"First, the villagers believe that dragons only eat children and not adults, and only use methods similar to curses when attacking adults. This dragon was created at the will of people, so it can't attack adults directly! So this dragon suddenly appeared, it shouldn't be here to attack us. Am I right? ”

Qiao Wei nodded yes again and again, and motioned for me to continue.

The first guess was confirmed by Qiao Wei, which gave me confidence, and I simply analyzed with Qiao Wei in the way I was most accustomed to asking and answering myself: "So what did the dragon do after it came out?" It eats the ghost you've trapped in the circle of blood! Is it going to do this? Because its purpose was to kill the ghost one more time. Who would be so perverted that even ghosts have to be killed repeatedly? I think it's just the one with the knife. ”

"Hmmm! Reasonable! Qiao Wei nodded in agreement again, and continued to ask: "What about the third basis?" ”

"The third point should be my guess about the whole process. The ghost with the knife obviously just wanted to attack the ghosts in this wasteland, it should be because of your soul summoning duel, that ghost took me as a ghost and wanted to stab me with a knife. However, he couldn't enter this circle, and was later broken up by you with a fire talisman, so he became a dragon who could drive away demons and subdue demons and rush into this dog's blood circle. As a result, after turning into a dragon, it found that the three of us were all human, so it naturally gave up attacking us and went directly to the ghost of Zuihou. So combining these three points, the conclusion should be obvious. ”

"Oh~~! Hearing you say that, it seems like that's really the case! But......" Qiao Wei frowned again, "even if I know that this powerful ghost has turned into a dragon at his wish, it will not be easy to find his grave." ”

I nodded yes and looked at my watch.

It's only half past six now, and the people in the village don't go to bed so early, so there's not much point in staying here anyway, so I'm going to go to Old Man Xie's house again to see if I can ask for some useful clues—I'm better at communicating with people than with ghosts, and I need to talk to other people now.

After I told Qiao Wei about my plan, Qiao Wei immediately said that he wanted to go with me.

So Qiao Wei and I sent Liu Jingyang home first. Before entering the door, Qiao Wei also specially told Liu Jingyang a few words, telling him not to talk about ghosts with anyone to prevent ghosts from entering the house.

After that, Qiao Wei and I went to Old Man Xie's house again.

People of Old Man Xie's age are very fond of chatting with others, and they always say the same thing over and over again, and the family is tired of listening to him and doesn't like to take care of him, so when outsiders come, the old man is always very happy. As soon as Qiao Wei and I entered the house and said that we were looking for Old Man Xie, the old man immediately smiled and beckoned us to go to the inner hut, and then he didn't ask us anything about it, he just talked about it from east to west.

I finally cut him off, and then turned to the point, asking him if there was a widow in the village who didn't like to talk and mingle when he was a child.

I didn't actually have much hope on this issue, but I just thought that if a middle-aged man killed an entire family, his wife would definitely be ostracized by the villagers, so I thought I tried to ask. To my surprise, Old Man Xie didn't even think about it and opened his mouth directly: "Yes, yes!" The daughter-in-law of the Great Leather Craftsman! ”

I thought to myself that there was a door, so I asked who this big leather craftsman was.

The old man was happy, and the conversation box opened, "This Li Da leather maker is really a character!" In 1931, when the little Japanese devil entered the Northeast, I was still a little young, and I knew how to run with the people in the village. At that time, I remember that the devils came during the day and came at night during the anti-Japanese war, and there was no fight back and forth several times. Later, Li Da cobbler didn't know where to get the gun and killed a little devil who was walking on a plow. The little devil's clothes are good, Li Da cobbler stripped the little devil naked, and there are shoes! I remember quite clearly, the shoes were leggings, and there were nails underneath, so they didn't hurt their feet when they stepped on the blade. ”

"So, how did this Li Da cobbler die?" I asked.

"Then you need to ask? Let the little devil kill it! Old man Xie pursed his mouth, "I heard that the big leather craftsman Li later secretly killed a devil, and then the devil arrested his daughter-in-law and son, he went to the devil to ask for someone, and then let the devil burn him alive." After he burned his body, the devil stabbed him in the stomach again, and his intestines came out. Later, when the body was carried back to the village, the knife was still stuck in his stomach. ”

"In this way, Li Da cobbler is also an anti-Japanese hero, so he should be buried in a grand manner, right?" I continued to ask.

"Who dare? The little devil won't come to kill you? I remember that there were a few people in the village and they were hastily buried in the cemetery in the back mountain. Later, after the little devil surrendered, the village went to build the grave and erect the monument. His daughter-in-law we all call her Widow Li, the little devil didn't kill her at the time, but it must have been a scourge, after she came back, she had a little problem with her brain, and everyone said that she saw Li Da Leatherman, said that he was shirtless with a knife, and said that he was going to kill the traitor. Later, she died within a few years of liberation, and she didn't leave a future or anything. ”

At this point, I don't need to continue looking for other clues, Li Da Leatherman is undoubtedly the knife-wielding ghost who just emerged in the wasteland, and I can guess the mysterious disappearance of the family in the village.

