Chapter 179： Looking for the bones of ancestors

“Master Pei, please speak.” Chief Tao said.

Following that, Pei Anzhu listed some of the things he needed—

Moving the grave is not a simple matter. After all, the body has already been buried and may have turned into bones long ago. It is a taboo to rashly dig the grave.

You need to do something, tell heaven, earth and the spirits of your ancestors, and then you can move it after getting permission.

As for doing things, you need to set up an incense table, burn candles, paper money, etc., and these things need to be prepared by the Tao family.

More importantly, now we need to remove the stranger's bones from the ancestral grave and build his own tomb and erect a monument. Although we don't know the name, the proper procedures must be followed.

As Pei Anzhu spoke, the Tao family was taking notes. Then Tao Wangshan called and asked people outside to prepare and transport all the needed things.

As expected, it is easy to do things if you have money, and the things were delivered quickly.

Under Pei Anzhu's arrangement, people in Taojia Village took action one after another.

After she performed the ritual, several strong men dug up the grave, took out the body of the stranger inside, and then found another geomantic treasure place to bury it alone.

After this scene, the whole afternoon passed, and it was getting late.

“The next step is to wait, wait until the sky is completely dark, wait until the moon reaches the middle of the sky, and when the yin energy is at its strongest at night, I will invite the soul of that ancestor to come up.” Pei Anzhu said.

Time passed minute by minute until Pei Anzhu felt that it was almost done.

She set up an incense table near the Tao family's ancestral grave, took out the soul-calling talisman, wrote the ancestor's name and year of birth and death, and dripped Tao Xingyun's fingertip blood.

Burn incense and burn talismans, pinch the hand and recite the incantation.

After about a few minutes, the magnetic field of the entire ancestral tomb began to change—

First the wind became cold.

Then the light of the flashlight became dim and blurry.

In fact, it’s not that the flashlight is out of power, but that the surrounding air has become dark and viscous, like flowing shadows in the dark night, blocking the originally bright light.

The surroundings are shrouded in mist. From a distance, it seems that there are only dots of light here, and it is almost impossible to see the figures of people.

After that, a biting cold air hit the whole body.

There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the mountains. Before coming to call for spirits at night, everyone consciously put on long sleeves, but even so, they could not stop the cold air.

It penetrates deep into the bone marrow and gradually spreads to the limbs and bones.

In full view of everyone, a figure appeared out of thin air behind the incense table. He was wearing a green cloth gown from hundreds of years ago, with long hair flying behind his back, and he looked like an ancient man.

He floated in the air like a ghost in the night.

Everyone shuddered involuntarily and fell silent. No one spoke.

"Who is calling me? Hey, aren't you my great-great-great-grandson?" He floated in front of Tao Xingyun and asked, "I asked you in a dream to burn paper and send money to me, why haven't you?" Send it?”

"Grandpa...Grandpa." Tao Xingyun was so frightened that his grandpa killed him in the face, but he became bolder when he thought that Pei Anzhu was right next to him.

"Hey, dear grandson." The ghost responded, and then said miserably, "When are you going to send me money? You don't know, there is a lot of pressure in the underworld now due to inflation! A new ghost like me, if I have no money, I can’t move around, I don’t even have a place to live, I can only wander around! I am in a state of disarray when I am alive, and I have no peace of mind in the underworld. My life is miserable..."

Tao family:…

Suddenly, I was hit in the heart by an emotion called "guilt".

It was the fault of the younger generations. They moved the wrong tombs and collected the wrong bones, so that even after their ancestors died, they would not be able to live in peace in the underworld.

The only two outsiders here are Pei Anzhu and Shen Yueran.

Before Pei Anzhu said anything, Shen Yueran asked the question he had always wanted to know:

"Old man, haven't you been dead for hundreds of years? Why have you just arrived in the underworld? Logically speaking, you should have been reincarnated a long time ago?"

After finishing his words, all the Tao family members were reminded. Even Tao Xingyun boldly asked:

“Yes, Grandpa! Why didn’t you give me a dream for my grandpa, my great-great-grandpa, and my great-great-grandpa? Why did you find me?”

The old man didn’t expect that they would care about this issue. He paused and explained:

“Because after my death, my soul was trapped somewhere. It stayed suppressed for hundreds of years, and I had no chance to go to the underworld.”

"In recent days, the seal of suppression there has been loosened, so I took the opportunity to escape and went to the underworld. I found that the ghost like me, who had delayed reporting to the underworld for hundreds of years, did not even have a formal household registration in the underworld."

“Whether it’s the human world or the underworld, where can I do things without spending money? As a result, I am penniless, so I can only ask you in my dream to burn some for me and ask the underworld to apply for a household registration for me so that I can queue up to be reincarnated!”

Others may not think it's a big deal, but after hearing this, Pei Anzhu's expression became serious:

“Old man, do you still remember where you died? Or, where is your soul trapped?”

The old man then looked at Pei Anzhu and remembered:

"Hey, isn't this the little girl who stopped me from dreaming that night? She's so powerful. I'm a centuries-old ghost and I'll catch her as soon as I say."

“Master, please invite Haihan.” Pei Anzhu nodded at him.

The old ghost waved his hand indifferently, thought for a moment, and said:

“When I became a ghost after death and became conscious, I was already blocked and suppressed. I only knew that I was trapped in a dark place, with no light or human beings around.”

