The existence of water ghosts in Longmen Village was something Mu Taoist mentioned in his practice.
In Puyun Temple, Taoist Mu mentioned the matter of water ghosts to everyone.
Zhang Xuezhou and others also focused their verification on the Longmen River.
But before that, there were rumors in Longmen Village that there were hundreds of ghosts passing through at night, causing a large number of pigs and cattle to disappear.
The key reason for this change of opinion lies in the Mu Taoists who came to Longmen Village to perform rituals.
Zhang Xuezhou and Jia Zhiyuan chatted around Longmen Village, and learned more and more relevant information.
The story of Baigui Yixing originated from the messy footprints found by some villagers in the wetland. There were hundreds of these footprints. Together with the missing pigs and cows, the original rumor was made up.
But ghosts belong to spiritual bodies and do not have the weight of the physical body. It is difficult to leave footprints when walking.
Mu Taoren directly refuted the theory of hundreds of ghosts walking at night, and after observing the practice for nearly half a day, he roughly concluded that there might be water ghosts near Longmen Village.
"The water ghost can swallow sixteen pigs and three cows at one time. Can we fill the gap between the water ghost's teeth?" Jia Zhiyuan asked worriedly.
"Uncle, don't worry, that water ghost only eats livestock and not humans. Wang Fu'an is an example. No matter how bad we are, we can still leave a whole corpse," Zhang Xuezhou comforted.
"What you said makes me a little more scared," Jia Zhiyuan said.
"Uncle is afraid of ghosts?" Zhang Xuezhou asked suspiciously.
When the Mu Taoist was causing trouble, Jia Zhiyuan was holding a lantern, and there was no fear on the faces of Rong Li and Rong Tianding.
In the eyes of the Rong family, illusory things like ghosts and gods are not as powerful as the butcher knife in Rong Li's hand.
As a family of butchers, the Rong family firmly believes that the long-term slaughtering work allows the Rong family to receive protection, and all kinds of monsters and monsters will have difficulty getting close to the Rong family.
This is why Li Erlang and others are worried, but Rong's family is calm.
Zhang Xuezhou made a joke, which made Jia Zhiyuan feel a little more uneasy and uneasy.
He was pacing back and forth in the room, looking flustered.
"If you are really going to be harmed by a water ghost, what should you do?"
There is no doubt that the Rong family is in decline. Even if Jia Zhiyuan marries Jia Zhiyuan and gives birth to Rong Tianding, the main force of the Rong family will still be Rong Li.
Jia Zhiyuan couldn't imagine the consequences of losing any of them.
He is not afraid of ghosts, but he is afraid of unbearable accidents.
"Your aunt hasn't come back yet, should we go out and look for someone?"
Jia Zhiyuan went back and forth many times and still couldn't wait for Rong Li to come back, so he couldn't help but invite Zhang Xuezhou.
But Zhang Xuezhou didn't respond for a long time. When Jia Zhiyuan took a look, he saw Zhang Xuezhou lying straight on the bed, his eyes closed and he had obviously fallen asleep.
"Can you sleep peacefully?"
Jia Zhiyuan shook his head.
He pushed Zhang Xuezhou, but saw that Zhang Xuezhou didn't move at all, and it was obviously difficult to wake him up.
Jia Zhiyuan walked back and forth for a few steps, feeling increasingly anxious. He opened the door and heard a whining sound of birds in the distance.
The sound of birds chirping is full of sadness and a bit of crying.
"It's so unlucky!"
Jia Zhiyuan muttered something while listening to the call of a crow or some other bird.
He looked around several times and saw that after nightfall, there was little light in the entire village. The gatekeepers of every house were tightly closed, and not a single human voice could be heard.
This made him panic for a few seconds for no reason.
The sound of several barking dogs encouraged Jia Zhiyuan, and he took some painful steps, but before he had gone a hundred meters, Jia Zhiyuan saw Rong Li and Rong Tianding rushing back.
"There is mud in the river over there. I stepped on it and fell several times. It hurt like hell!"
Rong Tianding shook his arm and peeled off his dirty coat.
At this time, in the cool autumn season, the night temperature dropped significantly, and Rong Tianding couldn't help but sneeze several times.
