The two tried various ways to get out, but to no avail.
The Taoist priest sat on top of the coffin, supporting his knees with one hand and his chin with the other.
Luo Jiutian walked in circles around the unconscious Zhang Boyin.
The Taoist priest straightened up his upper body and patted the coffin board beside him, "Jiutian, sit down for a while."
Luo Jiutian looked at the coffin with some fear, then carefully sat at the feet of the Taoist priest, "I can just sit here."
"Jiutian, I just thought about it," the Taoist Master bent down with difficulty and said softly, "What do you think those talismans are about?"
"Spells?" Luo Jiutian was confused, "Didn't you say that those were blood spells that could trap people who died below?"
"Yes, I mean, where did the people in the village get those blood curses?"
This question stumped Luo Jiutian.
The Taoist priest continued, "Whether it is Fire Lotus Village or Lianshui Village, they are basically isolated from the world. How could they make a blood curse?"
Luo Jiutian understood what the Taoist Master meant. He raised his hand and scratched his chin, "Is this important?"
"This is very strange," the Taoist Master said, "Whether it is making a blood spell or a normal spell, ordinary people cannot learn it by themselves."
Luo Jiutian's eyes turned, "Then Taoist Master, did you also learn your skills from others?"
The Taoist priest's reaction was delayed for a second, and he quickly replied very naturally, "That's natural."
"Does the Taoist master also have a master?" Luo Jiutian became interested, "Which master is it? My father must have heard of all the famous talisman masters in the circle..."
"That's not the point." The Taoist priest patted him and avoided the topic. "The important thing is that I suspect there is another kind of power in the village."
"Why can't it be Fire Lotus?"
"In my opinion, Huolian had no reason to kill those women," the Taoist priest shook his head. "Didn't the dead woman you met say that she was born after Huolian disappeared?
In fact, it doesn’t count as understanding. Huolian has no reason to retaliate against her, and she is definitely not the last woman to be stoned.”
"By the way, she did say that after the fire, if women in the village had illegitimate children, they would basically end up like this."
"Illegitimate child... child..."
The eyes of the Taoist priest and Luo Jiutian came together, and they both remembered the brainwashing nursery rhyme at the same time.
The crows will return to their nests, the locust trees will fall asleep, the children will go home, and their mothers will be at home.
"Did Huolian... really have a child?"
"I understand," the Taoist priest clenched his hands and raised his head suddenly, "They are here to prevent the second Fire Lotus from appearing."
"The second fire lotus..." Luo Jiutian also slowly understood.
"Fire Lotus brought a fire to the village and then disappeared. Otherwise, the woman you met would not have heard of her. We always thought that Lianshui Village was under the control of Fire Lotus. Now it seems that it may be completely wrong.
Well, the village and the Fire Lotus may be fundamentally opposed to each other."
The Taoist priest finished speaking these words in one breath, and his breathing became rapid. He supported the coffin lid with both hands and stabilized his body.
"Fire Lotus Village...Lianshui Village..." Luo Jiutian followed the Taoist priest's thoughts, "So the name of the village was also changed to restrain the so-called fire."
"Yes, everything is to prevent the Fire Lotus incident from happening again."
"Then what happened to the white-faced girl I saw burned to death later?" Luo Jiutian frowned, "If it's like what you said, then those women you saw in the crematorium were all
Die at the stake, not stoning.”
"Do you think this is like a kind of sacrifice?" the Taoist priest said.
"Sacrifice?" Luo Jiutian was a little confused again, "Who are you offering sacrifice to?"
"Another force," the Taoist priest said, "the one who taught them how to make the blood curse, the one who told them how to carry out stoning and burning, and maybe even the one who wrote the script for all of this."
***
Xiaolan walked in the front, walking in deep thought, her pace slowing down unconsciously.
"What's wrong, Xiaolan?" Baomu asked, "Did you feel something?"
Xiaolan came back to her senses, quickly turned around and said, "I always feel like something is not right."
Everyone stopped, looking at Xiaolan blankly first, and then at each other blankly.
"Tell me, Xiaolan," Qin Yin said, "Although your feeling appears very frequently, the facts show that things around us are indeed not right. We believe in your feeling."
"I feel..." Xiaolan said hesitantly, "Huolian doesn't look like that kind of person."
"What? What did you say?" Qin Yin quickly slapped himself in the face, "Why do you feel like this?"
"After all, I have communicated with Huolian face to face," Xiaolan said slowly, "She seems to only care about her children and husband, and I have experienced a period of her life and have seen her behavior and choices...
"
"But didn't she strangle an innocent child to death?" The fool changed his arms and asked, "The one named Er Mao."
"She said...that was not her intention..." Xiaolan felt a little guilty when she said this.
"Xiaolan," Qin Yin tilted his head, "It's not possible that you and Huolian have feelings in such a short period of time, right? I would say that having too much empathy is not a good thing. Conscience is a thing.
A double-edged sword..."
"No, it's not conscience. I don't have any conscience," Xiaolan retorted nonsensically, "I just care a little... all of this is very strange..."
"I understand, it's very easy for people to become bad," Mr. Shen, who saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and didn't understand the situation at all, jumped out and said, "If my will is not strong, I may be tempted when I do.
Bewitched, in fact, Dai Lili was not a bad person before he became popular."
"Bewitched..."
These two words suddenly lit up Xiaolan's eyes.
"I think our Xiaolan has been bewitched by the fire lotus," Qin Yin turned to Baomu and said, "What do you think we should do?"
"Well……"
"That man!" Xiaolan shouted loudly, "It must be him!"
"Who?" Qin Yin glanced at the three men present, "Which one?"
"The scar-eyed man I saw in Huolian's revolving lantern!" Xiaolan said, "When Huolian just... gained strength from me, that man appeared in front of her and said something to her."
Everyone looked at each other in shock.
"Xiaolan, even if you want to excuse Huolian, you can't just do it on the side," Qin Yin said, "I just said a few words to Huolian, aren't you trying to get away with it?"
"I don't……"
Before Xiaolan could say anything in defense, everyone's attention was attracted by Baomu's low breathing.
Baomu lowered his head and looked at his feet.
"Little gecko?"
One of the twin geckos was coiling around Baomu's feet. After circling a few times, it crawled straight forward.