Chapter 18: The Dark Wizard of Luogang Village
"Baby, what you said, but it's true?" The old patriarch of Luogang Village suddenly got up and asked, his expression a little excited.
I didn't understand why he had such a big reaction, but nodded affirmatively, saying yes, this is indeed the characteristic of a pupal Gu.
The old man's wrinkled face suddenly showed a look of surprise, he walked up to me in a few steps, grabbed my hand and asked with some eagerness: "Baby, since you know this Gu, is there a way to solve it?" ”
Now I was even more surprised, and I said in my heart What happened to this old man, he was going to burn the Taoist priest just now, why did he now hear that the Taoist priest had been hit by the Gu, but he was so eager?
I didn't wait for the patriarch of Luogang Village to speak, and the middle-aged man who followed him explained to us that the villagers in the village who had been poisoned by drinking mountain stream water showed the same symptoms as I had just described, and that it was a matter of safety for the villagers, so the patriarch seemed so anxious.
I suddenly thought in my heart, in this way, sure enough, someone was deceiving behind his back, the Taoist priest was hit by the chrysalis Gu, and the villagers were also hit by the chrysalis Gu, but the Taoist priest was a cultivator, and his body was different from ordinary people, so he did not show signs.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly said to the old patriarch: "Old man, you should believe us now, right?" It is true that someone is doing evil in secret, and the Taoist priest is innocent. ”
The patriarch and the old man said again and again: "Yes, yes, it seems that we have indeed wronged this Taoist, you can rest assured, after this matter is over, the old man will definitely give the Taoist a fair face in front of all the villagers." ”
Before the old man finished speaking, the middle-aged man beside him was not happy, glared at us, his expression was not good, and said to the old man in a low voice: "Patriarch, don't fall for them, all this is what they say, who knows if it's their trick, in case the poison is caused by them, it is not surprising that they can describe the symptoms after poisoning, you always have to be careful!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the patriarch of Luogang Village suddenly showed hesitation on his face, but his hesitation was only fleeting, and he immediately scolded the middle-aged man: "Hey, don't talk nonsense, the Dao Chief has also been hit by Gu, who will give himself Gu when he is full and has nothing to do?" ”
The middle-aged man still wanted to speak, but the old man directly waved his hand to stop him: "Don't say more, I believe them!" ”
After speaking, the old man looked at me again and asked me again very politely if I could solve the Gu?
Speaking of the way of witchcraft, grandma and Sister Bailing are both masters in this, and it is said that I am also the successor of the way of witchcraft in southern Xinjiang, but neither grandma nor Sister Bai Ling have ever taught me the slightest skill of witchcraft, and I can recognize this chrysalis Gu thanks to the codex left by the grandfather.
The entire codex can be roughly divided into three parts: the experience of seeing and hearing, the analysis of thaumaturgy, and the geology of mountains and rivers, and the record of witchcraft is found in the thaumaturgical analysis.
In the thaumaturgical analysis, this part can be roughly divided into two parts, one is the thaumaturgical secret method record of the Wudao Xuanmen, which includes many spells and the dismantling of the talismans of the Daomen, as well as a lot of content in the white witchcraft.
The other part is the occult magic that has been derided as a heresy, including black witchcraft and many Taoist forbidden arts. This part of the content is extremely powerful, and it is a shortcut to the side, but it hurts the peace of the heavens and is not tolerated by the righteous path.
To give a very simple example, when he was in the town of Suo, Yuan Daojun when he was dying, the Maoshan forbidden technique 'Soul Sealing and Turning Corpse Technique' was this kind of evil method, it has an extremely anti-heaven effect, but the corresponding price is also huge, if no one kills the recipient before he loses his mind, then the recipient will completely become a bloodthirsty zombie, this result is undoubtedly cruel to the cultivator who slays demons and destroys demons all his life.
The Chrysalis Gu we are talking about now is a kind of evil Gu recorded in the evil magic magic, I don't know how the master knows so many evil spells, but this thing is undoubtedly a huge treasure for me, but I can't open it for the time being.
Although there is a method of refining chrysalis in the Codex, if I want to make such a thing, I will never be able to do it, but if it is just a simple solution to the Gu, there should be no problem according to the method recorded in the Codex.
Looking at the expectant expression on Patriarch Luogang's face, I nodded and said that I could try it, but I needed help preparing something.
