At this moment, the white cloth was hanging high. When Lin Ye followed Zhao Gang into the Song family, he didn't feel much sadness.
Mrs. Song passed away at the age of eighty-six, which is considered an advanced age. The most important thing is that the old lady was bedridden as early as three years ago. To be unfilial, the old lady's children have been waiting for one day for three years.
The old lady's body was still lying in the room. When Lin Ye followed Zhao Gang into the bedroom, the old lady's two sons and three daughters were exchanging something. They stopped when they saw Zhao Gang coming over.
"Master Zhao, you are here. What should I do if the evergreen lamp cannot be lit?"
The eldest son of the Song family had a look of embarrassment on his face. The old lady lived in his house. According to local custom, after a person dies, a lantern is lit, and then the funeral is held. After three days of funeral, the old lady is sent to be cremated.
When there is a funeral, relatives will naturally come over. At that time, the relatives will go to the old lady's body to bow and salute. If the permanent lamp cannot be lit, then the relatives will not do it.
If the ever-burning lamp cannot be lit, it means that the dead are reluctant to leave, and their children will have their backs stabbed.
"Yes, Master Zhao, you are knowledgeable. You have to find a way. Does my mother have any unfulfilled wishes?"
"My mother has been ill and bedridden. In the past three years, we as children have not left her alone. My sister-in-law usually takes care of her, and we will come when we have time. If this spreads, others will think that we, as children, are unfilial.
"
The children of the Song family were talking to each other, and Zhao Gang quickly raised his hand to signal to stop. After calming down, he said, "Don't be anxious, everyone. I'll ask the old lady what she means first."
After saying that, Zhao Gang walked up to the old lady's body and said: "Mrs. Song, you have lived for such a long time, and your children are also filial. It is also a blessing. Just calm down and don't make it difficult for your children.
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While talking, Zhao Gang used a lighter to light the evergreen lamp placed beside the bed. However, as soon as it was lit, the flame of the evergreen lamp flickered and went out after a while.
This scene made all the children of the Song family panic.
"Mom, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, just tell us and we will make it happen for you."
"Mom, in the past few years when you have been sick, everyone has taken good care of you, but you have not been wronged. If you are really wronged, it has nothing to do with us."
"Second sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? It has nothing to do with you, but it has to do with me. You only take care of me a few times a month. I usually feed my mother and use the toilet. I don't neglect her.
"
"You know if you are neglecting me or not. When I came here one time, I smelled urine as I approached the bed."
"You can't blame me. Mom just peed the bed, and you guys came before I even had time to change the sheets."
"Who knows whether it's true or not? We didn't see it. Who knows whether you took good care of our mother while we were away."
While the children of the Song family were quarreling, Lin Ye looked to the left of the Changming Lantern. There stood an old man who looked like the old lady of the Song family.
The one who just blew out the lamp was the soul of Mrs. Song.
There was no trace of jealousy on the old man's face. Instead, he had a proud smile as he listened to the quarrels of his children.
Lin Ye thought that on the way here, Zhao Gang told him about the hunger incident of the old lady of the Song family, and he knew it in his heart. She was really an old lady who liked to make trouble.
If her daughter-in-law had really abused her in the past three years, the old lady would have blown out the candles with resentment just after her death, but the old lady did not. Thinking of the old lady's poisonous mouth, Lin Ye probably knew what happened.
Something's happened.
The old lady was probably not the kind of person who was easy to get along with when she was alive. She had a bad temper after lying in bed for three years. Even her filial son and daughter couldn't bear it, let alone her daughter-in-law. I guess the daughter-in-law has not been able to bear it in the past three years.
Don't complain as much. She may have acted in a disapproving manner occasionally, which made the old lady unhappy. Even now she is dead and wants to cause trouble.
"How's it going? What can I do?" Zhao Gang also looked at Lin Ye at this time and asked in a low voice.
"I'll take care of it. You tell them to get out first."
After receiving Lin Ye's confirmation, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and called all the old lady's children out of the bedroom. Only the souls of Lin Ye and Old Mrs. Song were left in the bedroom.
Lin Ye walked to the Changming Lantern and lit it again. Old Mrs. Song on the side saw this with a mocking expression on her face and walked over again to blow it out.
"If you dare to blow out this ever-burning lamp, no one will take care of this nonsense today. In the future, the neighbors will spread rumors that your children are unfilial. By then, the reputation of the Song family will be ruined, and even your two grandsons will be ruined.
It's time to get a wife, and when people ask, no one dares to marry your grandson."
Lin Ye didn't stop her, just stated it lightly, but Old Mrs. Song froze because of Lin Ye's words. She looked at the bright lamp in front of her, and it was neither blowing nor blowing.
She was mischievous and was somewhat dissatisfied with the attitude of her children. She had just died and none of her children cried, especially her daughter-in-law, who actually sang a song in private, thinking she couldn't hear her.
But she was just a little dissatisfied. She didn't want to harm her children, let alone prevent her grandson from getting a wife.
"Everything will disappear after death, and everything should be let go."
