"The male corpse hasn't been identified yet, and he died six months later than the female," the police officer said. "But after being submerged in water for six months, the body should have been mostly decomposed, but the man's body is still remarkably well-preserved, which is another incredible thing."
Lu Qingjiu frowned and said, "Officer, may I ask your name?"
The policeman said, "My name is Hu Shu, you can just call me Officer Hu."
"Officer Hu, I actually don't know what happened. I just had a nightmare," Lu Qingjiu said. "Half a year ago, I was still working in the city. My neighbors can testify that I never came back, so I can't really say what happened."
Hu Shu said, "I know. We have already investigated this matter." After discovering the body, they went back and investigated Lu Qingjiu's background in detail. They determined that he had not been back to his hometown for a long time, and basically ruled out the possibility that he had committed the crime.
Since Lu Qingjiu had nothing to do with this matter, the case was heading even further towards the supernatural. Officer Hu made a bitter face and sighed again.
Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu could only pat his shoulder to comfort him.
There were still no clues, so the police left the scene after investigating in Lu Qingjiu's backyard for a few days. Of course, this time they thoroughly checked the well to make sure there would be no corpses or anything like that in the well water again.
"You'd better hire someone to perform a ritual." The whole village had heard about what happened to the Lu family and felt it was unlucky. Uncle Li, a neighbor, said, "A stranger died in this family's backyard. It's unlucky."
"It's okay." Lu Qingjiu said, "I don't believe that."
"Hey, kid," Uncle Li said, "I know you don't believe it, but everyone else in the village does. If you don't invite someone to perform a ritual, everyone else will be afraid to come to your house."
Lu Qingjiu was slightly stunned. He hadn't thought of this before. He hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Then I'll go back and think about it."
"Okay." Uncle Li said, "That witch He at the east end of the village is quite effective. My son was possessed by a ghost last time, and it was she who came to call back the soul."
Lu Qingjiu said: "Okay."
After returning home, he hesitantly found Bai Yuehu and asked him very tactfully if he was afraid of people like witches. Bai Yuehu had been dozing off in a chair when he heard him, raised his eyelids, and said, "What kind of witch?"
"It's at the entrance of the village." Lu Qingjiu repeated what his neighbor said, "If you are afraid of this, then we won't invite him." He originally wanted to agree to Uncle Li, but then he remembered that he still had a lazy vixen hidden, so he had to change his words immediately and said he would go back and think about it.
"Please." Bai Yuehu closed his eyes again, yawned, and said, "No one here can move me, but..."
"But what?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"The well behind your house still has a magical power." Bai Yuehu said, "Ordinary people might be affected if they get close to it."
"Wish power?" Lu Qingjiu asked, "What is that?"
"It's a kind of obsession left behind before a person dies," Bai Yuehu said. "If the hatred is particularly strong, it will form a curse force, but if it's just obsession, it's a willpower. As for the effect, I don't know, but at least it won't kill you."
Lu Qingjiu said: "Oh... Then I'll ask the witch to see if it can be removed."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yuehu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but finally fell silent, continuing to look like he was about to fall asleep at any moment.
The next day, Lu Qingjiu went to the village to ask for help from the witch surnamed He. The witch looked to be in her seventies or eighties, with almost no hair and patched clothes. She looked a bit mysterious. After listening to Lu Qingjiu's request, she said a long string of incomprehensible words and then made an OK gesture to Lu Qingjiu.
Lu Qingjiu thought that this witch was quite stylish and could actually do it, so he said, "Thank you so much, when are you free to come over?"
He Shenpo frowned, reached out and grabbed Lu Qingjiu's shoulder, and stretched her hand in front of Lu Qingjiu.
Lu Qingjiu looked at her in confusion until her dry lips moved and uttered two words: "Three hundred."
Lu Qingjiu: “…………”
After a long silence, Lu Qingjiu said nothing, took out three hundred yuan from his pocket, and handed it to the witch's hand tremblingly.
The witch took the money and finally withdrew her "OK" finger. She said, "Go there tomorrow and prepare a big rooster. It must be alive!"
Lu Qingjiu: “…Okay.”
After returning from the witch's house, Lu Qingjiu went to his neighbor Uncle Li to buy a large rooster. Uncle Li was generous and asked Lu Qingjiu how it was. Lu Qingjiu said the witch would come tomorrow. Uncle Li was relieved and said that the witch was quite powerful and that after performing the ritual, the well should be fine. Lu Qingjiu thought that even if it was fine, he would not dare to use it, because the water in it had been used to soak people who had died...
