Wang Ou's situation has not improved in the slightest, and Li Mu's mood has reached a verge of collapse. The child had just cried for a while, and the nurse had been feeding her, and it took a long time for her to fall asleep. Zhenyu stewed lotus seed soup, and Li Mu fed Wang Ou little by little with a spoon, like taking care of a patient paralyzed in bed.

When Grand Elder Kun Ling came in, he saw such a scene. The makeup on Li Mu's face has not been removed, and he still looks like Cui Yuzheng.

Grand Elder Kun Ling stared at Li Mu for a long time, then suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Meet Master Hou." ”

Li Mu ignored him and continued to feed Wang Ou until Wang Ou couldn't eat at all, then put the bowl aside and looked at Grand Elder Kun Ling.

"The Great Elder has good eyesight, I have long heard that the Great Elder has the ability to understand people, and today he can be regarded as a teacher." Li Mu said indifferently: "Since the Great Elder has recognized it, why don't you find it out to the public?" There are thousands of strong people on the mountain, and no matter how powerful my people are, they will not be able to protect me. If you kill me, you will avenge your sect master. ”

Grand Elder Kun Ling bowed to the ground and said, "Where did Hou Ye come from, Xia Guan has always been devoted to the imperial court, and he should cooperate with Hou Ye to act, how dare he make a move to hurt Hou Ye." It's just that the belief of the snake spirit sect has entered the bone marrow and can't take a stand, so they met in private to see where they can cooperate with Hou Ye. ”

"Xiaguan?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows, and Grand Elder Kun Ling hurriedly explained: "Master Hou, the imperial court has awarded us the elders of the Miao family the title of Tuguan. ”

"Oh," Li Mu realized, he remembered, Li Shimin had mentioned that these Miao family elders gave nominal official positions, which was beneficial to maintaining local stability. But the official positions of these local officials are not the same thing as the official positions of the imperial court, and the imperial court does not give them money, which is completely in vain. Now this great elder is using this point to pull the relationship, which shows his urgency.

"Great Elder, please get up, I heard that you are a doctor, how are your medical skills?"

Hearing Li Mu ask about his medical skills, Grand Elder Kun Ling came to his senses, he got up and said: "It's not that the lower officials boast, the lower officials' medical skills are in Miaojiang, dare to say the second ......" Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Zhen Yu in his spare eyes, and choked back in the second half of the sentence, and said, "...... Second, the medical skills of the lower officials ranked second in Miaojiang. ”

Li Mu followed his gaze to Zhen Yu, and Zhen Yu explained in a low voice: "The first is my father. ”

The Great Elder also said: "Zhen Yu's father is the master of Sun Shenyi, and the lower officials can't compare with him. ”

The second is enough, Li Mu got up and moved out of the way, gestured, and said, "Please also ask the Great Elder to take a look at my wife's situation." ”

Grand Elder Kun Ling was stunned when he heard this, but the smart man naturally didn't say much, so he hurriedly took the medicine box, took out a brand-new linen handkerchief from it, and put it on Wang Ou's wrist, and then called for his pulse.

"The pulse is thin, press it into the bones...... "Grand Elder Kun Ling sighed and said, "This is the vein of no gods, Master Hou, the holy woman will probably not survive these two or three days." ”

Li Mu was prepared, so there was nothing to be surprised about, now was not the time to be discouraged, after being silent for a while, Li Mu asked again: "Is there no way at all?" ”

"This ......" Grand Elder Kun Ling showed a hesitant look on his face, Li Mu did not urge him, and waited quietly, after a while, Grand Elder Kun Ling said: "Master Hou, the lower officials are also guessing, the situation of the Holy Maiden will most likely fall on the snake spirit." ”

"What the hell is this snake spirit?"

Li Mu asked Zhen Yu the same question, but Zhen Yu knew very little information. Kun Ling, as the great elder of the Bai Department of Miao Jiang, naturally knew more than Zhen Yu. But looking at his performance just now, it seems that this matter is still a bit difficult to say.

"Master Hou, please step back and go."

By Li Mu's side, there were only Zhenyu and Dugu Jiu, who were guarding at the door, and Kun Ling said that the meaning of retreating left and right was to let them avoid it. Zhenyu belongs to the White Department, and the words of the Great Elder are naturally to be listened to, so he got up and went out when he heard the words, but Dugu Jiu didn't care if he was a Great Elder or not, he leaned against the door frame and didn't move, and he didn't mean to get up.

