The existence of water ghosts in Longmen Village is something mentioned in the practice of the Mudao people.

In the Puyun Temple, the Mudao people mentioned the matter of water ghosts to everyone.

The focus of Zhang Xuezhou and others' inspections was also on the Longmen River.

But before that, rumors spread in Longmen Village that a hundred ghosts had crossed the border at night, resulting in the disappearance of a large number of pigs and cattle.

The key reason for the change in this statement is the Mudao people who came to Longmen Village to do things.

Zhang Xuezhou and Jia Zhiyuan chatted nonsense everywhere in Longmen Village, and there was more and more information about it.

The words of Hyakki's nocturnal walk originated from the messy footprints found by some villagers in the wetlands, which numbered hundreds, and together with the missing pigs and cows, which made up the initial rumors.

But ghosts belong to the spirit body, and they do not have the weight of the body, so it is difficult to leave footprints when walking.

The Mudao people directly refuted the statement that the hundred ghosts traveled at night, and after nearly half a day, they roughly judged that there might be water ghosts near Longmen Village.

"That water ghost can swallow sixteen pigs and three cows at a time, can we stuff the water ghost's teeth between our teeth?" Jia Zhiyuan said worriedly.

"Uncle, don't worry, that water ghost only eats livestock and not people, Wang Fuan is an example, no matter how bad we are, we can leave a whole corpse," Zhang Xuezhou comforted.

"You say that, it makes me a little more scared," Jia Zhiyuan said.

"Uncle is afraid of ghosts?" Zhang Xuezhou doubted.

When the Mudao people were making trouble, Jia Zhiyuan was carrying a lantern, and Rong Li and Rong Tianding didn't see any fear on their faces.

In the eyes of the Rong family, vain things like ghosts and gods are not as powerful as the pig-killing knife in Rong Li's hand.

As a butcher family, the Rong family firmly believes that the long-term slaughtering work allows the Rong family to bear protection, and it is difficult for all kinds of ghosts and ghosts to get close to the Rong family.

This is also the reason why Li Erlang and others are worried and afraid, while the Rong family is calm.

Zhang Xuezhou made a joke, and Jia Zhiyuan felt a little more apprehensive and uneasy.

He walked up and down the room, looking flustered.

"I'm really going to be harmed by the water ghost, how can this be good?"

There is no doubt that the Rong family is down, even if Jia Zhiyuan gives birth to Rong Tianding, the main force of the Rong family is still Rong Li.

Jia Zhiyuan couldn't imagine the consequences of losing any of them.

He is not afraid of ghosts, but he is afraid of unbearable accidents.

"Your aunt hasn't come back yet, should we go out and find someone?"

Jia Zhiyuan walked back and forth many times, but he couldn't wait for Rong Li to come back, which made him inevitably invite Zhang Xuezhou.

But Zhang Xuezhou didn't respond for a long time, and when Jia Zhiyuan stared, he saw Zhang Xuezhou lying on the bed, his eyes closed and obviously asleep.

"Can you sleep soundly?"

Jia Zhiyuan shook his head.

He pushed Zhang Xuezhou, but saw that Zhang Xuezhou did not move at all, and it was obviously difficult to wake up.

Jia Zhiyuan walked back and forth a few steps, his heart became more and more anxious, he casually opened the door, only to hear a whimpering bird call in the distance.

The sound of the bird's song was full of mournful and a little weeping.

"It's unlucky!"

Jia Zhiyuan listened to the call of a crow or a bird, and muttered in his mouth.

He looked around several times, only to see that after nightfall, the whole village could hardly see the light, and every house was closed by the gatehouse, and not the slightest human voice could be heard.

This made him panic for a few seconds.

The sound of a few barking dogs made Jia Zhiyuan pluck up his courage, he took some sore steps, but before he walked a hundred meters, Jia Zhiyuan saw Rong Li and Rong Tianding quickly rushed back.

"There's silt in the river over there, and stepping on it hurts me a few times!"

Rong Tianding shook his arm and peeled off his dirty coat again.

At this time, it was cool autumn, and the temperature dropped significantly at night, and Rong Tianding couldn't help but sneeze several times.

