If you sniff hard and smell carefully, you can still find the smell of burned mugwort filling the air.
Ah, very good!
It seems that they did exactly what I said, and it is very reliable.
But think about it...
If you don't consider facing supernatural forces, as far as ordinary secular people are concerned, Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui are both very successful.
At least, the social status is much higher than that of my family!
The former is the village party secretary of Xia Family Courtyard, and his father is the old village chief, so he is considered the "first family in the village."
The latter works hard in a big city with a group of brothers. He has really seen the world and has some money.
As long as these two people overcome their fear of facing evil spirits, they can still do things with confidence.
"Where is my magic sword?"
I asked quickly.
This is what I care about most.
Such a powerful magic weapon is something that Master once used... If it were lost, I would probably be heartbroken.
"Here, little brother Wu, take a look."
Xia Degui quickly turned around, picked up the magic knife from the wooden table next to him, and held it in both hands. Carefully handed it into my hand.
At this moment, I could see that his eyes were full of awe.
Xia Sanjinte looked at the magic knife in my hand and said in a sighing tone.
"Brother Wu, this magic sword is really magical! The body of the devil is as hard as a stone. It is estimated that ordinary knives cannot penetrate it. Your magic sword does not have an edge, it is all blunt and round. , it can actually penetrate completely."
I chuckled.
"Xia Zhishu, this is why there is specialization in the art. This magic sword is useless against living people, but it is like a magic weapon against the dead."
As he spoke, he took the magic knife from Xia Degui.
I checked it carefully and found that there was nothing wrong with it. Then I smiled and put it back into the cowhide sheath bag on my back.
"Okay, the matter of the poltergeist should have been completely resolved. From now on, the Xia family yard can be peaceful."
After hearing what I said, Xia Sanjin and the others quickly expressed their thanks and compliments.
Then they each handed over an envelope.
I took Xia Sanjin's envelope first and squeezed it.
You can feel the thick pile inside.
Apparently, this is my reward for exorcising ghosts.
I frowned and said with some confusion.
"Xia Party Secretary, the fee agreed upon before was three thousand yuan. There should be more than that in this envelope, right? You gave too much."
He immediately shook his head and answered with a smile.
"Hey, not much, not too much. Brother Wu has worked hard and the evil spirit is far more powerful than we imagined. Only when we experience it personally can we understand the danger. So I think the three thousand mentioned before is a bit less, so I added some... …”
"Oh, is it so?"
I smiled and shook my head, then looked at Xia Degui.
"Uncle Degui, what are you doing?"
"Brother Wu, although it is the village's intention to invite you here this time, it is also the village's money. But this matter... was caused by my family after all. So this can be regarded as the compensation paid by my family."
Xia Degui explained very sincerely.
He actually felt quite guilty about what his wife had done, which made the whole village panic.
It's just that the biggest victim, Mr. Xia Wu, was an old man living alone. He had no children and could not find anyone to compensate him... He originally planned to find a good place to bury him, but now he was burned to ashes.
Just give me the money you have prepared.
I hesitated for a moment, looking into the sincere eyes of these two guys - as if they were very afraid that I would refuse, and finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll accept it then. Thanks."
Hearing that I accepted, Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui beamed again.
In fact, I also know that this is the trick they saw me showing and want to have a good relationship with me.
To be honest, although you may not encounter a few supernatural incidents in your life...but once you encounter them, it will be a fatal event!
If you can spend thousands of dollars to establish a good relationship with someone like me, then there will be nothing you can do, and it will be much easier to ask for help.
After all, they are both relatively wealthy these days.
At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing an apron came out of the kitchen.
"Secretary Sanjin, the food is almost ready. You can prepare to eat. I will go home first."
"Okay, auntie, thank you for your hard work."
Xia Sanjin gave her more than ten yuan and sent her out.
He should be specially invited to make lunch.
This is not surprising in our countryside. Some people are talented and have developed a set of cooking skills suitable for farm dishes in the countryside. The food he cooks is no worse than the chefs in the town!
"Brother Wu, you haven't eaten breakfast, you must be hungry, right? Come, come, let's eat together."
