Chapter 43 Shadow puppet ghost play
After reading, I patted my butt and stood up. I knew that if I told Li Xue about my experience since I was a child, I could only know that after I looked cold and icy, the female teacher who was gentle and kind inside felt pitiful, but I knew that some experiences and some sufferings could only be hidden in my heart and could not be used to make people sympathize.
Only dogs will wagg people for mercy, while wolves will lick their wounds alone at night.
"Teacher Li, there is only one way to do it now. This method may be crazy. You need to have enough confidence in me. Do you dare to give it a try?" I looked at Li Xue and said.
"Although I am your teacher, in this regard, I have become your little fan of Lin Banxian. Even if you ask me to go to Daoshan, I dare to try it." Li Xue looked up at me and said.
At this moment, I heard a script sound behind me. I turned around and saw that the village chief and several Wu family members who had seen during the day had come behind us. The village chief looked at me with a gaze and said, "Sir, when will we go to the grave?"
"I am all my own people, so I won't say anything secretly. Wu Yaozu is now probably a corpse, that is, the zombie you call. Not to mention that opening the coffin may cause disaster, it will also embarrass the Wu family. To remove the corpse, it must burn the corpse in a fire. At that time, you will feel unhappy." I said.
After I said this, the village chief was so anxious that he almost knelt down for me again.
"But don't worry, now I can only solve the problem between Wu Yaozu and Teacher Li first. As for Wu Yaozu in a terrible place, I will naturally make arrangements." I said.
"Thank you, thank you! Sir, you are really capable! Ergouzi, come out and apologize to Sir!" said the village chief.
Ergouzi tiptoed over and said, "Sir, how can you forgive me?"
I hooked my finger at him and said, "Come here."
He walked over slowly, and I kicked his butt gently and said, "Okay, let's clear it up."
Ergouzi scratched his head and smiled, "Is that over?"
"You kick me and I will give you one kick. Wouldn't it be clear?" I smiled.
"Okay, let's go to the grave, the village chief, prepare a stick of incense and nine candles. I want white candles." I said.
"Okay!" The village chief immediately ordered someone to do it.
But just as we were preparing our things to go out, I heard the bustling and hustle and bustle in the village, and asked the village chief, "Why is it so lively when it's so late?"
"Isn't Liu Laomo dead? According to our rules, we have to have a shadow puppet for three days." said the village chief.
My grandfather told me that my grandfather and the old blind man traveled to a port city in Fujian. The religious atmosphere was very strong. During the Ghost Festival, the scene was grand and grand. My grandfather saw the shadow puppets on the street for the first time. He stood in front of the stage and watched it for a long time. The shadow puppets were very exciting, but my grandfather found that there was no one standing there watching the play except him. Moreover, the passing people looked at their grandfather’s eyes.
When my grandfather found out that something was wrong, the old blind man laughed and said, "In this place, shadow puppets are for dead people to watch, so no one can watch them. If you stand there and watch the show, the people will naturally think you are a fool."
There is another rule there: the Ghost Gate of Zhongyuan Festival is open, and people must end the sacrifice before twelve o'clock in the night and then stay in the door and stay away.
This is called the living person avoiding it. At this time, the gates of hell are wide open, and the ancestors and undead in the underworld will come out to enjoy the sacrifice.
That night, my grandfather went out to the streets with the old blind man in the middle of the night.
I saw a hundred ghosts walking at night.
Grandpa said that the streets were bustling and very lively.
The shadow play that my grandfather watched during the day was the only show that he was still on the street at night.
In front of the shadow puppet stage, there were crowds of people, and the undead in the underworld were fascinated by the sight, and even applauded.
Thinking of the scenes that he had been standing in front of the stage for a long time during the day, my grandfather couldn't help feeling distressed. He asked the old blind man, "Aren't these shadow puppets afraid?"
The old blind man pointed to the Tonggong hanging in front of the shadow play and said, "Every industry has its own taboos and rules. Since they have eaten this bowl of rice, they naturally know the rules. They sing operas for ghosts. Ghosts will only thank them without harming them. At the same time, they are actually responsible for the opening and closing of the local ghost door. That gong knocks on the front and the ghost door opens. If the back sounds, it will remind these hundred ghosts who are traveling and it is time to go back."
Grandpa followed the old blind man in the bustling crowd for the middle of the night. When the rooster crowed for three hours, sure enough, the boss of the shadow puppet troupe took out the gong and rang it three times from the back. Whether it was watching the show in front of the stage or enjoying sacrifices on the street, they stood up and disappeared into the night before dawn. At that time, Grandpa was amazed by all this.
So when I heard the village chief say that there are rules for dead people to sing shadow plays here, I could probably figure out what it means. This is actually the same as buying a road. Someone in my family is on this yin and yang path and is inevitably afraid of loneliness. I invite lonely ghosts from all over the world to watch the scene, which can be considered as asking them to take care of them.
