When Li Xiao woke up again, it was already evening. Old Shi originally wanted to wake him up for dinner at noon, but he couldn't wake him up, so he gave up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Li Xiao was startled by the scene in front of him. He saw himself lying on the earthen bed. The small room was crowded with men. Most of these people were middle-aged. There were also

Several old men, sitting, standing or squatting on the ground, were all silent and frowning, smoking the pipes in their hands.

There was already a lack of light, and it was already evening, so the room was dark, filled with smoke, and lit by fires that alternated between bright and dim.

"This~! What is going on?" Li Xiao stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand to disperse the smoke in front of his eyes, and asked with some uncertainty.

Hearing Li Xiao's voice, the middle-aged and elderly men in the room paused in their smoking movements and all looked at Li Xiao in an instant, with a different kind of light in their eyes.

"Um~ Can someone explain it to me?" Li Xiao said a little uncomfortably. After all, it was quite awkward to be stared at in a strange way by such a man.

At this moment, the curtain that separated the door was opened, and Old Man Shi walked in tremblingly, followed by a young man on crutches.

"Little Taoist Priest, you're awake, you can eat later!" As soon as he saw Li Xiao waking up, Old Man Shi's face lit up. Seeing Li Xiao looking at the people in the room with doubts on his face, Old Man Shi said a little embarrassed:

"Well~ they are waiting for you to catch ghosts, they are just afraid...!"

Old Man Shi didn't say anything else, but it was obvious that these villagers were afraid that Li Xiao would cheat him out of money when he woke up, and then suddenly ran away to look at him. These villagers thought about it all afternoon and felt that no matter what, the little Taoist priest should be allowed to go.

Try it, if it doesn't work, it's God's will.

"Okay, I'll go catch ghosts when it gets dark! But...!" Li Xiao also understood the meaning, and pretended to be embarrassed and said, he wanted to see how these honest villagers would react.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Xiao's words, the eyes of these men changed obviously. Some even knocked their cigarette pouches heavily on the soles of their shoes to knock out the burnt ash, and then slowly stood up with serious expressions.

, it seems that if something goes wrong, he will pounce on Li Xiao and beat him up.

Seeing this, Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Catch the female ghost! It's easy to catch the ghost, but you want to tell me the specific situation? So that I can have an understanding."

After hearing this, the man who stood up knelt down again, filled the pipe with tobacco again, lit it with a match, and started smoking.

When Old Man Shi saw this, he quickly pulled Shi Qingfan behind him in front of him, and said with a smile on his wrinkled face: "Little Taoist Priest, he is Shi Qingfan, the one whose legs were broken while trying to save others that day, and that woman

Ghosts come to him every day, so let him tell you!"

Looking at Shi Qingfan, who was a few years older than him, probably in his twenties, Li Xiao felt that this man was of really good character. He rescued people without hesitation, and even suffered the tragedy of being interrupted. It seemed that he was still

It was life-threatening. If he hadn't fainted from the pain, he might have been beaten to death.

An idea flashed in his mind, and Li Xiao suddenly thought that it would be good to ask him to work for him. This spiritual fertilizer requires items to be decomposed, so it would be good to ask him to open a waste recycling station for him.

As for killing people to decompose spiritual fertilizers, Li Xiao is still quite resistant. If there is no threat to his own safety, he still doesn't want to kill people. After all, this is a society governed by the rule of law, and it is better to be more stable.

But now is not the time to talk about this. It will not be too late to talk about it after the matter of the female ghost is resolved.

Thoughts were swirling in his mind, but it only took a few seconds to clear his mind. Li Xiao immediately smiled and said, "What about that! I'll just call you Brother Fan. I'm still somewhat sure about the female ghost.

But it’s better to get to know her better, so that you can be more confident about getting rid of her in one go.”

"Okay then! I'll tell you, but I don't know much. That girl was also miserable! She was killed at such a young age. It's really... ugh!" She sighed, not sure why.

The dead girl was still corrupted by today's atmosphere, and then Shi Qingfan started talking.

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation. At that time, I went to save people on a whim. Who would have thought that I couldn't save the people and my legs were broken! The elder of the clan, that is, Old Man Shi, must have been responsible for what happened in front of me.

You’ve already said it! Let me talk about the female ghost.”

"Maybe it's because I once rescued her. The female ghost came to me every day, just floating on the bedside, crying all the time, talking intermittently about wanting to seek revenge, but she didn't seem to be harmful, but I

I was really scared, so I didn’t dare to ask further, so I moved to live with the clan elder.”

"I think she has just become a ghost now, and it seems that the resentment in her heart is hard to get rid of. She just wants to find someone to avenge her without harming anyone. It seems that she can't leave too far, otherwise she can take revenge herself!"

