Chapter Forty-Eight: The Turmoil in the Du House

Yang Muyun squeezed into the crowd, only to see that the door of this family was wide open, there were incense cases and incense candles in the courtyard, a thin and withered Taoist priest wearing a corrugated hat, wearing a gossip yin and yang robe, holding a peach wood sword in his left hand, rattling a bell in his right hand, rolling his eyes, trembling all over, and chanting words in his mouth.

Yang Muyun was curious, so he asked an elderly man beside him, "Uncle, may I ask what this Taoist priest is doing here?" ”

"Exorcise evil spirits!" The old man's loud voice startled him: "You don't know, this family's surname is Du, it is in the silk business, the owner is called Du Youcai, and he has only one son, who is sixteen years old." One night three days ago, his son was walking down the street when he suddenly fell to the ground and disappeared. It was useless to ask for a doctor's medicine, saying that it was an evil spirit, no, Du Youcai specially invited this Taoist chief from Maoshan to come over to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts...... "The old man said endlessly, foaming at the mouth.

At this time, the Taoist priest opened his eyes, put the bell on the incense table with his right hand, picked up a pen, dipped a little cinnabar in the bowl, and waved it on a piece of yellow mounted paper, and he didn't know what kind of runes he had drawn. Then he inserted the rune into the peachwood sword, closed his eyes and muttered a few words, picked up a bowl and took a sip of the rune water.

"Poof-" The Taoist priest sprayed all the runes on the runes.

"Coax-" The rune paper turned into a fire.

"Wow-" There was an exclamation around them.

The Taoist priest's face was red, his eyes were rolling, and he trembled as if he had epilepsy. Suddenly, his eyes widened, like an abyss stopped at Yuezhi, and roared: "Evil ghost, where to go, don't tie your hands quickly." Holding the sword, he pointed to the east and west, danced wildly, and then shouted, "Hold-" A sword struck in a stack of yellow mounted paper on the incense table. There was a "pop", and something red splashed out.

"The Taoist slew the evil spirit." There was a shout from someone in the crowd, and people rushed to see it. Sure enough, there was a deep red mark on the yellow mounted paper.

"Dao Chang is very capable!"

"If it weren't for the Taoist leader, I don't know how many people this evil demon would have harmed?"

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The crowd was talking.

"Then Du Gongzi woke up?" Yang Muyun asked, his voice particularly harsh in the midst of a eulogy.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a square scarf and a brown flower brocade bubble hurriedly came out of the house and said anxiously: "Dao Chief, the child has not woken up yet, what can I do?" The Taoist priest took a breath, slowly spit it out, and said calmly: "Don't panic, Lord Dushi, although the evil ghosts on your son's body are removed, the evil poison is still there." I have a dose of good medicine, decoction with water, let your son take it for seven days, and he will naturally wake up. As he spoke, he reached out and took out a packet of medicine from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Thank you, Chief! Thank you, Chief! Du Youcai took the medicine bag and made a move. Then he took out a silver ingot and presented it respectfully: "It's a small meaning, it's not a respect, please smile and accept it." ”

"Xie Du Shi Lord, poor farewell." The Taoist priest flicked the sleeves of his robe, took the silver, put away the magic weapon, and hurried away.

When the service was over, the crowd dispersed. Yang Muyun still stood there with great interest and refused to leave.

"Boss Du-" Yang Muyun stopped and was about to turn around and go back to the premises, Du Youcai.

"Is Childe calling me?" Du Youcai saw that he was a young and handsome scholar and stopped.

"Boss Du," Yang Muyun bowed, "Can you let me see your son?" ”

"This-" Du Youcai arched his hand and asked, "I don't know what to call Gongzi, why do you want to see my child?" ”

"I have an old relationship with your son, and I heard that he suffered this calamity, so I came to visit."

"The child is in a coma and is not awake, and it is inconvenient to see guests, so please ask the son to come back another day!" He was about to turn around.

"Boss Du-" Yang Muyun didn't talk nonsense, and directly showed the waist card of Jinyiwei.

"Ah-it turned out to be an official, an official and an official ......," Du Youcai exclaimed.

"Can I go in now?"

"Your Excellency, pleaseβ€”"

Du Gongzi's room was a little dark, and there was a strong smell of Chinese medicine in it. Du Gongzi was lying on the bed, his face was gray, his eye sockets were deep, except for his heart beating slightly, he was no different from a dead man.

