The Evil Beings of the Northern Soldiers
Maple Ridge was a mountain ridge on the east bank of Dongting Lake, stretching eight miles from north to south. At the foot of the mountain ridge was a house called Maple Ridge House. The people here were all surnamed Liu.
The Dragon Boat Festival was coming, and every household in Maple Ridge was preparing for the festival.
Aunt Zhang, who was in the Golden Hall, came to the Shi An Hall and asked Madam Huang how many bamboo leaves she had prepared. Madam Huang said,"We prepared eighty leaves, how many did your family prepare?”
Aunt Zhang said," Your family has a lot of people, so you should prepare more. Our family has a small number of people, so we only prepared 40 leaves. Besides, there are still a few people in our family who don't like it.”
"Is that so? There are thirteen people in our family, but you seem to be missing only two."”
Aunt Zhang blushed and said,"That's right. Who told you to live a good life?"”
The two of them chatted for a while. Aunt Zhang turned around and came to the Green Hall. When she saw her sister-in-law, Mrs. Fan, washing the leaves, she asked,"How many leaves did your family prepare?"
"How many more can we prepare? Two Ye each."”
Aunt Zhang was silent for a while before saying,"Ah, two leaves per person, a total of eighteen leaves, that's still quite a lot!"”
"I've prepared twenty leaves, and the remaining two are for the greedy cat."”
"Gluttonous cat, who is a gluttonous cat? Are you talking about me? Don't look at how I usually come to your house to pick up food during meals. This is a festival, and you have to be particular about it!”Aunt Zhang grumbled as she walked away. As she walked, she said in her heart,"Our family is not as good as the top, but it's better than the bottom." It can't compare to Madam Huang's family, and it can't compare to your Fan family.
Madam Huang came to the large terrace to dry the gauze. She was prepared to pull a cloth after the festival.
Suddenly, someone shouted,"Soldiers! Soldiers! The Northern soldiers are here!"”
Someone else shouted,"The Northern soldiers are here!”
"Where, where?" Immediately, dozens of people ran out of the cave and came to the ground. The first person who saw it said,"Look, it's on the road to the east of Chongli.”
Everyone ran to the pond and looked south. From afar, they saw a long flock of crows stepping on the fields and rushing over. Madam Huang also saw it. Although she was old and blind, she still saw it clearly. That long line of crows was not crows. It was a line of people, a line of demons!
Madam Huang said," Everyone, it's better for you to hide. It's too late to clean up the house. Your life is more important!"”
The people on the pond and embankment scattered in a hubbub. Everyone fled through the cave entrance and went home to greet their families. The Northern soldiers had already harassed Tong Penchong six times, and every time they came, they would catch chickens, ducks, pigs, humiliate women, and capture prostitutes. The northern soldiers had guns and knives. The Maple Ridge people could not win against them. If they met them, they could only hide. In their language, this was called running soldiers.
People went back to their homes and called their families to run up the mountain. As they ran, they shouted," The Northern soldiers are here! Run!" Madam Huang had also returned home. She called her four daughters-in-law and three grandsons together. She instructed them to run up the back mountain and hide in the bamboo forest. They were not to come out until the Northern soldiers had left, lest they were harmed.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Ye Zi, said,"Mother, you go too. You go with us!"”
The other daughters-in-law also said,"Yes, Mother. Let's go together. If you don't leave, we won't be at ease if we leave."”
"I'm waiting for your men. They still don't know that the Northern soldiers are here."”
Ye Zi said,"Mother, the men are all martial arts masters. Why would they be afraid of the Northern soldiers?" Besides, they were all people with ideas.”
Madam Huang closed the door and calmly brought her family to the back of the mountain.
It was not an easy task to climb up the back mountain. There was a 40-foot-tall path to climb up. Most of the places were impossible for ordinary people to climb along. There was only one place where they could barely climb up by grabbing onto the bushes on the side. At this time, more than a hundred people had already rushed here.
