Mr. Lin tells the soothsayer that the village is blessed with powerful beings, and that the ghosts of the past have not dared to haunt the village. He also says that the title of "best village" will be given to a neighboring village this year, because of the deaths of two people in one night. He asks puli to go look around the house and see if there is any clue as to the cause of the two deaths. He says that he has to make a move immediately, because he has heard that the secretary of the village, who asked him to go up to the mountain to hunt a deer, has died, too. He is afraid that this will be the last time he will be recognized as the best village in the whole of China. He tells his friend that he will have to be careful with his cover identity, because if he gives himself away, he will die the same way that the woman did. He explains that he does not know other mailman's cover identity yet, and if he does, he may die like that woman did