Li Mu opened his mouth and said: "The Great Elder said this, there must be a hidden secret, it won't take long for you to go out and come back." ”

"Big brother, you and your sister-in-law—"

Li Mu patted his chest, hiding the rainstorm pear flower needle in his arms, Dugu Jiu thought of the power of the rainstorm pear flower needle, nodded, turned around and went out with Zhen Yu.

Only Li Mu and Wang Ou in a coma were left in the room, and only then did Grand Elder Kun Ling speak: "Master Hou's forgiveness really involves the secret method of Miaojiang, so it has to be so." ”

Li Mu bowed his head in understanding and motioned for Grand Elder Kun Ling to continue. Grand Elder Kun Ling said: "Master Hou came to Miaojiang all the way, I'm afraid I have also seen it. In the land of southern Xinjiang, there are many miasma and poisonous insects, so to live in southern Xinjiang, you must have some ability to save your life. The Miao family has lived here for generations, so they naturally have a little trick. ”

"The ordinary medicine to avoid snakes and insects is not mentioned, the ancestors of Miao Village have summed up their experience for a long time and found a secret method, through which they can achieve the effect of inviolation."

This is the first time in the past few days that Li Mu has heard the words 'a hundred poisons do not invade', and when he heard the words, he said: "The so-called hundred poisons do not invade the body, is it the premise of your snake spirit sect to select the sect leader?" ”

"Yes," Grand Elder Kun Ling was not surprised, Li Mu had an ambiguous relationship with Wang Ou, of course he thought that Wang Ou had told Li Mu: "It is extremely difficult to practice without invading the body, you need to test the poison by yourself, not everyone can, you need an innate foundation, this pass will eliminate ninety out of ten people, and the rest of the people," Grand Elder Kun Ling shook his head and said, "There are few who can hold on." ”

Li Mu's comprehension ability was still okay, and he actually roughly understood what Great Elder Kun Ling meant. What he means is that if you want to practice a hundred poisons without invading the body, you have to have a high innate poison resistance, otherwise you will directly test yourself to death by testing the poison yourself.

"If you want to practice a hundred poisons without invading the body, you need to raise a poisonous snake with your own blood, the higher the toxicity, the faster the speed of cultivation, but correspondingly, the higher the toxicity, the greater the chance of failure. Therefore, choosing a venomous snake with moderate venom is the most important thing. ”

"In the secret method of the snake spirit, such a snake is called a life dragon."

"The normal candidate to succeed the sect leader does not have his own life dragon. Because they are all in the mother's body, their mother will test the poison, and then the mother may die, and after the child is born, it is naturally inviolable to all poisons. In other words, it is to exchange the mother's life for the child's inviolability. When the child is chosen by the snake spirit, the snake spirit becomes their life dragon. The poison of the snake spirit is the first of ten thousand snakes, and it is also the most poisonous in southern Xinjiang. ”

"Poisonous insects pay attention to fighting poison with poison, and only those who can control the strongest poison can deter the miasma poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang. And the normal snake spirit sect leader has the ability to dominate the snakes. It is recorded in the codex of the sect masters of the past dynasties that all snake spirit masters can control snakes, or dozens, or hundreds, and there are thousands of people who are profound. It is precisely for this reason that when there is something unusual in the Holy Pool, only the Sect Master with the snake spirit can appease it. ”

Afraid that Li Mu wouldn't understand, Grand Elder Kun Ling added: "What Xia Guan said is a normal situation, and the situation of the sect leader of this generation is ......."

"I don't have to explain, I know all this, you go on, what is the snake spirit?"

Grand Elder Kun Ling continued, "As I said earlier, the snake spirit is the life dragon. There are many people who know the method of cultivation, and people like us who are congenitally deficient in cultivating a hundred poisons without invading the body can also cultivate through this method to enhance their resistance to various poisons. Therefore, for a long time, the popular saying in Miao Jiang was that the snake spirit was a kind of snake, and the legends in the religion were also explained by the failure of a dragon to ascend to heaven and turn into a snake spirit. ”

"But in fact, ......" Grand Elder Kun Ling sighed and said, "People who have been in contact with snake spirits a lot will have a feeling that snake spirits are most likely not a snake. At least in the codex of the masters of the past dynasties, there is no record of the specific shape of the snake spirit. And the specific appearance of the snake spirit, if you find something similar in Miao Jiang, it is more like a kind of Gu. ”

"Gu?"

