Zhang Hao nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about it later. Don't let the village chief and others wait too long. Let's go and have a look together, and let you see what Yin-Yang Suture is. This will be useful to you in the future. There are benefits to any improvement.”
After saying that, he turned back to his room to get his tools.
After a while, he came out carrying a small box containing the fine needlework needed to sew the corpse.
These needles and threads are thinner and smaller than ordinary sewing needles, and require extremely high eyesight and skill.
Zhang Hao walked out of the room and saw everyone waiting at the door, so he waved to start.
The group of people walked towards the old Liu Tou's house in Fengmen Village.
Old Liu Tou's home is not far from Yin Yang Inn, only a ten-minute walk.
When they came to Lao Liutou's yard, they found that many people had gathered here.
This may be the most lively day in Lao Liutou's yard, but this excitement only happened after his death.
Thinking of this, one can't help but feel a little ironic.
After the village chief saw Zhang Hao, he hurriedly came up to him and said respectfully: "Mr. Yin Yang, I have followed your instructions and told the chicken people in the village not to go out tonight. Everyone was very convinced of you and heard that it was you. Everyone agreed immediately. ”
"Is there anything else that needs our help?" Zhang Hao glanced around the yard and asked softly.
"There are too many people in the yard. We might as well let everyone disperse first. It will be enough to leave a few behind."
"After all, if there are too many people and strong energy, I am afraid that the undead spirit of Old Liu Tou will lose its way." Although Zhang Hao's voice was soft, it spread clearly throughout the entire yard. Mentioning the return of the ghost of Old Liu Tou, everyone looked at each other and started talking in low voices.
"Hey, did Mr. Yin-Yang just say that the ghost of Old Liu Tou might get lost? Does Mr. Yin-Yang want to bring back the ghost of Old Liu Tou?"
"Oh my god, I don't dare to stay any longer! If you want to watch, just keep watching. I'm leaving. I don't dare to deal with ghosts!"
"Look at your timid appearance. We are all fellow villagers. I don't believe that the ghost of Old Liu Tou will come back and cause trouble for us!"
"Forget it, since the village chief is here, we have nothing to do. The next step is up to Mr. Yin Yang, let's go back."
"What I'm talking about is, listen to people's advice and eat enough. Mr. Yin and Yang said so, we should go back quickly to avoid getting into trouble. Do you remember the boy from Old Zhang's family a few years ago? I heard that he was possessed by ghosts. Finally exhausted.”
"No way? Forget it, you all go back, the village chief and I stay."
"..."
The village chief came over, glanced at the people who were discussing, and said: "Everyone, listen up, Mr. Yin Yang said that Old Liu Tou's soul is scattered and cannot be reincarnated. If he cannot be reincarnated, he can only wander here as a lonely soul. Ghost.”
"So tonight Mr. Yin Yang will cast a spell to retrieve the soul of Old Liu Tou, and then stuff it back into his body so that he can be reborn after being buried."
"Otherwise his ghost will keep wandering in the village. There are too many people now and the yang energy is too strong, and it is easy for the ghost of Old Liu Tou to get lost, so it is better to go back with a few people."
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, looks of fear appeared on the faces of several people. After seeing the capabilities of Yin Yang Inn, they believed in Zhang Hao's words. In addition, they were already afraid of the Yin Yang Inn, and the legends circulating made them even more awe of the Yin Yang Inn.
Therefore, after the village chief finished speaking, several people hurriedly said goodbye to Zhang Hao and hurried home. Zhang Hao nodded and walked to the body of Old Liu Tou.
At this time, Fatty Wang came over and saw that Old Liu's head was bitten beyond recognition. He couldn't help frowning, his stomach was churning, and he couldn't help saying "Eh": "How many wolves must be chasing him?" ! ”
"If it weren't for the black old man's shirt that Old Liu was wearing, I wouldn't have recognized him."
"This wound looks really scary!"
"Shopkeeper, do you think this was bitten by a wolf?"
Zhang Hao frowned slightly and said: "Looking at the wound, it is indeed a bit strange."
"However, I didn't feel the evil spirit. It shouldn't be caused by evil spirits."
"Maybe it was bitten to death by other wild animals."
"Old Liu Tou died so tragically."
Fatty Wang nodded and looked at the wounds on Old Liutou's body, thinking that Old Liutou was usually a nice person, so why did he encounter such a big disaster for no reason?
Based on his current understanding of the body, Old Liu Tou's death method was obviously abnormal. If not handled properly, corpse transformation can easily occur.
