Chapter 17: The Past of Xianzun Town (1)

Sickness and intrigue

It happened about a few hundred years ago.

As the second son of the Guo family, Guo Da should not be favored, but in this Guo family, Guo Da is the only one who is the smartest and wiser, and he has been excessively favored by the eldest son in the family since he was a child. Guo Da is also the only person in this family and even within a radius of 100 miles who has the opportunity to be on the imperial examination list. It's just that this Guo Da is not interested in fame and fortune, he is interested in things that he can't touch, such as the universe, celestial bodies, and ghosts and gods.

Because of the limited technology, the celestial bodies and the universe are beyond his reach, and Guo Da can only be out of reach. Therefore, Guo Da has a very strong interest in ghost metaphysics. Therefore, while learning the knowledge of the imperial examination, he also studied the metaphysical classics left by his ancestors, among which Bagua and Qimen Dunjia were the most interesting to him.

After a long time, Guo Da already knows a lot about metaphysics, and he can be regarded as a person in the metaphysics, and all his names have changed from Xiucai to masters.

It just so happened that the emperor was superstitious, and he also advocated that rejuvenating the army was not the only way to govern the country, and the so-called time and place were favorable, rather than the people who seemed to be the first, the time of the day was second, and the location could only be in the end. The emperor posted the imperial list, recruited capable people from all over the world, and opened ceremonies such as presiding over the country's sacrifices, but few came.

The day of the imperial examination soon came, Guo Da carried the hope of the whole family, rushed to the examination room, and after that, the gold list was named, and when the people in the village wanted to celebrate it, Guo Da's mother suddenly fell ill, and it was very sick and strange. Although Guo Da's mother was a woman, she was almost completely different from other women at the time. She is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, astronomy and geography, and can be called a talented woman, and is quite recognized by everyone in the family. Only Guo Da's father's little woman, Ge Tianshi, was prejudiced against him, if there was no such woman, it is estimated that he would be the real main house.

Guo Da, who originally wanted to celebrate, lost interest, he always ran back and forth for his mother, went to find famous doctors from all over the world, and even found the imperial doctor in the palace, but no one knew what illness Guo Da's mother had. This time it was in a hurry Guo Da.

One day, Guo Da was about to go out again to look for Lang Zhong, but by chance he saw that there seemed to be something on the house where he lived with his mother, so he found a ladder to climb up, and it turned out to be the tail of a black cat with two entangled. Guo Da was already in full swing with the things in his hand at this time, and he immediately remembered that this seemed to be something cursed, but he didn't know who was doing it.

For the things in the hands, it still feels a little moist, it seems that someone is watering this thing every day, and it should not be ordinary water, but rice water, to be precise, it is used to wash glutinous rice in the middle of the night.

Glutinous rice is originally a very feminine thing, especially the rice washing water, the water is also a yin thing, plus the glutinous rice has been cleaned, it can completely allow some little ghosts and the like to have a place to live during the day. So when Guo Da thought of his mother's illness, he immediately understood what was going on, and he could guess who did it. It's just that there is no evidence at present, and a blank dispatch will definitely startle the snake, Guo Da has a plan.

He pretended not to know anything, saw nothing, and put things back in their place, while he went out to find Lang Zhong as he did every day. It's just that he came back earlier this time, and when he came back, the sun was right in the middle of the sky, and when he came back this time, he didn't bring any of them back, but carried a packet of medicine in his hand.

Guo Da hurriedly returned to his mother's house, picked up his mother, let her sit on a stone bench in the middle of the courtyard, faced north, brought her a basin of hot water, opened the medicine bag she brought, untied the strap, and poured all the contents into the hot water basin in one go. Guo Da's mother thought it was some strange medicine, but when she opened it, it turned out to be all chili peppers.

When the chili pepper is soaked in water, it quickly loses its original form, so that the true color of the chili seems to dissolve in the water. In the steaming basin, the choking smell of chili peppers made Guo Da's mother a little uncomfortable, but after all, it was Guo Da's painstaking work, and it was also a recipe that was obtained with great difficulty, so she still reluctantly put her feet into the basin. Guo's mother's originally uncomfortable body was soaked in chili water, and suddenly became smart, and it seemed that her body had also improved, and she was becoming more and more comfortable.

Guo Da, who was squatting in front of Guo's mother, was washing his mother's feet, suddenly stopped the movement in his hand, looked at his mother with a very strange gaze, frowned, and said two words in a very soft voice.

"Faking Illness"

Guo's mother was stunned for a moment, and asked Guo Da what he meant with her eyes, and Guo Da lowered her head again

"Pretend to be sick, just pretend you're seriously ill!"

"But, that's ......"

"Don't think about anything else, feign illness."

“……”

Guo's mother didn't say anything more, she believed that her biological son must have his own purpose, so she settled down and sat quietly on the stool, feeling the warmth brought by the sun behind her.

After nearly an hour, Guo's mother couldn't hold the sunlight behind her, and Guo Da didn't have any opinion on wanting to go back to the house, so she returned to her room with Guo Da's support, and at the moment when Guo's mother just left the stool, Guo's mother felt that something in her body seemed to be left on the stool, that is, the thing that was left behind, making herself feel uncomfortable. Guo's mother suddenly felt that her strength was back, but when she thought of Guo Da's words, she didn't dare to stand up by herself, so she could only return to the house awkwardly with Guo Da's support. When Guo's mother arrived at her bed, Guo Da suddenly bent down and whispered softly in Guo's mother's ear

"Watch out for the Ge Tian clan!"

Guo's mother nodded knowingly, and then Guo Da turned to leave, and Guo's mother also understood Guo Da's mind and paid attention everywhere.

At night, there was no light in the sky, and he couldn't see his five fingers, so at this time, a person quietly climbed up to the roof of the house where Guo's mother was, and slowly passed to the place where Guo Da found the two cat tails during the day, and when he arrived, he took out a leather water bag from his waist, opened the stopper, and poured all the water in it on the cat's tail little by little. Guo's mother in the room suddenly coughed, and the future was startled, but when she thought of Guo's mother's terminally ill body, it was normal to cough. So she put her mind down and continued to do what she was doing, and suddenly, she noticed that less than five paces away from her, there seemed to be a man crouching there.

"Who are you?"