Chapter 274: Voodoo Witchcraft
In Guojiazhuang on the outskirts of Fengqiu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Li Sanjian personally led people to check what the illness of the owner Guo Yantong was, but Xu Shuwei, who had superb medical skills, actually said that it was not a disease, which made Li Sanjian very surprised.
"It's not a disease, it's what?" So Li Sanjian asked in amazement.
"As expected." Uncle Xu replied when he heard this: "The disease of 'Water Poison Hou' was born in the south, and it is more common in Dongting, Poyang, and Taihu Lake, and there are many patients in spring and summer. ”
"Ling Zun went out to the south?" Li Sanjian interrupted Xu Shuwei when he heard this, and asked Guo Cangdao.
"Nope!" Guo Cang shook his head and said, "He went to the Daimyo's Mansion, and he has been ill since he came back from the Daimyo's Mansion." ”
"You go on." Li Sanjian nodded and said to Xu Shuwei.
said that the disease of "water poison Hou" only occurs in spring and summer, do you still need to ask where Guo Yantong went? Uncle Xu muttered secretly in his heart.
"The disease that Old Man Guo suffers from outside is by no means the disease of 'Water Poison Hou', it is poisoned by someone, or someone who has Gu poison, so the poison in Old Man Guo can also be called 'Gu disease' or 'Gu poison', but this Gu is not another Gu, and it is definitely not the disease of 'Water Poison Hou'." Uncle Xu then said carefully.
"What is 'Gu Disease' or 'Gu Poison'?" Li Sanjian groaned when he heard this.
"'Gu disease' or 'Gu poison' is an evil art." As soon as Uncle Xu said this, everyone was immediately startled.
Generally speaking, once it is found that someone has used evil magic, it will inevitably be severely punished, and the house will be beheaded, which is still light, and it is possible to be punished and exterminated.
"Empress Dowager Yuanyou" Meng Shi was once deposed as the queen because she was framed and used evil magic?
Li Sanjian once heard people say that after the "Empress Dowager Yuanyou" Meng was deposed from the position of empress, her left and right palace maids and chamberlains either gouged out their eyes, or burned them, or skinned them, or beheaded them, and their deaths were miserable.
Although the "voodoo" case is the result of the struggle for power and profit in the palace and the result of party struggle, it can also reflect the fact from the side, that is, the court is absolutely not allowed to use evil arts, and it is like a flood of beasts.
Unexpectedly, the "voodoo" magic suddenly appeared here and here, which surprised Li Sanjian, and at the same time, for a while, he didn't know what to do.
"Tell me more about it." Li Sanjian thought about it and said to Xu Shuwei.
"'Voodoo' evil art is mostly seen in the two lakes, central Hunan and western Xiangnan, Lingnan, especially in the southwest Dali area, literati and bachelors have passed on each other, and the pen is Han. The method of making Gu recorded in the book is generally to put a variety of highly poisonous insects such as snakes and scorpions, scorpions, etc., into the same utensil, so that they can eat and kill each other, and the only remaining poisonous insect is Gu. There are many types of Gu, and the ones that have a greater impact are snake Gu, dog Gu, cat ghost Gu, scorpion Gu, toad Gu, insect Gu, flying Gu and so on... Xu Shuwei said.
"So much? Just talk about the consequences of falling for the 'voodoo' technique. Li Sanjian was dizzy when he heard this, so he interrupted Uncle Xu.
"The consequences are obvious." Uncle Xu replied when he heard this: "It is sick, and the sick person may lose his mind, so that people will go crazy and do many behaviors that are incomprehensible to ordinary people, just like Guo Laowai." ”
"Is that so?" Li Sanjian turned his head and asked Guo Cangdao.
"Home... The father of the family from... In the past, he regarded wealth as his life, but since he fell ill, he was unusually generous and gave birth to his ancestors. . . The ancestral property was given to someone else... Guo Cang nodded and replied.
"How dare a bold thief be so rampant? It is truly infuriating and intolerable that the Gyeonggi Empire and the feet of the Son of Heaven dare to use 'voodoo' magic to harm the people. Li Sanjian said angrily.
At this point, how could Li Sanjian not understand what was going on? It must be that the thieves used "voodoo" magic to make Guo Biantong lose his mind and make him willing to donate all his family property in order to rob Guo Biantong and Guo Cang's father and son.
So at the beginning of the year, Li Sanjian heard the same thing about Jinghu Villa at Mamingxi Ferry? At that time, Li Sanjian had also heard of such a fairy girl? It must be so, Li Sanjian secretly concluded in his heart.
Li Sanjian still has one thing he hasn't figured out, that is, when Guo Yantong was talking nonsense, he called him "Great Mingshen".
What is the "Great Myojin"? It is a god of Manichaeism, a god worshipped by the Manichaean people, so is this so-called fairy girl a person in Manichaeism?
Therefore, Li Sanjian judged that this so-called fairy girl was the key to this case.
"Wu Catcher!" After Li Sanjian figured it out, he asked Wu Miaoshan: "Where is the thief?" ”
"Which thief? Fairy Gu? Li Sanjian thought about it for a long time and didn't speak, and at this time he suddenly spoke, and he asked inexplicably, but Wu Miaoshan still guessed who Li Sanjian was asking.