Yang Muyun unbuttoned his clothes, and the skin on his body was also gray-black, shriveled and inelastic.

"How did Du Gongzi fall for evil?" Yang Muyun asked with a frown.

"One night three days ago, my son said that he went to drink with his friends, but he didn't come back when he arrived, so the villain took his family to look for him, and found him lying at the head of Shengping Bridge, and he didn't know what to do, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed. The villain hurriedly sent him to Mr. Bufanlou in Tongchun Hall, but Mr. Lou couldn't diagnose what the illness was. The villain thought that it might be an evil spirit, so he invited a Taoist to come over......"

"What time did you find him?"

"It's probably ugly."

"What's going on around the Shengping Bridge?"

"Empty."

"What was the weather like?"

"I want to think about it...... By the way, the moonlight was very bright that day, and you didn't need to light a lantern when you walked at night. ”

"The moon is bright?" Yang Muyun felt that something flashed in his mind, and he stroked his chin and thought about it.

After a while, he raised his head and said to Du Youcai: "I think I probably know how Ling Gongzi fell into evil, if you want to wake him up, do as I tell him." ”

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In a small, closed room, Du Gongzi was naked, and was placed in a large wooden barrel filled with mist steaming hot water. Around the barrels, there are four large braziers, in which a blazing charcoal fire burns.

Although it is not yet June, the weather in Nandu has become very hot.

"My lord, is this really possible?" Du Youcai asked worriedly. "The child is weak, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it."

Yang Muyun's face was solemn, he didn't speak, his eyes stared at Du Gongzi in the wooden barrel for a moment, in such a sultry weather, just soaking in the steaming hot water can make people faint, not to mention that there are four large braziers next to it.

Du Youcai nervously wiped the sweat that kept coming out of his face, and looked at Yang Muyun with an uneasy look from time to time.

Yang Muyun stood motionless, sweat sliding down his face to his chin and then dropping down his shirt......

Half an hour passed, an hour passed...... Du Gongzi still showed no signs of awakening, but his gray-black skin gradually reddened, and his face became rosy.

I don't know how long it took......

"Vomit-" Du Gongzi suddenly vomited.

"Hao'erβ€”" Du Youcai rushed forward excitedly.

Yang Muyun was still staring at him motionlessly, and Du Gongzi kept vomiting until he couldn't vomit anything anymore.

"Dad-" Du Gongzi opened his eyes with difficulty, and his voice was almost inaudible.

"Hao'er-" Du Youcai hugged his son, unable to cry, "Quick, quickly bring my son's clothes, and also, help me help him back......" Du Youcai shouted repeatedly.

Yang Muyun slowly walked to the wooden barrel, holding a wooden stick in his hand to pull Du Gongzi to spit out the filth on the ground, and in the dirt full of blood clots and gastric juice, he pulled out some round, white dead little insects.

"Sure enough, it's these corpse worms." A smile appeared on the corner of Yang Muyun's mouth. These bugs are exactly the same as the corpse worms on the dried corpses in Wujiang Town, Hezhou.

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In a quiet house in Zhulin Lane, Pearl Bridge.

"Miss, should we all bring all this?" Su'er asked.

"Of course you have to bring it, I'm still useful." Shiso glanced at it and admonished.

"So many, how can you bring them?" Su'er pouted.

"Aren't you going to go out and find someone to move in? Even this is something that I have to teach you. Shiso sneered.

"Miss, I have a way, why don't I call Yang Gong...... Ask the master to move in with us, do you think? Su'er laughed.

"Good what? Also us? Little hooves are dreaming of spring, right? The hair under the bottom has not yet grown, so I am thinking about how to make it smaller. Zi Su smiled and twisted a handful of white and tender faces.

"Miss, if you don't come, you're bullying me again! Okay, I won't tell you, I'll go out and find someone to move. As she spoke, she flew away like a little swallow.

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"Du Gongzi, do you remember how you fell for the evil that day?" Yang Muyun came to Du Gongzi's room and asked him.

Du Gongzi drank a little porridge, and his face looked much better.

"I don't know, when I came out of drinking with my friends that day, and when I walked to Shengping Bridge, I just felt that I couldn't breathe, my eyes were dark, my mind was dizzy, and I didn't know anything." Du Gongzi was still a little out of breath when he spoke.

"And where did you and your friends drink?"

"The drunken wind restaurant on Suzaku Street."

"Are all your friends drinking with you?"