When Yin Xun heard that Lu Qingjiu's family was going to hold a ritual, he ran over before dawn the next day. Lu Qingjiu was still brushing his teeth at the laundry chute in the front yard. Seeing his eyes shining, he was surprised: "Why are you so excited?"
Yin Xun said, "Oh, it's been a while since I've seen a witch perform a ritual. I kind of miss her."
Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu looked at Yin Xun with a strange look in his eyes: "Who are you missing? The witch? You have a strong taste."
Yin Xun: "Friend, what are you talking about?"
Lu Qingjiu said nothing and patted his best friend's shoulder.
At around seven o'clock, just as the sky was getting light, the witch arrived, carrying a cloth bag that looked like it contained a lot of things. Bai Yuehu was still sleeping, and Lu Qingjiu didn't care about him. It didn't matter whether he woke up or not.
The witch muttered something to herself as she walked to the wellhead and began to place some things there. Lu Qingjiu watched from the side. Some of these things were paper bowls, some were paper ingots. Although Lu Qingjiu recognized most of them, he had no idea what they were used for.
Naturally, the witch would not explain to Lu Qingjiu. She held the long sword in her hand, muttered something in a mysterious way, danced around the wellhead, then grabbed the rooster on the ground, swung the long sword, and actually cut off the rooster's head.
Yin Xun, who was standing next to him, hissed when he saw this scene and whispered, "How fierce."
Lu Qingjiu didn't say anything. He was wondering if the rooster could still be eaten after the ritual... He felt that making a chicken pot seemed like a good idea.
After the witch chopped off the chicken's head, blood spilled all over the floor. She then collected the blood in a bowl, drank a mouthful of it, and sprayed it toward the wellhead.
Seeing this scene, Lu Qingjiu thought that it was not easy to earn those three hundred yuan. It really took a lot of effort to be a fortune teller these days.
It took over an hour before He the witch called it a day. When she was done, Lu Qingjiu politely asked if the chicken was still edible. The witch glared at Lu Qingjiu and said, "This is a used chicken. How can you eat it? You'll get sick if you eat it. The well can be used, but you can't drink the water from it."
Lu Qingjiu nodded, thanked the witch, and saw her walking away with the chicken's body.
Yin Xun glanced at the chicken reluctantly and said, "What a big chicken it is. It's a shame to lose it."
"Yeah." Lu Qingjiu sighed, "What a pity."
The two men cleaned up the area around the well and then returned to their work. The yard was now awash with a flock of chirping chicks, adding a touch of liveliness. These chicks were incredibly brave and not at all shy. Their reaction to strangers was to peck at them with their tender yellow beaks. Li Xiaoyu was pecked several times the first time he saw them, but thankfully, the chicks weren't particularly aggressive. Yin Xun couldn't help but sigh, "What newborn chicks aren't afraid of mushrooms!" He said he'd go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms after the rain.
"This is my chicken." Bai Yuehu, who had been quiet, suddenly expressed his opinion. He said, "I will treat you the same way you treat them."
Yin Xun: “…”
Lu Qingjiu: “Hahahahaha.”
Then he saw Yin Xun, the idiot, grab a chicken and kiss its butt, then look at Bai Yuehu provocatively.
White Moon Fox: "..."
Lu Qingjiu laughed so hard that tears came out, especially Bai Yuehu's ugly expression, which made him laugh uncontrollably.
In the end, Yin Xun gave up the idea of killing the chickens, looked at them and said that he would make a long-term plan after they grew up.
After the witch came and performed the ritual, Lu Qingjiu's home became quiet and the villagers' talk gradually died down. Just when Lu Qingjiu thought that the matter was over, something happened that no one expected - something happened to witch He.
It was a cloudy morning. Lu Qingjiu was sitting outside the window washing pig stomachs with Yin Xun. The pig stomachs were bought yesterday and they were going to make soup with them today. The two were figuring out how to wash the pig stomachs especially clean when there was a loud bang on the door.
"Who is it?" Yin Xun asked.
"It's me." The voice of witch He came over.
Lu Qingjiu said, "Why are you here?" He stood up, walked to the door and opened it, but was stunned the moment he saw He Shenpo.
As if she had guessed Lu Qingjiu's reaction, He the witch trembled all over, and even her voice was hoarse. She said, "I...I've been cursed by your well!"
Lu Qingjiu: "...Is this a curse?"
Witch He touched her long, thick hair and said, "Is it okay?"
Lu Qingjiu: “…” He decided to change the name of his well to Overlord Anti-fall Well.
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