"Yes." Grand Elder Kun Ling nodded and said, "The snake spirit feeds with blood, and the Gu feeds with blood." The snake spirit can control beasts and people, and it also coincides with the role of Gu. Therefore, Xia Guan guessed that the snake spirit was likely to be Gu. It's just that there is no concrete evidence. ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "If you treat the snake spirit as a Gu, is there a solution?" ”

Grand Elder Kun Ling smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, if it's Gu, then there's really no way. Miao Jiang's Gu techniques are mysterious and mysterious, and they are all passed down from mother to daughter, what is going on, that is, even I, as an elder, don't know anything. I only know that Gu can only be solved by those who have fallen under Gu, and others have no way. ”

Li Mu chuckled in his heart and said, "What if you don't understand?" ”

"The Gu will eat away at all the life force of the host, and eventually they will all die."

Grand Elder Kun Ling had already made his words very clear, and Li Mu knew in his heart that even if he was forced to ask him again, he would not be able to solve any problems. He was silent for a while, and said: "In the current situation, the imperial court needs a step, and the people of Miao Village also need a step. Tomorrow the court will send a negotiator, and when the time comes, you will come forward to persuade me to make peace with the court. At that time, I will agree, and then make some requests for the imperial court to do. These will include building bridges, roads, punishing Han officials, etc., and the court will agree to it. ”

Grand Elder Kun Ling was overjoyed in his heart, and wrote them down one by one, Li Mu said again: "At this point, the matter is over, and when the time comes, I will announce that the main retreat and cultivation of this sect, and the affairs of Miao Jiang will be handed over to the two Great Elders, and there will be no more questions." Then the imperial court will come to confer a new official position on you, this time it is a real official and not a fictitious official. At that time, the road will be opened, the bridge will be opened, and the court will no longer have any restrictions on the people of Miaojiang, as for whether you can live a good life, it depends on you, the court is not an old mother, give you food, and you can't feed it to your mouth. Do you understand what I'm saying? ”

Grand Elder Kun Ling knelt on the ground and said gratefully: "Master Hou has done this for the people of Miaojiang, what else can he say?" From now on, Miao Jiang will be loyal to the imperial court for generations, and there will be no second thoughts. ”

Wang Ou's situation did not turn around, Li Mu was too lazy to say hello, waved his hand, and said, "After the show, let's go." ”

"Master Hou," Grand Elder Kun Ling got up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master Hou, the lower official is old, and his ears are a little weak. I didn't hear what Hou Ye said just now, are you talking about conferring official positions for the lower officials alone, or ......"

"I'm getting older, and I'm less scheming. Miao Jiang will not have only one great elder, Baibu and Wubu, it is impossible for either one to be dominant. ”

"Huh," Grand Elder Kun Ling touched his nose and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu withdrew his gaze, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I will definitely wake you up!" ”

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Li Mu's attitude was very clear, even if Great Elder Kun Ling wanted to take advantage of the loopholes, he could only think about it in his heart, and he didn't dare to put it into action. When he returned to his residence and told the Grand Elder Kanchin what had happened, the Grand Elder Kanchin was also very happy. Li Mu's attitude showed that Miao Jiang had the final say from the sect leader, Wang Ou's situation did not turn around, Li Mu was too lazy to say hello, waved his hand, and said, "After the show, go ahead." ”

"Master Hou," Grand Elder Kun Ling got up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master Hou, the lower official is old, and his ears are a little weak. I didn't hear what Hou Ye said just now, are you talking about conferring official positions for the lower officials alone, or ......"

"I'm getting older, and I'm less scheming. Miao Jiang will not have only one great elder, Baibu and Wubu, it is impossible for either one to be dominant. ”

"Huh," Grand Elder Kun Ling touched his nose and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu withdrew his gaze, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I will definitely wake you up!" ”

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Li Mu's attitude was very clear, even if Great Elder Kun Ling wanted to take advantage of the loopholes, he could only think about it in his heart, and he didn't dare to put it into action. When he returned to his residence and told the Grand Elder Kanchin what had happened, the Grand Elder Kanchin was also very happy. Li Mu's attitude showed that Miao Jiang had the final say from the sect leader, Wang Ou's situation did not turn around, Li Mu was too lazy to say hello, waved his hand, and said, "After the show, go ahead." ”

"Master Hou," Grand Elder Kun Ling got up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master Hou, the lower official is old, and his ears are a little weak. I didn't hear what Hou Ye said just now, are you talking about conferring official positions for the lower officials alone, or ......"

"I'm getting older, and I'm less scheming. Miao Jiang will not have only one great elder, Baibu and Wubu, it is impossible for either one to be dominant. ”

"Huh," Grand Elder Kun Ling touched his nose and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu withdrew his gaze, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I will definitely wake you up!" ”

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