After placing Maiwa's father, at this moment, Maiwa had already brought in half a basin of water tremblingly, and I immediately helped him wipe the dirt on his face and body, but when I saw this Maiwa's father, he also looked loyal. But how could such a person bear to kick his children out of the house? And he is so sloppy, life and death are uncertain! Maiwa lay on the edge of the bed, choking and shouting the words "Daddy". I couldn't bear it, so I walked out and poured a glass of water for the master, it seems that the master is also hard enough, so I took the water and drank it all.

It wasn't until three cups of water that Master took a breath of relief and asked, "Ergou, nothing happened at home, right?" ”

I hurriedly told Master about the four ghosts I met last night. Hearing this, Master got up and walked out of the room, took the charm I drew last night in his hand and looked at it, and then smiled: "The painting is quite good, but it's a pity that the aura injected into it is insufficient, and it is only a façade." ”

Scratching the back of my head, I said embarrassedly, "Master, my Taoism is so shallow, it's good to be able to barely draw two talismans......

Master glared at me and said solemnly, "What do you mean by being very good?" The teacher has been teaching you to cultivate well, you just want to be lazy, and now you can't even draw talismans, and you have a face to say it's very good, hum! ”

After saying that, the master took the charm and entered the house, and after sitting down, the master then asked, "You mean you killed an evil ghost last night?" And three more in this house? Three ......"

I nodded heavily and said, "Well, but I didn't use the Spirit Whip at all because I consumed too much spiritual energy to draw the talismans, otherwise they wouldn't be able to please them!" But when I finished speaking, I saw that Master was still muttering something, and he didn't seem to hear me. I couldn't help but shout, and Master suddenly raised his head and looked at me in surprise.

The master hesitated for a moment and said, "Maiwa's father was found in a mountain depression, and he ...... He seems to be pressed by three ghosts to eat mud, but fortunately I arrived in time, I didn't eat too much, he may be hungry, and mistakenly eat the mud as food, he will wake up later, you go and make some hot soup for him to drink. When he wakes up, we'll discuss how to solve the problem at Maiwa's house! ”

I had a lot of questions in my mind, and I almost didn't know where to start, so I hurried to make hot soup. While cooking rice, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master, why does he eat mud?" ”

When the master heard this, he casually responded, "Haven't you heard that ghosts eat mud?" What's so good to ask, is the hot soup cooked? Maiwa's father is awake! ”

Ghosts eat mud? What the hell is eating mud again?!

"Oh, it's almost there!" I hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly agreed, some vegetable leaves and smoked cooked vegetables were cooked in the pot, and the smorgasbord stew was also quite simple. He got up and filled two bowls, one for Master and one for Maiwa's father.

Maiwa's father was really hungry, so he couldn't help but pick up the bowl and eat it, but just halfway through eating, he was suddenly stunned, put down the bowl, and immediately held Maiwa in his arms with tears in his eyes, crying and saying: "Child, Daddy shouldn't have driven you away, it's all Daddy's fault, it's all Daddy's fault, woo woo...... It's great that you're back! Daddy will never let you leave the house again! ”

Watching Maiva and his father hug each other and cry, I just felt that my eyes were rosy.

When Maiwa's father saw me, his expression was a little surprised, and then he looked at the master sitting in the main room, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”

I smiled and said: "Uncle, it's good for you to wake up, my master ran to the mountains yesterday to find you back, Maiwa was also sent back by our master and apprentice, he was almost eaten by a group of wild wolves, alas, uncle, you really shouldn't have driven Maiwa out of the house to make a living, don't you know, there are dozens of miles of mountain roads to the east from here, and it is difficult for an adult to go out without food, let alone such a big child!" ”

Hearing my words, Maiwa's father kept nodding his head and choked up, "Thank you, it's all my fault, I was so angry at the time, I had to find those evil spirits desperately, so I ...... If it weren't for you, I, I might as well be dead...... Now that Maiwa and I are dependent on each other, I don't want to think about anything......"

After a few greetings with Maiwa's father, I learned that his name was Zali, he was not yet forty years old, and the family of three lived a happy and poor life.

In the evening, Zali came out, and we gathered in the main house to inquire about the cause of the accident at Zali's house.

