I stayed alone at Zhuzi's house, studying the wooden box notes carefully. Since I didn't have any magic weapon in hand, I could only use the native methods recorded in the notes to deal with Shigu...
"Little Master...Little Master!"
Just when I was lost in thought, Zhuzhu's father opened the door and walked in.
"How are the preparations going?" I asked as I put away my notes.
Dad Zhuzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead,
"It's almost done. All the villagers are already at the City God's Temple. The roosters, excrement and the birth dates of the young adults in the village are all ready!"
I nodded and asked him to lead the way quickly.
When I came out of the house, I looked at the sun hanging in the west and realized that it was already dusk, so I didn't dare to delay for a moment and quickly urged Zhuzhu's father to speed up his pace.
I followed the village road all the way to the Chenghuang Temple at the west end of the village. At this time, a lot of people gathered in the courtyard in front of the temple. It was very noisy. Everyone's face was full of worry. I took a cursory look and suddenly felt a little worried.
Not easy to handle.
Because most of the people here are old people and children, and there are only a handful of young men...
"Everyone, be quiet!"
Zhuzhu's dad suddenly pulled his neck and shouted,
"Let me introduce to everyone, this young man is the little master I told everyone. He was the one who saved me from Shigu last night!"
I nodded politely to the villagers, but what was embarrassing was that no one paid any attention to me.
Almost everyone looked at me with complicated eyes, including wariness, suspicion, and even more disdain.
"Daddy Zhuzhu, such a small doll can exorcise ghosts and suppress evil spirits? Are you kidding me? How do you expect all of us to believe it?!" An old man holding a pipe spoke first.
"that is…"
"You are so young, you are probably a magician..."
"Shi Gu has been restrained by the stone statue, how could she come out to harm others again..."
For a while, there were voices of agreement, doubts, and boos in the courtyard of the City God's Temple. No matter how Zhuzi's family tried to explain, it was useless. In the end, Zhuzhu's father could only look at me helplessly.
"good!"
I suddenly shouted angrily, and the crowd fell silent, and everyone focused their eyes on me.
I glanced at everyone, then walked to the courtyard door, made an invitation gesture, and said coldly:
"Those who don't believe in me can get out now! But if you die outside, don't come to me after you become a ghost!"
As soon as I finished speaking, everyone looked at me in surprise. No one spoke. Facing this group of people, I had no patience to explain anything to them.
Seeing their silent behavior, I was even more angry.
"In this group of you, there are men who were younger than Shi Gu, and there are old women who forced Shi Gu to death. To be honest, it is not unfair for you to die outside, and it has nothing to do with me, so you want to leave.
Feel free to leave, but I will never stay!"
The scene fell into silence again, and my eyes scanned everyone's faces again,
"Since no one wants to leave, just stay here! Don't cause trouble for me!"
After saying that, I called Zhuzhu and his family to me and warned:
"The City God's Temple is too small, so we can only let the elderly and children hide in the temple. There is a statue of the City God in the temple. The majesty of the Dharma can ward off evil spirits, which can keep them safe for a while! The rest of the people stay in the front yard for the time being."
"Okay! I'll go right away!" Dad Zhuzhu responded.
I asked for the birthdates and horoscopes of young men from Xianglan. I looked at them carefully and found that there were only a dozen or so young men in the village. I frowned and picked the general from the dwarfs. I had a hard time choosing from them.
Four young men with strong characters appeared,
Zhuzhu Niang immediately called the four of them in front of me. I took a rough look at them and found that they basically met my requirements. They had dark skin, strong bodies, and strong yang energy.
Because I couldn’t remember the names of the four of them at the moment, I temporarily called them Boss, Second, Third, and Fourth according to their age.
"Four brothers, I need to make sure of one thing before assigning the task. Have you ever treated Shi Gu lightly?"
The four of them were stunned and looked at me in surprise.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to hold people responsible. The four of you are going to take the lead with me tonight. Shi Gu has a deep resentment. If any of you has treated her lightly, you will definitely not be able to take on this responsibility. I am doing this for the whole village.
People’s lives are considered, so you must tell the truth.”
After hearing this, the four people shook their heads firmly.
After getting a positive answer, I called Pandan to my side.
"Arrange for people to kill all the roosters and keep all the blood."
"Kill...all?" Xianglan looked at me in disbelief.
"Yes, and put the excrement of pigs, cattle and sheep in four buckets and bring them over."
A few minutes later, there was a heart-rending crowing of chickens in the yard. To be honest, I was a little confused for a moment. Is it worth sacrificing so many innocent chickens to save these "simple" villagers?
I shook my head and stopped thinking...
After the chicken blood was prepared, I asked the four brothers to smear the blood on the gate of the City God's Temple and the wooden door of the front yard, and the remaining blood was smeared on the four bodies.
According to my instructions, chicken blood must be applied all over the body. It is best not to have exposed skin. This is to prevent evil spirits from entering the body, and it also has the effect of expelling evil spirits and protecting yourself.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, I placed a dozen soap locusts in each of the four directions of the Chenghuang Temple courtyard. Then I used cinnabar and saltpeter powder to draw a protective circle in the middle of the courtyard, and drove in all the people who were stranded in the courtyard.
Within the circle of guardians.
"No matter what you see or hear at night, you must not leave this circle without my order! Otherwise you will definitely die!"
I shouted to everyone.
Seeing that I had prepared so much, even a stupid person could see the seriousness of the matter. Everyone's emotions became tense. Xianglan asked with a worried look:
"Little Master, is Shigu really that scary? Do we need to prepare so much?"
I turned to look at him and said seriously:
"If only one Shigu comes, we really don't need to prepare so much."
When Xianglan heard this, her face suddenly turned pale!
"You...you mean besides Shi Gu, there are...other ghosts?!"
I took a deep breath and slowly spit out four words,
