This is actually a custom among rural people. When guests come to the house, they immediately greet each other and get on the kang. After all, in the middle of winter, it is really cold on the ground.
But I definitely cannot get on the bed of a woman who is in confinement.
So I quickly waved my hand and said, "No, I just want to ask you a few questions, so don't be too nervous."
"good."
Wang Xiuzhi nodded and said: "Laixi said that I am always possessed by ghosts at night, but I really have no impression at all."
"Let's talk about it after this. Ghosts are all trivial, and I can solve them by doing a ritual."
I said confidently.
"Thank you very much."
Wang Xiuzhi quickly thanked him.
"You are welcome."
I smiled slightly awkwardly, and then said seriously: "What happened the night you gave birth? Do you still remember? Did anything unusual or weird happen?"
"No? I felt like I was about to give birth and my stomach hurt so bad. Then I fainted from the pain. When I woke up again, Laixi had come back and the baby was gone."
Wang Xiuzhi said without hesitation.
When I heard this, it was somewhat strange.
Because Wang Xiuzhi didn't even recall the scene that night just now, and when she said that the child was missing, she didn't show any sadness, as if she was reciting lines.
Logically speaking, as a mother, after her child is born, she disappears without even seeing her. Shouldn't she be in a very sad state?
I stood there, looking at Wang Xiuzhi intently, trying to see something different on her face.
But Wang Xiuzhi didn't seem to have any other expression changes except for dodging my eyes and not daring to look directly at me.
This is a normal phenomenon. After all, if a strange man looks at her like this, it is normal for her to not dare to look at him.
But Wang Xiuzhi's fear of looking directly is not the shyness of her daughter, but a state of guilty conscience.
I instinctively realized that Wang Xiuzhi seemed to be hiding something?
But what exactly is she hiding? And why should she hide it?
Could it be that she gave her child away?
This is impossible. Who would come to her house at night and run away with the child?
Or is it that Wang Xiuzhi experienced something that she didn't dare to tell, so she had to hide it?
"So you don't know what exactly happened that night, right?"
I looked at Wang Xiuzhi, frowned and asked.
"Well, I really don't know what happened?"
Wang Xiuzhi nodded and said with certainty.
"Then what do you think...how did the child disappear?"
I touched my chin and asked her thoughtfully.
"This...I...I can't imagine it either. It feels so incredible."
Wang Xiuzhi shook his head and said with a slightly sad expression.
"It's really incredible."
I touched my forehead and said a little tangledly.
Judging from this situation, I feel that something must have happened that night, and Wang Xiuzhi must have known something or seen something, but she just refused to say it.
There is really nothing you can do in this situation. You can't force her.
In that case, Lai Xi would definitely not agree.
"Mr. Li, it is indeed a bit strange that this child disappeared. However, there is nothing we can do about the child disappearing. The main reason is that Xiuzhi is possessed by a ghost. I have to trouble you."
Laixi saw that I was also very troubled, so he quickly opened his mouth to bring the matter back.
The implication is that he doesn't care if the child disappears. The most important thing now is to solve the problem of his wife being possessed by a ghost.
"Don't worry, it's not difficult for me to solve the problem of being possessed by a ghost. I will perform a ritual tonight to liberate that thing."
I glanced at Laixi and said to reassure him.
"That's good, that's good."
Seeing that I was so confident, Laixi nodded quickly.
After I glanced at Wang Xiuzhi again, I left the room.
Ma Game and the others were still waiting for me curiously outside, obviously wanting to ask me what was going on?
But with Laixi nearby, I was too embarrassed to say anything, so I had to wink at them.
After returning to the main room, I started to ask Ma Youyi and the others to prepare the things needed for rituals, such as drawing charms, making paper flags, and setting up altars in the yard.
Although these things are actually of no use to me now, they are just superficial.
But in this business, if you want others to think that you are serious and capable, then this kind of superficial skills is definitely indispensable.
The three of us had been preparing for the whole afternoon, and I had been drinking tea on the kang, leaving all such trivial matters to Liu Yuheng and the others.
Ma Yiyi made paper flags, Liu Yuheng drew talismans, and Chen Maoxi decorated the altar and put talismans on the doors of each room. The three of them had a clear division of labor.
By this time it was starting to get dark and dinner was ready, so we ate first and then started doing the rituals.
Some people came to the village to help one after another, but in fact there was nothing to do. Everyone just drank tea and chatted on the kang.
Of course, there are also people who come to help with chores, handing us tea and water, etc. To put it bluntly, they are here to help greet the husband.
I looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, so I asked Liu Yuheng to open the altar, then chant sutras, pray, stabilize the five directions, and so on.
It is most appropriate for him to do such a complicated ritual. After all, he looks older, and the first impression given to people is that he must be of the highest moral character.
In this way, as a master, I can naturally take the opportunity to be lazy.
I recited the scriptures for two full hours, paying homage to the gods at the top and pacifying the ghosts at the bottom.
Moreover, at the suggestion of the villagers, they even invited the sacred tablets from the mountain temple to come over, which was considered worthy of the gods.
After the scriptures were recited, a charm was burned in each of the five directions in the courtyard, and the ritual was considered completed.
But in fact, it is just the prelude that has just been completed, and it is a warm-up stage.
Then we start to get into the topic.
I took a paper flag from the altar, then asked Laixi to prepare a bowl of water, and took the paper flag and water into Wang Xiuzhi's house.
Originally I should have gone in by myself, but considering their customs here, outsiders are not allowed in when a woman is in confinement, and there were people from the village present, so I had to let Laixi go in by himself.
As for what to do specifically, I also gave him some instructions.
