After hearing my explanation, their expressions softened a little.
Xia Sanjin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Oh, that's it. Then... okay, listen to Brother Wu, let's look for it separately. But we still try to make sure we are within each other's sight."
In fact, I can understand this fear very well.
Ordinary people's fear of these supernatural beings comes entirely from instinctive reactions.
I told them again that it would be best to go to places like dense grass, hidden mountain depressions, or caves.
There is basically no sunlight in these places, which is very suitable for ghosts to hide during the day.
Of course, in order to avoid bites from snakes, insects, rats and ants, it is better not to pull the grass directly with your hands. Find a long, thick wooden stick or something to use.
After all, in the mountains, apart from supernatural things, even normal beasts and insects are quite troublesome.
If bitten, there will be a big itchy and painful bump on the body!
If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, it will be even more troublesome... In my opinion, it is much more troublesome than hitting a ghost.
So be careful!
Next, we started looking for Shami’s body near the tomb.
But it's a pity that the three people searched hard for more than two hours nearby, and carefully searched the cracks in the rocks!
Still haven't found where the thing is hiding.
Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui said to me with their hands on their waists and bitter expressions on their faces.
"Ouch... Brother Wu, my old waist can hardly stand up straight. I didn't find anything."
"me too."
Xia Degui also held his hands on his waist.
I feel a little disgusted - are all middle-aged people's waists so bad?
Isn't it just a matter of bending down a little and using a stick to plow open the grass, just to take a casual look.
Of course, on the surface, I would definitely not be so mocking. I still have this bit of emotional intelligence.
I sighed helplessly and answered them.
"I didn't find it either... Even after using some magic methods, I couldn't sense any evil aura nearby. It seems that the hope of solving the problem with the simplest and easiest way is in vain. We still have to be honest. Let’s have a fight.”
In my expectation, the best situation is to drag the evil ghost out of the grave and burn it directly!
Once it's settled, the matter is resolved.
But just now I saw that it had dug up the grave soil by itself, crawled out, and was hiding everywhere.
Then the second best possibility is to find its hiding place nearby, or drag it out and burn it when the sun is shining during the day, which can easily solve it.
But now it seems that this second plan has obviously failed!
So, there is only one last way left...
Hurry back to Xia's courtyard!
Be prepared to wait for that ghost to come to your door at night.
Although it is a terrifying evil spirit that looks like a ghost and a corpse, it seems that it was indeed Xia Dong who resurrected it, and there is some connection between them.
Then it should come to the house every night to look for Xia Dong!
I looked up at the sun, which had begun to set gradually in the west, and estimated the time. It should be four o'clock in the afternoon.
It would take five o'clock to get back to Xia Degui's house as quickly as possible.
After having dinner, start preparing various things at six o'clock... Everything should be done smoothly by eight o'clock in the evening.
"Secretary Xia, let's go. We have to go back quickly. I'm afraid there will be a fierce fight tonight."
Of course the three people returned the same way.
When he returned to Xia Degui's house, Xia Dong was still lying on the bed in the bedroom in a comatose state.
I walked over and put my hand on her forehead.
Then he gently circulated the energy in his body and surged into his palms, sensing her condition.
It was found that her soul was still a little weak and tired. If she was forcibly awakened now, it would have some impact on the future - for example, she might be frail and sickly in the rest of her life and more likely to suffer from some chronic diseases.
I couldn't bear it, so I gave up trying to wake her up for the time being, and asked her who taught her to choose that feng shui bad place and to bury her face down?
"Forget it, let Aunt Xia Dong sleep a little longer."
I said softly.
Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you know the truth or not now.
After all, we still have to fight that ghost first!
Xia Degui nodded gratefully to me: "Okay, little brother Wu, shall I go cook now?"
Before I could say anything, Xia Sanjin grabbed him directly.
"Brother Degui, it's already this time, why are you still wasting your time cooking? I'll go to the house of Aunt Zhao, the most famous cook in the village, and ask her to help cook some food and bring it over. You will help Brother Wu arrange the arrangements today. Something to use later."
I thought this was a good idea and nodded.
"Okay, then go ahead, Party Secretary Xia. It's troublesome."
"No trouble, no trouble, little brother Wu, you are doing this for the sake of the peace of our Xia family yard."
Xia Sanjin said and left temporarily.
I ordered Xia Degui to start preparing various ghost-fighting items...
First, there are some standard items for casting spells and avoiding evil spirits.
For example, black dog blood, rooster blood, and cinnabar are these three things.
Next are the red rope, scissors, water bowl, and cigarette ashes that I will use this time.
It will take some time to collect these things in the village.
Fortunately, it should be basically all available.
Xia Degui carefully wrote it down in a small notebook, and then went out in a hurry to collect these things.
Six pm.
Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui came back almost at the same time.
The difference is that one person is carrying several large bowls of food on an aluminum tray, while the other person is holding a dog, grabbing a chicken, and carrying a large bag of miscellaneous things.
"Brother Wu, I was afraid that the black dog blood and rooster blood would be spilled when I brought them back, so I just brought the dogs and chickens back."
Xia Degui said.
I was stunned for a moment, then looked at the poor dog and chicken, and nodded dumbfounded.
"Okay, that's fine. I'll take the blood myself and won't hurt their lives. After I do it, I can return them alive."
Xia Sanjin laid out a table of food, and we ate in a hurry.
I have to say that the food cooked by a farm chef in this village is no less delicious than a restaurant chef in a town!
Braised pork with bean sprouts, steamed pork sausage with rice flour, fried pork with salt, stewed pig trotters with soybeans, fried bacon with garlic sprouts...
I was so excited that I almost forgot that I was going to catch ghosts tonight!
No way, I have been a foodie since I was a child.
Fortunately, after eating three large bowls of rice, I restrained myself from stopping and started preparing various things.
First, a red rope smeared with cinnabar, black dog blood, and rooster blood is tied to the beam of the courtyard gate. As the saying goes: red rope wards off evil spirits.
Then, spread soot evenly on the path about ten meters from the courtyard gate to the house gate.
Soot is also called "pot soot" in rural areas of Sichuan and Chongqing - when rural stoves are burned for cooking, a large amount of firewood ashes condense on the bottom of the pot and on the beams of the stove.
This is a very pyrotechnic thing, and it is secretly tainted with the aura of the Stove Lord, which can make the sneaky appear.
As long as you walk through this soot road, you will be able to hide your sneakiness for at least half an hour!
