Since it was midsummer, the sky was not completely dark yet at Xu time.
The old lady directed the servants to set up the table and incense burner in front of the main hall according to Liang Yuanque's request, and then sent someone to invite them.
Liang Yuanque agreed to the Lin family's request to watch. Anyway, the more witnesses around him, the better it would be for him.
The ceremony officially began, with the remaining Lin family and some servants and maids standing at a distance, while Liang Yuanque stepped forward to light the incense.
Zhuang Youjie, on the other hand, stood silently beside him with his head lowered, constantly rehearsing in his mind the performance he would do later.
Since Liang Yuanque had such a thing as a lighter, he no longer brought matches, but the Lin family's servants thoughtfully prepared matches when preparing the incense.
In order to appear more professional, he chose to pick up matches and light incense.
In the gradually dimming environment, he lit the match with a "chi" sound and pretended to get close to the incense head.
But he did not light the incense. Instead, when no one was paying attention, he quietly turned his wrist and extinguished the match.
To achieve the desired effect with this subtle movement, you need to control your strength to the extreme.
This kind of power and control over details was originally used by the master as a trickster when he was playing cards. The brothers have mastered it and used it to deceive the master in various aspects.
But thinking about it carefully, the master was actually aware of their little tricks, but he just didn't tell them.
The master did not deliberately teach some of them, they were all imparted subtly in life.
As the sky gradually became darker and darker, the people around him did not notice his subtle movements, but they could clearly see the light disappearing in his hands.
Liang Yuanque frowned and said loudly on purpose,
"Oh, I won't accept it."
A faint commotion broke out in the surrounding crowd, and people began to talk in low voices.
Incense represents the most basic offering in the human world. The ghost's refusal to accept the offering represents the unfulfilled wishes and grievances of the human being.
The Lin family has been shrouded in darkness for the past three years. Although many people don't say it on the surface, they still gradually develop fear in their hearts.
Although many servants of the Lin family feel that they are not members of the Lin family and have no influence on them, they still have fears in their hearts since the grandma who has served two generations of young masters died suddenly.
After all, if the resentful ghost that also harms people is a person who can clearly distinguish between grudges and be reasonable, it won't be an evil spirit!
The chatter in the crowd became louder and louder, alarming the old lady who was struggling to get up on crutches to take charge of the overall situation.
She pounded the ground heavily with her crutch to suppress the comments, "Everyone, please be quiet!"
The close nun also shouted to persuade everyone, and the discussion gradually died down.
The old lady was leaning on crutches and wanted to come forward, but Liang Yuanque stretched out her hand to stop her.
"Old madam, no matter you or whoever it is, it's best to stay one foot away from me."
Liang Yuanque was serious and frowned, as if the matter was very difficult.
When the old lady saw him like this, she didn't dare to go any further and stopped beyond the distance he said.
"Sir, what's going on?"
"They refuse to accept other people's incense."
Liang Yuanque sighed, what he said was true.
The old lady didn't understand.
"But the incense that was burned before can be lit. What happened today?"
Liang Yuanque definitely couldn't say it was his own problem, so he said in a very arrogant tone,
"That's because those people have deceived you before, no matter how much yellow paper they have, it's all in vain."
"What should we do?" The old lady also frowned, a little nervous.
Liang Yuanque put his index finger to his lips and shushed softly,
"Don't say anything and let me handle it."
Liang Yuanque threw away the blackened matchstick in his hand, rubbed another one with the same action as before, and quietly extinguished the fire.
The situation was still the same the second time. The people around him suddenly became commotion, and people everywhere were panicked.
The third lady on the side was so frightened that her heart was pounding, and she took a step back uncontrollably.
Zhuang Youjie, who had been quietly playing the role of a wooden person, noticed her movements from the corner of his eye.
Alas, Miss Third, maybe the entire Lin family deserves death for the two Miss Mo's who died unjustly, but they may never hurt you!
The poor third lady never knew the terrible story behind her life experience.
Even my uncle couldn't stand the second failure. He stood in the crowd and shouted to Liang Yuanque,
"Mr. Liang, if that doesn't work, can you try another method?"
Liang Yuanque looked very embarrassed and frowned.
"I could feel their presence, but they didn't seem to want to have a good chat with me."
He pretended to think deeply for a moment and came up with a solution.
"Let's do this. Everyone in the Lin family will step back. Maybe then their resentment will not be so great."
The third lady was always puzzled by his title, and quietly asked her uncle beside her,
"Brother-in-law, who are 'them'?"
The eldest uncle shook his head, "You don't even know, let alone me, just watch quietly."
The old lady was currently in charge of the Lin family, and everyone obeyed her instructions. She felt that things had developed to this point anyway, so she nodded after listening to Liang Yuanque's words.
The old lady who had been following her saw her nodding and told everyone to step back.
After such a period of twists and turns, the sky was completely dark, and someone lit lanterns around, but the effect was minimal.
In such an environment, everyone took another step back and could not see clearly the situation on Liang Yuanque's side.
As long as he doesn't make any big movements, no one will notice.
He returned to the incense burner, quietly took out the burning paper that had been hidden in his shirt cuff, and held it gently in his hand.
After that, he lit a match again as if nothing had happened. This time, instead of shaking it out, he stretched it out into the palm of his hand.
The moment the flame came into contact with the fire paper, it exploded quickly. In the eyes of everyone, it was Liang Yuanque's hand that exploded sparks out of thin air.
Although he had experience in operating it, the flame of the match still touched his skin uncontrollably. Liang Yuanque gritted his teeth and quickly threw it away, leaving only the match paper.
Some timid women screamed in fright when they saw his palms burning.
The third lady also screamed and quickly called to the people around her, "Quick, quick, quick, get water!"
"No need!" Liang Yuanque shouted to stop her, "They agreed to my communication, please don't disturb me next!"
The fire paper in his hand was actually only a very small piece and would burn out quickly. Before the flame went out naturally, he clasped his hands together as if to suppress the flames.
After all, he is a Feng Shui master. How can he prove his identity without using some metaphysical means.
Immediately afterwards, he sat cross-legged in front of the table with the incense burner, and muttered something, as if he was really communicating with ghosts!
