This actor is full of tricks.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Dazhu coughed violently twice, choked by Lin Jue's question, and spat out all the noodles in his mouth.

He quickly wiped the noodles from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, looked around in horror, and lowered his voice: "Where did you hear that name, kid? Didn't anyone tell you that this name can't be mentioned in the village?"

Lin Jue said casually, "I heard it yesterday when I was out for a stroll."

"I'm warning you, this name must never be mentioned in the village." Dazhu's expression was serious.

Lin Jue finished the last bite of noodles and asked, "Why?"

Dazhu warned, "Why are you asking so many questions? Don't commit suicide at such a young age!"

"Brother, please tell me quickly. I am very curious. If you don't tell me, I will feel like ants are crawling on my body." Lin Jue was very curious.

Dazhu is not a bad person by nature. If you ask him a few more times, you might be able to get some information out of him.

"Anyway, you just need to know that this name is unlucky. The ghost in the village before was caused by this name." Dazhu's head almost lowered to the table, and his voice was hidden in his throat.

He seemed afraid that what he said would bring about something horrible.

"Has Wu Xiumei become a vicious person? Is she killing people everywhere in the village?" Lin Jue also imitated the other person and lowered his voice.

"I told you not to call her that name! Don't call her that name!" Dazhu raised his head. "That's pretty much what you meant. That woman used to live in the village. After getting married and having a child, she hanged herself."

"After the woman died, strange things kept happening in the village. One villager felt something swaying near the window while he was sleeping. When he opened his eyes, he saw the woman hanging next to him, staring at him with pale eyes."

Because of fear, Dazhu always used that woman to refer to Wu Xiumei.

Lin Jue asked, "Aren't there gods? How dare the weird ones cause trouble when the gods are in the village?"

"It will be several months before the god appears in the village. Anyway, don't mention that name anymore. Do you hear me?" Dazhu warned solemnly.

Lin Jue nodded to indicate that he understood, and arranged the timeline in his mind.

The god appeared several months after Wu Xiumei's death. From this perspective, the probability that the god is a relative is not high.

And it only appeared after several months, which means that the god was probably not in the village when Wu Xiumei died.

"I'm not marrying the groom I want..."

He thought of the lyrics in the strange ballad, and this god was most likely Wu Xiumei's ex-boyfriend before she got married.

The story may be like this: Wu Xiumei had a loving boyfriend, but that boyfriend broke up with Wu Xiumei or left the village for some reason. During this period, Wu Xiumei was forced to get married, but she couldn't bear living with someone she didn't love, and couldn't escape, so she finally chose to hang herself.

When her boyfriend came back and learned of Wu Xiumei's death, his mentality became distorted, and he took control of the entire village, wanting to resurrect Wu Xiumei through some means.

It's a very tragic love story, it feels like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Zhu Yingtai was forced to marry someone else and died of depression, and Liang Shanbo also committed suicide for love.

However, unlike Liang Shanbo's choice, the ex-boyfriend chose another very extreme way, sacrificing other people's lives to resurrect his lover.

"Brother, one last question." Lin Jue helped clear the empty bowls. "Did Wu Xiumei have a boyfriend before she got married?" "I told you not to mention that name! Don't mention that name!" Dazhu was like a cat whose tail was stepped on when he heard the name. He looked around nervously, "Don't bring that thing here!"

Lin Jue replied nonchalantly, "With the gods' blessing, what are you afraid of?"

He pointed to the altar at the back of the main hall and said, "Isn't there an altar there? How could God allow evil spirits to harm people?"

Dazhu was stunned by what he said. He felt that this was the truth. He hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "I heard about it. It happened several years ago. It was the previous village guardian who later left the village."

The next village guard in the village?

"What's your name and what you look like? Do you remember?" Lin Jue asked.

"How would I know?" Dazhu spread his hands and said, "I came to the village later, and I just heard about this person."

He saw that Lin Jue was still very curious and that he would definitely ask others later. He couldn't help but add, "It's no use asking others. You know that the village guards are not well-liked. No one will interact with them. There is only that woman Wu Xiumei."

After saying this, he saw Lin Jue staring at him in shock. That expression made him very unhappy, and he said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Brother, you said the name." Lin Jue pointed at his mouth.

Dazhu's pupils trembled, and he quickly spat twice: "It's all your damn fault, you keep repeating that name!"

"No, I have to find a witch to exorcise the evil spirits for me!" He hurriedly grabbed a coat and ran out of the house: "If you want to go out, lock the door!"

"Okay." Lin Jue nodded in response.

After Dazhu left, he ran back upstairs, came to the door on the right, and knocked on the door: "Hello, is anyone in there?"

It was quiet inside the door, without any sound.

Lin Jue cleared his throat, trying to make his voice sound more friendly and gentle. "I'm not from this village. I'm actually an undercover agent sent by the police. I suspect there's been behavior in your village that threatens the safety of others, so I came here to investigate."

After saying this, he clearly heard a slight movement coming from inside the house. The person inside should have walked behind the door and was probably lying on the door and eavesdropping.

"Really? I'm not lying to you. I'm here to find out the truth. I already have some clues. I heard some noises in this room yesterday, so I came here specially. Did this landlord imprison you?"

"If that's the case, he's involved in a crime. Once I'm done investigating, I'll go out and report to the police station, have him apprehended, and rescue you."

"Brother Dazhu is not a bad person, he saved me!" A voice finally came from inside the door. The woman's voice was very anxious, and perhaps because she had not spoken for a long time, her pronunciation was very stiff.

Sure enough, there was a woman hiding inside!

Lin Jue asked: "What do you mean?"

"I was the sixteenth bride in the village. I ran away on my wedding day. It was Dazhu who made me hide. If it weren't for him, I would have been killed long ago."

(End of this chapter)