Parents, we must be careful about this. No matter the reason why this talisman was placed in our house, it could bring us utter disaster. I think we should search the house again to see if we have any more talismans.
Mr. and Mrs. Su, realizing the seriousness of the situation, nodded and said, "Okay, let's search again, thoroughly inside and out." The family members each set out to search the house and its surroundings once more.
Finally, they found a talisman in an inconspicuous corner. Looking at the two talismans on the table, the family felt heavy-hearted. Putting talismans in their home at this critical time was an attempt to harm them.
"I don't know who's so heartless. Our family has always avoided offending anyone. How much must the person who did this hate us to risk bringing these things into our house?" Su's mother expressed her indignation.
Father, who do you think would put this talisman in the house? You all left first this morning, and I left after you. I locked the front door when I left. I didn't get home from my master's house until evening.
When your mother and I came back, the gate was locked, and we didn't notice anything different when we entered the house. As for the yard wall, I checked and didn't find any footprints.
Yes, that's what makes it even stranger. If it wasn't climbing the wall, forgetting to lock the door, or picking the lock, then how did they get in to place the talismans?
Oh, right, I remember the lock on the gate to the yard, it wasn't originally ours. Guomin, do you remember? That year you bought a new lock, and your mother came to our house insisting on taking it. She made a huge fuss, throwing a tantrum, and in the end, she brought her old lock to exchange for our new one. Back then, we only had one key, which came with the lock.
Yes, I remember now. Back then, several families in the village had things stolen, and from then on, everyone in the village started locking their doors. We didn't have a lock, so I took the two or three yuan we had saved and bought one. I don't know how my mother found out, but she insisted on taking the lock away. We didn't want to, and told her we didn't lock the door.
It got really ugly later, so she demanded our new lock and gave us her old one. At the time, we thought that as long as we had a lock, we could just lock the door; her tantrums were really giving us a headache. The old lock she brought only had one key on it, nothing else.
As Mr. Su spoke, his face grew pale. There were no signs of forced entry on the locks or climbing on the walls, meaning someone must have used a key to unlock the door and enter. The only person who could have the key to the front door was the original owner.
Su Xingran's thoughts went a step further than her parents'. She noticed the ash from a talisman in the water glass, the talisman in her pocket, and the ones pasted on the corners of the room. This was a superstitious method of using talismans to exorcise ghosts.
Are they treating her like a ghost? Parents, do we have any shamans in our village? Su Xingran thought she could start from this angle.
Huh? A shaman? We don't have shamans in our village, but in the neighboring Hejia Village, there was a woman named He Ergu who was a shaman before feudal superstitions were abolished. Ranran, why are you asking this?
Mom and Dad, I think someone is treating me like a ghost and is casting spells to drive me away. If I'm not mistaken, that person might be more than one; it could be Grandma and my aunt.
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