Volume 1 Chapter 032 Green-Faced Fox
I squatted down and took a closer look at the fallen nail. The biggest enemy of our profession is recklessness. For some unknown things, it is best not to act rashly and just look at them without touching them. Uncle San and Dead Face also came over.
This should be a copper nail, dark blue in color, with a round head and square body, about two palms long. A blue dragon is engraved on the nail, with its whiskers and claws flying, and the forging craftsmanship is exquisite. The nail cap is as big as a chess piece, and the word "well" is engraved on the top. In our industry, there is a saying that "drawing a well is a prison", and the word "well" is used here to mean to suppress evil spirits. The engraving is filled with cinnabar, and although it has been a long time, the cinnabar is still as bright as new.
"Green Dragon Suppressing Nail!" Dead Face and Third Uncle shouted at the same time. I saw a look of astonishment on Third Uncle's face, and even Dead Face, who usually had no expression on his face, showed a hint of astonishment.
I couldn't help but ask, "What is that?" I had never heard of the Green Dragon Evil-Suppressing Nail.
Uncle San looked at the copper nail for a long time before he said, "The Azure Dragon Nail is made by melting bronze for seven days, cultivating it with a golden tripod for seven days, and then soaking it in black dog blood for seven days. During the next seven days, every day during the Yang hours, it is engraved with the inscription "井" and spiritual patterns. After forty-nine days, it is refined with spells, filled with cinnabar, and treated with secret techniques. The process is extremely complicated, but once it is completed, it is extremely powerful and is a treasure that can suppress evil."
I seemed to understand something after hearing this. The red nails used in our family are made of red copper, and are also engraved with spells and soaked in black dog blood, but they are far from being as complicated as this.
The dead man's face frowned tightly: "Mr. Feng San, have you ever seen three hundred and sixty Green Dragon Nails forming a Tai Chi diagram just to trap a coffin?" In just this moment, the dead man's face had actually counted the number of copper nails, and I don't know what the look in his eyes was.
Uncle San smiled bitterly and said, "The Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Nail is known as a holy object that can ward off evil spirits. Getting one is a rare treasure. With these 360 Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Nails, let alone ordinary ghosts, even if there are gods in this world, they can only be sealed up! This kind of thing, let alone seeing it, no one would believe it even if you tell others about it!"
After hearing what these two people said, I became more curious about the coffin. I stood up, avoided the nails, and looked at it carefully for a while.
This coffin was very different from the ones I usually saw. It was made extremely thick and rough without any fancy decorations. The coffin was covered with yellow silk, densely written with prayers for the afterlife and words of persuading people to abandon evil and do good. However, it was different from the silk on Liu Nan's coffin lid. The characters were as small as fly heads and purple-black in color. From my perspective, it was obviously written with human blood.
The ink line was tied on the sutra, but the knotting method was not the ordinary seven-star knot, but a much more complicated method. The end of the ink line was stretched straight and directly driven into the evil-suppressing nails on the ground, firmly fastening the entire coffin.
Around the coffin, there were twelve bronze tomb figurines, with ferocious expressions, bulging eyes and bared teeth. It was unknown what kind of mythical beasts they were. In the four corners of the tomb, there were four bronze magic mirrors, three of which were pointed at the coffin, but one was facing the other direction.
I felt something strange, so I looked in the direction of the mirror and saw a human-shaped sculpture made of black stone, standing facing the stone wall. It was about the same height as an ordinary person, with clothes and hair, and was carved very finely, just like life. The only strange thing was that the statue was wrapped with iron chains as thick as a child's arm, which looked weird.
I couldn't help but walk over and take a look at the front of the statue. I was shocked to see that the statue looked like a person from behind, but a fox face from the front! Looking more closely, the face seemed to be made of bronze, with excellent carving skills, especially the pair of eyeballs, which looked lifelike.
Because it was so real, I stared at it for a moment and felt creepy, so I immediately turned my head away.
Uncle San and his friends heard the noise and came over. Liu Wenchong exclaimed, "This man has a fox face!" The village chief also turned pale and asked tremblingly, "What kind of evil thing is this?"
Dead Face had been squatting on the ground, looking over inch by inch. After a long time, he stood up and said, "There are many traces of incense and candles. This should be the place where the Bai family holds sacrifices every year."
Uncle San was thoughtful: "The Bai family has lived in seclusion here for many years, is it just to guard this coffin?"
The dead face walked around the tomb a few times and said, "These tomb figurines and the four magic mirrors form an extremely profound formation, which is used to seal the coffin in the middle."
Uncle San clicked his tongue a few times and said, "You're still not satisfied with the three hundred and sixty Green Dragon Evil-Suppressing Nails. Who is this guy inside?" Although he was joking, his face turned pale.
Seeing the serious expressions on the two men's faces, Liu Wen Chong wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Mr. Zhong, Mr. Feng San, is there a problem with this matter?" Of course I could hear that he was asking about Lin Wenjing and that devilish girl Liu Nan.
