Seeing that I had Chen Biao dig the grave directly, Qiangzi stood aside and whispered to me, "Brother Yang, isn't this bad? Digging the grave directly, won't it violate any taboos?"
I raised my hand and slapped Ma Qiang on the head, saying unhappily, "Don't talk nonsense, it's just a tomb opening, what taboos can be violated! If you talk nonsense again, do you believe I will beat you?!"
Ma Qiang stumbled and quickly put his hands across his body, saying with a smile: "No, no, no, Brother Yang, I know I was wrong. Don't be angry, I was just guessing."
But this time Ma Qiang was really right.
In fact, whether it is opening a grave or moving a grave, there are many things to pay attention to. The first point is to choose a sunny day. In this way, even if there is a little evil spirit in the coffin, it can be eliminated under the sunlight.
Another thing is that no matter whose grave is being opened, the women of that family need to avoid it.
Then there are the requirements for the person who opens the grave, he cannot be someone born in the year of the Rooster or the Dog.
Also, people who dig graves usually need to bring a talisman to ward off evil spirits.
Chen Biao meets all these requirements.
Chen Biao is from the Chen family, so it is natural for him to do this kind of thing. Besides, I have just stuffed a talisman into his pocket, so even if there is a corpse in it, nothing will happen.
"Well, stop worrying about nothing! I'm a proper Taoist priest, am I not better than you?"
After I said this, Ma Qiang's face turned red immediately.
He quickly smiled and said, "That's right, Brother Yang, I'll listen to you!"
At this time, Chen Biao, who took the shovel from Ma Qiang, was still a little nervous.
He stuttered as he asked me, "Um... Master Yang, will anything go wrong if I dig the grave like this? What if something goes wrong for me? My wife is still in the hospital!"
As he was talking, Chen Biao's legs began to tremble. Tears appeared in his eyes, as if he was about to cry. I didn't expect that this guy would be scared before he found out what the "curse" was.
I pretended to frown and said coldly, "Chen Biao, don't be afraid. I'm here to keep you safe. Just dig the grave. You should know that the curse is still hanging over your family. If you don't help me find the person who harmed your family, your whole family will probably suffer!"
"this... ... "
Although he was hesitant in his heart, Chen Biao thought for a while and nodded vigorously.
He said, "Okay, Master Yang, I will dig the grave right away. I am doing this for our Chen family. I believe my mother will forgive me."
Afterwards, Chen Biao went to his mother's grave, waved a shovel and started digging.
What made me frown was that while he was digging the grave, he was still mumbling something like "God bless you, hell bless you"...
While Chen Biao was digging the grave, Ma Qiang pulled me aside to smoke a cigarette.
Ma Qiang and I talked while smoking.
Ma Qiang asked me, "Brother Yang, do you think this incident was really caused by that Li Xiang?"
Li Xiang is the man whose son drowned in the reservoir.
When Chen Biao talked about the matter between his family and the Li family yesterday, I felt that this matter might be related to Li Xiang. But now that Ma Qiang asked me, I am not sure. After all, we have offended people in many things, and sometimes we don't even know it.
Perhaps, the Chen family father and son offended not only the Li family, but also other families.
This is still unknown.
I took a puff of my cigarette, shook my head, and said, "I don't know about that."
"What? Brother Yang, you don't
Do you know? ... ... I don't know if you let Chen Biao dig the grave, what if there is only a pile of dry bones in the grave, and there is nothing wrong with it? Then ... ... Chen Biao will scold you to death. You let someone dig up your ancestors' graves!"
I smiled and waved my hands, saying, "It's okay, it's just a grave, so just dig it up! Besides, Chen Biao's father and I have already reached an agreement that his father's ashes must be buried together with his mother's bones. Anyway, the grave must be dug now!"
After hearing what I said, Ma Qiang shrank his neck and said nothing more.
While Ma Qiang and I were chatting, a roar suddenly came from the other side of the grave.
It’s Chen Biao’s voice!
"Help, help... there's a snake, there's a snake..."
Chen Biao screamed in horror.
He crawled out of the grave pit under the tomb, covered in dust.
Seeing this, Ma Qiang and I hurriedly crawled over.
Chen Biao's face was full of panic and he even dropped the shovel in his hand.
When he ran to us, Chen Biao hugged me and kept shouting, "Master Yang, Master Yang, it's bad, there is a snake in the grave, there is a snake..."
Chen Biao was breathing heavily while speaking.
I supported him and said in a serious tone, "Don't worry! What's going on? Tell me slowly."
Chen Biao took a moment to calm down and said, "Just now, I dug up the coffin with a shovel. But when I dug up the coffin, a snake this long actually crawled in from a hole next to the coffin!"
"Really, Master Yang, I'm not lying to you, it really is such a long snake! ... "
When saying this, Chen Biao gestured with his hands.
It doesn't look like he is telling lies, and there is no need to tell lies.
