Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

I took the note from Chen Huimin.

The piece of paper was half the width of a palm and was wrinkled and folded together.

After opening it, there were three crooked words written in blood on it: Night of Returning Souls!

These three words have no beginning or end.

I didn't understand what it meant for a moment.

Boss Dong, who came over to take a look, exclaimed, "Wow! The seventh night of the return of the soul?!"

"Could it be that Saito Akihiro wants to send you a dream?"

"Oh!" I suddenly realized it when I heard the word "first seven".

The old funeral custom has the saying of burning seven bodies of dead body.

Starting from the death of a person, memorial services are held every seven days.

The first seven days are called the first seven days, followed by the second seven days, the third seven days, the fourth seven days, the fifth seven days, the sixth seven days, and the last seven days.

After the 49-day period of rest, the memorial ceremony will be held according to the hundred-day, anniversary, three-year and ten-year memorial rites.

In this process, the first seven to the fifth seven are the most important.

According to past belief, the soul of a person does not leave immediately after death.

Instead, he wandered around his home and was unwilling to report to the underworld.

The souls of the deceased must be sent away by burning seven incense sticks.

Let the dead souls leave home and go to the underworld to be reincarnated.

Legend has it that on the seventh night, the souls of the deceased will return home to visit and even appear in their dreams.

Therefore, the first seven days are given great importance in customs in various places.

In some places, paper ladders are erected on the courtyard wall on the seventh night.

Then take out the shoes that the deceased had worn directly, place the toes of the shoes facing the paper ladder, and then burn both together.

After doing this, place a bowl of clean water on the windowsill.

The dead souls can then ascend the Wangxiang Terrace smoothly and return home to visit their relatives at night.

In some places, on the seventh night, paper money is burned in the room where the deceased lived, to send the reluctant soul out of the room.

In some places, white lime or white flour is sprinkled on the door of the house. If footprints appear early the next morning, it means that the soul of the deceased has returned.

Customs like these vary from place to place.

However, the seventh day memorial ceremony is now much simpler.

Most of the time they just burn some paper money and place some offerings and that’s it.

I hesitated and said, "He should be sending me a dream, but..."

But I was lying in the hospital.

Can his ghost come and appear in my dreams?

In the past, we often heard stories in the village about the return of souls to appear in dreams on the seventh day after death.

But those dead souls all return to their own homes and appear in their families' dreams.

Saito Akihiro and I have no relationship.

Even if he climbs up to the Wangxiang Terrace on the seventh day, he may not be able to send me a dream, right?

wrong!

If he was really sure, he wouldn't have written this note to me.

This note must have another meaning!

I frowned, wondering what the note's true meaning was.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Are you afraid that he will appear in your dreams?" asked Boss Dong.

I shook my head.

How could I be afraid of him appearing in my dreams?

I hope he can come to me in my dream tonight.

Fortunately, I learned more about the situation in my dream.

When I looked up and saw Chen Huimin, my thoughts instantly became clear.

"Uncle Chen should have read the above content, right? Did he say anything?"

I am sure Uncle Chen must have read the note.

Moreover, he did not just send someone to deliver the note, but asked Chen Huimin to deliver it personally.

Chen Huimin is the boss of the 14K gang, not a little brother who runs errands.

There is no need for him to get involved in ordinary matters.

Chen Huimin smiled and said, "Shizi is quite smart."

"Uncle Chen said, if you don't ask for his opinion, just let me pretend nothing happened."

"If you ask, then I have to give you an answer."

"Now I'll tell you Uncle Chen's answer."

Chen Huimin put away her smile and stood as straight as a pine tree.

Seeing this, Boss Dong also stood up, trying to straighten his back and straighten his stomach.

The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became serious.

"Uncle Chen said that the person is dead and we didn't do what we promised you. It's our fault."

"On the seventh night after the soul returns, we will invite a master from the Wong Tai Sin Temple to summon the soul and consult with the spirit medium. All your questions will be answered."

"I've got the message."

"Shizi, rest assured and recover. I'm leaving first."