"The river is full of water mist. People are almost lost, let alone looking for ghosts." Rong Li complained: "This seems a bit difficult to handle!"
"No hurry, no hurry," Jia Zhiyuan said repeatedly.
Seeing his wife and children returning safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"If Ding'er is allowed to kill pigs honestly, maybe we won't have these troubles!"
When welcoming Rong Li and Rong Tianding, Jia Zhiyuan could not help but have some lingering thoughts in his heart.
For generations, the Rong family has been killing pigs and occasionally handling some wild animals they hunted. This kind of life is prosperous and simple, and you can see the end at a glance.
Jia Zhiyuan has always wanted Rong Tianding to change to a better life, but at this time he also had to think about whether his push was correct.
He was a little silent for a moment.
After Rong Li and others had finished packing and lay down, Jia Zhiyuan was tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, constantly thinking about how to solve the current predicament.
"Give me back my life!"
At the third watch, Jia Zhiyuan heard a man's voice calling for his life, which made him tremble.
When he pricked up his ears, he heard the sound floating back and forth in the village.
"I died unjustly, please give me my life back!"
The voice became more and more real, and Jia Zhiyuan jumped out of bed.
"The ghost is coming, the ghost is coming!"
He turned over and pushed Rong Li up. Before Rong Li could start to yell, Jia Zhiyuan slapped Rong Li's mouth and pointed outside.
A faint voice came, Rong Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and the butcher's knife placed under the bed fell into her hand.
"I'll go find the ghost first, and you guys should quickly follow me with the pig's blood!"
Ghosts by the river and ghosts in the village are completely different concepts. Rong Li felt that she could not let the other party escape.
She grabbed the butcher's knife that shone with cold light, took out a fire stick, and then got into the vast night.
"Get up, your mother is catching ghosts!"
Jia Zhiyuan pushed Rong Tianding again. When Rong Tianding grumbled several times and found it difficult to wake up, Zhang Xuezhou slept like a dead pig again. He had no choice but to carry a wooden bucket and then got out of the door.
He ran for only a few hundred steps with the bucket, and heard the sound of Rong Li fighting with a knife getting closer and closer.
With the help of the remaining light from the fire on the ground, Jia Zhiyuan saw only a black shadow and Rong Li fighting inextricably.
"Ghosts also use knives?"
Jia Zhiyuan was stunned.
But he is not slow in his movements and can take action when it is time to do so.
He didn't care whether it would spill on Rong Li, so he immediately took off the cloth cover on the bucket, scooped out the semi-solidified pig blood clots, and then poured it out from all directions.
"Spare your life!"
The pig blood that Jia Zhiyuan poured out had no effect on causing pain to the ghost, but the clots of pig blood falling to the ground made the black figure stumble and slip to the ground.
Seeing a good opportunity, Rong Li stabbed the butcher's knife.
The sound of gold and iron clashing between short knives and long knives was heard, and the black shadow had already made a painful cry for mercy.
"Is it a human?"
Rong Li violently suppressed the long knife and then pierced the opponent's body.
When the slap came back, she immediately felt the warm flesh.
"It seems to be Mr. Li?"
Jia Zhiyuan picked up the fire dumplings, and when he took a closer look with the fire dumplings in hand, he saw Mr. Li, the patrolman who had previously called them to the Yamen, lying on the ground, being suppressed by Rong Li and unable to move.
"Master Li?" Rong Li was suspicious, and then asked: "What are you doing here in Longmen Village, screaming?"
"Pretend to be a ghost," Mr. Li said painfully.
"Pretending to be a ghost?" Rong Li said blankly: "Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"
"If you pretend to be a ghost, you will beat me!"
The policeman responded, feeling that the Rong woman was a bit too violent.
He originally wanted to put on a show, and then let Rong Li and others drive away, leaving behind a piece of black clothing, so that Rong Li and others could complete the task of catching ghosts. However, Master Li did not expect that he would step on pig blood.
Then Rong Li stabbed her with a knife.
He just felt that completing such a task as the Yamen was simply risking his life.
Fortunately, he begged for mercy quickly and was not killed by Rong Li. This chapter has been completed!