Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Shengli said bravely: "Then I invited a few of them to have a meal at the Hongyun Hotel in town and asked them to help me dig trees."
"If I guessed correctly, among these people, there should be Li Fang, Wang Xing and Zhixue, right?"
Zhang Shengli nodded.
"Yesterday afternoon, a few of us started digging with shovels, digging..."
When Zhang Shengli said this, he paused for a moment, as if he was a little scared and did not dare to say any more.
"What happened? Yang Xiaobao asked curiously.
Zhang Shengli took a deep breath and said: "The roots of the trees we cut down had red juice that looked like blood flowing out."
When Yang Xiaobao heard this, he immediately frowned.
In fact, at this point, Yang Xiaobao already understood what was going on.
"Did you dig down that tree?"
Zhang Shengli shook his head and said: "That tree was too big. We were busy all afternoon and didn't dig it down at all."
Then, the next day, three people died one after another.
"The thing shouldn't be because of the will of the locust tree, right?"
Zhang Shengli was not so much asking Yang Xiaobao as he was comforting himself.
Yang Xiaobao snorted and said coldly: "Which locust tree have you seen that can bleed red water like blood?"
Zhang Shengli wiped the sweat from his face and said: "Brother Xiaobao, if this is really the reason, then my sin is too serious."
Yang Xiaobao wanted to tell him that this was the result of his insatiable greed.
But the words were not spoken.
"Tomorrow, I'll take a look at the locust tree to see if this is the reason."
Yang Xiaobao could only comfort him in this way.
"Okay, okay, great." Zhang Shengli said excitedly immediately.
Then he said to everyone: "Okay, it's almost midnight. Let's go back to sleep. Youcai, you can send this talisman to Zhixue for me and let his wife stick it on Zhixue."
As he spoke, he handed a talisman to a man in his thirties.
Seeing that nothing happened, the villagers prepared to disperse and go home.
At this time, Yang Xiaobao suddenly grabbed Zhang Shengli and asked: "Village Chief, I would like to ask, apart from Zhixue, Li Fang and Wang Xing, who else participated in tree digging."
The villagers who had not dispersed immediately stopped when they heard this.
Zhang Shengli was stunned for a moment, stamped his feet, and said: "It's broken! There is another one, which is a stone."
"Where's Shitou? I haven't seen him all night." Zhang Shengli shouted to the crowd.
But no one answered him.
"Yeah, Shitou used to be such a fun-loving person, why didn't you see him today?"
"Did something happen to him too?"
The villagers' words made Zhang Shengli even more anxious. He pushed away the crowd and ran outside.
Yang Xiaobao also ran out immediately.
He chased Zhang Shengli and said to him: "Slow down, don't fall again."
At this time, Yang Xiaobao's favorability towards Zhang Shengli had dropped to the lowest level.
After hearing Yang Xiaobao's words, Zhang Shengli obediently slowed down.
"Let me ask you, who is this stone?"
Zhang Shengli said: "Like Zhixue, they are from our same family, and both have the surname Zhang. It is a pity that this stone father and mother died early and never got married."
"Oh, that means he lives alone?"
"Yes, there used to be something going on in the village. He loved to join in the fun, helping the villagers with their jobs, making ends meet, and smoking cigarettes."
Yang Xiaobao nodded, he was no stranger to this kind of person.
There seems to be such a character in every village.
He felt vaguely uneasy now, and he felt that something might happen to the stone.
The two people walked quickly to the entrance of a dilapidated courtyard.
"Stone, Stone, are you at home?"
Zhang Shengli kicked the door and shouted.
The courtyard door was kicked open a crack, but no one responded.
Yang Xiaobao and Zhang Shengli looked at each other, opened the door and walked in.
The two people walked into the courtyard and saw a figure walking out of the main room.
"Stone?"
When Zhang Shengli saw this person, he immediately shouted.
"So it's Uncle Shengli, why are you here?" the man asked.
When Yang Xiaobao heard this man's voice, he sounded naive and flat, like a fool.
Zhang Shengli took a deep breath and said, "Shitou, I called you just now, why didn't you speak?"
"Uncle Shengli, I fell asleep and didn't hear you."
Yang Xiaobao saw Shitou standing under the eaves, his eyes dazed, as if he hadn't woken up yet.
Because it was too dark, Yang Xiaobao couldn't see clearly what the stone looked like, but judging from his height, it was only about 1.7 meters.
"Uncle Shengli, what do you want from me?"
"It's nothing serious, I just want to tell you that I'll go to the ethnographer tomorrow to help."
"Don't worry, I will definitely go."
Seeing that Shitou was fine, Zhang Shengli nodded and said to Yang Xiaobao: "Brother Xiaobao, if Shitou is fine, just leave."
Yang Xiaobao nodded, turned around and walked out of the yard.
"Village Chief, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I'll come back tomorrow to take a look at the locust tree."
Yang Xiaobao said, turned around and walked towards Zhi Jia.
His motorcycle is still parked in front of his house.
But Zhang Shengli grabbed Yang Xiaobao's arm and said, "Brother Xiaobao, there is something I want to ask you."
"What's up?"
"I was also the one digging the tree that day. Will I..."
Yang Xiaobao saw fear in Zhang Shengli's eyes.
Yang Xiaobao smiled and shook his head and said: "Village Chief, I really don't know, maybe it will happen, maybe it won't."
"Xiaobao, you have to save me. Otherwise, you can also give me an evil charm."
Although Yang Xiaobao didn't like Zhang Shengli at all, he couldn't let anything happen to Zhang Shengli.
"Okay, then I will go to your house and draw you an evil spirit charm." Yang Xiaobao nodded in agreement.
"That's great." Zhang Shengli said excitedly.
Yang Xiaobao followed Zhang Shengli and walked towards his home.
As he spoke, Yang Xiaobao turned around and ran towards Shitou's house along the original road.
When he arrived at Shitou's house, Yang Xiaobao kicked open the door, and then he saw Shitou standing alone in the middle of the yard.
This time, he clearly saw the thick layer of Yin Qi covering the stone.
Just now Shitou came out of the house and stood under the eaves. In addition, it was already late at night, so it was impossible to see whether there was a gloomy atmosphere surrounding him.
But now he was standing in the yard, under the moonlight, and Yang Xiaobao could see it clearly.
"Xiaobao, what's wrong? Why are you back again?"
Zhang Shengli also caught up at this time and asked breathlessly.
Shitou turned around and stared at Yang Xiaobao, with a sly smile suddenly appearing on his expressionless face.