At this time, after the village chief sent away a few people, he returned to Zhang Hao and asked: "Mr. Yin Yang, can we start?"
Zhang Hao shook his head and pointed to the open space in the middle of the yard: "Before sewing the corpse, we still need to do some preparations."
"Go and prepare a table. Place on it the blood food of three animals, incense, chicken blood, rice, a scarecrow and the clothes that Old Liu Tou wore before."
"Old Liu Tou's body was too badly damaged, and his soul was also badly broken."
"It doesn't mean you can sew just by sewing."
"Furthermore, Fengmen Village usually buries corpses in the village. If the corpse is not properly handled, it may transform into a corpse one day, and everyone will suffer!"
The village chief nodded seriously after hearing this. Especially when he heard that Old Liu Tou's body might transform into a corpse, the village chief felt a chill down his back at the thought of passing by Old Liu Tou's house every day.
So he didn't dare to neglect. After writing down Zhang Hao's request, he hurried to prepare.
Zhang Qilin heard that Zhang Hao still had so many requests before sewing the corpse, and couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper, what are you doing to prepare these things?"
Huo Xiuer heard that it was related to sewing corpses, so she came over to listen together. After all, it is always good to learn more.
Zhang Hao pointed to Old Liu Tou's body: "Old Liu Tou's body is too broken, but it's not impossible to sew it up."
"The difficulty is that his soul has also been separated into pieces. If you want to reincarnate Old Liu Tou, you must first collect all his souls."
"So prepare the scarecrow, chicken blood and the clothes he wore before."
Huo Xiuer narrowed her eyes, still a little confused. She thought about what Zhang Hao asked the village chief to prepare just now, and then continued to ask: "Master, what is the purpose of preparing rice?"
As one of the five grains, rice usually has the function of warding off evil spirits.
Zhang Hao pointed to the corpse of old Liu Tou and began to explain to Huo Xiuer: "Xiuer, you have to remember that the work of sewing a corpse mainly consists of sewing and mending."
"Sewing is to sew the corpse completely. The original appearance of the corpse can be restored by threading the needle and threading it."
"Mending means to complete the ghost of the corpse. But mending and sewing are inseparable. Some corpses are so broken that the pieces of flesh on them can no longer be found for some reason."
"Then if you want to sew the body completely, you need to complete the body."
"You can't just find materials to repair a corpse. For example, if you use a piece of pig skin to repair a human corpse, you may be in trouble."
"Generally speaking, if you want to complete the corpse, you need to use straw. As one of the five grains, straw has the function of exorcising evil spirits. At the same time, straw does not belong to the category of blood food and is a soulless thing."
"If you use straw to complete the body, it will not cause the dissatisfaction of the ghost."
"Only when the corpse is complete can his ghost be sewn back into the corpse."
"The Xuan Tong Yin and Yang that I mentioned before, do you know what kind of Xuan Tong method it is?"
"That is to sew the corpses in the underworld and mend the souls in the underworld."
"If you can do these two things, then you are not far away from becoming Mr. Painted Skin." Huo Xiuer nodded blankly, feeling that although what Zhang Hao said was a bit profound, it was very powerful. So she kept every word and word of Zhang Hao in mind.
Although I don’t understand it well now, I can study it slowly when I go back, and maybe I will understand it after a while. At the same time, she looked at Zhang Hao and couldn't help but whisper: "So there are so many details about corpse stitchers?"
"By the way, Master, if the stitcher wants to sew up corpses, can any corpse be sewn up?"
"Brother Haoxie and I had a conversation before about driving corpses and fishing them out, and we talked about some taboos about catching corpses three times and not fishing them out. I wonder if those who sew corpses have any taboos in this regard?"
Zhang Hao nodded: "That's right."
"As the weirdest of the four yin gates, corpse stitchers also have their own rules and taboos."
"For example, let's take corpses. There are three things that people who drive corpses don't do, and people who fish for corpses have three things that they don't do. The people who sew corpses also have three things they don't do."
"Firstly, people who died on Qingming Festival cannot be sutured; secondly, one corpse and two lives cannot be sutured, which means that pregnant women and babies cannot be sutured; thirdly, two corpses cannot be sutured together, and you cannot use Zhang San's skin. Even if it is sewn to Li Si’s body, it is impossible to replace Li Si’s skin with Zhang San’s body, let alone sew the two corpses together.”
"This is the three faults of sewing corpses."
Huo Xiuer nodded and quickly remembered what Zhang Hao said. If she has the ability to go on missions on her own in the future, she will inevitably encounter these situations.
