Zhou Shi immediately stepped back, took out the iron abacus, and used the spirit summoning algorithm.
Three times five divides two, four times five makes one.
If you come here as a flamboyant, if you have any grievances, they will be dealt with quickly.
The dark wind howled, making the fire sticks burst into flames.
A phantom gradually took shape under the reflection of the blue firelight and turned into the shape of a woman. However, due to the suppression of Hu Gongzun, the resentful spirit could not further form a solid body.
Zhou Shi cleared his throat and said: "The rogue is here. If you have a grievance, don't act rashly, otherwise I will exorcise you right away. If you understand, settle down!"
"Whoosh——whoosh——"
The dark wind became even more fierce, and the shadow suspended under the willow tree also became distorted, as if it was trying to break through the shackles of Duke Hu!
This guy is difficult to deal with! Zhou Shi took a step back, but his feet suddenly tightened and he was dragged to the ground!
His ankle was tightly wrapped around something and he was pulled towards the wellhead.
"What!"
His hands were scratching randomly on the ground, trying to grab something to resist the pulling force, but he only caught a shovel for digging a hole.
Without time to hesitate, he curled up, lifted his upper body off the ground, raised the shovel and smashed it towards the entangled foot.
The edge of the shovel was ground very sharp, cutting off the thing that entangled his feet, allowing him to escape.
Ignoring the grass all over his body, Zhou Shi quickly stood up, cleaned the things off his feet, and found that what was tangled around him was a strand of human hair!
Looking at the well again, countless long hairs emerged from the well and were crawling along the ground, looking for prey!
"I was careless. I thought the body was buried under the willows and the things in the well were just a cover-up. I didn't expect the two to be one! No wonder the Yin Qi spread all the way from the willows to the well!"
Zhou Shi wandered around the yard, staying away from the dead willows while also avoiding the long hair emerging from the well.
"Hu Gongzun restricted its movements, preventing it from condensing entities... But it has transcended the resentful spirit and is transforming into a fierce ghost!"
Recalling the battle with the scholar at Fengde Tower, Hu Gongzun could limit the performance of the scholar, but he could not directly harm it. If this female corpse also turned into a ghost, Zhou Shi would not be able to control it!
The hair sticking out of the well grew longer and longer, almost covering the entire yard, and even climbed toward the wall to climb over the wall!
"Tsk, I can only use that one..."
Zhou Shi retreated to a corner of the yard, took a sip of Yin wine from Hu Gongzun, and then suddenly sprayed the Yin fire on the fire!
"Boom!"
Huge flames rose up, and ferocious faces wrapped in blue fire kept flying out of them, igniting the hair in the yard in the blink of an eye!
Yin Qi is to resentful spirits and fierce ghosts, just like air is to ordinary people. The flames spit out with Yin wine as a guide will not be satisfied with the Yin Qi in the Yin wine, but instead look for the thing with the strongest Yin Qi around - stretching out from the well.
Out of hair!
The fire spread rapidly, and those hairs twitched painfully under the bite of the sinister fire and were quickly withdrawn into the well!
At the same time, a scream came from under the willow tree, giving him a splitting headache.
"Which one should be dealt with first? The hair in the well or the corpse under the willow tree?"
The hair is its strength, and the corpse is its true body!
Zhou Shi made a quick decision and rushed towards the withered willow. At the same time, he took another mouthful of Yin wine and was ready to spit out flames at any time!
At the same time, the long hair that had almost covered the yard retracted into the well with yin fire. However, the yin energy in the well became stronger, and a blue fire pillar several feet high rose from the ground!
The screams under the dead tree forced Zhou Shi to stop ten steps away from it. He sprayed out flames without thinking, so that the entire dead willow was surrounded by flames, as if a tree of blue flowers had bloomed.
Same!
However, the "Fire Tree" and the Fire Pillar did not last long before slowly weakening. The evil ghost seemed to realize that the flames that made it unable to survive or die were feeding on Yin Qi, so it stopped restlessly and reduced the release of Yin Qi.
This is the opportunity Zhou Shi has been waiting for for a long time!
He crossed the iron abacus and used the spirit summoning algorithm again.
"Are you still struggling? If we can't talk properly, I will have to let you disappear physically and mentally."
No response. Zhou Shi changed his tactics:
"Don't you want to make the person who buried you under this withered willow pay the price?"
A gust of cold wind blew across his cheek, but this time there was no murderous aura mixed with it.
Zhou Shi took back Duke Hu, and a human figure immediately formed in front of the withered willow.
She is a girl with long hair. Her hair moves automatically without wind, dancing in the air like tentacles.
"Huh-huh-"
"If you have any grudges, you can tell them. I'll help you find a way." Zhou Shi said calmly, "What's your name?"
The girl raised her head, revealing her fangs.
"Xu Ling'er."
"How did you die?"
The girl's green forehead suddenly swelled with several blood vessels.
"It was him...he took me..."
"What?"
"It's him... Wu Zhao... ah!"
Xu Ling'er looked up to the sky and screamed, her hands that had turned into claws scratching around her neck, as if something was strangling her throat!
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
"Don't come here!"
The girl flicked her hair and knocked Zhou Shi to the ground.
"Wu Zhaokun! Remember, Wu Zhaokun!"
The pressure in her throat turned Xu Ling'er's voice into a scream. She kept repeating the name, and her eyes shed tears.
Zhou Shi wanted to help, but found that the dead willow tree seemed to come to life. Several branches wrapped around Xu Ling'er's body, almost tearing her apart!
Several other dead branches were aimed at him, and the sharp treetops made him dare not move rashly.
"Uh-huh——"
"Click!"
With a scream and a crisp sound, Xu Ling'er disappeared, and the willow tree was broken in half!
The evil ghost Xu Ling'er was exorcised by this withered willow!
Zhou Shi stared at all this in stunned silence, unable to recover for a long time.
Xu Ling'er's last scream still echoed in her ears. She tried her best to let Zhou Shi hear that name...
"Hey, what's going on!"
He Shouxin had just heard the screams coming from the courtyard, but Zhou Shi had told him not to come in no matter what noise he heard, so he had to grit his teeth and wait outside the door.
But after Xu Ling'er was exorcised, the courtyard suddenly became quiet, which made He Shouxin a little confused. He didn't know whether Zhou Shi succeeded or was killed, so he broke in.
Zhou Shi tiredly stroked his forehead covered with cold sweat, walked to He Shouxin, and said: "Tomorrow, dig up this dead willow thoroughly to see what is underneath, and then come to Fengde Building to find me." p>
With He Shouxin's character, it would definitely make him unhappy to be given orders by a restaurant owner, but the determination hidden under the fatigue in Zhou Zhen's words shocked him decisively, so that he did not ask further questions.
Zhou Shi slowly walked out of the yard, still replaying the fierce fight scene just now in his mind.
"If Xu Ling'er hadn't pushed me out of the willow's attack range in time, I would have been strung together...
"But the cause of her death has not yet been found out... Who killed her and planted a willow tree on the body that can calm evil spirits? Why did long hair grow in the well... No, she had already died before she died.
Called out the murderer's name."
Wu Zhaokun.
This name appears in Shopkeeper Zhou’s memory.
Wu Zhaokun, the magistrate of Jiangdu Prefecture and a third-rank official!