Chapter 4: Give Me a Day
"Monster, monster—"
The villagers, who had never seen such a strange scene, finally agreed with the Taoist's words, and in a panic, they didn't know who shouted like this.
The word monster sounded, and all the villagers took a step back in fright, if it weren't for the Taoist still standing still, those villagers might have turned around and fled, and even the old and serious clan elders couldn't help but take half a step back.
Grandma Zhang looked back at Bai Nanxiang in disbelief, her lips moved, and she seemed to say "white girl".
Li Zigui looked at the little girl shrouded in black fog with a shocked face, neither ran away nor spoke, there was overwhelming fear in his eyes, it seemed that the reason why he didn't run away was just because he was so scared that he forgot to run away.
Li San's wife first looked at Bai Nanxiang with a frightened expression, and then she was already crying so weakly that she suddenly rushed to Li Zigui with an arrow step, dragged him to her side, and pulled him behind the Taoist.
In the black mist, Bai Nanxiang didn't seem to understand what was happening, but looked at the surroundings that suddenly became dark for her in confusion, and only after the villagers exclaimed in surprise did she notice everyone's gaze at her.
That gaze changed from alienation to hatred and fear.
"What's going on?"
Bai Nanxiang finally opened her mouth in confusion, but she found that there was no sound in what she said, and the little girl couldn't help frowning.
Before she could figure out why she was suddenly speechless, she didn't know who was leading the shouting.
"Burn her!"
One person took the lead in saying this, and the fear of the other villagers seemed to find an outlet at once, and more villagers shouted.
"Burn her! Burn her! ”
The shouts of more than thirty people were not very loud, but in the quiet mountain village, there was a loud rumbling and overwhelming posture.
In the shouting, the clan elder turned his head helplessly and closed his eyes, and the fear and sorrow on Li San's wife's face seemed to be alleviated, and her expression turned into a hideous expression with hatred.
Only Grandma Zhang staggered in front of the weak body and shouted in a trembling voice.
"Folks, the white girl won't hurt people, she won't hurt people."
She didn't tell that Bai Nanxiang was not a demon, but directly said that she would not harm anyone.
Her words seemed isolated and weak in the shouts of the villagers, but instead attracted many eyes full of dissatisfaction and hatred.
Bai Nanxiang looked at the chaos in front of her, the desolation on her face was even worse, and her clenched fist finally slowly let go, hanging weakly to her sides.
The little girl took two steps forward and gently pulled the corner of her grandmother's clothes, it was such a small movement, the villagers who had been staring at her were so afraid that they took a step back.
Grandma Zhang quickly turned around and looked at the little girl behind her.
The little girl in the black mist looked at her, a smile appeared on her face, she ignored everyone and only looked at Grandma Zhang and shook her head gently.
Grandma Zhang looked at this little girl with a smiling face like before, and her eyes were red, and tears fell.
"I don't know the catastrophe at the moment, and the real demon doesn't catch it, but instead embarrass a little girl here, it's really ridiculous."
A voice that was so calm that it didn't make a single wave sounded softly in the shouts of the villagers.
The sound was not loud, but it just reached the ears of everyone present.
The villagers followed the sound and watched, only then did they notice that not far from Bai Nanxiang was standing a young man in brocade clothes and looking dusty.
It stands to reason that a person like him should not be invisible to the villagers standing in such a conspicuous position, but the villagers cast their eyes on him as if they had just discovered that such a person had been standing there.
Even the Dao man looked like he had just noticed that there was such a figure here.
The Daoist had a look of surprise on his face, but it was the clan elder who opened his mouth first.
"Dare to ask who the son is, what do you mean by what you just said."
The young boy is naturally Lin Jin.
Hearing the words of the clan elder, Lin Jin still had a good demeanor and bowed to the clan elder and the villagers.
"In Xia Lin Jin, the student of Cuiwei Academy in Zhanzhou is my uncle here, and the clan elder can send someone to the county to inquire about my identity."
"The meaning of my words is very clear, this girl is not a demon, and Li San's death has another murderer."
After Lin Jin finished speaking, he didn't give everyone time to react, he turned around neatly, raised his hand and flicked it gently towards Bai Nanxiang, and the black fog around Bai Nanxiang suddenly dispersed, and then he nodded to the little girl before looking at the clan elder and the villagers.
The black fog dissipated, the sun was getting higher, and the warm spring sun bypassed the shadow of the chaimen and finally succeeded in spreading it on Bai Nanxiang's body.
In the sunshine, the little girl's face looked slightly pale, and although a small face pretended to be strong and kept calm, there was loneliness and grievances that could not be concealed under her eyes.
