Beginning of winter.
The sky, which had been shrouded in haze for three consecutive days, was covered with bits of frost and snow.
Snowflakes as big as rice grains fell on the Roof Tile on the roof, making constant crackling sounds, making people really feel the coming of winter.
The weather at this time was already very cold, and a thin layer of ice formed on the water surface of the small river at the east end of Datian Village.
The north wind whistled across the deserted fields, and the tops of the mountains in the distance were already covered with snow.
However, in these days when everything is silent, Houtu Temple of Datian Village is particularly lively and bustling with people.
The temple was full of incense, and nine large pots of staggering size were placed outside.
The raging flames licked the black bottom of the pot, and the pot was steaming. The diced pork was tumbling up and down in the boiling water, and was fully mixed with various condiments.
There is a mouth-watering fragrance in the air.
Every year at the beginning of winter, it is Day of Sacrifice from all over the country.
The villagers gathered together to offer incense and sacrifices to Empress Houtu, who protects the people of the earth, and prayed for a good harvest and stability in the coming year.
Of course, you can't go hungry while worshiping the gods. The meat soup cooked in these nine large pots is a delicacy for everyone to share.
It's called a soup offering.
One cauldron can dispense two hundred bowls of sacrificial soup.
What is a little different from previous years is that this year's offering contains a particularly large amount of meat.
The one used is still the first level Demonic Beast Meat!
It was Temple Priestess Xu who originally presided over the sacrifice, but after she was taken away, the position of the temple blessing has been vacant.
Therefore, this year, three elders from the village will host the ceremony.
After the sacrificial ceremony was completed, an elder scooped up a large bowl of sacrificial soup from the cauldron, held it in front of Wang Chen with both hands, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please eat."
"Sir, please eat!"
Houtu Temple Thousands of villagers inside and outside saluted Wang Chen.
This is the highest courtesy of Day of Sacrifice, which means that everyone is convinced of Wang Chen, the village chief, and respects him as his superior!
Wang Chen took the sacrificial soup and raised it high. "Honor God!"
Put it down again. "Thank you!"
Then he drank the offering in one go!
He wasn't afraid of the heat and thought it tasted pretty good.
After Wang Chen drank the bowl of sacrificial soup, a feast began.
Hundreds of villagers lined up in front of the nine-mouth cauldron, happily sharing the hot meat soup.
In addition to a large bowl of plentiful sacrificial soup, each family also received thirty kilograms of wild boar meat.
In the past half month, Wang Chen took Datian Village's Guard Team into the mountains for hunting and captured a large number of Demon Beast.
This seven to eight hundred pound Tusked Boar can separate more than three hundred pounds of lean meat and hundreds of pounds of fat. Guard Team has hunted hundreds of them.
If distributed equally among the villages, one household would receive more than a hundred kilograms!
After the new season's autumn grain was put into storage, Datian Village's public treasury was full as never before.
As the founder of Guard Team and the maker of various systems, Wang Chen's prestige in the village has been greatly enhanced.
Now he is truly worthy of his title!
Next, the whole village entered cat winter mode.
A few days later, a widespread Heavy Snow spread throughout the village, and people began to live in seclusion.
Only the boys from Guard Team patrol back and forth through the thick snow every day.
They have also become the most unique existences in Datian Village.
"Village Chief!"
On this day Wang Chen was making hotpot with animal meat at home, when suddenly someone knocked on Village Chief's residence's door.
The person who came was Xiao Hong, the captain of Guard Team. He looked nervous and solemn. After saluting, he couldn't wait to say to Wang Chen, "Sir, something happened!"
The accident happened to a family named Huang in the village.
Wang Chen followed Xiao Hong to this house, and when they entered the door, they saw two bodies lying in the yard.
The deceased were an old couple. They were lying on their backs on the snow, with a look of fear on their faces before they died.
Wang Chen noticed that there were black finger marks on their necks.
It looked like he was being strangled to death.
Going to the back room, there were two corpses on the bed and on the floor, one of a five- or six-year-old child and the other of a young woman.
The way they died was almost the same as that of the old couple.
"This is the family's neighbor Old Man Chen."
Xiao Hong brought a middle-aged man in and introduced, "He was the one who discovered that something happened to this family."
The middle-aged man was so frightened that he couldn't hold his head high in front of Wang Chen.
Wang Chen asked, "Are all this family members dead?"
Old Man Chen shook his head quickly. "Huang Ze is not here."
There were a total of five people in this family, including the grandparents, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Huang Ze, the backbone of the family, was missing.
Xiao Hong said, "I have asked people to search for it. I suspect..."
He hesitated to speak.
Wang Chen asked Old Man Chen to go out first, and then asked Xiao Hong: "Do you suspect that this family was harmed by Evil Spirits?"
Xiao Hong nodded. "Yes."
"You were right to suspect it."
Wang Chen sighed, "This family was harmed by Evil Spirits. In all likelihood, Huang Ze was possessed by Evil Spirits, and then killed his parents, wife and children with his own hands."
This is truly a human tragedy!
The most hated thing about Evil Spirits is that they usually have no emotions and no humanity at all.
The person who was bent over by Evil Spirits and robbed Soul and Consciousness can do anything!
Xiao Hong felt a shiver in his heart. "Then I have to ask brothers to be careful."
Evil Spirits is not a wild boar, it can be easily shot with Demon-Hunting Bow. They are extremely strange and difficult to deal with, and their methods of harming people are all kinds of weird, making it difficult to guard against them in many cases.
Wang Chen reached out and took out a large stack of Talismans from the storage bag. "This is the Evil-Dispelling Talisman I refined. You can activate it by sticking it to your own Essence Blood. Send them all."
Xiao Hong did not expect that Wang Chen had the ability to refine Talismans, so he quickly accepted it. "Thank you, sir."
Wang Chen waved his hand. "This is nothing. Let everyone be more vigilant to prevent Evil Spirits from attacking again. By the way..."
He then asked Xiao Hong: "What is the relationship between Huang Ze and Huang Deqi?"
The answer is the relationship between relatives and old friends. The relationships within the surname are complicated and there are countless connections between them.
Xiao Hong thought for a while and replied, "There should be no direct blood relationship between the two. I remember that Huang Ze once worked for Huang Deqi, but later quit."
Wang Chen nodded.
This may well be the source of disaster.
He didn't expect that Huang Deqi had been arrested for so long. Datian Village still had something involving Mr. Huang.
Wang Chen asked Xiao Hong to place all four corpses in the yard.
"Ashes return to ashes, soil returns to earth, dead souls return to thick soil..."
He took out Rebirth Talisman and Exorcism Talisman and began to deliver these poor people.
Let their souls return to the earth and no longer be used by Evil Spirits to make unforgivable mistakes.
The wood has become a boat, and the water will overturn it and it will be difficult to recover!
Under such circumstances, Wang Chen decided to handle the matter personally.
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The second one is sent.