It turned out that the villagers had woken up long ago.
"You have been guarding outside the whole time, how come you didn't notice that they woke up?" Lu Chuan frowned and looked at the team members with some questioning eyes.
It's not that he didn't trust his team members, but with so many eyes watching, no one noticed that the villagers in the house had woken up, and they didn't even notice that someone had left the house. It was too outrageous.
It seems that the intensity of their usual training is not enough, causing them to fail at the critical moment.
The team members also felt guilty: "I'm sorry, Captain, we were watching the house the whole time and didn't see anyone come out... We will definitely practice more when we get back."
"We'll discuss this when we get back. The victims are still in the cellar, and we can't let them go down there." Seeing some villagers heading towards the pigpen, Lu Chuan's eyes narrowed. "Remember, don't harm the villagers unless necessary."
The police are there to protect the people. Regardless of whether the villagers of Paner Village are wrong or not, they are all citizens.
As citizens, they must be protected, and the court should decide on the matter of conviction, not them.
The team members responded in unison: "Yes."
Lu Chuan and others walked out of the house, intercepted the villagers going to the cellar, tried to snatch the weapons from the villagers' hands, and persuaded the villagers to lay down their weapons and stop being stubborn.
But the villagers wouldn't listen.
Several police officers in Luchuan were unwilling to point their weapons at the villagers, and gradually fell into a weak position and were surrounded by the villagers.
The villagers approached little by little, and Lu Chuan's finger was on the trigger, but he never pressed it.
If given the chance, he still didn't want to open the wooden warehouse to the villagers.
At this time, the villagers were only five steps away from the police. If they got one step closer, Lu Chuan would have to fight back.
However, at this moment, a crisp bell rang, and red silk appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the ankles and wrists of the villagers.
The villagers' hands and feet were tied and they could no longer get close to Lu Chuan and others.
Lu Chuan and others took advantage of the time to distance themselves from the villagers. They looked behind them, wanting to know who was helping them.
The sound of the bell was getting closer and closer, but Lu Chuan and others didn't see anyone coming.
The villagers were terrified, muttering, "It's Cuihong... We've already asked a Taoist priest to calm her spirit, so why hasn't she dissipated yet? No, if this continues, she'll kill us..."
The village chief, also bound, disagreed. He sternly rebuked the villagers, "Don't talk nonsense! Cuihong was at our mercy when she was alive. How could she possibly possess such extraordinary abilities after her death? In my opinion, it's because Lin Er was so sickly and deficient in yang energy that he couldn't control Cuihong after her death, allowing her to come out and scare us."
The village chief tore off the red silk wrapped around his wrist and said, "If I had known she would be so troublesome, I should have poured black dog blood on her grave, planted a few willow trees, and pasted some yellow talismans to dispel her evil spirit. Once Lin Er can control her, I want to see how she can still come out to scare people."
Perhaps the village chief's words angered Cuihong, and more and more red silk flew towards the village chief, tightly wrapping around his body, making him unable to move at all.
The sound of the bells became more and more chaotic. The villagers looked at the village chief who was wrapped like a cocoon, closed their eyes in fear, and trembled all over.
Cuihong was so terrifying that even the Taoist priests couldn't get rid of her.
They all participated in Cuihong and Lin Er's wedding. The village chief, who served as the witness, has been retaliated by Cuihong. No one can guarantee that he will not be the next one.
“Tick-tock, tick-tock—”
The raindrops fell one by one, at first there were only three or two drops, but in a breath, it turned into a heavy rain.
In the pouring rain, the red silk wrapped around the villagers became wet, and the bright red dye fell to the ground with the rain. After the red color faded, the silk turned white, and even the sound of the bells became desolate and mournful in people's ears.
A woman in white clothes and a white veil appeared behind the villagers in the rain.
The rain fell on her body, but failed to wet her paper wedding dress. However, two lines of red marks were left under her veil.
The woman in white walked towards the villagers crying, and with her slender hands, which were so pale that they looked bloodless, she easily snatched the weapons from the villagers' hands.
When Lu Chuan and others saw this scene, their hair stood on end.
Because, this woman in the paper wedding dress is floating in the air.
Combined with what the villagers just said, this woman is undoubtedly a ghost.
The white silk was originally smooth and soft, but now it was harder to break free from than a hemp rope.
The Lin family woman's breathing was short and she trembled as she called out the name of the woman in white: "Cuihong, don't come over here. You and Lin Er have entered into a ghost marriage. You are my daughter-in-law. You can't hurt me! If you hurt me, my son will not let you go!"
The woman from the Lin family didn't say anything, and Cuihong hadn't thought of looking for her yet. But when she called out to her, Cuihong's gaze fell on her instead.
Cuihong grabbed the Lin family woman's chin with one hand and sneered, "Do you really think that Lin Er can subdue me after he dies? How ridiculous! He couldn't control me when he was alive. You forced me to marry him in the afterlife and hired a bunch of fake Taoist priests to perform magic tricks. Do you think you can make me submit to Lin Er after death? You're just dreaming!"
"Haha, that coward Lin Er scared himself to death without me having to do anything. And you still want him to continue the family line for your Lin family? What a dream!" Cuihong really wanted to dig out the heart of the woman from the Lin family with one claw, but after looking at Lu Chuan and the others, she restrained herself.
Cuihong let go of the Lin family woman, turned around and floated towards Luchuan. As she moved forward, the sound of bells rang again.
Cuihong stopped in front of Luchuan and sighed, "You came too late. Too many sisters have died in this village. But fortunately, you still came. From now on, no woman will be persecuted in this village anymore."
Lu Chuan opened his mouth to say something, but it was the first time he had seen a ghost, and his shattered worldview had not yet been completely rebuilt. His mind was in a mess at the moment, and he didn't know what to ask.
Before he could say anything, he was filled with rainwater.
He quickly spat out the rainwater in his mouth, lowered his head and led his team to arrest the villagers first.
Cuihong looked at Lu Chuan's series of actions and felt that he was a little stupid.
Is this what all policemen do when they see a ghost for the first time?
That's quite interesting.
"Hey, were you called here by the master? I helped you tie up these villagers. In return, you should take me away from Paner Village. I want to see the master. My grave is next to Lin Er's grave behind the village. When you take people away, remember to take me with you!" Cuihong disappeared out of thin air after she said this.
Only the white silk tied on the villagers' hands and feet proved that she had indeed been there.
Shortly after Cuihong disappeared, the sound of a baby crying was heard from the cellar.
A man in a straw raincoat rushed over in the rain. He saw the police handcuffing villagers in the yard from afar. He lowered his straw raincoat and snorted coldly, "You're just a piece of mercenary, and you're still dreaming of escaping? Do you really think you can successfully escape the village just because the police are here?"
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