Chapter 162 Everything points to Lin Xi
The Taoist priest held his peach wood sword and walked eastward all the way from the Taoist priest's position all the way to Linxi's silkworm house before stopping.
Most people in the village were dumbfounded. Isn't this where Linxi raises silkworms? Why would the Taoist come here?
"This is the place. There are evil things causing trouble." The old Taoist priest looked around sharply. "This place is not suitable for doing anything. Who is so bold as to build a house here?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Xi at the same time, and in an instant, Lin Xi seemed to have become the target of everyone's criticism.
Cui Hongyue was incredulous about this result. "Master, are you seeing things? It's just a place where silkworms are raised. How could there be any evil things there?"
The Taoist priest said nothing and walked into the silkworm room. After looking at the silkworms for a while, he pointed at them with a frown and said, "You are so disrespectful to living things. No wonder you attract these evil creatures."
Xue Lili refused to believe that these silkworms would attract any evil spirits. "Master, there were people raising silkworms in the village before, and I've never heard of such a thing happening."
Wang Xiaoling, who hadn't been seen for a long time, suddenly stood up and said, "In the past, people in the village only raised a small number of silkworms. No one raises such a large number like you do. To be honest, I don't know where you got so many silkworms from."
As soon as Wang Xiaoling said this, others followed suit.
"I've long felt that there was something wrong with his business, and now it seems to be a serious problem."
Boss Cui Hongyue was unhappy. "You wanted me to introduce you to work here before, but you're taking advantage of me when I'm still unsure. Fortunately, I didn't introduce you here in the first place."
The woman was not to be outdone, "I knew you were doing a dishonest business. If I had come in, I might have brought trouble to my family. Fortunately, I didn't come in."
Cui Hongyue and Xue Lili felt more and more disheartened. When they worked here before, everyone in the village was jealous.
Many people also approached them privately, hoping to be introduced and saying all kinds of good things about themselves.
But now things haven't been completely clarified yet, and they are in a hurry to distance themselves from the matter. People's hearts are really fickle.
The Taoist priest stood in front of Lin Xi, with a serious face, and pretended to count with his fingers. Suddenly, his face changed drastically, "You are not born and raised here. You came here because of a major change."
When Wang Xiaoling heard this, she immediately flattered him, "Master, you are truly amazing. Neither of them are from our village. They were exiled from the capital."
Wang Xiaoling also placed special emphasis on the word "exile".
The Taoist priest seemed to be thinking about something. "No wonder it's like this. You, a woman, are destined to be in the capital. You came here to run a business that was too high-profile. You conflicted with the local energy and naturally attracted evil spirits."
As soon as Lin Xi heard it, he knew that this Taoist priest's level was really not that good. He couldn't even find any decent theoretical terms, and could only say something evil.
"Master, whether I have a conflict with this place or not is not the main purpose of your visit this time." Lin Xi said with a smile, "Have you found out the specific reasons for those strange things that happened in the village before?"
"There's nothing strange, it's all because of you." The Taoist priest pointed his peach wood sword directly at Lin Xi.
Xiao Yongyan was furious and broke the peach wood sword with his left hand.
This sudden change made everyone look down upon. In everyone's mind, Xiao Yongyan has always been a gentle and kind person, and no one expected that he would be so powerful in combat.
"Master," Xiao Yongyan said coldly, "my wife and I were exiled here by the will of the emperor. You said that my wife and I are in conflict with the local qi and are not good for the people here. Does that mean that the emperor's decision was wrong and he wants to murder his own people?"
Xiao Yongyan stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a clear and loud voice with full of energy. His entire demeanor was more imperial than that of an emperor.
The Taoist priest was so shocked by the momentum that he didn't know what to say.
"Brother Xiao," Zhao Tan squeezed out of the crowd, "The Taoist priest is a person from the secular world, don't scare him with these things."
"I'm just asking casually, not trying to scare you." Xiao Yongyan said.
The Taoist priest glanced at Zhao Tan, took a deep breath, and said again, "I am only here to help people solve their problems. I have no other intentions. If this woman is still in the village, the village will never have peace."
These words scared everyone present. What did it mean to have no peace forever? Did they have to suffer this torture for the rest of their lives?
"Village head, what should we do? Why don't we let Lin Xi and the others move out?" someone suggested.
However, some villagers disagreed with this idea. "Since they can find the problem, they may have a way to solve it. Why are they in such a hurry to ask people to move out? Besides, where can they move to?"
Everyone had different opinions and was arguing a lot.
Zhao Tan motioned for everyone to be quiet and asked, "Master, do you have any suggestions?"
"As long as this girl leaves the village, everything will return to normal." said the Taoist priest.
At this point, if Lin Xi still can't figure out what's going on in front of her, she would be unworthy of being a workplace elite.
"From what the Taoist said, I have to leave today even if I don't want to." Lin Xi said.
The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Madam, I don't mean to drive you away. It's just that you don't get along with this place. Leaving will be a good thing for you and others."
At this moment, Lin Xi felt that if he continued to endure, he would become a Ninja Turtle. "You think I can't see it, you fake Taoist priest."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people around them were immediately shocked.
As soon as this Taoist priest arrived, he made trouble in the village for the whole night. Now Lin Xi said that he was a fake Taoist priest, but everything they did yesterday was in vain.
The old Taoist priest probably didn't expect that he would run into such a tough guy. He was so angry that he was shaking all over. "What are you talking about, little lady? What right do you have to say that I am a fake?"
"Do I even need to ask this?" Lin Xi looked him up and down. "If you really want to, you might as well tell me your name, which school you belong to, where did you learn from, and I know Mr. Bao."
The old Taoist priest was choked by Lin Xi's words and was speechless for a long time.
Wang Jing surrounded the old Taoist priest and said, "Why are you silent? You were quite talkative just now. I'm afraid my sister-in-law was right. You are actually a fake."
Zhao Tan said angrily, "I say, you guys, are you starting to make trouble now? Are you feeling guilty because the Taoist priest said it right?"
"Guilty?" Lin Xi laughed. "Yesterday, we found a wooden board with artificial footprints in the back mountain. It has been confirmed that those footprints were man-made. Today, the Taoist priest pointed to the east and said there was a big problem. Village head, isn't your house also in the east? Why is there a problem with my silkworm house?"
The old Taoist frowned and said, "The hexagram indicates that it is right here."
"Here? Taoist priest, is it the silkworm or the human that attracted the evil spirit? You clearly pointed at the silkworm, but asked me to leave. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?" Lin Xi questioned.
The Taoist priest was forced into a corner by Lin Xi, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He suddenly took out a talisman from his arms and quickly stuck it on Lin Xi's forehead, "Village head, this woman has been invaded by an evil spirit, and must be eliminated immediately!"
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