If what he gestured was correct, the snake was really quite large.
Ma Qiang stood by and patted Chen Biao's arm, saying with a smile: "Brother Chen, you can't do this. I thought you were very brave, but I didn't expect you to be so timid. It's just a snake, what's there to be afraid of!"
Seeing Ma Qiang mocking him, Chen Biao said unhappily, "If you're not afraid, go get that snake out. Don't just stand there and talk!"
Ma Qiang was provoked by Chen Biao. He rolled up his sleeves and said loudly: "Okay, okay, it's just a small snake. Today I will show you how I, Ma Qiang, deal with that snake!!"
Having said that, Ma Qiang didn't know where he got the courage from, but he actually walked towards the grave.
I looked at Ma Qiang and said nothing.
According to what Chen Biao pointed out, it should be a python. Pythons are not poisonous, so I am not afraid that the snake will harm Ma Qiang.
But halfway through the journey, Ma Qiang, who had been so confident, turned back.
Seeing Ma Qiang coming back, Chen Biao said unhappily: "Aren't you going to get rid of the snake? Why didn't you go over there and come back again??!"
"snort!"
Ma Qiang snorted coldly and ignored Chen Biao. Instead, he looked at me with a smile.
He asked me quietly, "Brother Yang, don't you want to go over and take a look?"
As he spoke, Ma Qiang winked at me.
As soon as I saw this posture, I knew Ma Qiang was also afraid.
I thought, damn it, if you are afraid then just say so, why are you pretending to be such a big shot. But Chen Biao was still looking at Ma Qiang.
For Ma Qiang's sake, I followed him toward the grave.
There was a snake in the coffin in the grave, and it was now certain. But how could there be a snake given the aura in the grave? I thought, there is a high possibility that Chen Biao's mother's body was not in the coffin at all.
The coffin might be empty!
Soon Ma Qiang and I arrived at the grave.
Ma Qiang picked up the shovel that Chen Biao had just thrown away, and he slowly put his head towards the grave.
After taking a look, Ma Qiang swallowed his saliva, tilted his head and said to me: "Brother Yang, it's true, there is a hole next to the coffin! There might really be a snake in there!"
"Um!"
I wasn't surprised.
Then I went to the grave, pointed at the rotten coffin inside the grave, and said, "Well, Qiangzi, you go down, be careful, just pry off the lid of the coffin!"
"What? Brother Yang, if you really want me to go down, what if there is a zombie lying inside? I'm not a Taoist priest. If I get bitten by a zombie, I'll be dead!"
Ma Qiang looked at me with pitiful eyes.
At this time, Chen Biao came over and stood aside, adding fuel to the fire, "Ma Qiang, you are very capable, so go down if you are capable. Just now you said you were not afraid of snakes at all. And zombies? If there are zombies, they are in your cemetery. There will be no zombies in my cemetery!"
"Asshole! What did you say? Whose cemetery has zombies? If you keep talking nonsense, I'll smash your head with a shovel!"
"Why, you want to fight because you don't dare to go down? Come on, if you dare to hit my head, I will scare you!"
The two guys started to confront each other again.
It seems that none of them is willing to go down.
"Okay, can you two stop quarreling? Damn it, you are almost breaking my brain!... Okay, you two are not going to go down, right? Fine, then I will go down!"
As I said that, I snatched the shovel from the stunned Ma Qiang's hand.
Chen Biao next to him was also stunned.
The two of them didn't argue anymore.
Looking at the rotten coffin, I estimated that it would take at least ten or eight years for it to rot into that state.
Then I placed the shovel on the gap in the coffin, and using the edge of the wooden board at the coffin mouth, I pressed down hard.
After all, it was a rotten coffin, and the caps of the coffin nails had rotted away.
"Crack!"
I pried open one side of the coffin lid with a shovel, and yellow-white sawdust fell down.
At this time, with the help of the sunlight, I looked into the coffin and vaguely saw a black thing twisting inside.
The thing looked slippery, with cloud-like markings on its body and a forked red, thorny tongue. If it wasn't a snake, then what was it
In a hurry, without thinking too much, I put the shovel on it again and exerted force again!
There was another "click".
This time, an entire coffin board slid off the black coffin.
When Ma Qiang saw what was inside, he screamed "Oh my God!" and took several steps back.
He was shouting, "Snake, snake, it's really a snake... Brother Yang, come up quickly, or it will attack you!"
Chen Biao on the side also showed a look of fear and shouted: "Master Yang, hurry up, hurry up, I'll help you, come up quickly!"
This time, the two guys were brave enough not to be scared away.
But I didn't run away immediately.
Because I found that the thing coiled in the coffin was actually a python. As we all know, pythons are not poisonous!
The python also saw me and kept sticking out its tongue. It slowly raised its flat head, ready to attack.
Although I knew that pythons were not poisonous, I didn't dare move because the snake was so big and had a big mouth. If it really bit me, it would be a joke.
(to be continued)
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