Guan: He was unconscious and never woke up.

A few days ago, an old man named Shen died in our village. According to our custom, people can't be buried directly after death. They have to stop at the mourning hall first, which stops the spirit, and send it to the mountain the next day, and they can be buried the next day.

Sending a mountain is also called returning to the mountain here. According to the folk saying, after death, ghosts will report to the underworld. Where is the underworld? In ancient times, people thought that hell was not underground, nor in Du Feng, but in Mount Tai. To be precise, it's in Li Hao near Mount Tai. So there is a saying that all the dead people in the world belong to Artemisia. Sending the mountain here means sending the dead to Li Haoshan in hell.

The time to send the mountain is usually the next night. Master holds the portrait of the deceased in his hand, and someone is playing funeral music next to him. Behind him, filial children and grandchildren are dressed in mourning and holding willow branches. Under the guidance of the master, they cried and kowtowed to the portrait and walked forward. Behind them, there are people holding incense, which is to attract souls and not to get lost.

There are people in the team with paper sedan chairs and four sedan chair boys. When the team goes outside the village, the sedan chair and the boy will be burned, which means that the dead will go to hell in a sedan chair, and the mountain is over.

When I sent the mountain to Shen Laotou, the team just passed my house, blowing and beating all the way, attracting many people to follow me. Go out and see nothing at home, squeeze into the crowd. Not many people in the team saw the mountain. Shen Laotou has only one son, who is already forty or fifty years old. Because his family is poor, he is not married and naturally has no children. Besides, Shen Laotou has no relatives, so naturally no one will come to Pima after his death.

Shen Laotou actually had a younger brother in the past, but this younger brother died very early. According to some old people in the village, his brother was only in his twenties when he died, and his death was very strange. Is there any strange way? Everyone else was afraid of death and went to the underworld, but his brother took the initiative to go down to the underworld and never came up again.

His brother's name is Shen Shuhong. I can tell from his name that his family used to be a scholarly family and a big family in the village. His family is well-off, and Shen Shuhong is good-looking, so he naturally has no worries about marriage. There are many people who act as matchmakers for him, but he doesn't like any of them. On the contrary, he likes a street singer in a neighboring village.

The man's name is Ayu, and he is really beautiful and graceful, but at that time, people were still very feudal, and his parents naturally could not accept it. According to the statement at that time, this is a player! He is a scumbag all day long. Although Shenyang is not a famous family, it is also a large family and has a good reputation in the village. Naturally I don't want him to marry a player.

However, Shen Shuhong is deeply attached to her. Didn't marry her, even drove her to the wall. His parents pampered their youngest son since childhood and placed high hopes on him when they grew up. There is no way, but they can't really let their youngest son die, so they agreed in desperation.

I never thought that she lived a poor life. Not long after she got married, she went to the river to wash clothes and fell into the river and drowned. This makes Shen Shuhong very sad. Since then, she has been thinking about herself day and night, and the whole person has become dull.

His parents thought that it would be good for his son to forget Ayu in a few days, but after half a year, his son still lingered on Ayu, and everyone was haggard.

Looking at his son's decadence day by day, Shen Shuhong's parents are very anxious, but they don't know how to persuade their son. On the day of worry, a wandering Taoist came to the village. This Taoist priest has some skills, not only telling fortune, but also some side doors, which can make people die.

The so-called watching death, also known as watching shadows, is a kind of magic that allows the living to enter the underworld and meet their dead relatives.

When Shen Shuhong's parents learned that the man would watch him die after the operation, they had some thoughts in their hearts, and they wanted their son to see Ayu again below, thus dispelling his son's thoughts.

When Shen Shuhong learned about this, he was naturally in high spirits. The whole person suddenly refreshed and hurried out with his father to invite a Taoist priest.

I found a Taoist priest and told him that I wanted to see death in the future. However, I was a little surprised, with a surprised expression on my face. It took me a long time to tell Shen Shuhong that I would really see death. It's just that this view of death is going to the underworld, which is very dangerous. If I am not careful, I will lose my life. Let him think clearly.

Shen Shuhong's father was hesitant to hear this. After all, he didn't want his son to take risks. However, Shen Shuhong nodded and said that he would go to see her even if he died.

Seeing that he was so determined, the Taoist priest followed him home without saying anything. On the way, I told him some taboos about death, telling him not to talk to people at will and not to eat the following things.

Shen Shuhong only cares about the happiness in his heart, and doesn't care too much about the Taoist priest's words. He just answered quickly. When he got home, the Taoist priest asked him to prepare incense. Shen Shuhong went out to buy incense. On his way back, he met several villagers. It's strange to see him holding incense for the holidays. When asked, Shen Shuhong told them about the death. Those villagers are also good people, so they followed him to watch the fun.

Road flyovers don't care, just ask them not to make any noise in the room and light incense. Suddenly, the room was filled with smoke. The Taoist covered Shen Shuhong's eyes with a piece of red cloth, and then asked him to take off his shoes and sit cross-legged with his eyes closed. The Taoist population murmured, kept turning around Shen Shuhong, and didn't know what he was chanting. He only read faster and faster, and walked more and more uncomfortable. He walked around Shen Shuhong for a dozen laps before stopping, panting with fatigue, but Shen Shuhong didn't feel anything strange, and his face was as calm as ever.