"It's this enchantress, where is she?" Li Sanjian nodded.
"This... This subordinate really doesn't know ... Wu Miaoshan turned his head and asked Guo Cang, "Where is the demon girl now?" ”
"She... Whereabouts are uncertain, small... The little ones don't know either. Guo Cang replied tremblingly.
"Well, wherever she is, it must be taken down." Seeing this, Li Sanjian instructed Wu Miaoshan: "Wu Zhutou, this matter will be handed over to you, and he will be taken down within three days and detained in the government prison." ”
"Subordinates obey... Before Wu Miaoshan's words fell, a catcher rushed over in a panic and interrupted Wu Miaoshan's words.
"Judge... Appearance.... Public... Outside... Face... There are still many people coming... Catch Kuai said with an unusually flustered look.
"What?" Li Sanjian was taken aback when he heard this, walked quickly to the door with Wu Miaoshan, and looked out, only to see a group of people gathered outside the residence of Guo Yantong and his son, and surrounded the house where Li Sanjian and the others were located.
"Immortal Gu cures diseases and saves people, and gives grace to others, she is a living Bodhisattva like us, but what is the reason why the government actually wants to arrest Immortal Gu?"
"After the fairy aunt took over the farm, she exempted us from many taxes, and we only had a good life, where is it like the Guo family and his son, who tried their best to exploit us, why did the government arrest the fairy aunt?"
"The government does not take Guo's father and son, but takes the fairy girl, does not make the decision for the people, but colludes with the Guo father and son, we will never let the fairy Gu fall into the hands of the government."
"Exactly, kill these embarrassed straight thieves today, and I will pay for my life."
"Get them out of the village!"
The people around the room were armed with all kinds of weapons that were not weapons, such as sticks, shovels, hooks, nail rakes, etc., and at the same time shouted and walked slowly towards the house.
Although wooden sticks, shovels, hooks, nail rakes and other objects are not weapons, but because they are too numerous, if they are all clubs, Li Sanjian and the others will definitely break their bones and tendons, and there will be no good results.
Therefore, all the people who hunted quickly showed a frightened look on their faces, looked at the Zhuang Ding who came up in horror, and at the same time looked at Li Sanjian and Wu Miaoshan, hoping that they would make up their minds quickly.
Li Sanjian glanced at the people in the room, and wondered in his heart, he had just given the order to arrest Huang Xiangu, and they knew it? And soon surrounded the place? Could it be that there is a mole among the crowds? Or is there someone who has colluded with them?
Probably not, Li Sanjian then thought that Li Sanjian and the others here are guests, and they are the masters, they should listen to the root of the wall...
The situation was urgent, and Li Sanjian couldn't think about it, so he exchanged glances with Wu Miaoshan.
"Xianggong, my subordinates will escort you out." Wu Miaoshan pulled out his waist knife and said anxiously to Li Sanjian.
More than a dozen catchers also pulled out their waist knives at this time, and looked at Li Sanjian nervously.
"Are there any of your people in the village?" Li Sanjian didn't say whether he was committal, and asked Guo Cangdao.
Guo Cang shook his head very apologetically.
really deserved it, Li Sanjian scolded in his heart when he saw this, on weekdays, it must be the Guo family and his son who exploited Zhuang Ding too much, and they have accumulated a lot of grievances over the years.
"Thou shalt not act rashly." After Li Sanjian gave Wu Miaoshan a word, he walked out of the door.
Counting Li Sanjian, there are only fifteen people on his side, and he is outnumbered, how can he be undefeated? And maybe even the dead ...
At the same time, what is the civil change? This is the popular uprising, Li Sanjian knows very well in his heart that the imperial court attaches great importance to the popular uprising, no matter whether Li Sanjian occupies the reason or not, no matter what the reason provokes the popular uprising, he will inevitably first settle accounts with Li Sanjian, so that criticism, impeachment, dismissal and dismissal are inevitable, and if you are not careful, you will also be imprisoned.
Therefore, Li Sanjian had to be cautious and wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet and listen to what the official has to say." Li Sanjian said loudly after walking outside the door.
The noisy crowd outside the door saw a court official in a scarlet official robe walk out, so after a while, they quieted down and looked at Li Sanjian together.
These people rarely even see officials in green official robes on weekdays, let alone court officials above the scarlet official robes, so they are all a little timid.
The small people are afraid of officials, which has penetrated into their bone marrow, and although they are bold at this time, they are still a little scared when a "big official" of the court suddenly appears.
"This official is the criminal judge of the Kaifeng Mansion, and he came here because of the case of Guo's father and son, and he did not mean to embarrass the township." Li Sanjian said after calming down for a moment.
In fact, Li Sanjian was also a little scared in his heart, in case these villagers were desperate to kill Li Sanjian... Isn't it capsized in the gutter?
However, at this time, Li Sanjian must be forced to calm down and be ready to fight with them on the basis of reason, if Li Sanjian first messes up, wouldn't Wu Miaoshan and the others be even more panicked? At the same time, it is useless to mess with oneself.
I just don't know if these villagers are unreasonable? Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.