"I don't know what that means, but I do know that if you do succeed, there will be a lot of bad luck, and I'm here to stop you!" Zhang Baoer replied calmly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Great Wizard looked at Zhang Bao'er quietly for a long time before he said: "Although we are two different people, we have one thing in common, that is, as long as we recognize something, we will do our best to do it, and we will not waver no matter what the price is." Well, for our sake, I'll let you see something. ”

After saying that, the Great Wizard walked up to a porcelain vase, opened the mouth, took out the contents and put them on the table, and asked, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Zhang Baoer looked intently, and saw a thumb-thick soft object, about three inches long, white throughout, squirming on the table.

"I'm afraid this is the key to the big thing you said has never been seen before or since, right?" Zhang Baoer guessed.

"That's right, you're smart!" The Great Wizard gently stroked the soft object that was still wriggling and said slowly: "This is Gu, a living Gu, if it is someone else, there will definitely be no eyes to see." ”

The Grand Wizard paused and continued, "You know what? Raising Gu is not an easy thing. It is necessary to wait until the fifth day of the fifth month of May to catch rats, butterflies, lizards, scorpions, centipedes, poisonous bees, wasps, blue snakes, white flower snakes, green snakes, wind snakes, and krait snakes Twelve kinds of poisonous insects come back, and they must be caught on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise even if they develop Gu, they will not have any strength. To put these twelve kinds of reptiles into the urn with the same vessel, let them devour each other, the poisonous ones eat the less poisonous, the strong ones eat the weak ones, and finally only one is left, after this poisonous insect swallows other poisonous insects, it also changes its form and color, and it becomes a Gu. Gu is divided into two types: Qilin Gu and Dragon Gu, especially Dragon Gu is even more rare. If you think that's what you do, you're very wrong. There is even more difficult, that is, the person who raises Gu must swallow the Gu alive, continue to raise it in the body, and feed it with toadstools and mandala flowers every day. During the year, the master must communicate with the Gu in his body, otherwise he will be devoured by the Gu and die. ”

Speaking of this, the Great Wizard slapped a few times on his chest, then opened his mouth and spit out a soft object that was exactly the same as the table into the palm of his hand, the Great Wizard put the two soft objects side by side on the table, and then looked at Zhang Bao'er and said proudly: "For thousands of years, I am the first person in the Aconitum Man to raise two identical dragon Gu in my body, and only I know how much suffering I have suffered." ”

Zhang Bao'er didn't know why he was telling himself this, but he had to admire the perseverance and perseverance of the great wizard.

The Great Wizard said: "The poison they made, after using my Gu, is even more poisonous, if I succeed, I can control the mind of the person who has been Gu." Of course, you have to use the same Gu for detoxification, and only I have two identical Gus. If there is no such Gu to detoxify, the poisoned person will die within thirty days. ”

Suddenly, the Great Wizard's body spasmed, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he said intermittently: "I'll tell you one last thing, if Gu leaves the liquid for more than one stick of incense, Gu will die." If the Gu leaves the master's body, the person who raises the Gu will die! ”

After saying that, the great wizard fell to the ground.

Zhang Baoer felt a sense of foreboding in her heart, and stepped forward to look at the table. Sure enough, the two soft objects no longer wriggled, and seemed to have hardened, as white and clear as jade.

Back in Chang'an, Zhang Baoer hurried to Qixingzhuang to find Song Shenxian and told him what the great wizard said before he died.

Song Shenxian carefully observed the two dead dragon Gu brought by Zhang Bao'er, and said to Zhang Bao'er for a long time: "I'm afraid he is right, if there is no same Gu as an antidote, the Gu poison in their bodies cannot be lifted." ”

Zhang Bao'er's heart sank, and he understood why the great wizard would say so much to him before he died. It turned out that he set up a dead end to take revenge on Zhang Bao'er, at the cost of the lives of Jiang Xiaotong and the three of them, as well as those who were rescued and poisoned, which was nearly a hundred lives.

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Through Cui Xiang, Zhang Baoer found out that the branch of the Nanban, the Wutou Man, mainly lived in the Shuzhou area, for the sake of Jiang Xiaotong and the three of them, for the hundreds of lives, Zhang Baoer decided to go to Shuzhou to try his luck, no matter what, it is better than waiting.

Zhang Baoer took Jiang Yuqiao, Uncle Hua and Ying'er, as well as more than a dozen Fulong Island disciples and others, and hurried all the way to Shuzhou. Within a few days, they had arrived outside the city of Shuzhou.

The purpose of this trip was to visit the Gu of Detoxification in the cottage where Nanban lived, Zhang Bao'er didn't want to make a big deal and leak his whereabouts prematurely, so he asked the masters of Fulong Island who came with him to disperse into the city. And he and Jiang Yuqiao, Uncle Hua and Ying'er then entered the city.

Jiang Yuqiao walked in the rivers and lakes all the year round, once came to Shuzhou City, and after entering the city, he took Zhang Baoer to an inn called Tianbao.

Jiang Yuqiao introduced to Zhang Baoer: "This is the largest inn in Shuzhou City, a few years ago, I used to live here, and the guest rooms are all in the back courtyard. In particular, the three-storey overlook building facing the street is even more famous, and the three religions and nine streams will stop here, and it is extremely convenient to inquire about the news! ”

After the guest room was settled, it was already noon, Jiang Yuqiao led the three of them to ask for a private room facing the street in the overlook building, and instructed Xiao Er to serve tea first.

Jiang Yuqiao said to Zhang Bao'er: "Bao'er, you and Lao Hua are waiting for me here for a while, it just so happens that I have a friend from the rivers and lakes here, I will go to him to inquire about how to go to Nanban Cottage." ”

After that, Jiang Yuqiao instructed Uncle Hua again: "We are new here, and the situation here is not familiar, you keep snacks, protect Bao'er, and don't let him have any accidents!" ”

"Owner, I see!" Uncle Hua nodded.

"Father-in-law, be careful!" Zhang Baoer admonished.

"I will, don't worry!" After that, Jiang Yuqiao disappeared as soon as he turned around.

Zhang Baoer sighed with emotion: "Thanks to my father-in-law, otherwise we would have been in the dark!" ”

After Jiang Yuqiao left, Zhang Baoer drank tea for a while, felt quite bored, and happened to see people coming and going on the street from the window, which was very lively, so she wanted to go and see.

Where did Uncle Hua and Ying'er dare to let him go, they hurriedly persuaded him, but Zhang Bao'er said that he would not go far, but only walked around the overlook building, and the two had no choice but to agree.

At the beginning, in Beiyizhuang, Lantian, Zhang Baoer saw the great wizard wearing Nanban costumes, which was no different from the clothes worn by the Nanban people who came and went on the street. Nanban women generally wear narrow sleeves, large collars, and short cardigans on the upper body, and pleated skirts on the lower body, which are either long enough to reach the feet, elegant and colorful, or short to the knee, and graceful and moving. There are also some headscarves on their heads, short shirts on the upper body, trousers on the lower body, inlaid with embroidered lace, tied with an embroidered waistband, and a little delicate silver ornaments to set off. On the other hand, the costume of the Nanban men is relatively simple, with a short cardigan or a long shirt on the right side, a patterned wool felt on the shoulders, a blue head wrapped around the head, and leggings wrapped around the calves.