There was a mournful suona sound outside, thinking it was mourning.

What made Bai Yun a little puzzled was that according to what Brother Wang Meng said before, Wang Meng presided over all the red and white affairs in the village, but now Wang Meng is still here.

"Brother Wang, why didn't you invite you to preside over the white affairs in this village?"

Wang Meng drank all the tea in his hand, put down the teacup and said slowly: "Actually, I took the initiative to refuse." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Bai Yun asked curiously.

"Recently, several old people in the village have died one after another, and since there is no abnormality, they all think that it is a natural death after a hundred years of old age."

"There's nothing abnormal, so why did you refuse?"

"At first, I thought I was going to die, until one time I found out that the soul of the dead old man had not returned on the night of the first seven. At that time, I knew that this matter was not trivial, but unfortunately I couldn't cure this soul-eating demon with my Taoism, so I asked the village chief to invite some Taoist mages to exorcise the evil spirit. ”

"And then?" Bai Yun looked at Wang Meng and asked.

"Since the old man's death didn't seem to be anything unusual, and Xiashan Village was not wealthy, I didn't ask for a mage."

Wang Meng sighed.

As the saying goes, a penny is hard to beat a hero, and it is very good that the common people can eat enough these days, how can there be extra money to invite a mage!

Even in Renjia Town, which has been peaceful for a long time, ordinary people have a little extra money in their pockets, but they can't afford to hire a mage who has Taoism.

You can't blame other mages for being greedy for money, after all, in a world with demons and monsters, mages are a high-risk industry, and if you are not careful, you can get a boxed lunch, so what's wrong with taking your life to collect some money!

is also the ninth uncle, who basically charges some material fees to help ordinary poor people exorcise evil spirits, and some even have to post money.

If it weren't for the landlord and squire who asked Uncle Nine to see Feng Shui to drive away evil spirits, Uncle Nine would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.

Xiashan Village is not so lucky, it doesn't have so much financial resources, and it doesn't have a kind and charitable mage.

The only thing you can do is to lie to yourself, these old people died of natural causes, and there is no evil in the village.

"Do you see what evil it is?"

"No, I didn't see anything, but I saw that the ghosts didn't come back at the first seven o'clock." Wang Meng shook his head.

"I couldn't see what it was, and I didn't know if the soul was detained or eaten, so I didn't dare to interfere."

This industry is very deep, but you can't have too strong curiosity, don't easily explore things beyond your own cognition, and if you are not careful, you will encounter yourself and be unable to grasp the evil.

If you want to live long, you have to survive.

"It's time to eat!"

Xiaoya took the teapot away and wiped the table with a rag.

Then I went back to the kitchen and brought out the dishes.

Steamed fish, stir-fried meat with bamboo shoots, and a plate of seasonal vegetables, it is very good to have fish and meat this year, and ordinary people may only eat it once in a while.

Xiuqin sat down after serving a meal for everyone, and Bai Yun took the bowl with both hands.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"It's all guests, you're welcome. There aren't many dishes, so let's eat them! Xiuqin greeted. Eat it hot! When the fish is cold, it is fishy. ”

Bai Yun picked up a piece of white meat from the back of the fish and put it in his mouth. The meat on the back of the fish is very tender, and there are not too many condiments to hide the taste of the fish itself, removing the fishy smell of the fish and retaining the umami of the fish.

Every bite of fish is sweet, and Bai Yun praised: "My sister-in-law's cooking skills are amazing, Brother Wang Meng can eat the dishes made by my sister-in-law every day, which is really a blessing." ”

"What's there, it's just ordinary home-cooked food, how can there be Baiyun, what you said is so good." Xiuqin showed a hint of a smile and said with a flick of her hair.

"Brother Baiyun, what do you think has eaten or detained the soul?" Wang Meng frowned and asked.

It's not easy to settle down in Xiashan Village, and he doesn't want to run unless necessary, after all, it's not easy to buy a family business.

"There are so many things that can eat souls or detain souls, and I don't know what they are until I have seen them!" I haven't seen it, and I don't know what it is, Bai Yun said helplessly.

There are too many things that can eat souls and detain souls, evil ghosts, mountain kings, and evil cultivators are all possible, I haven't seen it, I really don't know what kind of it is, and he doesn't know divination.

"So be it! I'll take a look and see what he really is. ”

"Thank you Brother Baiyun for that!"