Just as Ma Xinyi said, as the festival approaches, the number of village chiefs, squires and clan chiefs coming and going to Ma's house becomes more and more frequent.
Ma Xiaoyu and her aunt Ma Lan were busy receiving these people all day long, discussing with them the process and details of the festival.
So Yin Xiu could only stay with Ma Xinyi, or be entangled by her.
They stayed at the entrance of the village all day, not so much as sentinels, but more like two idle people chatting under the big tree.
Yin Xiu sat on the big tree stump at the door, while Ma Xinyi was born to be unable to sit still. She stood in front of Yin Xiu and moved around from time to time.
"You are not from the Ma family, let alone a Ma family woman, so I cannot teach you my wonderful Ma family exorcism. This is inevitably a pity."
Ma Xinyi sighed, patted Yin Xiu on the shoulder and comforted: "But you can't learn my spells, maybe you can learn my kung fu."
"Kung Fu?"
Yin Xiu cupped her fists and said, "May I ask Senior Sister how your skills are?"
Ma Xinyi put her hands on her hips and said: "It's still far from entering the palace, it's just the third level of the entrance!!! That's all~"
"Admire, admire."
Yin Xiu hugged her and said, "When I was my senior sister's age, I couldn't even understand how to fight with fists and kicks."
"What about now?" Ma Xinyi asked him.
"Now?"
Yin Xiu scratched his head, "I still can't understand."
"It doesn't matter."
Ma Xinyi sympathized: "I am born with talents that will be useful. Maybe you are not good at boxing and kicking, but in other aspects, will you be a genius?"
"What about?" Yin Xiu raised her head and asked.
"For example?"
Ma Xinyi was quite distressed. For a long time she couldn't think of a single aspect of Yin Xiu's genius.
After all, no matter how she looked at him, Yin Xiu was just an ordinary Taoist priest.
Fortunately, someone finally came to the rescue at this time.
Outside the boundaries of the village, there were two people, a man and a woman, both of whom seemed to be older locals.
They did not dare to step beyond the limit, but respectfully asked Yin Xiu in stumbling Chinese: "Excuse me, this Taoist priest, is the Heavenly Master here?"
Before Yin Xiu could answer, Ma Xinyi had already jumped in front of him and spoke first: "What, do you have a problem with me?"
"Are you a heavenly master?" the woman asked in surprise.
As soon as she asked this question, the man immediately pulled her sleeve. Then she realized that she had made a mistake and shut up quickly.
Ma Xinyi didn't notice it and just said calmly: "I'm not, but the Heavenly Master is very busy. If you have anything, you can talk to me."
The man looked at Yin Xiu secretly again and asked him with his eyes.
However, Yin Xiu just smiled and neither confirmed nor denied.
Unable to get an answer, the man could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, or a fake horse as a real horse. He whispered: "There is indeed something that I need to ask the Heavenly Master for help, oh no, please ask the Taoist Master for help."
"That's all you say."
Ma Xinyi clasped her hands, "Catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits is a matter of control for me."
When she said this, the couple couldn't help but feel relieved, so after looking at each other, the man said: "Taoist priest, my daughter is possessed by an evil spirit."
"Evil?"
Although this was not a good thing, Ma Xinyi couldn't help but feel excited at this time, because this was exactly what hit her.
So she immediately said: "Take me to see where you live."
The two looked at each other again, "Won't you prepare some preparations first?"
"What are you preparing for?"
Ma Xinyi glanced at them and said, "I'm ready, just lead the way."
The couple then led the way, leading them to a nearby village.
Yin Xiu said nothing and just followed behind.
After a pause, he asked Ma Xinyi: "Senior sister, do the villagers around here always come directly to you?"
"Otherwise?" Ma Xinyi asked him.
"I mean, is it possible that after they encountered those strange things, they would first go to the witches and gods in the village to pay homage to Lord Datuk, Lord of the Earth, and then they would find this place after they had no other choice?"
"It's not impossible."
Ma Xinyi didn't understand the meaning of Yin Xiu's words.
"Because it's usually not a particularly difficult matter, and those people don't want to come to the Ma family for help. They just find a witch to come to the house to sing, dance, and drink a bowl of talisman water. There's no need to look for us."
Yin Xiu knew that it was not because the exorcist Ma family charged a high price for services, but because the locals were generally taboo and worried about contacting the Ma family.