"However, I'm afraid that as time goes by, no one will help her avenge her, and the resentment in her heart will increase, and it will be difficult to deal with it then!"

What Shi Qingfan said makes sense. From this point of view, the female ghost should be easily subdued at this stage and there won't be much resistance. All she needs to do is agree to avenge her.

However, Shi Qingfan's words were very vague, and we won't know the details until we see the female ghost.

Although the female ghost did scare many villagers, she did not harm anyone after all, so it was pretty good. It would be good to catch her as a spirit ghost, and at least the quality of the ghost was good.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao said: "Okay, I'll go to the forest and catch the female ghost."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xiao stood up, put on his shoes and started to walk out. He really wanted to get rid of the female ghost as soon as possible and then return to Fulongqiu.

"Well, Taoist Master, you'd better go after eating! You haven't eaten at noon, and besides, the female ghost won't come out until dark." Seeing that Li Xiao wanted to leave immediately, Old Man Shi persuaded him.

, dinner is almost ready, and it will be dark after dinner, so there will be no mistake.

In fact, the reason why Li Xiao went now was because he was afraid that when it gets dark, the female ghost would run out and it would be difficult to find her! But think about it, if it’s not dark and the female ghost doesn’t come out, it would be useless to go there, so he might as well eat first.

After a full meal, it seemed that he was really hungry, so he agreed.

The food at the farmer's house was a bit simple, just some wild vegetables and mushrooms, and of course there was meat. I don't know which family's kind man contributed a hare. Li Xiao was so moved that he burst into tears and ate more than a dozen.

After ten days of peaches, he really missed the taste of white rice.

The preparation of the dish is also very simple, but it also has a different taste. This is the original taste, and it tastes very refreshing.

After living a savage life for so long, Li Xiao didn't care about it at this time. When the food was served, he just ate it up and felt like a storm.

This phenomenon left Old Man Shi, who had not yet sat down, dumbfounded. For the first time, he felt like he had been deceived. This little Taoist priest looked like he had just been released. His feelings were just for cheating on food and drink.

It’s just too tasteless and low-level!

The villagers who watched Li Xiao devouring his food were also dumbfounded, with unnatural expressions on their faces, vaguely feeling that the little Taoist priest had deceived their feelings.

Li Xiao was eating deliciously here, but no matter how many people were watching around him, all eyes were focused on the bowls on the table.

A gust of wind and residual clouds quickly wiped out the dishes on the table. After eating several bowls of white rice and drinking the last mouthful of mushroom soup, Li Xiao burped, touched his round belly, and then turned his eyes to look dull and angry.

of villagers.

"Haha! I'm sorry! I've finished all the dishes!" he said with an embarrassed smile. Seeing the expressions of the villagers getting angry, Li Xiao quickly continued: "What~ I'm going to be a ghost now. Can Old Man Shi find someone to help me?"

I'll lead the way, this guy is just fooling around, don't let me get lost again!"

"Okay!" He spat out a syllable unnaturally. Old Man Shi looked at the messy dining table, smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "Old man, I haven't eaten yet!"

But now that it was like this, I could only wait until I came back to cook and eat again. Then Old Man Shi said hello and led a group of villagers out of the house.

But Shi Qingfan did not follow him. After all, his leg injury was not healed, and following him would only cause trouble. He might as well wait at home!

I saw all the villagers holding flashlights, obviously wanting to go together. It felt a bit like escorting Li Xiao to the execution ground.

Twenty or thirty flashlights illuminated the road in the mountains, and a group of people walked toward the strange forest outside the village.

When they walked down the mountain col and outside the forest, the villagers were obviously a little timid, and they all paused, waiting for Old Shi to speak.

"What! Give me a flashlight, or I can go in by myself!" Seeing this, Li Xiao directly asked for a flashlight and walked into the forest.

Walking into the forest again at this time, it was obviously very different from that at noon. It was not a change in the environment, but the atmosphere. At this time, the forest no longer had that gloomy atmosphere, except that there was no light, it was dark, and there were no insects or animals.

, it’s no different from other woods.

Not long after walking into the forest, Li Xiao heard faint cries. His heart tightened and he secretly thought that the female ghost had not left, but was still here! That would be easy to handle!

He directly raised his right hand, holding a flashlight in his left hand, and walked towards the dry well at a faster pace.

When he came not far from Dry Well again, Li Xiao saw an illusory female figure sitting on the stone platform of Dry Well, with her back to him, crying softly.

He carefully moved forward a few steps and was already only two or three meters away from the female ghost. However, the female ghost did not respond and still lowered her head and cried.
Chapter completed!