The Taoist priest showed a puzzled expression and asked Shen Shuhong if he had anything with him. Shen Shuhong thought for a moment, took out a piece of Yu Pei from the waist, and said that it was handed down from the ancestors and was worn at an early age.

Road flyover says it is. This jade is essence of yang, which can suppress yin and cure ghosts. With Yu Pei, he naturally can't go to the underworld, also can't go to hell. He asked Shen Shuhong to take off Yu Pei and read the spell again.

In a short time, I saw that there was something wrong with Shen Shuhong's face. It seems that he is out of breath and his face is blue. Shen Shuhong's father was very worried and gave a cry softly, but the Taoist waved.

After about a quarter of an hour, Shen Shuhong's face gradually returned to normal. The Taoist asked tentatively, "Where are you now?"

Shen Shuhong shook his head and said he didn't know where it was. All he knows is that he just closed his eyes and felt a little groggy. Suddenly, he felt a crack in the ground. He fell into a crack and kept falling. During this time, he could not breathe or open his eyes. After a long time, he felt a white light in front of him. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a street, where people were coming and going and bustling.

The onlookers in the room were surprised to hear Shen Shuhong's words, while the road flyover nodded and said that you have reached Pucao Street in the underworld, so let him cross this street, go straight ahead, turn left when he comes to a fork in the road, and tell him to remember that once he takes the wrong road, he will never come back.

Shen Shuhong nodded without words. After a while, his mouth suddenly moved, as if talking to someone, but there was no sound.

Seeing him like this, the Taoist priest quickly asked him what was wrong. Shen Shuhong said that someone stopped him in the street just now and asked him if he was from above. He nodded, and then the man asked him what he was doing here. He told the truth, and the man smiled and left.

The Taoist priest frowned and told him not to talk to people again. Shen Shuhong nodded. After a while, Shen Shuhong suddenly looked at Zheng's face, as if he had met something incredible. Then he showed an ecstatic expression and kept mumbling.

The Taoist priest couldn't help showing a sad face and asked him why he was talking to the "people" below. Shen Shuhong's words surprised everyone in the room. He said that he had seen her.

Road flyover Zheng, showing a puzzled look, murmured: "Have you seen Ayu? How could she be here! What a coincidence! "

After thinking for a while, the Taoist priest's face gradually became dignified. He just wanted to say something to Shen Shuhong, but he saw Shen Shuhong's mouth squirming as if he were eating.

"What are you doing?" Road flyover immediately frightened to disgrace, harsh voice asked.

Shen Shuhong smirked on his face. "Ayu bought me Osmanthus Jelly to eat."

Road flyover looks a little ugly, cold sweat on his forehead. Shen Shuhong's father saw the road flyover look abnormal and quickly asked what was wrong. The Taoist priest looked uncertain and managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "Nothing, nothing." Then wipe the sweat from your forehead with your hands.

When Shen Shuhong's father saw the Taoist priest say this, it was inconvenient to ask again, but he was a little suspicious and worried about his son's safety.

After about half an hour, Shen Shuhong suddenly woke up with Zheng. He tore off the blindfolded red cloth and looked at all the people in the room with strange eyes.

When Shen Shuhong's father saw that his son was clean and white, he settled down and thought of keeping a Taoist priest for dinner at home. However, the Taoist priest was restless and left in a short time without even asking for a reward.

Shen Shuhong's father thought that his son would forget his thoughts after meeting Ayu and live a good life from now on, but he didn't expect his temperament to change greatly after he came up from below. Like a different person, he is not only lazy, extravagant and profligate, but also violent and perverse. If his parents leave him alone, he will add his fists and fists, even his eldest brother can't.

However, in half a year, he lost everything, his parents were so angry all day, and he hanged himself overnight.

Later, an old fortune teller in a neighboring village heard about it. He told people that Shen Shuhong never came up after he went down to the underworld. He ate something from the underworld, so he can't come back. Ah, she's fake, too. She drowned in an accident and died in vain. She should stay in the city. Why is she on Pucao Street? There are many evil spirits in the underworld. When they find a living soul coming down from above, they will do evil and become the one who thinks about confusing and destroying people in the mind of the living soul.

Therefore, when watching death, you can't talk to people casually, you can't expose your identity, and you can't eat things from the underworld. It's a pity that Shen Shuhong didn't listen to the Taoist priest. And Taoist priests are not good things. He knew it wasn't Shen Shuhong who came up, but he didn't tell Shenyang the truth because he was afraid of taking responsibility, which led to the destruction of Shenyang.

I can't help sighing at the thought of what happened in Shenyang. At that time, Shenyang had a big career and a strong economic background. If it hadn't happened, it wouldn't have come to this. The children and grandchildren in the family are too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, and the population is on the verge of extinction.

The team that sent the mountain slowly passed by, and Shen Laotou's son cried deeply. He is the only one left in Shenyang now. Perhaps, Shenyang will become extinct after him!