Ma Suifeng looked at the child who was only a few days old, with a red face and constantly crying. Ma Suifeng was an old bachelor and didnt know how to take care of children, so he got anxious and had no time to deal with it again. He thought that saving people was urgent, this place had bad air, and it was an old tomb, where snakes, rats, insects, and ants were inevitable. He picked up the basket and prepared to leave, not caring about anything else.

  Before leaving, he took a glance at the left front and saw a tomb passage with two stone gates that were already half open. He thought of sending the child out first and then coming back, so he crawled out naked through the thief hole...

  Li Lao Er and others, after Ma Suifeng left, didnt dare to go out anymore. They hid in their own homes, holding a shotgun, and any slight movement outside the door could make them nervous. At this moment, they could only shout for help from all kinds of gods, Buddhas, and even Marx.

  The gate creaked open, and the big white goose that was quietly sleeping with its head down suddenly woke up. It flapped its neck and let out a loud "Ga, ga, ga!" as it charged into the courtyard, its wings on its back flapping wildly. Unfortunately, a rope tied it to the door ring, and the old gander went crazy, struggling desperately until many of its feathers were plucked out.

  The yard suddenly made such a big noise, and Lao Er wouldnt know? To say that when he was young, he had dealt with the dead many times, and he hadnt encountered strange things either. But after all, that was his youthful vigor, and his temper was fierce. Later, he was scared by his older brother, and as he grew older, his courage also dwindled. This person is like a dog that was scared into urinating when it was young, and when it grows up, it will definitely be timid. Once bitten by a snake, even walking in the grass and seeing a rope would make him jump with fright.

  Li Lao Er was so scared that he looked like a sieve, with his hands clutching his head and wanting to dig a hole in the ground to hide. He didnt dare look out again. All he could hear was another burst of "crashing" sounds coming from the courtyard, probably the porcelain dishes that were originally used for tributes had shattered into pieces. Li Lao Ers eyes trembled as he glanced up at the window, where a dark shadow was swaying back and forth against the starlight outside.

  He thought of what Ma Suifeng had told him, as long as he didnt go out, that thing would absolutely not come in to make trouble. At this moment, all the openings in his house that could be entered were pasted with symbols, even the chimney was not spared. Outside, a strong wind suddenly started blowing, causing the crooked-necked willow tree in the yard to rustle "shasha" continuously, and the big white goose cried out more and more excitedly.

  The wind blew that broken window "huh huh" shaking, this window was pasted with white paper, such a big wind cant withstand for long and will shatter soon. However, the symbol on the window remained stable and unaffected by the wind. This was painted by Ma Su before he left, and he casually spat some saliva to paste it up, which turned out to be more secure than the window paper pasted with glue.

  The wind lasted for about four or five minutes, and the window paper bulged several times without breaking. Suddenly, a fire burst out in the yard, and through the window, I saw a sea of flames outside, but I didnt know what had happened.

  Just then, there was a loud "bang" outside the house, and the door was kicked open again. Ma Suifeng held the child in one hand and looked at the two large fires burning in the courtyard with the other hand, and he had about 80% confidence that this matter was basically settled.

  When he left, he put an egg in the chest of each of the two straw men, at the position of the heart. The outside of this egg was wrapped with a golden silk circle, with a living button, similar to the fox hunting ring used by hunters in winter. This thing was not for catching foxes, but for catching internal organs, and the golden silk was called "ghostly escape". It is said that this method was invented by Ling Zhengyang.

  Dirty things are actually intangible and formless, just a breath of air that can enter the ground and advance into caves. All eyes and fleshly bodies cannot see or touch them. Therefore, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign legends about evil spirits and ghosts are common, from official histories to unofficial histories, all have records, but no one has ever caught a ghost to show off, because it is essentially a non-substantial thing.

  Ling Zhengyang was originally a disciple of a famous school, but he liked to take the road less traveled and blaze his own trail. He came up with an idea - to wrap gold thread tightly around the inkstone box, dye it black, and use it as a rope to bind evil spirits. Since ancient times, the inkstone has been known to suppress evil, also known as the "corpse-binding rope". Ling Zhengyang used this thread to make a snare.

  The evil spirit is cruel, and with every move, it wants to take peoples lives. It digs into the heart and lungs, taking advantage of this weakness. The specific method is to tie up a straw man, stick the eight characters of a living person on its back as a guide, and then add a soul-borrowing charm. This can make the persons life force leave their body for a moment and attach itself to the straw man. If the soul leaves the body for too long, it will be dangerous. At most, after a short time, by the next day, one might feel a bit tired, but after sleeping, everything will be fine.

  The evil spirit was born from evil thoughts, it must harm people and must find the living, with a soul there is a human smell, this is not enough, he thought of another method, to choose those eggs that have been fertilized by an old hen for a good while and are about to hatch, also known as "fertile eggs" nowadays.

