After Gu Zhisang appeared, all the details about the death of Xing's daughter-in-law in the village came to light.
Based on the known information, it can be inferred that the dead villagers in the village were basically killed by the "rising corpses" of pregnant ghosts and ghost babies.
What is even more cruel and brutal is that the residual souls that Xi Haihong discovered floating in the cursed barrier of the village are all fragments of the souls of dead villagers.
This shows that the daughter-in-law of the Xing family not only killed people, but also tore apart the souls of the villagers after they died in order to vent her anger.
This is also true for the deceased grandmother-in-law.
Most of her soul was torn into pieces by the evil creature.
The only remaining soul and spirit could not condense into a solid entity. There was only a shadow with a barely discernible outline, huddled in the shaman totem in the house, shivering.
After the host Liu Da integrated the information obtained by all the contestants, he held the microphone in his hand and said to the live camera:
"Dear audience friends, after an afternoon of observation and analysis, the strange things happening in Watuo Village and the stories that may be hidden behind them are gradually coming to light."
"A village deep in the mountains, corpses hanging at the entrance of the village, villagers dying one after another... everything is inextricably linked to a young woman who claimed she had not cheated on her husband but became pregnant unexpectedly, and ultimately died to prove her innocence."
"At this point in the case, all the contestants have completed the commissioned task of 'Exploring the Strange Things in Watuo Village'. Tonight, the staff and contestants of the 'Spiritual Matters' program team will stay in the village for one night.
The case will be closed tomorrow morning. If the contestants have other discoveries or there are new developments in this case, the program team will inform them one by one. Please stay tuned!"
After Liu finished speaking, the live broadcast room turned off the camera.
Many viewers were confused and felt that this help-seeking match started off well but ended badly.
Even the way to deal with the evil creature in the village and the most mysterious "pregnancy truth" of the incident were not clearly revealed, which was too sloppy.
There are also many rational viewers who came out to explain:
[There is definitely no way the program crew will not shoot the sequel. The traffic of Xiaopozong is too high now. If they really shoot something that cannot be explained by science, or some bloody and horrifying scenes, it will definitely not be accepted by the mainstream society. Maybe even the program will be taken off the air.]
[The situation in the village has not been fully revealed. The contestants did a good job, but they just didn't do the additional questions. ]
[According to the production team, what happens next cannot be filmed? Are the contestants staying in the village to catch ghosts?! ]
[The scores haven't come out yet, but Liu Cixin said there might be new news tomorrow. Does this confirm that we need to keep checking? I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Everyone must pay attention to safety!]
【……】
After the live broadcast was paused, entries related to the Watuo Village incident directly jumped to the top of the hot searches.
After confirming that three staff members of the program team were really injured in the car accident and that the old woman in the village had indeed died as revealed in the live broadcast room, many atheists and staunch materialists fell into doubt.
At the same time, more passers-by and the largest metaphysical forum on the Internet were discussing the ghost pregnant woman in Watuo Village and speculating on the truth of the incident.
That evening, the sun had just set and the light in the sky gradually dimmed, and there was no one in the huge Watuo village.
The shops throughout the village closed early and the streets were empty.
If it weren't for the faint light coming from behind the curtained windows, Watuo Village would have looked like a dead and deserted city.
Every household in the village received a yellow talisman in the afternoon.
The strangers from outside the village told them that starting from six o'clock in the evening, all family members should gather in one room.
Just stick this paper on the inside of that room's door and they'll be safe.
During this period, no matter what noise they heard, they must not step out of the house, otherwise they would bear the consequences.
After hearing the outsider speak so seriously and seeing with their own eyes that the fortune teller was killed by the evil spirit, they were so scared that they obeyed.
Many families finished their meals early, and then took their children and parents into the house and closed the door tightly.
Among them, village cadre Lamu and his family also stayed in the master bedroom of their home.
The children in the family were still young, and could not feel the heavy atmosphere and fear in the village. They just thought that their parents were playing some game, and they excitedly lay on the corner of the curtains lifted up by the bed to look at the window gap outside.