There were more than a hundred soldiers in this group. They came from the Sun Village in the south. The southern soldiers had been chasing them from behind, from Changsha to Laodao River, Huangbai Town, Gupeitang, Taolin Temple, and finally Shaxi Street.
When the Bei Bing was fleeing for their lives, they were all focused on their feet. They wished they could turn their hands into two feet so that they could run faster. When they were hungry, they could not be particular about what they wanted to eat, let alone cook the food. At this time, it was the season when cucumbers were newly ripe. They ate a lot of cucumbers planted by the farmers along the way.
The moment the southern soldiers stopped chasing, the northern soldiers relaxed. They walked lazily and rested every five miles. At the same time, they began to plunder the villages along the way.
Sun Village was a big house. When the Northern soldiers arrived, they caught chickens, slaughtered pigs, and snatched rice. They set up three big pots on the ground. One pot cooked rice, one pot stewed meat, and one pot stewed chicken. They ate two meals and slept for one night. They harmed a few women. On the first day of the fifth month, they crossed the back mountain of Sun Village and came to Dongbang Road, which was filled with maple trees.
Fengshuchong Ridge was a long ridge, starting from a steep slope in the north and reaching the west side of Sun Village in the south, with a total length of eight miles. There were more than 100 acres of paddy fields scattered in this river. At the bottom of the river was a ridge field, and on both sides were a ridge field. The road from Sun Village to Maple Ridge was on the eastern side of the road. The Maple Ridge people saw the Northern soldiers walking on this road.
The seedlings in the fields had already turned green, and tadpoles were swimming in the shallow water. The gaps in the fields were covered with new mud, indicating that the water keeper had just passed by.
Bei Bing Jia said," The f * cking Southern soldier is too good at running. My legs are long, but he actually shortened them."”
" Yeah," Bei Bing B said." My second brother almost fell in Gupei Pond. When I go back, my wife will beat me to death. If I'm a soldier, so be it. I even married my second brother."”
" I heard that your Second Brother is very energetic," Bei Bingjia said." How many times did he spring last night?"”
" How many times can there be?" Bei Bing B said." It's only the second time. The first time, it took half a pack of cigarettes. The second time, it took only one pack of cigarettes. It wasn't satisfying."”
Bei Bing Jia said,"You're not Iron Chicken Lord, are you? You're not satisfied yet."”
Old Cigarette Butt, who was cooking, said to the company commander," We don't want anything in the next village. You see, we can't even pick so many things. This is too much money!”
The company commander said," Your mother, Old Cigarette Butt. Don't worry about anything that's not your business. Just cook your rice. The more things you have, the better. If you can't carry them, we'll just catch a few barbarians to carry them."”
Old Cigarette Butt said," That's true. This place is full of gold. It's not like our damn place."”
As they spoke, the Bei Bing soldiers arrived at Maple Ridge's large pond embankment. More than a hundred Bei Bing soldiers stood on the pond embankment.
At the western end of the pond, there was a huge Camphor tree. Maple Ridge called it the Forbidden Garden Tree. When the northern soldiers raised their heads to look at it, they could not see its top or the other side. The soldiers of the north had traveled tens of millions of miles across the land of the Celestial Empire, but they had never seen such a huge tree. They all gasped in shock.
The commander of the Northern soldiers looked at the tree and the large house in Maple Ridge. He saw that there were long walls on both sides of the tree that surrounded the house. He thought, Isn't this a f * cking iron wall?
The commander of the Northern soldiers raised his gun and waved his hand.""Go into the village and catch a few people to carry the burden.”
More than a hundred Northern soldiers rushed into Maple Ridge through the entrance of the cave. They barged into the main hall, the horizontal hall, the golden hall, the green hall, the bright hall, and the brilliant hall. Even though the commander did not give the order to pillage, they still pillaged. This was their habit, and they did not need anyone to give the order.
The strange thing was that there was no one in such a large village. There were no men or women, no adults or children. Where had everyone gone? The order given by the commander of the northern soldiers to catch a few people to carry the burden could not be fulfilled. If that happened, the northern soldiers would be punished collectively.