After about half an hour, the village chief prepared what Zhang Hao ordered. At this time, the corpse had been carried into the yard, and directly opposite the corpse was a sacrificial table with the blood food of three animals. Lao Liutou's tablet has been engraved on the case, and incense has been lit.
Under the table are prepared scarecrows, chicken blood, rice and the clothes that Old Liu Tou had worn before. After everything was ready, Zhang Hao walked aside and inserted the scarecrow in the north direction of the yard. Then he picked up a bucket of chicken blood, poured it directly on the scarecrow, and then put Lao Liutou's clothes on the scarecrow.
After doing this, Zhang Hao wrote the birth date of Old Liu Tou on a piece of paper. He lit three incense sticks and pinned the paper to the scarecrow's body with the incense. Then he pointed to the scarecrow’s eyebrows and said in a deep voice:
"Sit firmly in front of the lamp, holding a needle, and watch the two parts of the corpse."
"Stealing heaven's skillful hands to rejuvenate, threading needles and threads to rejuvenate the whole body."
"Stitch by stitch continues the remaining soul, seamlessly and without a trace."
"Cultivate your body and replenish your body before returning to dust, and the craftsman of human skin sews the corpse of a human being."
"The way of heaven is clear and the way of heaven is efficacious."
"At this moment, as a corpse stitcher, I call upon the remnant soul of Liu Shunde to return!"
"Liu Shunde, return to your position quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind surged out of the courtyard for no apparent reason.
Coincidentally, the scarecrow in the yard seemed to be alive, swaying and strange under the blowing wind.
The village chief squinted his eyes and took a closer look, confirming that the scarecrow was still a scarecrow and there was nothing unusual about it, and then he felt relieved.
However, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat brought by the sudden cold wind.
The village chief shook his head and whispered to himself.
"Mr. Yin-Yang is indeed Mr. Yin-Yang, and he can have such a reaction just by doing something casually!"
"What a master!"
"If someone else wants to ask Mr. Yin and Yang to take action, how much silver will it cost to do so?"
"It seems that we still need to do more ideological work on the villagers."
At this time, Zhang Hao seemed to hear the village chief's voice. After glancing at the scarecrow, he turned to look at the village chief and smiled.
"Village Chief, if this happens, all you need to do is prepare some dishes and meat for us."
"The reserves of Yin Yang Inn are running low."
"These will be your reward!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief looked at Zhang Hao with a blank expression, and then frowned in confusion and asked.
"Huh?"
"Mr. Yin Yang, this... don't joke with us, we can afford it."
"We have heard your rules for a long time, and now we want to ask you for help. Don't we have to pay for your life, luck, etc.? Being able to collect money already gives us face."
"Now you don't even want money, what should we do?"
Fatty Wang on the side also walked over with doubts and nodded.
"Yes, Brother Zhang Hao."
"I just didn't understand why the village chief wasn't allowed to come into the courtyard to discuss things?"
"And the rewards we charge now in the inn, don't they all depend on longevity, luck, merit, etc.?"
"What?"
Zhang Hao waved his hand and smiled.
"First of all, this mission is to sew up corpses. There is a taboo for corpse sewers. You must know it."
"Huo Xiu'er, you should also remember it."
"The corpse stitcher's fee cannot be charged too much for the poor, or even not charged at all."
"But for the rich, you can ask for more, but you can't ask for exorbitant prices."
"Otherwise, the lifespan may be shortened by ten years at least, or the person may die suddenly for no reason and lose any heirs."
"In ancient times, corpse stitchers were very profitable, but people found that the more the corpse stitchers made, the more miserable their deaths were. Some even died suddenly at home just after they became rich."
"As the weirdest of the four Yin gates, corpse stitchers naturally have some strange taboos."
"This charging regulation was also summarized later."
"So remember, the seamstress's fee is a taboo."
Huo Xiuer nodded blankly, thinking that she was lucky that she didn't ask the village chief for any compensation.
Otherwise, if she hadn't learned the yin-yang suturing technique yet, she would violate the taboo of the corpse stitcher, and if she died suddenly for no reason, who would she be able to talk to for explanation?
Then, Zhang Hao glanced at Fatty Wang again and said softly.
"Also, Fatty, our inn does collect longevity and luck."
"But look at this village, it's full of old people. If you take away their longevity, they may die tomorrow."
"Doing this kind of business will cost you your life."
"Besides, the luck of this village has changed. Most of the reason why it has changed now is because of the improvement of our inn. What else is there to gain?"
"So, it's enough to change some vegetables and some meat." (End of Chapter)