Lin Ye could guess what the old lady of the Song family was thinking. This kind of old lady was used to being strong during her lifetime. It is estimated that her children were scolded by her. She had been lying on the hospital bed for three years and it had become worse. Now after she died, she saw the attitude of her children.
She was very dissatisfied and wanted to act like a monster again, but at the bottom of her heart she still thought about her children.
After dealing with the old lady of the Song family, Lin Ye called Zhao Gang and others to come in again. Seeing that the evergreen lamp was lit, everyone who came in breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Ye felt the merit within his body and found that the energy of merit had not increased. After just a moment of confusion, he burst into laughter and understood the reason.
Old Mrs. Song had no intention of harming her children in the first place. Even if she didn't take action, if Zhao Gang said a few nice words and the old lady's children kowtowed and cried to show her attitude, she would probably lose her temper.
If there is no self, the result will be the same, and naturally there will be no merit.
"Little brother, I understand the rules. I won't ask questions that I shouldn't ask. Here is one thousand yuan, which is the appearance fee for this time. Let's add a contact number and I will contact you if we encounter any troublesome things in the future."
After leaving the Song family, Zhao Gang added Lin Ye's contact information and transferred a thousand yuan to Lin Ye.
As the team leader, he is responsible for taking over the work, and his employer only deals with him. As for how many people he wants to invite and how much money he has to spend, that has to be paid for by him. The employer is all responsible for him.
He will also give the owner an approximate bill.
Labor costs, material costs...
Lin Ye accepted it, it was what he deserved.
"Little brother, I have to trouble you to come when there is a funeral the day after tomorrow. I have to go and report the funeral now."
"good."
Lin Ye nodded. It was only natural to work with money. After people left, they would have to wait for three days before being buried. There were also rules for doing white things. Don't leave without invitation.
If you don't send something without invitation, you need to use other people's mouth to inform relatives, which is a funeral notice.
Generally, when a woman leaves, if the grandpa is there, the funeral will be announced to the grandpa, and if the grandpa is not there, the funeral will be announced to the uncle. The funeral process must be decided by someone from the woman's mother's family.
In many places, when a mother dies, the son has to come to his uncle's house on his knees to announce the funeral. Everything about the funeral has to be nodded by someone from the uncle's family.
There are two reasons for this. The first is that the mother's family wants to come for an autopsy to confirm that there is nothing suspicious about the woman's death.
The second point is the supervision of the filial behavior of nephews and nieces.
Without the uncle's nod, a son cannot be buried after his mother dies. If the mother was not filial during her lifetime and her children came to the door and begged, the uncle could ignore it. If the children bypassed the uncle's house and insisted on being buried, the uncle's family could cause trouble.
If you make such a fuss, your reputation as a child will be ruined.
Some customs may seem troublesome to young people nowadays, but in fact many customs have their own reasons for existence.
After Lin Ye left the Song family, he returned to the villa, put the things he bought in the study, and then began to draw the talismans.
Among the many scriptures left by the old Taoist in the Taoist temple, there is a "Complete Collection of Talismans", in which there is a kind of talisman called the Tongyou Talisman.
Tongyou Talisman.
Using the power of talismans to communicate with the underworld and then sending the ghosts to the underworld is somewhat similar to salvation, but it is much simpler than salvation.
Lin Ye mobilized the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the cinnabar pen, but failed several times in a row.
"Is it because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin?"
Looking at the yellow forms that he had scrapped, Lin Ye thought about it and teleported to another world with these things.
In another world, Lin Ye found that his success rate in drawing talismans had indeed improved a lot, reaching 10%. After spending two hours, he finally finished drawing eleven talismans.
After drawing the talisman to the ghost, Lin Ye returned to the villa and summoned all the ghosts.
"You eleven ghosts, take the talismans and go to the underworld."
The Netherworld Talisman is the lowest level talisman. It can only make the wandering souls go to the underworld. For ghosts with physical bodies, relying on the Netherworld Talisman is not enough.
Some of these eleven ghosts were happy, and some were unwilling, but under Lin Ye's gaze, they could only receive the Nether Talisman, and then the Nether Talisman burned and turned into a ball of flame. The strange thing was that the flame was
The blue color gives people a cold feeling.
The blue flames swallowed up the eleven ghosts. In the end, the ghosts were completely swallowed up, and the flames suddenly dissipated.
In the villa, the only ones left were the intestinal ghost, Lao He, and the water ghost who looked like mud.
Lao He doesn't need the Netherworld Talisman. He hasn't passed the 7749 days yet and can go to the underworld by himself. Lin Ye's eyes mainly fell on the water ghost and intestinal ghost. He opened the lids of the two clay pots he bought and said
: "Go in yourselves."
The water ghost didn't respond. Ever since he was beaten by Lin Ye, he had a dull expression. Lin Ye stepped forward and stuffed him into the clay pot.
"Master Tianshi, if you want to get rid of the evil spirits, leave me here to find out the information for you."
Seeing Lin Ye looking at him, the gut ghost said quickly, he didn't want to stay in that clay pot.
"I can find out wherever there are evil spirits in this city."
Lin Ye glanced at the Intestinal Ghost. This seemed to be a good suggestion. It was much better than going to find it on his own.