The two soldiers carried their spears and carefully walked from the entrance of the long alley to the Shi 'an Hall. The entrance of the long alley was more than 30 meters long and it was dark inside. Only light came in from the two ends of the alley. Strangers could only walk carefully inside.
Suddenly, they saw a young man in Shi Antang's room. This young man was five feet tall, fat and strong. His square face was lively. His name was Cheng Ren, and he was Madam Huang's fourth son.
When the two soldiers saw that Cheng Ren was bigger than them, they probably did not have the strength to capture him. They shouted," Come quickly, come quickly!" while holding their spears, they surrounded Cheng Ren.
Cheng Ren was also very confused. He was burning a kiln at Gantang Slope and had come home to drink some tea. He was prepared to carry firewood to Gantang Slope. When he returned home, the Northern soldiers had yet to reach the pond, so he did not see them. When he returned home, there was no one at home. Even his mother was gone. He felt strange and took a dump. Just as he was about to tie up the firewood, two Northern soldiers surrounded him.
The three of them walked around in the Shi An Hall. Cheng Ren was thinking of a way to escape. He was unarmed and alone, while the two Northern soldiers held shiny spears in their hands. The two of them worked together, and they were rich in combat experience.
Bei Bing was thinking,'We're not trying to kill you. We just want you to help us carry the burden.'
The four corners of Shi An's main house had alleyways that led to another place. The alleyway in the upper right corner led to the main house of Gaoshan Temple and also to the back mountain. Cheng Ren tried several times, but he was blocked by the spears of the northern soldiers.
Cheng Ren thought that he could only use force. With his own strength, it was not a problem to defeat these two Northern soldiers. He crossed his arms to show his friendliness and chuckled as he approached the Northern soldier in front of him. The Northern soldier also grinned and loosened his grip on the spear. Only his right hand held the spear. Cheng Ren took a step forward and hugged the Northern soldier in front of him. The Northern soldier behind him immediately threw away his gun and hugged Cheng Ren from behind.
The three of them hugged each other and smashed the clam shells in Shi Antang's room. After a few rounds, they rolled together. At this moment, four more soldiers came over. The six of them lifted Cheng Ren up and threw him onto the pile of firewood in the central room. Then, four of them held down his hands and feet, one held down his head, and a person who looked like a class monitor stood in front of Cheng Ren with his hands on his hips and asked him if he was convinced or not. If he was not convinced, he would kill him.
Cheng Ren said,"Yes, why not?" There are so many of you here. I'm a good man, but I can't fight a second-hand man.”
The class monitor said," At least you know what's good for you. Help us carry the load. Once we send you to Yuezhou, we'll let you come back. We won't want you to be a soldier. We won't recruit soldiers in Hunan."”
Cheng Ren said,"Alright, alright. I'll help you carry the burden."”
The northern soldiers left the cave one after another and gathered on the ground. They had looted chicken, ducks, rice, and other items in their hands and on their spears. The civilians only caught Cheng Ren, but there were more than ten northern soldiers surrounding him, afraid that he would escape.
The northern soldiers finally set off. They walked north along the iron pavement. There were more than fifty people in front and more than fifty people behind them. Cheng Ren was sandwiched in the middle, carrying a load of rice.
Cheng Ren, who was carrying the rice, thought to himself, I have to escape. If I don't escape, I have to follow them to Yuezhou. This will delay my kiln. Besides, these cruel and inhumane Northern soldiers will take my life if they get upset.
Just as he was thinking about this, he arrived at Tiepu Pond. Cheng Ren put down his burden and jumped into the pond. He dived into the middle of the pond. The dozen or so soldiers behind him were stunned when they saw Cheng Ren's beautiful leap. When they woke up, they put down the chickens and ducks on their spears and fired at the place where Cheng Ren fell into the water.
The moment the gun rang, the team in front stopped. The company commander asked what was going on, and someone reported that the porter had jumped into the water. The company commander said that it was fine to kill him, and he did not want him anymore.