The vision dissipated, and the little girl was still familiar to them, and the early morning bird calls mixed with the rooster and dog barking sounded far and near, and everything seemed to be back to the way it was.
The villagers, who couldn't tell the truth of the matter for a while, turned their eyes to the Taoist.
The Taoist maintained his high-ranking demeanor with one hand behind his back, but when he saw Lin Jin's gestures, he dispersed the demonic aura of the little girl's body, and his face couldn't help but show a look of surprise and doubt, obviously he was also a little unsure of his judgment at the moment, but he had to maintain his image in front of everyone.
"This demon is well hidden, Poor Dao also probed for two days to find that she has a hidden smell on her body, surrounded by demonic energy, and her face is pointy and bewitching, and she has the appearance of a fox demon, Poor Dao concluded that she is a fox demon."
"Before, she was still weak and had no strength to harm people, so she was at peace with the villagers, since her parents died two years ago, she absorbed the demon power of her parents and slowly digested it gradually became the climate, until recently, the cultivation reached a critical juncture, in order to break through the villager, the dead Li San and other villagers have similar smell residues in their homes, Gongzi must not be confused by her appearance, let go of the demon."
The villagers nodded their heads.
Lin Jin stood straight and unhurried, and spoke in a calm and affirmative tone.
"The demon qi is produced from the demon but can be separated and placed, although the demon qi on the demon can be purified but not eradicated, only the demon qi separated from the demon can be completely purified, you see that although there is demon qi around this girl's body, there will be no demon qi after I purify it, so this demon qi does not come from her."
"As for the smell on her body, the demonic energy can still be separated, not to mention the smell, and the appearance is even more ridiculous."
"I also concluded that this girl was just an ordinary woman, not a demon."
As Lin Jin finished saying this, the villagers immediately began to discuss in a low voice, as if they couldn't tell which of the two of them was right.
The village chief also looked at the Taoist with some uncertainty.
"Dao Chief, you see...... Is there some misunderstanding in the middle? ”
Taoists are rarely reprimanded mercilessly in front of the public, and their faces are immediately gloomy.
"Even if she is not a demon, she must have a connection with that monster, maybe she is a fellow party of that monster, otherwise how do you explain that everyone in the village who has contact with demons is dead, only she is a demon but still alive."
The voice of the Taoist fell, and the villagers' eyes looking at Bai Nanxiang were full of vigilance again.
"yes, why didn't the demon kill her?"
"She's definitely the demon's accomplice."
"There are so many people dead in the village, it must have nothing to do with her, and she must give an explanation to the village."
Bai Nanxiang stood aside, her expression was also a little puzzled, but for some reason she remained silent and never opened her mouth to defend herself, but she didn't care about the broken jar.
Lin Jin glanced at her without a trace, and then said calmly.
"I said that there was another murderer in the death of the villager, this matter has nothing to do with her, and I have also learned some skills in catching demons in the academy, why don't you give me three days, and then make a final conclusion when I find out the real murderer?"
A sneer appeared at the corner of the Taoist's mouth.
"If Poor Dao had made a decision two days ago, Li San would not have died today."
Lin Jin's expression remained unchanged.
"That's a day."
The Taoist still wants to speak, and Lin Jin has already continued.
"If another person dies in the village in one day, I will take the responsibility."
The Daoist's face was even more gloomy, but he couldn't find a rebuttal, so the clan elder coughed lightly twice and responded instead of the Daoist.
"It's okay, this son is both a student of the academy and a nephew of the county honor, and his skills are not bad, so we will wait for a day."
When the villagers saw that the elder had spoken, they stopped talking and turned around and dispersed.
Li San's wife pulled her son to look at the Taoist and Lin Jin hesitated for a long time, looking like she wanted to say something, and it took a long time before she glanced at Bai Nanxiang viciously, and pulled Li Zigui and turned her head and walked towards the village.
"You'd better pray that the villagers are okay today, or else it's up to you to explain tomorrow."
The Taoist left a word, and also flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.
Lin Jin watched them leave with a calm face.
Soon, only Grandma Zhang, Bai Nanxiang and Lin Jin were left outside the small courtyard of the farmhouse.
Grandma Zhang solemnly stepped forward, walked up to Lin Jin, and bowed deeply to him.
Lin Jin hurriedly helped her.
"The white girl is the granddaughter of the mountain chief, and she is also a family member below, so the old man doesn't have to be polite."
Grandma Zhang straightened up at this time, looked at Bai Nanxiang on the side with red eyes and love, and shouted in a pitiful tone.
"White girl."
The little girl who had been besieged by the villagers and had never shown weakness had her eyes red and almost burst into tears after seeing Grandma Zhang's loving eyes.