When he woke up the next day, Qin Xiao really saw the layout of the entire Makou Primary School, which was just a small school of several thousand square meters, with no playground, only a campus. When I entered the school gate, there were all stone houses, and the steps of the house were slightly higher to the north, and there was a flagpole in front of the house, but it had not been a school for a long time, and the national flag was put away.

Qin Xiao walked out of the primary school, stood at the door and spit out a few times, looking at the towering mountains, the mist, the surrounding green grass, the terrain suddenly strange horses and twists and turns, and couldn't help but feel happy. - He hadn't felt this peace of mind for a long time.

The topography of the school is relatively high in the village, which is not a good thing, the terrain of Makou Village is not as good as that of Qin Xiao's hometown, Xiyu Village is a canyon surrounded by mountains on three sides, it can be said that "going out to see the mountains", giving people a very abrupt feeling; Although Makou Village is located in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, it is also a relatively open area, and there is a river running through it, so in the low-lying place, there will not be less direct sunlight time like Xiyu Village, but it is more convenient to take water and work.

Qin Xiao should have cooked the meal in the morning, and he planned to use the stove in the school cafeteria to cook some noodles, but it didn't take long for Lao Ma to cook, so the two shared a stove to cook noodles.

In the morning, Liu Qingyuan, the village party secretary, came to Qin Xiao and told him about the establishment of a health room. Qin Xiao was very interested in the "haunted" things nearby, Liu Qingyuan woke up in the morning, and also felt that it was a little ridiculous for a young man to catch ghosts, thinking that it was just to make Qin Xiao himself just say something big, but today Qin Xiao still wants to talk about it, Liu Qingyuan can't help but feel a little unsure of how to decide.

Qin Xiao said to Liu Zhishu: "Zhishu, the children in several of our villages have not been to school for a few months, this is already a big problem, if it is not solved, it will delay these children, and although the haunted things are strange, but I have seen a lot, you can rest assured." ”

Qin Xiao still said that he had learned the ability to catch demons from his ancestors, and the village party secretary couldn't help but feel a little moved. So he asked:

"Okay, Qin Xiao, what do you want to do, how do you want us to help you?"

Qin Xiao saw that Liu Zhishu agreed. He replied directly:

"I didn't intend to hurt these ghosts, so I want to get the villagers to support me first and have a ghost meeting."

Liu Zhishu couldn't help but wonder and said, "What kind of ghost conference?" ”

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Just take some sacrificial things, I will set up an altar at the entrance of the village to practice." Invite these ghosts away, and no longer come here to plague the world. If they don't allow it, I will destroy them again. ”

At this time, the village party secretary didn't care about his identity, and said superstitiously: "Since you can help the villagers solve this problem, young man, I will immediately summon someone to arrange this matter for you." ”

There is a relatively flat river beach at the southwest entrance of Makou Village, where the water is clear and the sand is fine, so Qin Xiao decided to do it in that place. When the villagers heard about this, they were all very positive, after all, this kind of never-ending life was too uncomfortable. Everyone donated the sacrificed chickens and ducks, and Qin Xiao felt that it was too laborious and costly. So he said to everyone:

"These livestock and poultry are too yang, it is estimated that the fools do not want to eat them, I built yì everyone to go to the river to block the net to fish, and it is best to sacrifice these wild things."

When the villagers heard this, they were also very happy, and how many of them were willing to donate their chickens and ducks?

The fish in the river are very fat, and Qin Xiao understands that in the past few months of tossing, there are fewer people fishing in the river, otherwise. The fish in the river don't grow so fat.

In the morning, relying on the experienced fishermen in the village, they caught more than 100 fish of various sizes, so they set up two cauldrons by the river. Qin Xiao had already asked Lao Ma to prepare the peppercorn ingredients, and as soon as the fish came up, he quickly cleaned it up and cooked the fish soup in the pot.

In fact, the villagers haven't come out to play crazy like this for a long time, especially after hearing that some villagers drowned and died, it was even more the soul of the egg. But now they are all smiling.

In fact, Qin Xiao's purpose in doing this was to let the neighboring villagers see that Yiqiē lived as before, and there was nothing to fear; Secondly, he wants to "practice", so that the people are down-to-earth, restore a normal life, and it is best to send students back to school to attend classes; The most important thing is to find out the truth and give an explanation to the villagers, but this is also something that may not be successful, but Qin Xiao understands that the first two goals can be achieved, at least temporarily to stabilize people's hearts.

After Qin Xiao waited for the fish soup to come out of the pot, he immediately stood on top of a sand dune that had been piled up in advance and said:

"Fellow villagers, now I have set up twenty-eight sacrificial places for you according to the direction of the twenty-eight nights, you must put these sacrificial offerings in the designated place as soon as possible, and when you all come back, I will talk to the ghosts and persuade them to leave this place."

Saying that, he handed over the specific location to the village party secretary, and the village party secretary was convinced by Qin Xiao's words, so he immediately arranged for everyone to put the sacrificial objects in the designated place and come back to report.