More than a hundred Northern soldiers surrounded Tiepu Pond. They removed their guns and loaded them. They were ready to shoot. As soon as Cheng Ren showed his face, they would blow his head off.
Cheng Ren was very good at swimming and could stay underwater for several minutes without breathing. However, he was still a human being, not a fish. He could not hold it in any longer, so he floated to the surface of the water to breathe. As soon as he showed his head, the Northern soldiers opened fire. There were more than a hundred guns, and each person fired two or three bullets. Cheng Ren's body was riddled with holes like beehives. Blood splashed out and filled the iron pond. The clear pond water slowly turned into blood, and Cheng Ren floated in the middle of the water.
The Northern soldiers left after committing their crimes. There was no one to pick the rice. They poured the load of rice into the pond and left. The team meandered along the path of the Tiepu Ridge. Slowly, the last person disappeared into the jungle of the dry pond slope.
The violent gunfire shocked the Maple Ridge people who were hiding in the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain. The brave ones quietly moved to the edge of the bamboo forest and lay on the ground to watch the violence of the Northern soldiers. That scene was imprinted in their minds, just like the seal left by Qin Shihuang.
Who died under the spear of the Northern soldiers?
At that time, the people of Maple Ridge did not know who the dead person was. They only knew that it was someone from their own house.
The northern soldiers had disappeared without a trace. The Maple Ridge people had come out of the bamboo forest. They went down the mountain and came to Iron Pond, surrounding it. People were pointing and whispering. Suddenly, a young man shouted,"This is Brother Chengren, this is Brother Chengren!”
"Ah, yes, yes." Many people recognized that the deceased was Madam Huang's fourth son, Cheng Ren. Madam Huang was also in the crowd. She recognized her son and fell to the ground, crying."Ce 'er, why is it you, why is it you? Aren't you in the kiln?”
Madam Huang had five sons. The eldest son was called Meilin, and the other name was Xingren. On this day, he went to sell fish in antlers. The second son was called Meipen and his name was Wanren. On this day, he was also burning a kiln at Gantang Slope. When the Northern soldiers escorted Chengren to Tiepu Pond, he saw the Northern soldiers and hid in the forest west of Yaoling. The third son was named Meixin, also known as Quino-Ren. On this day, he was repairing the old canal in She Gongtang. The youngest son was called Meibin, and his name was Yuzhong. He was thirteen years old this year. On this day, he was studying at the home of Duke Zhihong of Cangping River.
Wan Ren had also arrived. He heard everyone say that the deceased was his fourth brother, Ce 'er. He jumped into the water and swam to the corpse. Another two young men jumped down as well. The three of them carried Cheng Ren's body to the shore and then carried the body. The people on top caught the body and dragged it to the ridge.
Cheng Ren's wife, Fan Mingxiang, ignored everything. She walked around the crowd and stepped into the paddy field. She came to Cheng Ren's body and cried on the body. She said,"Why is it you? Why is it you? Oh my god, you were fine this morning. You even said that you wanted to eat the dumplings I made myself.”
Wan Ren commanded the people to carry Cheng Ren's body home. More than a hundred people poured into the cave door and into Shi An's main room. The corpse was placed in the dark room at the head of the hall. There was a water wick inside. A few experienced men fetched well water to clean the corpse. They were very particular when wiping the corpse. The first seven times, the last eight times, and then they put on clean clothes for him and placed him on the door.
Everyone slowly dispersed. Third Brother Liren had also returned. Although She Gongtang was two to three miles away from Tiepu Pond, the violent gunfire still alarmed him. He heard the bad news and the whole story while he was still on the ground. He rushed to his house and saw his fourth brother lying on the door.
Liren caressed Ling's face and cried,""Brother, why are you so stupid? I told you to deliver the burden, so you did it. If you want to escape, you can't run into the water.”
Fan Mingxiang had been crying by her husband's side. As she cried, she said,""Grandpa, you're only twenty-four years old. How am I supposed to live? Jian 'er didn't raise me last year, and now you're gone. I'm the only widow left. Come and take me in!”
