Folk Stories About Corpse Burning

Chapter 88: Gilgamesh The Passage of Life and Death

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Xia Chun's father told the story again, and He Dana thought for a long time and said.

"It's a bit weird. Gentle ghosts are the hardest to deal with. They're not as good as those ghosts that just come up and cause trouble."

He Dana was very relaxed, and I was not too nervous either. After hearing about such ghosts, it seemed that people's hearts were peaceful. However, Xia Chun's father kept wiping his sweat, and the white handkerchief was wet. This time he should believe that such things exist, and he would respect souls and ghosts in the future.

"What book is that? What's the content of the missing page?"

Xia Chun's father said.

"Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem."

I don't understand poetry, and He Dana obviously doesn't understand it either. Neither of us has ever heard of it.

"Something about it, probably."

He Dana asked.

Xia Chun's father thought for a moment and said.

"He is not just a legend, but actually exists. The Epic of Gilgamesh revolves around the friendship between King Gilgamesh of Uruk and his friend Enkidu, a half-man, half-beast. It can be roughly divided into four parts. The first part tells that Gilgamesh, a half-man, half-god, is the monarch of Uruk, but he is tyrannical. His people can only turn to the gods for help. The goddess of creation Aruru created Enkidu. In the divine prostitute (Shamshat), Induced by the gods, they came to Uruk and fought with Gilgamesh. The heroes appreciated each other and became friends. The second part tells how Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeated the fir forest monster Humbaba with the help of the sun god Shamash. The goddess Ishtar was attracted by Gilgamesh's charm and wooed him, but was rejected. So she threatened her father Anu with death and sent the Bull of Heaven, which brought drought, to the earth for revenge, but was killed by the two. Gilgamesh and Enkidu They all became heroes supported by everyone. The third part tells that Enkidu dreamed that he was punished by the gods for killing Humbaba and the bull of heaven, and he fell seriously ill and died. Gilgamesh was touched and began a difficult journey to explore the mysteries of life and death from Utnapishtim, the only survivor of the flood and the immortal. He took advantage of the night to climb over the Mash Mountain leading to the sun, and despite the obstruction of the half-scorpion man Pabilsag, he finally crossed the Sea of Death and arrived at his destination after using up 10 oars. Utnapishtim received him but did not directly answer his question about life and death. Instead of questioning the question of death, he was asked to go through a trial of six days and seven nights without sleep. Gilgamesh did not succeed, but due to the kindness of Utnapishtim's wife, he went to the bottom of the sea to get the herb of immortality, but unfortunately it was eaten by a snake. Gilgamesh had to return to Uruk. The fourth part is Gilgamesh's conversation with Enkidu through the life and death channel created by Shamash. Enkidu described to him the dark and miserable world after death. A more famous part of the epic is the story of the water god Ea wanting to destroy mankind with a flood, which was later called the Mesopotamian version of Noah's Ark... "

Xia Chun's father is a good talker.

"You are a good talker."

"I'm a professor in the UK, giving lectures."

"But I'm only interested in some of them."

He Dana looked a bit complacent, and that was what annoyed me the most. He always acted like this after he had an idea.

"Which part?"

"The fourth part, the passage of life and death, the world after death."

After He Dana finished speaking, he stared at Xia Chun's father. His father hesitated and said.

"That's just an epic, written in a different way. It's not true."

"You are quite talkative. I asked you to find the lost page for me."

"Then I have to go home. I can't find this book in the country. I have to find a way."

"The sooner the better, because the ghost has already started to act."

Xia Chun's father passed away, and I asked He Dana.

"Godfather, what's going on?"

"Go to the crematorium, retrieve the information about this, and bring it over to me."

I went to the crematorium and met Bai Jie. She just nodded at me politely, as if to thank me for my help, otherwise she wouldn't have recognized me.

I went to the information room and found the man's information. He was indeed a professor at a university in this city and a well-educated person. He died by jumping from the third floor of his office.

After reading the information, I put it back and went back to tell He Dana about it.

"You have a good memory. You are indeed a university professor. It seems that this incident has put us in the cultural circle. We should learn something from him. This 'Ji' is the first time I have heard of it."

"Godfather, what do you mean?"

"Xia Chun may have done that out of curiosity, or it may not have been her original intention. In that case, this is cause and effect. Everything has its consequences."

“Just finding the cause and effect?”

He Dana nodded.

We waited, but Xia Chun's father didn't come back until dark. It seemed that it would be very difficult to find the text on that page.

Xia Chun's father didn't come, but Xia Chun came and started crying as soon as she came in.

"My dad jumped off the building."

He Dana and I were on the same floor, why did he jump off the building

"He is currently receiving emergency treatment at the city center hospital."

Xia Chun and I made it there. We didn't die, but the doctor said we couldn't stand up again.

I think legs are of little use to an educated person, as they basically sit and read or write.

Suddenly, something like this happened, and I didn't expect it. I felt a cold wind around me, and I knew that the ghost was by my side, and it was probably plotting against Xia Chun again. This matter was definitely not over. It seemed that this cause and effect was not a small cause and effect.

The man was pushed out, unconscious. I lifted the quilt under Xia Chun's father's feet and took a look. There were three spots on his left foot. I covered it and said nothing.

"You stay here to look after your father, and I'll go to He Dana."

I left and went to He Dana's place.