As the sky got darker, the wife became more nervous and couldn't help asking:
"Are those outsiders trustworthy? I saw you caught several roosters this afternoon."
Lamu sighed, "It was the master named Gu from that group who wanted it. She also took away the 'General' from the old Chen family."
"Now we can only hope that they are really capable. If we don't trust them, no one else can help our village."
The wife sighed upon hearing this: "What a sin! Even if the Xing family's daughter-in-law has resentment in her heart, she should have vented it enough, right? Does she really want everyone in the village to be buried with her?"
Lamu didn't say anything. After a while, his wife couldn't help but poke him:
"Tell me, is the daughter-in-law of the Xing family really wronged? She lives in her mother-in-law's house. If she really had an affair, would her mother-in-law not have discovered it at all?"
"Then her belly can't have grown bigger on its own!" Lamu said in a muffled voice.
Wife: "I think if we really do it, she can't be so tough."
Lamu frowned impatiently: "What's the point of saying this when the person is dead..."
Before she finished speaking, her little daughter, who was lying on the bed and lifting a corner of the curtain, suddenly cried out in extreme fear:
"Aman, Daddy...there is a weird auntie!"
Lamu and his wife looked at the child.
When they saw the surface of the taut curtains, a chill ran down their spines and their scalps suddenly felt numb.
All I saw was a vague shadow on the tightly drawn curtain.
It looks like a human figure, with distinct limbs and head, but the proportions are extremely distorted.
Lamu's wife was so scared that she was about to cry. She pulled the child into her arms tremblingly, covering her own and the child's mouths and not daring to make a sound.
Although the light transmittance of their curtains is a bit poor, as long as they are drawn during the day and at night, you cannot see the silhouettes of the trees outside.
At this moment, a strange shadow appeared through the window, like a human-shaped creature, quietly sticking to their window and eavesdropping on their conversation.
As if noticing the silence in the room, the sound of nails scratching on the glass slowly began to rise.
When the sound reached the ears of Lamu's family, it scared them crazy!
Lamu broke out in a cold sweat and suddenly turned his head to look at the door.
I saw the yellow talisman pasted on the door was shaking and making a slight sound.
Master Gu from outside said that once the talisman is activated, you must not go out.
Because that thing has already arrived.
Just when they were about to give up and collapse under the torture of this strange sight, the faint shadow on the window began to move.
With a creaking sound, something outside seemed to be climbing away along the window.
After a long time, Lamu's wife's stiff hands slowly loosened, her face pale;
The girl in her arms was crying with snot and tears all over her face...
——
West end of the village
There is a crescent moon in the sky, emitting a faint white light.
A small, not-so-bright light was on in a detached wooden house. Several people were scattered inside the house. They were Gu Zhisang and others who had not left Watuo Village.
The body of the mother-in-law who died in the wooden house during the day has been taken away and placed, but the house is still filled with a lingering smell of death.
At this time, Gu Zhisang was sitting at the table, holding a paper man in his hand, and using a brush to draw the man's facial features and eyes.
When she was drawing the eyeballs, the tip of the extremely fine brush in her hand did not dip into the ink in the inkstone, but instead dotted into the red mucus that had not yet solidified in another small plate - it was blood.
She picked up the pen again, with a cold expression, and added the finishing touches to the paper figures one by one.
As soon as the red pupil sank into the paper, the other people in the room who were watching silently felt that the paper man's face had become more vivid, and the red eyeballs looked a little strange under the light.
Then Gu Zhisang wrote a string of words on the front of the paper man, which was a person's birth date.
Daisy, who was sitting on the kang, was amazed and asked Xi Haihong in a low voice:
"Your Eastern witchcraft is so magical? You can make a 'surrogate doll' with just a piece of paper?!"
In the eyes of psychics like Daisy, although what Gu Zhisang was holding in his hand was a paper man, the aura and energy emanating from the paper man were clearly that of a living person!
This is called a 'surrogate doll' over there.
