At that moment, everyone panicked and turned around to call for Little Baker, the new branch secretary. But when they looked back, they saw that their new branch secretary had somehow also collapsed on the ground, completely motionless!

Just then, someone shouted, "There's a ghost!" and instantly everyone was so terrified that they took off running in all directions, scattering in a panic. Only five villagers who had fainted were left lying there, and no one dared to go over and help them up.

What happened next didn’t even need the old branch secretary to explain. After such an incident, the frightened villagers naturally came running to me for help.

After hearing the whole story, I was so angry that I cursed under my breath, "Serves them right!" They really did deserve it—ignoring warnings and courting disaster themselves.

By this time, we had already arrived at the scene. All the villagers came rushing over, each with a panicked look, pointing toward the direction of the stone head statues and chattering noisily, like a flock of crows.

I couldn’t be bothered with them and walked straight toward the stone head statues. There, I saw four or five people lying sprawled on the ground, with stone chips and fragments scattered everywhere. Looking around, I realized that all the stone head statues had been smashed by the villagers! No wonder four or five people had collapsed at once—they really dared to do it, actually smashing all the statues here.

I glanced at the people on the ground. They were lying there, completely still, so I quickly turned and shouted to the villagers behind me, "I need a few people who aren’t born in the Year of the Rabbit or the Horse to help carry them out! Those born in the Year of the Rabbit or Horse, it’s best you stay away!"

The reason I mentioned the zodiac signs is because those born in the Year of the Rabbit are in conflict with Tai Sui this year, and those born in the Year of the Horse are both in conflict and in direct clash with Tai Sui. Neither group is suitable. "Conflict with Tai Sui," also known as "partial clash," means disaster from mutual strife; "conflict" means harm or killing, and it brings obstacles in health, luck, and all aspects of life. People with such bad luck need to be careful even in normal times. If they come to a place with evil yin and fierce spirits to carry people, not only might they fail to help, but they could also get into trouble themselves.

As soon as I finished speaking, a few people born in the Year of the Rabbit or Horse hurriedly stepped aside, but the rest still didn’t dare to come forward and help.

I got angry and said, "Now you know fear? Are you just going to watch them die here?"

After I said that, a few villagers finally stepped up and helped carry the four or five villagers lying on the ground out of there.

I checked on them. Although they were motionless, thankfully they were still breathing.

Their symptoms were exactly the same as when Edward fainted last time, so with that experience, I immediately took out my brush and ink and drew a dispelling talisman on their foreheads, and also drew a returning sun talisman on their chests to strengthen their yang energy.

After doing all this, all we could do was wait. Whether they woke up or not would depend on their own fate.

To everyone’s relief, not long after, they began to wake up one by one, with Edward and the new branch secretary Little Baker being the last to regain consciousness.

As soon as they woke up, I warned them: if you still refuse to listen to advice and insist on messing with things here, don’t blame me for not saving you if something happens!

Everyone nodded repeatedly. After this incident, it looked like even if you chased them here with sticks, they wouldn’t dare come again.

Of course, the new branch secretary Little Baker, who had previously boasted about breaking superstitions and claimed that all ghosts and monsters were just paper tigers in front of him, was now obediently silent, not daring to say another word. After all, it was because he dug up those strange stones that he almost lost his life just now.

Seeing that everyone had taken my words to heart, I finally breathed a sigh of relief and told everyone not to linger here and to return to the village as soon as possible.

On the way back, the new branch secretary Little Baker came over to apologize to me and thank me for saving his life. At this moment, he looked utterly defeated and a bit downcast. Clearly, this incident was a huge blow to him, completely overturning the beliefs of someone who had made it his mission to break the "Four Olds" as a Red Guard. At the same time, he was very puzzled. He asked me why nothing happened to him at first when he was digging and smashing the stones, but later he suddenly got into trouble.

When he asked this, all the villagers stopped and looked at me, obviously full of curiosity as well.

Chapter 8: Possession by a Ghost

Seeing that everyone was very curious about this, I couldn’t help but give a wry smile and said to them, those stone statues are the legendary human head markers—this is an indisputable fact. Those things are not ordinary evil objects. Wherever they exist, there is bound to be lingering evil yin and resentment. If a living person enters, it’s hard to avoid clashing with evil spirits.

At this, everyone nodded, their faces full of lingering fear. Then I changed the subject and said, the reason why Little Baker was fine at first when he was digging and smashing the statues was probably because his luck was extremely high at the time—he had just become the new village branch secretary. As the saying goes, "A new official brings three fires," and his yang energy was at its peak. People like that, wherever they go, even ghosts have to avoid them. But unfortunately, Little Baker used up his fire on those statues. Although the evil spirits there couldn’t do anything to him at first, over time, his fire gradually weakened, and in the end, he still couldn’t escape their influence.