Chapter 23: Crossing the Bamboo Bridge.
The old woman nodded, took the towel from my hand, dipped it in the basin with clean water, then opened a corner of the white cloth and carefully wiped the body of the body with the towel.
She wiped every place carefully, wiping it carefully, wiping it one by one, as easy as wiping a patient's body, but the old man and I were not that relaxed because every time the white towel in her hand was dipped in the basin, the originally clear water was pitch black.
After she wiped the body all over, the water in the three basins was as dark as ink.
"Why is it black?" I asked in a low voice in the old man's ear. His eyes were staring at the water in the basin.
"It's not that the person around you washes the corpse, and he's dead outside, and he's deeply resentful. The corpse is washed out and it's ink. If you are not careful, you will get out of the corpse instantly!" The old man sighed, helped the old woman up from the bamboo mat, handed her a piece of yellow paper and said, "This is a talisman, you can only be pasted by the bed at night. Please trouble you today."
"Sir, I'm not troubled. I hope you can bury the good young master!" The old woman lowered her head and said, "I couldn't see her face, but only saw the towel in her hand being pinched tightly by her.
"I will do my best. Okay, Wuming comes up and we will start the ritual and be buried later."
How dare I hesitate now? Such a resentful corpse is not allowed to enter the burial for a while. If he is not allowed to go down the coffin in the first lunar month (when the moon is in the center and emits cold moonlight), something big will happen tonight.
The old man was chanting the supernatural mantra on the altar, and the old woman stood in front. When the people outside heard the supernatural mantra ringing inside, they walked in one by one. The old man Liu family followed the first wife of the deceased who had just disappeared. Now she was following Mr. Liu, with a relaxed look on her face, and she was not as afraid of the corpse as Mr. Liu said.
"Build a bridge!" the old man shouted, and someone immediately carried a bridge made of bamboo. It was not big, just one or two meters away. It was necessary for a filial son to carry the dead across the bridge, which meant that he would not take away all the sufferings and concerns in the world, and would not touch the ground, and would not be down-to-earth, and he would ascend to the Pure Land from then on.
"Are there any filial sons older?" the old man asked.
"I am the filial son of my third uncle, let me carry it."
A strong man in his twenties walked out of the crowd and stood by the bamboo bridge. The old man glanced at him, looked at his strong body, and nodded with satisfaction. It would be impossible to cross the bridge like the dead without a strong person.
"Okay, come and cleanse yourself. I will carry the dead to cross the bridge after I carry you!" The old man said. After the filial son walked to his side, he sprinkled clean water on the filial son's body, and then burned it around him with a talisman. After the smoke from the talisman paper smoked the young man's tears, the old man patted his body.
"Go, come onto the bridge with your back spirit!"
The filial son raised his body and stepped onto the bamboo bridge. As soon as he stepped on it, the bamboo bridge made a creaking sound. The bamboo bridge cracked when it sounded.
The filial son glanced at the old man, and the old man nodded to him and signaled him to continue walking. I knew something was going to happen on the bridge, but what happened was obviously bigger than I thought.
I have seen many rituals on the bridge before, but no filial son broke the bridge with his first foot. After getting the old man's affirmation, the filial son stepped on the remaining foot with the dead on his back. The bridge suddenly shook violently. The old man who was prepared jumped out of the altar and clapped his hands and stepped on the edge of the bamboo bridge.
"The power of Tiangang, the solidity of Earth Gang, the solidity of Earth Gang!"
After he stepped on it, the bamboo bridge trembled violently and stopped. The young man carrying the dead on the bamboo bridge was already scared and sweating heavily, swallowing his saliva frequently.
"Don't be afraid, keep going!" The old man glanced at him and said, while his hand was quickly folded something. The filial son continued to walk. When he reached the middle, the bamboo bridge finally creaked, and the ground was instantly cracked.
The old man ran to me and pulled my hand up. He cut it open. In an instant, a crack appeared in my palm. Blood slowly emerged from it. He pulled the folded paper in the palm of my hand and threw it at the bamboo bridge.
"The power of the earth soul, the sorrow of the resentful, build a bridge out of thin air!"
The filial son stepped on the bamboo bridge and flew around, but he did not fall down, but stood out in the air out of thin air. The blood paper thrown by the old man just now was spinning rapidly under him.
"Let's go!" The old man shouted angrily, and the filial son suddenly woke up. He hurriedly ran down the bridge with the dead on his back and ran to the edge of the coffin. As soon as he landed on the ground, the paperless fire in the air spontaneously ignited. Everyone looked at the fire in the air and swallowed a saliva, while the old man he met under the peach tree looked at the old man and me with ecstasy expression. His eyes were extremely fanatical.
The filial son carried the deceased to the edge of the coffin, and I immediately went to take it. It felt much lighter when I bought it. I guess I had passed the bamboo bridge and got rid of the turbid air in the world.
I held the corpse, and the old man pulled the bamboo mat over the bamboo mat to put the corpse for me. When I just put the corpse on the bamboo mat, the corpse that had been still motionless suddenly trembled suddenly. He opened his eyes and immediately scared me, and he fell and retreated.
Not only me, the sudden opening of the body's eyes scared everyone quickly retreated. Mr. Wang and the deceased's first wife were even more scared and screamed.
Chapter completed!