I don’t know what the young village official said, but when Director Zhao and Jing Cheng came back, they had the same heavy expressions.
Although everyone had doubts, they didn't dare to ask because the village official was still there.
Although the old house doesn't look big, it has many rooms.
The staff all prepared sleeping bags, so it doesn't matter where they stay.
The other guests were assigned rooms and made their beds. The village official found a lot of dry wheat straw, corn stalks and other firewood for everyone to light a kang in each room.
The village official wiped the dust off his face and said, "It's quite cold here at night. I'll light up the kang for you and it will warm up soon. Let's rest here for one night. I'll take you to see Mr. Peng tomorrow morning."
Everyone expressed their gratitude.
This kind of undecorated mud house was the most damp and cold at night. They felt it when they first came in. The house was very old and they didn't know where the leaks were. Although the door was closed, they could still feel the cold wind blowing through from outside.
The young village official took their feelings into consideration and helped them heat the kang so late at night, which made them feel a little guilty.
It was getting late, and the village official didn't want to stay here too long, so he left after giving everyone a few words of advice.
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Qin Yan and Fu Le had already chosen a room in advance and prepared sleeping bags for the three of them.
Jing Cheng returned to the room and started looking for tools to draw talismans. Seeing that he looked serious, the two did not dare to disturb him and just looked at their phones on the side.
Everyone was tired after a night of work, so they just ate what they brought with them to fill their stomachs.
You can't be too particular when you are away from home. Several staff members helped to boil water. Everyone lined up in the yard with their toiletries, washed up, and then prepared to go back to their rooms to rest.
Zhao Yi clapped his hands and called everyone: "Don't rush to sleep, I have something very important to tell you."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and stopped walking back to their room.
Most women are very sensitive creatures and they instinctively noticed that there was something wrong with Director Zhao's tone.
Film Queen Mao said with a serious expression: "Director Zhao, is there something strange in this village?"
An Qi recalled the scene she saw through Yan Xiu's vision when she and Yan Xiu were cleaning the windows just now, and she couldn't help but shudder. She rubbed her arms, not wanting to scare herself, and pretended to be relaxed and said, "What can be wrong? We will only shoot here for one day and then leave. Nothing will happen."
Zhao Yi shook his head and said with a bad expression: "Don't worry too soon. I just went out with Master Jing to ask about the specific situation. Village Officer Zhang told us the truth. This village is very closed. Even the local government doesn't care. There are reasons why the villagers are xenophobic..."
Yang Hong suddenly interrupted him and said, "I just heard the village official say that he will take us to see Mr. Peng tomorrow morning. Who is Mr. Peng?"
Director Zhao was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't I say this before? Maybe I forgot. The program team chose this place because I received a submission from a netizen saying that someone here can 'invite a spirit to possess him'. The person who can invite a spirit to possess him is named Peng."
An Qi was surprised and asked, "Surname Peng? But isn't this Bijia Village?"
Xin Guang stood aside with his arms folded, saying, "It's not called Bijia Village. All the people in the village have the surname Bi. Isn't the young village official's surname Zhang?"
Director Zhao: "Everyone in this village is indeed named Bi. Mr. Zhang is a college student village official who was appointed here. He just came here at the beginning of this year."
An Qi raised her chin and glanced at Xin Guang with a somewhat smug expression.
Xin Guang: “…” What’s there to be proud of?
Professor Fu pondered and said, "So, Mr. Peng must also be an outsider, right?"
Zhao Yi nodded and said, "Yes. Mr. Peng is probably a Taoist priest who came here ten years ago. He said that the energy in Bijia Village is good and suitable for him to practice. At that time, the villagers were not as xenophobic as they are now, so he settled here."
Yang Hong said in a strange tone: "Another Taoist priest? Inviting a god to possess him? The tricks used by scammers are really good nowadays."
Everyone could tell what he meant, but since he always made trouble and made everyone unhappy, no one agreed with him.
Queen Mao turned her head and glanced at the closed door not far away. She had a personal relationship with Lu Qingyi and was relatively familiar with the affairs of the Jing family. It was actually the first time she heard that the third young master of the Jing family was a Taoist priest, which really stunned her for a long time.
Jing Cheng has been staying in the room since he came back just now, and no one knows what he is doing.
Zhao Yi gave Yang Hong a warning look and said in a deep voice: "Master Jing is different from those liars. He has real skills."
Yang Hong sneered and curled his lips.
Zhao Yi ignored him and continued, "You should have noticed when you came here that the trees in this village are very lush. It is said that this is the result of the Feng Shui arrangement set up by Mr. Peng."
Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and Professor Fu couldn't help but exclaimed: "No wonder! I was just thinking that the trees here and the trees outside seem to be in a different season. This is simply against the laws of nature... It seems that Mr. Peng's ability should not be underestimated."
Yang Hong sneered, "Are you surprised? There is a mountain with different tree species on the mountain and on the ground. What's the big deal? Do you know the greenhouse effect? With today's technology, there is nothing that can't be invented? If you can eat leeks in winter, would you say 'Wow, how amazing'?"
The others looked at him in silence when they heard what he said. This guy was simply a reincarnated nitpicker.
Regardless of the occasion, he will pick on people indiscriminately.
It hasn't been long since he has criticized and ridiculed almost everyone.
Are the investors crazy? They actually let this kind of employee to participate in the show. Even they want to beat him up after hearing what he said. Wouldn’t those cynical netizens be even more disgusted... Are you sure they won’t boycott their products?
Professor Fu was not bothered by the ridicule. Instead, he smiled and said, "Leeks are different from trees. This is a traditional village where every household is self-sufficient. It is not an area that can be covered by high technology."
