During the time that Hong Ban was looking for Mandan, he had almost spent all his family's savings, and if there were no more clues, he could only return to Tengchong Village, otherwise even food and travel expenses would be a problem.

My stomach was uncomfortable, and my stomach rumbled, as if something was moving. Hong Ban thought that eating too much meat was too greasy, and his stomach was not adaptable, so he didn't care. But the discomfort in the abdomen is getting more and more uncomfortable, accompanied by chest tightness, nausea and shivering. The Hung Ban family is a witch doctor who is proficient in healing and human disease response, and he knows that even if he eats a bad stomach, he can't have these symptoms, unless it is food poisoning.

Hong Ban walked out of the house and came to the public bathroom, wanting to go into the toilet to vomit, but as soon as he entered the men's toilet, he couldn't help it, rushed to the cement sink and vomited wildly. A man was standing in front of the pool to wash his face, and he was so frightened by Hong Ban's vomiting that he hurriedly avoided it, and asked very unhappily, "What are you doing?" How can you spit on—" He swallowed back the second half of his words, his eyes looking at the sink in horror.

Inside was Hongban's vomit, and among the mess, there were a large number of white maggots, and they were crawling in the pool in vain. The man's face turned white with fright, and when he looked at Hong Ban, he suddenly ran out of the toilet screaming.

Hongban held the edge of the sink with both hands, his eyes glaring at the maggots, panting for breath. Immediately, he felt unbearable abdominal pain, and vomited several times, his eyes turned black, and he fainted to the ground.

When I woke up again, I was already in the old town health center, and the doctor advised Hong Bande to go to the big hospital in Kunming immediately, this is a typical food poisoning, you are likely to have eaten some food that has been laid by flies, and it has taken root in the stomach, and it is difficult to save your life if you don't go. Although Hongban did not know the specific reason, he was sure that it was not food poisoning at all.

He is a Miao ethnic group in Yunnan, and among the various witchcrafts of the Miao people, the most famous is Gu worm art, not only insiders, but also laymen know it. But this kind of spell is all done by Hei Miao, and Hong Ban is a Bai Miao person and has never been exposed to this kind of spell. In fact, Gu worm technique has little to do with spells, and it basically uses protozoa, that is, all kinds of insects, poisonous and non-toxic. These insects have undergone special feeding and reproduction methods to become Gu worms.

The biggest difference between Gu worms and the original bugs is that their vitality has become extremely tenacious. Neither fire, exposure, drying nor baking powder can completely kill them. And as long as there is a suitable host, it will immediately start to reproduce, such as water, oil, and living organisms, that is, people.

Hong Ban felt that if he spit out a large number of maggots, it was very likely that he had fallen into the Gu technique. Ask the doctor at the town clinic if you know such a thing as Gu worms, and if you know the witch doctor.

The doctor at the old town clinic stiffened his face: "Young man, don't think like that! Although our Yunnan is mysterious in the eyes of outsiders, as if it is full of witchcraft and poisonous insects, this is not the case. You'd better go to the hospital, you can't pin your health on feudal superstition. ”

Leaving the clinic, Hong Ban was dizzy, he rarely went out of the village, and he didn't know any friends outside. It's just that I went to Tengchong County last year to exorcise evil spirits for the children of a family. Hong Ban didn't know that family, but a man named Zhu Ming once went to the village where Hong Ban was located and asked if there were any wizards who could do magic in the vicinity. A neighboring villager asked him to come to Hong's house, saying that a two-year-old child in Tengchong County was haunted by ghosts and needed urgent treatment.

At that time, Uncle Hong was still alive, so he asked Hong Ban to do it. Under the leadership of Zhu Ming, Hong Ban came to Tengchong and gave the child a psychic exorcism, and afterwards Zhu Ming said that he specially contacted this kind of thing for people, and if there was any in the future, he would go to Master Hong Ban again, and gave him 2,000 yuan. Hong Ban confiscated it, telling Zhu Ming that he was here to save people, not to make money. Zhu Ming was very happy, and also held Hong Ban's hand tightly and said that he was a living bodhisattva.

Thinking of Zhu Ming, Hong Ban felt that since he specialized in this business, he might be able to know other wizards, so he found the business card that Zhu Ming gave him last year, with the address printed on it. He supported his body and ran all the way from the old city to Tengchong to Zhu Ming's home.

At that time, Chinese mainland had not yet popularized home landlines, and the average living standard in these cities on the border of Yunnan was worse than that of other provinces, but Zhu Ming already had a landline at home, indicating that he mixed very well. Fortunately, Zhu Ming was still doing this kind of thing, and he was also surprised when he heard Hong Ban's intention.