"Yes, sir."

"Did you ever get into a fight with someone while drinking?"

"This ...... By the way, when the adults and villains were drinking with their friends, they called a few courtesans to play the piano and sing songs to cheer up. While we were having a good time, someone at the next table got drunk and came to flirt with the courtesan we had invited, but the villain was so angry that he pushed the man, and we almost didn't fight, but luckily we were pulled away by the people at our respective tables. Speaking of this, Du Gongzi coughed.

"And then? Have you had any more conflicts? ”

"No, the guests at that table left first, and we drank until it was late and we all dispersed."

"Have you seen the guest at the table you clashed with before?"

"No, they are dressed in strange attire, all of them have green cloth wrapped around their heads, and they wear big copper earrings on their ears, and their faces are strange."

"Can you tell where they are from?" Yang Muyun's eyes lit up and asked excitedly.

Du Gongzi shook his head: "It should have come from far away!" I didn't understand what they were saying to each other, and then I heard a friend at the same table say that they seemed to be Baiyi people from Yunnan, and I didn't know if it was right? ”

Yang Muyun didn't ask anymore, got up and slowly paced in the room, contemplating and whispering to himself: "It seems that the corpse worm on this Du Gongzi is very likely to have been killed by these barbarians from Yunnan, strange?" What are these people doing in Nandu? ”

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"Miss, who do you think I'm bringing here?" Su'er ran to say excitedly.

Shisu looked up, and in a flash, a peerless beautiful young man in a royal blue soft silk robe stood in front of her.

"Ning Gongzi, is that you? How did you get here? Shiso said in surprise.

"It must have been a coincidence! I went to visit an old man in Guozijian today, and when I came back, I saw Miss Su'er looking for someone to carry things outside, so I came with her. Saying that, Ning Zu'er looked at her with a smile and said, "What's the matter?" Is he okay with you? ”

"Well-Mu Yun treats me very well, I came back today to prepare to move all my things." Shiso had a happy smile on her face.

"What about Brother Yang? You newlywed Yan'er, he shouldn't go to the yali to be on duty, right? Why didn't I come with you? ”

"We had come together, but he ran over curiously when he met some people on the road to see the excitement." Shisu said and glanced out, "It's strange, it's been a long time, why can't he come back yet?" ”

"Miss, everything you need has been loaded into the car. Do you want to go back now? Su'er came over and asked.

"You go back with the car first, and remember to let them be careful when moving things down."

"Yes, miss." Su'er answered.

"I have to go over to my husband's place to have a look, Ning Gongzi, don't accompany me." Shiso had an apologetic look on his face.

"It's okay, I'm fine, I'll go with you by the way." Ning Zuer smiled.

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Yang Muyun came out of Du's house, turned out of Hanfu Street, and walked north along Chengxian Street towards Pearl Bridge.

"What happened to Du Gongzi is very strange, this case is not big, is it reported to Ying Tianfu? Or use the power of Jinyiwei to investigate? Yang Muyun was undecided. I looked up and saw two people coming towards me from a distance.

Shiso's hair is pulled into a high bun, with a golden step on it, wearing a scarlet skirt, covered with a silver vermilion armor, and a thin rouge on the face, which looks even more dusty and beautiful. She smiled skillfully, and was talking to a handsome son next to her who was wearing a royal blue soft silk gown.

"Isn't this Ning Zu'er?" Yang Muyun's heart darkened slightly, and the two walked together like a pair of beautiful people.

"They look a little bit more compatible." Yang Muyun sighed softly and wanted to turn around quietly.

"Husband-" Shisu's sharp eyes saw him first.

Yang Muyun stopped, his face a little unnatural.

Zi Su moved the lotus step lightly and floated to Yang Muyun like a colorful cloud.

"Why did you just come here?" Zi Su's beautiful eyes had a hint of resentment: "Look at you, why did you sweat profusely?" Shisu took out a light pink embroidered silk scarf and helped him wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Ahem-" Ning Zuer stepped forward and coughed lightly.

"Ahh......h

"Really? What a coincidence! Yang Muyun barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

"Brother Yang has not come, Mrs. Zun is not at ease, I want to come and see, I am afraid that it is not safe for her to walk alone, so I accompanied her." Ning Zuer explained with a smile.

"Then thank you Ning Gongzi." The smile on Yang Muyun's face was a little stiff, and he secretly said in his heart: It's even more insecure to have you.