But this was the first time Daisy had seen such a delicate doll that could be confused with a living person.
Xi Haihong: …
"There are not many people who can do it, and she is the best."
Daisy understood, nodded, and asked, "Will this attract those two evil creatures?"
Xi Haihong said: "It should be possible."
At this time, Gu Zhisang put down his brush, exhaled, raised his eyes and said, "Of course you can."
"That pregnant ghost had already killed their child, but that wasn't enough. She also entered their home to kill the man. This is enough to show that she hated the family deeply. In addition, she failed to kill and was bitten by the black dog, which made her hatred even more intense."
“It won’t let go of this opportunity.”
After the live broadcast ended, Gu Zhisang specifically went to find out the identity information of all the dead in the village and found that they were still related.
First of all, there is the only woman who died. She was the eldest sister of the Xing family and also the elder sister-in-law of the pregnant ghost who hanged herself.
村里人提到她没有一个不说老实。
而且是太老实、太立不住了，让人不知道怎么说才好。
这大姑姐结婚时的彩礼钱就一分没拿到，后头自己组建了家庭、丈夫还算有本事在隔壁村子里开了家小商店，生了一对姐妹花。
可就算丈夫和婆家对她都不错，她还是偏心娘家和自己弟弟，总觉得自己没生出个男孩儿来，还是得扶持弟弟这个家才能立住。
为此她就算得不到亲妈的好脸色，还是经常把家里超市里的油盐酱醋、米面杂粮往娘家拿。
村里人都说这邢大姐的夫家惨，娶了个一心胳膊肘往外拐的媳妇。
因着这大姑姐对自家太好了，邢家媳妇和她的关系反而挺不错的，还经常劝她不要再给自家送东西了，说自己都不好意思拿。
到邢家媳妇死之前，这大姑姐虽然也生气她给自己弟弟戴绿帽子、怀了不知道是谁的孽种，但也没有和邢老太太一样非打即骂。
好几次她都偷偷去找弟媳妇，劝她说‘真话’、劝她把孩子拿了再和弟弟好好生活。
就是这样一对生前连脸都红过、没吵过一次架的姑姐弟媳，在邢家媳妇死了之后，唯一弄死的邢家人，就是这个生前对她很不错的大姑姐。
至于另外四个中年男人和邢家媳妇也没交集。
他们和邢老二的关系还不错，都是一起出村子打工的一批人里的同事，被同一个组织工作、管事的包工头领着。
若说他们和村里其他的外出打工者有什么不同之处，就是他们辛苦了大半年挣的钱款，都被同村的包工头卷跑了。
这是两年前的事儿了。
负责给他们安排工作的工头就是同村的一个年轻人，才二十□□，头脑活络小学毕业就去县城闯**了。
别看这人年龄比他们都小，但在县城呆了十几年早就混成了老油条，靠给村里人介绍工作敛钱。
像邢老二他们干的建筑行业，包吃包住，越勤快挣得钱就越多。
但一般要等工程都结束了，钱款才会一把打到工头账户，再由工头分发给底下的工人。
邢老二一行十来个人辛辛苦苦干了大半年，到了要结工资的时候，这工头因为赌博欠债、卷了几十万的公款跑路了！
这下可把一群村民气坏了。
那些天他们天天堵在工头爹妈的门口，恨不得把他们房子都给拆了，可也无济于事。
再后来邢老二几个兄弟气不过，从一些知情者那里得到了消息，想要去把跑路的工头抓回来、把钱都要回来。
只可惜几人出去跑了一趟，回来的时候灰头土脸、脸色难看，说人还是跑了。
他们忙活了快一年，一分钱没拿到。
而死掉的这四个人，细细纠察竟都是当初和邢老二一起出去、去找工头要钱的人。