Eldest sister-in-law Ye Zi was also crying, second sister-in-law Wu Qionggui was also crying, third sister-in-law Fang Fang was also crying. Li Ren said," Don't cry. Go and see me. Don't let me cry too much." The three wives left, and the dark room became much quieter.
It was already 10:00 in the afternoon, and the sun had set. The eldest son, Xing Ren, returned home. He saw the tragic scene, and his face was ashen. He did not make a sound for a long time.
Wan Ren said,"Big brother, he has already left. There's nothing we can do." You still have to make decisions at home. You can't lose your mind. Quickly give your orders.”
Xing Ren called his two younger brothers to his side and said,"Second Brother, your legs are long. Quickly go to Cangping River and fetch Little Brother. Let him see Fourth Brother for the last time. Fourth Brother usually dotes on him the most. Third Brother, since you are strong, call two people to dig a hole in Maojin Mountain."”
Li Ren said,"This Yin House also depends on the land. You can't just dig it casually."”
Xing Ren said,"It's right next to my old lady's netherworld. I've seen the ground of my netherworld before. There's no problem."”
The two brothers did as they were told, and Xingren came to his mother's side. Mrs. Huang was crying as she caressed the bed. Xingren held his mother's hand and said,"Mother, please don't cry and ruin your body. Brother Ce has already left and the dead can't be brought back to life.”
Madam Huang said,"Son, that's true. It's reasonable, but I can't do it!" Ce 'er was only twenty-four years old. He was so straightforward and heroic. How could he be gone just like that? Your master has been in the netherworld for ten years and has always been protecting our family. In these ten years, our family has been safe and sound. You have also married and given birth. This time, why didn't he protect us? Why did he fall asleep?”
Xing Ren said,"Mother, perhaps Master is too tired and wants to rest!"”
"Lin 'er, you're the eldest son of the family, the pillar of the family. You have to make Ce' er's funeral more presentable. We can't let outsiders laugh at us."”
"Mother, I know."”
After bidding farewell to his mother, Xingren came to comfort his sister-in-law. Then, he instructed his wives to cook. They had to make more. There were guests for dinner, so they didn't have time to buy meat. They had to make some fresh vegetables.
Ye 'zi brought Wu Qionggui and Fang Fang to cook while Xingren went to hire carpenters. Soon, two people were called over. They were both from Maple Ridge and did not go out to work today.
There were many trees in Madam Huang's house, which were used to build a new house. Xingren did not hesitate to lead the carpenters to the pile of trees and asked them to cut wood. The older master said,"Is there no other way?"
Xingren said,"Let's do it this way. Being a Yang house is doing it, and being a Yin house is also doing it. It's all for people to live in.”
After dinner, he worked the night shift. Those who dug the pit continued to dig the pit, and those who made the coffin continued to make the coffin. Master Pin Zheng called four more helpers. He planned to make the coffin in one night.
In the blink of an eye, Wan Ren came back with his little brother Meibin. Meibin was still crying in the main hall. As she cried, she called out," Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother." When they reached the morgue, he held Fourth Brother's hand and shook it hard, as if he wanted to shake this sleeping brother awake.
Fan Mingxiang pulled away Mei Bin's hand and said," Little brother, your fourth brother left. He left me alone. Look at how cruel he is! How cruel!"”
Mei Bin said,"Sister-in-law, you still have us. Fourth Brother won't leave. He will come back."”
Fan Mingxiang said," Good Bin 'er, don't say silly things. Your Fourth Brother won't come back. You didn't see the tragic scene. The iron pond was filled with blood. His blood was all drained and his soul drifted away.”
Meibin started crying.
When she was done crying, Meibin came to Madam Huang's side. Madam Huang said,"Bin 'er, your fourth brother is gone. I'm like a white-haired person sending off a black-haired person!”
Mei Bin said," Mother, you should feel sorry for me. Fourth Brother has left and can't come back. I will be filial to you on behalf of Fourth Brother in the future. You must take good care of your body."”
