Old Liu Tou said: "I saw the reeds by the river were burning, and I knew that the ghost was coming. But I just thought, let you take everyone away, and I will stay here and wait for the ghost to kill me.

Yes, as long as they come back within ten days, everything will be fine."

At this point, Old Liu Tou added: "When my father died, there was a fire in the reed swamp."

I nodded and said, "Do you think that fish has anything to do with the ghost entering the village?"

Old Liu Tou said: "I can't say for sure about this. However, I think they must be related. Only when the fish comes out, the outside of the village will be haunted. Otherwise, the outside of the village will be peaceful!"

I tapped the ground with my foot and said, "Is there an underground river under the village?"

"There should be!" Old Liu Tou said: "My father and my grandfather have suspected it. However, no one has confirmed it. It's not that they don't want to go down and see it. It's all because they are too shallow and dare not go see it!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and said, "Is there such a person as the Wang Li family I'm looking for?"

"Who knows!" Old Liu Tou shook his head and said: "After the sudden death of our seven ancestors, all the genealogy in our family disappeared for some reason. After that, no one had the intention to get any genealogy. Who came and went?

I can’t even remember what it was called three generations ago.”

"Can the genealogy be lost?" I asked, "How many people with the surname Wang are there in the village?"

"There is only one family!" Old Liu Tou pointed towards the end of the village: "Old Wang's family is over there, and his ancestor is Mr. Qian who guards Shuiying."

"Oh!" I sat up straight: "You never asked him about Shou Shuiying?"

"Just asking for bullshit, there are only a few fools left in that family. What a sin!" Old Liu Tou said: "Back then, when the warlock died suddenly in the village, the most people died in the Old Wang family. After that, the Old Wang family didn't

A boy was born. Within a few generations, there was only an old lady and his silly grandson left in the family."

"It stands to reason that a fool cannot marry and have children. But the old lady refused to let the old Wang family cut off their relationship. She took out the remaining wealth of the old Wang family and married his grandson a stupid wife. The result was that again

Two fools were born. What a sin!"

"After the old lady closed her eyes, only the villagers were left to take care of her family's affairs. When the daughter-in-law's family knew that the old lady was gone, they took their daughter back. The stupid son of the old Wang family ran out to look for his daughter-in-law.

, he never came back. He probably died somewhere."

Old Liu Tou paused for a moment when he said this: "The two fools left in Old Wang's family rely on the care of the village to survive."

"The eldest son of the Wang family accidentally fell into the river and drowned in the first few years. When he was fished out, the body would have been chewed to death by the fish. The second eldest son of the Wang family is actually living a good life. He is not like the eldest brother who ran away at the sight of the sky.

All day long, I eat and sleep at home, and eat after sleeping. When I’m hungry, I go out to ask for food from the villagers. If I’m not hungry, I won’t even see anyone.”

I frowned when I heard this: According to Old Liu Tou, the ghost Wang Li who cannot be found in the underworld is the daughter-in-law of the Wang family. But there is only one fool left in the Wang family. Who else should I ask?

I thought about it for a while and said, "I want to go to the Wang family to look for clues. Can you take me there?"

Old Liu Tou hesitated for a moment: "It's already so late now. It's easy to scare fools if we go there. How about we go there after dawn?"

I pointed to the coffin in the yard: "I can afford to wait, but can the one lying outside afford it?"

"Um..." Old Liu Tou said with a trembling voice: "I skewered those things outside with peach wood sticks. Are they still alive?"

I responded: "The one outside is a corpse, and the one carrying your door is a ghost. Tell yourself, will that ghost be waiting for us?"

Old Liu Tou suddenly stood up: "Let's go! Let's leave now."

Old Liu Tou led me out in a hurry. When I passed by the coffin, I specially put two soul-soothing charms on it, and then followed Old Liu Tou out.

Old Liu Tou kept leading me in the direction of the big willow tree. When I was halfway there, I thought: "When was that willow tree planted?"

"The ancestors of the seven families planted them when they moved here. There are seven trees like this in the village. They are arranged according to the Big Dipper."

Old Liu Tou said as he walked: "The ancestors of the seven families planted these seven trees, firstly to build a Big Dipper array. Secondly, to let future generations remember the friendship between the seven families. The people who guarded the water camp were sworn brothers back then.

!”

"Oh!" After I agreed, I didn't expect Old Liu Tou to change the subject: "Unfortunately, two of the seven trees have disappeared."

I asked casually: "Which tree is your Liu family's tree?"

"The tree behind my house!" Old Liu Tou said: "The seven families each live guarding their own tree. The old Wang family lives near the willow tree."
Chapter completed!