Chapter 33 I am willing to be an undercover agent
Song family !
Ordinary residential houses.
At this moment, the white cloth was hanging high. When Lin Ye followed Zhao Gang into the Song family, he did not feel much sad atmosphere.
Old Mrs. Song passed away at the age of 86, which is considered to be an advanced age. The most important thing is that the old lady had been bedridden for three years. To be unfilial, her children had been waiting for three years for just one day.
The old lady's body was still in the room. When Lin Ye followed Zhao Gang into the bedroom, the old lady's two sons and three daughters were talking about something. They stopped when they saw Zhao Gang coming.
"Master Zhao, you are here. What should I do if the eternal lamp cannot be lit?"
The eldest son of the Song family had an embarrassment on his face. The old lady lived in his house. According to local customs, a perpetual lamp would be lit after a person died, and then the funeral would be held. After three days of funeral ceremonies, the old lady would be sent for cremation.
When there is a funeral, naturally there will be relatives coming. At that time, the relatives will bow and pay their respects in front of the old lady's body. If the eternal lamp cannot be lit, the relatives will not allow it.
The fact that the eternal lamp cannot be lit means that the dead person died unwillingly, and their children will be stabbed in the back.
"Yes, Master Zhao, you are knowledgeable. You have to think of a solution. Does my mother have any unfulfilled wishes?"
"My mother has been bedridden since she fell ill. We, her children, have not neglected her for the past three years. Usually, my sister-in-law takes care of her, and we also visit her when we can. If this gets out, people will think that we, her children, are unfilial."
The children of the Song family were talking to each other, and Zhao Gang quickly raised his hand to signal them to stop. After they quieted down, he said, "Don't worry, let me ask the old lady what she meant."
After saying that, Zhao Gang walked to the old lady's body and said, "Old Lady Song, you have lived to such an age, and your children are all filial. You must be happy now. Just be quiet and don't make things difficult for your children."
As he spoke, Zhao Gang used a lighter to light the eternal lamp placed beside the bed. However, as soon as it was lit, the flame of the eternal 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, please tell us and we will definitely fulfill them for you."
"Mom, everyone has taken good care of you during the past few years since you were sick, and you have never been wronged. If you really feel wronged, it has nothing to do with us."
"Second sister-in-law, what do you mean by that? If it has nothing to do with you, then it has something to do with me. You only take care of Mom a few times a month, but I usually feed her and take her to the toilet. I never neglect her."
"You know whether I have been neglected or not. One time when I came, I smelled urine when I approached the bed."
"You can't blame me, mom just wet the bed and I didn't even have time to change the sheets when you guys came."
"Who knows if it's true or not? We didn't see it. Who knows if you took good care of our mom when we were away?"
While the children of the Song family were arguing, Lin Ye's eyes were looking to the left of the eternal lamp, where an old lady was standing, and it looked like the old lady of the Song family.
The one who just blew out the lamp was the soul of Old Mrs. Song.
There was no jealousy on the old man's face. Instead, he had a smug smile on his face as he listened to his children's quarrel.
Lin Ye thought about what Zhao Gang had told him about the old lady of the Song family on the way here, and he already knew what was going on. This old lady 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 should have blown out the candles with resentment after her death, but she didn't. Considering the old lady's sharp tongue, Lin Ye roughly knew what was going on.
The old lady was probably not an easy person to get along with when she was alive. She had a bad temper during the three years she was lying in bed. Even her filial children couldn't stand it, let alone her daughter-in-law. I guess her daughter-in-law has complained a lot in the past three years, and may have occasionally shown disdain, so the old lady was unhappy, and now she wants to make some trouble even after her death.
"What do you think? Is there any solution?" Zhao Gang looked at Lin Ye at this time and asked in a low voice.
"I'll take care of it, you ask them to get out first."
After getting 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 Lady Song were left in the bedroom.
Lin Ye walked to the eternal lamp and lit it again. Seeing this, Old Lady Song on the side had a mocking expression on her face and walked over to blow it out.
"If you dare to blow out this eternal lamp, no one will come to attend the funeral today. In the future, the neighbors will spread rumors that your children are unfilial, and the Song family's reputation will be ruined. Your two grandsons are old enough to get married, but when people ask around, no one will dare to marry your grandsons."
Lin Ye did not stop her, but just stated calmly. However, Mrs. Song froze up because of Lin Ye's words. She looked at the eternal lamp in front of her, not knowing whether to blow it up or not.
She acted like a spoiled child because she was somewhat dissatisfied with her children's attitude. She had just died and none of her children cried, especially her daughter-in-law, who even sang in private, thinking that she couldn't hear her.
But she was just a little dissatisfied. She didn't want to harm her children, and she didn't want her grandson to be unable to find a wife.
"When a person dies, everything disappears. Everything should be let go."