Madam Huang said,"Bin 'er is sensible. She studies hard, right? Mr. Zhihong, are you satisfied?"”
"Mr. Zhihong was quite satisfied," Meibin said."He said I was the best among the students."”
Madam Huang said,"That's good, that's good. You should also fight for your fourth brother!"”
As he spoke, Xingren entered the room and said to Meibin,"Little brother, make an elegiac couplet for your fourth brother. Write it a little longer and it'll be considered Dong, right? In addition, you have to write a piece of silk. I'll send it to you after I tie the knot.”
Meibin said,"Okay," and went back to his study at Gaoshan Temple.
After a few rounds in the study, Little Meibin thought of an elegiac couplet. She took out a few pieces of white paper, cut the strips, ground the ink, and wrote:
The northern soldiers bared their fangs and brandished their claws several times to invade the south, several times to plunder, disturbing my maple tree, throwing eggs and killing people
Crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Nanshan have been on the northern expedition three times, chasing after him three times. Tieling has been crying and howling, and its soul has been lost
After he finished writing, he called his brother to come and see. Xingren came and said,"It's good, but it's still a fly in the ointment. What did this mean by 'crouching tigers and hidden dragons'? Could it be the south-pointing soldiers? However, what was the difference between the northern and southern soldiers? They were all soldiers who harmed the people. They only knew how to plunder the people's wealth and rape their wives and daughters.”
Mei Bin said," Big Brother, it's not impossible to understand it this way. It's not impossible to change your way of thinking. This 'Nanshan' also refers to the people who want to resist. In history, are there still few people who resist?”
"This is just your imagination. You haven't seen it in reality yet."”
"Big Brother, don't you think Fourth Brother is such a hero?" Bei Bing Lafu, Fourth Brother fought back. Although he didn't kill the Bei Bing, escaping was also a form of resistance!”
"I didn't expect our little Meibin to be so sensible. She's about to become an adult."”
Mei Bin said,"Big brother, you flatter me. I still have to work hard." Big brother, please take a look at how the silk is written. I have a draft here.”
Xingren saw that the draft was written like this: Born in the twenty-second year of Guangxu, Bingshen, December 3, Mao Shi, died in the ninth year of the Republic of China, Gengshen, May 1, Si Shi
After thinking for a while, Xingren said," There's a particular thing about writing silk. It requires 16 characters on both sides. It's not a couplet, so it doesn't talk about antithesis, but it still has to be neat. Why don't we change this piece of silk to 'Born in the 22nd year of Guangxu, Bingshen, the third day of the twelfth month, Mao Shi, and died in the 9th year of the Republic of China, Gengshen, the first day of the fifth month, Si Shi Shi?'"”
Mei Bin said,"Big Brother changed it well. The word 'met with misfortune' said that Fourth Brother died an unnatural death."”
After working the night shift, the carpenter finally finished the coffin. On the morning of the second day of the lunar new year, the oil craftsman came. He had to paint the coffin in the morning and bury it in the afternoon.
Xingren's plan was to bury his fourth brother on the third day of the third month. If he died on the first day, he would be buried on the third day. This was called a mountain burial in the local area, and it was a very urgent burial. Xingren explained to Madam Huang,"It was summer, and Fourth Brother died suddenly. He was still young, so he couldn't stay for long."”
"You're right," said Madam Huang."You just have to make it clear to your sister-in-law.”
"Mother is right, I'll go now."”
Before the coffin was closed, the monks came. There were five of them in total. The sound of their blowing and beating, along with the cries of their relatives, filled the sky above Shi An's main room.
Cheng Ren's body was placed in a coffin. He closed his eyes and bid farewell to this world forever.
After the coffin was closed, the coffin was moved to the east side of the Shi 'an Hall. The spirit room was placed above the coffin. In front of the coffin was a small table with offerings, a lighted lamp, and an incense table. The couplet written by Meibin was pasted under the ridge of the roof. White cloth was hung from the well-shaped frame of Shi 'an Hall. The Shi' an Bodhisattva, the Earth Bodhisattva, and General Yang Si on the altar were all covered with white cloth.