Hearing me say that there is a door for this matter, the old patriarch immediately became overjoyed, and said that there is no problem, if you need something, even if you open your mouth, even if you exhaust the manpower of the whole village, they will do it.
I waved my hand and said that it was not so exaggerated, the things I needed to solve the Gu were not very unusual, they were all ordinary things, and they could be found in the village.
As I spoke, I asked the patriarch for a pen and paper and made a list of the items needed to understand the Gu.
The method of solving the Gu is ever-changing, but it is probably divided into two kinds, one is the solution of the Spirit Gu, and the other is the solution of the Worm Gu, I won't talk about the Spirit Gu here, because it is similar to the Taoist spell, it can't be seen, it can't be touched, and it can't be solved by people who are not Taoists.
And for insect Gu, its solutions are also very numerous, different Gu solutions are different, some of the more advanced evil Gu involves dozens of poisonous insects, each kind of poisonous insect accounts for a different proportion, and its corresponding solutions are not the same, so arranged, there are almost thousands of possible solutions, but there is only one real solution, once the solution is wrong, the person in the Gu will immediately die violently.
If I really encounter this kind of complicated evil Gu, even if I have the master's codex, I can only stare at it, but fortunately, although this chrysalis Gu has a ferocious habit, the solution is not very complicated, and the main things to solve the Gu are eggs and earthworms.
Eggs are the treasure that solves most common Gu poisons, because most of the poisonous Gu worms have the characteristics of tending to fishy things, and eggs contain the initial life, which is the favorite breeding place of Gu worms, so it is often rumored that eggs are Gu things.
And at the moment, the chrysalis Gu I am facing is best to suck the flesh essence qi, and the essence contained in the egg is quite rich, which can be used to attract the chrysalis Gu.
Earthworms, also known as earth dragons, are hermaphrodites, and the mucus they secrete has a lethal effect on the pupal Gu, which is the key to solving the Gu, and there are some other auxiliary things, all of which are common in the countryside, and it is not difficult to get them together.
After making a list, the patriarch of Luo Gang hurriedly beckoned the middle-aged people around him to look for it, I hurriedly stopped him, and after he found all the things, he directly gathered all the patients in the ancestral hall and solved the Gu together, he looked at me suspiciously, and still left with the list.
After the middle-aged man left, the Taoist priest and others all looked at me in surprise, especially the Taoist priest, seeing that I really planned to put on a posture to solve the Gu for the villagers, his mouth was wide open, and he didn't believe that I still had this ability.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, reporter, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you suddenly know this? Could it be that the last time you left the village, your grandmother secretly taught you the way of witchcraft, and since you came back, you have been secretly learning behind your back? Damn, you kid is too boring, you actually hide such an important thing from the Taoist master. ”
I rolled my eyes and said angrily: "You don't have to guess, this is not taught by my grandmother, alas, anyway, I can't tell you for a while, and I'll talk to you about it when it's over." ”
As I spoke, I glanced at the Taoist priest, meaning that there were outsiders on the side, so don't talk about these things now.
The Taoist priest and I also had a tacit understanding, and immediately understood, and stopped the topic, as for the doctor and Lin Qiao'er, they knew about my grandfather's codex, which was not particularly strange.
The doctor asked me if I was sure, and I didn't have a score in my heart, so I just told him that this kind of Gu is not very difficult to solve, and there should be no problem, anyway, when the time comes, I will practice with a Taoist priest first, and then I will solve it for the villagers if there is no problem.
The Taoist priest's face turned green when he heard this, and he pointed at me and scolded weakly: "You, you, you bastard, the Taoist master has saved you so many times, how can you do such a thing?" If the Taoist Master kills you, he will become a ghost and haunt you every day, making you feel unpeaceful for a moment. ”
I got tired of hearing it, so I patted him: "I said, don't you believe me?" With this relationship between the two of us, how can I harm you, don't worry, there will be no problem! ”
"Fart, if it's someone else, Dao Ye is not too worried, you guy is even more unreliable than Dao Ye and me, I will hand over my life to you, and I can't go directly to drink tea with Infinite Tianzun?"
I didn't know how to answer for a while, so I simply kept my mouth shut and let the Taoist priest scold my mother on the side.
Taking advantage of the gap between the middle-aged man and the Gu antidote, I began to ask the patriarch about the beginning and details of the matter, and now that this matter has involved Gu poison, there must be someone who has fallen under the Gu. Chrysalis Gu is an evil Gu, belonging to the category of black witchcraft, the person who knows this kind of Gu must be a dark wizard, since the other party has attacked the villagers, and abducted so many children, and blamed all the blame on the Taoist priest, there will inevitably be further actions.