Li Da cobbler killed the devil, so the little devil found the village to arrest people. Li Da cobbler should have gotten the news in advance and hid, but the devil pounced in the village, but a family in the west village told the secret, so the devil arrested Li Da cobbler's family, killed his son, and ruined his wife. Li Da cobbler went back to the village and found out about this, and killed the family who told him in a fit of rage, and then went to find the devil desperately.

Zuihou is both damned and undamned, and Li Da cobbler has also turned into a ghost, imprisoning the ghosts of the family who told him in the wasteland, and continues to kill them every day. His wife may indeed be mentally stimulated, but the Li Da leatherman she saw who killed the traitor with his bare arms should indeed exist.

Everything became clear, and there was no need for me to continue to stay here to chat with Old Man Xie, so Zuihou asked the full name of Li Da Leathermian, thanked the old man again, and then left Old Xie's house.

After going out, I told Qiao Wei about the whole incident that I had speculated in my mind, and Qiao Wei nodded in agreement.

However, the two of us did not go directly to the Houshan cemetery, first, Qiao Wei did not bring the tools to dig the grave and open the light, and the second is that Li Da Leatherman is also an anti-Japanese hero, and I don't want to dig his grave directly from the emotional point of view. So Zuihou and I decided to go to the cemetery tomorrow to pay our respects first, and then to send off the cobbler Li in a formal manner.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day was another sunny day, and the sunlight reflected off the snow and shook the eyes. Qiao Wei said that this kind of weather is the most suitable for sending off the ghosts, because no matter how fierce the ghost is, it can't appear in the strong sunlight, and the ghost can't turn into a dragon if he wishes.

Liu Jingyang finally came to his senses after a night, and in the morning he carried a shovel and took Qiao Wei and me to the back of the village to the camel mountain, where the cemetery was on the back of the mountain. In 2001, Liu Jingyang saw the dragon on this mountain for the first time, and now it seems that this is somewhat related to the burial of the body of Li Da leather craftsman here.

Li Da cobbler's name is Li Tusheng, and his tombstone can be easily found in the Houshan cemetery. The three of us went to the monument together to offer incense to Li Tusheng, bowed three times, and then Liu Jingyang began to dig the grave, and finally dug up the coffin after digging for nearly an hour.

Qiao Wei then went down to the grave and opened the coffin, and opened the bones of Li Tusheng to see him off.

The whole process of consecration was very time-consuming, in addition to reciting some scriptures that I could not understand, Qiao Wei also burned a lot of yellow paper charms and paper money, and sprinkled coarse salt and glutinous rice in the coffin, in short, it was much more cumbersome than the white master of ceremonies to consecrate.

When Qiao Wei read the words "Enlightenment and Ceremony", I vaguely saw a light yellow mass that looked like light and smoke, and the thing floated out of the grave and soon disappeared into the sky.

Then Qiao Wei covered the coffin, Liu Jingyang also refilled the grave, and the three of us bowed three more times to Li Tusheng before leaving the cemetery.

After that, the three of us went to the wasteland where the ghosts were detained yesterday, and Qiao Wei took the feng shui compass and went back and forth in the wasteland a few times, and made sure that the yin qi in the wasteland was all dispersed before returning to the village. Then we walked around the village again, and visited the homes of twelve or thirteen-year-old children in the village, and Qiao Wei was sure that there was no evil in those children, so he came to the conclusion that the dragon was gone.

At this time, my nerves, which had been tense for three days, finally relaxed - except for the dragon that eats children, no more children will disappear on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, so that in a few decades, the **** in the village will completely forget the story about the dragon king, even if there are new ghosts in the village, it will be difficult to become a dragon at the request of people.

When they returned to Lao Liu's house that day, their family was overjoyed to learn that Qiao Wei had removed the ghost who ate children, and gave us a big feast. Qiao Wei was drowsed down that night, and I drank too much, and even my head was still groggy the next morning, so I decided to stay another day and wait until I was completely sober.

And just a day later, at noon when I was about to leave, something happened in the village again!

On the day of my hangover, Liu Jingyang was like a loudspeaker in the village committee, arresting anyone and telling anyone that Qiao Wei had broken the ghost wish. Although there are many unbelievers, there are still two families who took their twelve or thirteen-year-old children out of the village and into the county seat to play that day, but there were all car accidents on the way.

The news was heard by Liu Jingyang and his daughter-in-law, and then immediately told Qiao Wei and me.

I was completely dumbfounded when I heard the news, and Qiao Wei was equally stunned. Then Qiao Wei visited the village again and found that the child had a bad spirit again.

I managed to calm down from the shock and kept asking myself what had gone wrong. Eventually, I was able to go back to the puzzle that had trapped me in the first place - what was the connection between the missing children?

In addition, I had to think about it from another angle - could there be other ghosts in the village? Is the dragon that the ghost wishes to turn into only one of Li Da Leatherman, or is there something else?

Again, I was lost in thought.