I didn't refuse, and sat down at the table while talking.
"Actually, it's been a long time since I came to Xia's courtyard. I should go back to our village early. However, I'm still very curious about what happened to this red-clothed ghost. I have to wait until Aunt Xia Dong wakes up and ask she."
I want to find out who is the person who is behind the scenes!
So, have lunch.
A large table with a dazzling array of dishes.
The main dishes include steamed crispy pork, braised pork, eight-treasure rice, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed hoof pork, stuffed pork with sand, tofu balls, and roasted white meat.
There are also loofah smooth meat soup and cold pork head.
It seems that these are the standard "eight bowls" for Chinese New Year feasts in rural areas of Sichuan and Chongqing!
It seems that in their hearts, they are as happy as the Chinese New Year after solving the problem of the red-clothed ghost...
But think about it, who can bear to have scary evil spirits wandering around the village every night?
And he has already killed people.
Perhaps it was because the battle with the red-clothed devil last night was really exhausting, so I devoured this meal like a whirlwind.
After eating five large bowls of rice and finishing all the dishes, I stopped.
Seeing this, Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui were also amazed. I am not fat, but quite thin, so I can eat so much.
It made me feel a little embarrassed.
Just as he was about to say a few words to ease the awkward atmosphere, he heard Xia Dong's voice coming from the bedroom.
"woke up?!"
The three of us looked at each other and all stood up and walked towards the bedroom.
Sure enough, Xia Dong was already awake.
His face has become a little rosy, and he seems to be recovering well.
Xia Degui walked a few steps quickly and went to the bedside to support her.
Unexpectedly, Xia Dong's first words were.
"Xiaomi..."
Xia Degui frowned and was about to scold her.
I spoke quickly from the side.
"Aunt Xia Dong, didn't I tell you before? Xiaomi has gone to the underworld and is preparing to be reincarnated. What you have seen these days is actually an evil demon that has taken over Xiaomi's body."
As soon as these words came out, Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui both looked at me with strange expressions.
I continued to talk.
"Last night, the evil spirit came here again. You should remember that it didn't listen to you and knocked you unconscious, right? If it were really your daughter Xiaomi, would she be willing to beat her own mother?"
"this……"
Confusion appeared in Xia Dong's eyes.
I continued: "After you were knocked unconscious last night, I had a fight with the evil demon. The evil demon was so powerful that I almost couldn't defeat it. At the last moment, Xiaomi's soul appeared and helped me trap it. The evil spirit that occupies her body. Destroy it. Then, she asked me to tell you that she is very happy to have a mother like you in this life. Let you not worry about it. And let you not believe the lies of demons anymore. Xiaomi said , anyone who says he can resurrect her is a bad person with ulterior motives."
Well, I even admire myself!
This story just came out of my mouth.
You can become a novelist now!
In fact, Xia Dong's knot in her heart has not been completely resolved, and logical and rational facts cannot explain it. It's better to use white lies now, and when time heals the scars, she will actually figure it out...
Sure enough, when I said this, Xia Dong's expression changed several times, and then he burst into tears.
"Good daughter, my Xiaomi..."
"Mom not only failed to take good care of you, but also made you unable to have peace after your death."
"I'm sorry, mom was wrong. Mom shouldn't have listened to that monk's nonsense."
"Oh, oh, oh, I shouldn't believe him."
A monk's nonsense! ?
My heart suddenly shook and I was very surprised.
What did Xia Dong mean by this? Was it a monk who convinced him to bury his daughter's body in a "bent-down burial" method in that feng shui evil place to create evil spirits?
I started to wonder if it might be the evil cultivator who had a fight with me, Lao Cao, and Yuan Fei near the "Death-Destroying Demonic Tree" in Lianghe Town!
After all, judging from this guy's behavior of cultivating [Golden Thread You Tan] in the cemetery outside Lianghe Town to avoid robbery, he probably plans to stay near Lianghe Town for a long time.
But Xia Dong said he was a monk?
That shouldn't be the case...
After all, even though the man was covered in black robes and wearing a bamboo hat, he had no idea what he looked like.
But definitely not a monk!
I continued to reassure her.
