After a while, the second uncle and Zhu Dachang came to the Ma family ancestral hall and prepared to start the practice.
"Second uncle, I will go and offer Ma Linxiang a stick of incense first."
Zhu Dachang let go of his second uncle's arm, and two other disciples from the paper shop quickly supported him, fearing that he would fall to the ground if he wasn't careful.
He's so old, if he falls to his death, things will be serious.
Zhu Dachang took out three incense sticks, lit them, made a compilation, then looked at Ma Linxiang's tablet and said:
"Ma Linxiang, you bastard, your family is so rich, and you even borrowed a couple of silver from me, and I didn't let you sign a note. Now that you're dead, what will happen to my money?
Do you know how many small and big paper figures I have to make to earn one tael of silver?
Hey, come to think of it, why did you die and have a child right away? You impotent bastard, can you really have a child?
If you don’t pay me back, I’ll curse your child to be a bastard, hum!”
Zhu Dachang put the incense in place, thought about it, and felt that what he just said seemed a bit excessive, so he said again:
"Forget it, what I just said was all a joke, so don't take it seriously.
Really, your kung fu is so good, you can easily pick on three or five people, so why did you die?
Ma Linxiang, I regard you as a brother. If you still regard me as your brother, if you are killed by someone, secretly tell me in your dream.
That's it, Master will still do some rituals for you.
I have to be busy these days."
Zhu Dachang shook his head and walked out.
Asking Ma Linxiang to entrust his dream was actually just a thought in Zhu Dachang's mind. Even if he studied under his second uncle, it was still a profession of dealing with ghosts and ghosts.
But Ma Linxiang died outside. He must have been dead for a while. Maybe his soul was taken to the underworld, so where can he find a dream?
However, Zhu Dachang quickly thought of a way.
Since dreams are unreliable, then find a way to stay and examine Ma Linxiang's body.
If someone was killed, there would definitely be clues left on the body.
Thinking of this, Zhu Dachang admired himself very much.
His eyes wandered for a moment, and he realized that the paper man hadn't been delivered yet. If he dressed up as a paper man, in the dead of night, and it wasn't...
right!
Just do it!
Zhu Dachang quietly returned to the paper-making shop and told his ideas to the two apprentices who were studying with his second uncle, and they hit it off immediately.
In any case, the apprentices would not be required to keep vigil in person. They only needed to change the paper man into Zhu Dachang's chubby body.
In the restaurant, Xu Ce and Ye Qian finished their meal, threw down a piece of silver, stood up, and said lightly:
"Let's go to the theater."
"Ma Family Ancestral Hall?"
Ye Qian had already guessed it.
Xu Ce snapped his fingers and said:
"You're so smart, you guessed it right, that's where you're going!"
The two got up and left the restaurant.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the Ma family ancestral hall. Xu Ce, without changing his expression, offered a stick of incense as Ma Linxiang's friend, and then sat down on the seat next to him.
Although the people in the Ma family were curious about when Ma Linxiang had a friend like Xu Ce, they didn't think much about it.
"Why haven't the paper figurines been delivered yet? It's almost the auspicious time."
The second uncle looked at the sky and looked a little unhappy.
Just then, someone outside shouted:
"Second uncle, I'm not a human being. I've just sent a paper figurine."
The second uncle quickly turned around and saw two disciples running in, panting, carrying a fat paper man.
The second uncle secretly shook his head. Today's young people are so young and their bodies are so weak. I guess these boys often go to the brothels to play.
I have been to that place when I was young. It is a good place, but it is a bit too expensive. Now that my body and bones are not good, I can’t bear the trouble.
"Second uncle, put it away."
The two of them wiped the sweat from their foreheads and secretly cursed Zhu Dachang, this bastard, why he was so fat, he was almost exhausted to death.
The second uncle nodded, luckily it was an auspicious time.
However, I still walked up to the paper man and took a look. The paper man I made was actually taller than him. This was too much.
The second uncle glared at the two disciples angrily, lowered his voice and said angrily:
"What are you doing! It's so big, and the paper doesn't cost anything!"
One of them said aggrievedly:
"Second uncle, we don't want to either. It was arranged by Dachang. You said that when you were not around, he had the final say.
Maybe it's because Da Chang and Ma Linxiang are good friends.
This is done with a pure heart."
The second uncle glared at the two of them. He thought so, so he stopped blaming anyone and said:
"Everything is ready, now let's start the process."
"Okay, second uncle."
The practice is divided into two sessions, the first session is today, and the second session is the burial three days later.
The first ceremony is very simple, just hold a mahogany sword and dance in front of the deceased for a while, then burn a few talismans, and that's it.
The second uncle was in poor health, so he kept things simple, and it took less than a stick of incense to finish the work.
"Everyone, Ma Linxiang died in a foreign land. Pindao has just completed the soul-inducing rituals. The next step is to wait for three days for Ma Linxiang's soul to return and be buried.
Well, Pindao is leaving now."
After the second uncle finished speaking, two apprentices immediately supported him.
Soon, the people who stayed in the Ma family also left.
The only four people left were the Jianghu Warlock and his wife, a few servants of the Ma family, and Xu Ce and Ye Qian.
The woman who pretended to be Ma Linxiang's wife was called Li Yueying. Her appearance could only be described as ordinary. She was pregnant with a big belly and walked towards Xu Ce. Behind her were three charlatans, headed by
The man is Li Yueying's first husband Zhang Kaihe.
This guy was also willing to take out his own woman and pretend to be Ma Linxiang's wife in order to defraud the Ma family's property with Ma Linxiang.
"I wonder if this friend has anything else to do. It's getting late. I hope..."
Li Yueying said it very tactfully, but everyone could tell that this was an eviction order.
Xu Ce smiled lightly and said:
"Well, that's alright, it's almost done."
As he spoke, Xu Ce turned around to leave. As soon as he took two steps, he paused again, turned around and said meaningfully:
"If you don't want others to know how to do it, you should do it yourself."
As soon as he said this, Xu Ce stopped staying and walked straight out of the door of Ma's house.
The four of them, Li Yueying, looked at each other with shock on their faces.
"Yueying, that person just now..."
The charlatan asked with an open and frowned brow.