Volume 1: Die with Unclosed Eyes 46. Flowing Clouds Retreat
I couldn't help but praise him, "This guy is really amazing. He just buried two bronze men in the ground and separated the yin and yang."
Uncle San said, "Feng Shui piles aren't just randomly placed. They come in four main forms: gods, ghosts, humans, and beasts. And the materials used are even more diverse. The bronze figure with a sword that the elder sister mentioned is the evil-repelling swordsman in Feng Shui piles, but she's wrong about one thing. The evil-repelling swordsman can't be made of bronze; it must be made of pure gold."
"Made of pure gold." Chu Sen and I said these four words in unison.
"The reason why Feng Shui piles are a big job is because the materials used for statues are extremely expensive. If it's not Taihu stone or Shoushan stone, it's white jade or green jade. If it's metal, it must be gold, because only gold is not easily corroded. So the evil-repelling swordsman must be made of gold. It's just to deceive people, they deliberately say it's a bronze man, but this matter can't be hidden from experts." said the uncle.
I said, "If it were made of pure gold, why would those corpse thieves steal the body? Wouldn't it be a fortune if they just took the golden man away?"
"That's because Wanghu Village is blessed with good fortune, so the burial site of the golden men hasn't been discovered by these corpse-stealing thieves. Otherwise, they would have been moved away long ago. Furthermore, the corpse-stealers are all locals, so they naturally understand the effects of feng shui piles. If they stole the two golden men, the local aura of good fortune would inevitably be affected by the wild grave ditch, and the fortunes of all the villagers in the surrounding villages would undoubtedly be greatly affected. Therefore, the corpse-stealers won't even think of touching the golden men."
"How much gold is needed to build two golden men?" Chu Sen said in a trance.
I said smartly, "Of course, it has to be at least two or three kilograms. The golden statue for feng shui can't be too small."
Uncle San couldn't help but laugh and said, "Feng Shui piles have clear standards. All statues of gods must be no less than ten meters, all statues of ghosts must be no less than three meters, all statues of people must be no less than two meters, and all statues of mythical beasts must be no less than one meter."
I gasped in shock, "What? A two-meter-tall golden man?"
Uncle San said, "And there are two of them."
Chu Sen and I were completely shocked. We didn't expect that there were two two-meter-tall golden statues buried under the land we were standing on. If we dug them out, wouldn't it be a fortune?
This is not just wishful thinking. It is not difficult to get underground metal detection equipment nowadays, so I am completely confident that I can find these two golden men.
Just as I was lost in thought, I heard my uncle say, "We need to move the coffin to the ancestral grave area of Wanghu Village as soon as possible . If we wait too long, there might be problems."
My aunt asked, "But how can we get around this feng shui pile?"
"There is only one way." After thinking for a long time, the uncle said slowly.
"Are you planning to use the trick of covering the corpse's qi?" my aunt asked in surprise.
"Apart from this method, what else can we do? We can't just break this Feng Shui pillar, right?"
"Third brother, if there was a dead person in the coffin , it would be fine, but the one lying inside is the Dharma body of an evil spirit, which is much more dangerous than a dead body ."
"If we go in, it might be dangerous, but if You Qing goes in, it shouldn't be a problem. After all, we are family."
Unexpectedly, after hearing what Third Uncle said, You Qing not only did not agree readily, but instead shook her head repeatedly and said, "That won't work. I'm very timid. If you let me enter the coffin, I will be scared to death. You should think of another way."
"If there's any other way, I won't tell you this. You Qing, this is the quickest way to bury your sister. I guarantee you won't be harmed, and it won't take long. It's just a matter of walking from here to the ancestral grave area in Wanghu Village, which should take no more than ten minutes at most."
"No, no, no, don't say anything. I absolutely won't agree. I can talk about anything else, but I will never get into the coffin."
"Are you just going to watch your sister go unburied and become a wandering ghost?" Uncle San's tone had become stiff.
"Don't put all the blame on me. Even if my sister eventually became a lonely ghost, it was because you were incompetent and couldn't handle this matter. Don't try to blame me." She said angrily.
"You..." Uncle San was so angry that she couldn't finish a word.