Uncle San frowned and said nothing. The dead face said, "As long as the coffin is carried into the tomb, with these things to suppress it, no matter how powerful the corpse is, it will not be able to cause any trouble."
Liu Wen Chong was overjoyed. The village chief was confused and didn't know what we meant. Uncle San explained, "The Feng Shui of the village is locked because of this place."
The village chief was shocked and asked what to do. Uncle San said that the situation here was strange. It had always been taken care of by the Bai family. Now Bai Mei died suddenly, and it was impossible to know the origin of the tomb. The village chief was worried and asked what to do. Uncle San said that the only way was to nail the Qinglong evil nail back to its original position and see the effect. After hearing what Uncle San said, the village chief finally felt relieved.
After finishing our business here, we returned along the same route as we had taken, as it was getting late. The road was difficult as the Gouya Valley was full of ravines. By the time we got back to Maobizi Village, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. We were so hungry that we had a big meal and only then did we feel better.
Afterwards, I wanted to ask the village chief if he could make room for me, but my third sister dragged me away again. I fell asleep to the sound of my snoring all night long.
After breakfast the next day, we gathered people and carried two coffins to Gouya Valley. This time, we were the only ones going. After all, the village chief was old and tired all day yesterday, so he stayed in the village to rest today. Liu Wenchong originally arranged for his mother to stay in the village, but the old woman insisted on going with him, saying that she wanted to see the bastard go to the ground with her own eyes.
When the village chief and others saw that we were carrying the coffin, they were a little confused. Uncle San explained that it was Baimei's last wish to be buried in that tomb.
The village chief and others suddenly realized and expressed their understanding.
The group set off, and the journey was smooth. After arriving at the tomb, Dead Face arranged for people to park the coffin, but as far away from the coffin in the tomb as possible. Uncle San said that the twelve tomb figurines and four magic mirrors in this tomb were much more effective in sealing off evil spirits than the Seven-Star Soul Sealing Formation that Dead Face had arranged. The bodies of Lin Wenjing and Liu Nan were placed here, and there was absolutely no worry.
A group of people came out of the tomb. Dead Face ordered them to bring some big stones to seal the entrance of the cave, and pulled some vines to cover it. It was difficult to notice that there was a cave here from the outside.
On the way back to the village, Uncle San and Dead Face walked in front of us, talking in low voices. I fell behind, but I kept staring at the dead old woman. It was not because she was so charming that I was attracted to her, but because I felt that she was a little strange.
Just now on the way here, the old woman was making a lot of noise, saying things like "bastard, evil spirit", which made my head hurt. But once we entered the tomb , the old woman became quiet instead, and ignored her ghost granddaughter, staring at the green-faced fox.
This green-faced fox is really strange. Every time I see it, I get creepy. It has a bronze fox face, but a pair of black gemstone-like eyes. It looks like a living thing, very strange. Just one look at it makes me feel shaken and unable to control myself.
The old woman kept circling around the fox statue, and I just stared at her. Later, when we returned to the village from Gouya Valley, the old woman didn't make any noise. She sat on a chair and was carried by someone, with her eyes closed. Liu Wenchong and Liu Zi'an were obviously very pleased with this, because they originally thought that the old woman would definitely make a big fuss.
But I was very suspicious and always felt that there was something unusual about this old woman.
After returning to the village, all matters were settled and everyone was excited. After being so nervous for so many days, they could finally go home with peace of mind. After discussing with the dead face, Uncle San decided to set off early the next morning. That night, the village set up several tables of banquets to see us off.
Liu Wenchong and Liu Zian were toasted by villagers one after another, and soon their faces turned red and they were drunk. Uncle San was different . He was very good at talking. When others toasted him, they ended up drinking more than him. Dead Face didn't drink a drop of alcohol, but only drank the tea he made himself. He sat there alone, and when others saw his dead face, they took the initiative to avoid him.
Some other men hired by the Liu family had been carrying coffins along the mountain roads for the past few days and were exhausted. Today, the work was settled and they received a large sum of money from the Liu family. They were all in high spirits and drank until their faces were red.
I was invited by the village head's third sister. The table was full of girls from the village. They kept pointing and commenting on which man was good-looking and which was strong. Finally, they imitated the third sister's words and said, "This child is so handsome. Come here and pinch him while I pinch him."
Damn, you really think I’m a doll!
I quickly found an excuse to escape from the table, squeezed to my uncle's table, and shouted, "I want to drink!" This caused a burst of laughter at the table.
Later, I actually drank half a cup of green fruit wine. At first, it was fine, but later I felt a little dizzy. The aftereffect of this wine was really strong. When it was time to go to bed at night, my third sister came to me again and asked me to sleep with her. I was scared by her snoring, so I stayed on my third uncle's bed and pretended to be drunk.
Later, the third uncle stepped in and said that the boy should sleep here. Only then did the third sister leave reluctantly.
Maobizi Village was bustling with noise and the lights gradually dimmed, just like the moment of calm before a storm.