If that is the case, will Wu Yaozu go to the show tonight?
As I thought about it, I said to the village chief: "This shadow play is for ghosts and gods from all over the world. Wu Yaozu is likely to go to the banquet to watch the show tonight. I will go and see the situation first."
The village chief exclaimed: "Ah?"
Ergouzi was also scared and opened his mouth wide and said, "Are those ghosts really good at watching the show?"
"Reincarnation also requires waiting for opportunities. On weekdays, I am cold and lonely in the underworld. If there is fun, can I get together? Can you join me?" I looked at Ergouzi with a smile.
Ergouzi's face turned pale all of a sudden. He scratched his head and said, "Young sir, you are really good at joking."
The village chief nodded and said, "It's good that you go and have a look, but now the Wu family and the Liu family have become mortal enemies, so it's not convenient for us to go. We'll wait for you at home?"
I asked them to wait at home for the time being, and then they followed the sound of the shadow puppet show to Liu Laomo's house. Liu Laomo's house was brightly lit, and the filial sons and grandchildren of the Liu family were watching over Liu Laomo. In the open space in front of the Liu family's yard, there was a shadow puppet show stage, and the artists were singing the show, but there was no one before the stage.
I looked at the stage and saw the gong that grandpa said, and it hung on the edge of the stage.
I closed my eyes and luck hit my forehead.
The eyes of the living world are closed, and the eyes of the sheep are opened.
I saw the white mist in front of the stage. In the white mist, dozens of figures were sitting there. These people were pale and empty in their eyes. They were wearing shrouds. They were sitting in front of the stage, watching the shadow puppet with concentration.
Among the crowd, I saw Wu Yaozu.
He was wearing a white mourning dress with flowers printed on it.
His face looked extremely pale, and he was as handsome and confident as in the photo.
Next to Wu Yaozu, I saw a woman.
This woman held hands with Wu Yaozu.
This woman is a paper man, but her face is exactly the same as Li Xue who is staying by my side.
I opened my eyes, and everything in front of me disappeared naturally. Li Xue was staring at me blankly and said, "What did you see?"
"I saw a local ghost watching the show, and Wu Yaozu is here, bringing you with you." I said to Li Xue.
"Can I see it?" Li Xue was stunned for a moment and then said.
"Can you guarantee that you won't be afraid after reading it?" I asked.
"Don't be afraid." Li Xue said firmly.
"Give me your hand." I stretched out my hand and said to Li Xue.
She hesitated for a moment and handed the white little hand to my hand.
With nephrite in my hand, I can't help but feel swaying.
"Close your eyes." I said.
Li Xue was very obedient. She closed her eyes. Because she was excited about helium, her eyelashes were trembling up and down.
I was also going to close my eyes and take Li Xue to watch this ghost show with him. This is definitely a special and rare experience for Li Xue.
It is normal to see ghosts with open eyes.
But it is rare to see another person watching a show with a ghost.
At this moment, someone suddenly grabbed my back and patted my shoulder.
Whether it is opening the sky eyes or wandering out of the body, it requires physical and mental relaxation. So at this time someone quietly approached me and patted me. My heart trembled suddenly because of the fright. When I looked back, I saw a middle-aged man with a stubble on his face holding a half-blocked cigarette in his mouth.
He was wearing a long gray gown with a little oil stain on the gown.
"Little brother, you are so brave." He said to me with a cigarette in his mouth and squinted his eyes.
"Hmm? Can you ask, yes?" I asked.
"I am the master of this shadow puppet troupe. I can open my eyes with my spirit at such a young age. It's not easy! I don't know which old god trained a good disciple, but you are a little too brave. Are you not afraid that she will not be able to come back if she gets on this paper man?" said the sloppy man.
His words made me sweat in my back!
Indeed, I was careless!
And this carelessness almost made a big mistake!
I immediately clasped my fists and said, "Uncle, thank you!"
"I came to Wujiazhuang earlier and saw that there was something wrong with the kid's grave, but I didn't think much about it. Today I came here and heard from the villagers that a young man from another place was extremely powerful. He saw the cemetery of the kid from Wu family very clearly. He forced Liu Laomo to commit suicide by taking medicine. But I'm not talking about you. If he didn't die, the revenge of the Liu family of Wu family would really not be able to be solved. He would lose face of the group. If Liu Laomo was not dead, he would have no shame to see people. Such a bloody thing that could not be solved in the world of life will definitely not be peaceful when he went to the underworld. I don't want to take this scene tonight, but who has a grudge against money? If he didn't take it, he would break the rules of the ancestors and offend the boss's patron." said the sloppy man.
"I'm afraid the girl the boy in Wu family is the one next to you. Tsk, it's really a water spirit. I'm afraid it's hard to find one if I travel around these villages." The sloppy man looked at Li Xue and said.
His few words made me know that I met my colleagues, and that his understanding of this matter should be a person who is very knowledgeable.
Chapter completed!