Li Tianque snatched the paper and flipped it open. A large photograph dominated the front page. In it, a man sat cross-legged in the center of an array laid out in a courtyard, his eyes closed and mouth agape as if chanting an incantation. The headline blared: COUNCILMAN CHU ZHENGMING PERFORMS VICIOUS GHOST-BURYING RITUAL AT HOME.
“A ghost-burying array?” Li Tianque asked, his tone icy.
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