Tomb Guarding Figurine
The village chief hired a car, and we arrived outside the small village in an hour. The car could only go this far. There was a huge mountain in front of us. The road construction outside the mountain was rushed day and night. At this moment, they were still pushing the soil and digging the road. It was noisy!
We had to follow the village chief over a large mountain before we could enter the village. I hadn't walked on a mountain road for several years, so I jogged along with them. When I entered the village, I was already panting heavily.
If this wasn't the first time I followed Master out to broaden my horizons, if it wasn't the first time I witnessed Master's ability to catch ghosts, I would have wanted to have a good sleep right now!
The village chief has quite a few people gathered at the entrance of the village, and it looks like they are welcoming us. Of course, I have never seen a day like this where a village's villagers gather at the entrance of the village to wait.
Master was very calm, as if he was already used to this kind of welcome. However, I greeted the villagers eagerly, as if these people were welcoming me!
After entering the village, the master did not say anything. He first asked the village chief to bring the money he had prepared. The village chief carried a plate with about one to two thousand yuan on it.
The master was greedy and quickly put it into his pocket. Then, he said,"Bring me there!"
At this moment, everyone in the village was looking forward to following Master, and I was also looking forward to it.
At the end of the village, there was a small hill. It seemed that the villagers had already dug out half of it. The master looked at the hill and said in a deep voice,"Riding a dragon is like a side fortress, and the mouth of the cave is clear. When the master does not say that there is no more breath, he sits down to hide the wind and receive the true qi. No wonder something happened. Look, this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The natural Qi is strong. There are small holes in the two mountains in front of us. The Qi of nature flows in and out to hide the wind. Looking at the entire mountain, there are dragons on the left and tigers on the right. This is an excellent cemetery in Feng Shui!”The dirty old man seemed to be explaining it to me on purpose. However, I only read some ghost catching and demon subduing techniques and knew nothing about Feng Shui. This made me look at a loss. Perhaps Master was just casually explaining it to me. Seeing that I didn't understand it, he didn't explain it anymore!
After taking a few more steps forward, the master stopped and looked at a newly dug deep ravine. He said in a deep voice,"You dug up their graves, so it's only natural that people in the village die now!”
"Old sir, but look, we didn't dig out someone else's grave. It's a Buddha's head!”The village chief looked confused. It seemed that he had thought that this place should be a temple or something, but Master said that it was a tomb. How could there be a Buddha statue?
Master didn't reply. He jumped into the deep pit and picked up the smashed portrait to study it. After a moment of silence, he said,"This isn't a Buddha statue. It's just a tomb guardian figurine that was buried with the Buddha statue!”
Seeing that everyone did not understand, the master began to explain. The so-called tomb guarding figurines, including tomb guarding beasts, heavenly king figurines, and warrior figurines, were an important category of pottery funerary objects in the Tang Dynasty. The terracotta warriors of the heavenly kings were usually buried in pairs, mostly placed on both sides of the tomb door, with the function of suppressing evil and exorcising evil. This burial custom began in the sixth century. At first, it was a pair of warrior figurines. In the Tang Dynasty, influenced by the image of the Buddhist guardian god, the warrior figurines were replaced by the Heavenly King figurines. The Buddha statue of the Heavenly King tended to be realistic, while the burial terracotta warriors were exaggerated and terrifying.
Then, the master ordered the villagers to start digging at a place ten meters away. He wanted to prove his guess. If it was a tomb guardian terracotta, there should be another one!
After a while, someone shouted,"Old sir, there's still one here!"”
At this moment, I admired Master from the bottom of my heart. He was indeed an amazing exorcist priest. It was a waste of his talent to guard the tomb. But then again, in today's society, exorcism priests can't make a living!
I ran after him. It was a tomb guardian figurine wearing a mask. He wore a Nuo opera mask and held an axe and a poisonous snake in his hand. It seemed that he was casting a spell to exorcise evil spirits.
The master smiled faintly. Then, he took out a stack of talismans and had each of the men present stick one on their chests. Then, he said,"Everyone, start digging. The coffin should be in the center of the two terracotta warriors!”
Then, Master told me that when he went down just now, he felt that the evil aura in the pit was relatively heavy. He was an exorcist priest, so it didn't affect him much. If it was an ordinary person who went in without an amulet, they would easily be injured by the evil aura!
About an hour later, someone shouted,""Old sir, old sir, the coffin is out…"
Master and I ran to the side of the coffin. Under the dim fire, the entire coffin was pitch-black. When Master saw the coffin, he took a deep breath and hurriedly called all the villagers out. Then, he jumped into the deep pit and chanted an incantation."Receiving orders from the heavens, ascending to the Nine Palaces, placing the hundred gods in their positions, serving the divine duke, refining the soul, replenishing the five internal organs, pouring the hundred grains, filling the seven liquids, exchanging fire bells, suppressing evil spirits and corpses, I am following the orders of the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord!”
When I heard this incantation, I knew that it was a curse to suppress evil spirits. Master must have wanted to suppress the evil spirits first before making a move. At this moment, I saw Master stick a talisman to suppress evil spirits on the coffin lid.
After doing all this, Master said to the outside,"The zombie has been subdued. Come in and open the coffin!”
After that, a few young men jumped into the deep pit and pried open the coffin. At this moment, a dried corpse wearing armor appeared in front of us. When everyone saw the dried corpse, they were so scared that they took a few steps back. However, Master was as steady as Mount Tai. He pointed at the dried corpse and pasted a Six-Ding Energy Shield Talisman on the head of the corpse!
"It's okay now. The soul has left. He will definitely return to his body in the middle of the night. At that time, I will put him into his body and cremate him together.”After the master finished speaking, he squatted beside the coffin, filled a pot of cigarettes, and started eating.
After a while, a villager ran over and shouted," San Lang from the village is fine. He's awake…"
This San Lang had just fainted this morning. According to the tradition of the dead in the village, he would die tonight. The villagers who had died before all died in this way!
After receiving this news, everyone was delighted. They looked at their master with incomparable devotion, as if they were believers worshipping their gods!
I looked at the corpse curiously. Perhaps it was because there were many people, but I had never been afraid since I dug out the coffin. Master saw me secretly glancing at the coffin and said in a clear voice,"Little One, come down. Master has a few spells to teach you. Where can you find such a good practice corpse now?”
I hesitated to enter the deep pit. I didn't know why, but I felt a chill on my back and didn't dare to move.
"You little brat, come down quickly. If you anger Master, I won't care about that matter of yours!”Master saw that I was still not coming down, so he shouted!
I hurriedly agreed and braced myself to jump into the deep pit.
"Now, use the evil-breaking talisman to break the corpse's evil spirit!"”
I hurriedly searched for the evil-breaking talismans in Master's bag. Although I had only followed Master for a few days, I had roughly memorized the books that Master had given me. Although I didn't have the ability to draw talismans myself, I still recognized some of the talismans that were commonly used!
I took out an evil-breaking talisman from a handful of talismans and recalled the incantation in my mind. I remembered the incantation, but I forgot the hand seal. I could only smile and ask,"Master, the hand seal for the evil-breaking talisman is…"
Just as I said this, for some reason, my third eye suddenly appeared on my forehead. I used my third eye to see a small head appear behind Master. That small head was only a little bigger than a fist, and its small face was as pale as a sheet of paper."Master…behind you…"
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