"I'll tell you the truth, last time I exorcised evil spirits, that family gave me 4,000 yuan, and you confiscated a penny, and I don't want to go. This time your business is on me, I'll find a master who understands Gu art to show you, and you will live in my house for the next few days. Zhu Ming gave Hong Ban a relief pill.

That night, Hong Ban began to vomit maggots again, which scared Zhu Ming's wife so much that he didn't dare to sleep, and he had to drive Hong Ban out, because he was too unlucky at home. Zhu Ming ignored it and took care of Hong Ban carefully. Not only did he spit out worms, but he was also a maggot with white flowers in his bowel movements.

Early the next morning, Zhu Ming took Hongban out, walked southeast from Tengchong, and came to a small town called Shuangjiang south of Lincang. Here, Zhu Ming inquired for a long time before finding this Gu master. The Gu Master's name, Hong Ban, didn't know, the house was very simple, but it was very neat and clean, as if it had to be cleaned several times a day.

Zhu Ming introduced to Hong Ban that this Gu master was from Myanmar, and he often ran back and forth between the two countries, just to find more suitable Gu worms in Yunnan to refine powder. After listening to Zhu Ming's story, the Gu Master first picked up the two upper eyelids of the mentally exhausted Hong Ban, then found a clay pot, opened the wooden stopper, and suddenly the smell of medicine soared to the sky.

The Gu Master poured out the yellow liquid inside and asked Hong Ban to take a few sips. After a while, Hong Ban began to vomit, and Zhu Ming had already prepared a large plastic basin, and these maggots were all packed in the basin. The Gu Master scooped all the big insects into a clear glass jar with a big spoon, and then asked Zhu Ming to mash them with a wooden pestle, the more broken the better. Zhu Ming didn't expect to have to do this kind of thing, and frowned to complete it.

According to the Gu Master's command, Zhu Ming used a basket to filter out the juice inside, and then wrung out the last water with a linen cloth and dried it with charcoal. The Gu Master pointed to a small stone mill in the corner of the wall and asked Zhu Ming to stuff these dried things into the stone mill and grind them into powder. The powder that came out was about half a glass of water, and the Gu master found several baskets, of different sizes, each thinner than the other. Zhu Ming stacked several baskets together, carefully sifted the powder, and sifted it for five or six hours, and after the powder at the bottom was collected, there were only as many small bottles of eye drops, and it was very light, and it would emit white smoke if it flickered slightly.

The Gu Master took out another small glass bottle, which contained a dark yellow opaque liquid, and quickly poured it into the white powder, as if he was afraid that something would come out. Shake gently again to turn into a cloudy white liquid. The Gu Master held the glass bottle in both hands and began to chant the mantra, which Hong Ban had never touched before.

"Drink it." After about ten minutes, the Gu Master let go of his hand and handed the glass bottle to Hong Ban. Hong Ban and Zhu Ming were surprised to see that the glass bottle was full of wet white insects, half-soaked in liquid. It is much smaller than maggots, and it is impossible to see what shape it is, only that it is constantly wriggling.

Hong Ban looked at the insects in the glass bottle, and felt very uncomfortable, but he knew that this was witchcraft to cure diseases, so he closed his eyes, drank all these insects, and according to the Gu Master's command, he lay on the bed with his upper body naked.

Dozens of minutes later, Hong Ban's lower abdomen began to rise and fall significantly, like a fetus kicking in his mother's belly. Zhu Ming asked, "What's wrong?" The Gu Master motioned for him to keep quiet. Seeing Hong Ban panting in pain and covering his lower abdomen with his hands, Zhu Ming thought that Hong Ban was about to start vomiting more, and he would be fine from then on.

But Hong Ban's stomach became calmer and calmer, and finally he actually fell asleep. Zhu Ming asked in a low voice, "Okay?" ”

Gu Master said, "When he wakes up, you can go first, stay in a nearby hotel, and when he still wants to vomit and his stomach is swollen, come to me immediately." Zhu Ming agreed.

The two found a small inn in the town, and stayed until the seventh or eighth day, in the middle of the night, Zhu Ming heard a strange sound in the house in a daze, he hurriedly turned on the electric light, and saw Hong Ban's stomach bulging one by one, and the sound coming out of his throat was like a cow's roar. Zhu Ming hurriedly picked up Hong Ban and walked out of the hotel and walked to the Gu Master's house as soon as possible. After knocking on the door, the Gu Master saw Hong Ban's lower abdomen, so he asked him to lie on the ground in the house immediately, touching his belly with his hand.