It's not that the more capable a person is, the more he or she will be respected from the bottom of his heart. Sometimes, people are just afraid of you, not respecting you.
The Exorcist Ma family in Malaysia is facing such a situation.
However, in today's troubled times, it seems that calling people to be feared is more powerful than calling people to respect.
Yin Xiu and Ma Xinyi followed the couple, and after crossing two bridges, they finally arrived at a village.
The village looked ordinary, even a little rundown.
Probably the villagers in this village make a living by catching river fresh food, so the whole village exudes a faint earthy smell that belongs to river fish and mud snails.
"Have you been here before?" Yin Xiu asked in a low voice.
Ma Xinyi shook her head, "We don't go out very often. When we go, we go to the town. How could we come to a place like this to play."
It was already noon at this time, and the man said sheepishly: "Two Taoist priests, why don't you have some food here first, and then..."
"I'm not hungry."
Ma Xinyi raised her hand to refuse and said seriously: "Let's get down to business first. Where is your daughter?"
"Here, Taoist Master, please."
Ma Xinyi's upright and awe-inspiring demeanor obviously strengthened the couple's confidence, and she quickly led them to a woodshed.
There were two or three locks on the wooden door of the woodshed, and the iron chains tied the door tightly, and there were densely packed charms on it.
Yin Xiu twitched her nose and smelled a lot of blood, probably something like dog blood and chicken blood.
He couldn't help frowning and said: "You have found a lot of people to come and see it?"
"Yeah."
The man frowned and said: "The local goddess, Datuk Gong's temple priest, and the priest from another island, we all invited them over and tried various methods, but to no avail. My daughter still looks like that. .”
"How many days?"
Ma Xinyi covered her nose with her sleeves, with only seriousness on her face.
"It's been about half a month," the woman replied.
"Half a month?"
Ma Xinyi was obviously angry and raised her voice, "Why didn't you come earlier, half a month would have killed someone!" The couple didn't dare to say anything, they just shrank their hands and didn't know what to do.
At this time, other people in the village probably knew that Yin Xiu and the others were coming, or saw them at the end of the village. They gathered around, either far or near, standing aside and watching, not wanting to disturb Yin Xiu and the others. , what I am more afraid of is disturbing the dirty things in the woodshed.
"Let's take a look at the situation inside first."
Yin Xiu comforted Ma Xinyi and said to the couple: "Open the door and deal with the problem first."
The man quickly took out the key and hurriedly opened the locks one by one.
Then the man pointed to the inside of the door, as if he didn't know whether he should go in or not, he was quite hesitant.
Yin Xiu glanced at him and finally told him to step aside and stand aside.
After all, demons and ghosts are indeed scary existences to ordinary people, even if they are their loved ones who are haunted.
Ma Xinyi opened her own eyes first, and then handed two grapefruit leaves to Yin Xiu.
"Here, I'm here to defend you. I think you've probably never experienced such a big scene."
Yin Xiu smiled and just took the grapefruit leaf and wiped it on her eyes.
Seeing his cooperation, Ma Xinyi stopped mentioning him and just said: "Just follow me and give me a hand, or just don't make a move. In short, don't cause trouble for yourself."
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"Sister, don't worry, I will act based on your expression."
Yin Xiu reassured her again and again, and Ma Xinyi nuzzled her chin at him to show that she was relieved.
Then Ma Xinyi, who was no higher than Yin Xiu's chest, walked in front, while Yin Xiu ducked into the woodshed with her head lowered.
Then they saw the possessed girl.
She didn't know when she had broken the rope around her body, and now she was lying on all fours on the ground, watching Yin Xiu and Ma Xinyi laughing sinisterly, with sticky saliva dripping from her mouth.
She was supposed to be a girl who, although not very good-looking, looked pretty, but now her face was dirty, her hair was tangled, and her body exuded a sour and smelly smell.
"My sister seems to have the same smell if she wears her socks for a long time without changing them." Ma Xinyi frowned.
"It's not that exaggerated."
Yin Xiu was quite calm, "Your sister is not so exaggerated. After all, she is only tired of her feet, and the person in front of me probably hasn't touched water for half a month."
As she spoke, Yin Xiu glanced at the suffering master again, and traces of black energy were emanating from her body and the top of her head.
This is obviously a typical manifestation of being possessed by evil spirits.