The monks began to decorate the dojo. In the middle of the main hall, there were several eight-square tables stacked up. Several huge statues of gods drawn by the monks stood on them. In front of them were two eight-square tables. The monks leaned on the tables to write and draw, making preparations.
After dinner, they began to build the dojo.
The sound of the suona was melodious, and the mournful cry traveled through the alley to every corner of Maple Ridge.
After the sound of the suona, gongs, and drums, a monk began to recite the Sutra of Limbo. He said,"In the past, in the Shi Qing Heaven, the blue sky sang and the great floating Li soil. It is the first time that a person has been saved by the Yuan Dynasty. It is immeasurable and high-grade. The Yuan Dynasty is the first time that the Heavenly Lord should explain this scripture. After ten rounds, he summoned all the people in the ten directions and went to his seat. The Great God of Heaven, the Supreme Saint, the Immortal of Miao Xing, and Wuyang came from the sky. Flying clouds and red clouds, green chariots and beautiful wheels, feather covers hanging in the shade. Flowing essence jade light, five colors Yu Bo, the cave is full of space. Seven days and seven nights. The sun and moon in the sky, the stars in the sky, the stars in the sky in the sky, the stars in the sky, the stars in the sky in the sky, the stars in the stars in the sky, the stars in the stars ”
Another monk knocked on the wooden fish. Although he knocked very softly, the dull sound of the wooden fish still spread far and wide.
The monks who were playing the suona were sitting there in a daze, listening to the Scripture of Limbo. They had listened to it countless times and were as familiar with it as their fingers.
The monk continued to chant,"The men and women of a country, with all their hearts, come like a drizzle and dense fog." Without Yang's army, half of the country will be destroyed, and the land will be partially occupied, which cannot be stopped. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a pearl as big as millet was hanging in the sky, fifty feet above the ground. Yuan Shi Deng led the innocent great god, the supreme sage, the wonderful line of true people, the ten directions of the infinite to the true great god, Wu Yang and several others into the pearl. Heaven and man looked up, only to see Liu Bo, from the mouth of the pearl into the mouth, into the mouth of the pearl, do not know where. The people of the country were scattered, and the land was returned to its original state, without being destroyed.”
After reciting the scriptures a few times, the monk began to take the filial son to the track. Cheng Ren had a son who died last year. Xingren had a son who was only five years old and a daughter who was only three years old. There was no child under Wanren's knees, and there was only a little girl under Quinoa's knees. There was no way, so he had to use Meibin to play the role.
The villagers and relatives who came to see the dojo were all seated in the hall. The few alleys were filled with people. The courtyard was also paved with a door. There were also people sitting on it. Everyone wanted to send Chengren off on his last journey.
Mrs. Huang was sobbing in her bedroom, and her daughters-in-law were accompanying her.
Fan Mingxiang was the only one lying by the coffin.
The monks played, played, chanted, and sang all night. When the sun rose on the third day of the third lunar month, a monk brought Meibin around the house to bid farewell to the undead.
After lunch, the funeral began. The funeral custom of Maple Ridge was to hold the funeral after lunch. The funeral had always been based on the day and not the time.
The coffin walked past the entrance of the long alley, past the ice hall, past the clear pond hall, past the entrance of the square alley, and arrived at the main hall. After placing it in the main hall to sacrifice to the ancestors, the spirit was awakened again. They went out of the main door, out of the cave door, and held a sacrificial ceremony on the big ground.
After the ceremony, the spirits were awakened again. The mourners lifted the coffins up high, and the muskets and suona sounded. The mourners followed behind the coffins and headed for Mount Maojin. The coffin crossed the iron pond, carried up the Kulian pond, passed through the thorny grass field, and finally arrived at the burial place.
Chengren's netherworld was a Qian Xun and Hai Si direction, which was the same direction as the netherworld prepared by his mother in advance. This Yin House was located on the neck of Mount Maojin. The front was extremely wide, with flowing water and lush grass.
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