  Inside the happy egg is a live chicken, only not yet hatched, its moving, put this on the grass mans chest to make the evil spirit mistakenly think its the heart and lungs, it will definitely stretch out its hand to dig. At this time, the ghosts hand has fallen into the golden thread loop, which is the real "ghost cant escape". At this time, set up the Three Purity Formation outside to borrow divine power.

  The key to this bureau is that goose. Geese, especially ganders, are abnormally ferocious domestic animals, guarding the house and recognizing their owners, often more effective than dogs. The goose itself has a beautiful posture, extremely similar to the sacred bird of the crane, can be used as a vehicle for the heavenly god to descend to the world, it is able to see the dirty things that people cannot see.

  On its back, the three small flags are extraordinary. Inside the flagpole is a small pole inserted into a hollow pole, and between the two poles, sulfur and gunpowder are buried, and an ignition line is also pressed, which will lead to the straw man all the way.

  When the goose sees dirty things, it will keep flapping its wings, and the flagpole will rub against the empty pole to generate heat and ignite sulfur and saltpeter, burning the straw man locked by the golden thread along the fuse line. This is called "Samadhi True Fire", which is a combination of Shi Zhong Huo, Mu Zhong Huo, and Kong Zhong Huo, with the blessing of San Qing Zun Shen, how can it not eliminate evil spirits?

  When the two flames were extinguished, Ma Suifeng entered the house and pulled out Li Laobei who was hiding under the bed board: "Tomorrow, go to the city to buy a few feet of new cloth for me, and make a set of clothes for Laozi. This requirement is not excessive, right?"

  "No money..."

  Ma Suifeng couldnt take it anymore and shouted with wide eyes: "No money, no money, you cant let me go out naked tomorrow, how can I go out?"

  This roar could wake up the doll in his arms, and it started wailing loudly.

  "Hey, where did you get this kid from?"

  "Whats it to you?" Ma Suifeng glanced around the room, his eyes taking in the poverty-stricken appearance of the family. The only thing they had left was a bed sheet, which he said, "Alright, I wont make things difficult for you. Tomorrow, take this bed sheet and find a tailor to make some clothes for me."

  "This...?"

  "Is it because you cant bear to part with it? Alright then, take a look at the red line on your belly."

  Li Lao Er lowered his head to take a look, and oh, the red line on his belly was still there, it had just faded a bit, the joint was slightly concave, the swelling wasnt as obvious as before, but it still felt a bit itchy, he had been so scared that he almost forgot about it earlier.

  "Dao Zhang, Im not done yet? Didnt you get rid of it?"

  Ma Su smiled and said, "Do as I say, either go out now and find me a set of clothes to come back with, or tomorrow morning youll have to make me a new suit with your bare butt on the street."

  Li Lao Ers face fell as he said, "Its so late, where can I go to find clothes?"

  "Whose door is cool, grab two pieces by the way, isnt this your specialty? Youve even stolen from the dead, what are you afraid of from the living?" He thought for a moment and said: "Oh right, I remember, that Liu accountant in your village has some good Dulang fabric, I saw his wife washing and drying it at the door this afternoon, go grab it."

  "Accountant Liu?" Li Lao Er sucked in a breath of cold air and said: "That person is usually so stingy that he wouldnt even pull out a chicken feather, but when he buys a piece of pork fat, he comes out every day to brag about eating meat. You want me to steal his clothes? Besides, his familys single-plank bridge is the longest in the village, and everyone can see it. If you wear his clothes, wont you be caught?"

  Ma Suifeng had not been in Hongcun for long, but he had heard a lot about Liu the accountant. This man was good at arithmetic, his parents did not support him, one died of starvation on the way to beg for food, and the other died of illness in the thatched house. When they died, there was no coffin, nor even a grass mat to wrap them in, they were simply buried in the ground.

  He drove his three children to the fields every day like cattle, and after completing their public duties, they had to work extra hours. The little dividend they earned was all taken away by him at the end of the year when he settled accounts with the village. Last year, his daughter got married, and he even signed a contract with his son-in-law, stipulating that any money his daughter earned within fifteen years after marriage must be handed over to her family; otherwise, she would not be allowed to enter the house.

  What a stingy master who is worthless, who can he discipline if he cant even discipline Ma Su?

  Ma Suifeng was feeding the infant with a spoon while repeatedly waving her hand: "Dont bother, you hurry up and take it away, there are still children here, I have to find a wet nurse for this child, cant just walk into someones house naked, or else theyll think Im a hoodlum and beat me to death, who will I look for?"

  Before leaving, Li Lao Er turned his head and looked at Ma Su again: "Master Dao, I think his wife still has a pair of flower pants, do you want to take them together?"

  "Get out!"