Chapter 216: The Compendium of Materia Medica
After listening to my cousin's example, I immediately thought of another person: the old patriarch of the Zhao family was invaded by a special yin qi and became a "living dead" - although the body was still alive, the consciousness had been slowly lost.
Sister Li also seemed to think of this, and hurriedly asked her cousin: "Uncle, this example of the old lady you mentioned is very similar to the experience of the old patriarch of the Zhao family, do you remember?" When the old patriarch was in this state of 'neither dead nor alive', Xiao Ming, we also visited him together."
The cousin nodded: "You're right, but do you know that this kind of person who is immersed in the yin qi in the mountain, if he is not cremated after death, and then puts the body back in the cave, the corpse will not only not decay, but will also undergo a wonderful change;
According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is said that after the hanged person dies, there will be a charcoal-like object in the soil directly below his hanging, and this kind of thing must be taken out quickly, otherwise it will sink quickly. And, if this kind of thing is not taken out in time, it will not be long before someone hangs himself in this place again. After digging out this charcoal-like thing, it can be ground with water and then consumed, which can calm the heart, calm the nerves, and set the horror and madness.
This charcoal-like thing is a special kind of yin qi. This kind of yin qi is actually similar to the yin qi in the cave, if the corpse is left in this yin qi for a long time, it will become a zombie-like thing - this kind of corpse, in fact, although it is still in the shape of a human being, its way of thinking and acting is more like an animal, especially to the living people, it is extremely aggressive, because the yang energy emitted by the living people and the yin qi on their bodies are like water and fire are incompatible, and as soon as the yang qi appears, they feel as if they have been attacked, so they will fight back desperately.
Therefore, according to my guess, the 'ancient people' who killed people in the valley were actually this kind of 'zombies', and as soon as they encountered those four explorers, they would just attack them."
Several of us listened to my cousin's speculation, and we still felt a little incredulous.
Sister Li asked weakly next to her: "Uncle, you always say that in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is something like charcoal in the soil under his feet, is it true? According to our understanding of the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is a precious medical technique in our country, how can there be such unreliable content? ”
When my cousin heard Sister Li say this, he couldn't help laughing, but he didn't speak, but walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a copy of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" from it, and then slowly turned to a page to show us, the subtitle on it was, "Renbu - Renlu"
Next it is written:
This is a hanged man, and there is something like bran charcoal under it, which can be dug up immediately, and then it will go deeper. If you don't dig it, you will be hanged again. Gai people are subject to the two qi of yin and yang, and synthesize the body. When the soul gathers, it lives, and when it is scattered, it dies. When you die, your soul rises to the heavens and descends to the earth. The spirit belongs to the yin, and its essence sinks into the earth and turns into this thing; It is also like a star falling into a stone, a tiger's death eyes fall to the ground and turn into a white stone, and human blood enters the ground for phosphorus and blue.
【Indications】Calm the heart, calm the nerves, set the horror and madness, and grind the water to serve it (Shi Zhen).
To be honest, I, Xiao Lei and Sister Li have never read or read any "Compendium of Materia Medica", they only know that he is a rigorous medical book compiled by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty of my country, but I didn't expect there to be such a record!
Hongmei didn't come over to look at it, except for nodding vigorously to her cousin, she just sat there quietly, as if thinking about something, but as a doctor who is proficient in Chinese and Western medicine, she definitely knows no less than her cousin in terms of medical books.
Now we kind of believe in my cousin's reasoning, could it be that those people of the Qin Dynasty really became this kind of "zombie" in the cave filled with special yin qi, under the special influence of yin qi? It's incredible.
Hongmei, who had been beside her without saying a word, suddenly leaned sideways and said softly to Sister Li: "Sister Li, your classmate in the Public Security Bureau, there may be any situation, as if he deliberately concealed it from you."
Sister Li was stunned by Hongmei's words, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? How do you know, Red Plum? What is he hiding from me?"
Hongmei smiled slightly: "Have you forgotten?" The last time we acted, we almost died in that pit, which contained corpses, a lot of silver, and, of course, the well-known poisonous gas. ”
"yes, but will the police find the pit?" Sister Li still asked a little puzzled.