Qin Xiao saw that everything was properly placed, so he lit a few pillars of incense, inserted them in the incense burner, then closed his eyes, recited the "incantation" that the villagers couldn't understand, and then pinched a three-clear finger with his left hand, and then pinched it with his right hand to ask the gods, and grunted for a while.

After the practice was completed, Qin Xiao changed the smear on his face and the Taoist clothes, and instructed that all the sacrifices should be placed on the sand dunes before dark, and they should be placed for three days, and the pot should not be removed, and the ghosts and gods should eat it.

After that, Qin Xiao gave the rest of the fish to the villagers, and then went back to school with Lao Ma. On the way, Qin Xiao said to the old horse:

"Master Ma, I see you going back to live tonight, after all, you have been guarding the campus these days, and since I am here, you don't have to work so hard every day."

Lao Ma was very moved, and he hadn't gone home to live for a long time, so he didn't shirk it, but he said suspiciously:

"Xiao Qin, I can't see through you anymore, what are you doing here?"

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "You don't believe that I will exorcise ghosts and catch demons?" ”

Lao Ma said: "I don't believe it, although I am also a farmer, and I rely on the wind and rain at four o'clock, but I don't believe in ghosts and gods too much." ”

Qin Xiao then confessed: "You are right, there are no ghosts and gods in this world at all, just people's speculation about unknown mysteries. Actually, you haven't seen it clearly this time, haven't you seen it clearly? How can there be fish in sacrificing to ghosts and gods? They all use 'six animals', but do you say it's worth killing sheep and cattle for this little thing? So, I asked the fellows to help me catch fish. ”

Qin Xiao continued to explain: "When Zhou Tianzi formulated the haircut, the nobles did not eat fish, and only the common people in cloth ate fish and meat, so it was a bit disrespectful to ghosts and gods to only use fish for sacrifices. ”

When Lao Ma heard this, he said, "I see, Xiao Qin, you are also quite knowledgeable!" ”

Qin Xiao laughed and said, "It's over, I'm going to really find out the truth tonight!" ”

Lao Ma immediately said solemnly: "You mean, you won't live at the school tonight?" ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Of course I can't stop it, I'm going to check the identity of the ghosts, and I'm doing this during the day today, one is to stabilize the hearts of the people and make everyone believe that the ghosts have been dispersed, but to let everyone send their children back to school, and the most important thing is to go to these 'starving ghosts' and shout out, the fishy smell is the greatest, they smell it, they can't help it." ”

Lao Ma couldn't believe Qin Xiao's plan, but he felt that this young man's thinking was very thoughtful and too bold, and he couldn't help but admire and worry at the same time, even if there were no ghosts and gods in the world as he said, but the other party's situation was not trivial at all, and whether he could handle it.

But Qin Xiao said directly to Lao Ma: "Brother Ma, don't worry, I'll be fine, and the school doesn't need to be guarded, I just want to see what ghosts are doing." ”

Lao Ma was about to speak, but Qin Xiao immediately whispered to Lao Ma: "Brother Ma, I believe you, I just told you this, you can't leak the secret to me." You just relax, I already know what I have observed in the past two days, and if I am not sure, I will not do this, you just go back and sleep well. ”

Lao Ma saw that Qin Xiao was confident, although he muttered a lot, but he was helpless, so he also said goodbye and went home.

The entrance of the school where Qin Xiao is located is a very conspicuous commanding height, and he can see the situation on the river beach during the day from this position, so after he finished eating, he drank tea at the school gate until the evening.

The sky was getting dark, Qin Xiao knew that it was time for him to go, he painstakingly asked the villagers to help boil the fish soup for a day, and the fishy smell of a few large pots had spread far away, presumably these "ghosts" had already known, so he took advantage of the darkness of the night to quietly walk towards the sand of the river beach.

It was already completely dark, and Qin Xiao was lying behind a few rocks in a corner of the beach, looking up at the starry sky. At this moment he put his feet into the water, lay down on the stones, and listened to the sound of the water, which was very pleasant, and after a while, Yeji fell into a groggy sleep.

I don't know if it's night or what time it is in the morning, Qin Xiao was awakened by a sound of rustling, his excellent military skills still let him wake up because of this movement, even if the sound was very small on the sand, he couldn't help but hide behind the stone and observe carefully.

Sure enough, he saw what seemed to be the shadow of a wild wolf and quickly ran towards the sacrificial sand dune, but when he arrived at the sand dune, the "wild wolf" stood up, Qin Xiao saw it clearly, it was clearly a person!

The distance was too far, and Qin Xiao couldn't see what this person was wearing clearly, but could only distinguish his movements. Apparently, the man was fishing for fish from several pots one by one, and rolled up all the fish that had been sacrificed on the dunes in his own clothes.

Qin Xiao is now very sure that it is a person, because if it is an animal, it will only "eat" and not "steal", but Qin Xiao did not dare to get too close, for fear of alarming this person, just watching his every move, he was also full of suspicions, what is the origin of this person? (To be continued.) )