"The river is full of mist, and people are almost lost, let alone looking for ghosts," Rong Li complained: "This thing seems to be a bit difficult to do!" ”

"No hurry, no hurry," Jia Zhiyuan said continuously.

Seeing his wife and children come back safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"If Ding'er had been allowed to kill the pig honestly, maybe there wouldn't have been these troubles!"

When welcoming Rong Li and Rong Tianding, Jia Zhiyuan couldn't help but have some thoughts in his heart.

The ancestors and grandchildren of the Rong family have killed pigs for several generations, and occasionally dealt with some hunted wild animals, which is a solid and simple day, and you can see the end at a glance.

Jia Zhiyuan has always wanted Rong Tianding to have a better life, but he also has to wonder if his push is correct at this time.

He was silent for a moment.

When Rong Li and the others cleaned up and lay down, Jia Zhiyuan tossed and turned and found it difficult to sleep, constantly thinking about how to solve the current predicament.

"Give me my life!"

At the time of the third watch, Jia Zhiyuan only heard the voice of a man asking for his life, which made him tremble.

When he pricked up his ears, he could only hear the sound wafting back and forth through the village.

"I died so unjustly, give me back my life!"

The voice became more and more real, and Jia Zhiyuan got up from the bed with a bone.

"Ghost is coming, ghost is coming!"

He turned over and pushed Rong Li up, and before Rong Li could open her mouth to scold, Jia Zhiyuan slapped Rong Li's mouth and pointed outside.

A faint voice came, Rong Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and the pig-killing knife placed under the bed immediately entered the palm of her hand.

"I'll go find the ghost first, and you guys hurry up and follow with the pig's blood!"

The ghost by the river and the ghost in the village are completely different concepts, and Rong Li feels that she can't let the other party run away.

She grabbed the flickering pig-killing knife, took another fire fold, and then burrowed into the vast night.

"Get up, your mother has caught a ghost!"

Jia Zhiyuan pushed Rong Tianding again, and when Rong Tianding muttered several times and couldn't wake up, Zhang Xuezhou slept like a dead pig again, so he had to carry a wooden barrel, and then went out of the door.

He ran only a few hundred steps with the bucket, only to hear the sound of Rong Li's knife fighting getting closer and closer.

With the help of the remaining light of the fire fold on the ground, Jia Zhiyuan saw a black shadow and Rong Li fighting inextricably.

"Ghosts use knives too?"

Jia Zhiyuan was stunned.

But he is not slow with his hands and feet, and he can take it out when it is time to take it out.

He didn't care whether it would be splashed on Rong Li's body, he immediately removed the cloth cover on the bucket, scooped up the half-coagulated pig blood clot with a scoop, and then splashed it out directly in all directions.

"Spare your life!"

The pig blood that Jia Zhiyuan spilled out had no effect on making the ghost feel painful, but the pig blood clot fell to the ground, which made the black shadow slip to the ground with a stagger.

Seeing a good opportunity, Rong Li inserted a knife to kill pigs.

The sound of gold and iron intertwined between short and long knives was heard, and the black shadow was already begging for mercy in pain.

"It's a human?"

Rong Li violently pressed down the long knife, and then stabbed the other party.

When the slap was made up, she suddenly felt a warm flesh.

"It seems to be Lord Li?"

Jia Zhiyuan picked up the fire fold, and when he took a closer look with the fire fold, he saw Lord Li, the patrol who had previously beckoned them to go to the yamen, lying on the ground, pressed by Rong Li to the point that he couldn't move.

"Master Li?" Rong Li was suspicious, and then asked, "What are you doing here in Longmen Village?" ”

"Pretending to be a ghost," Master Li said in pain.

"Pretending to be a ghost?" Rong Li was stunned: "What are you pretending to be a ghost for?" ”

"If you pretend to be a ghost, you can beat you!"

The patrol responded, only to feel that the mother-in-law of the Rong family was too violent.

He originally wanted to act, and then let Rong Li and the others drive him away, and then left a black coat, which was regarded as letting Rong Li and the others complete the ghost catch, but Master Li didn't expect that he stepped on the pig's blood, and was immediately stabbed by Rong Li.

He only felt that completing the task of the yamen was simply killing him.

Fortunately, he begged for mercy quickly, so he was not killed by Rong Li.