Yin Xiu didn't know how many rituals Ma Xinyi had followed, or whether she had actually done it. Anyway, she sat down in a decent manner at this time, and asked people outside for a bowl of rice and a stick of incense.
Ma Xinyi was very calm until she saw a bowl of cooked white rice brought in.
She immediately frowned and said, "Why not add a chicken leg, a few vegetable leaves, and pour a spoonful of marinade on it?"
The man was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Not well prepared, not well prepared!"
Yin Xiu couldn't stand it anymore, covered her forehead and said, "Find a bowl of uncooked rice."
"Okay, okay!"
Then another bowl of pointed uncooked rice was brought in.
With everything ready, Ma Xinyi lit the sandalwood, inserted it into a bowl, and finally began to communicate with the evil spirit that was leaning over the girl.
"Tell me, why are you clinging to someone else's body? People and ghosts are in different ways. This is not the place you should be."
"None of your business!"
A shrill, scary sound came out of the girl's mouth, and it sounded like a male.
"What do you mean it's none of my business?"
Ma Xinyi got angry, "These villagers came to me and asked me to deal with you. Now I am negotiating with you according to the rules of the road. A bowl of rice and a stick of incense can be regarded as giving you enough face. You'd better be Be more knowledgeable.”
"What do you know!?"
The girl opened her mouth and saliva dripped onto the ground, looking ferocious and terrifying.
"This woman killed me in her previous life and threw me into a pond in the back of the mountain. She made me a lonely ghost for decades. He was fine, free and easy, and he was reincarnated. Where is the justice of heaven? ”
The ghost's voice was miserable, almost wailing, and black tears were streaming from his eyes.
It turns out that an enemy and creditor came to visit.
Although it sounds pitiful, after all, it happened in the past life and has nothing to do with this life.
According to this ghost, the girl was a boy in her previous life, and now she is a girl, and it has nothing to do with her.
Even if there is any causal cycle, it is something that comes later. Allowing ghosts to invade strangers is something that cannot be ignored.
So Ma Xinyi also explained to him: "This happened in the previous life and has little to do with this girl.
How about I ask them to dig out your bones and build a tomb and erect a monument for you? ”
"My corpse fish has eaten insects and turned into mud long ago."
"Then how about I ask them to perform some rituals for you so that you can transcend as soon as possible?"
"I don't want it!"
The girl's hand scratched blood marks on the ground, "I only want her life!"
Yin Xiu frowned, and it seemed that the conversation had completely broken down.
Ma Xinyi did not delay, and immediately turned back and shouted outside: "Come in with a pair of red chopsticks, and I will force this damn ghost out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before anyone outside could react, the evil spirit possessing the girl had already pounced on her.
"You want to deal with me? I'll deal with you first!"
The fishy wind hit her face, and Ma Xinyi immediately ejected, jumped up from sitting cross-legged on the ground, turned over with a kite to avoid the opponent's attack, and then landed on the evil ghost's back.
The evil spirit landed on the ground, kicked up dust, let out a sharp cry, and immediately rolled up again, attacking Ma Xinyi again.
Ma Xinyi used her skills to deal with the evil ghost.
After a while, someone from outside handed over the red chopsticks.
Ma Xinyi turned around to pick it up, but the chopsticks were swatted away by the taller evil ghost, who then grabbed Ma Xinyi's open chest with a palm.
Bang!
The evil spirit flew out like a broken sack, knocked over the firewood, broke the wall, fell outside the woodshed, and landed heavily on the ground.
Ma Xinyi broke into a cold sweat. If the evil spirit had slapped her heart just now, she might have been seriously injured.
However, after that moment of fear, she couldn't figure out what just happened.
Looking back at Yin Xiu, Yin Xiu still maintained the same posture as before. It seemed that he was just watching the battle from beginning to end and did not take any action to kick the evil ghost ten meters away.
"In the end..."
Ma Xinyi was about to ask questions, but Yin Xiu pointed outside and said in surprise: "Sister, the evil ghost has left!"
After hearing Yin Xiu's reminder and the villagers' exclamations and screams, Ma Xinyi looked over there.
I saw the girl lying on the ground, spitting black water out of her mouth, black liquid flowing from her nose and eyes, and coughing constantly.
"It's solved. Why don't you give her some talisman water to calm her down, senior sister."
The dragon and tiger gangsters on Yin Xiu's feet disappeared silently. (End of chapter)