructions, Li Wei came to the big head of the coffin to lift it up. The rest of the people hurriedly tied the bar to the coffin.
At the same time, a layer of lime was sprinkled on the bottom of the coffin.
After doing this, Li Wei put down the coffin, came half a step in front of the coffin, picked up the clay pot where everyone burned paper money when worshiping, and then threw it hard on the ground, smashing it.
At the same time, the thugs who were responsible for carrying the coffin lifted the coffin, Li Wei stood up and picked up the prepared soul banner. The funeral team led by Master Ruan began to walk out. Miss Li knelt at the gate to thank the people who came to the funeral and worship...
Shen Jiangtao followed the hearse for about an hour and came to a hillside that looked very desolate, surrounded by mountains and a very good aura.
"Look at this place, there is a green dragon winding on the left, a white tiger leaning on the right, a vermilion bird dancing in front, and a black treacherous head hanging behind. It is really a place with great wealth and great Feng Shui!"
Suddenly, a voice sounded, and looked at it. A middle-aged man with a tall and thin figure, looking weathered, but also looked fairy-like, was walking up the other road in the mountain with more than a dozen young men. He was pointing around him as he walked, looking at him as if he was traveling around, and seemed to be telling something to the people around him.
Shen Jiangtao felt something was abnormal, so he gave Miao Li a wink.
"Sir, how did you see the Four Symbols here?" Miao Li walked over and asked the middle-aged man. In the Feng Shui club, although Miao Li was not a high-level Feng Shui master, she still had some understanding of the basic Feng Shui terrain.
Shen Jiangtao stood beside Miao Li and said nothing. He felt a sense of deliberate suppression from the middle-aged man. This middle-aged man must be a Feng Shui master and has good attainment. Shen Jiangtao did not show up and asked Miao Li to ask for a test. He was waiting for the middle-aged man's explanation.
Miao Li's words immediately made the faces of the more than a dozen young men beside the middle-aged man show a rather disdainful expression on their faces.
It is not difficult to see from the youth's faces that they obviously think it is a natural thing to see the four symbols here.
Miao Li didn't care about their gaze either, but just looked at the middle-aged man waiting for his answer.
Chapter completed!