Lin Ye could guess what was in the mind of the old lady of the Song family. This kind of old lady was used to being strong when she was alive. Her children must have been scolded by her a lot. She became even worse while lying in bed for three years. Now that she is dead, she is very dissatisfied with her children’s attitude and wants to act like a demon again, but deep down she is still considering her children.
After dealing with the old lady of the Song family, Lin Ye called Zhao Gang and others to come back in. When they saw that the eternal lamp was lit, everyone who came in breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Ye felt the energy in his body and found that the merit energy did not increase. After a moment of confusion, he burst out laughing and knew the reason.
Old Mrs. Song had no intention of harming her children. Even if she did not take action herself, she could have waited for Zhao Gang to say a few nice words and her children to kowtow and cry to show their attitude, and the old lady would probably have calmed down.
Whether you have yourself or not, the result will be the same, and naturally there will be no merit.
"Little brother, I know the rules. I won't ask questions that I shouldn't ask. Here's one thousand yuan, which is your appearance fee. Let's add a contact number. I'll contact you if I encounter any difficult problems in the future."
After leaving the Song family, Zhao Gang added Lin Ye's contact information and transferred one thousand yuan to Lin Ye.
As the team leader, he is responsible for taking jobs, and the client only works with him. As for how many people he wants to invite and how much it will cost, he has to pay for it all. The client will give him the whole package, and he will also give the client a rough bill.
Labor costs, material costs...
Lin Ye accepted it, this was what he deserved.
"Little brother, I'll have to trouble you to come over the day after tomorrow when the funeral takes place. I have to go and report the death now."
"good."
Lin Ye nodded. It was only natural to work for money. Normally, after a person passed away, the body would be kept for three days before being buried. There were also rules for funerals, and no one would be invited or seen off.
Funerals do not require invitations or farewells, so if you want to notify relatives you need to use someone else's mouth, which is called a funeral notice.
Generally, when a woman dies, if her grandfather is still alive, the funeral will be announced to him; if his grandfather is not alive, the funeral will be announced to her uncle. The funeral process can only be decided by someone from the woman's family.
In many places, when the mother dies, the son has to kneel down and report the death to his uncle's family, and all funeral arrangements must be approved by his uncle's family.
There are two reasons for doing this. The first is that the woman's family will come to perform an autopsy to confirm that there is nothing suspicious about her death.
The second point is to supervise the filial behavior of nephews and nieces.
Without the approval of his uncle, a son cannot bury his mother after her death. If the mother was unfilial during her lifetime, the uncle can ignore the children who come to his house and beg for mercy. If the children go around his uncle's house and insist on burying the mother, the uncle's family can bring people to make trouble.
If this incident happens, the children’s reputation will be ruined.
Some customs may seem troublesome to young people today, but in fact many of them have their reasons for existence.
After leaving the Song family, Lin Ye returned to the villa, put the things he bought in the study, and then began to draw talismans.
Among the many scriptures left by the old Taoist in the Taoist temple, there is a book called "Compendium of Talismans", among which there is a talisman called "Tongyou Talisman".
A talisman that can lead to seclusion.
Using the power of talismans to communicate with the underworld and then sending ghosts into the underworld is a bit similar to salvation, but it is much simpler than salvation.
Lin Ye tried to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the cinnabar pen, but he 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 ruined, Lin Ye thought for a while and decided to teleport to another world with these things.
In the other 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 communicate with the ghosts, Lin Ye returned to the villa and summoned all the ghosts.
"You eleven ghosts, take the talismans and go to the underworld."
The Tongyou Talisman is the lowest level talisman, which can only allow wandering souls to go to the underworld. It is not effective for a physical ghost like an intestinal ghost to pass through the Tongyou Talisman.
Among these eleven ghosts, some were happy while others were unwilling, but under Lin Ye's gaze, they could only accept the talisman, and then the talisman burned and turned into a ball of flame. The strange thing was that the flame was blue, giving people a cold feeling.
The blue flames devoured the eleven ghosts. In the end, the ghosts' figures were completely devoured, and the flames suddenly dissipated.
In the villa, only the intestinal ghost, Lao He, and the water ghost that was as thick as mud were left.
Lao He did not need the talisman for passing through the underworld. He had not passed the 49th day of his death yet, so he could go to the underworld by himself. Lin Ye's eyes were mainly on the water ghost and the intestine ghost. He opened the lids of the two pottery jars he had bought and said, "You can go in by yourselves."
The water ghost did not react. Ever since he was beaten by Lin Ye, he had a dull expression on his face. Lin Ye simply walked up to him and stuffed him into the pottery jar.
"Master Tianshi, if you want to get rid of the evil spirits, leave me here so I can get information for you."
Seeing Lin Ye looking at him, the Intestine Ghost quickly spoke up, he didn't want to stay in that pottery jar.
"I can find out where there are evil spirits in this city."
Lin Ye glanced at the Intestine Ghost. This seemed to be a good suggestion, much better than going to look for it himself.
Being an undercover agent is normal.