"Aunt Xia Dong, Xiaomi's matter has come to an end. I know you and Uncle Degui must be very sad, but you always have to look forward in life. Before Xiaomi's soul left, he also told me personally that he hoped you would live a good life. It would be best to give her a younger brother or sister to accompany you instead of her."
I said these words out of good intentions, hoping that the couple would not dwell on the sorrow of the past in their future lives.
Maybe it would be much better if we had a new child, right?
Yes, I am so precocious... Although I am only a junior high school student, I seem to have understood a lot of truths.
This can be regarded as an extra reward given to me by Xia Degui, so I should reciprocate the favor.
Xia Dong sobbed and said nothing.
I continued.
"Although Xiaomi has left, the culprit of this incident has not been found yet. Those who eat our rice should behave decently, otherwise it will harm the world. That monk actually tricked you into using your daughter's body to create evil spirits. It’s simply a heinous crime.”
"So, if there is a chance, my master and I will definitely not let him go! I also hope that Aunt Xia Dong can tell me the details of the whole thing from beginning to end. Okay?"
Of course, I made this up too.
Mainly, I'm curious!
And there is indeed the idea of nip in the bud.
There have been a lot of weird things going on in Two Rivers Town recently...and now there's such a wicked and powerful monk coming out again? You must have some information.
Xia Degui next to her also told her to tell her quickly that this was no joke.
"I, I said...actually, it was the night when you came back, Degui, that I met that monk."
What? !
Xia Degui and Xia Sanjin were immediately shocked and looked strange.
"It's impossible!"
Xia Degui shook his head like a rattle.
He looked at Xia Dong with a strange look in his eyes.
"Honey, did you remember it wrong? The day I just came back...from the time I arrived at home in the afternoon to the evening and the next day. We stayed together the whole time. We were never separated for even a minute. You Where do you have time to meet some evil monk?"
Xia Dong was stunned.
Xia Sanjin also echoed from the side.
"Yes, Brother Degui is right. Sister-in-law Xia Dong, did you remember it wrong? You had no time at all that day."
Xia Dong also looked at them strangely.
The expressions of the three people were all strange.
Uh...what's going on?
Now, it was my turn to be a little confused.
But I’ll say it quickly.
"Party Secretary Xia, Uncle Degui, please don't interrupt us for now. Let's compare the actual situation at that time after Aunt Xia Dong tells it in full."
"Well, listen to Brother Wu."
So, Xia Dong continued to tell...
She said that day, her husband Xia Degui finally rushed back from the city, and the couple hugged each other and cried after meeting.
The coffin of her daughter Xia Mi was parked in the hall. Xia Sanjin and some village cadres and relatives were all at home helping with various funeral arrangements.
The invited mage was also doing his best, directing some helpers to sort out Shami's belongings.
After Xia Dong hugged her husband and finished crying, she continued to lean beside the coffin in a daze, shedding tears silently, feeling as if her soul had gone with her daughter.
I don't know how long it took, but the light in the main room gradually dimmed, and it seemed that it was getting dark.
At this time, she suddenly saw someone walking into the house.
Passing through other people, he finally stood in front of himself.
The man wore a gray monk's robe dotted with some strange red cloud patterns.
There is no hair, the head is bare, and the earlobes are very large and long.
There was a string of large beads hanging around his neck, and a string of small beads in his hand, and he was looking down at her with a smile.
Xia Dong glanced at him, thinking that he was the same as the mage who was doing the work, and was invited by the village cadres to help. She had neither the mood nor the strength to speak, and continued to lean her head on the coffin, crying thinking about her daughter...
Unexpectedly, the monk took the initiative to speak to her.
"This benefactor, a poor monk who traveled far and wide, happened to pass through this place. I feel what you are thinking in your heart, and I came here to relieve your worries."
Xia Dong felt baffled, but he was so sad that he had no intention of paying attention to it.
Unexpectedly, the monk's next words made her jump in shock.
The monk said.
"Donor Xia Dong, the unfortunate death of your daughter is truly a sorrow in the world. But do you know that people can be resurrected after death! As long as you get the Dharma, you can make the dead come back to life and always be by your side."
