Suddenly there was the sound of gongs and drums outside the ancestral hall, which was extremely loud and harsh in the dark night, and everyone in the ancestral hall suddenly felt nervous.
Song Mu and others also stood up at this moment and asked everyone to stay in the ancestral hall.
Outside the ancestral hall, the entire village had woken up at this moment. There were constant shouts and gongs and drums outside, during which several men could be heard shouting loudly for the villagers to go to the ancestral hall.
Song Mu looked solemnly at the door of the ancestral hall. There were only a few torches shining outside, and looking at the mountains in the distance, it was even darker.
At this moment, Master Xun didn't know where he went, and many villagers were coming towards the ancestral hall.
"Brother Song, please come in quickly."
At the entrance of the ancestral hall, Kong Zongzheng led several villagers to the ancestral hall, and then shouted to Song Mu who was standing outside.
Song Mu looked around and saw a short and stocky figure walking to the side, carrying a person on his back.
Song Mu immediately recognized that this was the villager's youngest son during the day, and quickly went up to help him, and also asked.
"Third brother, that monster really appeared? Where is it now?"
The short and stocky man immediately recognized that the person in front of him was Song Mu. He panted and said while carrying the person on his back to the ancestral hall.
"I don't know, it was Mr. Fan who said it, and then the dogs in the village started barking. Brother Fan and the gentleman have already gone out to check. We don't know what the situation is now."
The adult the other party spoke of was naturally Master Xun. Song Mu glanced around when he heard this, and suddenly heard an angry shout from a mountain pass not far away.
"Where did the monster come from!"
As he spoke, he saw rays of light surging there, but in an instant, there was great movement.
The villagers in the ancestral hall unconsciously let out several frightened exclamations. The boat passengers were also in extremely emotional mood at this moment and were shouting to get back on the boat.
Rao is a group of talented students who have seen the world, and they can't help clenching their fists at this moment.
Everyone just came to such a village to stay temporarily, but they didn't expect that something like this would happen.
Song Mu was also shocked at this moment, but he could only return to the ancestral hall honestly.
Now it seems that Master Xun has found the monster. With the strength that Master Xun has accumulated over the years, there should be no danger.
At the same time, several men carried an old lady to the ancestral hall. When the villagers saw the old lady, they finally calmed down a bit and looked at the old lady anxiously.
The white-haired old man seemed to be doing nothing at the moment. Several men carried his bamboo chair to the middle of the ancestral hall, facing the black Tongwen tablet.
A muddy cough sounded, and the surrounding villagers called out to the old man, and the old man stretched out his wrinkled hand and immediately placed it on the stone tablet.
After just a moment, steaming white steam began to appear where the old man's hand was pressing. That was Wen Li.
The literary power poured into the stone tablet, and the next moment, the characters on the Tongwen tablet began to light up one by one. When all the words were lit, the stone tablet suddenly erupted into a violent fluctuation.
The fluctuations spread out, and everyone screamed in surprise, but they also calmed down.
Song Mu stood nearby and watched. The purpose of this literary stele was actually to enhance the power of literary power. Relying on the "Ode to Suppress Demons" written by the great scholar Zhang Ce, it could deter the surrounding people and provide protection for the entire village.
With Master Xun's blessing today, this Tongwen stone tablet has greater power. Ordinary monsters will definitely leave when they see it.
However, the old man's condition did not look very good. At this moment, he coughed several times in succession. Several village women quickly went up to serve him, and a man helped adjust the backrest.
This old man seems to be the only old scholar named Mr. Fan in this village.
Seeing that the current situation had stabilized, everyone in the ancestral hall breathed a sigh of relief. Song Mu and Kong Zong looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, there were still fluctuations coming from outside, but the sound and light had dissipated a bit.
"It should be okay."
A scholar said this immediately, everyone nodded, and the people in Xiaoyang Village even said it with lingering fear.
"It would be great if the master killed that monster, and there would be no further trouble."
As he said this, everyone else nodded, but some people suddenly put forward their own opinions.
"The monster only dared to appear around our village before, but this time, why does it seem like the monster rushed in directly?"
"Who knows, maybe the monster has become powerful again and wants to eat people again."
"What a sin, how will we live our lives from now on?"
Several people were talking about it. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Song Mu was also shocked at the moment.
This monster is indeed a bit abnormal today. Logically speaking, there are several Wen Qi that Master Xun has released here before. This monster should temporarily avoid the edge after sensing it.
Why is this monster rushing up like crazy now?
"Master, is there no danger?"
Kong Zong seemed to realize that something was wrong, and immediately asked Song Mu. Song Mu also pursed his lips and glanced out the door uneasily.
After a while, the noise outside the village completely disappeared.
Song Mu and several scholars stood up and looked outside carefully.
At this time, a man ran towards the gate of the ancestral hall.
That was the thin black man from before. Song Mu stepped forward quickly when he saw this, but at this moment he was still a little out of breath.
"Brother Fan, what's going on now?"
Song Mu was the first to ask. The thin, dark man was breathing heavily, and his face was full of pain, but he still spoke quickly.
"That monster is so powerful, sir. You are chasing him out now. I couldn't see the situation, so I came back first."
"You chased me out? Where did you go?"
Kong Zong also asked next to him, with a nervous expression on his face.
But the thin black man just shook his head, obviously not understanding the situation.
Song Mu's heart tightened, as he thought of what the thin, dark man had told him before, about how the officers and soldiers chasing monsters would be tricked by the opponent.
Could this monster's plan now be to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
Saying this, Song Mu immediately turned his head and asked the villager.
"Ask your ancestors if there is anything else you can do with the Tongwen Monument?"
Everyone had never seen Song Mu with such a nervous attitude. They all looked at each other at this moment, but they could only shake their heads and said, "There is no other way. The Tongwen Monument can only exude coercion and scare monsters. It can't do anything else."
"Can you make the power of this Tongwen Monument a little stronger?"
Song Mu asked again, and then Mr. Fan said slowly: "Yes, as long as more literary power is injected into it."
As soon as the words fell, a group of new talents stepped forward one after another.
Although they don't have the strength to fight now, they still have literary power in their bodies, so naturally they can help them pass the literary monument.
"Let's!"
A scholar said this, and immediately walked towards the Tongwen Monument, and other scholars followed suit.
Song Mu turned his head blankly, looked at the dark surroundings outside the ancestral hall, and murmured at this moment.
"I hope nothing bad happens."
Just as everyone was strengthening the power of the Tongwen Monument, a dense creaking sound suddenly came from a farmhouse not far away from the ancestral hall.