就连那个死掉的男孩儿状子，也是几人中最后一个——也是唯一一个没有死掉的男人的独生子。
男孩儿死后、尸体被发现没过多久，这家又差点闹出人命。
这家的男主人那天傍晚在院子里喂小猪崽的时候，不知道被什么东西给割破了喉咙，倒在地上伤口鲜血直涌。
他家养了条叫‘将军’的黑狗，浑身毛色纯黑不带一丝杂色，围在主人的身边疯狂犬吠、吼叫，把屋子里的其他家人都吸引了出来。
好在男人的喉咙没有完全被割断，只是被破坏了气管声带，送去看事婆婆那里给救了回来，现在还躺在家里养病。
要是颈动脉被割断了，怕是天王老子都救不回来了。
村里人都说，那天晚上这家男人肯定是遇到了什么东西，要不是他们家有只通灵性护主的大黑狗，怕是惨死家中。
而那只立下大功的黑狗‘将军’，腹部也被划了一道长长的口子。
总之出了这么多的大事，村民们也没想过要报警。
一是他们知道害人的肯定不是人，有多名村民被卷‘鬼打墙’的时候，都看到了邢家媳妇。
这种厉鬼害人的事件，他们觉得报警了也没用，警察也进不来。
二是他们村子相对闭塞、里头的村民并不信任警察，比起让警方来查案、去医院看病，他们宁愿去找村子里的看事婆婆。
直到节目组第一次打电话给村里的管事时，都被直接拒绝了。
还是事情越来越严重了，他们才不得不寄托外援，同意让节目组进村来拍摄。
了解到这些情况后，顾之桑并不像村民们那样想，觉得邢家媳妇是在无差别报复。
她认为世间万事万物都遵循因果。
邢家媳妇虽然手段狠辣，但它死后最先要报复的人，肯定是它最痛恨的人。
这一户人家两次被它光顾，就更是如此了。
为此顾之桑布下了一个引蛇出洞的套子。
她先是要来了被割喉男人的生辰八字，又取了他的眉间血做‘替身’。
此处的血是除却心头血之外最为重要的、含有精气最浓郁的血液。
以眉间血点纸人睛，可以做到真正的纸身人魂。
对于死后已经没有了五感的阴魂凶物来说，气息才是它们辨别活人身份的关键。
顾之桑又在那户人家设下隐匿阵法，把他们的气息屏蔽；
这样一来对于凶物，这个纸人自然就成了自己想要下手的对象。
再加上黑狗确实通灵、对邪祟有着一定的克制能力，也的确是它当时拼死保护主人、赶走了凶物，才让这个男人免于一死。
在凶物看来，这只狗破坏了它的好事，它肯定也狗恨之入骨。
顾之桑把‘将军’领来，自然又是双重吸引。
她摸了摸脚边的黑狗脑袋。
纯黑土狗用湿漉漉的鼻子蹭了蹭她的手心，低头时还能看到‘将军’的肚皮上有一道长长疤痕。
这还是白慈治愈过后的伤处。
黑土狗刚被领来时一瘸一拐、精气神低靡。
它腹部的伤口是被凶物所伤，带着浓郁的死气和阴煞，让它伤口无法愈合，那一处的血肉都腐烂发臭了。
治愈之后，它的精神才好了许多。
'将军’正蹭着，忽然警觉地抬起了头，看向昏暗窗外，一双黑亮的眼珠陡然变得凶狠。
低沉的呜咽声从它喉咙中发出，像是在发出阵阵威胁。
顾之桑抬眼看向窗外。
只见墙上、窗上贴着的符箓都在轻颤，屋中的气温陡然降低，一股淡淡的腐烂气味不断蔓延。
“来了。”
屋里其他人对视一眼，面露严肃。
就在这时，一道含着幽怨的声音从屋外响起：“阿爹、阿曼……是我啊，状子回来了……”
“给我开门啊阿爹，我身上好疼，外面好黑……我好害怕啊阿爹……”
屋内的‘将军’支起身子，猛地朝着窗户的方向疯狂犬吠，不间断的吼声让屋外的声音更加幽怨。
“将军你知道我回来了，对吗？”
“阿曼阿爹，你们为什么、不给……状子开门啊？！”
分明是年轻男性的声音愈来愈尖，到最后陡然拔高，简直让人头皮发麻。
就在屋外尖啸响起的瞬间，屋子里面悬挂着的小灯陡然爆开。
‘砰’地一声巨响声之下，整个屋子里陷入一片黑暗，让人心脏瞬间沉到谷底。
人的眼睛适应光线是需要一定时间的。
但是想要置人于死地的东西，并不会给你适应的机会。
梭梭的攀爬声在漆黑的环境中令人头皮发麻，同时也会放大因看不见而生出的恐惧感。
一个不足半米长的东西猛地从黑暗中弹起，扑到了床榻上放置的纸人身上。
它锋利的尸爪和牙齿狠狠撕裂了纸人的肚子。
预想中鲜甜热乎的血浆并没有喷出来，它撕裂的这个‘人类’身体一下就烂了，憋了下去。
凶物愣了片刻，下一秒一盆腥气扑鼻的公鸡血便从天而降，精准地兜了凶物一身。
蕴有驱邪之气的公鸡血一沾上身，那凶物便像是被烈火灼烧似得，疯狂尖叫、打滚。
它瞪着一双凸起的眼球，攀爬到墙壁上想要逃走。
字句清晰的咒术从一个女人口中传出。
'哧’的一声，顾之桑指尖夹着的黄符燃起明火，把墙上血迹斑斑、以及造成这一切的凶物照了个清楚。
那是一只身体青黑色的婴形凶物，獠牙突出双目赤红，类似僵尸。
见它还想逃，顾之桑口中咒术不停，一扬手数道提前布好的符火朝着那婴形凶物而去。
婴形凶物攀爬得极快。
它自以为躲过了所有的真火符箓，下一秒便被一枚力道极大、带着术数之力的镇邪钉贯穿了颅骨，整个身体都被钉在了墙上。
另一边其他几人破门而出，各自拿着法器，在木屋的四周警戒。
他们本是要抓另一只凶物，可出来之后却发现，那只母体凭空消失了。
木屋周围什么都没有。
奚海红手中提着一柄短剑，在夜色中小心谨慎，她总觉得浑身发毛，可视野中完全看不到凶物。