"There are three points."

I know that is a ghost spot. Some people will have such ghost spots after death, but few people notice it because they all wear shoes. As for living people, if they have three black spots, it is extremely rare if they are not born with them. This is the result of being possessed by ghosts. If the black spots are there, life may end at any time. Three black spots, three causes, three results, and one has appeared now.

"A lot of trouble has been caused. It seems that Professor Xia is not a good person either."

"what to do?"

"Take this and put it under his pillow. When he wakes up, ask him what happened in his life."

It was a black jade that could suppress ghosts.

After I went over and put Xia Chun under the pillow, she was crying non-stop.

In fact, Xia Chun cannot be blamed for this. If she hadn't done this, the consequences would have just come later.

Xia Chun's father woke up the next day, and I asked him. He glanced at Xia Chun and obviously didn't want Xia Chun to know.

A cold air surrounded me, as if he was a little angry, but he couldn't do anything. We refiners, even if we don't use anything, ghosts are still afraid of us. Master Yunzheng said that we not only burn corpses and bodies, we can even burn ghosts.

Of course, I don’t know how to burn it and I have never burned it.

Professor Xia said.

"In fact, there is nothing big in this life. I went to England because of a woman. That woman was very beautiful. We all taught at the university in this city. Zhang Shougui, Professor Wu and I were good friends. We met Dai Min together, and then some things happened."

The Zhang Shougui mentioned by Professor Xia was the man who died. I didn't say anything, just listened.

"We fell in love with Dai Min together. We both knew about it, but Dai Min didn't express it. She had no idea who had feelings for us more, and it went on like this for two years. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I asked Dai Min, but she was still vague. I thought that if this continued, my friendship with Zhang Shougui would be gone. I take friendship very seriously. That day, I called Dai Min to my house and told her about it and that she must make a decision. Dai Min told me that she didn't want to hurt any of us, but since that was the case, I would choose Zhang Shougui. At that time, Zhang Shougui's father was a capitalist, and later jumped off a building and died. Everyone in Zhangjialou knew about it. I thought she chose Zhang Shougui because his family was rich, and our family couldn't compare to hers. But since Dai Min chose him, I was relieved. I drank too much that day, and when I woke up, Dai Min was lying next to me."

I still didn't say anything. Professor Xia rested for a while and then continued.

"I didn't expect that Dai Min would calmly put on her clothes and tell me that this was returned to me. Dai Min left, and I felt that she loved me and chose Zhang Shougui because of Zhangjialou. I thought so. I didn't expect that Dai Min would marry Zhang Shougui a week later, and I went to England, where I stayed for 22 years without getting married. After I came back, I didn't want to see anyone, but Dai Min still knew that I was back, and she sent Xia Chun back to me. She said this was my daughter, and she owed it to you, so she would return it to you."

I never expected this to happen. When I saw Xia Chun, I was sure that she was my daughter. She was very beautiful.

"I didn't want this to happen, and I didn't want Zhang Shougui to know, but Dai Min disagreed and insisted on giving it back to me. In the end, Zhang Shougui found out about this, and he slapped me in the face. He didn't agree to give Xia Chun to me, but he could come back to see me. Dai Xia Chun was no longer called Dai Xia Chun, but Xia Chun, with neither my surname nor his. This matter should have been over, but Dai Min suddenly filed for a divorce and wanted to marry me, saying she was sorry for me. In fact, Zhang Shougui's family is rich, but he is impotent, so he has never had his own children..."

I looked at Professor Xia. I didn't expect that there would be so many things. It seems that everyone has a story, but they just don't tell it. All you see is the calm lake. If you throw a stone into it, it's hard to say how high the waves will be.

"Zhang Shougui agreed to divorce, and Dai Min actually took down Zhangjialou. I have no idea what means he used. Zhang Shougui said that I was plotting against him and gave Dai Min some advice. In fact, I didn't agree. He had already lost his daughter and wife, so he couldn't do anything dirty. But Dai Min didn't listen. Later, Zhang Shougui jumped off the building. This place became our home. I didn't want to live here. I was afraid, because I could always feel that Zhang Shougui was watching me from a corner..."

The three causes and three results came out like this. I really didn’t expect that a relationship would involve so many things. In the end, I was too talkative and asked a question.

"Where's Dai Min?"

Professor Xia closed his eyes and opened them after a long time.

"Zhang Shougui also has the epic poem Gilgamesh, which I sent to him when I was in England."

"Where?"

"I didn't find it."

I went to Zhang Shougui's university, but his parents did not come to claim his belongings. I saw the book, took it in my hand, turned to the fourth chapter, and found the page that Professor Xia had lost, but I did not understand what He Dana needed.

I took the book to He Dana. He held the book, looked at the page, and didn't speak for a long time. I thought to myself, maybe he can't read

"Godfather, I'll read it to you."

"No, I graduated from university and majored in Chinese. I know this book, but I don't want Professor Xia to know."

I was stunned. I had never heard that He Dana was a college graduate. In this era, college graduates are as rare as monkeys. He was actually in a crematorium. It seems that this place is not an ordinary place.

"It's nothing strange. I have many stories. I will tell them to you slowly. I may never finish them even if I die. But remember, you can't live without culture."

I didn't expect this to happen, this crazy He is actually a college graduate. (To be continued)