“So, I don’t know where I was suppressed, and I can’t tell what the characteristics are there, so I can’t explain it clearly to the Taoist priest.”

"However, as a ghost, I had some interaction with my own bones. At that time, I only felt that the place where I was suppressed was not too far from the place where my bones were buried." "Now I I have regained my freedom, and my sense of the corpse is still there, which can give the Taoist the direction, but I don’t know the specifics.”

Pei Anzhu felt that there must be something fishy in this.

Honestly, how could the soul be suppressed and sealed? There must have been someone from Xuanmen doing something nearby back then.

It seems that she has to go there in person again.

Pei Anzhu said to everyone (ghosts) at this time:

“I’d like to ask the old man to sense the location of his bones, as detailed as possible. Chief Tao can refer to the Tao family history book to find out where the old man’s bones are buried.”

“Comparing the two phases, we can narrow down the scope more accurately. Even if hundreds of years pass, there should not be much error in the changes in the surface.”

"When I get to that place, I will cast another spell and use the tracking charm to find the whereabouts of the bones."

As soon as he said it, Chief Tao immediately took his people to the Tao family ancestral hall, found the Tao family genealogy and family history stored here, and began to rummage through it.

Tao Wangshan and Tao Xingyun, father and son, together with Pei Anzhu and Shen Yueran, are still staying in the ancestral grave, waiting for the old man to sense the location of their bones.

About half an hour later, Mr. Ghost slowly pointed out a direction.

Pei Anzhu nodded and said:

"Don't worry, old man. Since you can sense it, it proves that your bones are still there. Even if they are incomplete, I can find them and bring them back to the ground as soon as possible."

“Not long after, you will be able to receive filial piety from your descendants in the underworld.”

Hearing this, the old man had a happy smile on his face, touched his gray beard, and said:

“Well, I’ll just wait for the good news in the underworld.”

After saying this, he suddenly disappeared.

Tao Xingyun didn't seem to be used to the old man's elusive way. He was suddenly frightened and his face became a little stiffer.

He didn't feel better until the ghost old man disappeared completely, the temperature around the ancestral grave returned to normal, and the wind was no longer so cold.

"Go back." Tao Wangshan said, "We will stay up all night to find the burial place of your grandfather. We will set off early tomorrow morning."

When mentioning this matter, Pei Anzhu warned:

"After so many years, the bones may be buried deeper. Mr. Tao had better find a few trustworthy people to go with us. We may need to dig the soil by then."

"I understand, I will find someone in the clan." Tao Wangshan nodded.

Tao Wangshan and Tao Xingyun are the direct descendants of this ghost old man. However, the Tao family has always been united. If there is such a big event in the family, other people will not hesitate to help.

It is not too difficult to find a few young, strong and willing to help.

Subsequently, Pei Anzhu set up a formation near the Tao family's ancestral grave to block outsiders from entering. He would not remove it until he found the ghost old man's bones and restored the place to its original state.

After all, this is a geomantic treasure land. Now that she has dug a grave, it means that a gap has opened in the treasure land. She must surround it with a formation to ensure that the geomantic omen here does not leak.

If an outsider breaks in and accidentally touches things here, if she doesn't come back in time, I'm afraid this geomantic treasure will be destroyed.

Pei Anzhu has always been thoughtful in doing things, and she will not allow this to happen because of her carelessness.

So, before she brought back the ghost old man’s bones and buried them again, in order to ensure that the feng shui was not damaged, no one could enter here.

The Tao family searched the family history all night and finally found the name of the place where the ghost old man buried his bones:

Ji'an Mountain.

They then checked the comparison table of ancient and modern place names and found that today, half of the Ji'an Mountains hundreds of years ago are in Pingcheng and the other half are in Mocheng.

This mountain was a battleground for military strategists hundreds of years ago. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so many wars broke out and many people died.

Many of the dead were buried on the spot, accidentally buried in the original ancestral grave of the Tao family, so that when people moved the grave later, the wrong person was mistaken.

With the development of the times, the strategic position of Ji'an Mountain has slowly changed.

In times of peace, it has transformed from a dangerous place fought over by military strategists into a famous tourist attraction.

The local authorities renamed it Ruyi Mountain and specially built stone steps and plank roads for climbing the mountain to accommodate tourists.

Tao Xingyun stayed up late and searched for news about "Ruyi Mountain" on the Internet, and then he discovered something amazing:

“Master Pei, look!”

Pei Anzhu took the tablet and looked at the content that Tao Xingyun had compiled based on chronological order. He felt like "it's true" in his heart:

ˆ #Ruyishan Scenic Spot is officially open#

#More than three mountains and five mountains, the scenery is unique and beautiful, ensuring that your trip is worthwhile#

#Shocked, Ruyi Mountain turned into a man-eating mountain? #

#According to reports, many tourists on Ruyi Mountain have disappeared for no reason. The police have intervened in the investigation, but no results have been found so far. Please pay attention to the majority of tourists#

…

The time span of these news is two to three years.

The Ruyi Mountain Scenic Area was originally built and opened to the public. Under the banner of surpassing the three mountains and five mountains, it attracted batches of tourists, making it famous throughout the country.

But later, someone disappeared in the mountains.