After Chen Huimin delivered his message, he turned and left.

Boss Dong sat down and said, "Wow, Uncle Chen did you a big favor."

"The masters at Wong Tai Sin Temple are so powerful that even money can't pay them."

I was a little surprised.

Because Taoist Priest Zhang is so approachable, I feel that all Taoist priests should be quite kind.

But the meaning conveyed by Boss Dong's words was different.

"Is the master of Wong Tai Sin Temple of high status?"

Boss Dong nodded and said, "The Wong Tai Sin Temple is very effective. You have to queue up to draw lots, and the consecrated talismans are even more expensive to obtain."

"How many wealthy people are vying for the first spot to burn the incense."

"It's not just about the money to ask a master to personally summon the spirit and help with the writing."

"You also need to have a high enough status. Even if I risk my reputation, I can't hire someone like you."

I was so horny that I couldn't stop listening to it.

I thought what if Taoist Master Zhang came here.

I’m afraid his status is not lower than that of the masters in the Wong Tai Sin Temple... It’s a pity that with his abilities, he can only treat patients in the mountains now.

Later, Taoist Master Zhang also became famous.

In the 1990s, I traveled to several small countries in Southeast Asia.

When he was fighting with the sorcerer, he used his Yang Shen to shock the whole audience and was treated as a guest of honor by the dignitaries there.

There was even a king who said that as long as Taoist Zhang was willing to stay, he would build a Taoist temple for him and offer sacrifices to him every year.

But Taoist Zhang waved his sleeves and returned home in a leisurely manner.

Continue to practice Taoism, practice medicine and spread Taoism.

Boss Dong continued, "The spirit writing at Wong Tai Sin Temple is really powerful."

"When we moved to Hong Kong Island, the Taoist priest consulted Wong Tai Sin through spirit mediums when choosing a location. Wong Tai Sin decreed that the current location be chosen."

"After it was built, the war was going on, and planes were bombing Hong Kong Island every day."

"The surrounding buildings were bombed to pieces, but the Wong Tai Sin Temple remained intact."

"Everyone said Wong Tai Sin was blessing them, so they all went to burn incense and pay their respects to him. The incense became more and more popular day by day."

"Oh, by the way, do you know what Fuqi is?"

I shook my head when I heard that.

At that time, I had never heard of spirit possession.

Generally speaking, most people in the north use shamans, while most people in the south use spirit writing.

Well, don’t think that Chu Ma is unique to the Northeast.

Northeastern Chu Ma incorporates some of the rituals of shamanism.

Using props such as King Wen's drum and King Wu's whip, combined with steps, posture, and singing, the ritual of inviting the immortals to possess the body is completed.

In other northern regions besides the Northeast, there are also widespread exorcists.

However, the ritual of summoning the spirit is not as distinctive as that of the Northeastern one, and usually relies on a single person singing and dancing to complete the process of inviting the spirit to possess the body.

In the southern region, Fuqi is the most common method.

Fuqi is also a way to invite spirits to possess one’s body, which can be divided into inviting a yang medium and inviting a yin medium.

Asking a yang medium means asking a famous god to possess the body, such as Guan Erye, the Third Prince, etc.

Asking a ghost medium is to invite the soul of the deceased to possess the body, that is, to summon the soul to possess the body to ask questions.

The supernatural games such as Pen Fairy and Ouija Board that became widely popular later on were all simplified versions of the spirit writing ritual.

The first step in Fuqi is to start the spirit journey.

Usually chanting is used to invite the spirit to possess the body, and at the same time, there will be external physical manifestations such as trembling all over the body and trance-like expression.

Boss Dong demonstrated to me how to do the spirit writing with his hands and feet dancing.

"That's probably what Fuqi is all about. It's about asking a spirit to possess you."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound outside the window.

The sound is slightly sharp.

It sounded like the sound of shoes rubbing against the ground.

Boss Dong's face suddenly turned pale.

"Stone, do you hear any rustling?"

"This is the seventh floor!"

"Why is there a sound of shoes scraping against the ground outside the window?!"