Except for Yang Hong, everyone else present looked uncertain, obviously having taken Director Zhao and Professor Fu's words to heart.
Several staff members began to whisper to each other.
Film Queen Mao asked, "Director Zhao, why do you say that the villagers are xenophobic for a reason? Could it be related to Mr. Peng?"
"That's right." Zhao Yi said, "But I don't know the specific situation. Oh, I almost forgot to say that the netizen who submitted the article is this village official Zhang."
"Someone broke the news before, saying that many tourists who passed by Bijia Village disappeared, and their families reported the case but could not find them. This matter caused a sensation on the Internet. Did you know?"
Everyone had done their homework before coming here, and basically everyone knew these things, but no one took them to heart.
At this time, when Director Zhao suddenly talked about this matter, everyone's expressions became more serious.
An Qi asked curiously, "But the villagers' xenophobia has something to do with those missing tourists?"
Zhao Yi's expression was a little heavy. "Village official Zhang found skeletons under several locust trees in the village. He suspected that these skeletons were related to the tourists who had passed through Bijia Village and disappeared. It should be said that... these tourists who were declared missing were buried in Bijia Village. So he thought that the villagers were xenophobic because they didn't want outsiders to find out about this."
"Hiss——!" Someone gasped.
Everyone was shocked and the hair on their bodies stood up.
"Fuck!" A staff member couldn't help but ask, "So this Bijia Village is actually a cannibal village?"
Xin Guang rubbed his face and said, "That's unlikely. Didn't the police find out?"
Mao frowned and said, "Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. I once shot a documentary and I have a deep understanding of this. There are extremely remote villages where the villagers are incorrigible, ignorant, and they take advantage of the remoteness of the country to do many dirty and filthy things. Haven't these been exposed in the news for a while?"
An Qi exclaimed when she heard this, but she quickly covered her mouth, glanced outside the door, and whispered, "Sister Mao, do you mean that there are also people trafficking women and children here?"
Mao Yinghou shook her head: "I don't know either, but we should be on guard against others. We should be careful."
Anqi's expression became more and more ugly. She now regretted participating in this show.
Xin Guang was shocked and said, "But... But Bijia Village is only a two-hour drive from the ancient city, and there are college student village officials assigned here, so it can't be considered a remote village, right?"
An Qi pressed her shaking arm and said nervously, "Ah! Didn't Village Official Zhang mention sacrifices before? Were those tourists sacrificed? Will we suffer the same fate as them? I even doubt now, is that Village Official Zhang really a good person? Did he deliberately post something eye-catching on the Internet to lure us here?"
The tangible fear on her face infected everyone, and the women present also became nervous after listening to her words and thinking about it.
Seeing that everyone was in shock, as if they were about to face a disaster, Yang Hong couldn't help but say, "I think the village official is just exaggerating and scaring himself. Don't you think that the bodies that have turned into skeletons must have been dead for decades? What era was it decades ago? People were so poor that they had to eat grass and tree bark. Wasn't it normal to bury the dead on the spot? It's weird that he can even think of the missing tourists in recent years! What's even funnier is that you actually believe it?"
His long speech was well-reasoned and convincing. For the first time, everyone did not hate his argumentative nature and felt much more at ease.
Xin Guang patted his chest and said, "Even if they want to do something weird, we have so many people, what are we afraid of?"
Zhao Yi: "What I just said was just to give you a heads-up so that you don't act alone. You don't have to worry too much. I have already informed the local police before I came here. If something really happens, they will rush to the scene as soon as possible."
Yan Xiu listened for a long time without saying anything, until this time he said in a gentle voice: "We have Master Jing here, he will not sit idly by."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Cheng opened the door and walked out.
When everyone heard the sound, they looked over and could not hide their surprise.
They had been discussing outside for such a long time that they didn't even notice that Jing Cheng had been staying in the room.
Jing Cheng had been concentrating on drawing talismans, blocking out the voices of people outside and having no idea what they were talking about. When he saw everyone was looking at him, he paused.
"Why are you all looking at me?" Jing Cheng looked confused.
An Qi couldn't hold back her anger and couldn't help asking, "Where did you go just now?"
Zhao Yi explained: "I forgot to say just now that after Master Jing came back, he has been drawing amulets for everyone in the room."
"I have finished drawing the talismans. I will give them to you now. Wear them with you and remember not to get them wet." Jing Cheng took out a stack of drawn talismans, placed them on the table, and said calmly, "Take them yourselves."
Everyone was surprised by his words, and no one stepped forward to take the talisman for a long time.
After all, they had just met Jing Cheng and had not established trust with him.
It was Zhao Yi who went over first and took a talisman. He folded it into a triangle and put it in his pocket, then said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Taoist priest. I will transfer the money to your account later."
Jing Cheng's expression eased slightly.
He has no connection with these people and doesn't want to work in vain.
People tend to follow the crowd. Once someone makes a move first, there will be a second one.
Before long, all the talismans on the table were divided up.
Xin Guang took two pieces, imitated others to fold the talisman into a triangle, handed one to Yang Hong, and said earnestly: "Wear it, it's better to be safe than sorry."
Yang Hong took the amulet with a sneer and said nothing.
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Half an hour later, a triangle symbol was thrown out of the window.
The pale yellow talisman fell lightly into the grass and was gradually soaked by the dew.
A faint light flashed in the darkness, and then disappeared.
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Yang Hong raised his hand: Believe in science, start with me! No one can change my belief!
Jing Cheng smiled and said: Dear, you have come to the wrong place. This is a supernatural novel. I suggest you rewrite it.
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