C41 (2/2)

It's a clear night and there's no intention of rain. Why do you want me to hold an umbrella?

I didn't dare ask, but I knew there must be a story here, and it must have something to do with it.

But in the end, what I feared happened.

After walking for nearly an hour, he was already exhausted, but he still hadn't arrived.

I asked Xiao Tao, why is your village so big? How far had he walked? Why hadn't he arrived yet?

But Xiao Tao was already sweating profusely, and the other villagers were the same. He wanted to say something, but was so anxious that he couldn't say a word.

At this moment, I saw that we have circled back to the Baozi's home entrance!

Looking at this, I sucked in another breath of cold air. With so many people here, how could I have met a Wall-Hitting Ghost?

Bao Wenjun said that place was extremely close to my house, why can't we go there?

No matter how he walked, he would eventually make it to the Baozi's home entrance.

We are like walking on a treadmill, no matter how you walk, the scenery is still the same.

Second Master Lin also said not to go any further. If they continue walking like this, even if they were not afraid, they would tire themselves to death sooner or later.

He took the silver needle from my hand and plunged it into my men.

He felt a numbing sensation, but he didn't feel any pain.

But after each of us tried it, it didn't work.

The Second Master Lin had said that silver needles were not a strange thing like exorcising evil spirits, but rather, when a person's emotions were extremely nervous, they could easily produce all kinds of illusions.

A silver needle is like an acupuncture needle. It is a cure that can help you recover your consciousness.

But this time it was a failure. No matter what, it was futile.

We stayed at the Baozi's home entrance, but no one wanted to go in.

In the end, there was no sign of it, and Second Master Lin suddenly thought of something.

Did he really see Steamed Bun open his eyes?

I answered him with absolute certainty. When I said that I had seen it for sure, I didn't dare to say even half a word of lie.

Hearing my words, Da Jian also nodded his head repeatedly. He said that he had the same feeling, but he was not sure if it was an illusion.

Second Master Lin seemed to have confirmed something, he kicked open the Baozi's home's gate with one leg and walked in again.

Although I'm not sure why Second Master Lin suddenly decided to barge in, but I know there must be a reason.

So we didn't think too much about it and went in together.

When he arrived in front of the corpse, he found that Steamed Bun had his eyes closed and hadn't opened them yet.

I was afraid he would open his eyes again and scare the shit out of me.

Second Master Lin invited the four treasures out and wrote a large piece of yellow paper. Due to the fact that the words were special, I couldn't see clearly what was written on it.

His writing on the yellow paper struck me as odd.

Or maybe I don't have enough knowledge, I've never seen this type of writing before, the words are sonorous, the drawing of each word is very strong.

Second Master Lin said that this was called ”Death Announcement.”

I didn't quite understand what the Death Announcement was, but at this critical moment, he didn't have the time to explain it to us.

At this moment, Steamed Bun came over and whispered to me, ”Death Announcement is an expert of the Second Master Lin, he doesn't know the specifics, but what he knows is that after a person dies, there is a breath in their body that cannot leave. This is called 'misfortune', and this Death Announcement is precisely used to calm down the dead.”

Second Master Lin nodded his head as he wrote this, agreeing with Bao Wenjun's words. He said that the words on it were related to the birth of the deceased, the cause of death, where they would be buried after death, and where they would be able to enter the Underworld. This font was a special kind of word, if the font was as ugly as a spider, the families of the dead would definitely be unhappy, and they would also seem unprofessional.

This Death Announcement's calligraphy was very powerful. Not only did it give him a decent face, it could also suppress the ”seedlings”.

Although he could not compare to calligraphers, this craft also had its own writing style.

The Second Master Lin called this type of character ”Iron Qi”, which was the standard font for their beautiful writing list.

He also stressed that this was not nonsense, and that history had its witnesses.

According to the historical records, there was a saying of writing ”Yangwen” since the Song Dynasty.

In those days, when dignitaries were buried, they would write a calligraphy on the pottery with the intention of praying to the dead.

That's when this font came into being.

However, things like ”Death Announcement” could only be used on normal dead people.

If this was used for abnormal deaths, it could easily lead to an accident.

Second Master Lin said that the ”Death Announcement” was very popular in certain places in the late Qing Dynasty, and this craft also supported a group of Mr. Yin and Yang.

When Mr. Yin Yang wrote ”Death Announcement”, once he found out that the victim had died an abnormal death, he would immediately inform the officials and refuse to write anymore.

Therefore, at that time, the government recognized this item and it was equivalent to a certificate of death.

Only when Mr. Yin Yang opens the ”Death Announcement” can the dead be buried normally.

The current proof of death was indeed derived from the ”Death Announcement”.

After writing, Second Master Lin blew the ”Death Announcement” dry and covered Steamed Bun's face.

He said he could leave now, and then he gathered up the four treasures of the study and led the way out, followed by the rest of us.