846 Funeral (4)
Although it was extremely dark at this time, and it was summer, the corpse was already somewhat decomposed, and she couldn't see the corpse's face clearly, but with her understanding of her son, she could determine at a glance that this little corpse was definitely not her son Li Jide.
But she didn't want to give up like this, she felt that since her son had entrusted her with a dream, he must be here, in this small grave.
She stood there and looked around the coffin, and noticed that the soil layer at the end of the coffin was different.
According to the funeral customs of this area, before the coffin is buried, the soil layer around the coffin must be repaired to make it a simple burial chamber. Even the poorest villagers will not let the coffin be buried in the soil at will.
Although Fang Li was buried on the night of his death, it would not take too much time to simply repair the soil layer that the coffin was about to fall into for such a small tomb.
However, the soil at the end of the coffin is extremely soft, as if it has not been repaired at all, or has it been pushed away and re-made after being repaired?
In fact, Li Yuxiang knew that this kind of funeral custom was only for the villagers to respect the deceased, and whether the coffin burial place was repaired into a "burial chamber" did not matter to the deceased at all.
But although Fang Li is Fang Xiaomin's son and belongs to the younger generation, Li Yuxiang does not believe that Fang Xiaomin and his wife will let their son's "tomb" be piled up indiscriminately. Although Fang Li was buried in a hurry, it was impossible for there to be only two Fang Xiaomin and his wife around when he was buried. Seeing that many villagers and neighbors were helping Fang's sister-in-law just now, it was obvious that the Fang family had a certain status in this village.
He put his son's coffin on a mound of earth. Falling into the eyes of the villagers will definitely attract the disdain and strange gaze of the villagers.
Therefore, Li Yuxiang feels that the soil here is so soft. It's clear that it's piled up in a hurry, which is a bit suspicious. Moreover, the soil on the head and left and right sides of the coffin is relatively hard, and although the surface is not smooth, it can be seen that the inner wall of this small tomb was indeed simply repaired when it was buried.
She began to dig up the earth at the end of the coffin with a branch. Digging and digging, she saw a small, pale hand that was already somewhat rotten. The small hand was palmed downward, and the back of the palm was pierced by a nail, as if it had been nailed into the soil.
Li Yuxiang almost fainted. She had already guessed what was going on, and she was so sad and angry that she laughed miserably. With a miserable laugh, tears were already pouring out of her eyes like rain.
She didn't know what kind of perseverance or belief she relied on. Continue digging into the soft soil. When the branch broke, she continued digging with her own hands, and at last she saw another small hand, which was also nailed to the palm of her hand, with the back of her hand facing up, nailed to the ground.
Her tears flowed to the ground, creating a small puddle that blurred her vision. However, he still desperately dug into the soft soil. Eventually, all the soft soil was scraped aside.
She saw the body of a child about five or six years old, with nails on his hands and feet and head, and his whole body was in a bowing posture, prostrating to the small coffin.
Li Yuxiang's eyes bloomed, and she almost fainted. She could not see the child's face because he died in a kneeling position, with his head knocked deep to the ground, and there was even a spike on the top of his head that drove it deep into the dirt.
However, she knew that this child was her son Jide.
I don't know why, she actually felt that such a strange funeral "ceremony" in front of her was somewhat familiar. Could it be that she had seen this in her old dreams, but at that time she didn't know anything about the prophecy of the dream, so she forgot about it?
For a while, Li Yuxiang regretted and hated. What I regret is why I had good thoughts in the first place and let Sister-in-law Fang take Jide away. What I hated was that the Fang family couple was so vicious and harmed her son like this.
Looking at the shape of the entire tomb, it should be that Fang Xiaomin and his wife buried their son Fang Li first in front of everyone. After the funeral was over, everyone returned, and Fang Xiaomin returned here with Jide in the name of sending Li Jide home, dug up a small grave and nailed Li Jide alive here.
However, why did Fang Xiaomin let Jide bury his son Fang Li with him? Why do you want to use such a special way to let Jide accompany the funeral?
Li Yuxiang was stunned, and always felt that the bleak scenery in front of her was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
The gloomy mountain wind blew, and Li Yuxiang had no fear.
Her husband died, and her son died so tragically under her negligence, she felt that she was not qualified to live in this world at all, so although this cemetery under the night sky was eerie, she did not feel afraid in her heart.
Instead, this cold mountain breeze blew into her mind, making her mind clear in an instant.
She suddenly remembered that she had seen such a form of funeral when she was still a child. Specifically, I think I have seen a similar funeral form.
It's a pity that she only glanced at it in a hurry at that time, and the book that drew this strange picture was snatched away by her father Li De.
But because this picture is so special, it still memorizes her. It's just that after a long time, the impression has faded a little. In addition, when she saw her son die so tragically just now, she was so sad that she didn't immediately remember that she had seen similar pictures when she was a child.
And that picture is an illustration from the Li family's secret book "Funeral Changes".
"Funeral Changes" was passed down to Chen Gang by Li De, and before he died, he specially instructed him not to pass on this secret work, so as not to cause trouble, and not to let others know about the existence of this secret book.
Chen Gang had sworn to Li De at that time, and her husband Li Yuxiang still knew a little bit, she didn't believe that Chen Gang would break his oath and teach "Funeral Change" to Fang Xiaomin.
Moreover, Chen Gang has his own son, and Li Jide may be because of his ancestral genes, he is very talented in this area, although he is still very young, but he learns this kung fu very quickly. Chen Gang has a successor, so he doesn't have to pass this secret book to Fang Xiaomin, a person with a foreign surname.
So, how did Fang Xiaomin learn about this funeral ceremony? What are the consequences of this form of funeral?
Li Yuxiang has been exposed to a lot of knowledge in this area since she was a child, even if she doesn't master the kung fu of the onmyoji, she also knows that this form of funeral definitely has special significance.
Therefore, she did not dare to change this form easily, for fear of causing further damage to the soul of her dead son. (To be continued.) )
PS: Thanks: The monthly ticket cast by Prajna Lotus Heart! Thanks: Selling the girl's little skin, eating the meat rabbit, the book friend 15O 52214415O 626, and the starting point coin given by the Arabian mother!