"Judging by common sense, they should find out, because carefully searching the environment around the crime site is an indispensable part of solving the case, that valley is not big, and that pit is really special, there are so many people's bones, and there is a lot of silver, how can it not be found?" , Hongmei explained.
We all think what she said is very reasonable, of course, the public security bureau has its own discipline, and important details and circumstances of handling cases cannot be disclosed to the outside world.
The mysterious bone pit, the silver ingots in it, and the baby-like monster that emerged from below, reappear in our memories, and the terrible scene of that dark night still haunts us.
If my cousin is the "first think tank" of our team, then Hongmei is definitely the second, she usually doesn't talk much, but as long as she speaks, she often hits the nail on the head. Beautiful women, coupled with such intelligence and intelligence, will be deeply attracted to men.
Seeing that we were all listening attentively to her, Hongmei continued: "After I came back from the Feng Shui master yesterday and heard him talk about so many grievances and hatreds between him and the high blind man, I thought a lot, and I felt as if I had made a very important discovery, that is, I seemed to have found a way to track down the high blind man. ”
Hongmei's words, although the voice was not loud, and the tone was still so weak and flat, but for a few of us, it was like a thunderclap.
Xiao Lei said excitedly: "It's really yours, Hongmei, tell me quickly, how to track down the blind man, isn't this our biggest problem?" ”
My cousin's eyes also lit up, and he said with a smile: "It's really good, girl, I want to break my head, I don't have a clue, I didn't expect you to come up with it, tell everyone about it."
Hongmei blushed, smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "What I think is not necessarily right, it's just an inference, okay, I'll just talk about it, let's hear if there are any loopholes."
I thought that when the feng shui master talked about his experiences, in fact, his situation back then was a bit similar to the one we have now - they all wanted to find the blind man and kill him; Also, the difficulties faced are the same - the high blind man is secretive, and he doesn't know where to start if he wants to find him;
Later, of course, they stumbled upon a clue that the blind man would come to the ocean for silver. With this important clue, he and the old Taoist priest finally succeeded in tracking down the blind man.
From this incident, we can get an important inspiration - although the blind man has an extremely special physique and has lived for more than 300 years, and there are so many superhuman abilities, such as the ability to read minds, the ability to smell super-keenly, etc., in addition, there are extremely superb martial arts, but all in all, from the fact that he needs to exchange silver ingots for huàn ocean, it can be judged that he is still a person, and he will still need to eat, wear, live and travel like ordinary people, so he needs to change the ocean to buy these daily necessities.
In other words, if he wants to survive, he still needs money to buy the necessities of life, and since he wants to buy these necessities, then he will definitely have contact with the outside world.
In the past, it was convenient to exchange silver ingots for oceans, but now it must be exchanged for paper money before it can be spent. Where is it possible to exchange silver ingots for banknotes? It must be a gold and silver jewelry shop, or an antique shop, or a pawn shop or something.
As long as we pay attention to these places, it is possible to find the high blind man, although his makeup skills are extremely superb, don't forget, we now have corpse insects from the feng shui master, this kind of corpse insects, but the magic weapon to identify the high blind man, as long as the high blind man appears in these places, our insects will change color, we can have a target, unlike now, there is no clue at all."
"Oh, Hongmei, you're so talented!" Xiao Lei shouted excitedly.
The cousin also smiled and gave Hongmei a thumbs up, and Sister Li hugged Hongmei's shoulders excitedly, and said repeatedly: "Hongmei, you are really a female Zhuge Liang, great, great." ”
As soon as everyone praised it like this, Hongmei's face turned even redder, and she hurriedly said shyly and modestly: "Everyone has won the award, this view may not be mature, and there will definitely be many difficulties in actual operation." ”
Unexpectedly, the biggest difficulty facing us finally found a way to solve it, although this method may not be perfect, but after all, it brings us great hope. Because our holidays are extremely limited, there is no room for any hesitation, and since we think this method is feasible, we will implement it immediately.
In addition, Hongmei also mentioned a very important point: she talked about the death incident in the valley, and suddenly thought that from the rancid smell of the corpses, she could judge that there must be fresh corpses in the pit, and she judged from the smell of corpses according to her medical background for many years that those fresh corpses were not only animals, but also people, because the smell of human corpses was different from that of animals, which indicated that there may have been people entering that valley.