I quickly stepped in to persuade them: "If you have something to say, talk it over nicely. Don't be anxious. Let's talk slowly."
"Masters, I, You Qing, respect you all very much, and I believe that you are capable people, but I absolutely cannot enter the coffin because I have claustrophobia and intermittent asthma. I will die in one minute in this environment, let alone ten minutes." You Qing said this without taking a breath.
So that's how it is. No wonder You Qing is unwilling to help.
Uncle San finally said with relief, "Then I can't blame you, but how is your sister supposed to get over this feng shui obstacle?"
"Master, is there no other means besides this method and breaking the Feng Shui pile?" You Qing asked.
"Of course there is a way, but I am not very knowledgeable and can't use it at all."
"What should we do? This thing is about to be accomplished, we can't let it fall down in front of us, right?" said my aunt anxiously.
"Everyone calm down, we are not at the end of our rope yet," said Uncle San.
After saying this, he walked back and forth on the mountain for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, he stopped and said, "I have a solution. How could I have forgotten about this?"
"Third brother, what else can we do?" asked my aunt.
"We're still not calm enough in the face of difficulties. In fact, a very simple method can break the barrier of Feng Shui Pillar. How about we use Liuyun Retreat?"
The other six people looked at each other, and it was my aunt who asked, "Do you think the people in Wanghu Village will agree to let us do this?"
"It wouldn't be possible at other times, but there's room for negotiation today. They need my help now, so don't waste time and get this done quickly. Fourth Brother, go to the village to negotiate." said the Third Uncle.
It seems that another good show is about to be staged. I was cheered up, but Chu Sen was wiping his eyes.
Fourth Uncle drove into Wanghu Village to see the village chief. He returned less than forty minutes later. He said nothing after getting out of the car, simply nodding. Third Uncle breathed a sigh of relief and said to us, "The three of you quickly find a scrapyard and buy a hundred used tires."
I was puzzled by this. What use could scrap tires have here? Luo Tianbao then took us on a road trip to find a scrap yard.
On the way, Chu Sen said, "Second brother, what does Third Uncle's request to scrap tires have to do with Liu Yun Tui? The two are very different in meaning from the literal meaning."
Luo Tianbao couldn't help but laugh and said, "This is really not a random remark. When waste tires are burned, they release a lot of smoke. If a hundred waste tires were burned, the smoke would cover the sky and the sun. Isn't this the retreat of flowing clouds?"
"I'm also drunk. Such a poetic name is used to describe exhaust gas?" Chu Sen also laughed.
"Chinese characters are profound and extensive, especially the words used in many traditional aspects, which are truly exquisite. Even in our profession, although we deal with the dead, many of the words and phrases are very beautiful. If you have the opportunity, you will come into contact with them one by one."
"I'm really impressed by the person who came up with the name. He's so talented."
We found a scrap yard at the intersection of the town and the village. It turned out that the owner did not have enough scrap tires. In order to make the deal happen, he got tires from an electric bike and a small truck on the spot. After he had enough, he hired a car to deliver them to Yesfenggou.
After that, it was the three of us' job again. After stacking the 100 tires in five piles in a triangular shape, Uncle San poured gasoline on them and set them on fire. In an instant, thick smoke billowed into the sky. The huge smoke covered the sky and the sun, and I even felt that the sunlight had become dim.
At this time, I saw eight coffin bearers rushing over. Wu Bao asked, "Have you figured out what's going on in the coffin?"
Uncle San said, "No problem. Everyone, listen to my instructions. If the coffin can be lifted, you must move it through the Yefengou ditch as quickly as possible and deliver it to Wanghu Village. I will then pay you double the money for your labor."
"You are such a straightforward boss. Just leave this job to us and I guarantee you will be satisfied." Wu Bao said, patting his chest.
I still don't know what the missing tires have to do with delivering the coffin, but I heard Luo Tianbao whisper to Chu Sen, "Feng Shui is the earth's energy in a place. Changing the earth's energy is difficult to do with human power, but using Liuyuntu can temporarily affect the earth's energy. If the smoke becomes thick enough, the surrounding Feng Shui magnetic field will undergo subtle changes, and then the coffin can be opened."