The cause of the disaster is roughly the same as the previous small talk, Zali, his wife and Maiwa's family of three live happily, and their family originally cultivated a field in a col in front of them, and his wife chops wood and cleans up the housework at home, and he goes to that col every day to clean up the odds and ends of the field. On the day of the accident, Zali came back a little late, and it was strange to say that every time he rushed home in the evening in those days, he could meet a lonely pheasant on the road, and the pheasant could not run fast, so he grabbed the pheasant and took it home and stewed it for the family.

Almost four days in a row, the accident was on the fifth day, with the previous harvest, he raised a routine, this fifth day in the evening he also touched back and forth on the road as usual, hoping to meet a pheasant to take home, but this day did not, he grinded until dark before staggering home.

When he got home, he was terrible, his wife was lying on the ground like a dry corpse, and Maiwa kept crying...... In that scene, Zali burst into tears when he said it. At that time, he suspected that the four pheasants had brought bad luck to his family, causing evil spirits to run to his house and suck his wife's flesh and blood.

The reason why I think so is that there is a very peculiar custom on Zali's side, that is, every time the prey is brought home, after eating, the bone residues will be buried under their own house, saying that it can deter the surrounding beasts, let them know that the people living in the house are not their prey, and may treat them as prey, so that they dare not invade their home.

Zali suspected that the pheasant was conjured up by some kind of mountain spirit and ghost, and deliberately wanted to harm their family. That's why he thought it was the evil spirit who killed his wife.

"Pheasant?" I asked in surprise, and after getting Zali's confirmation, I turned my head to look at Master and asked, "Master, I think it's a bit strange that those four pheasants appear every day, but can that pheasant be more powerful than humans after death?" But what I met in this house was a ghost, a ghost turned into a ghost, not the soul of a pheasant, and the pheasant was just a small animal, if it really became a spirit, how could it be possible to let itself be eaten alive, this is too stupid, too unreasonable! ”

Master nodded, said: "If the animal is not a spirit, can not resist the flow of cause and effect, after death will immediately enter the animal path to continue reincarnation, the reason why people can become lonely souls and wild ghosts, is that people have seven emotions and six desires, obsession is deeply rooted, animals survive mostly by instinct, but people can control their own instincts, the spirit is higher, so that there are more troubles and obsessions, and the intelligence of those animals is very low, and its soul is difficult to stay in the world for a moment or three, so it should not be the soul of the pheasant in this house, It's a ghast ghost transformed by the soul of man! ”

I suddenly thought of something, and then said, "Master, four pheasants, four ghosts, do you think there is any connection between them?" Why are they all 'four', and it happens that Uncle Zali's family had a disaster after eating four pheasants, and in the end there were four ghosts in the house, although I am sure that the pheasants are making trouble, but I always feel that it must have something to do with the four pheasants......"

When the master heard this, he turned to Zali and said: "Maybe there is something offensive, but in order to kill demons and subdue demons and uphold justice, it is also a last resort, I want to take a look at your wife's body, hoping to find out the cause of her death, and the other is the place where you buried the bones of the pheasant, I also want to take a look at it, so that I can know what is going on in your family!" ”

When Zali heard Master's words, he was a little excited, but after seeing the dependent child Maiwa beside him, he sighed lightly, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there now, my wife's body is buried at the foot of the back mountain, and I buried it with my own hands...... Let's go! ”

After saying that, Zali took a shovel and led us out, the sun was setting, and it was about to get dark, but I knew that these things could not be delayed, and the truth must be found out as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Zali family will never have peace.

There was a rugged mountain road ahead, but halfway through, Master suddenly stopped, and at this time, I also stopped in surprise and said in amazement, "Master, there seems to be a rancid smell in the air!" ”

The master hurriedly waved his hand, signaled Zhali not to go any further, and said with a cautious face: "We don't need to go, the body is already decomposing, but I already know the reason." Let's go back and look at the bones of the pheasant, and after seeing it, I probably know it, let's go. ”

Zhali looked at the figure of the master turning back in surprise, and was stunned, so he had to walk back with me. When he came to the house, Zali pointed to the four corners of the house and said, "The four corners of this house are the bones of a pheasant that I have buried. As he spoke, Zali dug up a corner nearby, and after a while, he saw a small pile of rotten bones in it, not all of which were the bones of the pheasant, but also the bones of the prey that he usually eaten, but those bones were almost nothing to look like a concubine.

But there is only one thing, intact, seeing this, Master's face suddenly became much uglier!