Now the other party is in the dark, and we are in the light, the situation is not in our favor, we must find clues as soon as possible, otherwise there will definitely be an accident.
The patriarch's account is not much different from what Lao Luo and I told before, the only thing that makes me feel strange is that in this series of events, there has always been a guy who instigates the hatred of the villagers.
This person's surname is Ma, he is a lame man, and the people in the village call him Ma Cripple, this person is not from this village, but his uncle who entered Luogang Village three years ago.
A week ago, when Xiaoling invited back the Taoist priest, Ma Cripple had been fanning the flames in the village, saying that the Taoist priest was a liar, so that everyone should not be deceived, and the Taoist priest should be driven out of the village immediately. It's a pity that because of the incident that happened three years ago, the image of the fortune teller is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the people of Luogang Village have a good impression of the 'Taoist', and even the Taoist priest is courteous, and they don't listen to him.
After that, the Taoist priest lived in Xiaoling's house, and the lame horse had to run to Xiaoling's house almost every day, and every time he went, he had to instigate Xiaoling's parents to drive the Taoist priest out, but fortunately, Xiaoling had seen the Taoist priest's ability, and knew that the priest could not be a liar, but drove the lame horse out.
Three days later, an accident happened, Xiaoling's younger brother's illness was not cured, Xiaoling disappeared instead, and the village was searched up and down, there was no trace at all, and then the lame man appeared again.
He instigated Xiaoling's parents that the Taoist priest was a liar, and Xiaoling was taken away by the Taoist priest.
Originally, because their son's illness had not improved, Xiaoling's parents had some suspicions that the Taoist priest was a liar, but now that their daughter has disappeared again, coupled with the instigation of the lame horse, Xiaoling's parents immediately pointed the finger at the Taoist priest.
In order to prove his innocence, the Taoist priest had to promise to find a way to find Xiaoling, but then the following things happened, the children disappeared one by one, many villagers were poisoned, and the Taoist priest was also arrested.
The strange place is here, if it is said that the lame man usually denigrates the Taoist priest because he himself hates the Taoist priest, then the next incident is a little intriguing.
The old patriarch said that on the night when the Taoist priest was caught and poisoned, it was also the news provided by the lame horse. As soon as dinner was eaten that day, the old patriarch was eating a cigarette pouch at home, and the lame man suddenly rushed to the door, and when he entered the door, he said that he had found the murderer, and asked the old patriarch to ask someone to go with him to catch the murderer, and then there was the scene that followed.
This thing is indeed very strange, this lame horse has not only been targeting the Taoist priest, but how did he know that the Taoist priest would go to the mountain stream to poison that night?
Thinking of this, I turned to the Taoist priest, "Tell me, what's going on?" How did you put poison into the water? ”
As soon as the Taoist priest heard my question, he immediately wailed with a look of indignation: "Xiba, Dao Ye doesn't know, after his mother's Xiaoling disappeared, Dao Ye cast a spell to find her, but he was led to a deep valley nearby. There is a grotto in the deep valley, the spell instructed Xiao Ling to be in the grotto, Dao Ye thought she was lost, so she went in to find her, but she didn't expect to be hacked by the black hand just after entering, and was knocked unconscious, and when she woke up, Dao Ye had already tied up these eight lambs, and the meridians of the whole body were also sealed, and he couldn't use any strength. ”
After listening to the Taoist priest's account, I immediately understood that this was a conspiracy. When the Taoist priest first came to Luogang Village, the mastermind behind the scenes saw that the Taoist priest was unusual, and was worried that the existence of the Taoist priest would disrupt his plan, so he tried every means to drive the Taoist priest away.
It's a pity that because the fortune teller rescued the villagers three years ago, the villagers were full of respect for the cultivators, and the plan to drive away the Taoist priest went bankrupt.
At this point, the shrewd old patriarch also realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly summoned a few people to come over and ask them to go and arrest the lame horse.
I sighed in my heart, I am afraid it is too late to arrest him at this time, seeing that the Taoist priest was not burned to death, this person is only afraid that he has realized that something is wrong and has already run away.
As I spoke, the middle-aged man who had gone out to prepare things had already rushed back, and he had brought back not only the things on my list, but also more than twenty bloodless villagers.