At this moment, the other three people exclaimed almost one after another, which made her heart skip a beat.
"Watch your back!"
Xi Haihong turned her head and her expression changed drastically.
A charred corpse with twisted limbs pounced towards her from behind and above. Its face was as red as if covered in blood, and its pair of dark eye sockets was particularly terrifying.
The 'corpse' of the Xing family's daughter-in-law was actually lying on the roof of the wooden house!
That’s why they didn’t see it when they were chasing after them.
He Mi Tu directly threw the 'Oil Ghost' off his shoulder, and the small wooden statue seemed to come alive, rushing over quickly and hugging the legs of the monster.
But this only had a momentary distraction.
The Xing family's daughter-in-law's 'resurrection' is too fierce!
It directly shook off the "Oil Ghost", raised its zombie-like hands, and was about to tear Xi Haihong's body into two pieces.
"Taishang Laojun taught me how to kill ghosts and gave me divine methods. I called the Jade Maiden to take away the bad luck. I climbed the mountain and the rocks cracked, and I wore a seal...①"
At the critical moment, the sound of a spell came from not far away.
Immediately afterwards, a long wooden sword with the power to break the wind came towards the direction of the monster at an extremely fast speed.
"…The divine master kills and strikes without fear of the powerful. He kills the evil ghosts first and then cuts off the night light. What god will not surrender? What ghost dares to confront him? Hurry and obey the order!①"
When the last word of "Demon Killing Curse" came out, the wooden sword with the power to kill evil fell at the same time.
The sword, with unstoppable force, slashed down along the neck of the 'zombie' of the Xing family's daughter-in-law, and with a 'click', it chopped off the 'zombie's' head.
The head of the corpse fell to the ground, and the wooden sword trembled as it pierced the ground...
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① Ghost-killing Curse