Meng Yan's Transformation

As the sky darkened and the lights were turned on, the venue for the big god dance was ready, and the "big god" was about to dance. People who were watching the fun also crowded inside and outside the courtyard. Wang Baoqin helped the dazed Zhan Mengyan to the kang in the outer room, and sat cross-legged as required, facing north, with a red cloth covering her head and holding a stick of incense in both hands.

At this time, the "big god" and the "second big god" both picked up the sacred drum with a tense, mysterious and serious look, and used the burning yellow paper to rotate and roast the drum surface, and then took a big gulp of liquor, sprayed it on the drum surface while burning and beating it. The eight strings of copper coins hanging on the side of the drum swayed with the sound.

Then, the "great god" came to Zhan Mengyan, who was covered with a red cloth, holding a sacred drum and drinking liquor. He sprayed liquor on her face three times, and spun around her head while hitting the drums tightly. The "great god" turned around, lit the candles on the altar, lit some incense, and after three bows and nine kowtows, he tied the "god skirt" around his waist, put his hands on his hips, and closed his eyes, waiting for the immortal to "possess" him.

At this time, the "Second Great God" began to invite the gods. He was seen beating the drum leisurely, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, beating the single whip, beating the flower dots, and dancing to the rhythm, moving forward or backward, left or right, advancing and retreating. After dancing for a while, he began to sing:

Oh, I picked up the King Wen drum with my left hand.

So round and round——(Shua, shua, clang)

Willow wood circle, sheepskin sling,

Three horizontal and four vertical strings, eight strings. (Shua, shua, loud and loud)

Eight strings, four pegs,

The sheep string is twisted and tied to hang money.

I hold the East Sea in my right hand, and all the five lakes and four seas, nine rivers and eight rivers are called Erlang Shen.

Carry the whip for driving the mountain, it is neither long nor short, about one foot and three inches.

Red fur rope, green belt wrapped around,

The five-colored ribbons are pulled down——(He Dangdang)

After singing the opening song of inviting the gods, the next part is "White Snake Steals the Immortal Grass" and "Yang Bajie Goes Out for Spring". After singing "The Second Great God", the song turns to inviting the gods:

I have to go ten miles to meet you and eight miles to welcome you——

Wuli pulls your horse's reins.

The front door is covered with red again, and the second door is covered with red again——

The red felt floor leads to the entrance of the hall.

At this time, the "great god" began to tremble and shake his arms, baring his teeth and claws and stretching, or acting like a fox, or like a snake, etc., which gave people a sign that some great god might be possessed. At this time, the "second great god" saw that the great god had been brought into the hall, so he sang again:

When you live in the storehouse, open the temple door.

My home is in Chuantang Gulou Temple.

When you get off your horse, you have to report your title——(He Dangdang)

At this time, the "great god" opened his eyes, picked up the drum, and slowly beat it, while beating and dancing, his whole body trembling, his face red, his eyes shining, his face ferocious, terrifying. And twisting his waist to the rhythm of the drum, the waist bell gradually swung up, swinging left and right around his waist, the sound of the copper bell and the rhythm of the drum beats blended into one. Then he sang:

"I live in the hall. The passage has been built here at Taigong Wharf."

The "Second Great God" sang again: "The gourd blossoms are all white, which great god is coming down the mountain?"

The Great God replied:

"My fairy name is Hu Santai..."

The Second Great God then put down the King Wen Drum and said to Yunqing, Wang Baoqin, and Zhan Yingying, "It turns out that it is Mr. Hu who has come down to earth. The patient's family should quickly kowtow to him!"

The three of them knelt down hurriedly, kowtowed to the "great god", and begged the great god to cure Zhan Mengyan.

The "Second Great God" said: It is not easy to ask the Great God to cure the disease, and you need to bribe the "Great God" first. So the "Second Great God" asked the "Great God": "Master Hu San, you have worked hard on the way, what do you want?"

The "great god" sang in the voice of Mr. Hu: "Raise a 200-pound pig once--"

"Oh my!" Wang Baoqin was shocked when she heard it, and said, "Master, there is no pig head that heavy!"

The "Great God" sang: "It's all over once the tail is gone--"

"It would be fine if you just cut off the tail! Oh my god, do you want a whole pig? This is asking for my life. I shouldn't have agreed to Yunqing's fee for the shaman dance. I took care of it all. What should I do now? Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao, you caused this trouble. How can I help you clean up the mess? How can I clean up your mess..." Wang Baoqin thought to herself and complained secretly.

The "Great God" and the "Second Great God" sang together, one after the other, one after the other. The room was filled with smoke and foul smells. The smoke from the cigarettes, the choking liquor, the ringing of drums, and the ringing of bells made Zhan Mengyan even more dizzy. Her mouth was dry like the edge of a volcano, burnt and bloody, as if it was about to explode, like she was drunk and half asleep, and she was almost fainting.

Zhan Mengyan seemed to have completely lost control of her thoughts, but the two "great gods" sang until their voices were hoarse, and Zhan Mengyan did not speak. The "great god" blamed the doctor in the Zhan family, saying that the "yang energy" in the house was too strong, so the ghosts dared not approach and only wandered outside the house. When he said this, the people who were watching the fun outside the house were so scared that their hair stood on end, fearing that the ghosts would touch them, and they quickly ran back home...