Chapter 45: The Mystery of the Book
The diary left to me by my master, Zhao Haipeng, wrote many unbelievable things. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As if with a hunch, he gave detailed explanations behind many events and legends.
Among them, there is the content of Gu.
Thanks to the squad leader's diary, I saw the doorway in this white porridge for the first time, and I also knew that this Selyuba definitely put "Gu" in the porridge we ate.
No wonder she rushed to cook for us.
But although I have seen everything through, I don't want to point out anything in person, and my old squad leader also wrote in his diary that in this case, it is better not to point it through.
Not thoroughly, so that both sides have some leeway, and there are deeper reasons......
Therefore, after I knocked over the porridge bowl in Hyun's hand, I quickly restrained my demeanor, tried my best to pretend to be calm, and said to Seliupo: "Mother-in-law has dirty things in the porridge bowl, my friend has a bad stomach and can't eat it, the bowl is broken, I will pay you money." ”
My words and actions have already attracted everyone's attention, and when it comes to this, it is no different from picking it out.
Therefore, except for the Ah Dog and Ah Cat brothers, who are not very good at Chinese, everyone looked at Selyupa with serious expressions, and looked at the fat boy who was almost crying beside her.
At this time, the mother-in-law went and returned, she raised her head, and her expression was a little murderous.
Under the lonely night, the old lady's aura suddenly changed, which made all of our nerves tense to the extreme.
Selyuba narrowed her eyes, looked at me for a while, and then suddenly said, "Talking nonsense, aren't you afraid of a rotten tongue?" ”
I saw that there was no remorse between Selyuba's words, and I knew that I was a little ruthless!
Immediately, I took out the dishes and chopsticks he gave me and poked them on the table!
My act of poking the chopsticks surprised Xian Hongye and Lin Shaosong, but it made Seliupo look frightened.
She looked at the chopsticks in my hand, gasped back as if she saw a knife, and took a step back with her grandson.
I watched her expression closely, and suddenly realized that my judgment and "threat" were right.
Taking advantage of the situation, I immediately questioned Selyupo: "You don't care, aren't your children afraid of me saying it?" ”
My last sentence finally brought Selyuba to her knees.
Indifferently, Selyuba didn't say anything to me, and she lost her previous murderous intent.
Then, the old lady gathered the bowls and chopsticks and white porridge that were sent. He said "It's a pity" and wanted to quit.
There's no way I'm going to let her go so easily.
In a fit of nervousness, I shouted to stay, and then pointed to the two brothers, A Dog and a Cat, who were the first to drink the white porridge, and said to Seliupo: "My two brothers...... Sick, don't you care? ”
Selyuba looked at me, then turned around and said, "Tomorrow before the sun sets, get out of here, and you will be cured." ”
After I listened to the words, a stone in my heart fell to the ground, and then I politely said "excuse me", and then I didn't say anything.
My rivalry with Selyuba ended with my victory and her compromise.
When Selyuba withdrew, Momiji, who had already guessed six or seven points, immediately asked me, "Did she put medicine in this porridge?" ”
I wiped my sweat, nodded and said, "It's Gu!" This old lady is a very powerful Gu woman! ”
As he spoke, the faces of the cat and dog brothers, who had already drunk the porridge, changed. It seemed that they knew the power of the Gu, so they immediately retched a few times, while holding the amulet card in their palms and praying non-stop.
I looked at their nervous appearances, and immediately reassured them that they were not worried about their lives, and the old lady had just said that as long as we left before sunset tomorrow, there would be no problem.
While speaking, Lin Shaosong asked me, "How do you know that this old lady is a Gu woman?" Since it's a Gu woman...... Why don't you break the noodles? Still struggling, give him face? ”
I waved my hand, and in my fear, I first told everyone what Gu was.
My old squad leader wrote in his diary after becoming a soldier that in these places in Yunnan, Guizhou and Xiangxi, there are three "professions" that are the most mysterious, and ordinary people will never be involved if they have nothing to do, they are Gu Po, Snake Girl and Corpse Chaser.
And these three "professions" are all inextricably linked to Gu and the Five Organs Temple.
Gu is a thing that often appears in novels and TV, and it is rumored to be miraculous, but in fact, its true appearance is a primitive "biological poison", and it is a reason to have stomach trouble with people eating moldy or parasite things.
According to my old squad leader's account, this kind of thing was actually invented by the Han Chinese, but it was eventually abandoned by the Han and spread to the remote areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar.
Speaking of the reason for the disappearance of Gu in the Han Dynasty, it is actually quite ironic, even though there is Gu poisoning that is not shallow, and the reason for the severe crackdown of various dynasties is in it, but the real reason is not this.
"What the hell is that?" Momiji asked.
I smiled helplessly, and then told her, "Because of this kind of thing...... The power is too small. ”
"What?! ~" My answer made everyone stunned.
Gu, who is known for his ruthlessness and perverted weirdness, is actually "too powerful" because of his disappearance in Han Land, I'm afraid no one can accept this explanation.
Practical ...... That's it.
The main reason why Gu disappeared in Han is that it is difficult to raise and easy to break, and it can only die in two or three days at the fastest time if you kill a person, which is too poor compared to the poison that dies after eating.
Moreover, Gu is the same as raising little ghosts in Thailand, there is a considerable risk, if you meet a master who can solve Gu, or if the Gu raiser has the wrong cultivation method, then it is possible to let the Gu poison eat back to him, and in the end, he will be killed by the Gu raised by himself.
As I spoke, I recalled the process of "fighting in the air" with the old lady just now, and then said: "The reason why the old lady doesn't dare to continue to release Gu is because I took advantage of these shortcomings of Gu poison, and ...... From the moment I came to this Yaowang Temple, I didn't feel right. ”
Because this temple is a little too clean.
In our hometown in Hebei, there is a saying in ancient times, called "There is dirt in the house, and no one in the house accumulates dust." This means that if there are people living in the house, dirt will be generated, and if there is no one living in the house, dust will accumulate. This is a physical property and one of the experiences of judging that a house is uninhabited.
Of course, experience is experience, and there are always exceptions to everything, for example, if the owner of a house raises Gu, then there will be neither dirt nor dust.
This is very clear in the diary of my old squad leader.
The squad leader wrote after eating Gu in Baturu: "...... Since ancient times, the Gu Raising House must have bright and clean windows, even if the outside of the house is overgrown with weeds, the inside of the house will inevitably be spotless, even the beams and pots of the house, there will be no trace of dust. And this is also the first point to judge the Gu cultivator. ”
Therefore, when Selyuba showed me the kitchen, toilet and stove, I had already noticed that her house was unusually clean, and the ash on the stove was not even visible, which was in stark contrast to the overgrown weeds on the eaves.
Of course, even so, I can't say that she is a Gu woman, let alone just because her home is clean.
It wasn't until I saw the contents of her porridge bowl that I was convinced.